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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast fur Eastern OtsjsjM bj the United Mate) Weather iilwiercr at Portland TO ADVERTISERS. Tin' Kaat Oregonlan liaa the largest paid circulation ut any paper In Or agon, east of Portland and over twice the circulation In Pendleton of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL i'.U KI VOL. 28 DAILY FAST ORFGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916. n'i i. 8748 GERMAN ATTACK NOW CENTERS AT PEPPER HEIGHTS Forces of the Kaiser are Trying to Smash Way to Verdun But French Continue to Hold Back Enemy. DOUAUMONT VILLAGE TAKEN General PeUln' Men AM Making Stand In Redoubt a Mile Southeast Where phoj Arc Reported to Have Rcpnjaed Repeated oharcn ol the -. i nun Ensues Heavy. LONDON, March (.Infantry drives against Douaumont continue, dispatches today Indicated, but Purla and Berlin agreed there was no lm Portant change occurred during ths night In the contest between the Ger man and French troops fur Verdun. Berlin reported a repulse of French attacks at Obersept, claiming 1000 prisoners and 115 cannon One hun dred lad sixty-one machine guns al ready have been captured at Doua , moid. Paris reported artillery duelling north of Verdun but no Important In '.'irtry onslauir- Minor cngagannuM at Kparges. 12 miles southeast of Ver- ilun, were reported. Parla declared I i be French prevented the Germans 'mm occupying a mine crater there. After Intense artillery prcpata'tc . the French attempted to recapture Douaumont. but were repulsed In hand-to-hand fighting. Berlin eltilm- .i The French bodsbardtncwl of both l ankB if the Mouse Is growing more lulent. UONIXN. March 4. The German efforts to reach Verdun today center it Pepper Heights Driven from Dou auinont vlllago. General Retains men lire making a stand at a recloula a mile southeast where they heavily re pulsed repeated charges The Ger mans hoped to cut off the defenders f Pepper Heights. The German sacrifice continues enormous A Pnrls dispatch today described the German attacks which took Poiinu ntont. The first two kccaktonl the enemy bravely reached the barbed wire en tanglements, but hall of mitrailleuses and rifles melted the gray lines. A third wave swept over the French r renche." At nightfall Thursday 'be Teuton Stormed the position! and drove thi French through the streets in hand to and combats. A counter attack yes terday reestablished the French on the outskirts of the town 'Hie Times' IMrls correspondent today estimated the French casualties In the early 'Vrdtin stacks at so.ooo. The tactics of the Germane and the i.ot that Balkan brlgsoea are parttcl l atlng against Verdun, tends to con firm the belief that Von Maekensen is directing the offensive. I'AIUS, March 4. Lively artillery battling occurred north of Verdun last unlit a communique said. No Infan try attacks of Importance wers launched Only 695 Men Are Saved From French Steamer VESSEL CARRIED -I00O WHEN IT sANk IN THE MEDITERRAN EAN SEA. PARIS, March 4. -Making public the fact there were 4000 aboard the Provence which sunk In the Mediter ranean, the admiralty Indicated today there was no hope of more survivors than the IIS landed at Malta and Mc- loS. The first announcement said about 'Mia were aboard, If It Is true there were 4000 troops aboard the Provence the victims are over 3000, the largest in history. 3 Vessels Are Sunk. MERLIN. March 4. German sub marines sank two French auxiliary raisers and an English patrol boat, it was officially announced. HI6H SCHOOL SOPHOMORES ELECTED TRACK CAPTAIN lll;il IU)WMAV CHOSEN TO THE POSITION AT MEETING HRU) YESTERDAY. The eophomores of the high school met yesterday and elected a track captain. Several short talke werj made by the boys to get everybody ut on the field. Hugh llowman, a star sprinter on the track team, was elected to the captain position. I French Commander at Verdun The voungeat French central coin mandtng an army in the field Gen eral Humbert Is having the chance at Verdun or gambling for tbu high est stakes of military renown, an op-1 port unity to be envied by all his fel-j low commander He was appointed tO take charge of the forces In the! .Vrgonn carle last fall, succeeding General Sairall, who had come Into c onflict with General Joffra and Gen erai Itlllerand, then secretar) of war Cars Side-Tracked For Munitions is the Charge Made I H INs I'ARin INt. lt SUP PLIE8 SAID TO II WE GOT TEN RIGHT OF WAV. CHICAGO Marc h I Thousands of cars, packed to capacity are strung j along the lines between Chicago and New York, some sidetracked for three! months. This claim was made to-J day In a Tribune article as a result of the work of a special expert Inves- Mentor, He reported he heard rum- or that munitions shipments were put ahead of others, the munition I traffic being unbelievably large. There Were 21fi.4S3 students in MT colleges and technical schools In the United States In the year 1914 Then Included 111 .37,1 men and 77. 120 women. Helix Couple t" Wed. A marriage license was issued todaj to Roy Edward Pierce and Lorett Fern yuest. both of Helix. Miai otiest belna only l yean old. it wai necessary for her to have li er's consent. .th- Pendleton High School Girls Defeat Athena Team 22 to 7 In a fast and hard fought game the Pendleton high school girls defealed the Athena team last night on the lo cal court. l to 7. The game was very Interesting and the rendleton team showed superiority throughout The score stood 12 to & at the end of the first half. In this half Miss Honney. the coach, played an entire second team with the exception of center. Alice Flnnell and Veva Cook, the midget forwards, showed fest work In those position., Alice alone made 1" point. under a guard two times her size. In the last half the first team was put In and the score at once began to rulse until It stood 22 to 7. The girls were far superior' In overhead pass ing and In shooting baskets. Veva Cook made two points, Grace Rugg four points and Vera Temple 6 poln's (.im iim, in miu.rt a Hid General Sarrall was sent to Saloni ka and Humbert was chosen to oppose the attacks which the German crown prime- has been making against the fortress at Verdun at Intervals for a year and a half. General Humbert was only a major when the war broke out, and his rap id promotion has been due to his abil ity tit earl) out the plans of General Joffre who la now at Verdun directing the defense INorborne Berkeley Heads Democratic Central Committee s CHOSEN CHAIRMAN or OR IONIZATION AT A MEETING I Ills AFTERNOON Morborne Berkeley, weii known realty dealer of this city, was this1 afternoon unanimously chosen chair man of the Umatilla county demo- crattc central committee at a meet-j Ing of the committeemen this after noon In the offices of Will M. Peter son, the retiring c hairman. Judge J. ' W, Maloney, whose name had been suggested as a lUCCeaeor to Peterson, refused to accept the office. Mr. Berkeley, the new c hairman, has been Identified with the democratic party of this county tor more than 30 years To Foreclose itii: Mortgage, The F rst National Hank of Her miatOH has brought suit in the circuit court t,, foreclose a mortgage on holdings in the west end of the county alleged to have been given to protect three notes, aggregating J12.41S.7o executed b Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Skinner and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Longhorn. Plaintiff asks for interest In the sum of $cci3 ,:t, ad $inoo at tornev fees Mcrlck for the visitors, made thre. points on foul anil Kroome made four points on field basket The game closed the Pendleton high basketball season. Hoth the hovs: and the girls have had good success. winning a greater per cent of the games played during the sensnn. The lineups for the game were: Athena- Forwards. Froome and Mrlck: center, Saunders; side center. White: guards. McT.elan and Danlster. Subs. Uctntfre and Fehr. Pendleton Center, Jessie Cheanut; ut.l., tulAM 11-1.... I a , 1. . I ,.-,,11-,, iirii-n i anensn, guar. i. ! I.eta Agee and Thelma Thompson; , forwards, orace llugg and Vera Tem- pie. The second team lineup was Jesde Chesnut. center; Gene Folsotn, side center; Marguerite Struughn and Fle ta Hall, guards Vcve Cook and Alice Flnnell, forwards. Ex-Secretary of Navy Says Fleet is in Poor Shape VON MEYER SAYS WE OOI l.D NOT PREVENT AN INVASION OF OUR OAST. NEW YORK. Match 4 "If war were declared tomorrw, the navy un der Daniels would Be absolutely Im potent to check an nvasion of the I coast," ex-Secretary Von Meyer de clared today. He iound the follow ing faults: The navy Is wihoiu organization ol i prepared to act on a war footing. No tested war plan. No tested mobilization plan. No general staff or national counsel of defense. No enlisted reserves. Only a small supply of ammunition. Shortage of Sgdfcted men and offi cers on practically every ship. No fast cruisers, except three obso lete ones. lacking In armed hydroplanes. Submarine flotilla In a lamentable condition. Fewer destroyers in commission than In reserve. Only 13 batleshlps. against 21 when Daniels took office. Five battleships of the Connecticut class demonstrated they cannot ex ceed 12 or 15 knots without danger of breaking their drlveshafts. Daniels has disorganized and de moralized the organization he found when he took office. He has not appreciated the condi tion the country has faced since the European war began. Meyer styled Daniels' hobby a "pedagogic program." The remedies lie with congress,- he declared. He urged the immediate passage of ah art to build four of the speediest bat tle cruisers in the world. J. H. King ol Helix Is a Saturday visitor here. Rev. J. Kusch of Adams is a visitor in Pendleton today. M. J Sullivan of La Grande, Is a guest of the St. George. Art Grover came in this morning from his home at Helix. H. F. Peacock of La Grande is reg istered at the Pendleton. Mrs T. o. Yates or Stanfield is vis iting relatives here today. Abe Molstrom. Myrlck farmer, la trading in the city today. Mr. and Mrs. James Hill of Helix are in from their home today. J. H Young. Hcrmlston postmaster is visiting friends here today. C. G. Brownell of Umatilla, came up this morning from his home. K. J Burke, prominent woolbuyer, left on No. 17 today for Portland Thad T. Sweek Income tax a?ent, Is back in Pendleton for a short stay Miss Idla Norvclt and Letcher Nor vell of Helix, are visitors here today Wm. Wilder, well known Echo stockman, is transacting business here today. Elbert H Casteel prominent young Pilot Rock merchant, spent yesterday In the city. Mr. and Mrs ReOO Albee of Helix are among the Saturday visitors in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Forth of Birch creek, are in town n a shopping ex pedition today. Frank Sloan. Well known Stanfield sheepman, is transacting business in I Pendleton today. Mr. and Mrs. James Hill and Chll. I dren were Visiting here today from their ranch near lb lix. Mrs. J. Quest and daughter of Helix j were incoming p.is.-engers on the X P. train this morning. S. D Peterson. M lton attorney and prospective candidate for district at torney, is in the city today Jas. M Scarborough, well known Hermlston busines- man. is here i from the project city today. Miss Fern Holsin-ton. who Is teach-1 Ing at Stanton, came in this morning; to spend the week, nd with relatives I .1. M. Scarborough Is up today from I HermtSton attending to some busi-j ness here and My conditions are! growing better c. tUMUltl) on the Umatilla project The 1' and I Club, which has given a series of smccs-'ul dance during the season, will give lis final dance before the Lenten s, cson at the Eagle. Woodman hall this evening - Miss Mabel 1. Pa id of ! Anaeles left today for her home after spend ing several months with relatives and friends in this rit and Walla Walla. She will spend a few weeks in Port land enroute home At the present rate, 11,000,000 will be expended In electric ranges this year. .. VILLA REPORTED HEADED TOWARD AMERICAN MINE Rebel Chief IS Leading 700 Cavalry in Two Columns Into Northern Sonora Near Texas Line. APPEAL IS MADE FOR TROOPS Americans Are Ready to Flee As Car runa Has Only a Handful of sol dier In the Vicinity American Vice (Vjnsul Has Keen .Asked to Use) His Infineon; to Oct Aid. DOUGLAS, Arizona, March 4 VIM la. heading 700 cavalry, divided Into I two columns, is entering northern So nora today, couriers arriving reported I Villa is within 30 miles of the Lucky Tiger mine, Sonora's richest silver camp, and American owned. The, I 25 American employes are preparing; to flee to the border The American j vice consul at Cochran. Nogales. nasi received an appeal from Lester Dud row, manager of the mine, asking hinil to use his influence with the Carr tn-) za governor to have troops sent tol the mine, which is unprotected. Less) than 400 troops are available In entire! northern Sonora. The latest reports Indicate Villa is on the eastern bor der of Sonora, SO miles southeast of Douglas. Shorter Hours for Women Who Work Said to be Planned INDUSTRIAL WELFARE COMMIS SION CONSIDFRING A 48 HOI It WEEK. If the industrial welfare commission of the state carries out a proposed change In Its rulings, reducing the maximum limit of labor women girls and minor boys from 54 hours a week to 4S. the Saturday evening shopping vill be virtually doomed, according to some of the larger merchants. Such a change Is being contemplat ed but. according to telegraphic re port from Portland today, the ruling has not yet been made. A hearing will be held in Portland Monday be tween employers and the commission ers to discuss the matter At present the commission's rulings prevent the employment of women or minor boys more than six days a week, more than 9 hours a day or more than 54 hours a week. Under that ruling the stores are able to keep their women help for the Saturday evening shopping, but the cutting off of an additional six hours would make this Impossible Little Change Today in Wheat Markets CHJCAGO. March 4 (Special. I M y. at opening. 11.14, closing, $111 3-s. July, opening. 1.11 1-4; clos-l-ig. 1 10 1-2 Inrtland. PORTLAND, Ore.. March i. (8PC ciaD Club, bid 93. asked 99 Blue stem, bid 11.02. asked 11.01 Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, March l - Wheat Spot. No 1 Manitoba. 14s 7d; No. 3, 14s 3d; No 2 hard winter, gulf, Ha d: No. 2 red western winter. 131 Id. In American terms the highest price for spot no. 1 Manitoba :it Liv erpool Is IJ 12 2-5 per bushel Italian Ship Sunk ATHENS. March 4. The Italian liner Clava was submarined. The passengers and crew were rescued afer being adrift in small boats for a day. Wll.l MI 1 I I M l I l BLANKETED in SNOW PORTLAND, ore.. March 4. -Twelve Inches of snow fell at Eugene last night, ceasing at 1" this morning. The surrounding mounta US are blanketed by from two to eight feet The entire lower Willamette valley, which escaped the worst Feb- marc storms. Is covered with March snow. The snow :s ;- gy and broke wires In man places It fell hem ih in I'ort- land last night, turning to rain today, Official Denial to Rumor Wilson Going to Resign story DISHONOR TO PAPER I publishing n ii i uu - MR, I t Ml I TV WASHINGTON, March 4 When Secretary Tumultv's attention was called to a story appearing In certain! newspapers, that the president had resigned or was considering resigning. he said: "The American newspaper that would publish a story of that kind In a situation like the one now confronting the United States, dishon ors itself." This statement was issued officially by the White House Many Killed in Fort Explosion ONE Ol DEFENSES NEAR PARIs I S BlTOWll CP AND ;M) MEET DEATH. PARIS, March 4. Thirty bodies were recovered and 150 others were j wounded as a result of a munitions j explosion which wrecked the doublet defenses near Fort St. Denis on the i northern outskirts of Paris. The ru-1 ins are still burning. Numerous explosions followed the initial one. Desperate efforts were made to prevent the fire spreading to j other forts. CHECKER CHAMP IS READY TO MEET ALL ASPIRANTS 1IKRM1STOX IS OUT WITH DEFI TO MATCH PLAYER AGAINST THE WORLD. Come on, ye checker champs: Hermlston is out with a defi to the w. rid She claims to have a prol Igy at the ancient and weatherbeaten game of checkers wno can outfox anyone in these parts. C. D. Porter, who is in charge of the Hermiston reading room wich is the hotbed of "checkeritis." has sent word to the outside world that he has a man ready to meet all comers at checkers and chess. Hermiston is not the only town In the county where the oldttme game claims more patrons than does pin ochle, bridge, solo or other more modern pastime Up in Athena the Froome hotel Is the scene of a check er tourney every' night and some mighty battles are waged when such sharks as Hilly Ferguson. Fay Le m w and others meet. A reviva' ef the game is also manifest In Adam? while in the Golden Rule hotel ol this city dally contests are held It Is Just possible that some of these communities may develop a champioi. who will pick up the gauntlet thrown down by Hermlston. Farmers Discuss Handling Wheat Without Sacking About 5" representative local far-j mers are gathered this afternoon in the Farmers Union headquarters dis-j cussing the subject of handling grain; in bulk with a view to eliminating the j vise of expensive grain bags. The meeting is presided over by J. R. Por-' ter and at the outset of the meeting W. W. Harrah was asked to explain' the results he has obtained in handl-. ;ng grain in bulk He made an ex-j tended talk telling of the construction j of a concrete granary on his place and the fitting up of equipment for; handling grain without sacks. Mr. Harrah sold his grain to a local n.IU at a good price but says Port.: lHnd dealers are assert ng that If grain j Is handled without sacks here It will have to lie resacked in Portland. In , the view of Mr. Harrah the assertion! is a bluff. NEWS SUMMARY General. c. rniaii-. ccitu-r attacks on Psfpnr Heights In effort to forcv surrender ol Verdun. INirmer uevn'tary of tin- nav Von Mover a- Reel could not psciuil Invasion of our ooaet In can1 of war llouc i-i.'imt mho on warnlm; nolution until TtMlav. local. X. Rerkclry la new democratic chairman. Farmer this afternoon (llsmss grain bags. I'ropost'd ruling would make Sat urday night HlioH'ii almost ini'- slblc. L TILL NEXT WEEK Perplexed Over the Significance of Senate Vote, Leaders Postpone Vote Until Next Tuesday. MERITS TO BE CONSIDERED Bomt Will Xot Act on Question of Tabling . i o r.- Resolution Hot Will Cooatder Mat from Different Angle Iileciisslon Again Break Out in the Senate Today. ZURICH, Mar. h t Follow ing tiw inihllcation of arave wirvk-jiM mcsHageM from America In German papers, the Frankfnr. tT Bourse closed restertlay's op erations In a i .it, it was report ed today. WASHINGTON. March 4 Perplex ed over the significance of the senate vote on the Gore resolution to warn Americans off armed ahtps. bouse leaders postponed the vote on the Mc Lemore resolution, similar to Gore's, until Tuesday. A difference of opinion In the rules committee was mainly responsible for the postponement. It was reported that the house, with the president's approval, might vote strictly on th merits of the McLemore resolution In stead of on the question of tabllnz as the foreign committee recommend ed Advocates of immediate action urged that this be done because the senate tabled a substitute proposal without realizing its provisions. The house must clear up the mud dle, It was declared A discussion o the armd ship Issue burst forth anew in the senate tw&ay. Lodge tried to insert Into the records a denial that England, during the ROeeran-Japanese war. ever warned her citizens to avoid armed liners Several questioned Lodge. McCum ber denounced gag role by which the administration suppressed a discus sion of the warning Issue. A recess was planned tonight to prevent talk on the McCumber resolution. Concerning, the tabling of the Gore resolution yesterday. McCumber said "If we take the usual construction of this, the senate voted that the killing of an American Is not a cause for war." WASHINGTON. March 4. If the three Americans who left New York on the liner Canoplc today are sub marined, they would be the victims of their own bravado and America ought not to fight over their deaths, de clared Senators Jones. McCumber. Cummins. Hitchcock and Clapp. Ths People do not understand the fine spun international law. said Jones, but can see the Injustice of plunging a hundred million of persons into war because of the criminal bravado of these. LONDON, March 4 - A firm stand by the American congress In the In ternational sltuat on would force tier many to back down and remove I . tically all possibility of a war N't America and Germany, editors and officials agreed today. Betting in In suranee circles reflected thts senti ment. Lloyds received no request for Insurance against America' U". tlcipatlon In the war Newspapers confessed the senate vote on the Corn warning resolution was t - were unanimous that the . . v,t ed not to interfere w th Wilsor - i- BIG SUM IS AVAJUeLh IN FIGHT AGAINST THt- Word was rec E. F. Awrlil. .! of the IT s. be' urgent .i,.,' en the campaign and Juh 1 In tht Catiforni i Waahi da and 1'l.ch In against COJ I ' , where rabies :- peers lent mm ton irmters In th- I stance of the distr. It will be the BOl Mislnemi or the! men to hunt down BorotSS, thus not only assisting material)) In stamping out th disease but reducing ths num. ber of predatory animal which do much damage to tOChaSM With the in nev thus arailaMi VP. Avrrlll will be abl te carry gyj much more thorough tnSSpelgS against the COfStSS Prof Win Howard principal of the Stanfield school, is in law! tday HOUSE WIL N ACT ON WARNING