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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
LABORER IS KILLED
At JUNCTION WHEN
ENGINE STRIKES HIM

While at work on the Twohy Bros.
excavating contract at Pilot Rock
Junction, NJ. Frank Jones, so years
old, was instantly killed this morn
ing at 11:45 when an engine pushing
a "dozier" or dirt spreader, backed
into him. The wheels Of the car
passed over his head, almost sever
ing 1t.
Coroner ]. T. Brown was apprlsed
of the tragic accident at once and
went after the body shortly after
noon, returning about 2 o'clock. AS
far as he could ascertain, the man
had been working on the tracks
tamping ties when the accident oc-
CURED. The brakeman on the engine
states that, as the engine passed by
him on a parallel track, he yelled
to Jones telling him that he would
back the engine up. his track. The
man called back "All right" he said.
Evidently. the mans back was to
the engine when he was struck. The
engine was stopped at once before
1t had passed over the body.
Little is known Of the man beyond
the fact that he came up to work on
the terminal from Portland His
home is believed to have been IN
Now York and his fellow laborers de-
clare his appearance indicated that
he had known better days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

Is the sprinkling Of a law a domes-
tic use Of water or is It just straight
out-and-out irrigation?
This is a question arising from the
discovery that the shortage in the
overflow Of the gravity water system
lies in the drawing of water from the
pipe lines for watering the lawn at
the Umatilla agency.
In return for right of way across
the government land, the city water
commission agreed to permit the gov
ernment to tap the pipe line and take
water for domestic purposes. The
wBter comission construes domestic
purposes to include only household
and barnyard uses while the agency
officials construe the phrase to In
clude the watering of the lawns about
the agency.
The agency has large lawn and
Clerk Barbour. who is acting super
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 20.--Not
single survivor Of the liner Arabi
who has been interviewed, saw tn,
submarine which sent the Arabic e
the bottom. Several saw the boa
which torpedoed the British steamer
Dunsley nearby ana believe 1t was the
same vessel which dealt the Arab,
its death blow, but all agreed thai
the first warning Of their own dis
aster was the sighting of whige
streak in the water marking the
track Of a torpedo.
The calm which prevailed and the
order which was maintained by Cap
tain Finch and his crew impressed
all the passengers. especially several
who had been in other disasters
and saw lives lost owing to
panic, The passengers and the mem
bers OF the crew who were drowned
were said to have been in two boats
which capsized upon striking the
water. Some Of the crew also are
believed to have been blown to pieces
by the exposition Of the torpedo.
Joseph G. Delorrimer. lawyer Of
Montreal. sonin-law OF the Canadian
minister OF marine, told thrilling
story Of the Arabic rolling over on
the last boat which was launched
and throwing the occupants into the
water.
Most OF the passengers were on
deck or at breakfast when the Arabic
was hit" said Deiorrimer. Possibly
30 were still In their berths About
q o'clock we saw a submarine ap-
preaching a vessel which We found
out afterwards was the Dunsley,
There was a faint sound OF an explo-
sion and we took 1t for granted the
Dunsley had been torpedoed About
Is minutes later we had our explo-
sion. The Arabic stopped almost inn
medlately. The ship rocked and then
began to keel over Most Of the pas
scngers and crew took to the boats
speedily, though without show Of a
panic / was among the last to en-
ter one of the boats. 1t had not clear
ed the side Of the Arabic when the
vessel rolled over. She struck us and
we were thrown into the water. j
thought all was over. / do not know
what happened TO the others who
were in the boat but when came up
someone in a sinking lifeboat threw
me a hawser tied It around
raft which was floating nearby and
clung to 1t until ! was picked up, ex-
hausted. / saw 10 boats pull away
from the Arabic. One filled with wa
ter soon after clearing the liner and
sank"
stella Carol a professional sing
er, said the women aboard the Arabic
were particularly calm and displayed
great self-control.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
Shortage in OOerAow Due
to Large Amount OF Water
Used at UmatiLLa Agency

intendent during the absence Of
Supt Swartzlander, states that six
sprinklers are being run more or less
continuously to keep this lawn green
Supt. Frank Hayes of the water de-
partment, was out at the agency yes
terday and roughly computes the wa
ter used daily in irrigating the agency
lawns at from 125,OOO to 10000 gall
Ions every "a hours This accounts
for the shortage in the overflow and
the consequent lack of water for use
in filling the swimming pool, he
states.
Chairman Brown of the water COM
mission declares the commission had
no intention of giving the govern
ent water for use in lawn irrigation,
Such a construction placed upon the
agreement would permit the agency
Continued on page fiv4.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

Walter 0gilvy, who is alleged to
have tsrrorized the residents of Cali
fornia Gulch, is today an inmate Of
the county Jail, Sheriff T. D. Taylor
and Deputy Sheriff ]. H. Estes hav-
ing brought him down last night at
10 o'clock. He will be given hear
ing within a few days on a complaint
sworn to by James stubblefleld and
It is probable that he will be placed
under bonds to keep the peace
The sheriff and his deputy left
Pendleton yesterday afternoon by
auto for the Ogilvy homestead but
their pproach was heard by ogilvy
and he lodged them by hiding be-
hind brush alongside the road. He
then came on to Pilot Rock and was
arrested on the return of the Off
GERS. He offered no resistance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
UMATILLA COUNTY MAN TO
HEAD ORDER OF REDMEN

During the next term. a Umatllla
county man, J A. Donlyan Of Her
nliston. and a member OF the Pom
dleton tribe. will be the head Of tho
Order OF Redmen in oregon. His IL
tie is grand sachem and he was cho-
sen TO the office at the state meet.
ing recently held at Tillamook. An
other Umatilla county man, II H.
McReynolds. Of Pilot Rock, was giy-
en- an important appointlve office.
Members OF the local delegation
returned from Tllamook this morn
ing and report very enjoyable
meeting. One Of the speakers during
the session was Fred o. Downs OF
BOSTON. the great sachem OF the Or
der. He ls a very capable speaker.
H. II McReynolds and J. VI. Roy
er attended the convention from Pr
lot Rock
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

BERLIN, Aug. 2O-Six geenrals
and SIS 900 Russian troops were taxi
en- when Noyo GeOrgicwsl1 was cap
turesl, the war office announced.
BERLIN, Aug. 20. - six generals
Of Novo Georgiewsk, the fortress
west Of Warsaw by the Germans was
officially announced today 1t Is be-
lieved at least 10000 Russians we're
captured and II is likely that numer-
Gus cannon were taken.
Novo Georgiewsk is 20 miles west
OF Warsaw and is the last VistuA
fortress held by the Russians. The
Germans have now made a sweep of
the ontire line, reducing Koyno, Os-
trolenka, Lomza, Novo GeorgieVsk,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
.95 Per Cent
of 1915 Crop
is Harvested
WHEAT YIELD FOR UMATILLA
COUNTY WILL BE 4,OOO,-
900 BUSHELS.

Practically 95 per cent of the 1915
/ crop of grain in Umatilla county has
been harveSttJ, according to the es-
Inmates Of local dealers, and, with ac-
curate returns in from all sections,
the indications are that the wheat
crop will be approximately 100000
bushels or about Is per cent below
normal
The big wheat belt has all been
cut and the only districts where
harvest operations are still under way
are in the foothills and in the light
land sections where the grain is
threshed from the stack. In the
Holdman country there is still some
stacked grain and a very little in the
Pilot Rock section.
Grain dealers base their estimates
of the crop upon their warehouse re-
ceipts and upon reports brought in
from farmers. While some Yields
have been up to normal, the major
ity have shown a falling off as com
pared with two years ago when the
same land was cropped Some of the
dealers place the shortage at from 10
to 15 per cent and some from is to
20 per cent.
The 1915 barley crop is not as large
as in normal years for the reason
that less acreage was sown to this
grain. In quality the barley is uni,
formly good and the yields have been
normal. the barley having been so far
along when the damaging winds came
that it suffered little if at ALL 1t is
estimated that therE will be between
10000 and $4,000 sacks of barley
to be shipped this year besides the
large amount which will be kept for
home consumption.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
Report of Sale
Was Bearish Effort

Local grainmen and others famil.
lar with the wheat business here de
ny the truth of report published in
Portland this morning that 10000
bushels of club wheat sold here vester.
day at IS cents. No such sale occur.
red and 1t Is asserted wheat cannot
he purchased here for that figure
The story is regarded as a pure fab.
rication intended to bear the market
and get farmers to turn loose their
grain. Most local men are united in
holding for a price of 81 for club No
selling whatever is underway here.
Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 2O.-(Spe-
cial)-Portland prices today have
been club 81 cents bid, ss asked;
hluestem 80 bid, s1,O5 asked.
chicago.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2O.-(speclal.)-
At the close today. September,
SLO4 S-s bid; Dec s1.O2 "a bid;
May $1.02 S-4 bid.
Tacoma yesterday
TACOMA, Aug 1s.-Bluesten,
1.O3; forty-fold. 80: club, sS; red
fife, 96.
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 1s.-wheat-
Spot. No, 2, lis led; No. 3. lis
6 1-2d; No. 1 northern Duluth, lis
I'd.
In American terms the Liverpool
price is 81 10 per bushel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
OUTLOOK DEEMED DANGEROUS

WASHINGTON, Aug 20-The administration is keeping an
open mind regarding the sinking of the Arabic Nothing will
be said or done officially stated until the facts are all in
The outlook is deemed extremely serious
personally officials said they had doubt reports
Indicate that the sinking of the Arabic with Americans aboard
could only be deemed deliberately unendy in accordance
with the warning given Germany in the last American note
The fact that two Americans missing presumably
have pershed calculated to public opinion
Daras the administration policy of GOODNESS and deberaton
This not saying the British version that the Arabic was tor
pedoed without warning will be accepted 1t was remarked
that the administration preferred the testimony Americans
though the stories of the latter far agree that the liner was
not warned 1t was suggested that Captain Finch might have
attempted to escape which might offer justification for the
sinking.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
LAST FORTRESS OF
NSTULA DEFENSES
TAKEN BY GERMANS

/ Iyangorod and Lublin.
The kaiser, it was announced. has
departed for Novo Georgiewsk tc
congratulate personally General Won
Beseler upon the capture of the for
tress.
The siege Of Novo Georgiewsk was
in progress more than a week. 1t
was a fortress of the first class and
Of the greatest strength. Napoleon
erected the main defenses in 1907
and the Russians improved them.
The garrison left behind by Grand
Duke Nicholas to defend the fortress
numbered between fifty and seventy
five thousand men. 1t was held for
the purpose of blocking the Teutonic
advance after the fan of Warsaw.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
FOUR MORE VESSELS SUNK

LONDON Aug. 20On the heels of the summarizing of the
arabic German submarines have displayed almost unprece
dented activity in the past IS hours Reports that four vessels
nave been sunk and damaged reached here today Six
auGuon TO the Arabic were sent to the bottom yesterday
Ie largest ship reported topedoed sunk today was the
White Star reighter Bowie The Levand liner Ncosian was
torpedOed and damaged but made port The British steamer
New York City orpedOed and sunk All aboard were saved
Other vessels reported destroyed were the Spanish steamer
Pena Castillo and the Glasgow steamer Baron Irskne Three
men from the Castillo saved Two of the crew of the
steamer Dunsey torpedoed shortly before the Arabic were
crowned. The rest of the crew landed today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
WALTER OC|LW IS LODGED IN
JAIL BY COUNTY OFFICIALS

Stubblefleld who works for the
ogilvS estate, came down yesterday
and made out the complaint early in
the morning, County Judge Marsh is
suing it in the absence Of the Justice
of the peace. Stubblefield accuses
Ogilvy of leveling a gun at him and
threatening to shoot him.
According to stubblefield's story,
he lad just ridden down from the
mountains to the Ogilvy home at the
time when Elsie Ogilvy was scuffling
with her brother to keep him from
eorrying out threat to commit sui
eide. Stubblefield says that at sight
Of him, ogilvy leveled his rifle and
declared he intended killing him.
Frightened. Stubblefield pleaded with
him not to shoot let me talk to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
PASSENGERS SAID TO
HAVE PERISHED WHEN
OCEAN LINER Is SUNK
Names Not Found Among Those Sared
Report From London Declares Search at
Queenstown Fails to Reveal Two Americans
in Those Landed at That POrt---American
Consul is Making Investigation Outlook
Is Regarded as Serious at Washington.

LONDON, Aug 20-That two Americans perhed when the
liner Arabic torpedoed without warning by German sub
marine practically accepted this afternoon Hope
mas all but been abandoned that Mrs Josephine Bruguere of
New York. and Dr. Edmund Wood of GAINESVILLE Wis are safe
thorough search at Queenstown failed reveal trace of
them 1t believed they drowned when the boats
lowered from the Arabic capszed American Consul Frost at
Queenstown officially reported today that they the only
Americans missing.
White Star officials reiterated that their accounting of the
passengers and showed 80 missing OF this number six are
passengers the remainder members of the naval at
che OF the American embassy has Queenstown aid
the consul In obtaining adavits from American survivors
An affidavit from Captain Finch also will be taken and these
reports will be placed before Ambassador Page for the prepara
on OF official dispatches to Washington All survivors agree
the Arabic orpedoed without warning Captain Finch said
the s ntmaon OF danger when he sighted the white
track OF a torpedo headed toward the big liner
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

LONDON, Aug. 20.--Brltish sub
marine ELS. en- route 10 the Rattle
went aground yesterday of 3altchrm
Island. the admiralty announced Fiji
teen OF the crew are mlAaing and iif-
teen were saved
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
BULLETIN

LONDON, Aug. 2O.-American
Consul Frost at Queenstown. re-
ported this afternoon that Mr.,
and Mrs. Burgess. j. X. Kellet
and Miss t. Moore. American
passengers on the Arabic. are
missing. He previously had re-
ported Mrs. Bruguiere and DIR.
Woods as the only Americans
unaccounted for. II the latter
four have been lost il would ap-
pear that all the passengers miss
ing are Americans.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
200 Believed Lost.

DALLAS, Aug 20.-With the actu-
al recovery Of scores Of bodies and the
unverified reports that others have
been found, in addition to the miss
ing. indications were that the Texas
storm toll will exceed 200. Estimates
Of property damage are speculative
but it is believed the damage will am
cunt to more than fifty million dol
lars. Reports established that 1O1 are
known to have perished. One hun
dred and fifty-five are missing. 1t is
feared half of these are dead.
With the abatement of the storm
relief measures are being pushed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
st. louis Flooded.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2O.-Heavy rains
last night and today flooded the
southwest residence section Of St
Louis. In some places the water was
said to be six feet deep. Several
families, marooned in upper stories of
their homes were rescued by police
and firemen. Some carlines were
washed out great expanse of land
on the outskirts was flooded. under
mining clubhouses. country homes Of
wealthy families and farm dwellings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-MetropoIl-
tan newspapers Of the east, in edlto-
rials. view the situation caused by the
torpedoing of the Arabic as extreme
II serious and that fun information
should be awaited before action IS
taken, The opinion generally was ex.
pressed that Germany could not ex-
pect to maintain friendly relations
with the United States and continue
such attacks upon ships carrying
Americans.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
NEWS SUNNI


General.
Reports indicate that at least two
Americans have been lost in the Ara
bic disaster.
Last fortress along Vistula defense
has been captured by the Germans.
Ten persons lost in st. Louis floods
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 90
Mrs. Josephine Burgulere perish
ell on the Arabic. Her son Louis
who was with her. confirmed this
tonight He told OF his mothers
struggles in the water after the
Arabic went down.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
Local.

Local.
Umatilla harvest 95 per cent over.
Crop will be 100000 bushels.
Frank Jones, laborer, killed at Pi-
lot Rock Junction.
Walter Ogilvy lodged in jail by
sheriff on complaint of StubbIefield.
Agency uses city water for irrigat.
ing lawns, holding such use to be do.
mestic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

LONDON. Aug. 20.-Berlin news
papers, copies of which have reach
ed London, indicate the opposition
to the imperial chancellor DR.. Beth
mann Won Hollweg, is steadily grow
ing in Germany. A movement head
ed by such liberal leaders as Bassor-
mann, Stressemann and Fuhrmann
are keeping up an almost incessant
attack on the chancellor. insisting
that he is not sufficiently radical in
his view and is inclined to abandon
the extreme aims OF real German
policy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
GERMAN WARNING
OF TORPEDO WAS
FLASH IN WATER
This, Declare Survivors Of the Arabic
Was the Only IntimatiOn Given Of
Submarines Attack.
NO ONE SAW UNDERSEA BOAT

Deadly Engine was On Its Way Be
fore Passengers Had Time TO Pre-
rare 70 Escape from Doomed YES
scl-TwO Lifeboats Capsize After
Being IAunched-Escapc Is Told.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

GALVESTON, Aug. 20.---It is now
estimated that upwards Of 200 have
perished in the entire Texas storm
district, Between IA and 20 have been
lost here. The total property damage
probably will reach fifty million dol
lars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
= Are Lost
in St Louis
in Big Flood
TERRIFIC RAIN SWEEPS CITY
500 PERSONS MAROONED IN
THEIR HOMES.

81. LOUIS, Aug. 2O.-Tcn are be-
lieVcd TO have perished. and 500 are
marooned in their homes or stranded
in street cars in st. Louis and sur
rounding territory as result of a
terrific rain Storm last night and to-
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

Continued on page five.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20

The East OregOnlan has the largest paid
circulation Of any paper In Oregon, east Of
Portland ard over twice the circulation In
Pendieton OF any other newspaper
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-21
EASY TO MUSTER
SIX CONF ANIES
ON big ISLAND
New Adjutant General Finds
That Enthusiasm Is PIenti-
fll-0nly Funds Lacking

Word received from Hawaii this
morning from Col. Samuel Johnson,
indicates that the new adjntant gem
erai of the National Guard is busy
getting the assurance of new compa-
nies of infantry on the Big Island,
and looking into the matter of a sep.
arate troop of cavalry there
COL johnson is much encouraged
by the general spirit of cooperation
among the people ofHawaii, and there
seems to be little doubt that i've or
six companies could be recruited il
funds could be found for their equip
ment and maintenance.
Last night Col. Johnson inspected
Company NJ, 1st Infantry, N. G. H..
stationed at Hilo, and make a short
talk to the men. Today he intends
to witness the firing on the Hilo range
in competition for places on the Ha.
waii rifle team that is to go to Flor
ida. Lieut.-col. w. R. Riley, 1st In
fantry. N. G. H., team captain, left
for Hilo last Thursday to supervise
the competition, taking with him 1t
G. E. Schaefer.
The firing will be continued tomor-
row, and the average of the two days
shoot checked against averages made
by the Oahu riflemen on the Fort
Shafter range.
Col. johnson expects. to be at Lau-
pahoehoe Sunday morning to organ
ize a new company there.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-21
RISK LIVES To
DRAG COMRADES
OUT Of DANGER
Soldiers OF First Battalion, 2nd
Infantry, Perform Feats of
Valor in Mountains
SEVERAL CERTIFICATES
WILL BE AWARDED SOON
Maneuvers on Ridges Back Of
Waimanal0 Result in Series
Of Thrilling Escapes

Riskfng their lives TO save injured
comrades, several soldiers OF the 1st
Battalion, Ind Infantry. performed he
roic acts on the cliffs OF Waimanalo
few days ago, which viii und0nbt-
edly result IN several certificates Of
merit for them within short time.
On their return 70 Fort Shafter to-
day from a Today camp at Waima-
nalo. the story Of their heroism was
learned
While performing field work and ma
neuvers on Ridge d. behind the wharf
ct Waimanalo, Thursday, q num-
Der Of soldiers. slipping on the freach-
erous volcanic rock and shale in
climbing the hill, disIodged several
rocks, which rolled down the steep
hillside with great velocity
Qnartermaster Sergeant p.
O'Keefe OF Company NJ, 150 feet be-
low, was struck by the falling bould-
ers on the head, arms and chest. He
was knocked down by the impact and
carried SO feet down the hillside, close
to the face OF the ciifI.
Private j. II. White OF the same
company came to his injured COM
rade's assistance. While bending
over him, he too was struck BY an
avalanche Of falling rocks. which car
ried him along 15 feet, scratching
his face badly White was able to
get hack and assist osKeefe 10
safety Neither Was hurt badly
|enolehsfn hs Se1t o. tile hospifai
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-21
M'CARN CABLES
FOR RI. ARREST
OF E.P. WINTERS
]. Wesley Thompson Com
nlanded to Arrest Man Dis
missed After Hearing

Acting upon cabled instructions
from U. s. District Attorney Jeff Nc
earn, now in San Francisco, J. Wesley
Thompson, assistant district attorney,
today issued a warrant for the re-
arrest of E. P. Winters. 1t was expect
ed that Winters would be taken into
custody this afternoon.
Winters, former quartermaster on
the Siberia, was brought to. Honolulu
from San Francisco recently on a
charge of having smuggled $1,000
worth of opium into this city late in
June. On Wednesday the case was
discharged by q. s. Commissioner
George S. Curry on the ground that
there was no evidence against Win
ters.
Mr.. Thompson received a cablegram
from McCarn yesterday asking that
the case be continued pending the ar
rival in Honolulu of Customs Inspector
Joseph Heads and Surveyor of the
Pert Waddell of San Francisco. who
were coming as witnesses against
Winters. Mr.. Thompson cabled back
that the case had been dismissed.
This morning another cablegram
was received from McCarn containing
orders to have Winters rearrested