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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27

gressive element generally in this
county. on that basis he was. elect
ed four years ago.
But a change came over Barrett
when his son-in-law was named as
hospital superintendent and was aft
erwards removed by the present
board because OF the fact a super
intendent was not then needed. From
that time until this Barret has been
aligned with what is generally called
the standpat crowd. In the last two
legislative sessions he has uniformly
voted with that element on all inn
portant measures and has been bitter
against Governor West. The senate
journal shows Barrett voted to pass
over the governors veto a bin 10
raise the salaries OF all circuit Judges
in the state save the judges in the
fourth district. The journal also
shows he voted to pass I9 salary
bills over the governors veto: that
he voted TO kill the meritorious meas
ure intended to require the registra-
ton Of lobbyists at Salem. ana was
generally aligned with the reaction
AIRY element in the senate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
british Official scored.

LONDON, oct 27.-In connection
with increasing agitation against Ger
man residents of the British isles,
Prince Louis of Battenberg, one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, came in for
outspoken newspaper comment today.
There have been veiled attacks against
him before, but this afternoon his
name was plainly mentioned by the
Globe in an editorial commenting on
what it said it considered the inn
Eropriety of having even naturalized
Germans in posts so important as the
one he occupied.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
nnssinn Officers warned

LONDON. oct, 27-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from
Petrograd says that the reckless BRAY
cry of the Russian officers daily re-
suting in a long list of casualties
has constrained Emperor Nicholas to
urge the commissioned cadets OF
Tsarskoe- Selo to be more cautious
In addressing them he said that
while he did not doubt their courage,
he needed all their lives. He was
certain that all were ready to sacri-
flee their lives, but these should be
reserved for imperative circumstan-
ces, as the useless depletion of off
GERS might entail serious conse'
quences.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
JAPAN DEMANDS GERMAN
GUNBOAT LEAVE HONOLULU

WASHINGTON. Oct. IA note
from the mikado requesting the ex-
pulsion of the German gunboat Geiers
from Honolulu was delivered to state
department officials By japanese Am
bassador Ghipda today.
The Honolulu authorities were or
dered to report Immediately whether
the vessel was .seaworthy. II so it
must depart Immediately.
The japanese note said that all re-
pairs to the vessel had been COM
pleted and that international law re-
quired that 1t leave Honolulu.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
both SIDES LOCKED IN DEATH STRUGGLE ALONG
WEST BANK OF USER; CLIMAX IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN REACHED IN SITUATION IN FRANCE

"The Austrian offensive in the VI
cinlty Of the Carpathians has COM
PEELED the Russians to draw heavily
on their reinforcements. In the mid
die OF Galicia. the battle is still rag
ing and the Austrians are progressing
successfully. They also have been
successful along the lower San river
and southeast OF Przemysl thence
along the San river anI in almost a
straight line northward to Plotsk.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The capture OF
Calais, regardless OF the cost, was
declared BY the Times correspondent
at Copenhagen TO have been ordered
by the kaiser
The correspondent added that his
majesty was in Belgium on sunday
and received reports from his orfi-
GERS. He told them, according to the
correspondent, that the German occu-
patton of Dunkirk and Calais. espec-
tally the latter was vital to his plans.
TOXIC. oct. 27.-The Anglo-Jap-
anese bombardment OF the Kiao
Chau Notifications increased in vioI-
ence today.
The Iltis fort. one Of the chain OF
defense. has been silenced and others
are showing the damaging effects Of
the besiegers' guns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27

PARIS, Oct. 27.-It was announc-
ed this afternoon that the allied for
ces have gained between Tyres and
Roulers and that they have been hav-
ing the best or an artillery duel in
the region OF Scissors and Berry-Au-
Bac where. II was said. several Ger
man batteries were destroyed.
There was no cessation in the
struggle on Monday night.
Throughout all the hours OF dark
ness. the combatants played enor-
nous searchlights upon one another's
ranks.
shrapnel lit up the heavens and
the thunder OF the engagement was
heard for miles.
Aviators are taking a prominent
part in the engagement.
The British monitors. which were
withdrawn after three had been hit
by German shells. were again in ac-
tlon today in the Belgian canals,
hurling death among the Germans
The warshIps are enfilading the
German lines, pounding them merci-
lessly.
The west bank OF the river User
between Nieuport and Dixmuje is lit
orally an inferno. Already across the
stream. the Germans are hurling ev-
cry ounce OF their strength against
the allies front in a determination TO
break through toward Dunkirk and
Calais.
The fighting has increased con-
stantly in violence and both sides
are reinforcing heavily.
The point where the battle is rag
ing is the critical point of the whole
battle line and the situation was ad-
mitted to mark a climax in the west
ern theater Of the war.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
CarnegIe sneaker at E.ercIses.

PITTSBURGH. oct. 27.-A public
ceremony with Andrew Carnegie as
the principal speaker marked the un-
yelling of the Robert Burns memorial
statue in schenIey Park here today.
Upon the laird of skibo' fell the duty
OF presenting the statue to the city
on behalf of Mrs. A. R. Peacock, who
gave it. Mayor Armstrong made the
address of acceptance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
vIrginla Doctors in Session.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.-Several
hundred Old Dominion physicians ar
rived today for the forty-eighth an
nual three-days convention Of the vir-
ginia Medical association. DR.. Will
liam c. Gorgas welcomed the visitors
FOR the capitals medical corps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
BUILDIhG COLLAPSES AND
4 PERSONS ARE KILLED

MOBILE. Alabama, Oct 27.-Four
persons met death in the collapse of
a building at Sampson. Alabama. Sew
eral persons were reported missing
and many others were injured ac-
cording to telegraphic advices receiv-
ed here
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
uirninin ID A II. Meets.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 27.-vir-
ginla members of the Daughter Of the
American Revolution today opened
their annual three-days' convention
here. which will include pilgrimage
TO Mt. Vernon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27

HERRIN, Illinois, Oct. 27.-.A tele'
phone message at 10 o'clock said tha'
the bodies OF 20 men had been remov'
cd fiom the Royalton mine, north OF
here where an explosion oeeurre'
early today.
The bodies OF so were still In the
mine. bringing the list OF the known
dead 10 100.
Rescuers who we're penetrating the
drifts said that 200 entombed mer
were still living.
Three hundred men were In the
mine when the explosion occurred.
The bodies recovered were badly
mangled.
The chance OF recovering any alive
Is believed slight. Volunteer rescuer'
are working desperately TO reach the
entombed.
Twenty physicians have been rush
ed TO Royalton on a special train.
The Royalton mine is one OF the
richest and largest in southern I'LL
nols. The quality OF the coal there
Is unusually fine The first shaft
was sunk 10 years ago. The mine lies
near the Letter mine at Ziegler.
HERRIN. oct 27.-Ninety coal
miners are believed to have met death
in the north mine at Royalton, ac-
cording TO later advices this after
noon. Mine officials admitted that
s72 men were trapped by the explo'
sion. TWO hundred and eighty-two
were said to have been rescued alive
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
MORE THAN 95 Per CENT OF
1913 TAXES ALREADY PAID

over s5 per cent Of the 1913 taxes
have been paid into the county treas
ury, according TO a statement given
out today by Treasurer G. W. Brad
ley. OF the s756.642.O1 charged on
the books against the taxpayers, all
but s35.6O5.47 have been collected.
The following is the statement as
s,g.s.,,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
BIG VOTE POLLED
AT PORTLAND RECALL

, PORTLAND. Ore. oct. al
Contrary 10 expectations a heasy
, vote is being cast at the recall
election Of Mayor Albee. opposed
, by b. f. Kennedy and Eugene
Smith; Commissioner Dieck by
, II. f. Abry and George Par
, rish and Commissioner Brew
ster by W. A. Leet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27

PETRoGRAD. Oct. 27.-Fighting
decidedly in the cars favor is rag
ing today over a wide extent OF ter
ritory in Russian Poland. according
to official reports from the general
staff.
German officers were said to be
striving desperately to check the fierce
western Onrush OF the Russians.
LONDON, oct. 27.-That General
Won Beseler. the German commander
who captured Antwerp. committed
suicide at Bruges was given in an un-
confirmed report in a Rotterdam dis
patch to the News. No reason was
given why the German commander
should have taken his life.
LONDON. oct. 27.-The steamship
Manchester. bound from Manchester
/ 10 Montreal. was sunk by a mine off
I the British west coast, according to
/ information furnished by a trawler
which arrived at Carlough Bay, Ire
land with 30 survivors Of the crew.
bOKDEAJA " Oct Za.-lt was stat
/ ed officially this afternoon that the
Germans are bombarding. Arras. 1t
was said the city has been practically
destroyed.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 27.-The fight
ing which marked the crossing OF the
User river by the Germans was spok-
en- OF in messages from the front as
something unparalleled in the history
of warfare.
The sluggish waters of the User ca
nal was said to have been thick with
bodies OF the dead and crimson with
the blood OF victims
Along the banks. corpses lay thick.
Whole companies were declared to
have been practically wiped out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
RUSSIANS SAID To
Be BREAKING down
GERMAN DEFENSES
Onward Rush Of Cars Troops Over
WheIm all Opposition Fighting
Covers Large Area.
ENGLISH STEAMSHIP MINED

Manchester Goes TO Bottom off Brit
ish West Coast-Germans Open
Bombardment on Arras and City
Reported Practically Destroyed
User Fighting Desperate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
NEWS SU M MARY

General.
One hundred miners reported to
have been killed In Illinois mine ex-
plosion.,
Both sides along User river are
locked I'm death struggle.
Russians reported To be moving
forward despite efforts of Germans
to stop their advance.
Japan calls on state department. to
send German gunhoat out of Hon
olulu harbor.
Local.
95 per cent of taxes have been paid.
Travelling man boosts rcndleton as
ideal headquarters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
British Monitors Again in Action and German Lines are
Being POunded--BattIe RACES all Through Monday
Night ALLIES are Being Constantly Reinforced Region
Between Nieuport and Dixmude Described as Inferno.

PARIS. Oct 27.-The Bordeaux
war office made the following an
nouncement this afternoon:
"The French offensive in the vicin-
ity Of Nancy has driven the Germans
across the frontier in the direction of
Metz"
That the kaiser's forces were
crumpling the allies right between
Toul and Verdun was denied.
on the contrary It was declared.
II the French maintain their advan-
tage in the Nancy region, the Ger
mans must soon surrender the forti-
fications in the vicinity OF st. Mihiel
and abandon the west bank of the
Meuse or risk being trapped and cap
tured.
Everywhere in the north, said the
statement, the allies lines were hold
ing.
The battle was reported most vio-
lent between the mouth or User and
Lens rivers.
Along this front II was admitted
that the allies were on the defensive.
but 1t was declared they were main
tanning their positions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
100 MEN DIE WHEN
EXPLOSION OCCURS
IN ILLINOIS MINE
20 Bodies Already RecOvered-2OO
Men are Still Entombed and Fears
Felt That They are Lost.
RESCUERS WORK DESPERATELY

Bodies recovered are Frightfully
Mangled-Phys ysicians Have Been
Rushed 20 Sccne-3O0 Men Were
In the Mine when the Explosion
Occurred early this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27

wv, S. Byers OF,
flour milling propy !
coo was burned. j
Perkins He ir
man that he h
another min ju,
one, which will
in the state. II
capacity of 10
hours. Mr.. b.
from Washingt
went for the p
through to pr
Pendleton is
!stration whi
Mr.. Byers c.
ocrats or r.
enough FOR -
ers who. pI
lsts. As a -
froutf,v.a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27

BERLIN. oct. 27.-Wireless via
Sayville- Everywhere along a tre-
mendous line stretching from Plotsk,
in north Russian Poland, to st. Ryi
and Sambor. in central Galicia. the
Germans and Austrians are fighting
the Russians. according to the war
ministry announcement.
Vigorous encounters between War
saw and Ivangorod were mentioned
but the outcome was not announced.
The Germans and the Russians are
engaged in the region.
Relative to the Galicia campaign,
the Vienna war office is quoted ,
the following effect:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
n judge .heme under which Eberhart drew
county : er which he Eberhart had copy
SC WI Z intending bidders could not secure


GnIand claim the originally planned Umala bridge $50
wass su original bridge?
hundreds of citizens all
ina approaches?
DRAWN the o bridges he erected
Umatla bridge built
Atlas Bridge C., A. f. Eberhart, proprietor.
publish
knowing
for not publishing the statements?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
TO ADVERTISERS.

The East Oregonlan has the largest paid
circulation OF any paper In Oregon, east of
Portland and over twice the circulation In
Pendleton Of any other newspaper
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-27
HERE ARE SOME MORE QUESTIONS;
LET G|LuLN,t1,t FRY TO ANSWER

1. Why did GllIIland when judge
all the bridge plans for the county
70 the plans for his own use VII
copies?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
is UNDER SENTENCE FOR KILLING
T. Y. WyLEY-APPEALS TO
SUPREME COURT.
RELEASED ON 5000 BOND
Judge r. II. Wiidberger Presides over
Court That Releases Prisoner on
Habeas Corpus Proceedings.
Alcorn, Jr., Excused.

Clarksdale.-E. J. Marley, charged
with Staying T, Y. Wyley, has been
admitted to bail in the sum Of $4,000
and is now out Of the Coahoma county
Jail pending the result Of his appeal
10 the supreme court of Mississippi.
This was the result Of a habeas corpus
hearing held here, presided over by
Judge r. H. Wildberger, justice of the
Clarksdale police court and a member
of the local bar. Circuit Judge w. A.
Aleorn, Jr., while holding himself as
having jurisdiction in the case, asked
to be excused from hearing it, and
Judge Wildberger was selected by com
non consent of counsel for the state
and the accused. The defendant. re-
Gently placed on trial at Sumner, in
Tallahatchie county, where the death
of WILEY took place, was found guilty
in the lower court and sentenced to
Imprisonment in the penitentiary foi
life. Cutrer & Johnston Of Clarksdale
have been added to counsel for the de.
tense, which has filed an appeal from
tho verdict of the lower court with the
supreme tribunal of the state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
BLEW AWAY HIS FACE.
Farmer In M Health Determined to
Commit Suicide.

Belzoni.- J. w. Whitmire, aged 40,
9 prominent farmer a Belzoni,
shot and killed himself here. The
first shot took away one side Of his
face. He walked across the room,
reloaded a do~uble-barrel shotgun,
placed the muzzle under his chin and
fred, Just as his wife entered the
door. Dependency On accoun Of Ill
health Is said to be the cause. His
financial affairs are IN good condition.
He leaves a wife and several chill
drpn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
MADE IN GERMANY.

Il CHANGED yesterday" said Rev.
James J. Keane, archbishop Of Du-
buque, speaking at the Niagara Falls
convention Of Catholics. 81 CHANGED 10
find q copy on the train Of one OF the
most carefully written reviews Of So
cial movements In this country, and
that number, to my qualification, pub
hshed a brief review Of the results of
a study. made a little better than q
year ago. under the direction OF the
German government, with q view to
bringing before the German people the
injurious effects Of the use Of alcohol.
The commission decided that what
was called a temperate use Of alco-
holic drink-accounted generally innoo
positively hurtful. II In.
evitably works harm, the commission
says. and is especially hurtful TO those
engaged In any employment which Dc.
mands OF them physical labor. Il was
q sober. keen analysis of q very thor
oush investigation made in Germany
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27

RngNOTES
NEAA@
NOT WORTH WHILE OR SAFE.

WI WOhi6 WHILE On oAFE.
In the Saturday Evening Post, Sam
uel Blythe, who after 20 years Of tip
ping decided to get on the water
wagon and In his book. Cutting II
out tells us why he did so, recently
wrote upon the question, is il worth
while TO drink moderately. or Is IL
not" Basing the answer upon his
W experience, he says emphatically
that II Is not.
1t Is my unalterable conviction"
states Mr.. Blythe, that alcohol In any
form as a beverage never did anything
for any mar that he would not have
been better without" Contracting the
old game with the new" the physical
gain. he says. us 80 obvious that even
those who have not experienced It adj
init 1t, and those who have expert
enced 1t comment on 1t as some
miracle OF health hat has been at
tAined'-and he goes on to describe
In detail m OF the remarkable
physical gains.
Mentally" he continues. Il have O
clearer, saner, wider view OF life. !
am afflicted by none Of the desultork
ness superinduced by alcohol. ! do
not need a bracer to get me going or
q hooker to keep me under way.
md. o that | know the other side
OF It. that the chief mental effect %
alcohol, taken as | took II, Ia to inducs
a certain scattering and casualness Of
mind. Also. It induces a lack of def
niteness Of view and a notable fail
ure OF intensive effort. A man evadss
and scatters and exaggerates and
makes loose statements when he
drinks.
Taken as l took IT," Mr.. Blythe,
be II remembered, was never what 10
known az IN "alcoholic;" he was q
moderate drlnker.' When we think
OF the number Of men among our ma
tons leaders and lawmakers in whom
the moderate use OF alcohol induces
a scattering and casualness OF mind,
a lack OF deflniteness Of view and fail.
ure OF intensive effort" we do not
wonder that 80 many national prob
lens remain unsolved. II anyone
needs to cut out" alcohol, It Ia our
government officials, national, state,
municipal. For any person holding a
position OF trust, moderate drinking
Is not only not worth while, but 1t ~
not safe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
FIELD OF INVESTIGATION.

Considerable literature Of the pres
ent day IL the direct product of brains
working under the influence of spIritz
and drugs" says Dr.. T. D. Crothera,
writing IN the Lancet and Clinic.
Study OF the effects Of alcohol and
other narcotics upon the brain. he tells
Us, reveals the fact that books and
articles written under the influence OF
gpirituous liquors have certain marked
characteristics; written under the In
iuence Of beer they show certain 9th
er peculiarities; written under the IN
nuence Of cocaine they have sttll an
other distinctive literary style, The
writer who depends upon alcohol for
inspiration" says the doctor. "unconr
sciously writes down the evidence a
the spirits he is using and their sin
gular influence on his brain"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
TURNED TURTLE ON CURVE.
Robert Sutton and J. T. Searcy Are
Badly Hurt.

Rosedale.-As a result Of an auto
mobile turning turtle about a mile
east OF this city, Robert Sutton, su-
p~erintendent of the Bolivar County
Poor Farm, and J. T. Searcy, a farmer
living three miles east OF Cleveland,
are in the Kings Daughters Home
here badly hurt, and tn recovery of
the former Is doubtruI Searcy for
merly lived near Eupora. Jim Scar
cy, a cousin, and w. B. Searcy, a
brother were In the car and Jim
Searcy had his arm and neck badly
cut. Win Searcy vas unhurt. 1t is
said that the a was running about
30 miles an hour around a curve
when it turned turtle. Robert Sutton
was driving.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
GO q

Evidently IN Pueblo. Colo, the %.
loon agent is not looked upon az the
advance agent Of prosperity. says Ellis
Meredith in the Union Signal. Five
licenses which had expired were put
up at auction. Only n was sold, and
that brought but IS. When you get q
community" she aptly remarks, "edu
Gated to the point where a man isn'v
willing to risk more than IS on a chance
to sell drinks, 1t Is. In the v~ernacular,
some education" Pueblo, we are
told further, rs a little Pittsburgh,
with steel works, shelters, etc, a pop
ulation Of working people and q good
many foreigners who are supposed to
be unable to get along without their
beer, yet according to the papers the
number OF saloons has decreased from
140 to IS In the last ten years"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
PAGAN A COOL WITNESS.
Testifies at Suit to Recover From
SuretIes Of Yerger.

J~ackson.-ln the attorney-general's
office the taking of dispositions in the
states suit to recover from the sure
ties Of the former board OF peniten-
t'ary trustees and ex.Secretary Law
renee Yerger, a large sun Of money
claimed to have been misapproprlated
by the latter during the course of his
official duty, was resumed, with II. A.
Pagan, expert statistician and account
ant, still on the stand. Mr.. Pagan was
under cross-examination, led by Mr..
Butler, and while the examination by
the ex-assistant encouragement was
In the nature of a grill, he made a cool
and careful witness. Mr.. Butler un-
dertook to develop the fact that In
several instances Mr.. Pagan had failed
to give Yerger credit for disbursement
out Of funds with which he Is charged.
To these pointed and significant quer-
les the expert statistician seemed al
ways ready with written exhibits, and
was perfectly cool and calm under the
grilling.
H. d. Smith, Jr., representing Wer-
muth & Co., whose firm made the coun-
ter audit to Fagan's, was on hand and
vas frequently consulted by the at
torneys for the defendants. having his
own figures at hand, together with cop
les Of account sales, drafts and bills
Of lading, together with vouchers and
checks. Following his cross-examina-
ton Mr.. Pagan was taken In hand on
redirect by Gen. Ethridge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-27
Britain Increases Pensions.

London.-A white paper will be is
sued announcing a substantial in
crease in the pensions for disabled
soldiers, but 1t will not concede Ell
weekly. which has been asked. The
childless widow will receive rs Cd
weekly and may qualify for an old
age pension. The additional pension
for a first child Is Is weekly and a
half-crown each week for the next
three. For the fifth child and onward
rs each is allowed weekly. Thus a
widow with FIVE children would get
2as each week,