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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 19
NO. 8901
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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
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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-
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Aged King of Bavaria
Stricken by Appoplexy
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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.
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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.
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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-
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