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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25

PROVE WHAT swAMP-RoOT WILL
Kilmer & Bnghamton sample
bottle will booklet
one-dollar size
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25
CZAR HAS ESCAPE FROM
BOMB DROPPED BY ENEMY

BERLIN, April 25-(By Wireless
10 Sayvllle, New York. "A narrow es-
cape for Emperor Nicholas Of Russia
from death or serious injury by
bombs dropped by an Austrian airman
curing a visit Of the Emperor to a
Southern sector Of the Russian line, is
reported in stockholm received by the
Overseas News Agency.
THE Emperor was reviewing the
troops in company with General Burs
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25
SPORTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Coal oil was first used as medicine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25
Unable to work.

This is to certify that l, Jerome II,
Mccormack, of S17 Ivy Street, John
son City, Tenn, suffered from Conges-
tion of the Kidneys, so that at times
was obliged to move about the house
with the aid of a chair and unable to
work until / used three bottles of
your swamp-Root. I keep DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root in my house at all
times. as l know from experience that
1t is the best Kidney medicine can
use, Very truly yours,
]. H. MCCORMACK,
johnson City, Tenn.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
a Notary Public, this March S1st, 1915
SAM T. WILLARD.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25

Mr.. Service is well qualified for this
position. He is successful business
man, an expert accountant and
lawyer.
He says that although the railroads
are fighting him on every turn, he has
the hope that the common people VIII
stand by him and promises that he
will do his best to restore their rights
and do substantial justice to all.
Mr.. Service says he has no purpose
to wrong the railroads but will see
that they do not have the opportun-
ity to take advantage OF the people.
Mr.. Service, for the past eight years,
has specialized in railroad rate regu-
lation as his record shows, and his
last case resulted in a judgment OF
$4,000 in his favor.
A vote for him is a vote for the best
Of the common people.
Read his page in the state pamphlet.
ADV.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25
DR.. KlLMER'S SWAMP ROOT PROVES ITS GREAT
VALUE IN THE MOST DISTRESSING CASESl
Kidney Trouble wears You out.

Kidney Trouble Wears You Out.
had Kidney and Stomach trouble
for several years and lost over 40
pounds in weight; tried every remedy
that could and got no relief until /
took Swamp-Root. It gave me quick
er relief than anything that / ever
used. l now weigh 1s5 pounds and
am singing the praises of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root and recommending its
use to all who have stomach and kid
ney troubles.
Respectfully yours,
E. C. MENDENHALL,
Mcneil, Arkansas.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
a Notary Public, this 27th day Of
March, 1915.
J. W. RHEA,
Notary Public
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-25
THEY LET HIM SLEEP

'tSinee taking Foley kidney Pills I
believe / am entirely cured and !
sleep soundIy all night. !"
II. z. Straynae
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
HUGHES FINDS STUNPINC HARD
Republican Candidate Faced Hard Days Campaigning Through North Dakota and Montana
 Voice Is Frazzling.

Bismark, N, D., Aug. ii.--With his voice pretty well frazzled out. Jus tice Hughes today faced what is probably the busiest day scheduled in his whole transcontinental speak ing tour. He had in prospect eight "end of the train" speeches in North Dakota and Montana towns before arriving at Billings tonight Talks will be made here and at Mandan, Dickinson. Medora, Beach. Glendive. Forsyth and Miles City
 Because of the strenuosity of his program, the Republican candidate went on q training schedule today. His voice. accustomed for the past few years to the conversational tone of the Supreme bench, will have to be coddled along very care fully from now on if he is to carry through the speaking schedule ahead of him in the next four weeks Hughes is also taking exceedingly good care of his diet and he is par ticularly strong on fruit.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
HOT WIND COOKS KANSAS.
Few Stations That Didn't Report 100
 Degrees or Higher.

Topeka. Kas, Aug. i3.--The hot test and most uncomfortable day in two years was the Kansas weather yesterday Accompanying the high temperature was a blistering hot wind and bright sunshine that seemed to cook everything. There was hardly a station along the KanA sas railroads that did not report 100 degrees or higher. There may have been days when the temperature reached a higher mark than yester- day in the present drouth, but it is probable that there never has been a day when the temperature aver aged so high
 Thursday and Friday were com mer0us thunder showers .y0drttbgk paratiyely fine summer days with numerous thunder showers. but whatever good the showers may have done was swept away by the hot winds that blew steadily from if o'clock, and in Central Kansas the wind was high
 Last night brought no relief and it was thought t0 be the hottest of the year. The ground is so dry and everything so hot that it is all but impossible to cool off until the sun begins business again in the morn ing.
 Ennporia registered fO5 degrees, Great Bend 107, Salina t02. Newton 100. Topeka i02 There was not a report last night of less than 100 de- afaf1
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
ARKANSAS MINING hMAKINC ADVANCE
Value of Lead and Zinc Ore Will Increase From SS0O00O in 1915 to f1a Million Dollars This Year
 = To Inspect Mines.
special to The star.

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, Aug. i5.-Thomas H. Shaw. state mining inspector, has recommended to State Labor Com missioner Clary that an inspection be made of the zinc mining indus try in the counties of Boone. Mar ion, Newton, Searcy, Baxter. Izard, Sharp and Lawrence. Mir. Clary will recommend to Governor Hays that a proclamation be issued au- thorizing the expenditure of S200 for the purpose. that being the amount which Mir. Shaw estimates the preliminary reconnaissance and inspection will cost
 Mir. Shaw says; The total amount of crude ore produced i'll the entire district for 1915 was about 10000 long tons. The con- centrates produced are of high grade and free from iron or lime. The sphaierite assays 2 or per cent above the price basis of 30 per cent metallic zinc content Total value if ore for 1915, -G5out $500. GOO. The total value for 1916 will exceed Sf,500O00. have been in- formed by miners from the differ ent counties that about f5D mines have been opened up since 1915 The mines should be inspected and all data should be printed for the public good
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
Cviaon Have Keep Away
COTTON Is HIGHEST
 IN SIX YEAR PERIOD

New Orleans. Aug i4.--The price of cotton advanced last week Co the highest levels in six years by heavy buying. the bulk of which. accord ing to gossip of the market. came from groups of traders in New York and Chicago. More outside interest was displayed in the situation and there was fairly good buying from the interior of the South at times, although late in the week the dis position in the interior. and espe- cially in the Southwest, seemed to take advantage of the high values prevailing and sell hedges aeainst cotton being picked or abget to be picked.
 The high levels of the waAk were made "Wednesday when thA 8istant months sold up practically <A the F cent level and October Touched ii.33c. Here the trading 4n0nths were g points over the pfwepding weeks close
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
WAR PRISONERS
 TOTAL 5,0OO,0O0
Germany's f,75O,00O Greatest of Any Nation Engaged, Says Dr. John R M0tt-Russia Is Second With
 Around 100000, Then Austria.

New York, Aug. 9.-More than B. 100000 prisoners, double the num- Der of men engaged in any previous war that the world has known, are now confined in prison camps of the belligerent nations, according to Dr. John R. Mott, general secretary of the international c0mmitte of the Young Mems Christian Association. who reached here Wednesday on the Danish steamship Oscar II from Copenhagen. Df. Mott left here in May for Russia and has visited the prison camps of nearly all the courl- tries at war.
 Dr. Mott said that of the prison CTS. Germany has the greatest num- Der. approximately i,750,000. Rus sia, with about 100000, comes next, then Austria with 100000 fol- lowed in order by France, Italy, Great Britain and Turkey. Rus sias prisoners, he added, are rapid ly increasing more than 100000 having been added to the camps since the beginning of the last Rus sian drive. In six weeks, Dr. Mott said, 230,000 passed thru Kiev.
 T found Dr. Mott said, that re- ports as to treatment of prisoners of war have been greatly exagger- ated In all countries the prison CTS receive virtually the food and care that armies of the respective countries do. Everything possi- ble is done for their comfort and their health.
 "We have forty-flve American secretaries working among the vari- ous armies and 1 hope to increase this number shortly, The work is the general army Y. M c. \. work, looking after the mems mental and physical wants. We have all the cooperation and assistance we could reasonably expect by all the c0un- tries except Turkey. where. as yet. we have not been permitted to en- ter.n
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
||IISON IN SPEECH
 TOUR TO PACIFIC
.na;m Itinerary to Be Worked <'s within Next Few Weeks po,l;es to Civil Service Charges Made by Hughes.

e,.sbineton. Aug. ii.-President $oon practically has decided to 'te speaking trip across the stinent No details of these tours
 +n heen arranged, but 1t was un- estood Friday that his itinerary f he worked out within the next
 \ weeks.
 fbe Presidents advisers have <n nrging him to make number 'sneeehes but he has been with 5Sinr a decision until the work 5ongress has progressed further was known definitely Friday, .neypr that if present plans were Tried out the President would go Enc Pacific coast. It was said no hnite plans would be made for at |st two weeks.
 Invitations from cities in all parts 4he country are before the Presi- pi hut none will be accepted un- 'thev have been gone over care Nv by Vance Mccormick, chair ln of the Democratic National nmittee. and other Democratic 'ders. The possibility that Con- sss may remain in session after pfember i is preventing the Presi- bt from making any definite cam Ign plans. He wants to make no Ig trips from Washington until
 er adjournment. although he has ,epted an invitation for a brief it to St. Louis Sptember 20.
 rhe President will do much cam igning al his summer home at ng Branch, N. J., where he will .piye delaeatiOns.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
WILSON WINS 4
 GREAT VICTORY
Thru His interceSsion Railroad Managers Accept Principle of B. Hour Day-0vertime Prob
 lem still Unsolved

Washington, Aug. i5.-The burden of concession in bringing about an adjustment in the threatened rail- road strike appears to have swung around from the railroads to the employees today.
 After the railway managers had been in the White House for more than an hour and a half. it was learned that they had agreed to ac- cept the basic principle of the eight-hour day, but that they de- manded that the question of oyer- time pay be submitted to a more far-reaching investigation
 Wilson's Statement.
 At the conclusion of the confer ence with the managers, President Wilson authorized the following statement:
 The President spent an hour and a half this morning with represen- tatlves of the railroad managers After the conference he said that it would be impossible as yet to re- port as to the result-all that he could say was that a very candid and honest discussion was in prog ress about a practicable basis of settlement
 The Railroad Position.
 Their acceptance of the basic principle of the eight-hour day was made contingent upon an agreement by the employees to a further and more far-reaching discussion which would include the question of over- time pay According to one rail- road man who attended the confer ence. the following is their position
 We accept the principle of the eight-lour day However, the eight-hour day question is so ob- viously and naturally a part of the overtime question that the two have to be handled cs one problem
 The conference of the managers ended at i0:40. They would maE no comment on leaving It was an- nounced that the President would see the employees at o'clock this afternoon.
 The investigation of the applica- tion of the shorter day principle to ttti 'f"h !pFt uNfVAls o9 Rh'. .oshA'b v the President today would be made through a board appointed by the President, it was understood
 In accepting the basic principle of the eight-hour day. the railroads go on the belief that neither thf President nor the employees would expect the eight-hour day to be put into effect until the whole subject had been inquired into and a work ing program finally constructed.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
PAPER CRISIS IN OCTOBER.
  Newspaper Profits Already Cut Down Greatly by Shortage.

Washington. Aug. i3.-The crisis in the news print paper situation which already has cut down news paper profits enormously, will not be reached until late October, when contracts come up for renewal, ac- many sources by the Federal Trade Commission.
 The presidential election. together with the European war, is expected to increase an already unparalled demand for news print which man. ufacturers tell the trade commis- sion they hardly will be able to meet. This year. for the first time, they have not been able to lay up A large reserve during the summer
 The trade commissions report on it's investigation of news print pa- per will be published not later than October 1
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
NEW SENATOR BATTLES BONES
Tom Taggert. New In Senate. Shocks the Dignity of the Old-Timers by Telling Them Just What He
 Thought of Them.

Washington. Aug. i3.--After a membership of but a few weeks Tom Taggart told the Senate Satur- day just what he thought of 1t.
 While giving that august body full credit for the passing of legis- lation favored by President Wilson, he rapped it's failure to attain busl- ness economy. muck-raked its rivers and harbors and public buildings bill, and declared for a budget sys- tenn of national appropriations.
 Several of the older members of the Senate stared at the presump- tion of the newcomer in tearing in- to fixed senatorial habits. Many left their seats but none interrupted
 Instead of squanderlng money m catching cattle ticks. killing coy otes. poisoning ground squirrels, dOetoring wild ducks. keeping goats suffering from Malta fever and sending out onion seeds to folks who want a front garden. let's get down to bed rock economy, sald Taggart
 Or. if Congress ias fixed and determined purpose to increase its appropriations., wouldn't it be bet ter to apply this money to help farmers get an intensive agrlcul- tlraI training or city boys to learn some good mechanical trade2N
 Among other things, Taggart de- cIared for a tariff commission. a dyestuff tariff, United States aid to state roads, merchant marine. de- velopment of South American trade, flood control on inland rivers. pre- paredness. a government nitrate plant and a bond issue to help pre- Darednpss.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
Bryan Answers Huahes.

Kansas City, Aug. ii.--Wililam J |fBan. former secretary of state. in
 statement issued here Friday, re-
 hed to attacks upon his attitude 0Eard the civil service made by Aares K. Hughes, Republican
 zesldential nominee. Mir. Bryan 2ntained he had enforced the Hi service law to the letter" Fine former secretary challenged A Republican nominee to state 'bether he had given appointments q deserving Republicans while Grnor of Nv York.
 8Ih statement was made in an- Ter to recent speeches of Mir. @ghes which quoted a letter MT. fyan had written to Receiver of Ast0ms Wick in Santo Domingo, in- Bring as to what positions could 2 obtained to reward deserving Em0erats.r
 Nr Bryan admitted the letter as td been quoted.
 fl am not ashamed of it." the Element read. The letter was Fltten to an appointive officer, Bose office was not under the civil evlce and inquiry was made in gard to the offices which were not 1der the civil service. There was hthIng in the letter to indicate a fslre or intention to select men no were incompetent. On the pntrary inquiry is made as to Fhat Is requisite
 Ilhe statement. after declaring Mir. pghes to have shown himself plte prompt in discharging obliga- Nns, declares:
 AS an official. I enforced the civ- service law to the letter and, up- \ my resignation. received from @e employees ifs ttlhie ttlhie State Depart Fht. more than 90 per cent of Nom were under the civil service,
 watch, which I prize as a price fs treasure. But, while I observed " CIVIL service law wherever it
 es Tn force. I felt myself free to Y ID rewarding deserving Demo- Ess wherever it could be done lshout detriment to the service. T regret is that I was able to re- Rfd so few of the multitude who R deserving, measures by their sitlcal service. by their capacity done. o 0 . "
 Lhe deserving Democrat is not
 ne despised-he is as much en- seu .nllI 70 recognition as deserving
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
BROTHERS DUEL TO
 DEATH FOR LOVE
Both Loved Same Girl. Left Church Together and Fought With Knives Until One Was Dead-TeF-
 rible Story

Ringling, Ok, Aug. i5.-Sitting side by side in a church Sunday, Emmett and John Porter, brothers. discussed their love for Katherine Fowler. Both loved the girl, who had been asked to make her choice. By mutual agreement. the boys left the church during the services, went to wood nearby, and fought a terrible duel to the death.
 For thirty minutes the brothers fought, each armed with a pocket knife.
 A frantic swish of Emmett por- ter's knife was followed by a spurt Of blood. Thhe hee boys boys were were wcrfi sssdd assd their blows lacked the aim and pre- cision of the earlier moments of hattie, but what they lacked in pre- cisi0n was balanced by the flendish force with which their increasing fury propelled their blows. The blade of Emmetts pocketknife sank deep into the throat of his strug- gling brother. 4 desperate lunge sent the blade crushing through and across the neck of his brother John.
 With his head almost severed from his body. John Porter made one last despairing stab at his com- batant With blood streaming over his eyes and his body weakening, Emmett managad to sidasten tha attack and whipped his knife quickly around ripping the blade into his brothers abdomen.
 With his teeth clenched. his eyes glaring with jealousy and rage. John sank to the ground, defeated and dying.
 Emmett stood above his brother, the deadly weapon tightly clutched in his hand For several yards around the trarnpled shrubbery the scene of the terrible and over it all was spat- tered the lifeblood of John Porter
 People were leaving the church thirty rods away while Emmett watched the lifebIood flow from the body of his brother.
 Emmett Porter bathed in q creek washing away the blood which had splashed from the severed veins of his brother, as well as the blood from his own wounds He went to the home of his father. a welI-to- do farmer. living near Ringing. The younger brother was not missed un- til daybreak. When the two boys had not returned from church to- gether it had been supposed that John had been the fortunate one on this occasion and was accompany ing Miss Fowler home.
 Emmett was reluctant to talk. He was m0rose, but told of the pact to fight the duel. The search for John was ended when a small party of searchers entered the little wood The body of the boy was found where it had fallen. A glance showed that he had been disem- howeIed and his head was almost csat from his body His hands and face were slashed. It was a grue- some find and tine hearts of the sparchers were siekened
 Emmett Porter was immediately taken into custody and locked be- hind the bars of the county iail. The case is the most tragic in the annals of Oklahoma crime.
 A charge of murder has been lDdged against Emmett Porter.
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The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
ARKANSAS STORM
 K|LLS5,|N INJURIES II
Tornado Wrecks Twelve Buildings, One Church, at Edmundson- Cattle Crushed by Falling Barns
 Gale at mphis.

Memphis. Aug. i4.-E'ive persons were killed and seventeen injured, four fatally, when a tornado swept over Eastern Arkansas last night. blowing down twelve buildings at Edmundson, seventeen miles west of Memphis.
 Eight of the injured were brought to Memphis hospitals today. It is thought that five of these, who are women. will die.
 About one hundred persons were attending services in the Bethle- hem Baptist church when the hur- ricane struck the building Many jumped from the windows when the structure blew over.
 Many cattle were crushed in fall- ing barns. A heavy rainstorm ae- companied the storm, and all tele- phone wires were put out of com mission.
 After sweeping through Edmund son the hurricane spent itself over the Mississippi river, blowing a gale through Memphis.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
\ Paul Revere Ride Staaed.

Asheville, Aug. i4.-How possible heavy loss of life in the villages be- low the great Lake Toxaway dam was averted through the daring ride of mountaineers just ahead of the broke. was told today by arrivals here.
 The mountaineers risked death, galloping through the villages. tell ing of the flood following them. and warning the residents to flee to the hills. Not life was lost
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
5O,OOO AUSTR|ANS TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Believed isOnz0 Front Had Been Stripped of Men and Munitions Underground Tunnels Used by
 Italians in Making Attack.

Rome, Aug ii.-Fifty thousand in killed and wounded and captured was the Austrian loss in the two days fighting preceding the fall of 'ioritz, according to dispatches re- ceiyed here today. This number Was equally divided between pris- oners and casualties on the fleld
 Italian cavalry continues to press the pursuit Of the Austrians east of 5Orltz, ana Is nov reported tu have reached the Lubiana plains. The Italian force that turned south from GOrltz to drive the enemy out of the bend in the Isonzo has encoun- tered stubborn resistance on the Carso plateau. where severe fight ing Is going on.
 The main body of Italian troops that crossed the Isonzo apparently has not yet joined the pursuit. All dispatches from the Goritz front say that only part of the Italian forces on that sector are now en- gagged with the retreating AustrIans.
 Taken by Surprise.
 The Italian blow at Goritz was a complete surprise, Austrian prison CTS say. Their commanders believed the Italians on the Is0nzO front had been stripped of both men and mu- nItlons supplies to repel the Aus trians ln the TrentinO and antici- pated no attack against Goritz for at least two months. Reserves were rushed up to the Goritz positions Sunday after the Italians had begun their attack. They found the ad- Vanced Austrian positions blown to pieces and the Italians pouring through the breaches ln the lines
 Correspondents report that the capture of one of the heights sur rounding Gorltz was effected by a daring enterprise. The Italians dug long underground tunnels to the Austrian lines. After heavy bonn bardment several hundred Italians suddenly swarmed from the mouths of these tunnels and fell upon the Austrians. who were taken com pletely by surprise.
 Large numbers of heavy guns, some of which the enemy had made intellectual attempts to destroy. fell into the hands of General Cadofna s forces.
 Fake i55.ee0g Prisoners Since Goritz.
 Rome, Aug. 1.-The number of prisoners taken by the Italians since the fall of Goritz exceeds i5,- GOO, according to the Tribuna cor. respondent at the ,Isonzo front Tic Italians are clearing the valley of relreating Austrians and the core spandent says the battle continues to go ill favor of the Italians.