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DAILY EVENING EDITION iBfe A ay DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Rant iun has the largest bom flil'- ami gmimtiteeil paid circulation of nv paper lu Oregou, eaat of Portland and I i far the largest circulation In l'eudletua of iuj newapaper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSD4 ? GUST 24, 1916. NO- 896 RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION " KAISER BUILO? hpi 1TQPHI A Kin AFF HfiMF Presidents and Employes Unite in Declaring Condi tion is Depressing-Wilson Confers With Chambers and Later Meets Executive Sub Committee. BROTHERHOOD "SIT TIGHT" Mlcgc Railroads AN Sending! Out lrKigandu to IVrsuade Wilson! to Winr Arbitration Declare Em-1 I AN Intimidated. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. The railroad presidents' subcom mittee met the full committee Ihix afternoon. Tlicy rciortcd the re sult ot the Wilson oonfcroni'o aud dlscusM-d a tentative settle- mi ni ilaii. Tin- proosl(lon In ludcd uii eight hour iluv. The president uanl asNiiruni-c that the Interstate itwiimoroc rWmanaS slon will Immediately WHattdO rate Incnases. They also want a IKTTIIUIX'Ilt Commission In SSttlfl future iHlxir dispute, e'nsli among Uie presidents ll expected, Many powerful executives were oulMtxiken iigulu-t tin- eight hour statement culling Wilson's plan 'preposterous und Unpractical." WASHINGTON, lag, Pfederal Mediator ohantban oonforrod with lmddent Mlson half an hour this morning. Ijiter he conferred with Uie Bratheriiondi represr ntallTC. fter fliaanfwi a returned to tin Wiiit House Wilson arranged nn linniedlute mod uli; of the rallwiiy presidents anb -ommlttcc. Am i In- ,1 nn in in, i siartetl for the White RtMH out incinhcr Hald: "Sluiv midnight the situation Is wmw. The sjtuatlon is very scrl OUS." liptan entering tin- White House, another niomlier said: ' 'Kvrryttdmt deptudM upon tills visit." The meet ing lasncd tint ndnutm. Wlp'ii lealinr l"resldi'iit llolden of the Burlington, said: "The situation la not more hiMjiefiil. Ah lone as there is something to work with hi' 11 keep plugging away." They- plan to n imn to the full mm-miu.s- ofi the Mt tills afternoon. Brotherhood mem bent declared the railroads were instigating propogan da to persuade Wilson to fonx- arid trntion. They declared station audits were urging Uie pnMIc to send Wil son arbitration message. Tliey alleg ed the railroads were Intimidating their emloyes The employer, wen- qadeter, There w-a o repetition of immediate strike demands. The four llrothcrhood leaders read the trainmen- meeting raiwace from Wilson, hut refused to divulge the content. Garrctaou said: The situation is de pressing c are -nil Ntttiaa Uuht. ' l'rii'lenl WIMoa turned to cun- iroai .esterday for rapport In his de mi ni !r an elcht KoUI day aa an equii.ible means of avoiding u itrlaW that would be diaastroua tn the na tion. He waa Informad by th' leaden of the two powerful committees created tn deal with matter relating to In terstate Commerce that congress has undtmbtad power to p-s an eight- hmir law. Thla 1 accepted a indicating that If the railway executive Impose im linfwlble counter demand before yielding they will face legislation which will make it compulsory. NEWS SUMMARY General. Strike situation serious, laeutwlilantl at home. Athens worried over Sorrrw. Woman progressive for WUson. local. Orty to foredoac 250 UaM I turns priiiiiiMil endorses nor mi' I school. HeCtrlc signs to lie regulated is Yours ago hottest days In Pendleton. CITY ATTORNEY TO BEGIN FORCLOSINGPA V1NG LIENS City Attorney J, Alger Fee will commence the work Immediately of loreeloBlng more than 250 llenj igninst city property, the owners of which have failed to pay improve meal assessment. The city council last night granted the city nttorney power to hire additional assistance for typewriting in order that the pro ceedings might be hastened. Many of the suits will be very complicated. 8 i I ii I i ft ft I j ATHENS FEARS F . IE City Surrenders Bulgar ians Surround Greeks in Eastern Macedonia. WITHDRAWAL IS REPORTED one Dispatch sais Greek Troops are Evacuating Poattiont Near Town i ndcr ortiers lxim tireek Govern ment lYi-nch Itcpulsc (iemian At tacks at Soinnie. 1 ATHENS, Aug. 14. The Blltgart j ails are attacking the .incient city of Berrea, forty three miles nortbaaat ol ; Salonlki. The (ireeks are helping the I French defend the city. Klsew here , the Hulgar offensive has been halted.' French artillery is vigorously re plying to the kaav) HulKurian bomb urdinent. t'olonel Chrlstophoulous I commanding the 'Ireeks dlgglne f entrenchments. Kmall ilreek forces retreated Into the rlty after sharply I fighting I superior Hulgariun detacb j ment. n the left Balkan wing the Serbi ans are holdink firm. The Anglo j French are consolidating position j and improving defenses In the Poiran I region. I The Bulgarian smash against Serres I has created a new critical Athens slt- Ufttlon, If the city surrenders the Bulgarian! will surround the ''.reeks in eastern Macedoniu and practicnlly control the roveted territory. tJreeks re tmlereil Hai-k. LONDON, Aug. H. Halg reported the Germans repeatedly attacked tie tween QttlUemonl station and the o,uarr lust night. They succeeded In reaching the British trench parapet but were repelled after hot bayonet ting along the parapets. Thev suf fered heavily. The Germans shelled HoreMoHam (Continued on Page 5.1 HAPPY CANYON, SITE IS NOT DEF INITELY FIXED Whether or not the Oregon Feed Yard sit.- will be secured as a per manent location for Happy Canyon depends upon whether a satisfactory arrangement can be made for the lease of the ground and purchase of tin- buildings on It. The special committee to investigate sites yes terday afternoon recommended the feed yard block over other site in pected, and the recommendation ll being held In abeyance Members of the directorate Inspect, id the site yesterday and found it acceptable from many points of view However, there were a number who felt that $2600 is too great a price to pay for the present buildings in view of the great expense to be In curred In rebuilding the "town." While efforts are being made to riwh a satisfactory price, negotia tions with the N. P. company for the lease, of the ground are going On some pteOSt of property on West Alta street there are liens both for macadam and hard surface Improve ment. The city now ha six ease In court, two of which have been settled, nnd il Ii expected that two more will be settled soon. Fee will start proceed ings In the other two suit. The large number of Hens to foreclose is tho result Of the accumulation for six years. R SERRES SMASH llound-Up hat received an or der for 6M0 seats for' the 1916 show. September II, 12 and This is the largest order ever sent in by the Journal und be fore the date or the show will probably l increased as the Journal will run at least two special tra.ns to rendliton. The tickets wear sent ('. S. Jackson, editor ui the Journal, this morning At the same time a box for William MuAdoo, sec retary of the treasury, was for warded .Mr Jackson in his kei'pinK. ELECTRIC SIGNS i TO BE REGULATED! 'ERMIT Ml Si BE SBClHEDj slt.N.s Ml si BE MM: EKE! IfiOVE WM.h. An ordinance governing the use 0l electric signs In tile city was In troduced in the city council last night by city Attorney Fee. The ordinance provide! that all owners must be granted a permit before they ure al lowed to locate sign. The owner must preaent his proposition before the street committee who shall re port their recommendation to thu council lor final approval The proposed oraiaanoe declares that all signs must be at lean nine feet above the si lewalk and must be securely fasiemd to the adjacent building and nut to any post on tho sidewalk The ordinance as it was Introduced last night did not give the City power tu take down signs already up and becalm of this City Attorney Fee was requested to revise the law for the next meeting or the council. The ordinance provides that signs pttl up alter the passage of the ordi nance and which do not comply with the law shall be torn down by the city police. ll has been reported that there are USY0 nil signs in the city which have no right to be called electric Kiwis. It I complained that they are insecurely fastened and that many are in truth board signs with a small electric light attached there to which burns part of the nights 01 the year only. TWO DOLLAR SPRING WHEAT IS PREDICTED bevere Black Bust Kpidemic in Mid dle Went May cause Increase, says Agricultural Department Official. WASHINGTON, Aug. .'I A pertinent of sgflculture official dieted that black rust might 1 two dollar spring wheat. It ii ported that a severe black rust demlc has swept I lie wheat belt done unprecedented damage production is far below norma! nesota and the Dakota! wen hardest hit. de pre mse ' re-1 epl and The CLUB WORTH $1.24 IN PORTLAND TODAY CHICAGO DOWN CENT CHICAGO, Aug. S4. (Special t East Oregonian ) Range of prices to day: Open. High. Low. Sept. $1.494 $1.50i4 $1.IT Dec. 11.68 11.54 $151 close. 11.48 K J1.51S Portland, PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. Ill (Spe cial! club. $1.24; bluestem $1.28. Liverpool. Liverpool Aug. II. Wheat Spot No. 1 Manitoba. 14s lOd; No. 2, 14s lldi ($- lT per bu.); No. : red western winter. Its lid. mT.m'Mmmmmmmmmmi.-. I mmmm$m)m MMMaaM MM - aMawawaswaM sWaM -swjsssss.swk-s xvi&szrmsmm SuatfAltlNg '0VTSCHI.A0" STAfcT& 4V9CA TO BfctMZN " w ' w SKY WARSHIPS woman progressive j'coZ ""'rid qiirmapinp Believed That Germany is Preparing for Extensive Air Raids in September DIRIGIBLES 180 FEET LONG Preliminary Attack to Test (jut Britain- Air DefCrise 1 Made on But Const of IjltJlHiui ui xlght, BUI Xo i!inutgc 1- Done parti Also to Hi- Included. LONDON, Aug. S4 It is an nounced that a Zeppelin raided the east coast or England at midnight. There was no damage, ufficials be lieve the Zeppelin reconnoltered pre paratory to a gnat aerial ttack. It is reporied the kaiser is build ing a fleet of hum .-ky dreadnauglus carrying five tun.- of explosives and is planning extensive raids 111 Septem ber or October when the weather is most favorable. Baron Montague, rormer vice 1 hairman of the naval military board warned Britain of the new Zeppelins last night. He declared the dirigibles were seven hundred and eighty feet long, travel eighty miles an hour and can OSOend three miles to escape anti aircraft gun shells The kaiser is panning a series or disastrous attacks The preliminary raids are for the purpose of testing Britain's air defense.-.. He also plain to attack Paris. PRISONER OBJECTS TO LOSING WHISKEY OFFICERS GVRDANE AND FHEKD I.Y HU E 111: ll, BATTLE WITH RAYMOND FERROX Chief of Police Tom durdane and Officer Friedly had a real fistic en counter with Raymond Ferron yester day afternoon at 4 30 o'clock when they attempted to take away his whis key and transport the gentleman to jail. The oficers came upon the fel low asleep on the levee back of the W S. Badley home on West Court street. He was awnkened and told to come with them. A half ipiart of Sunny, bfook whiskey was discovered on his person and when the officers attempt ed to confiscate it Ferron put up a merry fight. Ferron had time to get close to a tree to which he held when the men came toward him him would knock them over as the rocks were very slippery. Ferron was flnall; overpowered and the arm pincers ap plied. ineric.i may have to bttiM a fleet of submarines to brin,.; ever some of Germany's cheap substitutes for food. TAFT WILL STUMP Republican National Committee Ac cepts F-Prosldent's Offer Itiner ary Is Being AiTanged. NEW YORK. Aug. :i. The repub lican national committee has accepted Taft's offer to stump for Hughes, His Itinerary is being arranged. Roosevelt's Itinerary covers several 111 id die -wester 11 points. Now the flaw picking season is up on us anil the political orators are harvesting a bumper crop of flaws. DEUTSCHLAND AS SHE LEADER FOR WILSON Mrs. 1 '. . Asteil Resigns (liairman--h!ji of Washington state Congres sional Colon BecMM Woman 1 Party Eidoraea Hughe-. SEATTLE.. Aug. 24 Mrs Fran ces r. Axtell of BeUlnfham, former member of the state legislature, has resigned the chairmanship of the Washington state congressional union baoania the Women's Party endorsed Hughes. Mrs. Axtell i a progressive con- gressional candidate. She declared la favor of Wilson. She made the statement: Neither party declared specifically in favor of the Susan B. Anthony amendment We of the rent, knowing such an amendment! depends upon a two thirds congress! vote, advised taking no action re- gardlng the presidential candidates. We wanted to devote the fight to electing suffrage congressmen. Na-I tlona officials did not support u& ' They have ne understanding of west em conditions. Since supporting! Hughes means attempting to return1 all reactionaries to power, the west ern Hlulaa run .hn rial, r.f l..l., . K n " '"-" ""nation Company- ground for which the progressives . nprmn ,hat fought twenty years Therefore I find I must resign my office." COLORED FOLK GATHER FOR BIG PICNIC TODAY I-a Grande, Walla Walla. Raker and Pasco All Send Delegations to Cele brate Tiger's Successful Season. More than 100 colored folk from Ia Urande, Walla Walla. Baker. Pas co and Pendleton are gathered at the picnic grounds below the county poor farm today. The occasion is a cele bration of the successful baseball sea son for the Colored Tigers which has recently been closed. The Tigers I came out with considerable money ahead and won a large majority of their games. The colored folks were taken to the grounds this morning in auto trucks nnd a large barbecue was held at noon. This afternoon there is the sports and the affair will be closed tonight with a dunce at the Eagle-Woodman hall. The committee in charge of the ar rangements are fieorge Hooker. Wil liam Myers. Robert Nixon. Ernest Al len and E Wilson. ASSESSED VALUATION IN CITY LESS THAN IN 1915 Reduction in Valuation of Buildings Responsible; To- tal Koll of County to be Larger, Says Assessor In a report to th city council last night County Assessor C. 1'. Strain announced that, while it is not pos sible to tell the exact valuation of the property in the city this year. It will probably be less than in 1915 and more than in 1914. The assessor re cently made a general reduction in the valuation of all but new buildings which cuts down the city total. The estimated valuation will probably reach $8,780,000, he said. In the county the reductions made in the irrigated fruit districts, he said, will be more than offset by the new ly constructed Coytc cutoff which will give the county ten miles of addition ul main line railroad. Strain declared that the average increase of personal property during the past few years has been $200,004 yearly and the Increase this year would be greater because of the unusual quantity Of wheat carried over. The assessment roll in the county will be the largest ever, he Stated, STARTED FOR BREMEN LINER GOES TO WELCOME THE BREMEN BOSTUN. Aug. 24. The North German Lloyd Uner W'illehad left east Boston en route to New London on the first tide this morning. She started soon after hearing of the Deutschland's safe arrival. It Is believed the liner lntencLt to meet the submarine Bremen She will remain within the the three mile limit. BREMEN DUE IN FEW DAYS SAKS OFFICIAL Ocean Company Has Received Mes sage from Submarine While En ftOSte to American Port. COPENHAGEN. Aug. 24. Direc tor Lohmann of the Ocean Transpor told Bremen news men was scheduled to arrive in Am erica within a few days. The Ocean Company has reeclved a wireless! message from the Bremen en route. BURNS PRINCIPAL FOR NORMAL BILL W. M. Sutton, principal of schools at Burns for the past few years and for many years principal at Springfield. Oregon, is among the educators who have taken a volun-l tary stand for the measure providing for a normal school in this citv. Writing to a friend in this city I mile limit, without any solicitation he says, 1; ' , . , wash to assure you und your friends l"e Deutschland Submerged that i shall be glad to use what in- j only one hundred and ten fluence I may have in the different j miles during the forty two hun parts of the state to further your in-j dred mUe voyafte. The wea. terests and help you to secure the . ' ... . permanent location of the new insti- tner was Splendid except fog tutlon. Eastern Oregon certainly isjgy and Stormy near the Eng entitled to so much consideration i lish coast. A thick mist de- from the voters of the state since so many of its teachers need the train ing for the schools they are destined to teach. One normal 1 hardly sufficient to supply the ever Increas ing demand for trained teachers. Count me among the friends of the proposed new venture " RHJ BLOOD SHEEP IM I riTAI V ADnc 1 rAiLajj gines worked perfectly despite mountainous waves. Few ves- Enroute to the Salt Lake Ram Sale I Sels Were sighted. The Deutsch ti he held August 31, Sept. i and 2 land submprtrpii whertr-vpr a some of the most high grade and blue blooded bucks in the world are here today and have been the source of in terest at the O.-W. R. & S. stock pen. The Baldwin Sheep Co., of Hay Creek of which C. C. Berkeley iswan avrer is dndinir 1AT hunit nf hiiMrn t. the sale and they stopped off here enroute to I'tah. are range buck; one hundred head half 1 viaines and half Ramboulets. Seven of the Ram boulet bucks are from pure blood im ported French stock and are worth a lot Of money. They are all yearlings fttid one of the buckks weights 221 pounds. J. N. Burgess of the Cunningham 1 ompany is sending ;i." head of Ram boulet and Hampshire bucks to the Salt Lake sale and a shipment has ar rived here from Coffin Bros, at North The Yakima sh-ep buck-: dispatches said the Deutsch . land was slightly damaged on iher return voyage. The crew Qiht'l tef it n vict UIU UUUITinillllL ANCHORED IN WESER RIVER Vessel Was bubmerged Only 1 1 0 Miles During 4200 Mile Voyage. K0ENI6 IS NATIONAL HERO Bremen Goes Wild With Joy as News of Safe Arrival is Flashed Affecting Scenes Enacted When Relatives Meet Sailors Thick Mist Delayed Trip Slightly. (Carl Ackerman.) BERLIN, Aug;. 24. The Deutschland eluded eight Brit- ish warships and many Ameri- can fishing schooners off the I Virginian capes in her success I ful dash for home which she ! Je0a0cnhed ,ate yesterdav after Captain Koenig said the al ,he'lies hired the schooners to spread fishing nets in an en deavor to locate the submarine. Koenig declared the allies ob served American neutrality and remained outside the three layed arrival several days. Bremen was joyous. The streets were decorated and bells rung. Affecting scenes were enacted when relatives met the sailors. Entering the North sea the Deutschland encountered se ere storms. She proved an 1 excellent sea craft. Her en- 1 i,: annpoPpf1 nn thp rinrirnn P ?PPearen "n n Horizon. Koenig doubts that any steam- er sighted the submarine. The Deutschland anchored in the Weser river at three ' yesterday afternoon. The news was flashed to Bremen. Messengers rushed to the homes of the Deutschland's crew shouting the news. Thou sands cheered the sailors when the submarine docked last night. KOENIG NATIONAL HERO. HAGUE. Autr. 24. Bremen 1 stated she followed the same i homeward route as the out y ward bound. Bremen crowds' are lionizing Koenig. He is a ; national hero. Dispatched tle ; clared the submarine Bremen 'Started to America a few dayi j ago after her owners positive ; ly knew the DeuttthlaTld hail I eluded the patrol. r. of o Offaatnadr i. I'niverslty of Oregon alumni in thi i It y will be shocked to barn of the death last tight Ul PtftftSad of trover J Kestly ') He waa oper ated on for appendicitis last p.-k Puring his university career he very prominent in Indent affair bj his senior vt-,r l-tlug flu munnger of the football t-um Fir the past two years he had been in chirg of th1 stove department of M Selb-ra a Co.