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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 12; 191$ c
NO. 8474
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FRENCH I1TIE
TO 111 ATTACKS
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According to Berlin, However, the
Teutonic Line Withstands Assaults
and Throws Gauls Back. -
LQSSES SAID TO BE 40,000
lYom 400 to 1000 French Soldier
Found Head Near German Trench
vh AfUT ' Ouc Attack Berlin
Claim Offensive Along Mi-uao and
Me.llo Hum IUi Failure.
PARIS, April I2. The French of.
(ciinIvp alioul St. Mllilel Itiw own
halted temporarily offlclul dispatches,
announced. Ponding the redistribu
tion of French force and tlie arrival
of reinforcements, there wan a lull In
4he aUackii agalmt tlie northern (tide
of tlie German wedge. Koine fighting
In In mgrcMH In Lc ITetrle woods and
north of l"oliit-a-Moiiwon, tlie war of
fice stated.
IlKKJ.l N, April 13. The war office
annoumrd tlie French have abandon
ed Uie4r orfenNlve In the region of
Verdun, Nalnt Mlhlct and Polnt-a
Mournon, tcniporarllj' at least.
BERLIN, April 11. ANer week
of desperate fighting the attempt of
the French to crush the German
wed ire between the Meuse and the
Mocelle rivers In France haa been de
feated with enormous losses, accord
ing to dispatches. The French loss
In variously estimated from fifteen to
forty thousand killed, wounded,
and miming. The figures are based
on reports that 400 to 1000 bodies
were In front of the yarlons German
posit Ions.
The attacks of the French contin
ued with extreme ferocity, the dis
patches stated, but the enemy was
declared lo have suffered a definite
check on both sides of the Saint Ml
hlel wedge.
After sacrificing more than a rel
tnent In the assaults, the French ad
vanced a few hundred vnrds In the
center of the Saint Mihlel-Etnln line
on the northern side of the wedgo. It
was admitted. The Germans, how
ever, deny they can advance further,
due to the German artillery dominat
ing the ground to which they advanc
ed. Plans of the allies to direct an
offensive against the German wedge
In order to disorganize the plans for
resisting attack In the Carpathians
were declared to be a' failure.
A downtown irpartment house In
Buffalo Is equipped with 95 electric
rsnges.
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP IS
ASHORE OFF GOAST JAPAN
MINNESOTA, ACCORDING TO UK-
PORTS, NOT BELIEVED TO
BE IN DANGER.
SEATTLE, April 11. Hard aground
-on a rock In the Inland sea, Japan
the liner Minnesota Is disabled with
two holes stove In her side below the
watcrline. The passengers were
transferred to the liner Oanfa and
taken to Kobe. This Information was
received by the general office of the
Great Northern Steamship, the own
ers of the Minnesota from Captain
Garllck. The Minnesota may be
floated at high tide.
TOKIO, April 12. The American
steamship Minnesota la ashore In the
Inland sea, Japan, according to gov
ernment dispatches. It 1 not believ
ed to be In danger.
The first government dispatches
brought no details of the accident to
the Mlnensota, excepting to Indicate
that passengers and crew were not
Imperiled. Vessels are rushing to
the assistance.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Torre Haul- poUtlcinns sentenced
to federal prison.
British squadron reported engaged
with German fleet In tho North sea.
French lialt offensive In St. Mllilol
region temporarily,
American steamship asliore of!
roast of Japan.
Ciar'H army lit on tlio offensive,
long 200 nillo battle line. -
Ijoc1.
llellwlg Bredlng Maimed 1 times
li an unknown assailant.
All (logs In Umatilla county will
liave) to bo niu.led.
Government to send Investigators
to Umatilla project.
Pilot Rock beatsj Pendleton In open
ing game.
CMS US 0
OFfEHSIVE Oil 200
IE BATTLE 111
Russians are .Preparing Rapidly for
New Invasion of Bukowina After
Carpathian Successes.
STEADY ADVANCE CONTINUES
Austrian are Reinforced at Vwok
Pans but According to Petrograd
Fail to Stop March of Slavs Hou
mania SUiim Supplied Through Ter
ritory u l arks,
PKTROGRAD, April 12. The arm
ies of the rzar are now on the offen
sive along a 200 mile battlefront ex
tending through the Carpathians to
the Roumanian frontier. Semi-official
dispatches declared that as the
campaign for the Invasion of Hun
gary Is proceeding, the extreme left
of the Russian line is preparing for
Important operations to regain Czer
nowlts. the capital of Bukowina. A
new invasion of Rukowlna is about lo
begin according to reports. !
The Austrians defending t'szok pass
have been reinforced. At all points
In the Carpathians the Russians con-,1
tinue to advance, it was stated.
BUCHAREST. April 12. Further'
transportation of war munitions for'
Turks through Roumania will not be
Permitted. It was announced that an
order has been issued prohibiting
shipping arms and ammunition from
Germany to Constantinople through
Roumanlun territory.
BERLIN, April 12. Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg has no fear for Ger
many from Kitchener's new British
army, , .'., .'-
"Kitchener has a million soldiers,
but no real army,' he told corres
pondents of neutral nations. "He haa
Just a uniformed crowd. Officers
and non-commissioned officers lack
the experience of the Germans who
have generations of military training
behind them."
RAILROAD HEARING FOR
LOWER RATES IS BEGUN
C.WAl. COMPKTITION BRINGS
PKT1TION FROM TRANStX)N
TIXENTAL ROADS.
WASHINGTON, April 12. A hear
ing before the Interstate Commerce
commission called as a result of pro
posals by transcontinental railroads
with terminals at Portland, Seattle
and Tacoma that they he permitted
lo establish lower rates to Interior
cities in the northwest because of ca
nal competition, began today. It may
prove to be one of the Important
hearings held by that body.
An electric oven In Toronto turns
out nearly 1000 loaves of bread a
day.
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British torpedo boaU In their efforts'
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to save scores of German sailors
from a battleship that was sinking,
Captures Two Aviators
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Adolph Pegoud, the .daring French I April . Pegoud attacked the Ger
avij.t,.r brought down a German Taube ma" Hlrcraft an1 6m ' to earth with
whlrh he attacked near St. Mene
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US EFJM1 111 DICE
Hellwlg Bredlng, familiarly known
as "Dutch" Bredlng among his many
friends In this city. Is lying at St An
thony's hospital with a dozen knKe
wounds In his head and body as the
result of a cutting scrape at German
hall, north of this city, during the
early hours of yesterday morning.
His assailant whose name Is withheld
by witnesses either from a design to
shield him or through ignorance of It,
Is not In custody and no report of the
assault has been made to the offi
cers. It is not known Just how serious
are the Injuries of Bredlng., the
principal danger being from Infec
tion, but, according to the doctor's
statement, had not a rib turned t'.e
point of the knife It would have en
tered the heart In one of the m-;d
shashes; An examination showed 1!
different wounds, eight of which had
to be closed with stitches. The wourl
In the chest that no narrowly missed
the heart and one In the abdomen ex
tending through all of the tissues to
the last lining are the most serious. !
There were two cuts above the left
eye. one on the hack of the head, oi.e
on the neck and a number of otheis.
So .far hia condition Is very satisfac
tory hut It ts too early yet to tell
whether Infection will develop.
. , No full account of the fight which
resulted so bloodily has been obtain
ed owing to the hesitancy on the prt
of witnesses to divulge their knowl
edge. One account has It that the
unknown assailant, who had been
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after she had been bombarded. Buti
while the torpedo boats were hard at
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work In a heavy sea, with a terrlfio
wind blowing, Zeppelins dropped
m tr IF.
hiioi snois. He then landed and j
took prisoner the German pilot and;
his observer.
ill SERIOUSLY
drinking and was In a quarrelsome
mood, became Involved in an alter
cation with Billj Bredlng, fifteen
year old brother of Hellwlg Bredlng,
snl was Just about to strike him
when the elder brother interfered
pushing him backward. Blows follow
ed, according to the story, and te
unknown was knocked down either by
Bredlng or someone else.
When he got up, according to re
ports, he had a knire and attacked
Breding savagely, striking him fre
quently. One of the bystanders
knocked the man down, one report
has it, while another ts to the effect
that Bredlng kept on fighting after
he had been cut and was atop his as
sallant on the floor when bystanders I
interfered.
Bleeding from his wounds, he was
Uken by friends to an automobile,
where he collapsed. Me was rushed
to the hospital here and Dr. Rlngo
summoned to dress his wounds.
What became of the man with the
knife after the fight remains a mys
tery. According to the Dest Informa
tion obtainable, friends took him In
charge and rushed him away. All
witnesses whb have been Interviewed
either refuse to discuss the matter or
declare the man waa a atrangr
whose name was unknown.' Breding
at the hospital declares he knows tVe
man but refuses to tell his name.
One 'well known youth of this city,
who Is said to have taken the man
(Continued qn page four.)
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bombs on them from above. How'
mJlny "r,ltlsn 0'"ana were kiil-
ed In this way will never be known,
But botn S,08 suffered, and the
bombs, of course, Interfered with the
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GIVEriFOIl
GUILT, OE FRIO
Terre Haute Politicians Sent to the
Federal Prison for From Three to
Six Years.
FINES ARE ALSO IMPOSED
Mayor Roberta Draw Sentence Six
Year and U lined i(MI!) Others
are Treated in Same Severe Man
ner (to Grow Out of I Motion
Frauds In Vigo County.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 12. Prison
sentences of from three to six years
and fines ranging from 1300 to J2000
were imposed upon the Terre Haute
politicians convicted of conspiracy as
a result .of election frauds in Vigo
county. Mayor Roberta was sentenced
to six years in federal prison and fin
ed $2000.
Sheriff Dennis Shea and Eli Red
man, a circuit court Judge, each was
sentenced to five years and fined
11000. Harry Montgomery, president
of the Terre Haute board of works
George Erenhardt, a member of the
board, Ed Driscoll, assistant .city en
gineer and Thomas Smith, each was
sentenced to three years and fined
$500. Others received lesser penal
ties. In all 27 were convicted and 89
pleaded guilty.
Lands in the 5th
Unit of Project
Are Thrown Open
SECRETARY OF THK 1NTC1UQR
HAS Jl ST ISSl ED MOTICE TO
THIS EFFECT.
WASHINGTON. April 1 The
secretary of the Interior has just Is
sued a public notice opening to entry
and irrigation certain lands within
the Fifth I'nit of the Umatilla irri
gation project, Oregon. The lands
consist of only 250 acres, divided into
nine farm units.
According to the terms of the pub
lic notice, the binds will be open to
entry at the local land office at La
Grande, Oregon, on and after May 1,
1915, and no entryman will be given
prior right on account of any settle
ment or filing made before that date.
The farms average about 20 acres
each. The construction charge is $70
per acre, payable as follows: Three
dollars and a half per acre as an Initi
al instalment, at the time of making
entry and water right application; no
further payments on account of the
construction charge will be required
for five years, after which the first
five annual instalments shall be S
per cent of the construction charge,
and the remainder shall each be 7
per cent thereof per annum, or $4.90
per acre, until the whole amount
shall be paid. The first of the annual
Instalments will become due and pay-
(Continued on page 4.)
WARSHIP
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rescue of the drowning Germans. The
photouraph was taken from one of
the British torpedo boats by a sailor
and It has Just reached the United,'
States. '
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In Fight to Stop
Spread .of Rabies,
All Dogs Muzzled
l-OTAI, CAMXF.S COME INDER
BAN OF STATE LIVESTOCK
SANITARY HOARD.
Every dog In Pendleton and Uma
tiila county will have to wear a muz
le unless actually used In herding
stocks Such la the dictum of the
state livestock sanitary board, ac
cording to a Salem dispatch. This
county wis included with ten others
in a quarantine district, the purpose
of creating which Is to prevent the
.pread of rabies which has become
so prevalent.
The I'ollowing dispatch under a Sa
lem date line tells of the action of the
board:
To prevent the spreading of rabies
the Stite Livestock Sanitary board, at
a meeting held here today. Issued an
order placing 11 counties under quar
antine. It was announced that the
disease had been communicated by,
coyotes to horses, dogs, cats and oth
er nn'mals In eight counties In the
eastern part of the state. The coun
ties included In the quarantine are
Lake. Harney, Crook, Baker, Umatil
la Malheur. Wheeler and Union.1
whete rabies prevails, and Multno-j
malt, ClackamaLS and Jackson, to
wbieh It is feared the disease may
spread.
The order requires that all dogs,
unless used In herding livestock, be
muzzled. State Veterinarian Lytle.
who attended the meeting, said that
all violators of the quarantine would j
be punished to the fullest extent of I
the law, the penalties being fines
from $50 to $100 for each offense.
sir. Ljlle announced that all peace
officers would be called upon for as
sistance In enforcing the order. The
veterinarian declared that conditions
were especially alarming In- Lake
county, rabid coyotes and dogs run
ning the range In large, numbers. He
said that many cattle and a number
of persons had been bitten there.
FREE WATER FOR PARKS
ENDORSED BY SOKRYILLE
SUGGESTION MADE BY EAST ORE
GONIAN RECEIVES UNQUAL
IFIED SUPPORT.
Dr. E. J. Sommerville is openly in
support of a suggestion made recently
by the East Oregonian that the city
provide water free for the irrigation
of the parkings
"I know for myself It is much
trouble and considerable expense to
care for the parkings. There a.e
people who neglect the parkings be
cause of the expense of the water, If
the city would provide water free for
this purpose it would encourage peo
ple everywhere to keep their park
ings in nice shape. It would only be
fair for the reason the parking is part
of the street and is not private prop
erty." Dr. Sommerville says he has taken
the matter up with Mr. Strain of the
water board and he believes there is
some sentiment on the board for al
lowing water free for parkings. If
the matter is pressed by those inter
ested and by such organizations as the
civic club and the rose show club he
believes that the end may be attained.1
HE FROM WASHINGTON
TO VII UMATILLA PROJECT
The government project at HermLs-
ton w ill be visited this summer by aj
cemmittee from the national house of I
representatives, according to a dis
patch from Washington, and it U be
lieved that the visit will prove a
strong factor in advancing work or.
the West Extension. Representative j
Fit- Gerald will hend the committee
which will leave Chicago at-out Jjnoi
I fir a 60 day tour of all government
projects. There will be ten in the!
Party. j
The despatch from Washington says:
in part: j
Tlie trip this summer is ' deiKnel
both to enable the committee to as-!
certain what has been done by the
reclamation service in the past and:
what remains to be done In the fu
ture. I
The committee plana to go from!
Chicago to the Rio Grande project in J
Texas and New Mexico, thence to th
Pacific coast, doubling back from;
Sun Francisco through Nevada, Utah
ind Wyoming, and thence north to!
Montana and then back to the Pa
cific coast over the northern route.
Oprtunlty Given Oregon.
Besides Representative Fltwerald.
It Is expected that Representatives I
Mondell of Wyoming; Sherley, otj
Kentucky; Page of North Carolina;)
Glllett of Massachusetts; Borland, of'
M'ssourl, and other will make the
trip. T. j
The visit of the committee to Ore
gon will afford opportunity to the dt-
BRITISH SQUAD
HEWED m
II THE NORTH SEA
German Vessels Numbering From
15 to 25 Warships Said to Have
Eluded Allied Blockade.
BATTLE MAY BE IN PROGRESS
CaanoniwUng Is Heard hy Rel.lTit1
of Sartor Hlaml, According to Re.
ports Reaching London from Scan
dinavlaa Sources Gun Fire Re
ported seen Far Out on Horizon.
LONDON. April 12. Reports that,
a German squadron has escaped the
blockade- and la being engaged by
British warships south of Bergen
were received from a number of
Scandinavian porta. The admiralty
refused to comment. Scandinavian
captains from Conenhas-en reoorted
sighting from 15 to 25 German war
ships in the North sea. 459 miles
from Heligoland, on Wednesday or
Thursday. Norwegian papers at Ber
gen printed stories of rumors of a na
val battle fought off Sartor Island.
The stories declared cannonading had
been- heard and gun fire seen on the
horizon. Windows of houses on the
island rattled.
NORTH BANK ROAD MOST ..,
CEASE STEAMER OPERATION
ISTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION MAKES AX IMPORT
ANT RULING IN CASE.
Of significance In view of the com
pletion of the Celilo canal is a 8e
cation rendered Saturday at Washing
ton by the Interstate Commerce,
Commission in which it Is ruled the
Nerth Bank road (Spokane. Portland
Seattle) must cease operating
steamers on the Columbia river. (
The decision was given with refer
ence to the boats of The Dalles, Port
land and Astoria Navigation com
pany, owned by the Nerth Bank
toad and is In conformity with the
Panama canal act which forbids rail
roads o operate steamer lines In
competition with their rail lines.
Under the provisions of the Pana
ma canal act neither the North Bank
road nor the O-rW. R. & X. Co. may
run steamers on the Columbia for
the reason each company haa a line
extending along the river.
With the railroads prohibited from
operating steamers on the river the
navigation business will rest entirely
with Independent companies and It
Is the presumption that real com
petition will ensue between the river
and the rail lines.
The largest flour mill In the world,
located at Minneapolis, la equipped
with 5580 horse power In electric
motors. A number of very large mo
tors are used. This mill In one day
turned out 1,125 barrels of flour.
Uens of that state, through appropri
ate officials and commercial bodies,
to Impress on the active appropriating
aeeney of congress the Injustice that
has been done Oregon In the past
distribution of reclamation funds. At
the recent session. Representative
Sinnott made a series of arguments
before this committee, when ha was
endeavoring to secure an appropria
tion of $45i). ono for a central OrvKori
project, anil he did suc-eed In con.
vir.cing the cmntmit.... (hat Oregon
bad not. in the past, had a f.i.r iI.m!.
"hen the appropriations coniml'uo
is in Oregon there will be opportun
ity to back up the representation
heretofore made by Representative
Slnnntt.
Umatilla K.(iiion mv IU Vlcwct.
While the committee n visiting llio
Umatilla project It probably will hive
time to look over the Went Extension
for Which no appropriation1 has yet
been made other ttian for the flr-t
or eravlty unit. Tentatively approved
the main part of the West Extension
is et to be formally adopted, an I
no appropriations will be ttivln for
the storaite part of that project until
j recommendation thi'r. f.ir Is ma'ts
by the secretary of tlie Interior.
If the committee, ntn r looking ovei
the West Extension, regard the pro
ject as likely to prove a husim-im ;'
cess, the appropriations for corntrij'.
tlon will be more readily secured,
whenever they are recommended
the secretary of the Interior.