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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.