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DAILY EVltiGEDITIoTl 1 DAILY EVEIilliG EDITION TO lvi:inisi;its UKATIIFIfi Kair loin-fhf and Sufiri.i Th V.unt Ori'ixHiiitin Iihk (he linfHt hn;i fide und jiiiw miteed mid circulation of uny paper to OrtKoii, cunt of l'ortlnml and by fur lb tnt'(.'tml ritTulntliu lu I 'en die ton of any newipaper. ' M sTHlIiWS WK.VrHMt TK Maximum temperature, mint mum, 29, rainfall. 0. wind rothwMrt, Jfentle; weather, clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTS' OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916. NO. 8927 "FIGHT TO A KNOCKOUT: ? !V,5 arts rr SENTIMENT OF BRITISH V! W IS ' 'S H flf !S PEACE MAKERS WARNED (Kl KKKN.) LONIhiN. Sept. 29 -The press tiniiulinoii.-ly supported Lloyd- Ceorgi's statement that tin- war i cnntinue tu "a knockout." The Kx-( danger, plain to nil practical polltl press called the In orvlew "really a rluiii anil olmcrvers." historic ninnllesto," anil suld: "Ani-j Newspaper carried headlines, erican politicians eager fur the hy-j "Fight to a Knockout." "llrltain Tol Jihunated vote undoubtedly would crates No Intervention." "No Peace. suggest niediatlun, asking the being- erenDs to kiss und forget, would-be. peacemakers of To ull, America, Itomo and Spain, the war secretary aye bluntly, "Keep out of the ring" 1 The Times culled the statements "A forcible, downright unHwer to lr- man and pro-CJerman peace talk In trigue. There 1h a good reason for Kivin,; this message to America. Wash ington reports state that Herman agent are launching peace move ment and the neutrals are undoubt- Mlk Ilr-try Man Here. John H. Hedberg, representing the 11 l. Polk & Co.. directory publish ers of Seattle, Is ill Pendleton today. Me slates that the company will get ut )tt next directory about January 1. Intent Automobile, t uspkhir. Theodore Howard nnd Teddy Haus wirth have Invented a cuspidor for an automobile und expect to patent It and place it on the market. 11 Is at Licked to the steeling nppartus. Ulue prints have been made of the Inven tion jiready. liMKM from Uhiury lVoard. Mrs. V. K. Jljdd last, ilgUl tundered her -rignntloti as a member of the I'endleton library board und It was ucceptcrt by the other memleri at the adjourned me-tiiiK Iler succe'sot will probably be named by .Mayoi liejit in the near future. Want llaiHiy canyon I'loturtf. William Mcllurruy. general passen ger agent of the O.-W. R. & N-. ha written to President Tallman "f the directorate, asking for several pi tures of the Interior of Happy cunyou He wishes them lor piiblnitv pur-.,.-es ScUlMor l.cuvlne. A l'himister I'roctur, the sculptor, i xpe ts to leave today by auto fot jjewiston, Idaho, where he anil his lainily will spend u part of the wln ter. He will there complete the mod el ol his Indian pursuing' a buffalo lor which he is using Jackson Sun down champion buckaroo. 1 i Yearn Old. J i. Walker, clerk of the V- t W., yesterday celebrated his 62nd birth day All of his 62 years have been spent in Oregon, he being a native of Urownsvllle, Linn county. He came to The Dalles In J85i. at which time there were no houses In eastern Ore gon east of that point. His residence in Pendleton dates from nearly 3d yeare ago. County Judge to Portland. County Judge Charles H. Marsh left last night for Portland to attend a meeting ot county court mombers culled to discuss road matters. Com missioner Cockburn, who Is now at Salem, will Join him. As secretary of the ltound-l'P. the Judge will Inspect the ltound-Up moving pictures while in Portland and furnish titles and sub-titles. Iltings Horses for Portland. Winy Abel arrived last evening from Long Creek driving in a bunch .if horses for shlpmont to Portland. He drove the 84 miles In two and a half days. He reports some low tern. peralureH In the Camas Prairie coun try. Sue for Ilvrcc. Through Attorney Will M. Peter son, suit for divorce was filed In the circuit court this morning by Lela X Hardin against Gale O. Hardin. The couple wore married In Goldendale. Wash.. In 1907. Desertion Is charg ed Want Peterson to Kjieak. Will M. Peterson has been asked by Samuel White, chairman of the state democratic central committee, to speak In Oregon In behalf of the can didacy of Woodrow Wilson. Owing to pressing business engagements It Is probable, that Mr. Peterson will be forced to decline the Invitation. Only 1k DiK'ks to II lint. The opening day of the duck "d goose season Sunday will see many hunters afield as Ihey realize that the only booting at this time will be the tit"! it w data of the season Only UVE IPCAL I edly i 1 1 1 . l-1 1 into supporting the propit jirllit.li! ganda. Such ure tools of Astute Wil- helm htras.se personages. Lloyd 'ieorge's statements make the peace ', maneuvers futility and their possible makers .Need Apply,' "Keep Out Hie King." WASHINGTON, Sept. Jit. The ail ministration regarded the Lloyd tieorge interview as confirming Am ericas official determination not to alUonpt peace overtures until lioth .sides are receptive, offlciuls regarded it as a significant tact that Lloyd i George's statement closely follows I Iterhn reports on the new peace moves. local ducks ure to be found In the ponds ac this time and these will elth- er be kilied or made gun-shy within .. f. u. ti,. ,i , .1 t. i gee WUI ,J blX wI'Zh untilT (ilobe Trotter llearil IToni, C. V. Daniels, local globe trotter, is! now in New Zealand, according to wold received from him today by friends. Ditorce Is (.ranted. ' Judge Phelps has granted a di vorce to the plaintiff In the case ol I'eail ltia vs. J. T. Ilea and has ti.mted her !lu a month alimony. 11a by SUglitly I (otter. j Little John Chloupek, wllo is seri-! ously ill with inllamatiou of the colon, i Is reported slightly belter this after- J noon though being very sick Gnini llab) HI. The baby of Mr. and Mrs. J. C, ,m, i ni ,i, i . .i i ir ported quite lit with, intestinal lnfbt-1 mutlon Mix irfc) Hetiirned. tl... ..rr .ii i cnuieioii woiiian. lias iciuiucu nuiii. t i . 1.1,1 ,i . . . Los Angeles whither she went evcral months ago with her two sons to live. Schubert Sells Out. It Is announced today that ti. H Schubert ha sold his stock In the Jtoston Store and will retire from that business so as to go Into the stock business. He is yet undecided where be will locale. Creditors' Meeting. A meeting of the creditors of A. P.. Wisdom. I ankrupt, was held this piu morning before Itel'eree Thos. Gerald and George CaineJ of Koi k ttas named as trustee bonds at I100U. I'll,, 1 with IHHti1.1rulsl.ed lU.iu.d-rp Visitor. ! Among the distinguished visitors , at the Itound-rp just closed Carlton It. Swift of Chicago, a8 1 ne- phew of Iiuis F. Swift, head of the Swift Packing Co. He has been trav- j eling over the west Investigating bus iness conditions nnd decided to take I in Pendleton's big show. Ho was much pleased with it. Stole rrom Store. Four young boys, Loyd Montrose, Joe Hol.l, Nick Colelanlnl und Kuis Parker, are alleged to have stolen a bucket of oranges and several bags of peanuts from the George De Mott store on Main street on Monday and Juvenile Officer Hailey has petiti oned the county court to Investigate their delinquency. .uoVrment for plaintiff. Tho Jury In the case of Dick Hnrl s. Annie vt numan. involving ins ownership of a horse, yesterday aft ernoon returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the same verdict as handed down In the Justice court VVlth the conclusion of this case, the Jurymen were excused for the time being. there being no other cases ready trial. fori Aslcs Suit lie Quashed. V. C. Lldvall, who was sued some lime ago by the Hackney Inv Co., on a promissory note, today filed a plea for the abatement and quashing ol' the suit The note for f 1050 was giv en, he alleges, in part payment for an nulo plow nnd was to be held at the bank until the plow had been proven i-' satisfactory. The plow did not llvei Local, up to the warranty, ho alleges, but the Portland Chamber of Vonunervc en. note wa staken from the bank by'doTHCM normal bill, plaintiff's agents. Wm. P. Lord of , Dolay In lumber shipment checks Portland and Frederick Stelwer building operations, this city are attorneys for Udvall. i Commercial asMoriatlon to put on . I nicfnlMTKlilp ean.Nlgn. : Ilohlliur of eat ennduopH to ear shortage. 4 IIOSTON VMKUH AXN S; ; Iicr of II. V. Collins dies; imMlter XEW YOKK NOTHIXti f . ,. (.,. ,ssos awKy. The game with the White Sox : (ienoral, at t;ieveland was postponed on llaht to kiuH-kout Is llrlllsl. sent I. account of rain. The Huston mont Americans three. New York Wilson cm.nciateN 4 eum.oiticn Is. nothing. sura. 4 Politician killed by newspaper mi- GREAT BRITISH AND , b V ' X'Vl ? !J ' ' ii ; Sarim:' rl AY; HO I l)aid U.vd ori!. Iristrlde in land. I To these two men, David I.loyd ' more than to any other pdr In the "we shall have won a v (eoriri minister of u-ur In thr. llritixh Uabinet.Hnd Aristido Hrland, premier',. ,.;,' . wn, " ' V. ZZ, j H : 'n tans. 'When peace is declared,' f 'r,,",''- ,h- MlvH l,,"k f"r Victory ;,!.! Pcomier Brland on this occasion, VILLA WINS BATTLE AT W.SHIXt;TOX. Sept 29. the lglith cavalry iatrol found tlilrty aniH'd Mcxuans concealed In Uie brush two inllcw west of Ytl(rtu. They fled across the IU (iraiwle. One drbpped n ciirblne marked' "Troop K, Tenth Caval ry," the number of Uk? n(ro Troop at the Currautl Itattlc. Xo shou were fired. JCL PASO, Sept. ii. United States Hovernment agents nave . received import that Villa won the Cuslhuiria .... . ,.-j 1K. . i.. hie battle and occupied the city last night. urranKistas evidently were! severely defeated. The Mexican man- j ager of an American nflne nearby tel- abandon the proper y and flee on a ., , , J . ., gasoline velocipede over the railroad. WILL CAMPAIGN TO GET NEW MEMBERS Within the next week or two the ; Commercial as-ouiation will begin a campaign to Increase the membership i I of that oi Kanization. The member-i 'ship committee of which George C. , llaer Is chairman, last evening held a meeting and decided to recommen to tne association ut tne regular meei ntxt Tuesday that such cam , paign be undertaken The membership of the association Jun ,al,u' holds 1,8 ow"' ,ht1newi f balancing off the withdraw-j ais. However, n is mju Ull metC are many ousiness men in me city who do not beloag and who would It , properly approached and made to see ! the work which the association ac complishes for the city. The methods to be employed In the campaign will be determined later, but it is to be a real campaign and not a half-hearted effort. Recently Salem had such a campaign and adcl od 600 members. MEAT PRICES 23.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. The de- artmont ot ugrlcutture report show- ed that prices of meat animals were 23.7 per cent higher on September fifteenth than on the same day las' year Soptcmber nfteenth the prices wcr & per cent hlgher than the average of thte dute e(,t u. n.)P.,rt ,hrR, ,h ,,.,. ed States September fifteenth, six dollars fifty-five cents a hundred pounds against six dollars and fifty one cents one month ago and six dol lars six cents u year ago. is! News Summary FRENCH WAR LEADERS IN CONF far. The photog.a;h shows the last ' , nnli.ri.iica iH Ttami..f HcfunI'.. nfflrA PORTLAND CHAMBER STRONGLY ENDORSES NORMAL MEASURER 1'nknotvn t the local campaign without solicitation committee and the Portland Chamber of Commerce has given a valuable endorsement t the measure providing for a state nor. j most logical for the following rea mal school at this point. The en-'8""8! dorsement is given upon the straight ! 1st. It is a city of some size, hav- j merits of the bill and a copy of theiing an enrollment of over 1000 grade i resolution adopted by the Portland j pupils. I body has been forwarded to Pendle- !ton by Secretary W. B. D. Dodson. It !""'""' The Normal school has a distinct a and necessary work of Its own to do I-rin especially Uu'Mtg lis students to! become competent teachers and we are advised by educalors that there is a great lack of properly trained teachers in our state. The normal , K,. ,, ri , , jji,i , ! hence the demand for an additional i.u - . i . i school of that character is imperative. The bill asking for 1125,000 to erect buildings nnd prepare the school for work and tlie maintenance fund of one-twentieth of a mill, which would net an annual support of about $22,- uOfl. will, wa believe hp Bill fiOlPYlt TOT present needs and meets with our ap- i proval. We believe that Eastern Oregon Is ' -: 7 " " 1 r iti r 1 1 ni 11 1 1 ap ri n 1 ivi Kft H AIM. UI1IIIUII IIUIIIMUL ULIUIIILI 1 nil nnnflnflr n.nT n ntrinii Uh mwt wmm ivi LONDON, Sept. 29. Haig reported that the greater purt of the Somme the British advanced from Courcelette front was quiet last night, early this morning and captured a i strongly defended farm southwest of; Bulgarians Are lii-iiiforcing. Isars. The French advanced be-j LONDON. Sept. 29. Amsterdam re tvveen Mortal and Fregicourt and ported that Germany expects the swept eastward to squeeze the Ger- Greek war declaration within seventy mans from Peronne. British grena- two hours. The Bulgarians have re diers attacked a Hessian trench. j lnforced the eastern Macedonian lines. British bomb throwers are active Greek mobilization delay may post around the Aschwaben redoubt. The I pone the attack for several weeks, but enemy still holds a portion of the ; it is understood the Greeks intpnd to works. North of Thiepval the Ger- j send the ultimatum to Bulgaria today mans heavily shelled new British po-1 demanding the evacuation of Macedo. sitlons. War office reports agreed nia. LUMBER MILLS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH OUR BUILDING WORK So rushing is the lumber business in the northwest that the situation coupled with the car shortage due to hejivy railroad traffic is working a hardship on local building operations because of delay in securing material. "We are not exactly facing a lum ber famine, but it makes us jump sideways to keep up with our orders." said A. H. Cox of the Oregon Lum ber Co. this afternoon. The mills seem so overrushed with business that GOVERNOR'S DAY AT STATE FAIR e .SALEM, Sept. 29. Today Is governor's day at the state fair. Crowds cheered Governor Lis- ter of Washington; Alexander of Idaho, and Withycon.be of Ore gon. The fair board Is consid ering extending the exhibits over Sunday and closing all con cessions that day. , A , T SI ictorv over ourselves as well as Germans. K ... .i, l.l..n i...,i I. J , , J . l- , no more hatred of church steeples. there will be only one France." reasonable in their demands that uch a school be located east ot the Cascade mountains, nence we recom- mend its location at Pendleton as the nd. Pendleton is very accessible. having over twenty passenger train.' j ;euch day from five directions. 3rd. Its location ts as near central as could be expected, making it easy of access at a moderate cost to the, . ftudenU. 4th. It Is our understanding that the citlsens of Pendleton propose to donate a very fnvoraDle site for the school. 5th. Many other advantages are: A good public library, several church es, pure water and a live, intelligent community that will taKe pride in the progress of the school. We have given the matter in ques tion our careful study and are pleas- tf rRiwtf il Hv rinmmonr1 that the Chamber of Commerce endorse the bill, nrovidini- for a state normal school at Pendleton. 1 - It is difficult for them to fill orders promptly. In one ease we had a cat of lumber ordered since May 30 for the Blewett Harvester Co., and it ar rived only yesterday. The congestion seems to be due partly to heavy busi ness on the part of the mills and part ly to difficulty in securing ship ments." Front numerous sources come com plaints from builders that work Is hampered through delay in securing lumber. JAPANESE ATTITUDE TO U. S. MOST FRIENDLY CHICAGO. Sept. is. E. H Gary. ( hairman of the I'nlted States Steel corporation, who has Just returned from n Japanese tour, declared the Japs Would be America's leading com- mercial competitors arter the war. He I tins unable to locate any an'i-Ameri- ican feeling in Japan Many proml- nent men assured him Japan wa I friendly. He saw numerous warships I building In Nagasaki. Hijrj, lnrnr nnnonrniTu ni wuimo r tnuc, rnuorcnin, duohycoo H PREPAREDNESS 8 HOUR . : M WILSON'S FOUR ISSUES -; a LWEG'S SPEECH IS APPROVED Heidi-tar faMirs Declaration (iennaiiy O'liUlers Kneland SUM Iir(lsUc Foe. Tlwt Her (CAIU, ACKKRMAX.) j BKKLIN. Sept. 29 The Keichatag I majority enthujiia'tlcally approved! Hollweg's opening speech in which he ;said: "Our enemies' dealre for terrl-j jtorial conquest is responsible fori mountains of corpses. The British ' wish to crush our national existence. ' When England does not fear German competition, when France bleeds to death, when all allies are England's slaves, then the British dream of world supremacy will become a real ity. Germany will persevere until the war ends victoriously. We offered peace on December ninth, 1915. Eng land Is adding one broken interna tional law to another. England is our most egotistic, bitter and tenacious nemy." LONDON, Sept. 2S. The afternoon ! newspapers call Hollweg's iMchsUg "ddress "a gigantic squeal. UlUIIO HIU. 'Germany's punishment ; has begun. No interference will be I tolerated until Prussian despotism is i irreparably broken. Hollweg's speech shows he knows the cause is lost It carries a tone of petty, vicious com plaining and is Infused with fear." I PCMn FTriM QPHnni I CiJ lLLCi 1 JPI tJiiyJyJLj rj I CTT D I f TT DP A IAC - '' ' I Utt WO $3,477.94 TUITION Pendleton school district will this year draw f 3477.94 from the county tuition fund for the students who at tended the high school last year from other districts of the county. There were 40 such students at the high school last year and they attended a total of 6513 days. The cost per pu pil for Instruction has been figured , ', , l"c pi'"'""" . the fund is made on that basis. I This fund is created by a special ! tax upon all property in the county I except in those district which main j tain standard high schools. There ; are ten such districts exempted and I the following shows the number of ! outside pupils they had last year, the j number of days attendance and the ' apportionment allowed them: Echo, one pupil, llj days at t. ! 7 7 per da. 1127.1"; Ferndale. ten pupils, 1351 days at .60 a day, J910.6U; Hermis ton, 10 pupils, 1673 days at 1.512 per j day, tia".60; Weston S pupils, 1222 (lays at $.462 per day, J564.56; Athe I na, 11 pupils. 1707 days at $.475 per ! day, $810.83; Milton-Freewater, 10 j pupils 1220 days ut $.284 per day, $346.48; Stanfield. one pupil, 172H days at $.711. $122.65; I'mapine, ID pupils. 1621 days at $.6U9. $1019.61. HUGHES FAVORS THE 8 (PF.KltY AKN01.D.I ONEONTA. N. Y Sept. 29. I Hughes stumped his home state and S his voice huskiness has gone. His! gestures are brisker. He promised the) protection of American riKhts and j rrged a protective tariff. no soicnin- lv warned the crowds that America ,n,st move carefully to protect her,'"" 11 ntrtbutlng factor to tie. rade supremacy after the war. He ' ?h1rtatw 18 ,he 't the are local t.acked the "surrender to force " in J'"'" whu "''''' must tr the Adamson bill. It is the first time Hushes has stumped New York since he campaicned for the bill seven years ago. Hitches declared himself as favor ing "the general principle of the eicht i , hour day." In discussing the Ad.im- ' ..ill hi. u'liit- "I .'mi not nnntiKerl I to the eight hour day principle and shippers dally." ; favor the general principle. I should' According to the local unit 'he like to see the eight hour day. P's a railroad companies cannot afford I relief from strain, provides reaction j ''end syntem cars eu,: for tin- re. von 'opportunities and Kites a sense of (the cars might not retinoid i ' contentment and reasonableness to j year. I life." lie declared against the Adam- j - - son bill, however, and said he was op- posed to surrendering anything we BANDIT GANG GETS na e. Halt. Mo llall t,a...e. The Philadelphia - Uio,,kn game was called in the second 4 , Inning because of ruin. 4 , President Regards Them as of Paramount Importance in Re-election Fight. IN FINE FETTLE FOB TRIP Will hallcnKe Critics to Meet Um lght Hour Law Squarely and Plan to Ask JIiiRhe t'mlf If He Would lt(inl the Adantsoii ASBL'HY PAttK, Sept. 29. It f learned President Wilson Intends to enunciate four Issues when he starts his final re-election fight. Peace, prosperity, business preparedness and the eight hour law. He regards these Issues as paramount. Wilson is feeling fit. He appears a trifle' heavier and says he la In great shape for his western trip. Mrs. Wilson accompanies him everywhere This Is her first experience In real campaigning. Wilson believes "the man on the stxeet" Is thankful for peace. He will urge voters to refuse Hughes' radical policy changes and will point out the treat prosperity and declare the administration ' has placed a legislative bulwark to pre vent depression after the war. Ha plans to offer a constructive policy to meet the unprecedented economic conditions following Europe's reen trance into world trade. He will challenge critics to meeet the eight hour law Issue squarely. He plans to ask Hughes flatly: "Would you repeal the Adamson law?" N. Y. LABOR LEADERS 10 CALL Ml SIfiIKE Say Wbi Is Still On But Admit I'nlons Failed to Obey First Orders Polkf Say Walkout Is All Over. NEW TORK. Sept. 29. Labor leaders plan a meeting for Monday for the purpose of issuing another Keneral sympathy strike call. The leaders declared the fight was still on but admitted the unions failed to obey strike orders. Police Commissioner Woods said: "It Is all over." NEWSPAPER WOMAN KILLS POLITICIAN MISSUCLA, Sept. 29. E. C. Thom as, chairman of the Sanders county republican central committee, died as a result of the wounds Edith Colby inflicted. A bullet in his a'bdomen caused death. He refused to make a statement before he lapsed into un consciousness. The woman .is ar rested and bail refused. Miss Colby is a newspaperwoman of Thompson Falls and af formiTly prom'nnl in Spokanp politic?. Thom;u via a leading Sanders politician for fifteen yean. The shooting wiu th rtu.t uf a three months newspaper finht. SAYS PART BLAME IS ON SHIPPERS Though admitting the seriousness of the car shortage and Its effect on lhl wn , bUHlnft ,.. ,. T O'Brien of the O.-W it. & s. says , that a contributing factor for several days or a week before un loading them, preferring Ut p.iy tit 1 1 s prttuipi .1nti.racing'!n"rra'5'l0lv"K''l',," ! "There will tx as hi;h a 10 l.adrd careheld here in ouv di,' tys Mr. lO'Krlen. "Somvtiuit r h-v will held for lo d.s mu vi! ji- u ",. $9000 FROM BANK MOOKKJAM. ,ssk. .-P it. A gang of bandit--, held up h,. I. , r, k o Hamilton biam Ii u I'ui'ii l iinl.' distant They cut all 'e!ngr.tih unl telephone line and c , n,n t.tmirei .l.illurs