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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
The Gorilla Bndgehesd-

Eastward from Podgora Hill and across
tn. Isonzo is the little city of Gorilla, ltal-
ian IN character and population, despite
Slavic elements, but retained by Austria
in the treaty Of 1866, and a portion OF
lnlys Irredenta. Under cover OF roo
cora Hill several bridges, one carrying
the main railroad going west into Italy
cross the Isonzo. Holding Podgora Hill,
the Austrians held both ends OF the
bridges, and this explains the military
term, Gorilla bridgehead, which has De-
come familiar in recent days. The French
holding the Meuse Hills on the opposite
SIDE Of the river from the Verdun citadel,
held a similar bridgehead and the Ger
mans usually speak of the French position
as the Verdun bridgehead.
When Italy entered the war she had
many more troops available than Austria
which was fighting Russia and Serbia, as
well, could spare TO hold the Western from
ter. But Italy could not use her super
lor!ty in numbers until she had broken
INTO Austria through the narrow GoriAa
gateway. Once through this gateway she
would find plenty of room to deploy her
masses and Austria could not meet them
With equal numbers. 1t was then the sole
purpose Of Austrian strategy to hold this
Iorzla position and keep Italy in posi-
uon where she could not use her greater
numbers with inevitable consequences to
Austria.
a secondary, but in Italian eyes vital,
.'nSioeration was the fact that once she
'So got through the Gorilla gateway Italy
you'd be in the rear Of the great port of
''ieste, which could be cut off from the
wv OF Austria and invested and captured
" sege. Trieste is an Italian city by
population, although belonging to Austria,
.'o II was to get Trieste, together with
&c Irentino, that Italy came into the war
''O'e than a year ago. Austria, deter
S'nsd to hold Trieste, had this second
JASON Tor holding on to the death to her
0'rizia position.
OUT Inc Italian strategy was complicated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
The Gorilla Bridgehead.

the Austrians had come. Until this was
done there was no justification for any
renewal of the effort TO force the Gorilla
gateway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Rridsehead on the
Jsonzo Which the
Italian Armies
Have at Last
Forced.
b. FRANK H. SIMONDS,
Author of The Great War"

r. one should say Of the now famous
c,-;,ia bridgehead, having in mind geog-
,,rbv rather than history, that it was an
Austrian Thermopyle the parallel would
:. fairly accurate; indeed, rather strikingly
:, allowing for the very great difference in
-. between the gate by which the Italians
,,sVbt to enter Austria and the pass by
Nth the Persians did penetrate into the
Gr.eian peninsula.
After all, the Gorilla bridgehead was
,otb;pr but strongly fortified position
.,,.,ding from the sea to the mountains,
AID this is what was most important about
N. position chosen by the Spartans to
max. their great stand. But the Gorilla
nosition is thirty miles, not two miles or
I.ss than two miles, wide. 1t was defended
bv 100000, not by 800, men. On the other
hand. the 100000 were able, by reason of
their position, to hold back forces that
must aggregate a million on the one prac-
tcable road for invasion Of Austria from
bale
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Geography Of the IsonIo.

The geography of this strip Of land be-
tween the sea and the Alps is easy to
crasp. Coming down out Of the Julian
AIMS. the Isonzo River touches the Vene-
tan plsin less than thirty miles from its
own mouth. AS it comes out Of the gorge
il washes by Monte Sabotino, which is on
It's western bank. A little to the south it
touches the foot Of Podgora Hill, also TO
the west flowing still to the south, but
now on the eastern bank it touches the
foot of the Carso Plateau, which crowds 1t
westward in 8 wide curve before it falls
into the sea through swampy mouth
similar to those Of most Northern Italian
rivers that enter the Adriatic.
Above Monte Sabotino the character OF
the country is such that it is practically
impossible for an invading army coming
m ont Of the Venetian plain to force Its
way into Austria, although Napoleon did
% This way in his campaign that took
him 10 I,eoben and ended in the treaty OF
Camuo Formio. Now, however, modern
artillery has closed this route absolutely
Thus. when the Austrians had built per-
msnent trench lines, not old-fashioned
forts on Monte Sabotino, on Podgora Hill
and on the western edge of the Carso Pa
tsau, which bears the name of Monte San
Michele, they had fortified position quite
comparable to the ancient Thermopyl9.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Speed EN- Up Man Here.

F, B. Currey the speed 'em up
man for the La Grande motorcycle
races on July % ana 20 is in the city
today boosting for the big event and
also to see the county court members
toward getting their support for a
county exhibit at the state fair this
year, Mr. Currey thinks Umatilla
county should have a big display at
Salem in September The motorcycle
races on the new speedway at La
Grande will be the fastest ever seen
in eastern Oregon, ne says. and
large crowd is expected to be present.
Motor enthusiasts from Pendleten and
surrounding towns are expected to
help swell the throng Mr.. Currey is
one ola Grande's live boosters ar1
IS very popular He has large mum.
her of friends in PendletOn and
throughout this county as well.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

beginning Monday, July 10, we the
undersigned promise to open our
shops at the hour of seven in the
morning, and to close at the hour OF
seven in the evening. with the excep-
tlon of Saturday, when We will close
at the hour Of ten, and to abide by the
prices previously agreed upon.
PHILLIPS e. HASSELL
EARL SAWYER.
w. w. EDMISTEN
r. O'GARA.
F. AKIMATO.
MARK PATTON.
C. P. TRASK.
W. D. HUMPHREY
REETZ & FREEMAN.
(Adv.) JESSE GOFF %. X
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Mrs. Bllhcett injured.

Mrs Dell Blancett and Mr and Mrs.
Cuba Crutrhtield are in the city aft n
ha7ing taken lart in the frontier aI-
hIDit t.on at MIssoula, Montana, whece
Mrs. Il1ncett was injured white
chasing steer. She was following
the steer CLOSELY when the animal be-
came flighlCnel just in front of the
grandstand enl ran into the horse
Mrs EIdnCett ds riding. Horse, rid
er and seer rolled over and over In
the dust Mr.. Rlancett had an ank',
severely sLIamed but no bones were
broken and she considers herself for
tunate in cso9nng Mr.. Blancett is
now a. KallsIei Montana, where thera
is some ta!F Of putting on a frontier
show Mr.. and Mrs. Crutchfield and
Mrs. Blancejt III 90 over there If tic
plans n'ture All VIII be here H.
September for the Round-Up.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Auto Tourists Here.

X. + EaNJy. cashier OF the Lum-
bermcn's Rant Of Hoquiam Wasr.,
ACCOMPANIED by his wife ad daughter.
spen, last nign; in Pendleton. They
are en- route u the Yellowstone Ma
tionai Park by auto, having left H..
ailan Juls 4 They came over the
Pacific H;efway 10 Portland and then
over the Columbia Highway to Pen
dl3ton Thcy ere going into the park
by WY of poedtello, idaho and will
return hoinc by way OF Spokane "a I
Seattle They aIe nor trying to break
any speed records on the trip but are
out for an ENJOYABLE vacation They
carry their own camp outfit ana
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Fined for Selling LIQUOR

T. d. Elliott was fined 800 ana
given a sentence OF 80 days in jail
yesterday afternoon on a charge oil
selling liquor His was the third case
gathered in by Burns detectives who
have been working here since July /.
Elliott was alleged to have sold a mix
ture of alcohol and some cOloring
fluid that gave it the appearance OF
whiskey Alvin Austey who was also
held by the police, was used as a wit
ness against Elliott.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

A petition to contest the will of the
late Francis Jeandrew, an Indian of
the Walla Walla tribe, was filed in
the circuit court today by Fred Parr,
Eli Parr, Frank Parr and Henry Wat.
son against Melvina Farrow and six
teen others. Jeandrew died March
q, 1915, at the age of IS years. He
left several acres Of land in an allot.
ment allowed him by the government
The petitioners ask that the will be
set aside as null and void.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
INSPECT Bridge Site.

County Judge Marsh and Commits
sioner COckburn made a trip yester-
day along the proposed route for a
road up the Birch creek section and
inspected the site for bridge across
the Umatilla river near that point.
They also drove by automobile along
Mud creek and the scene of the re-
cent heavy rains. They found huge
bOulders washed into the roads by the
cloudburst and considerable damage
done to the surrounding country
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Held for Grand Jury.

On a charge of larceny by bailee;
Henry T. Hill was today held for the
grand jury by Justice of the Peace
Parkes. Bonds were fixed at $3.50.
The charge was filed by William F.
Ellis, involving some wheat which
Hill was alleged to have sold without
authority. The hearing was held sew.
eral days ago before Justice Parkes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Grade Nearly Finished.

County Judge Marsh said today the
grading work on the new road be-
tween Pendleton and Rieth is almost
finished. The contractor is rshing mo
work ahead and expects to have this
phase of the job soon finished. Judge
Marsh and Commissioner Cockburn
made an inspection OF the work yes
terday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

Hyman Cohen, crop expert for the
Portland Journal, arrived last even
ing and this morning left with Judge
Maloney in the latter's car for a short
trip over the county to look at the
wheat conditions. Mr. Cohen expects
to leave Pendleton for his home to-
night
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Fishing in River.

Game Warden Tonkin reports that
fishing along the Umatilla river is
good. Some anglers out during the
week both at the upper and lower ends
of town caught good strings of trout.
For those who cannot get out into the
country to fish, the sport in town
ought 20 attract many to the river
banks tomorrow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

All the local barber shops have
agreed on a new schedule of opening
and closing time which will go into
effect Monday. The shops will be
opened at in the morning and close
at in the evening with the excep-
ton of Saturday nights when they
will remain open until 10 o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Wants TO Is. ow Dates.

In a letter To the Commercial asso.
citation w, L Blonson of Olympia
Wash. asks for the dates of the 1916
Roundup. This is only one of 6
number Of inouiries received alp 1st
ever day for information regarding
the BIZ frontier event in September
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Motor Over n0n Miles

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wade and fam
lily arrived in Pendleton last nigh
after an auton obile trip from Ne4
Perce TO T. mercy and thence on tc
this city The trip covered over 200
miles and was made in a Ford. Tn, '
Left this morning, continuing the ir
trip eastward.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
MlY Locate IN onnty.

Army Adams of Telluride. Colorado,
in a letter to the Commercial assoc'a
tton asks for data and other inforpa-
tton regarding Umatllla county. re
says he is prospective settler if this
section appears favorable to him
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
j Detectives Leave.

William F. Priest and c. D. Mitchell.
two Burns detectives who have been
working on liquor cases here, left
this morning for Spokane. Priest is
the oldest man in the Burns service
on the Pacific coast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Auto Party Here.

An auto party comprising Mr.. and
Mrs. c, S. Winchester, Mrs. J. F.
Rhodes. Aliene winchester and Allen
McClenGlass, all of Hutchinson Kan
sas spent last night here at the Hotel
Pendleton They are making a tour
of northwest cities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Nominated for state senate.

Cecil R. Wade, formerly of this city
and son of Mr. and Mrs. f T. Wade
was nominated by the democrats as
candidate for state senator from Coos
county He has not yet decided wheth-
er to accept
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Homo Ncarlr Finlshc,I

The new home of Dr. L. D. Idleman
on Jackson street is fast nearing COM
pletion The interior work is now
being finished and will be all done in
a few DAYS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Inst Night Was Warm

The official thermometer registered
81 degrees above as the minimum for
last night the warmest night so far
of the summer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Guardian .AppOinted,

County Judge Marsh has appointed
Caro- Francher Rowe guardian over
Carl f. Rove, % years old. recently
adjudged insane
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Dalrymple Gets vacation.

c, c. Bunnell, relief manager for
the Western Union, arrived here to-
day to take charge or the local office
for two weeks, while Manager Dairy
mple takes his annual vacation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
on WAY TO BALTIMORE

Ernest Fielding and Ben lands,
both OF Portland, arrived here by au.
tomohile last night on their overland
trip TO Baltimore. They left this
morning
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Attended Game Meeting

Marion Jack is expected home to-
morrow from Portland where he has
been attending the meetings of the
state fish and game commission OF
which he is a member.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

The elevator shaft in the Hotel
PendIeton broke down this morning
putting the elevator out of commits
sion for the day,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

Mrs Chatles plumberg who was op-
Grated mor oS,erGay for ulcer ot
the stomach was reported today to be
improving nicely.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
Look out for Dry Grass.

With hot weather now at hand Fro
Chief Ringold is warning local people
against allowing dry grass to accumu-
late about their premises because Of
the fire danger
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

The civic club is planning to have a
lecturer on the subject Of landscape
gardening appear at the Christian
church on Monday evening, The ad-
mission is to be free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08
@lagQ94IIEiIIAlIIEEiH[ITag4s.,
G1IlflLIITllIl[lttlS -

Miss Doris Oliver left this morning
for Freewater to visit Miss EleanGf
Noland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

therefore are Independent of hotels
and city accommodations though they
usually avail themselves Of these con-
veniences when they are to be had
Mr. Bawdy and son are members Of
the Elks Lodge No. 1852, which fact
is loudly proclaimed to the world on
the backs of their busters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

Attorney win NJ. Peterson returned.
this morning from Walla Walla aft
er going over Yesterday. Mrs. Peter
son and the children are visiting
friends in the Garden CITY, having
gone over on Thursday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-08

Mrs John Vaughan Is reported TO
be It. at hsr tine today.
Dave AiFInyGn, well known insnr'
auce man of portland, is a visitor here
today.
f. w Russell Of the oregon Pro-
tective Association, is In the city to-
day on business.
Mrs y. ]. NcAllister is entertaining
tive scuIh Hill Bridge club. this after
noon at her home
Miss Lily Mckinney arrived on II
today for a visit with her brother, W
2 Mckinney here.
A. D. Smith, salesman for the Am
erican Typefounders Co, Of Portland,
has been here today.
Rev II :. s.nangle, the recently
elected Trts'Gnt of Columbia collase
a Milton. spent yesterday in the city
Mr.. and Mrs f. Schiller will
arrive Monday from San Francisco,
called back by the Illness of Mrs.
Schifflers mother Mrs. Hunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
The Landward Movement.
, Pittsburgh Dispatch.

From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Light is thrown on the back to- the
land'discussion by the announcement
from the land office at Washington
that in the past year more than H.
100000 acres were taken from the pub
lie domain. most of it by homesteaders.
There still remain nearly 100000. 900
acres. of which more than half are
surveyed. In addition there are an
other 300,000.00O in Alaska Not all
OF the public lands are in what have
been regarded as frontier states. There
are $4,000 acres in Kansas and as
many more in Michigan. Washington
has more than a million, and Oregon
100000 acres.
Much of this land has been regarded
as undesirable by American agricul-
turists, either because of it's character
or its location. But it is believed that
most of 1t will compare favorab1y az
to working with many of the cult
Guilty is that the American farmer, ac-
c:stomed to comparatively easy tillage,
can find more promising land else
where. The day is coming. however,
when intensive cultivation will be
more and more required in America,
and these now despised lands will be
claimed. The construction of railroads
and highways will bring now out-of-
the-way districts into touch with the
markets. and the public lands will no
longer go begging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
AND COUNTY
Two Charged With Murderous As.
sault-Engagement An a
nounced. =, n

Special Correspondence Of The star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. March 1s.-Charred
with a murderous assault upon Sweets
Williams. who conducts a store at
Snake Den. Montgomery county. Milton
Stewart. forty-fve years old. and his
nephew, James Stewart, twenty-thres
years old. colored, were arrested yes
terday and are now in Jail here awaits
ing the action of the grand jury which
convenes here next Monday.
DIR. and Mrs. George H. Wright Of
Forest Glen. this county. have an-
nounced the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Marcia Katherine
Wright, and Lewis A. Wright OF Ken-
sington, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Wright.
The site for the public school builds
ing to be erected at Chevy Chase, this
, county, will. in all probability. be on
posite the Chevy Chase Seminary. Tho
lot is valued at $4,000. one-half the
value of which Senator Francis G.
Newlands has offered to donate. The
building will cost about $4,000. 4
bill authorizing a bond issue for the
purpose is now on its way through tha
legislature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
Brick Roads.
From the Columbus Journal.


The experience of the last few years,
in which the character of traffic on the
public highways has changed so re-
markably and so rapidly. proves that
brick is the best paving material now
known for country roads. Brick roads
cost more to build than macadam or
concrete. but they last so much longer
that they must be cheaper in a term
OF years. A brick road surface. prop
erly laid at the right season of the
year. requires almost no attention
and is practically indestructible.
Macadam, on the other hand. has
proved its unsuitability for present.
day trafic. Some of the fine macadam
roads in this country. built only two
or three years ago, are worn out al
ready. They must be worked on al
most all the time to keep them free
from holes and ruts. They simply
cannot stand up under the strain put
upon them by automobiles. Concrete
as a country road pavement is still
more or less in the experimental stage.
IL is cheaper than brick but 1t does
not seem able to Withstand the freez-
ing and thawing of spring and fall,
and cracked and scanned concrete
road is miserable thing and dan
gerous. In the light of present knowl-
edge. brick is by all odds the most
satisfactory paving material for coun-
try roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
Edison and German Chimneys.

From the New York sun.
II was in Dresden about a year be-
fore the war" said an uptown physi-
clan. land Thomas Edison had at one
time stopped at the same hotel. The
landlord was very proud of having
sheltered the great inventor and show
ed me a photograph of Mr.. Edison and
himself taken in the hotel garden. He
had much to say about him and one
thing Mr.. Edison had said to him inn
PRESSED him very much. He had asked
Mr.. Edison what pleased him most in
what he had seen in Germany and his
answer was: Your beautiful chimneys'
THE landlord had never thought of
that before and I hadn't, but afterward
I looked for chimneys to see what Edi
son saw and there was reason in his
Factory chimneys in this
country as a rule are about as unat-
tractive features as one can find mar
ring the landscape. but in Germany
found that they were really beautiful
in shape, material and workmanship
and rather improved The Landscapes!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
The Worlds New Financial Center.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

The financial center of the world to-
day is in New York instead of in Lon
don. American stocks and bonds are
the only securities for which there is
a ready market in London. The United
States is the only one of the great
powers which is not piling up war
debt of billions. The other nations are
draining their resources and burning
them on the battlefields. 1t is estimated
that the year of war has cost France
Russia, Great Britain, Germany and
Austria Hungary the incomprehensible
sum of SAL, OOO. 000, 900 in direct and in
direct ways. The dipect cost, as rep
resented by the war loans, is $16,700,-
10000 It will cost $3.50. 5000 year
to pay the interest on these loans at
3 per cent. This burden will rest on
the nations for many generations, and
if the war continues for another year
it will be doubled. Before the war be-
gan economists said that three months
fighting would bankrupt Europe; but
they are now hesitating to say that
three years will exhaust the available
resources of the continent.