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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916.
NO. 8749
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' V-JP S
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THREE FORTS AT
I
Germans Shatter Outlying Defenses
With Heavy Artillery But French
are Still Holding Them.
FORCE OF 10,000 REPULSED
leutons Attempt to Swing Pontootu
Across the Meiiso Hut Are llcuvllj
Slaughtered i i vouch Fire: Num
ber f lot-, iii lioih Armies Sam
Placed at over 200,000.
LONDON, March 6. -Amsterdam
dispatches toduy declured thut the
fi rt Devaux, Detavennes ami Moul
a nvlllo, defending Verdun have been
almost oompletely destroyed, though
not captured. It ' ulso reported
10,000 Hermans were heavily repulsed
with considerable slaughter In at.
tempting tu throw pontoon! aoroiis the
Meuse In the vicinity of Sumoicnenx.
Berlin official diapatcheH early today
did not confirm the report that fort
Dieppe had been stormed and captur
ed after an artillery preparation had
mined It.
The latent estimates place the com
bined losses of the two armies at over
. DO.QOO, The dead are believed to
number over 50.00U. Herlln declared
the Hermann captured between ninety
and a hundred square milcH of terri
tory in the Verdun offensive.
Sunday Hinting wa tlx Hareaat atj
I epper I'lateau. Following two hours)
it unprecedented artillery fire, three
' tarnUUI brigades advanced in a head
bmit i harire. French rifle, niKnille
use and artillery fire met the Her
mann.. The foremost ranks were rid
dled The others. Pari declared
halted In the rear In confusion pre
venting the advance Of, reinforce.
n.ents. (aught thus, tne uermaasi
wire slaughtered where they crouch-!
ed unable to advance and refusing to I
i ' treat.
LONDON, March Official an '
nouacamanta from Parti and Berlin
Indicated that following the repulse I
of the Hermans at Hoiiniiiiiont Plu-j
taaU, thev withdrew and did not at
tempt fresh assault last night It la
believed they are waiting for heav.
artillery to support the Infantry In
irthi-r rushes.
Klsewhere, infantn rittht Ins has al-1
moat ceased . Berlin reported minor J
p. -rations north of Verdun, raaultlng!
In the capture of U French officers,
ind M4 men, l'arls did not mention i
this saying all Infantry' engagement
were unimportant The French heav-,
ilv bombarded the Herman position
ill night.
Plans Are Being
Made to Observe
Baby WeekinCity
M AN8 MEETING W ITH PORTLAND
SPEAKERS is BEING vie
RANGED FOR HERE
This Is Baby Week in Pendleton as
well as In some 200U other cities and
'owns In the United States
It has been set aside for general ob
servance of a character that will Im
press upon the public the need of bet
ter care of Infants. In this city the
full plans have not yet peen formulat
e.l but the Civic Club end other or
ganizations are working them out.
Tha plans Include general publicity
mass meeting some time during tbej
week at which (here will bf Portland
speakers and sermons next Sunday by
practically every minister In the cltv.
stomeihlng oT (he significance of
' Ha by Week" CM be secured from
(Continued on Page Eight.)
NEWS SUMMARY
VERDUN
AID N
RUINS BY GUNS
(icneral.
II are killed In air raid oil Kiigll-di
low IIS.
Three fori guarding Verdun an- rr-hii-(oI
t have uimmi wn-eked b (icr
mail guns.
t'letcland mail b named for ISO
rctary of war.
total,
National Itaby Week bring oln-crv.
el here.
Judgv directs erdlet of not K"Ht.'
against nlidensteln.
Is ill fanners will try out plan to
handle wheal ill bulk.
IiIit. tors of county lo mm't here
Friday,
Mr. Teal Urges
Provide Without
Highway to The
e
Urging that the bond proposal when
.submitted to the people In this coun
ty carry a provision for at least one
complete hard surfaced road to the
Columbia, and preferably two, Joseph
N Teal, prominent Portlandcr and
"Father" Of the open river movement,
has written to County Judge Marsh
upon the subject. In his letter Mr.
Teal sets forth the fact the river can
not be of service unless there are
roads connecting with the waterway
and ho predicts that such roads when
built will actually pay for themselves
through savings in freight costs.
Mr. Teel's letter Is as follow:
March 4, 1916.
Hon fj II Marsh, County Judge,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Dear Sir: I have been observing
with considerable Interest the good
roads movement in Umatilla county
and have noted the proposed appor
tionment of funds for construction
purposes to bo raised by a bond is
sue. For many years l have taken the
keenest personal Interest In the devel
opment not only of Umatilla county,
but of the Interior generally, and feel
that 1 am Justified in making some
suggestions In connection with a mat
ter that will o vitally affect Umatilla
couty as good roads and their loca
tion. ,
Umatilla county being a great pro
ducing section, largely or farm pro
dints in which the freight rate is a
vital factor, one would nuturally as
sume that the first consideration
would b given roads that would prove
of the greatest benefit In this direc
tion (Continued on 1'age Four
Colonel House
Reports on His
Trip to Europe
OHMKitl )Tlos IN WARRING NA
TIONS IRE RKIiATKD TO
THE PRESIDES I
WASHINGTON, Match Preai-j
dent Wilson and Colonel House had
breaktall together today. House re
porting about his tour ol the bellige-'
rent countries in Europe. It is un.
deratuod they conferred In regard t"
conditions In the warring nations. ,
House Informally reporting the re-1
suits of his observations in 1-ondon.
Paris ami Herlln. Uuer he will con-
fi i with the cabinet for a more de-
tailed rep, hi.
House lived up to (he rharacterlza-
tlon of European editors us the
Sphinx in the felt hat" He refused
to say nut thing In regard to his trip
or on international affairs. He denied
he would establish his residence ill
Washington. He will probably go tJ
New York tomorrow or Wednesduy.
Pete Bharid
well known
are In the ettl
an am:
Butter
today.
Heisled Moore,
creek ranchers
j Searchlights Light Up Battlefields at Night i
EaMgaBBjMnaajM
WENCH SEARCHLIGHT AUTC
Modern warfare pays small heed to.iief
the darkness of night, many uttacks
being launched during the darkness.
As an utd to these nttacks and a a
That Bond Plan
Fail For One
Open Columbia
Gen. Diaz, Said
to Head Revolt
According to dispatches from Mexi
co. Ceir. Felix Diaz, nephew of the
late President Porfirio Diaz, is at
tempting to start another revolution
iKamst the c'arranza government, us
iug bis native state. Oaxaca. as a base
for operations. It is thought that
Diaz ean muster ''... nun troops but
the will be poorly equipped.
COMMITTEE SAYS WATER TO
BE PROVIDED FOR FLOWERS
Pendleton. Ore.. March 6.
the Bdttor of the East Oregonian:
We the cemetery committee, wish
announce to the Itllhtlp nm eunee.
to
I tally to those who own lots In the (il-
net cemetery, w ho w ish to beautify
them, that If they wll; improve their
lots with flowers or grass and take
out a "water permit" we will see that
as long as Pendleton has city water
your lots will be property watered and
further, we will allow you to lay pipes
from waln to jrour lota at your own
expense, and under the supervision 01
the cemetery We earnestly ask of
you that are Interested in seeing tha
cemetery beauifnl to help us.
W would gladly receive any done-1
tions of flowers or roses for beautify
ing tha cemetery
H. J. TAYLOIt
1 D PHELPS,
RALPH POLSOM,
Committee.
against them, huge search
lights have been put Into use. This
Picture shows one of the latest type
of French searchlights mounted upon
LINES DRAWN IN
E
Plans are Practically Completed to
Act on Resolution Warning Amer
icans off Armed Vessels.
BRYAN IS AT THE CAPITAL
However, He win ot Interfere!
said.
In preparedni--
nnt Document
l-mgram Import-!
rc Awaited Tend.;
lin; to Show Tlun British dm rultt
Ordered Vessels to Shoot.
WASHINGTON March 6 Plans
nractlcallv have Keen comnleted for
a show down in the house tomorrow
on the resolution warning Amerlcani
against sailing on armed belllgerenl
vessels. Photographic copies of the
nlleged British admiralty orders for
armed merchantmen to attack subma
rines are due to arrive at the state de
partment These documents were sent
bv Germany to Justify the order for
submarines to torpedo armed shipi
without warning.
Bryan Is at the capital and ha!
Planned to entertain eight represen-1
lativ.-s at luncheon bill Ms friends He. ,
nled he plana to open opposition t"
Wilson's preparedness program Sub
marine policies will be the topic for
discussion. He leaves late today for
Wilmington, then westward on a lec
ture tour.
It became certuln today the vote
in the house will be on the proposition
of tabling the Md,emore resolution
Ultimately, leaders nelieve. a ballot
strictly on the merits of the warning
will be unavoidable. I
Ui;UT'IV M r. . .
HOUS
FOR SHOW
DOWN TUESDAY
j" LiT i ' .. . tights to prohibit th
i canvassed the altuatlon. reported to
day that the aeeeue vote on tabling slamP" and euupo""
'the Gore resolution materially lessen-j
led the possibility of a German-Ameri-!
! can break in the sdbmarlne issue. Ber-'
J lln newspapers differ on the interpre. ;
: tntions of the vote. Most of them I
agree the senate would not' interfere I
iln the administration's plans unless I
i negotiations seemed leading straight
j to war. The Cologne Gazette asserted
I the vote was without meaning.
BERLIN, March 6. --(Via Amster
dam . "Armed merchantmen are
snipers of the sea. The British
ad-
mifalty la Instructing Its merchantmen I Moewe actually eluded the British
to fire on submarines, began francti- blockade and returned safely to W'ii
reur warfare of the seas" declared Dr. helmhsaven. They believed the story
was circulated to throw pursuing war-
(Continued on page eight.) ! ships off the trail. The Times war
expert, however, accepted the Berlin
FRANPIn NflMINoTr-il FflR statement as true. He said: The
rnHrlUIU HUIiIIUMICU lUn nnmlhilltv of an entemrlslns cantain
RUSSIAN AMBASSADORSHIP
wash 1 vqti . March I.
Th prettdIt1 iinniimitd David
Kruno s of St. Ixiuif. ambassndor
to Kushu Francis. f.irmtTlv
Kovornor of Missouri was secre
tary of the interior under Cleve
land and prestdtnt of the I Loui
siana purchase centennial In
1904.
QNiL fits Weassasl
I terminals
an automobile, si.ch searchlights arei , ... .w u .w
in connection with the shortage the
being used in the defense of the po- Farmers I nion grain agency has a let
sltlons around Verdun where the Ger-'ter from C, W Nelson, terminal agent
mans have been attacking with vigor.
TS7SL,Wmm
k"!- TAKES P0S1 OF
CIVIC (M l! OTARTS MOVEMENT
FOR PURPOSE OF BEAUTI
FYING CITY.
To arrange for a tree planting day
tor pendiaton la one of the objecta oi
tne civic Club for the near futur
and steps towards arranging for the
event were taken up at a meeting Sat
urday afternoon. Mrs. James Johns
was appointed to head tho committee
on the subject and has already enter
ed upon her duties.
Though a definite date has not yet
''f n ,Mt- " PPOo to have tho
V w ,"oul 'lpr" '-" tnft
av in 4uestlo' every local family will
be asked to plant at least one tree
They may be planted in the parkings!
or in yards. The selection of the son
of tree to plant will rest with the in
dividual However, some Informa-
tlon a8 t0 the best ,rf"es to Plan wl
ue secured and also advice will 1
sl en " lo now lo set ou' Tees.
ranies naving auvice to orfer on
the subject are asked to give the com
mittee the benefit of their knowledge
The general idea back of the tree
planting move is that Pendleton may
be greatly beautified by the setting
out of additional trees.
r . i . . . , .
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T4TK HAVP RIGHT Tfl
" 1 " 1 ""IL tllUM IU
PROHIBIT TRADING STAMPS
Sl'PREME COURT UPHOLDS
FLORIDA VM WASHINGTON
STATU LAW'S.
WASHINGTON, March . Uphold-
nK lne lorlaa ana Washington
the supreme court handed down a de
cision practically maintaining state
of trading
Some Doubt is Cast on Fact
the Moewe Actually Returned
Safely to a German Seaport
LONDON, March
everal news-
papers expressed doum that the
I l.M....l.ln . k. Uuh-A- fnn-n a ...nil
"ii MMiifl in win. iv.n.r uin.iin .xa ,,-,,
as outward, frequently has been dem-
onstnued. The Moewe captain cer-
tainit executed his desperate adven
ture with skill and ou.rage.
BERLIN, March I. Within a few
weeks the raider Moewe will main de
fy the British navy and put to sea to
renew her attacks on trading vesseN.
it wa stated today She will oarr
the same crew as the Tast expedition
which resulted in the capture and
sinking of 15 allied merchantmen
The vessel appeared today in remark
ably good shape, though bearing the
marks of heavy storms and shell
stars. SchoWini that her armed vic-
llnli-li
ON. Mar
hi
was sunk and
iknon n wheth
d.
Torpedo Boats Haiti lurks.
' PETROGRAD, March I -Kuaaiaa
torpedo boats raided the Turkish ship-
lung harbor of Treblaond, sinking
set eral vessels.
Local Farmers Will Try Out
Handling Grain in the Bulk
Inent local far
their Intentioa
:r grain in bulk
of try ng to handle th
M as 10 eliminate tne use 01 SACKS I
this tear. There is a MestMMt) mailt
other farmers will follow suit.
At present the farmers are between
the devil and the deep sea on the suck i
question. On one hand thet ire con-
fronted with a scarcity of sacks and
almost prohibitive prices and on th.
other a threat from some of the brok-
ers that if wheat is not sacked on th
tarms it w It hate to be sacked at tbr
at Scuttle, saying that the English
WAR SECRETARY,
Newton D. Baker Announces He Has
Accepted Offer of Portfolio in
Cabinet of President Wilson.
FORMER MAYOR OF OHIO CITY
Made Fight Against Unit Hide at
Baltimore contention Which alM
I'd Nomination of vibn; Appointee (
45 Years Okd and Served Four
Year- A Mayor or Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, March Newton
u. BaKer announced today he had ac-; ers killed II and injured 33 in attack
cepted Wilson's offer of the portfolio ' inK northeast England last nlaht it
of secretary of war.
WASHINGTON, March t Newton
D Baker, former mayor of Cleveland,
will be named secretary of war, it
was learned today from an authority
believed absolutely reliable. The an
nouncement of the nomination Is ex
pected very soon. It Is understood
the attorney general has advised the
president that General Scott could
not be retained longer than Saturdav
when his 30-day term expires
Later the White Hoense admitted
Baker was the president's choice. He! In ,he ruln nt a wrecked dwelling,
twice declined the secretaryship of j an aged womn. bed ridden for aeven
the Interior when Wilson formed his years- wa" found uninjured. A few
cabinet Baker retired frtm the ',oor awa' a fire-boom crashed Into
mayorship of Cleveland on January jtne rof of a lodging house All es
1, after four years' service. He was;caped except one man .aged 90. who
private secretary to Postmaster Gen-'waa to wtk t0 nn
eral Wilson In Cleveland's second ad-! The alr n4 changed its course re-
ministration. During; the
Baltimore
convention he made a fight against
unit rule, practically assuring Wil
son's nomination He led the minor
ity in the Ohio delegation. He Is 4 j
years old. . .
Wheat IVIarket is
Up in Chicago Pit
CHICAOO, March 6.
May 112 3.4 opening. 115
July 114 opening. HI 3-4
(Special )
7-8 closing:
closing.
Pi inland.
1, March 6.
. 99 asked:
PORTLAN1
(Special,
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, March 4
Spot. No. 1 Manitoba. 14s
. i hard winter, gulf, 12s 1 ne ,!i assistant manager. The evidence
ed western w inter, 13c Id. j "f the state was to the effect that J.
lean terms the highest A Y-aK"r -"l"" sealer of weights
mt 1 y.nimk, ,t ii,-.!and measures, weighed the grain at
.12 2-f. per bushel. I
mm '
TI
the c
LAWMAKERS
FORCED TO W M.h
MGTON, March I.
and representatives,
utomobllaa, walked to
I. A strike halted .1
congrenanien prepar-
loni demandihg imme-
ed resolutions demi
dlate irbitratlon.
itne 1 art
n ore.
government has requisitioned 75 pet I
cent of the Jute crop of India Thi
has brought on .1 scarcity and sack 4
m Seattle are n w selling at 13 to 14
Cents, Few sales are made however
because of the high price Mr Nel-i
Son is go ng east vert soon to invest!,
gate the possibihtt of uning cotton
basj instead of Jute bags for handling
wheat. He believes cotton bags mat
he secured at prices now asked foi
jute bags but is not sure upon that
Point.
Meanwhile the Sentiment for hand!
lag grain in bulk ts itrowln and evl-
Qently would sweep the northwest II
the farmers could be assured of safety
n selling unsucked wheat.
.pproximutelt luu farmers attend
ed the meeting Saturday. The chiel
speakers were W. W. Harrah and Ed.
gar V Smith
12 ARE KILLED
IN AIR KMD ON
BRITISH COAST
Three Zeppelins are Believed to
Have Taken Part in Attack; Five
Children Among the Victims.
THIRTY-THREE ARE INJURED
Northeasl Soxions arc ., of I laid
I a-1 Si.. tit Where ID Itomlw are
Dfopped by the GMmm; Munition
Maniifw-turlng Town-. Are Within
the Stricken Area.
LONDON. March Zeppelin raid-
was officially announced. It is be
lieved three raiders participated.
Bombs were dropped In Yorkshire.
Lincolnshire. Hutland. Huntingdon
Cambridge, Norfolk. Essex and Kent
Three men, four Women and five
children were killed. Forty bombs
were dropped.
The raid's extent was the greatest
in the war's history. This was tha
21st and brought total killed by air
bombs to 242 and 42S injured. Sever
al munitions manufacturing towns are
I wit"in the affected area.
Peateaiy. tinally soaring In a hug
circle, eviaentiy uncertain of Its po
sition. One detached itself from the
squadron and hovered motionless ov
er the village, dumping; a veritable
hail of exploelvea. It rose suddenly
ft) a gTeat height and vanished
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY
RETURNED IN WEI6HT CASE
COURT INSTRtOTSJl KY It)LLW.
ING MOTION P, ATTORN m
HALEY.
I'pon instructions from Judgn
Phelps the Jury In the case of the
States vs. H J Blydenstein. charged
with misrepresenting weights. . this
afternoon returned a verdict of not
guilty. The directed verdict followed
a motion of J. Boy Kale v. attornev
for the defendant, based upon the
grounds that, under the law. Blyden
stein, who did not do the weighing
and who is only a fellow servant of the
I man who did was in n., mm.,n.
- sible for the alleged offense
The Indictment charged the defend,
ant with having made a false state
1 ment concerning weights to Ben Fix.
Wheat Ironi whom he purchased what for
d: No. 3 , ,ne Pendleton Roller Mills of which
the mlH
weighed
ihortely
ol Billy Welch and that it
15.440 pounds. and that
fterwards it wa weighed in
at the roller mills at 15. 1.10 pounds.
The evidence of Yeager and of Bob
erts the mill we:gher, was to the ef
feet thut the scales of the milling
company were correct while Robert!
testified that he gate the weight lust
as thev were recorded
Blydenstein himself had no part In
the transaction and Judge Phelps
held that, under the law. he could not
be held respons hie He referred tha
matter back to the grand 1'ir-. to is
certain w hether or not the 00 moral -
(put this s not neceaaarj fbr
! tion. Deputy District Attorni
I Keator contended for the Mi
' BUdenstein beta - 'he man i,,,
Lumber Vessel
Being Towed in
(. IttK Rim snip 1MH. 1 LI V
of Ttt RM I w RI MEM! KD
li III sIT-'
IKATTUC Much n caught In a
Kale, the lumber whoonr Thoa
Wand Is reported breaking up off Ta.
(oosh slan t t'hr s;. irpt-r t-i((lifrt
Dew et has a line aboard and is jw
Ing the Wand toward th.- it raits Part
of the m hooper! deostoad in or
t'.ird and two inaats h i - been lost t
't-mtle gale 1 report-d off Cape Flat
tery. The Wand carrlea a rew of
20 All are believed safe