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DAILY EVENING EDIT10H DAILY EVENING EDITIOH io ivi:utisi:hs Ttn Mtt-it Mi'y..nlnn titttt (lit liiryt-M hniia fid anl ytuii -Htilt'eri paid rlmilitHoM of any awr In Oivumi, chhI of 1'urtluinl mid by far Hi1 iHrgfM circulutiun iu iViidlftnD uV njr uewniiii)r. WEATHER i Toltll.''lt Mild .Mlll'!l." fl!T MffH!l)VS Ul lllll li l T Maximum temper ilnre, tmm mum, rnfnfjill. a;wmil sotith-si light. . . V COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, NO. 8928 ! - --------- i Jfb X 1 ""V ' - A W CITY OFFICIAL PAPER r Sk&f So' ' ' V IN I 1111 16 OF K Forest Fire Fighters Surround ed Near Puget Sound Timber Co. Plant. RIDE OVER BURNING BRID6E Mount Ixm-oiiuhJxc and Plunge to safety Few Sustain Slight Rum ud OUmth Are Sickened by Smoke Wre Ifc-Htruy Eighteen Buildings. PORT ANGELES, Wash., Hej. SO It io kwmod (hat fire surrounded fifty forcta fire fighter near Uh lu get Sound mill timber company idanL Tiny mounted a locomotive and droe through the flame and smoke over n burning bridge to safety. Many mut tained Might burn and bllstint. Scv- rul were sickened by the moke. They fought tlie flumeM for thirty nix hour. Tin fire delnyed elghtien building. T. R. 10 PUT IN S;in lltiiielf That' Why He Came to Rattle Creek. NHnk at Rarbe. rue I'ndcr Auspice of ." Counties. tJ. 1'. YODEK) RATTLE t'KKKK. H"Pt. S.--Ucios-l I'velt came to llnttlo Creek to Inject :inatr into the presidential campaign. He ku'I o himself. Me Hxaks late tins ufixrnoiin at an old fashioned ti.irN'.iie and rally at the circus; uroonds, utiner the auspice of five xnrrnundlnu counties. Tlilrty thotis- rrnd'or more lined the jiar.ide route Itooscelt hail no time to wash hi fac us he reviewed the monster pa rade immediately after arrlvinit. He rested two hours after luncheon. He st:irtt l,tr New York tonight. hlouprk lluhv lli-ltcr. Thi little Kon of Mr. and Mix. II K Chloupek is reported a little bet ter thw- afternoon. 5000 MINERS TO HALT WORK .--K.A'I n.K. Sept. .Id. -Five Ihous iiiid I'nlted Mine Workers of America in district number ten. halt work to night during the balloting on the pro positon of accepting the operators of fers in the Wage controversy. The tenth district includes all Washington state mine workers. They demand a five per cent wage Increase. WOODEN LEG SAVES LIFE OF YOUNG GIRL rivll War Veteran Thows Member to Woman When lice Boat Overtone ami Keep Her Afloat. MAKYBVIIXS, Cal., Sept. 30. Miss Mary DePrlest of Los Angeles is alive because Howard O. Crelghton, civil war veteran who was fishing on the bank of the Sacramento river when the girl's boat overturned, un- j trapped his artificial limb and threw i it to her, keeping tho girl afloat un til Crci-nton's son could rescue her. I l inlei'goeK Operation. Mrs. "Doc" Matlock underwent an operation this morning at St. An- thony's hospital. HIGH SCHOOL DRILL CORPS BEING ENROLLED; COURSE IN GAS ENGINES POPULAR ONE Members for the tilgh school drill ing corps arc now being enrolled and s soon as the enrollment is complet ed uniforms and guns will he sent for. ah ..f the hov students are eligible to Join and each company will be al lowed to elect from among the girls. one matron. Tho Idea of tho move-; mont is for the exercise and valuable military training to bo secured. j Training will be begun under the, command of Professor Fendall asi soon as there arc enough enrolled to make up an Interesting drill. ;a Engine Course Started. I A course In gas engines has been started In high school under Die su- pcrvlslon of Professor Fendall. This nurse is a nt' one which is exceed- j tngh well adapted to this section of CLUB WOMEN ASK A WHEAT EMBARGO CHICAGO. Sept. 30. Club women have sent out appeal for all American women to jointly demand that congress embargo wheat and flour ex- pnrtntlons until prices decrease. 4) Mis Florence King, president of the Women's Commerce Aft- soclatlon. Kent u resolution to Wilson urging Immediate ac- tlon. Federal authorities are investigating bread prices In European capital for compart- son with American prices. RUNYAN GETS PRISON TERM Charlea K. Hunyan, well known cowboy, who waa indicted by the lat grand Jurj' on a charge of assault with a dangeroun weapon, this morning withdrew his plea of not guilty, plead ed guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary from rix months to ten years. He made an application for a parole and wan given ten days in which to prepare petitions in support of the same. ltunyau last June stmt Oeorgn Spearman, a colored cowboy, at a round-up held on McKay creek by tho Indians There had boen bad blood between the two and, when the col ored man called the other a "sheep herder" Hunyan drew his .4 4 re volver and filed. The bullet passed clear through Spearman's body, pen etrating the liver In Its pussage. He wits brought to the local hospital and surprised even his physicians by rev covering. Iiuuvan'B plea of guilty makes tl ; probably that the lull term of court will pas wi'hout a single criinlnaJ! cij-e up for trial, something that has not happened In many years. There is one other cane, that of Jesse Go IT, cliarged with dynamiting fish, pend ing, but it is doubtful If It will b; ready I defendtant decides ,o stand trial. MANSILO COLLINS DIES ' AT HOME AT ORENCO Was I ntlM-r or . . Coillu "f Tills li.v, Who Jlas Idtm at llw iMsfdc Slim; Tui") Mineral at 0 T1U. Moniing. Munsllu Collins, father ot Henry W. Coliiiui, prominent young business man of this city, died at his home at oremo, n near Portland. Wednes day night, according to word received here. His son had been in attendance upon him since Tuesday. iJeceasvd was pnt 61 years old. He had two children. a son nnd a daugh ter. The (uneral was held thU morn ing ut 10 o'clock In Portland and in terment made In Ulvervlew cemetery. Mrs. Henry Collins left yesterday fur Portland to attend the funeral. She und her husband are expected back j in Pendleton tomorrow. OREGON VOTER IS NORMAL BOOSTER Valuable support for the cause of the Kastern Oregon Normal school Is given by tho Oregon Voter, edited by C. C. Chapman, ln the course of a long article on the subject the Voter In this week's Issue says "At the coming election an appro priation bill will be voted upon, to es tnbllsh and maintain an Eastern Ore gon Normal school nt Pendleton. The location Is excellent; It is central and I convenient of access; climate and wa-j ter conditions are tiealthy; and there Is an ample grade school attendance j to be subjected to practice teaching. I It would seem like the logical thing tn do for the good of the state, tn vote for the Pendleton bill." I j A good printer Is truly a man or highest type. He attends to his own case and makes It n rule never to he 'out of sorts. the country. The largest enrollment l from the agriculture class but many from other classes are Joining ns well. The theory of construction and prac tice and trouble hunting will be stud led at the first of the year but later, whon a tractor can be secured, the actual running of the mnchlne will bei studied, j High Keuool Enrollment 2.17. I After throe weeks of school the en rollment at high school has reached : two hundred fifty seven. Of this number there are one hundred five twenty nine Juniors and fifty eight se niors. The reason for the small num. her of juniors Is that many students originally with that class have inud( up work and are now seniors. The three hundred mark l expected to bill reached before the tenn Is ended. I FOURTH SON OF ENGLISH : m TOWCF, CIEnRE Prince George, the fourth son of the King of England, will follow In his father's footsteps and become an ! officer In the British navy. He has I entered the Royal Naval College at Osborne as a cadet. I The young prince, who is 14 years If "fw Viwunmi tn ii inn if'k.'-. MN ma SAT HKRIJN', s-t. ao. It Is announc cl Uie Teutons severely defeated the Roumanian tienr llerniaiistadt and drove the Roumanian southward. They aniiihilaU-d a tsirtlon of the Roumanian first army anil the rem nants fled. The Germans have seized the famous Rod Tower pass and out iff the Roumanians rot real. The fu gitives: ran Into the mountain wilder nesM. It In Riinounivd tlie German reimlsed strong British attacks on the western front. uindox. Sept. 30. Halg report- OHIO GOVERNOR IS IN AUTO ACCIDENT Taxlil in Which Frank Willis and Family Are Riding w Hit by Ktmi r. DKLAWA.RE. Ohio. Kept. 30. Gov ernor Frank B. Willis, his wife and daughter, were injured when their taxlcab was hit by a street car. Willis suffered a sprained wrist. Mrs. Wil lis" scalp was severely cut and her daughter was bruised. EUGENE WOMAN AGED 70 IS DROWNED IN SLOUGH Coroner Nay It In Ctesc of Sulcldc Ut Son Can Arlhe No Reason f Rash Act of Mrs. Amanda Worman. KtHlKNE, Ore., Sept 30. Mrs. Amanda Worman, aged 70 years, was drowned in a shallow slough on the farm of her Bon, Harry C. Mitch ell, near Dexter. 20 miles southeast of Hugene. Thursday. She was mlfsed from the house about 11 o'clock and her body was found In the bottom ol the slough about I o'clock in the aft ernoon. Coroner Vj-atch says In his opinion It Is a case of suicide, although her son can ascribe no reason for such an act. Mrs. Worman had wrapped a heavy woolen scarf and a shawl around her head. Beside her son sln i leaves a daughter. Mrs. 'Stella Moores of 365 Nineteenth street north. Port land. PAHKKtt SPEAKS FOR PRESIDENT WILSON ASBPRY PARK. Sept. .10. John Parker, prbgrensive vice presidential nominee, speaks for Wilson In New York, New Jer- j sey and Ohio. Parker wrote Wilson offering his services and ! was Immediately accepted. KING STARTS NAVAL TRAINING .tlMf'Wm.ilflllll l ij .mm. iJM i I f , A. 1 i o o l y'O I O fill OF EKGLAND old, chose the navy like his brother, Prince Albert, who is attached to the Colllngwood. The navy' was also the choice ol King George, who as Duke of York saw service in the Modlterranean and ln Chinese waters .ftf ntafty years 1 I ed the British defeated the German counter attack in u Hessian trench last night. The fighting was severe despite a heavy rain and the soldiers fought in waist deep water. The Brit ish fortified new positions north of Thiepval. The Germans bombarded the British trenches south of the An ere river. The French war office announced progress north of Rancourt. The weather has delayed operations else where. ALLIES CONFERENCE IS POSTPONED TO SPRING WUI Probably Convene ln London to Discuss plans for severing; Central Powers' (Hithftlc Communication. ROME. Sept. 30. The allies have postponed their Interparliamentary conference, originally scheduled for Rome in October. They will prob ably convene in London next spring The allies will discuss plans for sev ering the central powers' communic.i. tlon with the outside world. HOLLW I G MFJTTtt REICHSTAG Bl'DGET COMMISSION SHCKETI.Y IHx-lsious May Have an Important Bearing on Future Military HeraUoii8, BERLIN. Sept. 30. Chancellor Ilollwpg met the Reichstag budget commission in secret session. U is reported their budget decisions will have nn Important bearing on future military operations. Anto-Hollweg members urged the chancellor to make more explicit statements re-KUi'illiu.- punishing llrltaln. Coffee is a bud thing for a man's temper especially If bis wife doesn't know how to make it Local C. E. Hunyan sentenced to pen. Republicans organiie Hughe alli ance. Carload of fish for (worn Valley, (iencrul. Villa camp Jn V. S. property. Teutons defeat Roumanians. Forest Tire fighter flee llainc. INirthuid woman kills mother and s If. DEFEI STAD i j a-r News Summary j t , VILLA SCAMPED ON U.S. MINING SEIZING DEFACTO FORT Report Says Bandit Flogged Join His Force-Americans Will Destroy Property. FIGHTS OH WEDNESDAY SI KVIVOKM IlKCLAiifC BOTH SIDKS IIKAVILY AMI THAT Vli,- I.A MltEB iEXKRAIi KA.MOS !XTO A TKAP, AFTKUWARI) MOW IXU IMW ItAVKS WITH HKAVV MAHflXE GIX FIRE. KL. PAKU, ept. 10. It is reported that Villa i.i camping on American mining property near Cuchihuiriachic and has captured the Carranzlsta gar rison. He flowed all who refused to Join his force. Amerlran minim; men here do not believe that Villa intends to destroy property. They have received a re port that Villa has changed his atti tude toward Americans, Cnrtanzista authorities claim that defacto troops won the battles Wednesday. The t'nited States secret service reports in E LLOYD GEORGE TALK! Intci-prctc statement as Six-cial Warn ing to lulled States ot to Make Peace Ovchun Now. i (JOHXilKAULEY.i ROME, Sept. 30. All Italian news papers have enthusiastically approv ed Lloyd Oeorge's threatened "war to the knockout.". They interpreted the statement as a special warning to the United States not to make peace over tures now. It waa recently reported that (Jerord waa carrying peace hinui from the kaiser to president Wilson. It is also believed that Lloyd Oorge warned the Vatican. SIMIAN AT LARGE IS SOUGHT BY OFFICERS loll (.row ii Ape Attacks Two Year Old Child But Is Fought Off li Nure Animal Then Flees to Woods, WOOD CITY, Cal., Sept. 30. Offi cers of San Mateo county and resi dents of fashionable Woodside are to day hunting the forested area there for a full grown ape, fearful lest he again molest women and children. Late yesterday the Simian after escaping from a cage at a country es tate, started to attack the 2 year old twin daughters of A. 1- Myerstein, but was forestalled by their nurse. Miss Edith Thomas. The girl fougnt the animal for sev eral minute, receiving numerous scratches before she caused it to flee to the woods, chattering in rage. CONTROL OF PUBLIC I LANDS IN QUESTION I Federal Authorities Begin light to! Determine Whether state or Fetor-; al Ruling shall Hold. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Tho government has begun a fight in the I'nited States supreme court to de termine whether millions of acres oI( public lands in the United States shall, be controlled by state or federal au- thorlties. The fight also Involves the; power of the United States to reclaim! its nrid lands, mostly situated in the west and southwest. j The action lakes the form of an ap peal from the federal court of appeals decision against the Utah Power i Light company and Is In the nature j of a test case The suit Is to force the defendants to get permission from the federal J government or eeae operating elec tric power plants on Utah public lands, permission for which has al readv been given by the state. The power company contends that th-' state's authorization cannot be nulli fied by the federal government. ! VISITS UNDERTAKER, INVITES HER FRIENDS AND TAKES POISON yi'INCY. HI.. Sept. 30. Mrs. Ma mie c. Van Alstene visited an under taker, looked aTTi number of caskets, leturned home and Invited in a luim Ifr of friends and then walked Into the front vard and took poison. She d;ed 111 the arms nf her nephew, who was her" to take her to hi home in California. Jlrs. Emnin L Srhvcn (iiens! of Chicago, a sister, was here to help her pack her Konds. Mrs Van Alstene has been despondent since the death of her husband in April. Many a man would rnther lie when nsked for information than say. "I don't know." LAND AFTER all of Garrison Who Refused to do not Believe That Leader WERE WITHOUT ANY RESULT dicated that both fights were result less as both sides retreated after los ing heavily. Battle survivors said Villa lured Oencral Ramos into a trap near Cusl. Ramos marchetj in and machine gun fire mowed down scores of Carran zistas. The remainder withdrew, re formed their ranks and retreated toward Banta Ysabel. Reports said Villa personally led th'ree hundred bandits In the Cusi at tack and evacuated the town after pillaging it. ALLIES GAIN MUCH GROUND AT SUE First Thirteen Weeks of Offensive Have Netted More Territory Than tiermaiis Won in 41 Months Ver. dun light. (HENRY WOOD) GRAND HEADQUAR TERS. FRENCH ARMIES, Sept. 30. The French and British during the first thirteen weeks of the Komme offen sive have captured more ground than the Germans gained in the six months of the Verddn- battling. A survey of the results of the allied drive shows the French have reconquered twenty nine square miles. The allies took forty five villages, sixty two thousand prisoners, 285 cannon, a thousand machine guns. They have captured German first, second and third line from Ancre to Chaulnes. BROOKLYN STILL HALF GAME AHEAD BROOKLYN, Septi 30. Philadel phia stepped into rst place in the National League race by taking the morning game today. The score was as follows: R. H. E. Philadelphia 7 10 3 Brooklyn 2 5 1 Batteries. Rixey and Killifer: Pfef fer and .Miller. Brooklyn came back this afternoon :.nd beat the Phillies 6 to 1. The bat. tt ries were, for Brooklyn. Marquard and Meyers, for Philadelphia, Alex ander and Killifer. White Sox Win. CLEVELAND, Sept. 30. The Chi cago White Sox this afternoon defeat ed Cleveland 7 to 2. Hughes Reserves Box. NEW YORK. Sept. 30. Chas. E Hughes wrote to President Tener of the Nalonal League asking hm to re serve a box for the Ilnuhes party at the opening game of the world's ser ies. WILSON INDORSED BY PHILDEI.Pm MOOSE PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 311. Repu diating the action of the national com mittee of progressives, whom they charted with betrayal, members of the Washington party of Philadelphia have formally Indorsed President Wilson as the logical candidate to be supported by progressives In the com. ing election. Resolutions were ad opted declrtring that President Wilson was working for the best Interests of the imtion; that he had saved the country from war with foreign pow ers and with Mexico; ami that he had inspired constructive lecislation. (East Oregonian Special. ) ATHENA, Ore.. Sept. 30 Athena hnd another disastrous fire last even- ! Ing. Starting In the back end of the garage of (he Allen Auto Co.. It de stroyed the garage and the Mosgrove 'storeroom adjoining and threatened for a time to spread through nil ol the buildings on the south side of th street. I The fire broke out about ii o'clock Jin the evening. Mr. Allen was vul j ..muting a tire in tile rear room ol hU garage when a customer came In 1 for gasoline. After entering the DBS mm kills IWIN SHOOTS SELF Mrs. Ella Graven of Portland Leaves Note Say ing She reared Insanity MURDERED WOMAN ASLEEP Ifushand llird NhiX but Thought It Door Bang; Mnoerani . Tragedy An Hor IAter OrtM At. tract Neighbor la Completely Prostrated. PORTLAND. Reot 3d n Eli. Graven, aged 27, this morning- shot and killed her mo'her, Mrs. Minnie E oraves and then suletded. The fam ily formerly lived in Astoria. Mrs. Graven left a note urlnr aha feared insanity. During the night sne named, donned fresh clothes and went to her mother's room at o' clock. The mother was asleep and me aaugnter fired a bullet Into th mother's head. She then snuggled down beside her and blew out her - brains. R. L. Graves, husband of the mur- 'lered woman, heard the shotn ana ; thought It was a door banging-. An nour later ne became alarmed, smash ed the door and discovered tha tea. gedy. His crle attracted neighbor waves is prostrated. A farewell note said to use the in surance for expenses and give the re mainder to Eva, another daughter living at Actnria. HIGH PRICES DID NOT HOLD TODAY CHICAGO, Sept. 10. (Special to me n.a8i oregonuuo Range or pri-. ces today: Open. High. Low. Close. Sept. $1.55 Sl.Sffe 11.50 11.51 Dec. I1.544 J1.55H 1 1.55 K 11.54 Portland. PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 30. (Spe cial) club, 1.2; bluestem, $1.34. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 29. Wheat Spot No. 1 Manitoba, 14s 7d ($2.12 2-5 per bu.); No. 2. 14s 4d; No. I hard winter. 14s. FORMER RESIDENT OF PENDLETON IS DEAD Roy DoWitt Hcrr. Passes Away , of Oulek Consumption After Itinera of a Year at His Salem Home. Word has been received hr. hv friends of the death of Roy DeWitt nerr, formerly a resident of Pendle ton. He died in Saiem on September 19 of quick consumption caused by an attack of nteurisv ntwim a van , The body ws taken for interment ti tureaa, California, where his mother. Dr. M. Maybelle Griswold. also for merly of this city, lives. Deceased was 29 years old and was born in Alexandria, Nebraska. Dur ing most of the five vearx ihui h "Pent in Pendleton he was employed in the press room of the East Ore gonian. Later he was iu the theatri cal business In Areata. California,, and at the time of his last illness was em ployed in Portland with an express company. Besides his mother he is survived by the following brothers nn.i utu. ters: Mrs Fannie Francis of Eureka, -Mrs. Bert L. Pcltinglll of Eureka. Alllus D. anil Cnivnr t lf..rr ..r t,.m land. Hubert C. Herr of Phoenix. Arix.. and Charles L. Herr of Spo kane. creek Hying Corp" Join. IHex. ATHENS, Sept J"- The on. tire Greek flym corps ha.-, J...11 the allied fleet ,,lf Sal.'iuk . charge, he went luck to drover th whole rear room In flames The loss on the garago was about $1500 ami was partially covered by $500 Insurance. A Stud-baker autn and motorcycle inside were burned The lors in the burning of the. store room was about $2tu and Ihe m tents dcstrowtl were v.ihied at t"ioi There wa 1 J HJ0 policy on ih con tents. But f'T the Ver et:iel-nt M'irk .' the fire department ihe Maine woulu Ulldobllledly hive 'l"lie rreeb mor. 1' may.- ATHENA