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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
DREAM Of SERBIA IS TO FORM
NEW NATION FOR ALL SLAvISH
PEOPLE IN THE BALKAN STATES

his oountry's. Fighting like this be
Is lnVincible. l personally am an
ardent admirer of military discip-
line and organization. but eanno,
deny that the real source Of strength
OF the Serbian army is in its patriot
ism.
While We have defeated the en-
emy twice l do not believe that a
third attempt to overwhelm us will
be made at present. 1t was the plan
OF the Austro- German staff to send
another great combined army through
Serbia, and, If victorious. to influ.
ence Bulgaria to join in the fighting
and march to the relief of Turkey.
Fortunately the success of our Rus.
sian allies has made it necessary for
the enemy to withdraw this army
from our northern boundaries.
Losses Are Large.
y do not believe that either Aus.
tria or Germany will now be able to
mass another expedition against us.
But We won't remain idle. Al.
though our losses have been terrific
and our nation is now being swept by
fatal epidemic of typhus, our army
Is still intact. 1t is as courageous
and determined as ever and is ready
TO come to the assistance of our all
les when they need us.
We hope to contribute our full
share toward the general struggle
for the emancipation of the oppress-
ed European peoples and for the re-
forming of the territorial limits of
Europe along nationality lines"
rs Serbia especially interested in
this latter phase of the warp 1 ask
ed.
Yes, 1t is" the prince replied, with
even greater emphasis than before
This means more to us than any
other thing. This war, which began
for the maintenance of our inde-
pendence, has now become also
war for the liberation and unity OF.
our brethren the Serblans, the Croa-
tians and the Slavonlans, who still
are under Austrian domination.
I'VE hope that when peace comes
we will have established the right OF
the Serbians, Croatians and slavon-
100000 Slavs In this territory.
ians for an independent state in Bos-
MIA, Herzegovina, Croatia. Dalamatia,
Slayonla, Istria and the old Serbian
empire beyond the Danube. all of
which Austria now holds. There are
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
Dutch shipping ont off.

AMSTERDAM, April 23.-The fol-
lowing official statement was issued
here in behalf of the British govern
ment:
"All shipping between Holland an1
the United Kingdom is stopped for
the time being. No ships will leave
the United Kingdom for Holland aft
er today. Ships from Holland will
not be admitted to the United King
dom after today.
1T is hoped shortly to resume linn
tied cargo and passenger traffic.
Special arrangements have been made
for the transfer of mails"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

their room, it showed six for the
plaintiff three for the defendant and
three blanks. A second ballot taken
Immediately showed the Jurors even
~ divided, Then II was that the dis
cusslon is said to have begun, the jur-
ors going thoroughly over the evil
dence, examining the maps. the bl-
cycle and other exhibits before taking
any more ballots. After this dis
cussion Of the evidence, II is said II
only took them two ballots TO reach
the verdict returned. An attempt was
made to make 1t unanimous, II is said
but failed
Motion for New Trial.
Soon after the verdict had been
read in court, Judge Bennett for the
plaintiff asked for and was granted
80 days in which to prepare and file
a motion for a new trial and so days
to prepare and file a bill OF excep.
tions
BY their verdict the ten Jurors de-
clare that Mr.. Thompson was not
guilty of responsibility for the un-
fortunate accident They absolve
him Of the charge of driving his au.
tomobile carelessly and negligently.
exonerate him of the accusation
that he was exceeding the speed lin
1t and was on the wrong side of the
street, and practically say that he
did everything in his power to avert
the collision. Their verdict does not
necessarily mean that they convict
the boy OF carelessness. It being
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
PICTURES BARNES
AS POLITICAL JEKYL AND HYDE

SYRACUSE, y. Y, April "a po-
litical Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde in the
person of Barnes was pictured by
Roosevelt today.
On the stand for cross examination
by Attorney WINS. for Barnes, Roose-
Welt alternately made speeches. en-
gagged in spirited verbal passages with
his questioner and then presented his
opinion Of Barnes for the jury's con-
sideration. The Colonel declared that
for years he tried to develop the good
traits Of Barnes and make him a
"useful public citizen" but he had ab-
andoned hope, He said Barnes had
two moral standards-one for the pub
lie. the other for private life
Without pralsing the republican
boss, but in straight forward manner
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

OF fact way, the Colonel said Barnes
would be real potential power II
only he could develop his good side" :"
Wins endeavored to show that
Roosevelt fell out with Barnes only
when they disagreed. Roosevelt in
sisted however. the bad side" OF his
enemy was uppermost insofar as Do.
litics we're concerned The witness
was led over the political history of
his term as governor OF New York
and declared that while he knew a
combination of democrats and repub-
hcans had geen agreed upon at that
time, he could not prove 1t. At this
point the Colonel vigorously pro.
claimed: III they had done anything
l would have made the same fight
against them as l made later"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
TWO ONE.LEGGED MEN
BUY SHOES TOGETHER

CLEVELAND, April 2s.-The sor-
did injustice of making. a one-legged
man buy a whole pair Of shoes has
been evaded by Gottfreid F. Liebler
deputy clerk of the municipal court
and James Canovan, elevator opera
tor at the new court house. They met
twelve years ago. Canovan gets the
right shoe and Lebler the left When
their tastes don't jibe they draw lots.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
Rnzzards Darken Sky.

REDDING, Cal, April 2S.-Hailed
by the superst tiously inclined as an
omen of evil, a phenomenal flight of
buzzards occurred here.
The birds appearing along the Pit
river near Henderson at dusk, took up
quarters for the night in a towering
pine Clustering close together the
tree sheltered 176 of them. This
morning they were on the wing early,
disappearing in the west like a rap
idly floating black cloud.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

NEW YORK. April 28.-Under her
maiden name of Dorothy Young the
daughter of George W. Young and
stepdaughter of Nine. Nordica, who
eloped with Roy Atweit two years
ago is going on the stage. Her hus-
band is leading comedian in the COM
pGny Miss Young will join
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
PendIetOn Without
Current When Wire
Disabled by Blast
SERVICE Is OUT or COMMISSION
FOR ABOUT HOUR THIS
AFTERNOON.

Pendleton was without electric
current for about an hour this after
noon, the trouble being due to the
fact 400 feet of the companys trans
mission line went into the Walla
walla river The mishap was due to
a blast, according to announcement
made
Owing to the lack of electric power
II was necessary for the East orego-
nlan to bring its steam plant into OPP
Grafton, thus causing some delay in
the publication of the paper today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
NEWS SUM MARY

General.
Allied aviatOrs make raid on Ger.
Ran Zeppelin base at Ghent.
Czar is ON way to the eastern front
to inspect lines.
Austin, Texas, is swept by flood.
At least 60 persons have lost their
lives.
Local.
Ten of jurors sign verdict exOner-
atlng Thompson Of blame In auto ac-
cident
Dollar coin saves life Of Indian;
stops bullet.
Preparations being made for an
nual floral exhibit.
Twilight baseball league is organ
lied.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
BLACK HAND GANG HELD
TO BLAME FOR OUTRAGE

ERIE. Pa, April 21.-Blackhand-
ers are believed to have exploded q
bomb which wrecked a two story
frame building early today, killing
Samuel Learnoff, so, and fatally in
juring his wife and badly injuring IS
other persons. The building was de-
stroyed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
2 NEUTRAL VESSELS
HELD UP BY ENGLAND

LONDON, April 2S.-The Norwe-
glan steamer Mexican from Calves
ton with cotton, and the Danish
steamer Hammershus from Calves
ton for Christiania with cotton, have
been brought into the Clyde on in
structions of the government. They
will be held awaiting orders as to the
disposition of their cargoes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S,-The
resignation Of Dr. John A. Patten as
chairman Of the book committee OF
the Methodist book concern Is in the
hands Of the committee, in annual
meeting here, In rendering his reslg'
nation Or. Patten. who is a patent
medicine manufacturer Of Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, stated he did so because at
tacks made upon him In medical Jour-
nails might embarrass the church,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

LONDON. April 2s.-An attack
upon a German Zeppelin shed at
Ghent by allied aviators during
which two and possibly more dirig-
ibles are believed to have been de-
strOyed was announced by Field Mar
shall French in his weekly report to
the war office French confirmed
reports Of desperate attacks the Ger
mans are said to be making in an at
tempt to retake Hill so, an import
ant height east of Ypres captured BY
the British forces. The enemy was
thrown back with heavy losses. he
stated. Denial was made Of the
claims that the Germans had sue
ceeded in capturing the heights. In
the region of Labasse the Germans
are attempting an offensive move
ment. They are employing sapping
operations everywhere.
That Field Marshal French Is now
gradually seasoning his army ot
three quarters of million men pre-
Taratory to a big drive to be launched
against the German line, is now ac-
cepted, Unofficial dispatches iudi-
cate the English field force is
rapidly approaching a stage where it
will be ready for the supreme effort
to hurl the Germans back upon their
own frontier through Belgium.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
THAW TO HAVE JURY TRIAL
TO DETERMINE HIS SANITY

NEW YORK, April 23.-Supreme
Court Justice Hendricks granted Thaw
a trial by jury to determine his san
ity, The trial was set for May II.
This is the first real victory Thaw has
won since he was captured after his
escape from Matteawan, Thaw is
elated over the result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
MOSLEM ATTACK ON THE
BRITISH is REPULSED

sIMLA, April 21.-An attack Of
1000 Moslems upon the British pa
troll at Maflskor was officially re-
ported. The Moslems were defeated
and driven off with loss OF $50
killed and wounded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

For the defendant" was the read
ing OF the verdict returned this morn
Ing by the jury In the $50. GOO damage
suit brought against w. l.. Thompson,
president of the American National
Bank, by L. f. Twitchell for his son,
Sharon Arnold Twitcheli. The ver-
dict was signed by ten OF the twelve
jurors, the other two refusing to
sign
The jury reached a verdict about
1880 last night after celebrating for
more than two hours but, after being
signed. II was sealed and not opened
in court until 3 o'clock this morning.
There were many in the court room
when County Clerk Sailing read the
words that told that the jury had de-
eided that the banker was not liable
for the injuries sustained by the boy
in the accident
The ten jurors signing the verdict
were G. Neuman, foreman. Ralph
Folsom. ]. ID. Wallace. c. H. Myers,
Sidney Dennis. A. c. Hemphill J. w.
Crow. A. L, Grover, G. w. Beddow
and L. G. Horn. The two who re-
fused TO make the verdict unanimous
were j. H. Coffman and r. G. Still,
both Of Milton.
Jury Divided.
The jury did not reach its verdict
without much discussion. Though no
official reports are made OF the iury's
deliberations, from authentic sources
1t has been learned that when the
first written expression was made
soon after the jurors had retired to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
Trade Expert IS Coming

WASHINGTON, April 23,-Edward
Ewing Pratt, chief of the bureau of
foreign commerce, will visit Portland
early in June to meet manufacturers
and merchants interested in foreign
trade.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
VERDICT RETURNED
FOR DEFENDANT IN
BIG DAMAGE SUIT

[. E. TwitcheII Who Sought S3O,OOOI
for Injuries to His Son Who Was
Hurt in Accident When the Boys
Bicycle and Automobile of W. L.
Thompson COIIided, Loses Out I'M
Circuit Contribution for New Trial
Will be Filed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
s~>~~~~~~N~~~~~S

PARIS, April 23.-OfliciaI adnAis-
sion that the allies were forced 70 re-
tire north OF Ypres was made IN a
cOmmunIque from the war office. The
French and British were cOmpealed To
withdraw in the direction Of the User
canal. the statement said, owing 70 the
use OF explosive bombs by the Ger
mans. The effect OF the powerful
bombs was felt for q distance OF two
kiIometers behind the battle line. La
ter. vigorous counter attacks resulted
in the recapture Of part Of the ground
which was yielded and many prison.
ers were taken. The Belgians re-
pulsed an assault upon the chateau
Of Vicingne, on the User, infiicting
heavy losses IL was added.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
AVIATORS
MAKE ATTACK upon
ZEPPELIN STATION
German Shed at Ghent is Raided and
Two DingibleS are Reported to
Have Been Destroyed.
FIGHT STILL on At HILL 60

Forces OF the Kaiser Are Making
Desperate Attempts to ReCapture
Important Position Taken by tho
British-ERemy said TO Have Beea
Thrown Back With LOSS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

, GRIMSBY, England. April 2S.
, The trawier st. Lawrence.
has been torpedoed and sunk
in the North Sea, ii Is learned.
Two Of the crew we're drowned.
Those who we're rescued by
; another trawler were landed at
, Grimsby.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

LONDON. April 2s.--Two zcppe-
Iins were sighted off the NOrthum-
beriand coast this afternoon. No re-
ports were received OF bombs drop
ped. II is believed they were recon
noitering. -Four British aeroplans are
said to have assembled 10 determine
whether the approach Of the dirigibleS
means Zeppelin raid is about to b.
attempted and possibly an attack on
the airships.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

PETROGRAD. April 23--Czar
Nicholas has arrived at Lemberg, en-
route 10 the front to inspect the Rus
sian lines In Galicia and the Carpa-
thians with this announcement II
was accepted the Russian forces arc
being prepared for new offensive
against the Austrians and Germans
on the southern front, to be launch
ed as soon as the weather settles. Be-
cause OF melting snow and spring
rains the campaign generally remains
at standstill.
PETROGRAD, April 23.-Aerial
activity on the part OF the Russians
is reported in an official announce
ment from the war office which ac-
counts for an attack upon German
transports and other vessels along
the Vistula. A Russian dirlgible
the statement asserts. dropped bombs
on German transports near Plock,
causing heavy damage. Bombs also
were dropped on German supply
boats on the Vistula and several
were sunk. Two other dirigibles
bombarded a German station at
Mlawa and an aerodrome at Man
Milky doing considerable damage
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23
CAR NICHOLAS IS
On WAY TO FRONT
TO INSPECT LINES
Announcement of Rulers Visit Taken
to Indicate Russians Being Pre-.
pared for New Move.
WEATHER HALTS OPERATIONS

Slays, However, In Readiness to
Launch New Offensive As soon As
Rains Cease-Russian Aerial Ac-
tlvities Are Troubling Germans
Along the VistuIa River.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

Continued from page -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-23

The East OFsgonlan has the largest paid
circulation Of any paper IN Oregon, east Of
rarthnd, and over twice the circulation In
FeRdletoa sf any other newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
on THE FIGHTING LINE.

OF THE FIGHTING LINE. - Constance Smed-
ley limo. pp 4g4. g. Puluams Sons.
This novel deserves the attention Of
all lovers of good work. II has moth
ing to do with the war; the author eX-
plains in a foreword that the title was
chosen before the outbreak of the con-
fict. but in al other sense the story
fully iustifes its selection. for this
is n picture OF the fighting line OF
economically independent womanhood'
Of the woman who earns her living.
The heroine is an average girl OF ner
tyne. a soldier in the ranks OF trade
a stenographer; conquest in the world
of business is not for her The au-
thor presents hard facts the ragged
edge, the price of right 50 enthu.
siastically claimed. This is a case OF
necessity. We have had other stories
of this type ere now, Kathleen Norrls's
saturdays Child" for instance, but
this new study of conditions as they
are at present is decidedly worth while.
It is an English story; London Is its
scene, but its heroine is more than an
Fnglishwoman. Without ever ceasing
to be an individual, she constantly sug-
gests the modern type and all ITS PROP
lens, its ambitions. its illusions, is
courage even when its back IS against
the wall. its discouragements. 1t 49,
indeed, the real fighting line, no longer
for man alone, though the commands
are still his only. The story is peo-
Piled with many well-seen characters.
While il is the women workers in this
story who reflect upon and discuss their
position and opportunities, and espe-
cially their handicaps, the business men
in it give it no thought. That Is left
to the young poet, Jack Ford, who has
three hundred pounds year OF MS
own. His theories have the familiar
ring. Listen to him holding forth on
the subject Of the parasitic woman;
They are shut up in fort that's
undermined, and they know it's UNI
dermined and they are drugglng
themselves and dancing themselves
into oblivion of the fact, but every
dav they find it harder 20 do so,
and the fear grows stronger. The
idea Of being thrown out into the
din and noise and discomfort and
dangers OF the firing line MAKES
them scramble ike wild cats Tor
the stuff that means life TO them
men with money. There never was
tine in the whole worlds his
tory where the kept women are
hshting to be kept as they arc to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03

who had killed companion IN
drunken brawl: He murdered the
man he had been drinking with! They
had been carousing all night, and yet
he stabbed him after drinking whole
hottie of rum with him. Good Lord!
II he will do this when ne Is drunk,
what will he not do when he is SOBER
And there was Lord Braxtield' the
original OF Weir Of Hermiston' a
ferocious judge like Jefreys' who con-
sidered that every person placed on
trial before him would be name the
waur O. a hanging" His broad scotch
accent made his speech often ditilcult
70 understand In illustration whereof
this final anecdote from Mr.. Gray S
book:
"Hae We ony coonsel, man. said
he to Maurice Margaret. when
placed at the bar on a charge OF
sedition. NO. was the laconic re-
ply. 'Dae We want to haze ony ap,,
pointit? continued the Judge NO,
said Margaret sarcasticall y, l only
want an Interpreter TO make me un-
derstand what your lordship
saws"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
VENICE.
Mr.. Lucas's Profitable Holiday
Wanderings.

A wANDERER IN VENICE. By r; ': Luca
sixteen Illustrations In coors by Harry Morley
and thirty two photographs from palntlhss ana d
map 8vo pp. 322 The Macmillan 'omp~'''
Mr.. Lucas is an ideal cicerone for
the cognoscenti; innocents abroad he
will only bewilder with the multiplicity
Of his illusions TO past and present, TO
men and events. He assumes that
those who venture with him upon his
wanderings in his pages are as well
equipped as he. Indeed, in the light
est, most leisurely of holiday moods ne
gives in these volumes, Of which the
present one is the fifth, a series OF
postgraduate lectures on travel-not
on art alone, though that is always his
chief quest To be with him in the
spirit one need not have visited the
places of his pilgrimages in the body,
but one must be familiar, through
study, with them and what they offer
and have been and are. His visits to
palaces and art galleries and churches
and monuments lead him, in vacation
mood, from the days of the grandeur
of the Republic to the revolution Of
Manin: no spot in the city but sug-
gests its associations, remote or near.
Italian or foreign. Goethe visited
Venice; so did Byron. The name of
Browning is linked with it; so is that
of Wagner. and of d'AnnunziO. If Mr..
Lucas quotes Ruskin TO US with Ger
tain reserve. he is all for Mr.. HOwells's
Italian Life" Its truth and vivacity,
he says, "are proof of how little the
central Venice has altered. no matter
what changes there may have been in
government, or how often campanili
fall"
But in the end art is his true quest,
the Venetian school of painting in this
book; and TO lovers of that school it
will appeal most Of all. The illustra-
tions from photographs are well print
ed Mr.. Morley's colored drawings are
of varying merit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
JUDGES ALL RANGED"
A Group of Eccentric Scotch
Characters.

SOME OLD SCOTS JUDGES Anecdotes and
Impressions. By ". Forbes Gray With por-
traits $40 ~. Ill 81. J.. +. Dgt,on d Co.,
II Is an amazing company which Mr..
Gray presents in this book twelve
Scotch judges Of the end of the eigh-
tcenth and the beginning of the nine
teenth century, most of them Scott
contemporaries. eccentrics all, some Of
them far worse than that in character.
speech. legal lore and judicial temper;
others men of merit off the bench, II
not on IT, Not book Of anecdotes,
this, nor one only for lawyers, but a
little Of both, and more, for several of
these judges helped TO give Edinburgh
the intellectual status it had in their
day. Jeffreys. the first editor OF "The