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DAILY EVENING EDITION Bpj -- TO ADVERTISERS I J V 4 ffO f fl(V A Wt Xl paper in iiregnu, ram of Portland and by ' aVs7 aa I DkJ LV' waV Mr" ss In m,W'm."- far q Pendleton JJRBBIDKKIRiftSff'' gSSsKKKIKK CITY OFFICIAL PAPER Ss p' DAILY EVENING EDITION wuTn Tonight fair, cooler with Sun- day fair, warmer. YRSfTKHlHYS. WIVTIIKH DATA Maximum temperature H4. mini mum. 45; rainfall, n wind west light, weather, clear. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPT' '9, 1916. NO. 8910 TURKS COME 10 OF HARD PRESSED SERINS; VERDUN ROD HEARING END i. Russian Drive Toward I Halitz is Checked by the Ottoman Reinforce ments. ROMANIA INVADED 50 MILES Itwatan Nal Forced Meet Bulgar Um for Firm Time Torpedo Boats SbWl Black Hon Fort and Sink Twenty-one Bread Loaded Barges. ' (d Keen ) LONDON, Sept 9. Turkish troops havs come to the rescue of the hard pressed Germans In Uallcla. They have chucked the Russian advance to ward the fortified city or Halllz. This Is the second time since the Russians began threatening Lemberg that tho Turk have halted their advance. sever. il weeks ago Turkish reinforce-, nients halted the drive against Lem berg from the east. The allies' west ern front attacks are less violent for the last twenty four hours. The Oer. ruan-Bulgarian Roumanian front of fensive Ik apparently slackening. Turks Take 1000 prisoners. BDKLIN, Sept. 9. it Is announced Oerman counters drove back the Rus sians east of Halttx. The Turks re pulsed the Russians and captured 1000 prisoners. Northwest of Mount Ka pui. In the tAiryaihliins, the Teuton lines yielded. Russian. Fight Itiilgar-. PHTlUHiltAK, .Sept. . It is an nounced thut I : ns :.i n naval forces fought the Bulgarians for the first Umo yesterday. Torpedo boats shell ed lUkhlk on the Black Sea port and sank twenty-one bread loaded barg es, 'in.. Mil in. in.- captured Ualclilk from the Roumanians recently. hkiii.in Sept. 9 Herman war correspondents reported that Herman and Itulsarian troops have advanced over fifty miles beyond the Rouman ian frontier, operating OB the Black Sea coast. Correspondents reported that tho German-Bulgarian advance to the Black Seu ports explained wh the Roumanians now limit their Trunsyl- vanlau operations to minor explora-j lions. Itoumanla seems Irrresolute and Bncertala what the future may develop, Roumanians Withdraw BUCHAREST. Sept. 9 It Is Mtnl-I officially announced that the Rou manian general staff hus shifted large forces to the southeastern frontier to hock the invasion. A further retire ment may be necessary on account of the enemy's numerical siierlorlty. The military authorities are confi dent the enemy will Do unable to throw a larger force across the Dan ube. The Roumanians surrendered Tiutrakiui after a rour days' resist ance In which they were outnumbered four to one. The Oerman bombard ment wa-s terrific. The roar of the Runs could be heard here. Bucharest received the news of Tut rakun's fall calmly. The public re garded the victory' as Insignificant compared with Roumanian successes on the Hungarian frontier. Tho fighting at Dobrudja - general along a one hundred mile front. Dispatch es sold the Roumanians pushed 311 miles Into Transylvania. Trial This Afternoon. The case of Charles Saunders charged with hunting without a li cense Is being tried this afternoon be fore a jury In the Justice court ot Judge Joe H. Parkes. Plaintiff Is Given Judgment Judgment for the plaintiff In the asc of John H. Bauer against the S.attlo-Aluska Anthracite Coal Com pany for $9,551.45 and $700 attorney ices was handed down by Circuit Judge 0, W. Phelps yesterday. Tho sale of property held under an at tachment was ordered sold to satisfy judgment STRIKE IS LOOMING tmmioo Men and Women of All Trades Ready to Walk Out With New York Traction Men. NrW YORK, Scut. 9. Tho centrnl fl derated union, representing threo quarters of a million men and women of all trades, has appointed a com mittee with power to call a general sympathetic strike in connection with tho traction strike here. 1 RESCUE Great Battle on Western Front is Entering Third and Final Stage Teu tons Seem Demoralized ARE SIMPLY HOLDING GROUND hand to Hand Fighting Occurs In Trench In Poureaux Wood French Take Ground Hast or Beloy Vio lent Artillery Fire Marks Verdnn Battle. HENRY WOOD. WITH THE l-; defensive at Verdun. The great battle. begun two hundred days ago has en- tered the third and final stage. The, French are steadily recovering; lost positions. The battle will gradually ,.i .,, .... , v,.l,mw, It U definitely learned the Oer maus were forced to remove huge M'M nt it ics of artillery and men from Verdun to meet, the allies' Somme of fonatve, It had an Immediate effect on the morale of the remaining men. In February officers told them to cap ture Verdun. In July they told them simply to hold their ground. Reduc ed to the mere defensive of a garrison after seven months of fighting and their morale shattered. French offi cers declared the Herman prisoners were so unnerved they marched the Verdun streets singing "The Marseil laise." The seventh and last great Herman massed attack on butt) luniks of the Meuse took place July tenth The j French checked the blow immediately and took the offensive They have I letalnefl the Initiative ever since. They captured ten thousand prisoners. I la score of cannon and :t hundred ma i rhino guns. n the u est "bank of the Meuse i lighting has practically ceased. Hill ' 3114 and I tendonitis hill are numbered j among past glories, on the east river 'the Hermans are concentrating for a final desperate struggle to retain forts Vaux and Douaumont. Their I resistance Is greatly weakened even In this sector. The cannonading Is incomparable to the terrific fire marking the first day's battle Haad Haild ,,Wluluc Western From. LONDON, Sept 9 - llnig reported that the British captured a Oerman trench In sharp hand-to-hand fight- ing in Foureaux wood last night. I aria announced the French captured a small woods east or Beloy. Eighty seven hundred prisoners have been taken on the Somme Front since Sep li niber third. The war office called the German lusses "frightful. ' .m of German dead were piled in the I ri""'- , , """"".and Miss Alice Butler and Mtes Al artillery fire around erdun. Iiind1iburg Looks Younger. AMSTERDAM. Sept. 9. German newspapers confirmed the report that' lllndenhurg Is making his first visit; to the western front The Cologne :rlti. 1,1,1 1 1 le.l i i e.. I .... 1.- -- ....... n j uuiis er and frostier. He is conferring with the crown prince and German lead ers. Ho expects to inspect the entire front STANFIELD WINS DISTRICT FIGHT Slanfleld s petition for the annexa tion of several sections of land from I the Hermiston and Columbia school I districts has been favorably passed ! upon by the county boundary board i upon the condition that Stanfield dls-j trlct assumes the pro rata of the bonded Indebtedness against the other' two districts. The petition was vigorously oppos. I ed by the Hermiston and Columbia districts and there was much argu ment on both sides The deciding, factor was the preference of the fam-1 lilts In, the affected districts for tho Stanfield district One of the arguments against the granting of the petition was that Her miston and Columbia districts had Incurred bonded Indebtedness and that, to reduce those districts, would Impose a greater burden upon the bal ance of the district. As a matter of equity, therefore, the board decided that Stanfield district must assume a proportionate part of the Indebted ness. Tho boundary board consists of tho members of the county court and County Superintendent Young. Discourtesy hurts the person who uses It more thnn the porson toward whom It is directed. WHAT CONGRESS DURING Reorganized and tremendously Increased both armv and navy. Made biggest appropriations In history of congress. "Preparedness" lolais. close to 1700, 000, 000 are the largest peace-time military budgets in the history of the world. Stopped shipment In Interstate 'ommerce of child labor products. Passed rural credits act guaranteeing long-term, low-rate loans to farmers. Granted Philippines greater self-government. Placed heavy expenses of government on munitions incomes and inheritances. Passed 142.000.000 rivers and harbors bill. Passed act for government-owned $60,000,000 merchant marine. Confirmed Louis I, llrandels and John H. Clarke for supreme court. Voted to Investigate railways. Took sugar from free list; created tariff commission; passed "anti dumping" act. Adopted workmen's compensation principle for fnlted States em ployes. Increased the maximum amount allowed to be deposited in postal banks. Confirmed Danish treaty; refused to confirm Colombian treaty which would have paid 2S, 000.000 for Colombia's wounded feelings for the I'nited states alleged aiding the Panama revolution. Passed drastic retaliatory measure as part of the 1205.000,000 rev enue bill by which the president is empowered to use the army and navy to uphold rights of American citizens against blacklists and interfer ences with mails. Pnssed oight-hiur Ian- for railroad employes engaged in operating interstate trains, thereby averting nation-wide strike. SCHOOL BELL RINGS ON MONDAY 44 1 1 Of)f) CTJ Ji)FNl I 4-11 Ji KJULjI i I J SEVERAL NEW The school bell will ring for 1200 Pendleton students Monday morning. Everything is in readiness to receive the pupils for their nine months' work. All of the teachers are in the city and tachers' meetings are being held today by City School Superln-' tendent A. T. Park In the city hall. The buildings have all been repair ed When needed and put In first class shape. A siiiist.inti.il Increase In thci 1916 enrollment is expected this year.! The opening days attendance may! not be as large as lust year owing to, the fact that many will not start to school until after uie Round-L'p. ! September SI, I and 23. I several new courses nave oeen added fur this year, of particular in terest to the boys interested In farm machinery Is the new gas engine course which is to be given by Prof. Virgil Kendall, late of the Oregon Ag ricultural College. A number of changes have been made in the high school assembly hall New chairs have been Installed, the stage has been altered bo that high school plays and lyceum num ! bers can he produced at the high i school. The orchestra pit hus been ' enlarged to accommodate a good gisetd orchestra. It Is hoped to have both a high school oand and orches tra this year A system of lighting has been installed including foot- lights and border lights. The organization of a boys' and girls' glee club Is planned for the win - ter. The girls In the domestic sci- ence department will receive first! hand information about housekeeping j ill a f Is IS K Thill Veur Tho 1 W. Mai. .my home on south Main street has been rented for the work from COtUEft's WCgKlV" A Dinner Provokingly Delayed ACCOMPLISHED THIS LAST SESSION V KKAlliVFSS 11 ULinill COURSES ADDED uerta Cavender of the department will live there. The boundary lines for the grade children have been slightly changed. All 01 tne suioenis nuns; nmui oi uoj Umatilla river and on both sides of West Court street to Its intersection. wltn limn and nortn on Doin siaes oi Main to the river shall attend the Ulncoln school. All students residing west of Main street not included m the Lincoln schoo ldlstriflt shall attend the Haw thume school. All students residing east of Main street shall attend the Washington school. Prlnian students in the near vicin Ity of the Field school and those liv ing on South hill shall attend the Field school. No midyear class will be started In the first grade this year. CLOSING PRICES ONE CENT DOWN TODAY Chicago. Sept. 9 (Special to the East Oregontan. i Range of pri ces today: Open, High. Low. Close. Sept. Il.sttt 1.55 1.52 1.52 14 Dec. II. (4H 1.56 1.533 1.534 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore , Sept. 9 cial.) Club. 31.30; bluestem Uverrssil. (Spe $1.36. LIVERPOOL. Sept. s. Wheat 1 lneh t. tra.i SllwO V,l 1 Manitoba. 1 la 1 id J2.1T per bu.i; lOd; No. 3 14s 8d; No. winter. 14s lOd. No. 2. 145 red western Cans swnrs By W. C Karris TWO BANDITS KILL MAN AFTER STEALING $12,000 MARTIN'S PERRY. Ohio. Sept. 9. The hold-up occurred on a grade Two bandits held uo and killed Ie crossing: Hirer miles distant. Two Rankin, superintendent of Uie Young- foreigners odrered Pic-kens to halt. Biogheny Coal company. They took! jlnkJn immediately jumped from the . ' , taxi, suspecting s liold-up. They shot twelve thousand dollars. Rankin was hlm vm as be wis running and he riding in Oliver Pickens taxi. The bled to death. Bloodhounds arc trail money was the miners' payroll. I ing the bandits. CROP AVERAGE LOWER BUT PRICES HIGHER All American Vieidii Are Below tier ages of Last Ten Years But Price Are I Uglier Than Last Year. WASHINGTON', Sept. 9. The crop estimates bureau announced that the composite condition of all American crops was five point four per cent be low the ten year average and eleven point nine per cent below last year. Average prices for the principal crops Is twenty-one point nine per cent higher than a year ago. MRS. CAIT ,S HEAD OE Mrs. Walter Miller of Missouri Uoct cd First vice President Wr Sec- retary Baker Speaas Tonight. ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 9. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt was elected presdem of ,he National Women's Suffrage association. Mrs Walter Miller of Missouri. Mrs. Stanley Mc Cormtck of New York and Mrs. Esth er ogden of New Jersey were named vice presidents. War Secretary Ba ker speaks to the convention tonight Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Smith of Kentucky is corresponding secretary. .Mrs. Frank A. Chuler of Buffalo, re cording secretary, Miss Helen Myer of Massachusetts, first auditor, and Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Ala bama, second auditor. Publicity re ports, conferences and a short session completed the day's program. Raymond Robbins of Chicago, also addresses the suffragists tonight Mrs. David Simpson of Minnesota and' Dr. Effie McCullom Jones of Omaha, speak tomorrow Dr. Anna Howard Shaw's closing address subject will be "What Is Americanism?" Wheat Sold At $1.23. Although there has been no great activity in the grain market during the past few days considerable wheat is reported to have changed hands yesterday In the county. At Helix it is reported Cal Engdahl purchased several lots of wheat at ll.tt a bushel. Around $1.20 is being Quoted by local grain dealers today in Pen dleton. Some few lots are selling to day. Prominent Banker Here. A. B. Woodward of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York is here today meeting the Pen dleton bankers. Mr. Woodward is on a tour of the country investigatlnc conditions and meeting the bankers The bank he represents is the fourth largest in New York. TWO MEN RESCUED IN GAS EXPLOSION Numlicr of Entombed Miners In Penn- j svivanla Aivldont Is I'nknown J Rescue Iarties Enter Tunnel. SHAMOK1N. Pa., Sept 9 rwo! seriously burned men were carried from the Alaska mines P, & R. Coal Mid Iron Company at Mount Carmel, result of a gas explosion. It Is not known how many were possibly entombed. District Superintendent K. L Davis and Foreman Kelly form- ed a rescue party and entered the mines. Hunter Gets lltK'k Fever. Herman Rosenberg. Pat McDevltt Joe Guyll, Herman refers and Mr. Tucker who have been hunting In the south end of the county with Earl Coutts. have returned home . Yes terday after the men had been hunt ing for deer for almost a week, It is said that a large deer come within a few feet of Mr. Coutts The hunts man, overcome by the sight did not recover in time to get a shot at the buck. JOHNNY AITKEN WINS INDIANAPOUS AITO RCT. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 9 Johnny Aitken. driving a Reugot won a twen ty mile race at the Indianapolis speed way. He averaged ninety five miles per hour. There was a four hundred dollar purse Wilcox In a Premier was second. Chevrolots in a Sun beam was third. CENTRAL AMERICAN FINANCES ARE LOW Time is Ripe for American Capital ists to Invest in Honduras, Says Prominent Financier of Country. LOS ANGELES. Sept. . Daniel Fortln, president of the Banco Coom erclo De Honduras, declared all Cen tral American republics were in the throes of an unprecedented financial depression as a result of the European war. Fortin said: "The time has come for American capitalists to invest In Honduras securities. Very favorable concessions are obtainable." Decree For Plaintiffs. Decrees in favor of the plaintiffs were granted by Circuit Judge O. W. Phelps yesterday in the divorce cases of Fred M. Thompson against Alice M. Thompson and Rosa Gilman against Walter Gilman. Fair Was Success. I. E. Young, county school superin tendent, returned last night from the Umapine east end county fair. He re ports the fair to have been a great success from all standpoints. The competition in all of the school work was strong especially in the pig rais ing club. japan and rcssia wofud force: it. s from oriitnt" lftwis Senator Raps State Department for Peculiar Silence Regarding Far Hast. WASHINGTON, Sept 9. Senator Lewis declared Jaipan and Russia "were combining to force America from the orient" He scored the state department for its "peculiar silence regarding the far east" He asserted, "inquiries should be made to ascer tain why there was so little informa tion regarding Japan's latest de mands on China, and apparently little effort to insist upon America's orien tal rights." AUSTRIANS NEED 400,000 SOLDIERS ALEXIEFF STATES IMPERIAL Russian Army Axeleff, chief i UaVtOQUA R T E R S Sept. 9. General f the Russian General staff, and known for his aversion to Cook testified that Bennett Thomp war correspondents gave Sims of the 1 son frequently discussed Mrs. Helen I'nited Press the following interview: Jennings. He testified Thompson Alexieif declared that Germany said he hoped "to win him a home" must send four hundred thousand through marrying her The proeecu men to aid the demoralized Austrians tor alleged that unrequited love if she hopes to stiffen her resistance ' caused Thompson to kill the woman. The. Germans must prove their driving The state's case U nearly complet power if Hlndenburg attempts the ed. Court adjourned at noo nuntll eastern offensive as Berlin expects. Monday Thompson appeared wor. The Turks can not send over forty ried. He had not shaved for three thousand. days. Alexieff received me In a small. plainly furnished office adjoining the Ist- Geore Hotel Remodeling Fbnisned czar's headquarters. He resembles! The renovating and remodeling of pictures of Kipling. He said- "The the Hotel Geor"e has been com biggest mistake a general can make Dleted and tho hotel Is now up to date is unerestlmatlng the enemy's strength and resources. Despite the encircling ring of enemies and conUn.l ual pressure, another German offen- i sive Is not Impossible On JnK- 16 the Germans started a counter offen- sive on the Lipa. It failed. Future counters will meet the same fate. Aus trian armies are badly demoralized but not crushed. The Germans Kent (twenty divisions to stiffen the Ausiri ans. The Russians are entering the war's third winter in the strongest condition ever. Original defeats were due to lack of ammunition bin have ammunition now, He said peace was probably long distant. "War must follow its wr itable, historical course.'- The man who can't meet his obli gations Is always meeting his cred itors. News Summary Local. Csty schools to open Monday. Hotel St George is remodeled. Stanfield wins oat tn boandart fight General. . Turks come to aid of Germans. Marshall starts state campaign. (Iilhuahua Is Villa's i.oal. Wheat average lower, prices higher. MM SMS FAULT FINDING IS OF NO USE Republicans Cannot Hope to Win by Mere Criti cism They Must be Specific. $ OPENS STATE' CAMPAI6N Declares Hughes is Trying to Both Roosevelt and Barnes, Both Penrose and La Follette ''Winning Horse Must Strike Gait First ter," Quotes Candidate. WINCHESTER, Ky Sept. . Vice-President Marshall has opened the state campaign. He said: "In a blue grass region I don't need to re mind you that the horse doesn't win unless he strikes his gait tho first quarter. Hughes has not struck his gait. He is trying to please both Roosevelt and Barnes, both Penrose and La Follette. The republicans cannot hope to gain power by mere criticism. They must be specific They must say what laws they'll re peal. Up to this moment the reason why the democrats must be beaten are imaginative." Mexican Ranchei Brings Story of Boast to Enter City on Mexican Inde pendence Day. EL PASO, Sept. 9. A Mexican rancher arriving in Juarez said Villa was marching north. Villa told the natives: "I'll shout 'Gringo' to Chi huahua City on the eve of the Mexi can independence day, September sixteenth." The rancher reported over fifteen j hundred men were with Villa. Texas ! rangr rs exchanged shots with the i Mexicans across the Rio Grande twen ; ty five miles south and wounded one. THOMPSON FRFOI"HTLY DIBOC88ED MRS. JENNINGS SAYS MIl.ss AT TRIAL HIL'LSBORO. Sept. 9 B. W. m every respect The rooms have all been rekalsomined and each room is furnlsned wlth a lavatory and hot and cold water- Long distance tetephons connections nave oeen eataDiujneii WIln eacn room, fcven the ssunpls room for traveling men has been re modeled With the rearrangement nt the up stairs floors of the. hotel all rooms are outside rooms. Drives Home In New Car. Carl Power who has been in Port land for some time. drov. home yes terday In a new chandler six auto mobile purchased by Mrs F. S. Bui chill. Mrs. Power and Mrs Hum lull will remain in Portland for somo time. Mrs. Power will study with Portland music masters for the next month. Mr. Power was accompanied home by Miss Loree O'Connell. Children to Meet at 4. All school childrn who are to he in the Westward Ho parade during the Round-Up are asked to De at the city hall at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. The children will be drilled by Mrs Adah Losh Rose. The cooperation of the parents tn getting the children out for this occasion Is asked. Change. $ Stamp IsMT, Informing him as to (he chantfe m I the law requiring revenue stamp". Agent Walter Adams of the Northern Pacific today received a wire from bis company Instructing hlm u tin longer require stamp on bills of lad Ing, exprvs receipts or sleeping tr parlor car tickets. CHIHUAHUA IS VILLA'S GOAL
