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S)'. : IT onrEVEntEDHi DAILY EVENING EDIT1QI1 w fa I ill i: Tonight and W dsns. I i TO AhVlvliTISKHS Tbt Kant Oivj-uninn tmtt tin lu i'Kt bona fWlc and fiiniiintet'l jtuiil ('Imihitlnn of any pajfrr In iTtim, imt f I 'on I and and by tar tlit lai'Kwt circulation lu IVutJIeton ot fair, tvviv fro.at tonight, j M.miiMlm temperal'irc, v; moo- j mum. ft. ramf.tll a. win. I. t.'ith-M. light ti CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PATER VOL. 28 . DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1"16. , " . . ef NO. 89:?0 MARQUIS OH AND JAPANESE CABINET RESIGN Premier Believed to Have Re signed Because of Inability to Control Government. AMBASSADOR SATO SURPRISED TwJ A.- IL'am Vm ifml4f'Nl When 11 Left Japan and Okuma ' Wu Working llannonlouNlr Wlt the Administration. TOKIO, Oct. 3. The cabinet head, rd bj Oknma lias resigned. WAKHlMiTOX, tX-t. The JP ancne embus)' liere said the cabinet', resignation had been lone rumored, ft la believed Okuma rexlKiied becau-e be was onabln to control government affair Okuma offered his resigna tion a year ago. SFATTLF.. H'l. a. Japanese Am bassador Sat", en loute to WatdiinX ton, wan sutiolsed at the resignation. He saM It wan not contejnplateil when he left Japan. Okuma wan worklna hannonloiiHly with the administration. I ean't understand it. A strong par ty o nuiliailon siimwifiwl the cabi net" The emtiiinsy later slated that the Japanese upper house of parliament li. rHstentlv opposed Okuma's cdit'les okuma controlled the lower house and Hie upper house formed a coali tion ugnlnxt him. OUiinut fell unalile in fare the upper house when the f Mon convene" in Meceniber. Vlscout Kuto, former minister of foreign affairs and lender of Okumu's jiarty in the lower house, may succeed "knina. The uppe r house advocates the appointment of fount Marshal Teraurhi, governor of Korea, holder i he highest rank In the Japanese army, okunin Is seventy nine years old. He has hi' lit the premiership over two vears. His advanced age m:iyle In fluenced his retirement. LEVEE NEEDS SOME REPAIRS I Discovery was iMde this m .rows' by the levee committee of the coun cil that the levee Is In need ot ir,.mt diato icpntra if '.!!. lower end of the city Is to be wifeguiirded against high water The coiuicilnicn di covered that the river at the curve Jjst bui k of tbe O. I. La Dow home has wash ed nder the levee and undermined it Councilmen Fol.-i ni. KM und Mur phy compose the 'evee rommviee nnU this mornli.g the. vnlked Ibe entire leimth of the levee for the pu l -..-e irfpcctlng it to as-iTtain if It Is In Koid condition for the wider ThU im.nd It in good condition urtii the icaihcd the poll,: near IM La Dow property. There the rlvoi makes a sharp ierve and the full lone if tin. cj-rent strikes tho leveo. Xie waff had washed away all of the riprap underneath so that the committee be lieves that the first flood water would break through. It was at this point tho levee gave away several years ago with consid erable, damage resulting. Not only would a good deal of private propertj bo damaged by ;i similar break but stound-Up 1'ark would probably be twi.shcd out. The committee intends to put teams at work at once repairing tho b yen at this point. ItRITISII AIRSHIP FAILS Tt) IllTl l RN FROM RAID liONDON, Oct. 3. The admiralty announced British aeroplanes raided! a Herman airship shed near Bru sels. due raider failed to return and prob ably fell. AVIATOR REPORTS j CAPTURE OF BOYl ft. SAX FRANCISCO, "el. 3. - , j I'dward (iriinwade of Melbourne iH here enroiite In London where he will seeli the release of his son. Frank, from n Corninn prison camp. The father learn- id of his son's captivity through ihe efforts of Lieutenant tin- inelnian, a noted Herman nvla- j tor. Immelmnn defeated Frank In nn air battle on the Homme front. Frank descended Inside. the (lermnn lines, wounded, lm- melmnn braved British bombs. flew over the allied lino and dropped a note addressed to Frank's father telling him his son was captured. , FORMAL APPLICATION IS MADE FOR AID TO BUILD FOREST RESERVE ROADS While In Portland and Sulem last week futility Judge C. II. Marsh and Commissioner H. M. Corklnun made 1 formal application for federal uid in the building of two rouds through the lorest reserve In tftlB county. Ttieicldcd to make certain rccommenda application was made with H. J. Finch, supervisor uf federal roads. 1 They asked for an appropriation j from the federal road fund for the rebuilding of the old Thomas and Kucker stage road up the Umatilla j Part Bingham Springs, thence up the south fork, thence up Thomas fork of I south fork to .Sonimervllle, and also for an appropriation for a road ai'ro.s the reserve from -Elgin to Milton. Su pervisor Finch promised to send one of his field men to this county in the LOCAL MILL RECEIVING BIG BUSINESS FROM MONTANA Owing to the fact there is much building work und"i'way in Montana enn other states eastward and the sound mills are rushed with l-MMniva, lite Pendleton planing mill h is this ytar enjoyed a more extend,. oiitso business than ever before Two carloads of doors, windows nd other mill work have Jus bic.i sh'pped to l!,'.'e. h iar will leav-. to morrow for 1 Wings and . hlg on-i-r is on hand from Hardie. M r.i C. A. Warnstrom, tut in nt loan j and salesman for the mill is leaving ' today on a' trip to Montana and sr.ys ; HEAVY SNOW FALLS THROUGH DAKOTAS I WII.IJSTOX. X. !., tK1. S Snow was gi niTul ihrutigh iIh- iMkota- ilur. , Uig tne last twenty four hours. Two Im-tie fell here and three at Whic Kjirtli. Two inchc frit at iilbcrtson, Montana. upward trend in Wheat market t.'HIl'Aliu. Oct. 3. tHpecial to the Kast Oregonlan I Itunge of prices to day: Dp. Jl.f. Ji.r. HiKh. Inv. Close. Ji.r.nv ti r,?4, n.sss $i.r.s9d n.r.6 $1.5? Dec. May lortlainl. I'i iltTLANH, ore., Oct. 3. (Speci al) -Cluli, $I.L'S; blllesteni. $!.;!. l,lrrHMil. I.I V Kltl'O'lI., Oct. 2 lot No. 1 Manitoba 2-5 per ho. ) ; No, hard winter, 1 4s. lis Its ol $3.K' 4d: No. I I ?) it-woi WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. Scoring five hits out of twelve on a small tar got ut a distance of 20,000 yards, ap proximately eleven miles, the battle ship Pennsylvania in the test of her ta w II Inch guns has made what ord nance experts here believe to ho u v, 11 1 I s record ill Kiinner. k - mmmMW kSi ;;iV'A-M 1 147 ' l "vj near future tip examine the proponed roads. Judge Mursh and Coinmiss inner Coi kburn while in Salem attended I ion or judses and commis.j ihli h meeting it was de- th( convent! (doners at will. tlons leg.irdlng future road legisla tiou. While absent Judge Marsh took oc casion to inspect many of the roads in the Willamette valley counties ana states he found some much worso road than those in this county. He returned home this morning and Commissioner Cockburn will arrive home tomorrow. County Engineer Ueary Klmbrell ulso attended the Ba lem meeting and returned home thli morning. that this year the local miil will l-uve approximately 130.000 in business from Montana. This despite the fac: no unusual effort ha'i boe : made tc J line up the business for the reason local work has been keeping the plant busy. The Molilalia businejj is being se cured in competition wl!'.i iSpokane nr.d put, i t sound mills. Thi Hpokune I mills have a slight advioitatr in the ! freight rate but the sound firms are handicapped on this scor. Another factor In the situation is th fact the sound mills .ire so busy they are not fighting for the Montana business WILSON AND HUGHES i ATTACKED By HANLY KANSAS CITY. Ml. 3. J. Frank! u,.,nV prohibition candidate, called Vice President Marshall a "national ! ! calamity" and attacked both Wilson '. and Hughes for their prohibition pul-j icios. He criticised Taft and Falr- banks and said: "Marshall abjectly! surrendered to the liquor traffic. He; sent a message to the Indiana legisla-j ture while governor, asking that the' dry law he repealed because he' couldn't enforce it." i BROOKLYN VICTOR; PHILLIES BEATEN NKW YoliK, Oct. 3. HiooklMi in creased hei chances of binding li-" Pennant of the National I-cague tuday by defeating the New York Giants a to ti. whereas I'hiladidphia. tlie run-jntr-iip. lost t.. Itoston 6 to 3. This Wheat-- put,.. r,rookln a game and a hall in Ithe lead. In the American I,eai-'ii Philadelphia defeated to 3. lios.on, the 1 liampions, 5 LARGEST U. S. BATTLESHIP SETS HIT RECORD 5 V ' J 1 J e- i ti rtWwahtjtMrtwws 1 i ii iii i-i -'ijB -aJapjgnjj "tfiiti y --Jvrrwifti -igi-i guns on u.s. pzmsxjyAiUA The exact size lie:ll"d b, the l.ii'iiel was no; nu ip.o.i! tmeiil. I was dated, howev r, thai I he five bii. aetua ii. i Hot "plotled.' In "iniier practice a battle ship Is nl vas alowed a hit whenever her shots stri: c lu'v.r i noiiith to Hi ,' target to in PACKING PLANT If w it Edict of Chicaqo Firms Affects! , . . tmpioyes in an rans ot me Country.. GARMENT MAKERS SET RAISE Working Hours lu-diuvd to 48 Week, ly and Time and a Half Pay for Overtime Pac-lccr Get Two and a Half fent on Ten Hours. CHICAGO. Oct. 3. The packers and garment firms have announced wage increases and shorter hours, af fecting sixty thousand employes. The packers changes affect all plants in the country. The Wilson Company, Swifts, Armours. Jlorris. IJbbys an nounced an Increase nf two and u half cents an hour on a ten hour working day, for al! employes in the operat ing department. i Members of the wholesale clothiers company have reduced1 wnrkine hours to forty eight hours weekly nnd pay time and half for overtime. This I means a million dollar wage increase I I (n not'oiint of t busy notion. iivei 'time during the SUBMARINE PROBLEM r.i-llcMxl That Unsit. Party' F.lToit t4i FOree IJetievnd Will Mct With Oefcot, (CAlit . VCXF.RMAN. MERLIN, Oct. 3. It is generally believed the Tlrpitz party's efforts to , force a resumption of submarining j will be defeated. Reichstag commit- j tees nre discussing the proposition s- j cretly. The Tlrpitz party is trying to force a public discussion of the whole question Thursday. ' Krnest Basserman. liberal leader, declared an open discussion was cer tain. "We wish to live in peace and friendship with America. There is undoubtedly bitter feeling here be-1 cause American ammunition enables our enemies to continue the war. H'a America should succeed in forcing Knvlnnd to obey international law and restore the freedom of In se-is, pro-' testlne England's brutalization of k neutrals. It wool.' hnve a decisive in- : flu 'ncp on the political situation be- j 4 t.Ti -n l'-ernian" Rnd America. The fo'-elcn office, ministry uf marine and general staff must decide the men tion of renewing submarining. Kng lml Is our chief enemy. We must de feat her." A man win. doesn't tall; bus I" repenting to do thun the eat minus in. dividual. I , i dicate that ft hit would have scored had u battle ship Uen upon instead of the small tarcet. Is called "plotting." But in this five hits were registered on the get. The Pi nnsj lvania. which WORKERS m AGE INCREASE 77 m M .:'.' :-...'..:' : vJ j-sir,. j.- ...: v. awjr .. '. .. -::':' x ill n & H,V V. ki a-a-ss-s-asMasssaimsiaugs x...a ' c-'sc The ai XM' made lit j w he! e the llu I v ;ft, ROUNtfs 0. K. STAif' TREACHER pi" lUiVE, Ore., Oct. ti. Holmes, pastor regatlonal church in .ti a member of tile Oreiv irisoii parole board, spoke f'- an audience last night that taxed the capacity uf the church edifice on the I'endleton (lnund-1'p. Key. .Mr. Holmes said' that he '"! "f ipproted of nearly every feature the Itound-I'p with the ex ception of the steer-tying, which he considered cruel to the ani mals. He praised the courage, skill, determination and indivi duality of the cowboys, and com pared their lives to that of the society young men, much to the discredit of the . latter. When the cowboy starts out to accom plish an object he believes to be right, he lets no thought of con vention deter him. The speaker compared the Round-I'p to the athletic tour nament given by the ancient fireeks and Itomans, and ex pressed the hope that the Ore gon exhibitions would never de generate into mere gambling feasts ns they did. He said the Round-I'p was rovgh In many respects, but clean STATE CONVENTION OF W. C. T. U. MEETS 4 L1VDV OCTOBER 17 l ii-ij-i The local W. C. T. U. is busily en j I gaged in making preparations for the annual state convention of the or-j ! sanitation which will be held here on i I October 1" to 20 inclusive. j ' A large number of delegates from j : over the state are expected to be ! ; here and It Is anticipated that the ci.nvcition will be an im: - rtant one I in viiw of the proposals to amend j i nro-: I the prohibition law. The full pro the convention will be an - j gram of 1 nounced soon as will also the rules governing the special rates. The local W. C. T. V. ladles will be iassisted hv tbe Commercial associa- lion In entertainii-.e me visiting dele-l gates during the convention, convention itself wi'l be held Methods: church, The in the l)e careful of your thoughts, for they are liable to break into words at any time. CROW EATING CONTEST ON TONIGHT SAYS McCORMICK NEW YORK, Oct 3. Chair man McCormick made a state ment concerning the meeting between Hughes, Taft and Roosevelt tonigh:. He said: "I trust the peop;e of the en tire country will pay particular attention to the crow-eating contest between Taft and Roose velt tonight. Hugties will he among the spectators." He declared Hughes accepted the support 01' hyphenated Am- rii ars. coinpanyvu picture was the ltrooklyn a Yards ship put In for minor ulter i 'he i;;m t :-im li 1 A , r 11 i been j lan-et c;-..;ct in Ibe nn u.,s eom (ired ; M.i,,.,, ,i . N, ,. '., ,lune: Thai',,. WAIE OE ROUMANIANS IS THREATENING THE BULGARIAN RAILWAY AT RUSTCHUK-VARNA JjRusso-Roumanians Resume ing Tuetons From Transferring Troops to Meet New Invas-ion-Tueton Assaults Repulsed. ' ITALIANS ARE PREPARES NEW SMASH AGAINST TRIESTE LONDON, Oct. 3. The Bulgarians have attacked the Roumanian invaders and a most violent battle is raging east . of Rustchuk fortress. Amsterdam reported the Roumani ans entrenched before they attacked. Monitors in the Danube are shelling the Bulgars. Sofia announced that several battalions composed the invading army. Rome sent a wireless message that Mackenzen ordered Silistra and Tutrakan forts evacuated after the Roumani ans crossed the Danube. POSTAL LAWS BROKEN BY GAMBLING Sending Iiacing Kexults Jlaa Provide Prosec-tion Ground, -HICAGO, Oct S Fedenfl Dis-j ..i.... , 1 trict Attorney Clyne Is preparing to; make charges of violating the postal laws against the alleged nation-wide gambling ring. The action Is a re-, sult of Federal Jud(re Landis' expos-i ur aiiegea racing pools. j Clyne said sending the racing re- suits over interstate wires for gam- blmg purposes and sending checks through the mail in payment of gam-J bllng debts provided the prosecution grounds. BRYCE IN FAVOR OF PEACE LEAGUE LONDON, Oct 3. Viscount Bryce. former ambassador to the United States, wrote an article to the Man chester Guardian approving an Inter national alliance to preserve peace. It is declared several British leaders fa vored the plans of the American league to enforce peace, but remain ed silent while Britain Is fighting. ARTICLES LOST AT ROUND-UP LOCATED Having discovered last night owner of a purse lost during Round-I'p and located a grip the the and mackinaw lost by another person, Chief of Police Tom Gurd.ine has cleaned his slate eof work resulting: from I'endli ton's big show. ! During one evening of the Round-' up. Mrs. H. J. Knox of 4 via 65 street' S .., Portland, ate in the Oregon Cafe. Suddenly she discovered that her handbag had none and ran into the street crying tha: It had leen stolen. She thought someone had cut it off her arm. Later in the evening me of the Chinese employed there found it In her chair where she placed it before si. ting down. He put it away and forgot about it until yester day when he turned It over to the po lice. Through a receipt in it, the .hief was able to determine the own er He called her op by telephone rid she identified it A purse within i ntained about til and there were -n:'.e aitiiles of Jewelry in it. Frank Sanky, a stockman of Fossil, bad occasion to hire .1 taxi during the r.nund-l'p to drive him to Rieth to catch a stock train Such close con-' ncctions were made that he forgot to bis grip and mackinaw. The e were notified mi yesterd iv lo. I the mis.-ing articles. In the wis a hamlson.e sold wu'i'li and i' articlis I NEv YORK. tvt. 3 The traction strike hivs practically collapsed Po. j lice protection has been withdrawn, j occasional violence was reported i from Westchester county. A stray j bullet entered un eleva'ed train anil, nickid the ear of Melville Wright. I causing a panic The police were un- aloe tc locate the snipers. I NEW YORK TRACTION STRIKE I HAS PRACTICALLY COLLAPSED i i Dobrudja Attacks Thus Prevent I dicated the Roumanians are threaten- j dicated the Roumanians arethra&ten- Ing the important Rustchuk railway I In Bulgaria. , V i ' Military critics here hAllev the : Roumanian army is invading Bulgar i La probably twenty thousand strong. The Russo-Roumanlans have re- sumed the Dobrudja attacks. prevent Over Inter-' ing tne Teutons from transferring 1 troops to -fight the new invasion. The j fianks. Serbians Tke T rem lie. SALONIKA, Oct. 3.-U Is annoum;- th Rrhi.n. ,a,.a ,.. -o-. or Flor1na and captured the first Una trRn(,h(J. lmnrt, ,,,,,. Bulgarians twice successfully " coun- tered the Bntiab. on the east bank of the Struma. Russians KcpuImp Teuton. PET ROC. RAD, Oct. J. It is an nounced the Teutons massed reaarvaa and attacked the Russians holding the Slota Llpa heights. They were repulsed, suffering heavily. Tha Rus sians have captured five thousand during three days Italian) Renew Attack. ZURrCH. Oct 3. The Italians have been violently shelling Austrian Mon falcone positions for the past thre days, preparing to renew the smash against Trieste. Italian aeroplanes are bombarding enemy comniunica- tlons. Austrian newspapers mention the bombardment's severity and warn the Austrian public withdrawal may be .necessary, , Heavy Artillery Fire at Ilaueourt. LONDON, Oct. 3. Haig reported the BritUh raided lM0S but there no flghtln ! PARIS, Oct. 3. It is announced ! the. French repulsed attacks east ol ! Combles. There was violent artillery ! fire on the Raneoun front. French arti!!erv omiifht tho nurn..,.. 'rr-'-" - r:r ucwuiu iu cnuiiii r-ierre vaast woods Prench The Germans retreated, the capturing several. RERUN. (Vt 3 (Via Soyville -The Bulgarian war office admitted that Serbian artillery fire forced the Bulgarians to re'.reit on bo'h wings In Macedonia. They evacuated two Im portant summits northeast of Fior ina. RERUN. Oct. 3. (Via Sayville) -Falkenhayn's troops pushed south ward alter they had decisively defeat e.l the Roumanians near Hermanstadt They are now fighting south of Kid Tower pass, near the Roumanian fron tier. They have three thousand pris oners and the number is constantly In creasing. SNOW FALLS ATMEACHAM MI .CH M, Oct. ;!.! I ri- a lluht snow 1-1 of .in hi li ,. , ... here on Monday iinriiiii; i'. fir-i snow of the m n-i oi. i T Pol.., I it tta.- -nil iiiiln- Eleven ea.-c. of i:,,i. n,,- a, tp f ported dining the n ulii Hod -:'t rlers anil winplow lnr of M inb..t tan and Brorix nrr -j, k il oi iriding union recognition n. I im imi w Thu tu and :!' t nki. y s ..I. n(t liroKi'ii
