East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, September 01, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Tbf East "regonlan hu the largeat bout tide Hod k'ttn i int. . , paid circulation of hut paper In OrigWIi eaat of Portland and 1 far toe largest circulation In I'eudletuo of j newspaper. WEATHER Tonight anil Saturday fair oolar tonight. t YKSTERR S WUim PT Maximum temperature. 95, mini mum 5. rainfall. o: W . light weather. 'War. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916. NO. 890.'! T HOUSE GREEK KING IS SI TO HAVE FLED THRONE General Mobilization of Armv Ordered--Several Cities are in Revolt. CROWN PRINCE IS REGENT1 Whole Garrison In Macedonia s"r renders to Rebels: Troop rc KH' Three Men and Wound Two (ireck Gendarme Iota Volunteers .tod Siirroiiiid Saloiilld Garrison, j UOHtoQB, Sept. I. An unoon- firmed iieiuer oUapatch reportM thai King Constantino ha abdicated and the crown prince ha boon appointed regcat. A general mobilization of the Greek army has been onleml. The report. If true, mdlrale Unit Otoece wtU soon enter the war on the aide of the aim. The Gnvk army wan demobilised several months aire at law allied- orders Prlrov George, I M. in apparent to the Greek . GREEK (1IT1BS HEVOIT MAIXWtKI, Sept (. Several Greek (date have revolted. The (ireck garrison at lie am Ilnrnn ha- Mir-1 reodered to the rebels. A n'mlm mi -1 ary eommlttoo la governing Uita part of Macedonia. Greek gendarmes have Joined the volunteers ami sur round Sallnlkl, garrison. Tile troop fire killed tlirre rebel and imiulid two. Tlinv (ireck regiments at V denn Mned the reliefs. The Sulonlkl barracks troops re- ; fii-eit to Miimnder. (iencral Sarrnll. j commanding the ngl-l Tench. In- j tencneri and disarmed and liiloidned Uie nnrulnr tnsiir.. Me allowed the nfflicrs to n-taiii lliclr -minis and sent the regular to the suburban numio. KeltanUk. French aoidlera msjaaplul i lie barracka. Macedonian- Organised ItevoU. LONDON. Sept. I, flalonlkl dis patches indicate that Macedonian or ganised the Greek revolution, The' Macedonian vainly urged t lie king tO attack the invading Bulcaia. The creek toldltri tent home afier dtmo Mllaatlon Joined the rioters in attack ing the government forces. I'nlgarla's war declaration has pav ed the way for an allied offensive de- signed to iTiiah the Bulgarians. Itrlt Ish. French. Italian, Kusslnn. Ser bian und Roumanian armies plan to participate In the drive. The Creek crown prince Is popular, His sympathies are pro-ally although he received his military education In a German academy. He holds an hon orary cuirmllnn in thp Prussian gunrd. H has participated in the lust two llalknn wnrs as a Oreek army officer. It is eaay for a woman to keep n h ret that isn't Interesting. CHILD LABOR BILL SIGNED BY WILSON 4 WASHINGTON, Sept 1 President Wilson haa signed the child lahor bill, as he did so he remarked: "It means much to the health and vigor or the nation'' NEW WHEAT CLEANING PLANT DOES FINE WORK EXPERTS SAY Pendleton' latest Industry', the H. W. Collins wheat cleaning plant and slevator on west Webb street, has started the work of cleaning a large share of the wheat of eastern Oregon and southern Washington. The plant la running days now and shortly will he operated day and night with two full trews of men. Fifteen men are employed at the plant at resent. The work of the plant 1 pronounc ed to be perfect by expert who have viewed It Wheat In a very' smutty condition is turned out of the ma FAVORS IS S Invading Army Uses the Famous Nut Cracker Tactics to Squeeze Out Austrians. PETROSSAM IS CAPTURED Oty la ImKrtaiit Industrial Center IOsaes of Swift Sweep Through Tranvhniila Very Slight As Austrian- ttreat So Rapidly There l l.lulc Heavy Fighting. geni.va. sept. , a Munich! uewa'r Uie N'rttflste Nucliriclitcn ivKrted Unit the Roumanians had ln wtded Bulgaria and oaured Rust- j clink. ran- and Amsterdam I mil similar rCpOtta, Then" it as no con firmation. LOJfDON, se.t. I. N'ewi dlsimteh ea .lis lansl (lie KcrlHans under (ien- eral tiadldtili had int4Ted Itounianla hi no-operate wttli the lloiinianlans and Itu-slan- auin-i tslie AuHtrlaus. The populace enthiulaHtlcally rSoetVCd Uie trooiw. BUCHAHEST. Sept. 1 It is an nounced the Roumanians have occu pied Tarlunge valley and the city of Petrossam. an Industrial center. They suffered only slight losses. The rapid aweep througri Transylvania continues. lu'strau is Menaced, i Hy Wilbur forreat i LONDON, Sept, 1 The Rouman ians are usng the famous (lerman nut cracker tactics anil are pressing for ward rapidly on lsith wings, squeei ing the Austrians from southeastern! Transylvania The Austrian already have abandoned four hundred square miles. The llnuinani.ms have captured twelve towns since they declared war Sunday night. The Austrians are retreating o rapidly there Is little heavy fighling and few prisoners are taken. The Roumanian right Is menacing the fa mous old Hungarian city of Histrttz. thirty mllee beyond the frontier. A central news dispatch said the Aus-j trlans were preparing to evacnai. nistriU. The heaviest fighting Is on the mountain front southward from P,u kowlna The Austrians are attempt ing to make a stand along the south ern border Of Transylvania Should Roumanians smash these licenses, the Austrians in southeastern Trans ylvanla would be endnngered Itn inns Win llattle. PBTROORAD, Sept. 1. -It is an nounced the Russians have won a great battle and captured sixteen thousand prisoners, six cannons and fifty-five machine guns. The Teutons tier retiring on the eastern ront. 7 Teuton AirsliliK l ost. PARI8, Sept. i. it is announced the French cleared a (lerman trench on the LoUVTon front between Olso and Alsne last night. They captured several prisoners. French artillery was most active on the Somme front. A weak (iertnati attack failed In Apre mnnt forest, southeast of Verdun. Seven (lerman aeroplanes were de stroyed. chine white and clean and ready for the mill without additional scouring or washing. The plant has a capacity of cleaning and smutting between 400 and BOO tons of wheat dally As to how much wheat will be ta ken care of hy the Collins cleaner It is Impossible to esllniate. Should the Buropaan "nr ,,rnght to a dose and wheat sent to the Pacific coast points again the plant would be of little uae except for local purpoee. The cleaner and elevator I the largest in eastern Oregon and the Interior. BSTRITZ MENACED UNA EIGHT HOUR Queen Muriel of Pendleton Round-Up Crowned at Astoria This Morning as Reigning Monarch of 21st Annual Regatta fl Hr If WW 1 '4 mm V a4 T B. jfll "' " ' mm mlBrnm OF NEW HAPPY CANYON Cost of Buildings and Show Will Re Nearly $12.0OO Dollar Shim to He (ilvcn for Fifty Gratia, The work of building the new Hap pj Canyon was begun this morning and will be completed on or before September 17. The directors asked for bids from local contractors for furnishing the tool and labor but only one bid was received. Inas much as It was 700 more than the engineer's estimate, It was refused. and the directors will do the. work by day labor under the direction of C. A. Ijinsdowne, supervising engi neer. What with the 2300 paid for the lense and old Oregon Feed Yard building, the cost or lnhnr. new lum ber and other material and the cost of staging the show, the expenses this' year will run between 1 10.000 and $12,000. according to the budget pre pared last evening. Facing a deficit unless the price of admission Is raised or a subscription paper passed among the business men again, the directors decided to charge 50 rents for admission this year for adults and 25 cent for children un der 12. However. In order to elimi nate criticism, an appropriation for the program, which opens the enter tainment, double thnt made In the past two years was voted and the di rectors promise a dollar show for fif ty cent Instead o a fifty cent show for two-bit as In pat year. Some really high da attraction will he secured and an entire change from the first two years will be given, only Continued on Page I. ) bill - 18 OF KANSAS VOTE Nominee Makes Sieeeh at Toeka and Kansas City Greatly KeMod After Ills Colorado Vacation. ABOARD HUGHS SPECIAL, Sa ltan, Kan., Sept. 1. Justice Hughes is "back on the wheels." His voice is greatly Improved. He made rear platforui speeches at Salina. , Hujs. Junction City, and Lawrence and ad" dresed auditorium crowds at Topcka, and Kansas City. Kansas leaders as sured Hughes the state would un doubtedly be republican. CLOSING PRICES DOWN TWO CENTS IN CHICAGO PIT F.ast Oregonlan) Range of prices to. day: open. High. Low. close. Sept. $1.44 V4 Il.ttS 11.40 11.40 Dec. 11.47 J1.484 I1.42H 1 44 Portland. PORTLAND, ore., Sept. 1. (Sped, si) ' lub. fl.21; bluestem 11.25. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL! Aug. 31. - Wheat spot No. 1 Manitoba. 14s 4d (2.0 4-5 par bu.); No. 1, 14s 3d: No. 2 red western winter, 14s 4d. Says Athena Will Move Down. ThM Athena will send a record crowd to the 1(11 Round-Up Is the statement of W. D. "Jlnkaf" Taylor 1 well known Round-Up booster, who la in town today. seMe ai! ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 1. (Special) Miss Muriel Saling of Pendleton, who reigned so gracefully over the re cent Portland Rose Festival, and who has been chosen to preside over the Pendleton Rouncl-l"p later in the month, was this morning at 9 o'clock crowned Queen of the Twenty-first i Annual Astoria Regatta with beauti ful and impressive ceremonies. She arrived an hour earlier on Ad miral Cronan'a flagship, the "T, J. Potter" along with King Neptune. Gov ernor Withy oombe, the admiral's staff and many other notables. The recep tion to the flagship was one fit for real royalty, Til D. Taylor, president of the Round-l'p and the late King Joy of the Rose Festival, arrived this morn ing and will be entertained with thy honors due one of his rank. Queen Muriel will preside at the festivities of the big water carnival during the next three days and will lie a conspicuous figure in the cele bration. MEN WHO SHOOT MIGRATORY BIRDS TODAY TAKE RISK That the sportsman whS shoots nr gratory birds today is taking a seri ous chance of beina- brought before the courts is opinion o' District At torney Frederick Etehver. The Ore gon state law opens the season or migratory birds today which is a vi olation of the recent treaty signed with canada and the federal bird law. Tne recent treaty with Canada, which follows the federal law. is sale: to have been passed with an idea to bolstering up the taw. The only foundation, according to Mr. Steiwer for the 'federal law and regulation of the birds tests on the fact that birds move from state to state and are therefore of an interstate commerce nature Several states have declared the law unconstitutional ami the su preme court declared the law as such The supreme tribunal has granted the case another hearing In connection with an observance of the law. Deputy 7ame Warden Tonkin warns hunters from shooting doves from the public highway or the railroad right of way. It is complain ed that many autoists violate the law in shooting these birds from ma chines. The county ts said to have an abundance of doves. The federal law allows the shooting of migratory birds after Octolier 1. GEO. HARRINGTON DIES AT HOSPITAL George Lester Harrington, aged 21 years, passed away at St. Anthonys hospital this morning following an ill ness of a year. The deceased was born In 1 895 In Anatone. Washington, and ha lived most of his life in Uma tilla county. Oregon. He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs Isanc Harrington, who reside on Birch creek four brothers, Roy, who lives in Malheur county. Rail!, Rills and Walter and a sister. Mrs. Will Ba ker who lives on McKay creek. The funeral arrangements have not been made. votes LEGISLATION AVERTING STRIKE IS RUSHED THROUGH BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS OT CONGRESS President May Receive Notice of Cancellation of the Strike, Simultaneously With Nomination Notifica tion Tomorrow; January First is Set for Proposed Law to Become Effective. SPIRITED DEBATE PRECEDES BULGAR1A WARS ON R0UMAN1A I ; SALONIKI, Sept 1 It Is i announced Bulgaria has declar- ed war on Roumanla. SHORTAGE OF LABOR HERE Pendleton for the first Ume in years is facing a labor shortage. Warehouse men utitn plain that they cannot find enough men In town to make full crews at their houses and out o ftown labor may have to be im ported. Wheat hauling is already on and by next week practically every farmer in Umatilla county will be hauling his 1916 crop to the ware house. John Montgomery, local agent for the Pacific Coast Elevator Company warehouses was six men behind his full crew and experienced difficulty in hiring additional men. ' Henry Collins scoured the town yesterday t get laborers for his houses. Approxi mately 60 warehouses are handled through Pendleton offices. The streets have been fairly bereft of ho lmes this year and labor conditions seem to be good. In Gilliam county the same shortage of men has been reported. This year warehouse men are of fering l a day for inexperienced men and 13 50 for experienced men WORKER IS KILLED Four Unidentified Men Shoot Negro at Tacoma Exciting Chase Made Through Down Town Streets. TACOMA, Sept. 1. One of four unidentified men shot and killed Till man W. Bethel, a negro, ager 57. and a non-union longshoreman. Police believe the men were striking long shoremen. Bethel was enroute tc work at the Milwaukee railroad docks when he was attacked. His assailants chased him from the eleventh street bridge to a nearby office building. Bethel fled to the second floor when his pursuers fired. The bullets hit I him in the heart and abdomen. Cyril Wilson, a witness, chased the slayers several blocks. ROUND-UP SEAT SALE BEGINS IN THE MORNING; ENTIRE EAST END OPEN TO LOCAL PEOPLE Detailed information regarding the! local seat sale for the Round-Up. Sep- tember 21. 21 and 2. which goes on tomorrow morning was Issued today j by R. W Ritner. business manager, asj follows: The ticket wagon will be located On West Alta street between Garden and; Main streets, near the rear of the Sayret store. Police will be on hand to keep the people In line. Numbers will he given . out some time after 4 o'clock In the morning In order to enable people waiting all night to go to breakfast. TOMORROW PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE WASHINGTON seiu i tress has arranged for a night set-sion. senate leaders promis ed to remain in session after midnight to get the vote. The completed bill sboukl reach President Wilson tomorrow noon. Senator New lands has promised to rush the measure through the senate tonight. He believe the strike crisis as ended. The Interstate Commerce com mittee favorably reported the senate bill at S:SO. It set Janu ary ftrst for the proposed law to become effective. It e tempt electric intenurbaas from its pro. visions. In the house Adamson introduced a committee amend ment changme; the effet-tave date from December 1 to January 1. After a sharp fight the house exempted eleatrar InterurtMns and Indeendent railroads under a hundred miles Ions-. Th o-a. ernoods oppose the but will accept it If WASHINGTON. Sept I. The house has adopted a special role under which It I scheduled to pass the Adamson eight hour hill at four thirty this af ternoon. President Wilson told the cabinet that he firmly believes the MR wil pass tonight A spirited debate preceded the ad option of the special rale. Represen tative lenroot of Wisconsin, declared he did not believe the bill would hall the strike. Other republicans railed the legislation "shotgun procedure." Senate leader fialllngrr said: ''There will he no obstructive tactics. The bin will probably pass the senate to morrow night." Wilson visited Chairman Nesrlanda. and inspected Nculands' "strike pre vention bill." He conferred with New lands to Introduce the senate MO at two p. m. The senators plan to rush the eight hour bill through before ad journment tonight. WUson may re (vive notification that the strike Is cancelled simultaneously with his no tification of the democratic nomina tion at shadow Tawn tomorrow. Railroads Skeptical. CHICAGO. Sept. 1-fhe Oifr-ago railroads hart rushed strike prepara tions. The presidents conferred this afternoon and discussed their attitude toward the eight hour bills J. W. Hlggins. chairman or the general managers' association made a state ment. He threw the strike responsi bility on congress and the Brother hoods. He asked the public to pro tect the railroads against violence Ha concluded: a Gorman Attacks Fall. LONDON, Sept 1 Sir Douglas Haig reported that the Germans at. tacked on a two mile front. Flvs mass charges against Glnchy and the High wood failed The German bom bardment wa terrific. The window will be open at 7 o' clock sharp, with Tom Roylen. as usual. In charge. Kvery seat and every boa In lbs west half of the grand aland will bo on sale. There will be no sale from the east half of the grand stand as this la re served for mall order ami out of man people. Meetlon to be sold on local sale are. numbered from the east K. G. H I. J. K. L. M. and west No atata will be sold In sections T and Q except for the entire the (Continued on figs I )