East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, October 31, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EBIMl TO ADVERTISERS DAILY EPI?iGEGIT10:i Vi'.THFR Fair toni'-" t Wedn'wlay, ool. er tnnlgh th K Or-gonla.li ha the largest bona fide aud guaranteed paid rln ulatlou of any paper In Oregon, eant of Portland and by far tb largeat circulation In I'eudletoa of any newspaper. Maximuii, , s ure. Si), mini mum, 41; r& j" wind light northwest; w. A -tly cloudy. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY L PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1916. NO. 8954 BERLIN H TO DISAVOW Dlli'S ACT Will Punish Submarine Com mander if Investigation of Marina Shows Violation of Kaiser's Pledge. REPORTS ARE INCONCLUSIVE Unable to (jr Deflufculf Whether Vassal Wat Torpedoed or Shelled IS Ballon SHU Mlmtar 69 Additional Survivors Landed, WASHINGTON. Oct, II. German officials declared that Germany would disavow the acta and punish the submarine commanders, If Inves tigation shows the submarines de stroyed the British ships Marina and Rowanmore In violation of the kai ser's pledfes. Lansing said official report were Inconclusive. All dispatches were rushed to Wilson at Long Branch, Lansing was unable to ray definitely whether the Marina was torpedoed or shelled. Consul Front ut Qucenstown, ca bled that thirteen Marina sailors were still miming this morning The list probably includes American. Fif ty-two additional survivors were landed at Castletown. Thoy declared thirty -six Americans wereaboard the Marina when sunk. TEUTONS ARE DRIVEN BACK JIU VALLEY Heavy Fighting Starts all Along the Eastern Front-Germans and Turks Start Galician Offensive. NO CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT SAYS MEXICO Arrendondo Meets Lansing and Denies Authenticity of In terview Against Administration. 11 HERS DF PROGRESSIVE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE COME OUT SQUARELY FOR VflLSOH m OUTLOOK STORY IS UNTRUE Magazine Misquoted Gonzalr in Ills Preference for Hughes Says 6ecre tdary as Mexico Only Wishes Close American Relations and Has no Presidential Choice. WASHINGTON', Oct. 31. Arre dondo met Lansing and denied the authenticity of the interview criti cising the administration. A Mexican news bureau issued the interview Sat urday, quoting Mexican Commissioner Cabrera. Lansing accepted the ex planation. Arredondo also told Lansing the interview credited to Carranza, Obre- gon and Agullar in the Outlook maga zine was unfounded. The Outlook quoted General Gon zales as saying he would prefer Hughes for president. Arredondo denied Gonzales made the statement He declared Mexico only wished close American relntlons and It did not matter who was elected. He declared Gonzales refused to divulge his presl dentlal preference when the inter viewer asked him. APPEAL ARGUMENT IN BEST CASE IS MADE Mayor Seeks to secure Change of Venue in His Trial for Using ob scene IwgaHg,in a Public Place, SOMUE AND VERDUN QUIET pwrnocruD. oct. 31. -it is an- noun"' the Koumaniuus continuii "trivia the Tout'inn northward to J In vallry. Thev c r,.iinil three hun dred. Mopvv fl'-litin? Ins started on the ejuilcrn front. The" Itossians are trmi-!y r t ' 1 1 r nt Volliynia. The Teuton i ntj;I Turks s'arted a f'aliei:m ff"ti ivo. The Kiissnin ruptured Teuton ir. in l.t h w,-t "f Lutsk fort r ,'Hr. Kt u;;, (id. "1. Italian artillery dii'iHT.'i il I'.iiU' iiaiis imrtlicu.it of Hointn. The I'roiich seized a Mona stery west of Prchple ln!;e. The Hor Mann further progressed on the Or tia front. 1'HIU.IN. vit Saville. Oct. 31 It is announced th:it Falkenhayn has vtpttiied ten thousand lloumanins lane CMotier tenth, thirty seven can nimi, forty seven machines, a flag and o'hor booty. Austrian heiulqunrters reported that "uncanny weal her" had halted the flrhtlng nlnng the Italian front The war office reported that Prince Riipprreht's army effectually stopped miTmJ liuht French nttucks. German flra repulsed the enemy advancing s-n.lnrt. German positions northeast tnd wist of I-cssbocofs. French corn pan attacked nt I-iimalsnnette vain ly. I tombing attacks were made south of I'laches. UiNDON, Oct. 31. An official oasualty list of British soldiers lost during the post month l 108.255. Nearly twenty three thousand wore killed! seventy six thousand were wounded and the remainder are mis sing. Halg reported only intermittent shelling on the Homme. DOW THIS BROOM SWEPT AT ALBANY CHAMBERLAIN TRIP ENDS WITH EAST END IN WILSON COLUMN j Hpc.ik'ng nt five pi. ices and meet-1 in:; IIiihimoiI of people duiiiiK the day 1,'niliil stales Henmor Coockc K-1 'hanilicrl.in wu.s j:ivcn a coniinniiiij ' ovation frmn 1'endletoii to K:w:.ter yeMonlay. At each place visited he made on earnest nreumetil fur th re-' cl.clion of ITesidi nt Wilson i.n;l di.s-! j'U.4:d tlio variou- subjects of the I ' rampalun from th" slandpo nt of one' who ha. heen In close toil h w!th af fairs. Uircrc nttdlenees frreetrd the sena i lor nt every point visited and the en .thusiiism for Wilson s genuino and wiilespread. l'Yoni a crowd of 70 ' greeting the senator nt Adamfl at 9 o'clock In the morning the throng grow at each step until In the evening Milton turned nut a crowd that took evory ient In their largo theater and j left standing room only. The crowd Iwn.i estimated at 800, I Willi the single exception of Adam' well Informed men yesterday predlct 'ed the success of Wilson over Hughes : in all the communities vis ted. The Wilson sent'ment In Athena Is ram p int. At We.-ton a straw vote par ticipated In by 70 gave Wilson a sub- etantlal lead. At Milton the school I children In three of the schools were recently canvassed in a straw elec tion, the result being Wilson 179. Hughua 105. I'riilt Men IIciii'IksI. At Freevvater and Milton fruit crowei. inan'fested by app'auM' a strong appreciation of the pre-: lent't. service in averting the great railroad strike At the time danger loomed and the ra'lro.ids placed an embargo on all pcrifhnble freight many east end men were threatened with heavy losses. Had the strike occurred they would have suffered severely. They lon't Want War. Repented cheers ab'o greeted the senator s explanation of the Mexican s tuatlon and tho efforts of President Wllscni to keep the country at peace. He explained In detail the working of the rural credit law and the benefits the producers everywhere will enjoy through a reduction In the interest rates on farm mortgage. The sen itor, accompanied by his local party, returned" to pendeton fol. lowing tho Milton meeting last n'ght. He left on train No. 6 for La Grande this morning and Is to speak In that city tonight. GOBLINS TONIGHT! PADLOCK THE GATE IT IS HALLOWE'EN It behooves Pendleton residents to padlock the gates tonight and to see that noth ng movable is left lying around the premises, for it is Hal lowe'en tonight and spooks and gob lins in Hi .-hape of small boys, are li able to be at their pranks. In fact some of these modern spooks and tsoblins rather anticipat ed Hallowe'en, probably thinking that one night would not be sufficient to accomplish their designs. A big band of boys and girls was abroad in ; the east end of the city last evening anu reports were made to the police this morning of some minor depreda tions. As a desult a special officer will be stationed there tonight and other officers will probably guard oth er parts of the city. As de from the usual pranks of the youngsters, Hallowe'en will to mark ed this evening by a number of par ties, the largest of which will he tho Civic Club dance in the Eagle-Woodman hall. CANTON GERMAN ALLIANCE HAS REFUSED TO ENDORSE HUGHES News Summary NBW YORK, Oct. II. Th World today publishes the following dispatch from Canton: "The Canton German-American Alliance today sent a notice of withdrawal from the state alliance. The local alliance In dorsed President Wilson and Sena tor Pomorene yesterday and con demned the state alliance for Indors ing Hughes and Merrick. The al liance has three hundred members. C. M. Item of Toledo, urged the members to consider America first. Rem recently quit the Toledo alliance when It Indorsed Hughes. This Is the second withdrawal from the state al liance, the Galllon branch having withdrawn several days ago." PENDLETON PEOPLE ARE HOSTS AT A LUNCHEON Argument of the appeal of Mayor J. A. Best who is charged with the use of rile. Indecent and obscene lan guage In a public place and who seeks to secure a change of venue for his trial, was made before the supreme court here last night. James A. Fee. Jr., made the argument for the appel. lant and Attorney General George M. IJrown apeared for Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes. ' Mayor Be-;t was arrested several months ago on a warrant sworn -to by Arthur Gibson and charging him with A vlolntliin of tho stntp vnprnnrv statute by using profane, vile and ob j scene language before an aud'ence in the Oregon theater. The circumstan ces under which he Is al'eed to have used the language are well known to I the public. The ccmpla'nt was filed in the court of Justice of the Peace Parke and the mayor at once a--'ked for a change or venue on the suound that Judge Parkes wa prejudiced airninst him for having fa led to recover flu uppo'mment of city recorder alter the ! election of Mayor Best. A showing was made and Judge Parkes rofuM to grant the change of venue, assert ing that he knew of no reason why a fair trial could not he held before him and for the further reason ths' a change of venue wouM entail great expense upon the county. The mavor's attorneys asked Circuit Judge Phelps for a wr't of manda mus to compel Judge Parkes to grant the change but Judge Phelps con strued the law as not substantiating the contentions of the mavor's attor neys. An appeal was taken to the supreme court and it was upon this appeal that argument was made yes terday evening. ! Today the court has listened to ar guments in the following ease?: Stat jv. Pcott Goodell. from I'nion county; Mt. Emilv Timber Co , vs. o.-W. R. ft IN. Co.. from I'nion countv and H. T. j Blackwel vs. Oregon Short Line, from Malheur county. FARM JOURNAL STRAW VOTE GIVES WILSON BIG MAJORITY PHILADELPHIA, Oct 31. The North American which is supporting Hughes, analyses to- day the postcard vote sent vol- untarily to the Farm Journal by readers throughout the coun- try. 4) The Farm Journal's poll four 4 years ago accurately forecasted the defeat of Taft The North American admits that the farm- ers straw ballots show Wilson 4 has gained steadily since the 4 voting began and that the non- partisan character of the Farm . Journal lends great weight to the result indicated. The Farm 4 Journal publishes no political editorials and no political ad- vertlsements. The 3064 votes sent In are dl- vided: Wilson 1644, Hughes 920. 4) O.Benson 372, Hanly 128. Four years ago the totals were Roose- velt 796. Wilson 387, Taft 175. Debs 411. Chafln 79. 4) 0 Reported That Remaining Five Members Also Favor President-Declare Administration Has Enacted Many Progres sive Principles Into Law. SEE 6REAT NATIOML CRISIS LOWER PRICES IN WHEAT PIT TODAY CHICAGO, Oct 81. (Special to the East Oregonian) Range of pri ces today: Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. 1.8 $1.90 I1.87H $1.89 May $1.8SH $1.8( $1.14 $1.86 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct Jl. (Spe cial. )-" Wheat today dropped from three to five cents. Club, $1.52; blue stem $1.61. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Oct. 30. Wheat Spot No. 2 hard winter, 15s 7d; No. 1 northern Duluth, ISs 7d; No. 1 Mani toba, 16s (2.33 2-5 per bu.); No. 2, 159 10 l-2d; No. 3. 15s 8d. LOCAL OPERATOR SENDS LONG DISTANCE WIRE Dee Hatton Handles MessaCe With out Relay to New York Newspaper Office Travels Between 8000 and 10XKK) Miles. Dee Hatton. operator at the local Western I'nion office, last night worked on one end of one of the long est distance messages ever sent bt wire in th- country. He sent the mess.ice without re'av to a New York newspaper office and it trave!el be tween soon and 10 Oti m !es over the w'res Vefio-e it reached its destina tion. The msae weit from here to Walla Walla to P'-okane. to Tjew 'ston to sVt TT.!.'e to Phoenix and zikzngged through the south before nrrivin nt New York. The message was of a political nature. I'rge That American People Const d the t'npauvlletcd Achtenemctits Be. cured During Last Poor Yean. NEW ."YORK, Oct $1. Eleven members of the progressive resoluti ons committee issued a statement say. ing: "Without our own candidate, ws unalterably favor President Wilson's retention In office. Under his guid ance and leadership more progres sive principles have been enacted into law than we believe might have been accocmpltshed had the progressives been in power." It is reported five remaining mem bers of the resolutions committee al so favored Wilson, but declined to state 'their presidential preference. The statement opened as follows: "We, the undersigned members of the resolutions committee that framed the progressive platform on August 7, 1912, hereby reaffirm our unswerv ing allegiance to the progressive prin ciples embodied In this platform, and herewith call the American peoples attention to the unparalleled achieve ments of progressive legislation secur ed during the last four years. "This la a great national crisis. We're progressives, supporting Jobs Parker of Louisiana for vice-president" It was signed by John Parker; sx Governor L C. Garvin of Rhode Is land; ex-Governor Carey. Wyoming: Judge Albert D. Norteni of Missouri; Hugh T. Halbert of Minnesota; Frank N. Howard of Vermont; M. C. Baca, of New Mexico; James M. In gersol of Idaho; Arthur O. Wray of Nebraska; Clarence B. Strouse, Vir ginia, and J. W. McCormick. WILSON LEAVES ON N. Y. STATE TRIP Interesting Character of the Campaign General. II members of progrnwlve mania tloa committed favor Wilson. Arrendondo denies criticism ol Wilson. Local. Chamberlain's visit makes east end sure for Wilson. Annual tcacluTH' Institute opens to morrow. I test "iwonnll'' case appeal Is ar-Riicd. Polling Plsxios Named. Doputy Sheriff Joe Blakely has se cured the polling places for the Pen dleton precincts for the election next Tuesday. They are as follows: No, 32, Alta House; No. S3 D. B. Waffle garage on Lewis street; No, 34, High school building; No. 36, Lane's Paint Shop: No. 36. City Hall; No. 37, sample rooms, Pendleton Hotel; No. 38, Bowman hotel; No. 39. Dutch Henry Feed Yard; No. 40, home of Mrs. E. C Anlbnl, 400 West Court; No. 41, Alnlbal's paint ahnp. 710 West Alta; No. 42, Hawthorne school; No, 43, Christian church basement; No. 44, Elmer Renger home, $14 Lincoln; No. 45. Sylvan a. Conn home, 311 Arc street. There will never be enough foreign consulships to reward all the artist and authors who are doing yoeman service on one aide or the other in the present campaign. Using pretty women to Increase the number of recruits for the army shows to what straits the volunteer system has fallen. Portland Ministerial Asnoiiat'On ! Gun at Mooting Hold to Boot Pendleton Normal SdVibl I'rofrram. PORTLAND, (let. 31. The people of Pendleton were hosts today to the members of the Portland Ministerial association at a luncheon given In the grill of the Hotel Portland. The af fair was for the purpose of getting before the ministers the need of a normal school In Pendleton. Eugene Brookings presided. Addresses wernj made by J. H. Gwlnn, secretary of the Pendleton Business Men's club: Fred Ixykley. a former resident of Pendleton; Dr. Harry Hanset secre tary of the Ministerial association, and Dr Ford, district superintendent of the M. E. church at Salem. The meeting was well attended and much sympathy with the Pendleton normal amendment was evidenced. FORMER PORTLAND AVIATOR IS KILLED REDWOOD CITY, Calif., V-t-31. slliw Cliriiffrn, aviator, and proprietor of an aviation whool here, fell a hundred ftrt In a military trw-tor and died SO minutes later. His dioat was crushed, ribs broken and a lung punctuml. During his last plungr Chrlstoffcrson struggled to extricate- himself from the machine. Ills wife witnessed tho fall. Chrlntoffcrwn was a former Portland ee. Everything comes to those who wait. The rich man has Ice In sum- mer, but the poor man has just as much In winter, Still It will not be determined until Nov. 8 whether Col. Roosevelt, the well known skln-'em-ulive txidermlst. will have new contributions for the Smithsonian Institution. ! v , 1 LONG BRANCH. Oct. 3t. Prrf. dent Wilson leavpu tnnfe-ht JtW') days in New York state. He ( makes h's Buffalo speech tomorrow , r.ight The New York speech Thurs day 's the most Important DemocraM rroriised unprecedented receptions In jboth cities. Wilson's lieutenants are apparen'lv cptim st'c. but quietly profess uneasi ness, raying the republicans are dis- : pena'ng unprecedentd sums of mon- er io -check the Wilson tide." The democrats claim the republi cans have thrice the democratic funds an" delared the republican national advertising campaigns are creating, false impression?. They say low fumls rrevent them from replying. To put It another way. the tomb stone over the writing of deferred di vidend policies Is a monument to the tenacity an I thoroughness of Candi date Hughes. JOHN M. PARKER James M. Tarker, a Louisiana plan ter, progressive candidate for vice president of the United States, has upset all political tradition. He never held political office In his life. He is running on a ticket which nas no head. He was nominated by acclamation but was never notified. But he has notified the omu voters and the public. WOULD MAINTAIN ALL RIGHTS SAYS HUGHES r.epllcs to t(evkl-r Who Asks If Can didate Favors Kmhargo Again Munition Shlwicno. COLUMBUS. Ind., Oct. 31 When a spectator heckled Hughes, demand ing whether he would favor an em bargo asainst munitions shipments. Hughes replied: "I favor the main tenance of every rlirht. Including the rights of travel and rights of ship ments. Its a very Impor ant rlnht and especially Important now. While the great war is raging we should vindicate bur neutrnl rights and main, tain the Integrity of International law. "It's a very thoughtless policy to surrender any Important right for a sentimental consideration, when w have the vast necessity of neutral commerce and the Importance of neutral rights to consider with re spect to America's future." Hughes makes four speeches In In diana. He spe.ika at ITvanavllln to. night and mak-s five nddriM-n. in morrow. Hugh" Is confident of win ning Indiana. He also wants tfto re pullioiin senators thers.