East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 25, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO A I) V K KTLSEI18. Tin- Heat Oregi.nlan liua the lurgest paid clnsaltthM "f any paper In ttroguQ, eaat of 1'iirtlaiid and over twice the rln iilalluu Id I'eadlrtno of any other newapaper. Eorwaat for Eastern Oregon hjr V I'nltrd RMM ttfalher observer I i r I , ii ) Fair tonight COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916. NO. F RENGH HOLDING OFFENSIVE BACK AROUND VERDUN Drive Apparently Is Chocked After Germans, at GreatSacrifice, Cap ture Several Outlying Points. RENEWAL OF DRIVE EXPECTED The work of Completing the finan i tench Itorcew Fortify I'otdtioiw lo I clal arrangement! for the new oom Meet TWaaOa Attacks Berhn Be. puny Is still underway here and the tiara French Have Los EktornaCHm workers ure mooting w ith aucces Several Village Stormed Bin' j vi sterdu some soliciting was carried Pakea hi Kaisai! Troop. Ion by a committee composed of J. F. Robinson, J. v. Tallman and Waatey l.uNIinN, Kch. 25. The ! n n. 1. .ue checking the German drive against Verdun and apparently at'J holding their own except at a few mi nor potato, u special dlapatch from. I'urls declared With the capturing of -umogncux and other poaltlona east-1 ward, the Germans are within twe ! miles "f Fort Douamont. within easy i range Of Tavennes and Vaux. The gun Of these positions are trained Oat i he attacking forces, while a peril-' oua fire can be directed from field redoulMs and advanced trenches The Franca ball ere the verdun offensive I is about to fall because of the enor mous coat In human H'e. The French have heen aware ol j Oarmaa preparations for some weeks.) 1'attles between airmen and bomb at-j i n kj against artillery positions bare been constant over the battlefields. The Preni h were aligned In their ef fort to prevent the Teutons closing in on Verdun, from their positions six id linht mile distant. HKUI.IN. Feb 25 The Freud. oases around Verdun have been very leavy, while the Qennan losses are Oil such us might have been expected headquarters announced. The sm . .tint of booty taken wee nvl compil-.-I Fortified vlllngee and farms five miles north of Verdun, were stormed and captured. Prlaom-rs la ke In the drive number in. (100 The towns taken Include Champeuxvill I oteUtte, Marmont. t'hambrette and i M-nes PARIS, Feb. 25 The German ". fenatve against Verdun is slackening. It was announced this afternoon Mo t o ks were made last night and ar tillery firing ha become less violent The French artillery is holding its , wn along the II mile front There Is . r indication the offensive hH checked, temporarily at least I be French are organising new posi tions behind Beaumont Heights, eaat nf Cham pneUlVlll and south of (irncf near eritun ine me i'io'"'"i meet the expected renewal Of drive tin State Convention of W.C.T. U.May j be Held in City MOVEMENT Is BEGIN HERE nU Mi l TING IV CTTV DURING mai l ALL, To bring the annual W '. T. 0. tale convention to Pendleton this fall la the purpose of movement now on hare In which the w. C T. C. organ isation and the Pendleton Commercial ,'i..i, :.rc cooDeratlnaT. If sue. eaaful, .1 will mean an Important convent ,,i the citj In October, iaist roar the rentlon mel at Mewberg and j del. sates attended Should the, onrention coma here it Is estimated! the attendance will be equally large The selection of a meeting fnr the slate i .invention rests place with i b executive committee which is to meet In Portland March 6. nine Mis J. c Wood worth At that count..' i, rcsidcm for UnattUa county, will i, resent an Invitation to Pendleton In i.ehnlf Of the Pendleton W. C t. r ind the Commercial club. W ItiiKC local iresliient, Mrs. (I Is also working on the suhject. The stale i .invention bus never heen held In Pendleton and seldom If ever has the convention Come east of the Cascade mountain) Accordingly the . halm for recognition this year will tie bused largely on the argument that cistern nregon is ontttled to the meet ing. The state convention usually lusts i rm a period of three days and the at tendance la drawn from the various OOmmUnlty leaders In the association's work throughout the state. Alaska's Tnulr Ilalancc Gains. H'ASIIINOTON, Fob 11. Alaskn'a trade with the outside world Increase ri $12,000,000 last year, according to ilgtires siude public uy the depart ment of commerce The balance of trade In the territory's furor was 127. 000,000 Exports were valued St f,(i, 000,000 and imports at 128,000.-000. Site for Proposed Harvester I Company's Plant is Secured Near the Round-Up Grounds A Hit for the location of the Blew, I raised anil lomt go i tt Harvester Co.'a plant has been se. hi.ve bMO promised Curad In the tract of land on West!v'"y' Court street directly opposite the i.iiunu-up graiiusianii. rnp tract Is 410 bv 100 feet and a bargain for the mil has been closed with the Mat lock entate. the purchase price being I $6000, The location affords the com pany a conneotlon with ioth the o.- W, R. & N. and the Northern Pacific tracks. Matlock Among those signing BP lor stock yesterday were Dr. F. W Vincent, manager Pacific Power at L:ght Co.. IGOO; The Peoples Ware house ir.uu and H. V. Collins. $300 Other subscriptions are being recelv eu today and the committee is con fident that within a few days time the needed amount will be secured Approximately $9000 is yet to be Wealthy Victims of "Badger" Game Will be Called to Give Testimony When Trial Starts SEATTLE, Feb. 23 Wealthy vie tlma of the Seattle "badger" gang will be called as witnesses when the oaa against ixiuls Slchler, Isabel clayburg and Lillian Peterson, comes to trial. Prosectuor l.undln assured this to day. A new complaint against Sti ti ler Is being riled, charging conspiracy to blackmail a vveuithy mining pro moter. Miss Clayburg will be extradit Crones May IP- on Freest I'S ANOlUn, Feb. :3 Search for Jean Crones, sought by the Chica go police In connection with the pois oning of soup at a recent bunu.uet. was turned to the Pacific const when Chief of Polios Snlvely received . telegram from the Chicago police d.--purtmcnt expressing u bel ef that the man had come to Uis Angeles, where under another name, he Is said at one time to have worked as a chef. Cronos was employed at the U.s Angeles Countrj club In Itli and itu. it Is feared he may have returned here to ds namlte the club, as per found In his room. thrc Picture of Chicago Poison Victim This artistic study shows a good Ilk enrss of Miss Mariam Lambert, the Highland Park. III., high school rl whose body was found In the woods Kubscriptiona a tentative L, wett. pre! dent and tnana. company, left this after- I noon for Spokane to close up some business thai He will be back Mon- day and Intends bringing his superin Undent with him so as to take up im mediately the task of constructing tin needed building! here with a view to getting equipped and ready for op eration at the earl est possible mil' The plans for estalilishinL- the har vester factory here are still contin gent on raising a certain amount of money locally. However the amount needed Is so small that It is assumed the sum can be fullv raised so all Preparations are being made for go ing ahe-id. The harvester enterprise Is aroua j ln much enthusiaui among business 1 men and farmers who are acquaint. Bd with the machine. One feature of! strength about the scheme is the fact that owners of Hlewett harvesters are strong boosters for the machine- and for the location of the factorv here. tnd also Miss ed on the same charge Peterson If Bhe is apprehended. Pho tographs of the wealthy and promi nent victims in compromising situa tions will be used as evidence. It was reported a wealthy landlord hurried to l.os Angeles immediately after the tor) was published. Lundln declares a woman involved in the blackmailing Is now collecting his rentals. Indians Murder Igent FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.. Feb. 11. Leo ran. . Indian agent at Keams Can-j rir. was killed by Indians last Friday, according to unconfirmed re - porta received here from (iallup. N. m. and Kolbrook Ariz Efforts to confirm the report nave been unsuc- cessful friendly Indian who arrived here from Keams Canyon stated that the I Navajo, Apache and were planning to go Yaqui Indians on the "war- uh." within three months and that , Mexicans would fight with them. of the Chicago suburb, snd for whose murder William Urpet. University of Wlaoonstlt Junior, is now being held li n custody. . J aaa Blizzards Hinder Russian Pursuit of Turkey's Army OTTOMAN FORt I IDLING li k BEFORE OFF! VslVE r THE ORAM) DUKE PETROQRAD, re Modeling the Fel,. -Blutsarda zcruni. The Slav rittht wing is ap proaching Hlsch, east of Trebizond. The Russians dislodged thi- Turks fiom the fortifications at Btdeswlth in the mountain passes, The Turks are retreating toward Kurmaneah. ON PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON; Web. IS. Repre- seiiiauve stepnen suggested mat tne j j house naval committee transfer the ; n serve ships of the Atlantic fleet to j the Pacific coast. Admiral Wlnslow, Pacific fleet commander, said this was inadvisable now. He expressed j the desire to keep the Atlantic fleet Intact. He favored improving facili ties on the Pacific coast. He said he j thought Puget Sound yard should be;an offer from the president to take better prepared, though he regarded I it questionable w hether the nation ' cessor to tjeorge I . Marye, who re should spend money on Mure Island. I signed. Mr. Francis has not replied He would favor sending a board o(;'P1 '0 the president. .. .o ,e ia. .... cast in locate J ne" ,ard- He ,a:u """marines .... ,.,- ou.u .j. Ue nuMT.it, is unoerstooa his health has been and counselled the construction of . so impaired that further residence ia iaiei types inun now usea. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. TO MEET HERE A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION I W1IJ, HE KOILMED AT ' To discuss various subjects pertain- j ing to school work the superintend-i ents and principals in t'matilla coun- ' ty wl" mcet ln thls c!tv tomorrow. I Sessions will be held both morning i M(, ;,fternoon mMtin(1 havej been held annually for several years' j at the call of the county superintend-! ent and It is planned to form an or-j ganlzation tomorrow. Between l'ii and instructors are' expected t be present at the meeting j tomorrow. Among the subjects to be i discussed will he "The Professional i Certificate." "School Industrial Fairs," j "High School Tuition Law," "School Budgets,' 'The County Athletic an 1 j Declamatory Contests,' and "The ' Spelling Contest." The professional certificate to be discussed is a certificate given by the , state superintendent as recognition to those teachers who prove themselves successful and progressive by meet ing certain qualifications. These cer. tlflcntea may be used IS credential;) by teachers going from one county tn another. Wheat Regains Old Position Following Sensational Decline CHICAGO, Feb. 25. After .1 sen sational slump esterday. wheat ad vanced sharply In the early trading today The market seemed confi dent. May wheat sold at ll'j 1-1 CHlCAi May, ll. -4, Jul? Portland. PORTLAND, Feb. 25 'lub. ai-t.v, blueatan. 1 ivcrpool, UVBRPOOL, Feb. Wheat Spot No. I hard winter, new, 111 ii No. 2 hard winter, choice. Us 7 1-1; No I red western winter. Ill ,i in American terms the top Liver-1 pool prices for No. 2 hard winter Is 12 13 per bushel e EsKl txl 11 nr. bi t PASSENGERS RESt I ED NORWOUC, Feb. 25 The liners Cretan and Dorothy, un der their own steam, are expect ed here tonight following a col lision last night off Thimble Shoals The Cretan has a big hole In eer starboard bow. Seventy five of the Cretan pas sengers and crew are aboard the Dorothy. j MHItKHHKt MaySucceed Marye as Envoy to Russia WWWW' David rjzfiHr$. WASHINGTON I It. Francis of .St. FEU. L,a4,u Louis, secretary of I 'he interior under Cleveland and at lone lime governor of Missouri, has ! the ambassadorship to Russia as sue. . reason has been announced for Ambassador Maryes resignaUon, but the Russian c inate mieht .iutme his life. He has Informed the state depart ment that his formal letter of reslg nation has been mailed from Petro grad. He is expected to start for the nlted States Immedlatelv after the (arrival of Fred Morris Dearing, who j ,0 Intimidate them after the train was has been transferred from Madrid to ! stoppd Petrograd as first secretary of embas- Germany Said to Ask Definition of Defenses on Ships UNCONFIRMED MESSAGE SATS THIS CONTAINED IN BER LINS REPLY. LOND reply to M, Feb. 25. Germany's America's refusal to accept I merchantmen decree. ask the armed met America to df ments. an unc ine defensive arma - nfirmed Amsterdam The reply should reach Washington within Officials believe Qermanj few days. prepared to yield rather than break with Am- erica. According to the Amsterdam mes - sage, von Jagow asks what size guns America deems necessary for de-i fense of merchantmen in view of her pi mention that these ships have the defensive belligerent ith comi arm am ship; long negotiations between unt I excitement subsides. th- nations Then Cer- many will find a gracef-.ii way of ex- " eating herself from her awkward Position. The Amsterdam report up- j set the English forecast that Herman? ! Intended to defy America. Wcalthv Hanker Kitted. SAN JOSE, Calf., Feb. I'V Fight ing With a burglar In the dark kitchen 1 Ol it s home tleorge Jones. 10, a weal, thy retired banker, was stabbed to j death while his wife groped in a room Ifor her husband, thinking he was IUf 1 1". ring from nightmare Pi rlvanta railroads ar killed 112 p. last lain. ! NEWS SUMMARY General. French art" holding Gonna a offen--lr at Verdun. BjuulltN h.ild-iip N. I' train rn-or Siattlc and i-mhih- with bH. CaUnd ands iiidb behind wu- sou In his fight against un n, Am sficntM ;u.;.ii-i truvellug on artiuil ; sltH-. LocaL IllcwOt liai liatll fs1or l ho built i-i-.it.- Round-up part. SliUo W. C. T. V. iiiienlln Invlt il to imt-t hw. I Tim puls of BtxaOOll In (XMHst BK here tomorrow. In Two Bandits Hold up N.P. T in and EsK.ch Loot in A. etrJOBD MKX. N'KAK fMt , STEAL FIVE POUCHES REGISTERED MAIL. TOCO MA, Feb. 25 It was learned this afternoon that more than 6fO0 I in negotiable paper in registered mall sent from Tacoma alone was the booty of the bandits who held up the North COM Limited. Post office Inspectors j are checking the parcels and letters i contained in the registered bags. No I word has been received from railroad j agents with posses who are searching ' for the two handits. SBATTLK, Feb. 25 Two ban'it.". heavily armed, held up the Northern Pacific's eastbound North Coast lim ited train near Covington. 25 miles east of Seattle last night, and after uncoupling the baggage and mail cars which they ran a short distance up the track, stole five pouches of reg istered mail which had Just been re ceived from the orient and was be ing forwarded to New York. The bandits Vseil five charges of dynamite in an attempt to blow open the express safe but reports received shortly before midnight said the sjfe had withstood the effects of the ex- i plosions. Officials of the Northern Express company said the safe con- tained nothing but comoam reports being forwarded to St. Paul Htm Kngtur Two Mllea. After robbing the mall car and fail ing to blow open the express safe the robbers uncoupled the engine which they ran two miles up the track W within a mile of Ravendale. where they abandoned the engine and ea- leaped Into the surrounding forest Four of the registered mall pouch- es were found on the floor of the en- . cine cab The. nnnche. h.a k open and letters and packages rifled. Postoffice officials were unable to make even a guess as to the value of the loot obtained by the robbers. The passengers were not molested, although they were badly frightened I ' "e fobbers who fired several shots PENDLETON HIGH 6IRLS . DEFEAT ATHENA, 27 TO 10 ROYS CLASH WITH LA GRANDE TONIGHT IN I AST GAME OF THE SEASON. Pendleton high girls won from Athena last night 27 to 10. The game was fast and furious throughout. A large crowd from Pendleton was pre? ent on the side Uses to help the girls win. This is perhaps the last game the girls will play this year. Tonight Pendleton high school inlas La Grande high for the eastern v"egon cn.impionsnip. Resides the ! regular game a preliminary will be r'ayed by a class team. The whistle 1 h,ows at 7 45 o'clock. Except along the Caspian coast. ! Persian agriculture is dependent al- entirely on irrigation. I - Noted Author in Serious Condition LONDON, Feb The Uhaeaw el Henry James, the author. Is M serl. ous that even a temporary Improve metil In his com! tlon is not expect ed, but because of the nature of hla malady it cannot be sa d to be Im mediately critics!. CABINET STANDS SOLIDLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT Lusitania Case Will Not be Closed While Armed Merchantmen Decree Threatens Former Pledges. WARNING QUESTION BLOCKED Wlhon Ri-fuxx to Budge from m.ui.1 Tliat Amrrhttiu Arc Kntitlcal fi Every Right MMgagaj II l.l- Tliat paama imn-jr.- Int'-rttatsmuil l-aw (lark U (RpiHMnl. WASHI.VGTIN. Feb. ;r. Argtt ments of the house conrereeg today failed to swerve President Wilson from the stand that Germany's armed 'merchantmen decree traasgressea In ternational law. After an hour's see ; slon with Speaker Clark and Repre sentatives Kltchin and Flood, there still was a disagreement between the ; president and congress about the de cree. Must lUx-ncrnise Rights. Wilson emphatically declared h I would not budge from tne plan of in I stating that Germany recognise ever; I American right Clark replied Just a 1 positively that the house overwhelm ingly Is In favor of Issuing a warn- ing. After much argument, all prom : Ised Wilson to prevent the house tak 1 Ing action today. Flood nrf rwaasi said they had heard rumors that the Germans intended to postpone the on eration of the decree. Warnina notation When the senate convened. Gore immediately introduced a bill making It illegal for Americans to travel on armed vessels during the war and al so a resolution warnm them to re frain from such travel. The senate tabled the Jones resolution request ing the president not to sever dippy, matic relations with any nation and not place America In a position where she could not honorably avoid a war The senate confirmed the nomlm tlon of Henry Fletcher as ambassa i ir to Mexico. Cabinet Racks Wilson After a two hour session rh. kl. net declared itself solidly behind the j president and resolved not to close , I. , r..i. i ... w.e i-usiuinia case wntle the armed merchantmen decree threatens to in validate the previous rii.ttaro. pledges. Leaving the conference this morn ing. Clark said: j "I told the president what the sen timent in the house is Stone s letter j and the president's reply are the last words on both sides of the question, i There is a rumor the Germans will : postpone the operation of the decree I I am Just guessing at this, but If true, jit will give us more time for 1)0 Isold , eration. The sum ana substance ef ; the conference, outside explaining the : temper or tne house and much argu 1 Ing on both sides. Is that the sltna I tion is fully set out in the two letters There was u great deal of talk about international law unit prccedi at, which is unnecessary to repeal." I iimpronif.se Mine started A compromise movement developed in congress to f.ivor the passage of resolution to prescribe tn. euefaitm I caliber of defense armament on ships I and warning Americans not t . travel , on ships carrying ainesnllu arma i ment. Some think it will be poaMble ,' to influence the president ti kpprova thi plan. j t:son expressed his -I sol.- i.ure rvr the publicity given the differ . ; tween himself and congress lie snol ; this was Irritating and capable of mls I interpretation which would perhap .make Germany less willing to make concession. Rryan endorsed th.- warning til a I with a telegram to Representative Bailey, saying: 1 "If congress ha, th,- ruin 10 de. I ir 'war. It certainly h.ci 11. tight I mote peace and retra;n rttlaens fr..n ! taking r sks CAPTAIN TELLS OF WORK ' OF GERMAN RAIDER MOEWE TBNERIFr-K. F-l '.i Tk- ct- rian sea raider bf oewa aarrssd Mrt I ish commerce off s. -on v, , . , tween January and rehrtsary . according to the captain sf no virtlma which arti.-. 1 , , Mo. -we sneoantef ed tha nsg British steamer ITiameneo enrol v.tipura a.. she attempted e - and wirelessed for ne:p she overtaken and anna ifter two ne seaman was drowned anil wounded The captain of tha aamed vtctln aid thr u . ., her a. wag toll the steamer drbridae Into the m of the Arnaaon Iranafem-d hrr and then- sank her .U'lt al