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DAILY EVEKi:G ED1TE0II tiMHHBEMC TO ADVERTISERS Ttws East Oreiconlsn hna the largest bona fide and guarsiitceit paid rlrrulatloll of any paper In Oregon. east of Portland and by far the InrgtMf circulation In l'endletua uf any oewapaptr. UKTIIH( Fair toirntW and T.i...l n VEKTF.ltlMY'S WFUIIHt I) r Maximum himi'(T(ri'- tii. minl mum, 23: rainfall, n, woel w.-n gen tle; weather, dear CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1916. NO. 8911 I!h 2feC(ffe T GERMAN HID FIRE ASSAULT PROVES FUTILE Heavy Attacks on Schwaben Redoubt are Repeatedly Re pulsed. ROUMANIANS ARE RETREATING Gennaus Penetrate Uyiiinca Pass Hallway Supplying Northern Rou manian Arnilut Cut Ilt-IUsh Patrol Defeats llulgar Detachment. BUCHAREST, Oct. 16. It Is announced tiHI Roumanians ala nd tlw Alt valley region and started a new counter offensive. They captured throe Tillages. LONDON, Oct. 16. Sir Douglas Halg reported the Germans had heavily attacked Schwnhcn redoubt, using liquid fin-, but wer repulsed repeatedly. The German) shelled Hrltish positions couth of Ancrc all night Hrltish dctucliments entered enemy trenches northeast uf Ypres. south east of Saint Kiel nnd east of Ploeg street and Inflicted casualties. The French war office announced the French penetrated defenses northeast of Combles liiRt nlKht. They occupied houses on the edge of Ha Pttiime road. The Germain were vi olently countered and the battle -Is raging today. Rorlin dispatches said the Germans penetrated Oymnes Pass and Invaded northwestern Koumanla. They are fighting on Roumanian soil near Psl anka. The Austro-Oermans attempt ing a drive southward, cut the rail ways supplying the northern Rouma nian armies. The Roumanians are. retreating near the Ttukowlna frontier. The Roama nlans resumed the offensive south east of Kronsctadt. Southern Transyl van Inn fighting Is more violent north of Vulcan pass. Salnniki announced that a Hrltlsli patrol had penetrated the Maeedon Inn village of Hurske, defeating Bul garian detachments. British aviators shelled the Buk bridge. I'ETROORAD. Oct. 16. It is an nounced the Teutons have launched repeated counters In a great tialtle north of Korytnlca. All were heavily hepulsert. There Is heavy fighting along a wide portion of both the voi-j hynian and Gallclan front? Olwtlnate battles continue north oil Zhnrow and north of Stanlslau. Hits-' slan artillery shattered an attempted j Austrian advance. ' The enemy attacked fiercely In the Carpathians The Russians won. cap turing eleven hundred prisoners. Neal the Roumanian frontier south of the horna valley large enemy forces started a smash. WILSON PLANS 22 TALKS FOR CHICAGO TRIP Make 12 Stops in New York, 3 in Indiana and 7 in Ohio and Penn. M'CORMICK ASKS QUESTIONS Pointed Interrogation Made Concern ing 8-Honli law WUlcox Replies There Is No such Thing Declnrea lnls Won't Practice It. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. Democratic headquarters announced that Presi dent Wilson decided to make twontv' two rear platform appearances en route to Chicago where he addressei the Press club Thursday. He will make twelve stops In New York, three In Indiana, seven In Ohio and Pennsylvania. Chairman McCormlck of the demo crallc national committee, asked the republicans pointed questions con cerning the Adamson law. Chairman WIIlcox replied, "There Is no eight hour law." He declared no railroad planned to put the eight hour law in. to operation. Republican headquar ters announced that Hughes will probably tour Indiana and Ohio Again. LINER LA FAYETTE IS SAFE AT N. Y. DOCK NEW YORK. Oct. 18. The Tack 1'rctKili liner iAFayctte, docked safe ly riexnito the submarine danger. II carried SI passengers Including Ca ruso, Miinsey, MoCliiro, Vendcrbllt, Ann Morgan and John IlarreU of the ran-Amorican anion. DRUNKEN JOY RIDE ENDS IN THE JUSTICE COURT Garage Employe and Companions Raise "Rough House" at Wyrick Ranch, Later Tipping Bottom ot brade. Manfiolil changed Mm plea to sillily A drunken Joy ride' early Sunday morning, thut led to a "nutjhhoune" at the ranch uf Wyrick brothers and that eventually ended' with the uuto moliilo wheels up at the bottom of a grade and the occupants miraculously escaped, landed Harry Kinory and Hurt Mansfield in the Justice court this morning on a charge of assault and battery. Emory, who la employed at the In dependent garage, curly Sunday mor ning secured one of his employers' large cars and took four companions, 'Mansfield, Orvllle Coffman, Ed Huyea, a young man employed at the local creamery, and a young fellow named l'arrott. out Into the country east of Pendleton. They came back past the Wyrick ranch about 5 o'clock Just ax Joe Campbell, one of the hired men. was hitching up to come to town. Emory, who formerly' worked at the place, drove In and stopped. A jsumpus started at once, according to i the hired men. Emery ami others claiming that the men had made ! nwav with Hayes. As mutter of fact Hayes and Parrott hnd had enough of , the orgy and. leaving the auto, had jset out for town on fool, i They burst into the bnnkhousf ' where William Palmer nnd Walter .Cole were still abed Cn'e ha I been suffering for some 'time with rheu-1 "HUGHES COMMITTEEMEN" ARE ACTIVELY FOR PRES. WILSON ONE OF THEM Illustrating the heavy republican slump from Hughes to Wilson In this! campaign Is the fact that many of those named by the Hughes-Alliance i organization as "committeemen" fof . Hughe Day. October Is. ure not sup-1 porting Hughes at all but are out anil out supporters of President Wilson for re-election. Since the names were published several days ago the East Oregonian! has been informed by four of the wo-1 men named that they are supporting I President Wilson and that their names were used without authority In one case a lady requested In ad vance of the publication of the list that her name be taken off the list as she was a Wilson supporter. This U-53 IS BELIEVED TO BE NO A MMON. (HI. !. Uods have suddenly reduced Atlantic litMiraiioc rates twenty and forty shillings. Tills, It Is believed In dicates a positive knowledge that the 17-M has been sunk, cantur cl or retnrili-d home. It Is a slimed l.lovds obtained Inside in formation. NEW YORK. Oct. IB. Marine men announced that munitions shipments would continue una bated unless further submarin ing occurs off the Atlantic coast. It is believed the Kni.ier's raid The British steamer West Point, from London to Newport News, was one of the first vessels to bo sunk hv the German submarine U-63, off Nan tuckit lightship, uftor the warship had left Newport harbor. The photo graph of her commander. Captain F. G. Harndcn, was taken after he was landed safely at Newport. After the clnso of hostilities will the war aviators take to driving air busses? Thoao German submarines also torpedoed the fat war babies of Wall slrcot." : ' r ' a j STEAMER SUNK BY U-53 AND HER CAPTAIN j ir. zL - .-rr j: : -, jj "gjiiifwiiiw5,iiiifaaT - - - t., ltA , Over Borrowed Automobile at tills afternoon Uii, wis tilled $.V. ruallcin and was in ill shape to defend himself when Emory Jumped on him und Is-gan pommeling him. The hired men, who eventually stopped the fracas, declare Mansflvld assisted Emory. At any rate Colo was badly beaten about the face. Coffman finally induced the other two to leave the ranch after they had tried to break into the house. On their return to the city Coffman was thrown from the auto. As the car reached the rocky grade at the en trance of the Wild Horse rut, it got beyond the control of the driver and went over the grade, turned complete ly over and throwing the occupants out upon the rocks. How they es caped Injury is hard to understand. They hail Just extricated them- selves when mcritr Taylor came along, he having been summoned by Airs. A. A. Mm ball when the men were trying to break Into the ranch house. Ho took them Into custody and, driving on several miles, found Coffman. his face badly skinned, sil ting by the side of the road. Con-plaint was lodged against Em- orv and Mansfield, and they were taken In fore Justice of the Peace Pnrkes this morning. Emory pleaded guilty and was given the maximum fine, $"iii or :r days In Jail. Mans field pleaded not guilty and his trial has been set for .1 this afternoon GROWS POETIC fair and reasonable request was not complied with Judge Maloney, Wilson chairman for this county, says he Xnows per sonally of 15 members of the so-call ed committee who are giving active support to Wilson and estimates there are many othen concerning wnom he has not received Information. On October 12 the East Oregonian received from G. O. Richardson, for mer republican postmaster at Ad ams, and listed as a Hughes commit teeman, a letter in which he said: "I coincide with your Wilson en dorsements, the sentiments on the republican women's invasion of the Pacific northwest." (Continued on Page 4.) ers an' striking homeward. Sev eral Is-llgerent vessels traversed the danger zone unmolested. The Iifayette dimmed her lights but enciHiiitered no enemy. Weather bureau officials said the threat ened Autumn storms maybe drove the submarines home. There was marked weather changes and dangerous storms are Imminent. A lending British lino announced the raids had not affected muni tions traffic. The steamer l"nl ted Slates Is due tomorrow. Fred erick the Eighth sails Tuesday, the Codrie and Ryndam Thursday. K MENACE fclaTSWTaiwaWiWMia " law i, , ftn la WILSON WINNER . OF HERALD POLL NEW YORK. Oct. 16 presi- dent Wilson'i re-election by a large majority Is again fore shadowed by last week's result of the New York Herald's poll. With 107,403 straw votes as a basis, the states which the Her- aid puts In the Wilson column have 212 electoral votes, while only 266 are required to elect. The Herald gays that the repub licans aeem to be at a standstill while the democrats are forging ahead. The Herald declares that New- York, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana will decide the election and ad- mlts that Hughes' possible plur. allty In Ohio is under 10,000 f while Wilson is leading in New York. A special dispatch from Bos- ton to the Herald today gays: "Wilson sentiment la growing 9 alarmingly." The Telegram, evening edition of the Herald, probably- the most rabid anti-Wilson organ in New 4 York, says today under the head- lng, "Campaign Slump Worries Leaders of Republicans:" "That fear of the loss of the labor vote has added to other causes of apptehenslon, among the republicans, and that with the presidential" election less than four weeks off, republican managers admit that the ram- paign, so far as the republican party la concerned, has struck 4 a slump." MONDAY PRICES SHOW NO CHANGE CHICAGO, Oct IS. (Special to the East Oregonian) Range of prices to day Open, High. Low. Close Dec. 11.58 $1.68 I1.S7H 1.5'l Mai- 1 168 H 11.68 1.5T14 tl.57 Portland. PORTLAND. -Ore., Oct. U. (Spe cial) Club $1.10; blueatem $1.37. Liverpool. LlVBRPOOU,:Oct. 14. Wheat Shot No. 1 Sanlfbba, 15a 4d (12.23 7-10 per bu); No. 3 not quoted; No. S. 14c lid; No. 2 hard winter, 14a l-2d. VENIZELOS GOVERNMENT AT CRETE RECOGNIZED liOXDON, ). 16. Central News Athens dLtnatehea said the French consul had recoenlaed the national government Veniiseliwi ettahlLslied at Crete. The eonxid formally called upon VciUw-loK. NEW YORK. Oct. IS. Greek letul. ers have planned a nation wide or ganization of Vcnlnolos Greeks, agi tating (;rccian war Intervention. Ten thousand attended the organization mast nicotine. Four thousand dol lars was qnlckly suhwrlbed. MUST DESTROY AUSTRIA AND CONQUOR GERMANY Italian Statesman Points Out Only Terms rpon Wh'ch He Thinks Al lies n Secure IAstlng Peace. (JOHN HEARI.EY.) ROME, Oct. 16. Signor Bissolati, civil commissioner for war, socialist! lender, soldier and the Italian cabi net's most powerful figure, told 'he T'nlted Press the allies must destroy Austria and deprive Germany of ev ery world domination thought before the war ends. Any allied nation mak ing peace prematurely would be guil ty of treason. "The peace to which the world as pires after so many horrors and sac rifices, must be real and lasting, not a mere truce. Civilization must be safeguarded against further attempts like Germany's. This means we must create European conditions making it Impossible for Grrmany to resume her criminal designs, "The deadly war germs can only be killed by destroying Austria as a state and smashing every ' German predominancy illusion. It is neces sary to proclaim this fearlessly and openly." General. Hue-lies sas Wilson Ignored fann ers' plea. German use liquid fin- but fall. TI-SS believed out of the running. Wilson makes talks enmute to Chicago. Local. Move to increase county school tax and retluce district tax. Joy riders terrorize, ranch home and finally end in ditch. t'matllla agency school Is praised. ltuslnews men go to Portland to boost for normal. Ilcruilstou ladles resent tiolilcii Sxs4ul. Harry Minn's intolvcit in shooting scrape. Many "Hughes oommlueetncn" supporting Wilson. News Summary j - " -- - 6 : ACCUSED VICTIM HOPES ti li I--: -): fUtS 8IZDA GQDtlAiih CHICAGO, Oct 16. Miss Rudda C adman, the alleged lure in the West blackmail case, Is still seeking to ex ert her charms oo Edwin R. West, the New York business man, who says he gave tip JIB, 000 blackmail to companions of Miss Godman who sur. prised the pais in a New York hotel. West Is now In New York to testify before the federal errand Jury- Miss Godman is on trial here. GRANT COUNTY IS WITH PENDLETON J. L Carter, prominent cattleman of Long Creek who is here today is a good worker for the Eastern Ore fon normal school and has been doing some effective campaigning In his dis trict. "I believe in education and think eastern Oregon is entitled to a fair deal; I am for the Pendleton normal school measure and so are all of our people who understand the subject." says Mr. Carter. He declares those whom he has met have not been lm-! pressed with the fight Weston is mak- ing as it is well understood Weston i does not have enough grade pupils to provide practice training for normal students." Mr. Carter is a personal friend of G. M- Rice of the First National bank and has been here today In company with his partner, J. D. French ship ping 14 cars of cattle to Seattle. Octoberish weather goes to the right spot. HARRY MINNIS FIGURES IN SHOOTING EPISODE Former Ivndlcton Hoy As Officer of the !,aw Has Kxcitiiur Time Arrest ing Idaho iiootlcwr. Harry Minnis. who recently resign ed from the Pendleton fire depart ment to accept a position in the gov ernment secret service, figured in a shooting episode at Lapwai, Idaho Saturday morning, according to press dispatches. Minnis and his senior of ficer, C. H. Hanson, had arrested George Weeks and Lou Stevens at a breaking up of a dance, the charge against them being introducing liquor on a reservation. Fred Stevens, a brother of the other, interfered and was shot through the left breast by Hanson. Hanson went to the Iipwal Indian agency Immediately, and Minnis en tered the hotel. A mob compo-ed ot friends of Stevens quickly formed, but Minnis made his escape out of a rear door of the hotel and to the Indian agency. Ilefore the whereabouts of the officers were discovered they ha. been placed In an automobile and started for Lewlston, a distance of 11 miles. The contention of the officers is that they placed Weeks under arrest and that his friends endeavored to effect his rescue. Weeks was arrest ed at Uipwai later and taken to lew lston to answer to the charge. Officers Hanson and Minnis nre remaining In Lewlston, awaiting the result of the shooting, no charge hiv ing been filed against them Pascbull is a flved institution. Nei ther the movies nor the war has di minished its crowds TO WED BLACKMAIL VICTIM It '" 1 r. - i GWJnLHttflUCZ "I am still in love with Mr. West," the woman declared. "I have been engaged to him a long time. We ex pected to be married next Christmas. I had nothing to do with the crime It was as great a surprise to me as it was to him. I do not believe Mr West thinks I am guilty. I will be able to prove my Innocence in court I hope to convince Mr. West of tny Innocence I still hope some day to be his wife." GOLDEN SPECIAL WAS NOT LIKED BY HERMISTON Before an audience comprising 275 People at Hermiston Saturday even ing Hon. M. A. Miller of Portland was cheered vociferiously when he paid a sarcastic compliment to the Golden Special train then In Portland to con vert western women- to the cause of Hughes and Wall street. At Hermiston Mr. Miller was in troduced by A. E. Bensel, precinct committeeman, and a feature of the fathering was a statement bv a local speaker that President Wilson should be reelected, if for no other reason, then because of Secretary of the In terior Franklin K. Ijine. who was re ferred to as the 'Life Saving Angel" of the T'matiMa p'roject. The prediction is freelv made at Hermiston that the precinct will go for Wilson despite the heavy repub lican registration. COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS RULING IN THE SHERIDAN CASE SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 16. I'nited States circuit court of appeals affirm ed the lower court ruling in the case of Thomas R. Sheridan, convicted In i Portland on March 10. 1913. of ab str.ictlng depositors' money from the First National Rank of Uoseburg, be j fore it consolidated with the Douglas : County National Pank. I Judges Hunt nnd Gilbert wrote the ' opinion. Judge Ross filed a dissent ' ing vote. Sheridan was accused of using old i depositors inactive accounts to pro- mote tn-o sheep ranches in Eastern Orce in The prelect failed. He ex i pected to recoup his losses through an Oregon timber tract and realtv schetpe ! In Piedmont. Calif. Neither plan iva- terialized. Tank Examiner Gondheart Inspected the book and reported tc Washington. ' Assistant District Attorney Rankin .' of Portland, prosecuted Sheridan. H Is under a five year sentence at Mc Neils Nland. Sheridan contended that the transactions were strictly honest : and he alw ays expected to repay , loans. ,SX FRANCISCO PRFPXRFS FOR "iiOLDFX SPFX1U " j SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 16. The i long rumored demonstration by Wll j sen women against Hughes women on ! the campaign special became a prob ' ability this afternoon. I-oeal repuh. j lleaii women were not flustered. Thev are ron'idrnt San Francisco will ac cord the visitors corteom treatment I They have arranged to have the Wil son f iction ask any questions, prom Islng civil replies. F'S PLEA uinnrn Candidate Answers Wilson's Charges of Invisible Government-Raps 8 Hour Law. IS BLOW AT AGRICULTURE Declares He is Opposed to That Sort of Government eiays Farmers Pro tested to Time Rut no Regard was I "aid to Their Me wage. HASTINGS. Nebr.. Oct. 16. Can didate Hughes has answered President Wilson's "invisible government" charges. He addressed two thousand. "Those discussing the invisible gov ernment should remember there was no Invisible government In New York state during my governorship." He declared Wilson Ignored the farm er's plea for consideration before the enactment of the Adamson law and read a telegram from the farmers to the administration asking for a full hearing before taking any action tend ing to increase the freight rates. "I oppose that sort of government. It has no regard for farming com munities. It's idle talk about having the farmers' Interest" at heart when congress over night levels such blow at the Interests of our agricultural communities." "The farmers protested in time but were not represented In .the discus sion and not represented In the sur render to the railroaders. "No regard was paid the farmers' message. The nation's businessmen through the chambers of commerce repeatedly implored the executive and congressional leaders for an immedi ate and exhaustive inquiry Into the railroaders demands. WILL TRY TO DOUBLE COUNTY SCHOOL TAX Purpose Is to Lower Locttl Tax to More Populous Districts sod Uakm Outlying Land Y.cld More Revenue. An effort is being made to double the county tax fot school purposes to the end that the local tax in the more populous districts will be lowered and the outlying land, now but little tax ed for school purposes or not at all shall be made to yield more revenue for the education of the youth of ths county. The movement originated In Mil to a with. Principal John B. Washburn, wno recently addressed all patroLS and taxpayers of trie Milton-Freewa-tr district with circular letters bear n.g on the subject. County Super .mendent Young put the matter up to tne county court recently and it Is understood that Assessor Strain alio favors it. At the county directors' in Mltute'held here last March the prop osition was unanimously approved. It Is pointed out that the district school taxes are heavy, especially in the cities and towns. The county school tax has been 1 1-2 mills ami the funds thus derived have been di vided among the districts at the rate oi $iCu each district outright and su much per capita for the school chil dren In the district. The doubling uf the county tax would give each district double tti amount now received Thus Miltun Froewater now gets 18500 from tht ctunty and, with the double tax, would receive IK, nou. To raise th much additional by a district tax would re quire a five mill levy. Here In Pen dleton It is figured that the increase oi the county school tux 1 1-2 uiilis f.tuld lower the district tax thru nulls, a net saving of 1 1-2 mills However, the tax on the less popu lous dL-trlcts would be Increased. Tins, however, is no moie than juiine in the. opinion or the advn all uf tho movement, because liiiny farmers take their cliuuren to th towns to educate them but have their property behind. The county court has su'iriiiUr.J the proposition to DUtnct Atluinuy Meiwer for a leal opinion. l'o faute the school Llk a special election would prolaul be iereiur because of the limitation plated by law upon the amount of an lucre. u in any an nual tax levy. GROUNDED U-BOAT QUICKLY RESCUED WASHIN' ;T- S, iict. 14. Admiral 1 enson announced 11. n submarine If I 'rounded in a I'uget Hound fog, wan quickly pulled off. No details ar r-Vealed. III III IU SAYS HUGHES