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DAILY EVENING EDITION UIVTIIKIt Fair tonight and Tuesday IVmlloUm l 11.1 - . i; - txinlf. Maximum. 7'; minimum, j;; riln fall. 0; wind. wt, light, weather, cloudy. TO ADVERTISERS. Tb lrJUt Oregoolan baa the largest paid rlrrulatloo of any paper In Oregon, cut of Portland and over twice tbe circulation In l'eodletun of any other aewapaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 13 1916 a DAILY EVENING EDITION JU i i a T ITALIANS BEGIN NEW OFFENSIVE HI EVERY POINT Austrians are Rushing up Reinforce ments to Protect Their Positions Before City of Goritz. ARTILLERY DUELLING IS ON gen anal Trem-he Are Captured: 1 Vouch Retained to Have stormed and Taken 200 Yard of Trenchc from Genista .Near Verdun i Othef I n mts nog In ActlTRy. HOME, March II.- After a long lull, the ltallunii became aggressively j active on their entire front today. Artillery duelling was reported on t'urso Plateau. Attacking Podgora, an entrenched camp before fiorttx. . the ItallatiM captured aeveral trenches The Austrian .ire rushing reinforce-i menu. BSRUN, Man h It, Klvc thou sand Hrltlsh were killed ami wounded In an unsuccessful attempt to relieve ih" beleaguered garrison at Kut-el- A. mar, OonstutlnopM asserted to-j day. righting artptintl Fellahe ym announced. I LiOMDON, March 13. Avlatora re-j turned operations today on the weat- ern front. A French squadron dropped Ju bo tab! on the Confluus iallay nation and others In thj yard! Paris said the machines ea- pad salely . A German serial flotilla dropped missies at Clermont and at Verdun rallwa) stations Berlin re ported four PrtnOb aeroplanes were shattered by shrapnel in the Cham pagne and Verdun regions. PARIS, March 13. The French have stormed and captured 200 yards ot trenches In the Cannes Forest, tak ing 211 prisoners, a communique said An Inleuse bombardment was report -rd at DounumoM, llelhint ourt, Woe-; ire at) the La I'elrie Woods. Thero wiul ii" Infantry 'ighting north of, Verdun laM night The statement re-j Iterated the fact the Teutons never! . in. red For DeVaux. Herl.n has ad mltted the Germans no longer ho'.d j the fort PARIS, March 13. German lDl tor the first three wwk' hammering .ii Verdun are officially estimated at 1100,000. HBHLLY March II. Artillery fighting on the cast bank of tho Mens., as far as the Moselle river Is Steadily increasing, it was "tfi'taiiy announc ed French attack In the La Petri Woods were defeated. 3 BARRIER 10 ATTACK ON THE SUEZ CANAL HXJYPT IS 8AFK I'ltoM UKHMAN invasion FOB it UBABI ANOTHER YEAR (Hy William shepherd.) Hi iMK. March 13. Egy pt and Bue are absolutely safe from the Hermans for at least a year In Athens, I ob tained this Information direct from a reliable source of Constantinople. The t'.reek censorship prevented this be ing sent February was the last shifting desert sands east of the ca nal were firm enough to sustain marching columns. The movement of artillery supply wagons across the tlesert will be Impossible for montha stories that the Herman are building railways, are fabrications They caus ed great amusement at Constantinople where the character of the desert re gion Is well known. A taff of ex perts estimated that camels traveling from the end of the Damascus rail way tOWard the canal, could earrv only five pounds of ammunition each, iieldo their own forage. This hits dissolved the Arabian Nights dream picture of long camel trains moving enormous supplies of munitions to ward the canal The Hermans prob ably will continue tO threaten the ca nal, hoping to frighten the Hrltlsh In to keeping half a million men Idle. liiKpoctnl County Itoatl- I'tninty Judge C II Marsh and Kn glneer ItHttta spent yesterday driv ing over the county inspecting roads They covered To miles, going up Wild Horse and later going down Into the K ho and Pilot Hock country. Some of the road were In good condition I ut they found stretches badly dant Uged. by the storm. C 10. . McClellun ot Juniper Is a visitor here today. Collection Owned by Moorhouse now on Public Exhibit WONDER Kl'L ClHIOfi MAY Hi: SEEN nv wviim: visit INg Ills OFFICE, For the first time since he has owned the exhibit, Major Lee Moor house now has his valuable collection of Indian curio, historic relics In dian pictures and Interesting souve nirs In one place where It may be seen by anyone Interested. He has Juat completed Installing the full collec tion In his new offices In the Eagji -Woodman building. Heretofore, he has hail part of the exhibit In his office antl the bigger part of It at home His new offices are commodious and afford him plenty of room for displaying the many Interesting cu rios. In his front office he has his enlarged Indian photographs hung and some of the smaller curios. A large room Just beyond It devoted ex clusively to Indian and historic relics and there are hundren of them In the rear he has rooms fitted up for pril ling photograph rrom his thou sands of plates Major Moorhouse extends an open Invitation to the. public to visit his offices at all times and inspect the col lection which he has l.een a lifetime gathering together. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ROB CELLAR OF HERMAN PETERS E1V1 CAHfS 1 IQTJOR CARRIED on will THIEVEH Ull ivrKuni ru n Another attempi was m lair Sat urda night to rob the cellar of Barman Peters, former laloonmnn, of smc of the lltjuor wnlth he has stor ed there but or the timely arrival home of Mrs Peters ind her nephew, the attempt would have succeeded as the marauders had carried oat five cases of liquor nd deposited them over the fence, Mr. Peters Is In Portland and other members of the family had been down town Saturday evening. Re turning ham about Ji o'clock, they heard the thieves hacit of the house. Thee telephoned to the police and chief (iurdane and officer Nash re sponded hurriedly The men, how ever, had fled, Wheat Drops Over Two Cents Today CHICAGO, March 13 (Special) Ma) opening 101 !-.'. dosing ins l-: Jul. "I ing 1"T 1.4, closing 107 3-8. I'm Hand. PORTLAND, March IS. (Special) 1 'lull bnl. ;' asked; bliiestem as' ill. 104 asked. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, March 11. Wheat I Kpol So. 1 Manitoba Hs Id; No. 2 hard winter, gulf. IS Dd. No I red aetern winter. 1 3s. In American terms the Liverpool top prni for Spot No. 1 Manitoba Ii 1 1 per bushel S. a tradition as well as Internation al law Is being overturned by the sub marine campaign, The captains of both the l.usltanla and Arabic have received new commands, a favor al most never before shown the com manders of lost vessels Liner on Which Many Passengers Died 11- P'" -"-ns,.i i.o... 11 11 a iri.iiiiiii,iiaaamvA,,,,Jt saa I Pi a The Hrltlsh liner Maloja sank two 171 Demons were litst 11 Is 1 . . . . v . . , I t, -- . .. - - submarines. Old General Defends Verdun j BjJ' General Petaln is In command of the defending forces at Verdun Hitherto thrt fill 1 . . ........i... - Ut.1-.((S . - l.-l.Il - ' name has been kept a secret. Ho distinguished himself In the retreat from Charleroi In August, 19U. and became In rapid succession brigadier general, general of n division, gener al of un army corps, and general of an artnv 1:,. ,., . I-.., ; . u - r . - Mi in inn sixtieth ..car ami Is extremely active. it Is sal.l that he has spent the last ten day watching the battle about Verdun, from the seat of an armored Qonoenl Wash! rurton -iiiti to have agreed with Carmam over seaMUni liMrlenn troops Into Mexico after VlHa. Italian begin offemdve ail along their rri.nl. Ijs-al. Hottieen meeting to learn more aboni bah utl afternoon. Iam'bI h. of t'. non second largest In tate. AUeuipl to steal liquor rroni teller is foiled. NEWSSUMIIflRY 32 New Members Initiated in K. of C. at Big Meeting Held H ere; Other Towns Represented Bringing the Pendleton council oil the Kuiglils of ColumOua to a nu-: merleal strength second only t.. the Portland council in the state was the initiation of 32 new members yester day The local council now has 20 more members than the I.a Grand I council which, heretofore, was sec ond to Portland. For the Initiation ceremonies yes- terday there were many visiting knights present from La Grande. Walla Walla and Portland and sev-! cral grand officers Of the order. In the morning at 10 o'clock all of the, knights here and the candidates' man bed to the Catholic church to attend the morning services and the' first degree, exemplified by the Walla Walla council, was given at 12 o'clock' At 1:80 the Pendleton team exempli-' fled the second degree and at I o' clock the third degree was put on bjl the La Orunde team. All Of the inl-1 tlation ceremonies were held In the Moo Hall. At J o'clock In the evening the lu - j mil off liover, presumably by striking a mine. It is estimated that I liFmutia lot,-. .,,1.,.,.- 1.. 1 , ; . . ,. . . . - - - v.v.,m,d ' - ..00- ,u ..... 71 7- dies of tile parish served a banquet in the Eagle -Woodman hall and there were nearly two hundred present. F C McKenzle, mayor of Hermlston and a member of the local council, acted as toastma-sler speeches were made by A. 0 Baglev of Washington. D. C , vice-chairman of the commission on religious prejudice) A. A. Smith of Maker. W, A. Barrett or Albany, state deputy. J. B. Pear of La Grande, dis trict deputy, P. G. Hanley, grand knight of Portland and K L Myers of La Grande. Vocal numbers were contributed during the evening by the Misses Laura and Ixiuise Cahlll and Sarah Cunningham Harry Levy ot Ii Grande. Bugene Kolttor and Georgi Phelps 10 give concrete column for build lugs wide foundations a German en glneer has Invented n method foi blasting away the earth with dyna mite, making 1 bole which soft con orete quickly fills. dJtvi rt.-M Jaanawa 11 natvie uy sreeiuilj coliau uvtvtl i Work on Fac f Building ' i jo Progress Sast 1 IH.S1 I Ml OF RLEWET 11 R. 1 - ll.lt COMPANY WILL SOON be finished. 'onstruction work on the first unit of the buildings for the Hlewett Har vester Co. Is progressing rapidly and the scene at the company's location tin West Court street Is one of activity. The concrete foundation for the structure is already In and today Con- tractor Twitchell has lieen erecting! the forms for the walls. He has a force of eight carpenters at work and will be prepared to commence pour ing for the walls by Wednesday. He will have nine concrete men on the Job and will have all the walls Up by the end of the week, if present plans can be carried out. Uter on a bungalow office build. Ing Is to be erected at the corner of Court and Ash streets and it 1 re ported the company will this fall erect enother concrete building on Court street slm lar to the structure now un. der construction on Ash. REPORT OOUBTED THAT SHIP WAS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING PARIS, March IS Havre re ports throw doubt on the state ment th? Norwegian bark SUlUS was torpedoed without warning. Some sum a mine was respon- Wilson May Take a Hand to Settle Water Legislation INTIMATES SHIELDS HILL WIL! HI VETOED UNLESS BAD! CALLY CHANGED, WASHINGTON. Msrch 13 The president today promised to take j hand in the fight on the shields water power bill which conservationists de nounced as vicious He told Repre sentaive Kent it was better to let waterpower run to waste than to wrongly settle the question. He Intimated he would veto the bill un less it was radically amended Kent asked the president to have Secretary Baker immediately give his atten tion te the control or waterpower on navigable streams. The war depart ment has jurisdiction Kent wrote the president: "Without fear of contradiction. 1 again state that for Influence and lobbying, the waterpower crowd i? the lhrWdll and most dangerous lot of people we have to fight in th's country today." The prisldent replied: "Vou may be sure I shall tall Baker's attention to this matter at the earliest possible moment for you know my deep and genuine interest. I am watching the progress ot legislation with great anx-1 iety.' Mass Meeting of Mothers is Held This Afternoon; Better Babies is Subject Discussed Today is Baby Hay ill Pendleton. A host of mothers is a-sseinhled this afternoon in the Moose Hall for the purpose of hearing addresses thai will inform them as to the better methods in caring for the little folks The principal speakers are Mrs. tieorge W. , McMath of Portland, president of the; Oregon Congress of Mothers, Dr. Gay I L Boy den anil Miss Alice Butler, head I of the domestic science department of the rendleton schools. The mass meet ng Is being held un-1 tier the auspices of the women s club- 1 of the city and the parent-teachers' association, committees (resg which 1 have been working for several weeks Germans Said to be Ready to Make New Proposals of Peace if They Take City of Verdun v. March 13. It was and Albania divided between Austria lated today that Wil. 1 Dulgaria and Greece. Antonnim for .formed Peace teras : !V,!,nd' Kr-,"'-,n f"r Turkey from - I r t sh Influence liermanj to re ely will be made if ,urn Belgian, and northern France 'olonel House s said Kussla to assume possession of 1'er ed tent.it e terms, sin. Kngland to remain as at present recent months of war giving ajad rec. hrlng nothing. High nan officials here Its. authorities said neither side , fare, tified High 1! to tile correctness of his out- e. The demand follow The return of all German colonies No Indemnities Montenegro, Serbia 'ODER 10 SEND TROOPS Wf MEXICO IS DELAVED: MOVEMENT MAY BE LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY 9 .- .1 . 1 ,. . New War Secretary The man who will have part in I Remtfaag troops into Ievli sue- to Get Kalanee. A. J. Black has file5 suit in the cir cuit court against Zoeth Houser for judgment for I55S, Interest, costs and attorney fee. He allege that balance due upon a lote Defendant execut ed a mortgage to protect the note, the complaint recite, and gome of the chattels mortgaged were sold. De fendant, however, refused to apply all of the proceeds upon the note, plain tiff alleges, and refuses to permit the montage on the balance of the chute!:- to l-e foreclosed S A. Lowell is attor iey for the plaintiff. Grs 1 institute Hold County Superintendent I K. Youn ; has returned from Milton where Sat urday was held a local institute byl 53 teachers. Supt. Klemm. of Ellens aurg was the principal speaker. In the afternoon he spoke upon "Sex Hygiene'' and in the evening upon "The First American." The next lo cal institute will be neld at Stanfield upon April 1. ance of "National Baby Week. A part Of the observance in Pendle ton was the sermon preached y ester-! day from various pulpits on the gab- feet of "Better Hab es." Iirge en-1 gregation were out and the services Mrs. McM.tth arrived in the city I testerday and was entertained at the home of Mrs. Wilson I. McXary. To day at noon she was the guest of hon, I or at . luncheon served by the girl.-! of the domestic science class at the high school. The luncheon was at- , ten-led UM by a number of prominent ladles w ho have been active in ar-i ranging the meeting here. a position to demand 'iidemn.tiea. It was reported there wtu no longer ant thought tn tlermany of the kauter r. t . in - 1: ;X - L sH 1 H Alleged Threatened Resistance From Aroused Mexicans Said to be Holding Back the Expedition. AMERICANS ARE MOBILIZING Troop Are En Rotitr to Border Points la lUtarllnftM for Dash Aomen the IJne W hen u onl i vunrs Eunston Will Havei All m Iteadlnm Before March Is Iwm WASHINGTON. March IJ. NctTciar) of Mat,. luiHlng an nounced this afternoon the -un, department had reai hed an agree ment with Carranui n-xardlng Vmcricaii troo entering Mexico and the military reriproetty peo Iiosltlon. Duriru; a debate m the xmate 1 1 1.1 m! -r l.i in .1.. !.ii.,l "If we think we can whip Mexico in a few seek- will be woefully urpiicd. I heileTei t ilia will become a national he ro. Sixty thousand men may ral ly about him." Chamherlain's remark Inter runted Borah in a snrat h join. Ine I'all in opposing a miimeal military agreement with l arran- gfjn Doubting the cffd-tivrnesN of the ItosdeBsBl as, flgbten. Mo ( iioii.-r said I hoy montly were line ram and blanketed Indlaav ll- a-l.nl Smoot when they got their rifle. "From the 1 11: toil Stato. " in. terposexl Warren. Smoot said the Mexicans hate mere machine gims than meti ea. We cofcld not get mer 30,000 men on the border within .to days and must face a Mexican army of sixty or seventy thousand, dis ciplined and eouiptx-d. he de clared. Washington ordered the mili tary authorities to hold Consul Gavins, rcprocnting the dcfailo government a- nixiiolblc ft- Use safety of Uh' Mormons. I niiin firmeil reimrts said the Mormon wen' manhlng afoot acrms the ilcx'rt toward the border. (amuulstaM an- digging tn-n-chcK on the border east of .fuan-a. TTie entrenchments race Paso. Mexiian troiMs. also ... an i-lantl in the Rio (.rande fnm which ft laso l sagB rei bei. Soldier, of the scientli Infantry and a ntimher of asBgg deputies an...-. I with rifle-i wen- Haced on guard iK.ite the 'arrnuai.xtax. Ihoie-and of Texan are or. gemtatag, pnhlli to offer their x-riiti-s to asM In the Imanion. Influential eattlemeii on BJgj western Teva- plain are organiz ing and eeMMnfaag a ntrimem of cowboy-. The mav offer the ieaticr-iii. 10 Colaatri IlniasiiHll DOUQLAiS, Ariiona. M irch I t Culberson's ranch. g mites east of DoBgl was officially designated today as one point from which American troops will enter Mexico The force will Include tho seventh and tenth cavalry . The tenth cavalry start s'! to march from Slaughters ranch. 30 mllea east, this morn ing one battery of the sixth field artillery accompanied them. A scouting party of .me officer and nine men crosefng the border Saturday night led to the report the Invasion already had begun The result of the BCOUtiag party's efforts Is unknown Kl. PASO, March 13 . - ntrwatei 1 by an alleged organized resist 'ne from aroused Mexico the expedition to crush Villa was still hel l In leash today Troop are en route on ipeelal trams from all arm) branches either Participate m the move In' Ve- ment of . - is nor -t Tuesday ihugh Funston thorough prep arvdneaa naa: further ileUv 1 b ir b -1 in trottht In suppressing demonstrations. six rive. I from chbi.hu reported two Oarranan thr it. ned th'-ir lives Twelve thi iand mobillxing The laved tag egpadMJ may avoid the i'i.-a '. prevent tre ide with non romkalagrta ii is pectetl. however they will xtiae t (Continued on Pag Bigl