East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 30, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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East Oregonian : E.O., August 30, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The But Oregonlan hu the largest bout tide and guaranteed paid circulation uf an? paper In th-eguo, eaat of Portland and I) far the largeet circulation In Pendleton of i n j newapaper. WKA11UR Tonight and Thuradav generally fair; cooler Thursday. IMMIMHItATl WEATHK.H DATA Maximum temperature, ft; mini mum. 5S. rainfall. 0, wind, went light, weather, clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 19 NO. 8901 c?ay8gc -cf a WILSON ELS CONGRESS HE EXPECTS AID Full Text of Program of LegislalionOut lined and Story of Negotiations is Related. 8 HOUR DAY BASIC PRINCIPLE I'rushlmi .-mi ill Sunuuiug lp uf; ih, Munition Is R.i.l UPOU the Demonstrated fact That Arblu'u Uou l FuUlo lUtdmads An1 Illumed. WASHINGTON, Aug. :iu. The lent1 of President Wilsuu's message lo con gress in I he railroad strike situation "Oi iiilcnii'n of 'he t.'ongri I have come to you to seek your assist ance in dealing with a very grave sit uation which has urlaen out of the demand ol the employes ol the rail roads ciiKagid in freight train serv ice that they be grunted an eight-hour working day, safeguarded by payment for an hour and a half of service for every hour of work beyond the eight "Just so soon as It became evident that mediation under the existing law had tailed anu thai arbitration had beem ,ri ndcred Impossible by the atti tude oi the men. 1 considered it no duty to confer with the representa tive ol both the railways und the brotherhoods and myself offer medi ation, not a an arbitrator, but merely a apokc.-maii of the nation, in the In terest of tne nation. In the Interest ol Justli Indeed, and as a friend "t both parties, but not as a Judge, only as the representative of loO.OUU.OUO men. wmen and children who would pay the price, the Incalculable price, of loss ami suffering, should these few men insist upon approaching and con eluding the matters In controversy be tween I hem merely as employers and employe, i.itlier than as patriotic cit izens of the Culled States looking be fore and after and accepting the' larger re-ponslbilll which the pub--lie would put upon them. Eight-Hour Iter Prosscd. "It seemed to me. In considering the subject matter of the controvert j that the whole spirit of the time and the preponderant evidence of recent tContlnued on Page 3 ) FREIGHT BY 0-W. Will Not Receive Shipments That Cannot Reach e.t.iimion Hy 10 Oil lock SUurday Morning. Though there la a possibility th-i great strike called for Monday may be held off by the proceedings In con gress, the o.-W. H. A N. Co. la tak ing precautionary steps regarding shipments of perishable freight and a general warning la given the public of possible Injury from strike trou ble. The following message was receiv ed here today by Agent T. F. O'Brien from .Superintendent Bolllns: la tlrande, Ore., Aug. 30, 1916. All Agents. Pendleton and Pilot Hock, Oregon: la view of the published statements to the effect that a strike of train and engine men on all railroads In the I'nlted States has been called for 4 a in. Pacific time, September 4 IM6, notice is hereby given that if said strike In fact lakes place un- avoidable delays will probably occur to passenger and freight trains. The "regoii-Waehlngtmi Bnilrnnd and1 Navigation Company hereby gives no-! tlce that effective at once It will not receive any freight for shipment I which cannot rench Its destination on regular schedule hy 10 o'clock a. m Saturday. September 2 Agents re ceiving freight which should reach its destination on regular schedulcj ly the time mentioned should write, or stamp on receipts or bills of lad ing the following: "Received with out liability for loss, damage or de lay by strike." Notice further is given that per-i sons who take passage on Its trains I after 4 a m. Pacific time, September i 4, 1111, or who will not in the ordi nary course of transportation reach their destination before that time may be subjected to delay In transporta tion by said strike and that the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navi gation Company will not be respon- Continued on Page 8. ) Aged King of Bavaria Stricken by Appoplexy ( KING LtrDWJG HL. According to a report from Switz erland King l.udwig III. of Itavarla. ha been stricken by appoplexy and bis Condition is grave. King Ludwig 111 Is 71 years opt. He married the Archduchess Marie Thcrese of Austria and ascended th' throne of Itavarla in lilt. He was appointed a field1 marshal in the Her man army last year ami visited the I aari.in troops on the battle line In France last January. UKIAH YOUNG FOLK STAGE ROUND-UP j Mhcc Is Trctiied lo hill-prise When Neighboring citien. parade' i Streets. J ; UKIAH. nre.. Aug. 30 a number of I'kiuh young people gave th' neighboring town of Albee a little "ROUnd-Up'' surprise Sunday Dress ed In cowboy attire, ladies as well tft men. and mounted on spirited horses! they rode to Albee and paraded through the streets. The Mlses Frankle and Ha Stur-j divant. Miss Helen Pc Vaul and Mck: lie Vaul were the most spectacular. j being dressed in chaps and sombreros.. They were Joined at Albee by Miss Bmlly yuant who rode "Old Hinder, man Brown,'1 famous horse of these parts. Miss Ha Sturdivant ami Miss Quant are both graduates of Pendleton high school. Miss Sturdivant Is a native of Tklah nnd is now teaching In the I'klnh schools. She is an excellent horsewoman. Miss De Vaul comes from Portland and Is teaching In DIs. trlct 79. The men who took part in the pa rade were Gordon Mettle. Marlon Morton and Claire sturdivant. What, by the way. is the first aid to a husband Injured by his wife's at tendance at a training camp? PENDLETON FACES GASOLINE FAMINE IF STRIKE OCCURS; SUPPLY FOR TWO DAYS ONLY That the storage Capacity for gasoline In l'endleton icrmlt.v of keeping only enough on baud hen' to last two or three days was stated today hy U B. DeWItt, local manager for the Standard Oil t o. Consoouonlly If a strike isimes I lie oily will tare a gaso line famine. With the harvest largely finished Mr. DeWltl "sti muli's the principal hardship will Is- on autoiatS and In selling the supply on hand he will en deavor to UM- some discretion. W ith the order to the railroad brotherhoods to strike Monday morning the strike situation Is becoming exceedingly Interest ing Ira-ally. While the main trouble would he confined to mlddlcwcHt and eastern railroad IxdntH l'endleton and eastern Ore gon would douhtleHs suffer. 1 matllla eoiuity residents would not suffer for food It Is said. It Is said that there Is not more than three days supply of gasoline kept ahead In l'endleton. As soon as this has been exhausted eole might have to take to Dobbin and the shay for transportation. How general the strike will lie if then1 is one, Is a question of I s. USER ; i MEMPHIS HITS SHIM DIE I Sudden Swell Strikes the Vessel sending it Ashore in San Domingo Harbor GUNBOAT NARROWLY ESCAPES WASHINGTON. Aug. :I0. Ad miral Ponds' lutvt report of the crniier Memphis wreck said: "All hands off the Memphis. Captain I loach was the last to leave the ship. When the storm broke steam was up uiul the main engine working. The steam line burst from a cause unknown. Those near were too seriously in jured in be questioned. Two of ficers, who were injure I. will re cover. One collated man is dead and five ei seriously Injured, Sixty-seven Hire .lightly injured. iiki.ii oi the engineer force. Several an- missing ami poisihl) drowned, 'I lie complete muster ami report h ezpecied this moni ing. Tlierc were no other ca naille, anions (he officers." AMENDMENT MADE TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT wAsillNti TON. Aug. 3U. Senator Lewis of Illinois, hus introduced reso lutions amending the interstate com merce act. by providing two additi onal members for the commission and dividing the proposed nine members Into three sections of three members each. The second resolution provides that the railroads may ask the com mission to increase freight rates whenever the necessity exists for in creasing wages and readjusting the hours of labor. Both resolutions were referred to the interstate commerce committee, SHIPPING Bill IS PASSED BY HOUSE Provide for Naval Board of live Mean hers to Develop Naval inxiliary IliNTif and Merchant Murine. WASHINGTON. Aug. 3" The house has passed the administration ship ping bill The hill decrees that I ship ping board Of five members shall de velop the naval auxiliary, reserve and merchant marine. The house agreed to the senate amendments permitting foreign vesels to engage In coastwise trade and authorizing the secretary of the treasury to deny clearance to any vessel refusing to accept freight for a firelgn port. much conjecture. A brnkeinnn In IVudlrton this morning state! that all of the conductors, fire men, engineers and hrakemeu men would at once leave the rail road. Some of the older men In the service who went through the suffering during the strike of tstll aii" known to he loath to leave the road and lose their standing with the company. One of the Vnion Pacific offici als here today Stated that he lie Ilex nl thai the trainmen of the V. I. in general would stand hy the road, lie said the. trnln gfl0n of one entire road In the cast are said to have declared they will leave the brotherhood ruth er than suHfiend oeratIoiis of the railroad. Should a strike be called Mon day although the time set Is I a. m. train number e will be run as far as Pendleton, the division point. The men Involved are the hrakemen. conductors, firemen and engineers. IxK'al A er-nt T. F. O'Brien of the O-W. has received orders not to sell any traaaoonttnental tick ets which will not get the passen ger to his destination by Septem ber 1 at I o'clock, TEACHERS ASKED TO HURRY HERE Letters are lielng writ out to- day by City Rchool Superintend- ent A. T. Park to all teachers in the l'endleton schools lor the year 1(11-1917. nuking; that OW- Ing to the Imminence uf a .strike all tea' hern make arrangements to be In Pendleton on September 3. A night letter to Miss Alice flutter, head of the domestic science department who Is in Iowa, will be forwarded tonight notifying her that she has been asked to Judge the domestic science work of the school c hi 1 - dren at the east end and fair at I'mapine next month Miss Hotter had planned to return here about September 8. Pendleton people are sending out word to fr:ends and relatives to return home before Monday morning. LIBRARY BOARD TO BE NAMED THIS EVENING The three new members to the j county library board will lie appoint ed tonight by May or J. A. Hest. The j Mayor and the city council will go In- j to caucus tonight before the regular meeting to decide upon the appoint-1 mem of persons who will meet with I the favor of the council. The outgo ing members are C. P. Strain. Mrs. I Norborne Berkeley and Mr.-. A. J. Owen. As to who are lo be the choice oft the city administration there is no in dication. Mayor Hest at one time stat ed that should the library trouble be peaceably arranged he would be wil ling to re-appoint the outgoing mem bers. With the appointment of the new members t" the hoard It is ex pected that all factional strife will be brought to a close. ROUND-UP HEAD TO BEAT REGATTA Til, TAYLOR Willi REPRESENT HOI ND-VP AT ASTORIA'S Bit. WATER FESTIVAL, As official representative of the RoUnd-Up, President T. D. Taylor will attend the Astoria Regatta of which Miss Muriel Saling will be uueen. The j directors of the association last even- ing agreed upon President Tay lor as a delegate to the yvater fete of the "City By The Sea" and he accepted the com. mission this afternoon. Mr. Taylor had previously been made honorary admiral of the fleet by I the Regatta committee and the fact that he was the King Joy of the Rose I festival caused the committee to urge! his attendance. He w ill leave tomnr-1 row and will be accompanied bv Mrs. Taylor. Practically the entire royal court of I Hosaria will he at the Kegatta. yueen I Muriel has received acceptances of her j invitations from most of the tnalds who attended her In Portland. She and her mother will leave tonight fori lortland. Humorist to Drive Ambulance at Front JEJ50ME K. JEKX2ME Although he is fifty-seven years old. Jerome K. Jerome, the noted Kng llsh humorist, is going to take an ac tive part in the great war. Jerome lias Just received permission to drive Red Cross ambulance at the front in Prance. p' ' '' - j NATfN GREAT Road Executives Reject All islative rrogranrhas railed to Alter I heir Decision to Strike September Fourth; Only Eight Hour Day Concession by Road Can Prevent Walkout. :jppw Rfl HP HB - ,..saMaB Hflal r Lv MF Jlm ROUMANIAN CAVALRY REPORTED 3 Advance Madca, Her- manstadt-Austrians De feat Two Battalions at Veie itorony . ,.. . FRENCH GAIN AT VARDAR . .. u . "VTV nghi'AdvL, Mad.. East of rvawi nribisM n-iiiui Bulgarian Attach Wean of OMrovo ..,. Lk6' I oviinv Aoe In 'urieh di-- patch reported that Roumanian caval- ry had crossed the Bed Tower pass and were three miles inside of Trans ylvania. They advanced near Her mannstadt. It is Semi -Officially announced that the Anstrians defeated two Rou manian battalions at Yerestorony pass, south of Bed Tower, on the Herman nstadt railway. Paris announced the French had progressed west of the Varda river. The French rained artillery on the Struma front and l ake Dolran de fenses. West of Ostrovo lake, the Serbians repulsed a Bulgarian attack and made an artillery attack near Vetrenlk and Ostrovo. There was the usual western front cannonading last night There was no Infantry fire except east of Fleury. where the French gained, Zeppelin Raid Bwbarcat, HUUHAKwST, Aug 31'. -It IS an nounced that Zeppelins ineffectively I raided Bucharest last night The i Roumanian! have marched into Tran 1 sylvan la for twelve hours steadily, j The resistance is very weak. Russian , troops are crossing Boumania to join in the attack. The Russians and Roumanians have captured the principal Carpathian p isses. Russian artillery is shelling the Bulgarian city of Rustehuk and the hiingarlau town of orsovo WILLIS ADMITS HIS DEFEAT BY JOHNSON MILES Icial.) Club. 11.18; bluestem, UM ANOEI.KS. Aug M. Willis Uverpool. Booth has admitted that Oovernorj LIVERl'tiOL. Aug. Johnson defeated him for the United States senatorship nomination on the lepubllcan ticket. GETS READY FOR RAILROAD STRIKE Proposals of President; T T WO MEN ARE HURT IN DRUNKEN BRAWL light Waged on Waiters' Island I and ParticipttutH in Hospital and Jail. Two men are in St Anthony's hos-i ! rutal this morninc and rata mn u-prn 1 arrtsted yesterday as a result of a :,irunk' " ,m WaI,ers IsUind The : n t!l IT 'hi! men' ?r H quor yesterday and proceeded to dnnk n. Accordin. ,o the store of ' Palmer, who was arrested on a chr"f of &- drunk andd isorder - tlle I'ame intoxicated and: began throwing rocks at each other. I i me of the men suffered several deep , . . . . . . , sasiies in iiis loreneuu ana ne in, ''"ntpany with another man. who suf- ,ered s"Snl mjurie.- were removed to the hospital Palmer was undecided! whether to enter a plea of guilty Of not to the charge and is out on 125 bail pending the seriousness of the injuries to the man in the hospital. "Doc" Rudd, w ho was one of the ; party, was ordered out ot town by Chief of Police Tom Gurdane. COAST ARTILLERY IS ORDERED HOME Twenty-eight Oompante. Brought Back from Border to Resume Man ning of t oast Uattcrie.. WASHIXr.TOff, Am;. ;to.The war department ha. ordered twenty-eight companies of coast artillery hack from the border to nsume their prop, er .tnti'ms tit manning the coast de. leasee batteries of she sjastarn ami western department.. WHEAT IS DOWN FOUR CENTS IN CHICAGO PIT CHICAGO, Aug. 30. (Special to the East oregonlan.) Range of pri ces today: Open High. Low. Sept 11.12 1.434 1.371a Dec. 11.45 1 47 , 1.4 1 1, Portland. PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. 30 (Spe 11.25. wheat, spot No. 1 Manitoba. 14s 4d (12 on 4-5 per bu.l; No , 14s 3d; No. 2 red western winter, lis Id. Brotherhoods Declare Leg EMBARGO PUT ON FREIGHT SHIPMENTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. "God forgive you, I cannot," exclaimed President Wilson at the conclusion of the final in terview with railroad execu tives when they rejected every proposal. Wilson is exerting every ef fort to persuade the trainmen to withdraw the September fourth strike order. Administration officials de clared that trainmen will gain nothing by strikiijg Monday. If the trainmen struck while congress was actually consider ing favorable legislation nati onal sentiment mijrht tremend- I ously react against the unions. I he Brothernoods indicated no ; intention of revoking the strike order. Officials hoped the public would urge a strike delay, un til congress had time to consid er Wilson's legislation. The strike order includes every Brotherhood man, in the pas senger and freight service. The unions formally decided 'that Wilson's legislative pro- gram naa not altered their strike decision. Prominent Brotherhood members asserted that only the railroad accept ance of the eight hour day can halt their plans. Secretary Garretson denied that Wilson had flatly asked him to post pone the strike. He also de nied that the strike was post poned. FIRST LEGISLATIVE EF- FORT FAILS. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The senate interstate com merce committee announced a formal hearing for the Brother- hods and railway executives and bi shippers for tomorrow a ifcV- j I e , , E gather data for use in fram- " the legislation , Wilson has urged. President W. G. Lee, the trainmens 10 j u v j e j ar had Conferred With l.ahlir Snerotarv U'ilAr. i j " noun, said : "No power under heaven ex- cent a snfisfnetnr.- nUn...! I . "JTTTC Day." The first formal congressi- Onal effort to rush throutrh anti-strike legislation caused a quarrel. Some of the senators charged other senators with "trying to make political capi tal from a disastrous situa tion." PORTLAND STOCK TRAIN CANCELLED PORTLAND. Aug. :?). Tho Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation com pan v has cancelled the Sunday stock train from Eastern Orejron. Washington and Idaho. The tiain carries ninety per cent of Portland's weekly meat simply. The Great Northern refused to accept perishable for deliv ery after Saturday, The order affects the connecting lines in cluding the Burlington, Spo kane. Portland and Seattle which has refused to accept perishables. They will accept other freight under the "una voidable delay" clause. Many close prospective travelers have can IM j celled their reservations. 1 4:s j Wheat trading will probably bait Monday unless means are provided for moving eastern Oregon's crop. The Oregon electric offices announce that the strike will affect its train- Ctontmaed on Page I )