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VOL 27
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, rENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER ?
NO. 8593
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DRAWN IIITO FLY
WHEEL FARMER S
BACK IS BROKEN
Fred Hill, Well Known Birch Creek
Resident, May Not Recover From
His Serious Injury.
HALF OF BODY IS PARALYZED
Ih)lcluns slate It Is IniiKmslldc to
Toll Wlmt III I'lamw for Itccuv
cry Aro Until l ew llays Have
KlniKcd Vertebrae Is Tut Hack
In place at Hospital.
His clothing catching on the fly
wheel of a gasoline engine yesterday
afternoon, Fred Hill, well known
l'.lroh creek farmer, was almoBt beat
en to death by the revolutions of the
whcitl before the engine stopped. IP
bark wan broken, hta shoulder frac
tred, an arm mangled, his head cut
open and numerous Injuries resulted
before his wife rescued him. His re
covery Is considered doubtful.
About 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
Mr. 11111 told his wlfo he would start
the engine to give their melons tho
lust irrigation of the season. Soon
his wife heard him scream and, rush
ing to the engine .found his clothing
tangled In the machinery. The en
gine had stopped by the time she ar
rived and she soon cut him loose. His
clothing had been held fast by a set
crew on the engine. The Injured
nuin w-s able to talk and directed his
wife to turn off the batteries.
lrs. Parker and Mattery were hur
riedly summoned and had the injur
ed man brought to the hospital. Last
night by rare good fortune they were
able to reduce the dislocation of the
spinal column, slipping the vertebrae
back Into rlnce while the ratlent was
under an anaesthetic. However,
they fear the spinal rord was Injured
as the man In ftlll completely parnl
yied from the waist down The phy
sicians state that It will be impossi
ble to tell what his chances are for
a few days.
RUSSIA DEIE1ID
10 FIGHT FOR TEN
YEARS IF NECESSARY
I'llKSIOKNT OV TIIK IHMA SATS
SIX Mil l, ION TltOOI'S AKU
AVAI1-A11I Ji
PETUCK1 HAD, Sept. 6. Russia's
determination to fight to the iMt
ditch even for five or 10 years Jf
needhe, w:is voiced by Prexldent Itod
zianko. of the duma today.
"If we are forced to give up Petro
grad and Moscow," Rodiianko said,
"we will retire to the defenses In the
T'ral mountains and continue the war.
Russia has twelve million soldiers and
will resist to the lost drop of blood "
RF.ULIN, Sept. 6. No Important
progress has been made toward Ri
ga or Vilna during the last two days,
the war office admitted today. Re
porting operations on the eastern
front, an official statement said the
situation from the Baltic to the east
of Grodno was unchanged.
OE AUSTRIA MIXED
IP IN STRIKE PEAK
A I.I i Al'STIUANS AM lUNGAIU
ANS WKKK TO I1K CALLED
OI T, AUMITTKn.
WASHINGTON, Kept. . Ambas
sador L'onxtantln Dumba of Austria,
today wired Secretary Lansing, ask
ing for a conference tomorrow. The
request was granted.
If these were ordinary times It
would lie an excellent plan for the
Ftate department to ask that the am
bassador be recalled, officials said
confidentially.
Inimba does not deny he planned
calllniout Austrian and Hungarians
employed In American steel and mu
nition plnnts. The ambassador has
udinitted that James I). Archibald,
the Amerlran correspondent arrest
ed at London, carried n dispatch to
the Austrian government outlining
the plun to cripple the munition ex
porting business. Despite this the
administration la unwilling to take
nny action giving the belllgorunts the
Impression of the slightest unneutral
American leaning. The stato depart
ment It Is believed wlu be certain to
nroept even a semi-official explana
tion from Dumba.
ME II PS
F
General Funston Reports to the War
Department That Soldiers are in
Danger of Conflict.
SNIPING CONTINUES TODAY
Running Engagements Aim Tuke
PIihi' at Isolated lotnU In Texas
Iti'lHirt from llrownsville Says Sit
uation Is Otiiolcr Several Mexl
iun Killed Yesterday,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. American
and Mexican troops near MUwIun,
Texas, face each other across the
river and are in danger of conflict.
Gen. Funston reported to the war de
partment today.
General Nafette, Oarran7.n com
mander, notified Funston that he Is
removing his troops from the border.
He denied there had been any shoot
ing from his troops
BRoWNSVILLE, Sept. 6 Report
today of sniping and running engage
ments with Mexican bandits at 'so
lated points continued to reach here,
hut In the main the situation on the
border was quieter. Several Mexi
cans were killed nnd wounded yester
day. Mexicans started the exchanges
by firing on the American troops
Troop trains are arriving today with
4000 soldiers to be stationed along j
the Hio Grande.
ORIENT TRADE OCT I
AI.Ij I'KOI'Kim IX JAI'AX WILL
UK SOLI) AtXiOKDIVt; TO AX
XOlXnvMKXT. TOKIO, Sept. . The Pacific Mall
Steamship company will go out of
business In the orient October 1st. It
wan announced today the company
contemplated the sale of all property
In Japan and would close Its offices
In the orient on that date. j
The discontinuance of the Pacific.
Mail service came as a great surprise:
In Japan. Indications are that the'
... hid uuj'iiiiiac mica ill lll'l
he finally decided on for some time
SADDLE USED BY SITTING
BULL TO BE SHOWN HERE
WILL UK FXIIIIIITKO IHRIXO
TIIK KOl'MM ! HAS AN
1NTKKKSTIXG HISTORY.
The saddle in which old Chief Sit-
iiuk hum ot tue Mom imtians roue
In war and peace arrived this morn
ing from Uanubury, Iowa, to be ex
hibited here during the ltound-up. It
is owned by K. A. Ives of that city,
h brother-in-law of O. J, McKee, lo
cal O -W, yardmaster, and It was
through Mr. McKee that the Ilound-
E AMERICANS
AND CLASH NEAR
up was able to secure this historic , messaged received this afternoon at
relic. 2 o'clock from the sheriff. The three
Mr. Ives states that a man by the men are supposed to be Coleman
name of Hall, who was afterwards' Ofay. II. V. Raymond and Ralph
killed In the battle of San Juan, pur- Peale..
chased the saddle with a bridle and: Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Estes
pony from a grandson of Sitting Bull, j left Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
It was bought from Hall by the pros-j for I.ehman Springs upon receipt of
ent owner 24 years ago. When ho a message that three men had held
secured it, It was In much better con- j up two other men about five miles
ditlon than now, he writes, but heleast of the springs during the morn
has used It constantly, and It was ing and had robbed them of a gun
considerably marred when n careless' and provisions. The officers made at
borrower permitted some hogs to getonce for the spot nnd found the trail
at It. The hogs completely tore up of the fugitives but owing to the
the bearskin saddle bags which were. -
on It. I,
The saddle shows signs of much
wear and tear but Is still usable. It
will be exhibited for a few days In
the windows of the Peoples Ware
house and will be shown during the
Hound-up In the parados.
BANKERS OF AMERICA
GATHER AT SEATTLE
SKATTLK,Waah Sept. 6. Prepar.nUH. U)rdt.r
ntory to the annual convention of
the American Bankers' association,
meetings of committees In charge ot
arrangements were held here today.
In the afternoon executive council four Jnllbreakers.
met and rounded out the program. c. W. Ray, former Precwutcr post
which la one of the most Interesting mailer, killed by train near Trout
In the organization's history, Inchid- dale..
tng, as It does, an address by William! Itt-ooks of Athcim win cliamplon
Howard Taft, former president of thejslilp In single at tennis tournament
United States. ) sluing Hull's Middle arrives for
Hundreds of bnnkers, representing Roundup,
millions In wealth, will attend the lYed Hill almost killed when
convention, which officially begins clothing entchm In machinery.
Wednesday. ' water thefts are followed by fines.
German Chancellor Wins in the
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Dr. in ISftltmami-IloIlwec,
Chancellor of (.criiUUiy.
Chancellor von Rethmann-Hollweg.
chancellor of the Oerman . empire,
has proved the victor in the intense
factional fight with Grand Admiral
THREE OF FOUR MEN WHO
ESCAPED J Al L RECAPTU RED
Three of the four men who es-
,,., ,p Vm.M.A county jail
a week aao Saturday were this morn
ing recaptured by Sheriff T. D. Tay
lor. Deputy J. H. Kstes and a posse
near Lookout Mountain, the highest
and most remote point in the Itlue
Mountains of the south end of the
county, according to a telephone
NEWS SUMMARY
(ienernl.
Liner ll.perlaii sink while Ixing
taken into Qiici'it.Htowii.
Hiissln ivwircl to fight for 10
yours If nmwnr)',
Mexicans, ami Americans fwc Mich
Local.
Sheriff Taylor ivcapture three of
von Tirpifz. in command of the Ger
man navy, over the submarine policy,
willi the result that Germany has vir
tually apollgized to the United States
for the sinking of the Lusltanla and
the Arabic The chancellor and the
author of the policy of "Frightful-
fil
dense brush had difficulty following
it. Deputy Sheriff Blakely sent out j
t,l.., V,..,,.,.4 ti,u rti..r.Oiu- h,ir tht. 1
escapes were probably caught before
it reached the officers.
The details of the pursuit and cap
ture were not received in the message
from the sheriff. Lookout Mountain
is twelve miles south of Lehman
SprinEs and the party will have to
walk back to the sprinus before they
can secure transportation to town.
The recapture of the three men is
another testimonial to the ability of
Sheriff Taylor as a manlnmted. Since
he has been in office eighteen men
have escaped from the jail and six
teen of them have been retaken The
seventeenth was located by Mr. Tay
lor in Michigan but the officers of
that state failed to act upon the In
formation furnished them. The
eighteenth is the fourth of the quar
tet of recent jnllbreakers. supposed to
be J. W. McCormack.
FINES ASSESSED AGAINST
TWO MEN IN WATER CASES
Accused of appropriating water to I
which tliev were not entitled nnd to'
the detriment of others, S. Katon nnd i
Dave Wallingford, well known east;
end farmers, appeared in the Milton j
justice court Saturday. Katon plead
ed guilty but Wallingford stood trial j
only to be found guilty by a jury.
The rost to Eaton was a little more j
than $;S. Wallingford was fined $30
tind costs, t he whole amounting toj
about JiiO. Deputy Prosecuting At-1
torney 11. 1. Keator appeared for the I
state The cases were brought by
County Water Master L. A. llclneman
upon the complaint of the farmers
suffering from the acts of the others.
Wallingford had been arrested twice .
before on similar charges.
Arabic tase
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(.rand Admiral von TirpiU,
Originator of "rriglitfulness."
met the kaiser on the eastern
battle front the other day, and fought
out the question. The result has
been what President Wilson hoped
fn- Tha r!Arv.an nnlif... n-klnh ttllO-
ed the sinking of the Lusitania and
the Arabic, for the continuation ofj
which von Tirpltz struggled, has been
abandoned. Such is the tenor of the
note delivered by Ambassalor von
Bernstorff to Secretary of State Lan
sing, Wednesday. The ambassador
made this statement:
"Liners will not be sunk by our sub
marines without warning and without
safety of the lives of non-combatants
provided that liners do not try to
escape or offer resistance.
"Although I know you do not wish
to discuss the Lusitania question till
the Arabic incident has been definite
ly and satisfactorily settled, I desiie
to inform you of the above because
this policy of my government was de
elded on before the Arabic Incident
occurred."
FREEWATER IN IS
KILLED WHEN ENGINE
TWO ( IIILDKKV ARK 1.H RI'D
CAR IS TllliOWX 150 t'KKT
AM) WRKCKKD.
THOI TDALE. Ore,. Sept. 6 C W.
Ray of Freewater, Ore., was killed to
day and his son and daughter slight
ly injured, when his automobile en
gine "died'" on a railroad crossing
near Fairview and was struck by the
special train of the Portland Ad Club
going to the Columbia Highway dedi
cation. The automobile was thrown
150 feet and totally wrecked. Ray's
wife was uninjured. The engine crew
failed to see the machine hi time to
slop owing to a curve,
Charles W. Kay. until six weeks
ago, was postmaster of Freewater.
lie resigned his office and left last
week In his auto with his family for
Coos county to visit relatives before
going on to the San Francisco fair.
Hay's old home was in North Caro
line where he was a friend of W. M.
Peterson, local attorney. Mr. Peter
son this morning received a message
telling of the accident Deceased
bad been in Cmatilla county about
lii ears and was 40 years old.
Will Repair Submarines,
HONOU'H'. Sept. K Investiga
tion to the damage sustained by the
F-l, K-2 and F-8. the three remain
ing submarines of the "F" type
which were rammed by the I'nited
States steamer Supply, shows exten
sive repairs will have to be made on
all.
HESPERIAN SINKS
WHILE ON THE WAY
TO IRISHSEAPORT
Vessel Torpedoed by
German U on Saturday
Reported at London That No
Americans Were Aboard Ship
Captain Mann, the Crew
gers are Saved--Stor.es of Loss of Life are
Contradictory-Those Who Land at Queens
town Agree That Vessel Was Torpedoed With
out Warning-Wounded Canadian Soldiers
Were Aboard.
(By the United Press.)
LONDON, Sept. 6. The Allan liner Hesperian which was
torpedoed by a German submarine off the Irish coast on Satur
day sank at 6 o'clock this morning while endeavoring to make
Queenstown. An announcement to this effect was made from
the offices of the Allan line but no details were given.
Captain Mann and all the crew of 300 were reported to have
been saved. Wireless advices stated they had been taken
aboard the vessel which was towing the Hesperian.
Reports of casualties are contradictory- Before the Hesper
ian was known to have sunk, steamer officials stated that 350
passengers and 300 of the crew has been safely landed at
Queenstown. Press dispatches, however, reported the death
of Miss Carvarry from shock. Another woman was reported
to have died aboard the rescue ship. Thirty passengers were
injured.
o Americans were aboard, it was reported.
NO WARNING WAS GIVEN.
The majority of the injured
sized after striking the water.
Passengers from the liner
that the Hesperian was torpedoed without warning.
C. S. Blue, of Ottawa, said he heard a submarine on the star
board quarter before the explosion. Others said the submarine
could not be seen because of the gathering darkness.
The Hesperian was attacked at 8:30 Saturday night. A
calm sea made it possible to take off the passengers, and crew.
Practically all the passengers were Canadians and English
men. They included 30 wounded Canadians, on the way home.
LOXDOX, Sept. 6. Sixteen mem
bers of the crew of the Hesperian are
now said to be unaccounted for. Al
lan line officials reiterate that all the
passengers were removed safely.
They deny the report that two women
died from shock on the rescuing
ships.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 Awaiting
complete reports on the torpedoing
of the liner Hesperian. President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing sus
pended judgment and action today.
None of the tension which followed
the sinking of the Arabic was oh
served in official circles. It is gen
erally believed inconceivable that
Germany had repudiated her formal
guarantee against attacking passen
ger carrying liners without warning.
An early conference between Secre
tary Lansing and Ambassador Yon
Bernstorff was announced today. Of
ficials believe and hope the details of
the torpedoing of the Herseprian will
explain the attack satisfactorily."
Irwin Brooks of Athena is
Champion in Tennis Singles
Seml-Flnals.
Rincliart and Home of Pendleton,
qualified for Ue finals by defeating
Brookx and Harmon of Athena 4-6.
6-2. 0-4.
Reliiemau and Johns of Pendleton,
defeated Marsh and Oliver, 8-2, 2-6,
6-2.
At 3 o'clock tle latter are plajing
Dickson brothers to determine who
will iky Rlneliart and Home. JAch
iao one set.
Johns ami Reiiieiiuiii won the fir-t,
1-6. nnd Dickson brothers won ttie
second, 6-2.
Irwin G. Rrooks of Athena, former
northwest college champion, tais
morning won the title of tennis
champion of Umatilla county in the
singles of the first annual tournament
played on the courts at Round-up
Park. In three straight sets he de
feated H H. Home of Pendleton, who
by consistent playing, fought his way
through the preliminaries and semi
finals to the finals.
The preliminaries and semi-finals
of the singles were played yesterdav
Brooks in turn disposed of Harmon
of Athena. Cillis of Milton and
Iteineman of Pendleton, while Horns
won from McKlnney and Westbrooke
Dickson of Pendleton and Plant of
Mtttim. the former champion of Mis
sissippi. With both players fresh.
and Most of Passen-
were in small boats which cap-
arriving at Queenstown agreed
Consul Frost at Queenstown, re
ported the Hesperian carried a four
inch gun on her stern. This report
likely will figure prominently and
probably to Germany's advantage.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. . Germany
will disavow- the torpedoing of the
liner Hesperian If the British reports
of the attack are corroborated by the
submarine commander, according to
a Berlin dispatch today. Germany
will explain the submarine left Its
base before the new instructions
w'ere issued.
LONDON, Sept. 6. British papers
express the opinion that In torpedo
ing the Hesperian Germany has
broken faith with the United States.
It shows the kaiser does not Intend
to keep the pledge that passenger
earning ships will be warned before
being torpedoed.
News of the torpedoing came four
hours after Lord of the Admiralty
(Continued on page eight)
they played off the finals this morn
ing. Brooks winning -2 and
Though Home played a good game,
he was outclassed by the former Uni
versity of Oregon star. f
The preliminaries of the doubles
were played this morning and this
afternoon the semi-finals and fln.i'.t
are being played. It is apparent tV.t
a local man will be in at the en 1 as
three of the pairs entered from hero
are making a strong showing.
In the t reliminarit s Itrooks ani
Frank Dickson defeated Crockatt an t
Peters 6-3. 4-, t-6. Marsh and Oliv
er ot IVmlteton ilefcio-d Swartland
er and Bowman of rise r-'er at ut
6-4. 4-8, S-0 am! it.'iiteriian ni
Johns of Pendieton defeated MoKm
nev an.i Howler -3, 1-2 llrooki
end Harmon of Athena won by de
fault over Anderson and Thompson
wtille Rlnehurt and Home of Pendle
ton won by default from Plant utii
Cillis of Milton.
Though there were rio entries front
outside the county, the f I r .it tourna
ment stage, 1 by th Knund-up Tennis
Club has proved big U''i-pim. Kvrv
locality in the county that hu-4 t.!o-n
up tennis was represented ev-wpt
St, infield whose players, though thy
came up defaulted their matrhni!.
Milton, Athena and tto- r-H.Tv;itioa
sent in their bvt players
(Corilmu'-d on png" three )