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Called State Weather Oheer ir

at Portland.

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circulation of any paper In Oregon, out of

Portland, ard over twice tbe circulation li

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Tonight fair with Tight frost; Frt

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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

VOL. 27.

DAILY EAST OREGONJAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915.

NO. 8fi20

x JjO:-K

LEE DALE

SHEDS

TEARS

E

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Young Man Will Serve a Life Teem

in State Penitentiary for Murder

ing Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogilvy.

MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE

Only statement He Makes Ae Court

Pronounces Doom la That lie 15

Not Guilty of the Crime Prison

er' Wife Bits Beside Win An IJfe

Sentence la Pronounced.

Lee Dale, convicted ilayer of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Ogilvy. wan thle

morning at 10 o'clock sentenced by

Judge Phelps to the itate peniten

tiary for the rem of his natural life.

It was the only sentence provided by

law for the crime or aecond degree

murder. Dale la 35 years old.

Dale exhibited more emotion this

morning tliun ut any time since the

case wu brought before the court.

When the court asked him If he had

anything to Bay why sentence should

not be passed, he answered, "No, I

guess not, only that 1 am not guilty,''

and his Hps quivered as they frumed

the words. He was alBo visibly shak

en when Judge l'helpa spoke of the

misery and unhapplncss which his

act had caused and. when he left the

court room, there were tears in his

eyes

Will M Peterson, his counsel,

spoke only a few words In his behalf.

He expressed a great sympathy for

the defendant because he said he be

lieved his story that he had no re

membrance of having shot Mr. and

Mrs Ogilvy.

"It Is hardly necessary for me to

say that I regret the necessity of Im

posing sentence upon you." said

Judge Phelps. "The most charitable

view I can take of the case Is to ac

cept your story that you have no re

membrance of having shot Mr and

Mrs. Ogilvy. If you were not respon

sible for your act then whisky was

and under the law that Is no excuse.

There Is nothing that I can say at

this lime that will lessen your sen

tence I can not bring back the life

that you took from those old people

nor lighten the grief of their rela

tives Tnu have wrecked your own

life and that of your wife. I can only

advise yi'u to obey the laws of the

Institution to which you are going

and to make your pence with the fu

ture. At some time there might be

executive clemency used In your be

half but that Is not n matter for thU

court, I trust that others, seeing

what alcohol has accomplished

through you, may profit from your

experience."

Dale's wife sat beside him this

morning In court and preserved her

self-control tetter than did he. There

were twenty or thirty people In the

court room when the sentence was

passed

TO

THEIR NEKT SESSION

IN THE GARDEN CITY

H'AMjA WALLA REVIEW Will BE

HOTS AT SEMI-ANNUAL

GATHKIUNG in may.

Tbe Woman's Benefit association

,it the Moccnbecs concluded Its three

day session here this afternoon at 2

.'clock when the delegates gathered

Ihe Hotel Pendleton to finish up

a lew remaining details In the busi

BtM of the organization.

one of the Important matters de

cided upon yesterday was the plan

to hold semi-annual rallies Instead

i annual ones as heretofore. In

acc rdanco with this plan, the dele

it,, accepted the Invitation ot

Harden City Kevlew No. 48 of Walk.

AS JUDG

GIVES

SENTENG

Valla to hold the next fathering 'n

i a city on May S and .

Ihe second day's session was full

of activity for the lady delegates.

The school of Instruction under the

1 1 reel Ion of Deputy Supreme Com

mander Mrs. Minnie W Aydelotte

was the first order of business for

yesterday morning's meeting, and at

nocn a luncheon was served by a

cemmittee in charge of Mrs. Dave

Hogtr. In the afternoon there

were initiatory exercises and the

liansactlon of the regular business.

An announcement was then made

by Mrs. Aydelotte of the appointment

t. Mrs Zuble Cross of the La

ilrmde Kevlew. No. 17, as district

deputy commander for east tin Ore

gon. .toundlng out the day was a the

ater party given In the evening, the

delegates attending Ihe Alta where

they enjoyed seeing William Faver-

(Contlnued on page five.)

j COMING TO PENDLETON j '

EajHtiH

10d"ard V. Trefi.

Edward F Trefx, field secretary for

the Chamber of Commerce of Ihe

t'nlted States, la to be In I'endleton

October 18 and plans are being made

by President Taiiman of the Com

mercial club to give him a hearing

here It Is understood s luncheon

will be arranged for the visitor. The

organization he represents Is nation

wide and Is at work upon a number

of subjects It Is not stated Just

what Mr Trefz' mission In Pendleton

will be.

SECURE CONTRACT TO

BUILD NEW LIBRARY

Bill OK 131,300 IS ACCEITE1) BY

IIOAKD WUJ, BE COM

PORTED MARCH 1.

At a meeting of the Umatilla

i .mnty library board held last even

ing, It was unanimously voted to let

Ihe contract for the county llbraiy

to Olson and Johnson. The bids were

opened as advertised at the meeting

of the board held Monday evening,

. ct. 4 but it was decided to give

ihem further study berore making

choice of the contractor.

The lowest bid contained too many

mistake! in the Items to be consid

ered. The other bidders were Olson

and Johnson of Missoula, Mom..

Whose bid lor the completed build

ing was 31,200, Zoph Bros.. S3 1.4 TO.

Harry Boyer of Xortn Yakima, I.H.

987, and J B, Winters of Portland.

132.000.

Folger Johnson, the Portland ar

chitect, arrived this morning and Is

arranging with the contractor and

library board for the signing of the

contract.

Olson and Johnson are now In

Pendleton building the new wing of

the Kastern Oregon State Hospital

and. with all their forms and ma

chinery on the ground, assure the

board th.it they could begin the con

crete work within twenty-four hours

If excavation was ready for them.

They can push the work rapidly and

will have the building ready for oc

cupancy by March first if not earlier

Contractors Appreciate work.

Thai the firm of Olson & Johnson

appreciate t'.u- honor snuwn In grant

ing them the contract on the library

I'uildlng and will reciprocate by

erecting a first class building In every

respect Is stated by E. D. Nelll, Jr.,

local superintendent for the firm.

The llelglans are the greatest po

tato eaters In the world and the Irish

con second.

SCENE OF

This map shews the present location of the allied drive In the west and the position of the French ar

?t now menacing Ihe German armies under the crown prince and Oen von lleerlngen.

Wilson Will Wed in December

Mrs. Norman Gait, Bride-to-be

Wedding to be Quiet Affair

W ASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The wed

ding of the president and Mtb. Nor

man Halt, whose engagement was

announced last night, will be held at

the Gait home probably early in De

cember and will be extremely quiet,

the White House announced today.

The White House is literally swamp

ed with congratulatory messages for

the president. From every corner Of

the land came the nation's expres

sions of happiness, wiBhlng him much

Joy. High officials Joined obscure

citizens in felicitating the chief ex

ecutive. Mrs Gait is a charming widow, 38,

strikingly handsome, with a keen, in

tellectual mind.

"I'm very happy." was all Mrs

Gait would say concerning the en

gagement announcement.

"All else has been said at the

White House." she explained. Mrs

Gait's telephone tlnkted all day with

call of friends, extending congrat

ulations, while many persons visited

her In person The wedding date,

she said, had not been set, though the

ceremony will be at her home In De

cember. Mrs Gait has taken an Interest In

suffrage recently, hut never commit

ted herself on the subject, maintain

ing her opinion "is her own." Some

significance was seen In the fact the

president made an announcement of

his stand for suffrage and the en

gagement announcemet fin the same

day.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 When

Mrs. Gait becomes Mrs. Woodrow

Wilson In December, the White

House will have as the first lady an

American Indian princess by descent

who can rightfully lay claim to hav

ing "royal blood In her veins," the

blood of Pocahontas The president's

bride-to-be Is proud of the fact she

Is a escendant In the ninth genera

tion of the Indian heroine who wed

ded John Rofle, the Jamestown, Vir

ginia, colonist, after she had saved

the life of Captain John Smith

WASHHINGTON. Oct. It Presi

dent Wilson will leave tomorrow for

New York, accompanied by his fi

ancee. Mrs. Norman Gait, his cou

sin. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, Dr.

Grayson and Secretary Tumulty, to

attend n house party given by the

president's friend. Colonel House

WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 President

Davidson of the San Diego exposi

tion, here today, asked President Wil

son to attend the exposition. It is

regarded as possible the president

might K" t California on his hon

e moon.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. -Woodrow

Wilson, the president of the I'nited

States, announced last night his en

gagement to Mrs. Norman Gait of

Washington.

The brief announcement from the

White House made by Secretary Tu

multy came as a surprise to official

W ashington, but to several Intimate

friends It has long been expected.

From this circle came the story of a

friendship whose culmination was

viewed as a happy turn In the trou

bled and lonely life of the nation's

chief executive.

Acquaintance Throngfc Daughter,

it was Miss Margaret Wilson ami

her cousin, Mia Hones, who drew

Mrs Gslt Into the White House Thy

Rtet her first in the early autumn of

last vear and were so much attract

ed by her that they sought her out

more and more frequently and the

friendship between them ripened In

to an affectionate intimacy.

Itrldo-to-Me About 88.

Mrs, Gait I Ihe widow of a wide

THE WESTERN FIGHTING

ly known business man of Washing

ton, who died about eight years ago,

leaving a jewelry business that atlll

bears his name. She has lived In

Washington since her marriage in

1896 She la about 38 years old and

was Miss Edith Boiling, born In

Wythevllle, Va., where her girlhood

was spent and where her father, Wil

liam H. Boiling, was a prominent

lawyer.

In the circle of people who have

known Mrs. Gait for many years ?he

has been regarded as sn unusual

beauty, gifted with a natural charm.

Friends spoke of her as being con

stantly sought out as a delightful

companion, remarking especially on

her thoughtfulness and quick capa

city for anything she chose to under

take. Tastes Uke Those of Mr. Wilson.

For many weeks Mrs. Gait and her

relatives have been frequent dinner

guests at the White House. Often

she has accompanied the president

on motor rides. She is not quite as

tall as Mr. Wilson, has dark hair and

dark eyes and always is In stylish at

tire. Her tastes are sard to be strik

ingly similar to those of the presi

dent, with a deep Interest In litera

ture and charity work.

With the marriage of hi two

.laughters and the death of Mrs. Wil

son, more than a year ago, the pres

ident's life has become one of soli

tude. His absorption In official la

bors began to tell on him physically

when a few months ago he began to

take a renewed Interest In personal

affairs his friends and members ot

the family welcomed the distinct

change which it brought about In hit

health and spirits

Formal Announcement I Mde.

Last night at the end of a busy

flay for the president, during which

he snnounced that he would vote for

woman suffrage, tc-fk a firm position

in favor of national defense and re

ceived several callers Mrs. Gait

was a dinner guest at the White

House. At the moment when Secre

tary' Tumulty stood In the executive

office announcing the engagement

to a large number of Washington

correspondents who had been sum

moned for the occasion, the presi

dent and Mrs. Gait were passing the

evening with Dr. Cary Grayson and

Miss P.one in the White House par

lors. The news was given out in a brief

statement, which read:

"The announcement was made to

day of the engasement of Mrs. Nor

man Gait, of this city, and Presldert

Woodrow Wilson."

Anchor Liner In Collision

GLASGOW. Oct. 7. The Anchu

liner Tuscania, from New York, col

lided with an unknown steamer and

sustained slight damage.

NEWS SUMMARY

General.

Allien declare a blockade of the

llulgurlau coa-t.

Second lino of defense of (be Gorman-

in Flanders i- weaketttag-

Preeldent Wilson will h! in De

cember. I ui.

Lee Dale sej itemed t penitentiary

for life.

olson and Johnson given covered

to build libresrj bnlhttag.

Ordinance liai-- minor- from cigar

stores and ,noo bulls.

Happy Canyon netted profit of more

than St.VMt.

f

I ISE1

? ML

French Artillery Pouring an Incess

ant Fire Into the Trenches of the

Kaiser in Flanders.

RETREAT IS BELIEVED NEAR

Teutons Cannot Ing Endure Bom

bardment. It Is Calmed French

Troops Take Tenure With Slight

Ijosscjs Victory Regarded As Im

portant In Deciding Result.

PARIS, Oct. 7. The heavy and

incessant artillery firing for the past

few days has worn down the Ger

man resistance In Champagne, ac

cording to dispatches. The second

line of the Teuton trenches la crumb

ling beneath the shells. Indications

point to a German retirement along

a wide front Tho French capture

of Tahure. and Tahure Heights, with

comparatively slight tosses, was re

torted in last nighfs communique.

French guns blotted out the redoubts

trenches and stone midges conceal

ing the enemy's guns. A few regi

ments stormed the remaining works

and routed the German occupants

with the bayonet.

The Tahure victory Is one of the

most Important successes since the

Initial drive In Champagne swept

the Germans from the first line de

fenses. The east with which the

capture was effected convinces ex

perts that the Bazancourt-Challer-ange

railway, less than two miles

from the French advanced works,

will be pierced within a fortnight,

far some time tho French have been

aiming at this goal, a highly strategic

point lecause of its value to the

Germans as a means of transporting

supplier,

BERLIN, Oct 7. An official state.

inent admitted the French attacks in

the I'hampagne region had driven the

j Teutons from Tahure, but claimed

elsewhere the French were repulsed.

PARIS, Oct 7. Four successive

German attacks west of the Souchez

Angres road were heavily repulsed,

a communique announced. A heavy

bomhardment south of the Somme.

rorth of the Aisne. around Tracy

Val and St. Mard Forest, and the

Andreehy-Danoonrt -Cannet sector

was reported. Counter attacks by

the Germans around Tahure. captured

by the French, were thrown back.

, HAPPY CANYON LEAVES NET

BALANCE OF OVER $1 50TJ

Happy Canyon left a net balance

to the Commercial club of more than

$1500 this year, according to the re

port made by the finance commit

tee This Is about twice the balance

secured a year ago and several hun

dred dollars more than a cursory

summing up showed a few days ago.

The total expense of the show- this

year waj M7S8.lt and the total re

ceipts. Including 6i salvage for

lumber, was $6.7s.4r, leaun:? a

profit of Jl 540.96. This profit will

go t.i the Commercial association

Which staged the show Mat will b?

added to the sinking fund provided

for the refurnishing of the club o.uar-

tera.

The following is the report made

by Chairman W. L. Thompson pf the

finance committee:

K.Menditres.

Labor t 793 19

Lumber and material .... 750.65

Supplies (for saloons

441 63

(Continued on page five. I

EAST 0RE60NIAN WILL

COVER WORLD'S SERIES

EACH DAY PLAY BY PLAY

As usual the Kast i

will take the complete Catted

i'ress report on the world se

ries, giving the ganus plav by

play, so that local fans will

have the benefit of all the news

regarding the great champion

ship games.

This service bai been appre

ciated by local people in the

past and with the Interest that

exists In the coming series the

rep. it will be eagerly looked

for The games eacn day will

be completed in time to allow

the complete report, play by

play, as well as the box score

to be published each afternoon

If you are interested In the

world's series watch tbe Fast

oregonian.

GERMAN

FAST WEAKENING

ALLIED BLOCKADE

0F THE BULGARIAN

COAST UNDER WAY

WILL JOIN GERMANS

i I H

xJtS ... TEE 1

Ave of tHH.WM .

With Bulgaria's entrance into the

war. all the Balkan states are ex

pected to be drawn into the conflict

despite the present attitude of

Greece and Rumania. King Ferdi

nand has had the final word in the

dealing with Russia and the Slav ulti

matum has been rejected. The next

move will be the clash of arms along

the Serbian frontier where already

the Austro-Germans have begun

their invasion.

French Cruiser Sunk.

NEW YORK. Oct. 7. A French

auxiliary cruiser has been sunk, by a

German submarine off the island of

Rhodes, according to messages re

ceived here from Athens.

A factory in Europe that uses or

dinary tar as a basis is turning out

about 100 Ions of artificial rubber a

day.

Dollar Wheat is

Once More Reality;

Up Three cts Today

PORTLAND, ivre. Oct. 7. For the

second lime tlu season dollar wheat

became a reality in the Pacific north

west. Actual sales are confirmed in

I the country on a basis of 99 cents.

; based upon tidewater delivery w hile

la dollar is reported offered In the

i country on the same delivery basis.

Sevetal opttean on large lots of wheat

.are reported in the interior by eastern

j buyers and exporting Interests at a

basis of a dollar, Portland delivery.

The regular Merchant's Kxchange

quotations for Portland today have

been, eiub 93: bluestem 98 t-I.

-Chicago.

At the close today. Dec. $1.3 t-S;

May SI. 06 S-8 asked.

Liverpool (Ti aliadaj )

LIVERPOOL Oct. . Wheat

spot No. 1 Manltoha. IJs id: No .'

Us 11 l-2d: No. S, lis. lid. No. 1

northern Imluth 11 1.1 N'.i e...l

western winter, no stock. No. i hard

winter, no stock.

In American terms the N tern. ... '

price for spot No. 1 is sllghtlv above

II.. 5 per bushel.

People Take Well to News

Montgomery (May Enter Race

Since last evening when It

made known that law enforceie

leaders here had urgra John Ml

gomery to enter the ran for ma

friend of Mr. Montgomery b the

score have been asking him to be a

candidate and are pledging him their 1

support.

Mr. Mintgomer i- Cmatilln c : .

Diplomats Already Reported With

drawn Fom Sofia Declaration

of War is Expected Today

Hostilities Along the Border are

Anticipated Simultaneously With

the Austro-German Drive From

the North.

FRENCH FORCES ARE NEAR

FRONTIER READY TO STRIKE

British Troops are Also Being Lauded

j Id Salonika Allies Notify Greece

That Merchandise Consigned

Through Greece to Bulgaria Will

be Confiscated as Contraband

Austro-German Invasion of Serbia

Announced From Berlin to Have

Already Begun.

BERLIN, Oct. 7 . "Bulgaria ex

pects a declaration of war from the

allies today," a Scafia dispatch said.

LONDON, Oct. 7. With the allied

diplomats reported by Athens already

withdrawn from Sofia, the maelstrom

of war rnnirllv tended toward th

cngulfment of the Balkans. Follow

ing the unsatisfactory reply by Bul

garia to Russia's warlike ultimatum,

and the dispatch of another ultima

tum by Bulgaria tn Serbia, hostilltlea

are expected soon along the Serbo-

! Hungarian border, simultaneously

with the Austro-German attack on

Serbians on the northern frontier.

The first French forces landed at

Salonika are reported to have reach

ed the Serbian frontier near GleTgell.

Other forces continue to land at Sa

lonika, while British forces are said

to be debarking in that vicinity.

ATHENS. Oct. 7. The allies have

notified Greece that all merchandise

consigned through Greece to Bulgaria

will be treated as contraband and con.

flscated. The British minister an-

; nounced a blockade, though no for-

mal declaration of war has passed

j between Bulgaria and the allies. The

allies intend to block Bulgaria In a

j manner similar to the blockade

I maintained against Germany, undef

i the British ordirr in council.

BERLIN. Oct 7 An official an

nouncement of the Austro-German

i invasion of Serbia was made today

I W' . . - .

I e iiae crosseo ine Lranuoe at

.several points." said the statement,

i "We have obtained a firm foothold

; on the eastern bank ot the Drlna and

j the southern banks of the Danube

j and Save."

LONDON. Oct. 7 From Salonika

; it was reported this afternoon, the

French troops are going forward as

; rapidly a railway facilities wtll per

j mit. though the British were report'

ed to N waltlne there for supplies.

Athens is wild with excitement over

j conflTcting rumor about the situa

tion. Reports said Germany undoubt

j ed had given Bulgaria assuranre that

j Greece and Rumania wtll remain

neutral and that for this reason, Bui

garia has assumed a more warlike

! Jsme toward Russia and Serbia thaa

she might otherwise hive done.

25,000 POUNDS OF GUN

COTTON WRECKS PLANT

. KMPORH M. Pa.. Oct 7 The sx

Plosion of 25.000 pound of gun cot

ton at the Aetna Explosive com

pany's plant during the night ki'l i

at least four men an 1 seriously in

jured a doxen other- The cotton

was Isolated In the drvinK- depart

ment so the rest of the big plant

did not suffer The cause of the ex

ploalon was not learned Re porta

said the company was working on :i

tS5.niiA.utia w.,r rd. r f..r 'he allies.

Inaugurate IN.rtiuul - ITf-iuVni

WASHINGTON. Oct. T I'ernardi

no Maehedo was inaugurated as pre.

Iden: of Portugal at Ijslion. are.trd.

ing to advices received here.

m tnager for 'h" P .gel Hound

Warehouse com nam ana all afftaa M

he come "f Main and ''ourt streets

tia seen a perfect tnng of ..tilers

luring the day The north side e.mri.

cilinan is personal! popular with all

who ktwa him and the peasfWI af

his cundlda. . appeal W th. in strong

1. i friend" .re confMeW he Vtl)

the race.