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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVEKTlSKltS. The KiiHt Oregon la n baa the ItUfMt buna fide mill tf.iarantee.1 paid circulation of any (taper In Oregon, east of Portland and by far the largeat circulation iu Pendleton uf any other uewapauer. DAILY EVENING EDITION and I ). threatcnln.; weather, ybsterdai muTHKn nxtk Minimum temperature ', . mini mum temperature rainfall I wind, northeast, light: weather chtf, COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1916. NO. 8760 I fsJ- DODD'S CAVM AK Al DUBLAN REMOVING ALL DANGER OF ATTACK 1 1 MORMONS Negro Organization Comprises Most of Relief Troops Which Have Been Under Forced March. MEN AND HORSES WORN OUT Mormon scout ini Column Hasten ing to ROMM Of American!, Who Worn TtotMMflned i- villa umi in Bandits; I'uiisum .sks Pwiuhndnii in 7m Mexican lluilwav- ETL PASO. March II. A portion of I M. hi s cavalry arrived at Dublan to day, removing all danger of an attack nn the American Mormons there. ' Dublan is aoutn uf fasa Grandan I The tenth cavalrj'. a negro organlza- Uon, composes must of the relief I force They have been riding contin-l nously for 60 hours. Mormon scon's leading, Army men aald Dodd wore out his men and horses rushing to MV the Americana. WASHINGTON, Slarrh U. Fun-1 stun has asked Carrnnza Tor permle sli.n to use the Mexican railroads in supplying the American army with, ammunition it li understood the gov-i ernmcnt In harking Funstnns request The use of the railroads would solve, ihi- expedition! most difficult prnb-' lem. Secretary linker' reports Indicate all 1 quiet along the border except for' soini. excitement at Tamplco. Thin disturbance i hollered temporal") it was said there were no reports of ex pedition operations available tol publication. Officials are unrertnin whether Carranza will lie able to nr. nit the request fur use of the rail -load. It I believed the government will make an Informal request to use I lie tracks COLUMBUS, Marrh IS More Am ine. m troops are hinilly preparing to enter the Mexican campnlgn Offi cers are drilling squads In building bridges. Soldier off dots played baseball In the hot sun. Funslon has tightened the c ensorship Supply Wa gon streamed steadily southward The Americans apparently are obey ing Oirranza Injunction to avoid the Itles and towns, where the hatred of the grlngoes might result In a clash. High officers expected the pur suit to last threi. month It Is be lieved 10. !0n troops will eventually i artlcipate In the chase One officer declared thes should capture Villa In a fete weeks Carranxa haa spread broadcast the claim l'o w-on a diplomatic victory ov er America in securing the reciprocity agreement lie hope this will offset Villa's appeal to the Mexicans against an "invasion ' The remainder of Dodd' command with Pershing's division. Is expected to concentrate in the rasas (grand district and begin the next stage ol the man hunt (lavlra declared Villa was 100 miles south of casus Grande The American cavalry Is believed now I., h,. gaining on htm. Pershing's column Is believed marching slowly near Ascension. POWER POSSIBILITIES AT CELILO TO BE EXAMINED SI NX OCT INTRODUCES BILL FOR 110,000 TO INVESTIGATE SUBJBOT, WASHINGTON, March IS. - (Sped-j all Representative Slnnott has In troduced a b II appropriating Jio.oooj I.. investigate power possibilities at Celllo, usklng a report from armv engineer as to the feasibility of a huge nitrate plant. MASS MEETING TO DECIDE ON BASEBALL THIS SEASON To decide whether or not Pendleton v ants baseball this year a mas meet ing will he held Monday evening 111 the bommerelal association room end every fan and near.fan In the city 1 asked to be present. The town of Pilot Rock Athena and Weslon have ill elded to revive the Blue Mountain league and will hold a meeting In Athena for that purpose next Tues day. They want Pendleton to put In the fourth club and, at the meeting Monday night, delegations will be se lected In represent Pendleton at Athe na Tuesday. The,, longest will on record was niilirWil l!lWlj!l ooglocer ami contained 28,000 word De Facto Head Will Cooperate with U.S. mi Carre nta is reported to have given asaurance that his govontmoni win co-operate with the American troops Ui rounding up Villa Scouts of the Carranalsta are nuu with the Am erican column south Of the Rio t Irattde. miIi to Foeeetoop. Hull to foreclose a mortgage given to secure a note upon which there is alleged to be due g 3 S r and Interest was begun yesterduy by the First N'u !onal 1'ank of Hcrmlston aga'n! Syl vester Whipple and wife. H. C, Rog er who claims an interest In the mortgaged land. Is also named as de fendant Rale) & Italey are ney for the plaintiff. lttor. i Bonding Plan for Good Roads Meets Strenuous Opposition open and violent war against the proposed bonding plan broke out this afternoon early In the good road meeting at the court house. Led by Senator c. A Barrett of Athena am: Wesley W Hurrah nr this city, the war assumed formidable proportions and the majority of the delegates seemed Inclined to line up against thi; proposed measure. Senator Barrett Introduced n reso lution to kill the bond Issue measure and substitute for It a plan for a two mill special road tax Harrah second ed the resolution which was ruled out of order by Chairman .1. F Robinson. Senator Hnrrett then appealed to the house and a merry word battle began The delegates from the west end of the county are leading the fight against the resolution. At press time no vote had been taken. Another road meeting will be held at the court house this evening and women are especially urged to attend. Speaker will be John P. Venn. J. Kheinstrotu and 3 SO fire M Hvland of Portland. In i iiening the meeting this after noon President J F. Bo Onsen laid In part: "I am i.bsolutelv In favor of a bond Ivu,., because I think P the su-es . the quickest and the best method to establish an entire system of hard surfaced roads for Umatilla 1 believe In an organization of the leading men of the county that will confer with the county court, in the expenditure of the bond issue, I be lieve In securing Hie services of th best engineer to be had. and I also believe In a competent superintend ent of each unit to be light on the Job to see that the work Is done according to plans and specifications. I bad the pleasure of driving over the Co lumbia highway only lust week and you may not believe It when 1 tell 'you 'that WttK'aif of their Expert road DEFEAT IS SEEN FOR TEUTONS ON WESTERN FRONT Battle of Verdun Believed to be Turning Point; French Ready to Start Great Smash Soon. GERMANS BELIEVED BEATEN slackening of Offensive Taken to Minn (In- Kai-4'r Is About to Vlmn doti Mis Effort to rjapture import ant French Stronghold; German I using Sitlrlt. (By Charles I". Stewart.) j London. March i8 a marked sl.o kening uf the violence in the Ver-t I dun fighting ha convinced critics the ! Hermans are about to abandon their; offensive Paris conveyed the samo idea and hinted that the German de feal at Verdun will be followed Imtne-1 diatiiy by the greatest French smash I i of the war. Th latest German attacks lacked the eSfly spirit and less artillery prep-1 aratlon preceded them. London critics! ' do no share these beliefs. They think' I the Teutons will risk a!l on one mole gi.nid assault against Verdun before 'admitting defeat Herman newapu ' per are devoting less space to tho Verdun fighting and neutral papers are forced to rel on Paris accounts. PARIS, March iv French aviators made five raids on German cities and Important military positions last night: , and engaged in 32 duels In the air I above Verdun, it was officially an nounced. Seventeen French aeroplanes al tacked the Conflan station, hurling forty bombs The German supplies I for the Verdun offensive pass there. Fourteen machines raided the station at Meti. Three fires were started and numerous explosions occurred. The Herman batteries opened a vigorous! fire but the aeroplanes escaped un harmed A third flotilla dropped ten bombs nn the aerodrome at Pieuxe and five more on the Arnavllle sta tion. The French aeroplane made II flights, pursuing the enemy and i damaged one fukker. The German I I trenches in the Corheaux wood, near i I Devaux. were bombarded. F.lsewherei ; is uuiet. a communique said. LONDON, March II. Premier Aa- 'quith will he asked Thursday in the house of commons whether he has I participated In any conference to dis-1 cuss peace, the exchange Telegraph dei lared. BERUN, March iv The German attacks on VerdUQ have ulurkenoil nn account nf a thick mist hindering the' operations, headijuarters announced. builders in Multnomah country they have discovered that they have mad mistakes as well as other people I mean by this that they are putting In drainage pipes where they did not think that they would need thent when the road was constructed. I al so think It necessary to allow the fills to stand at least one year before hav ing the hard surface put on " I armor suo Railroad, Two soils for damages were tiled yesterday afternoon against the O.-W, It. & S. CO., by W. H. BVanS, Pilot Rock farmer, one suit is for $401,14 for damage sustained by a carload of Itl fat hogs, alleged to have been caused by the carelessness of the de fi ndant and the other for alleged damages to a shipment of SO cattle, amounting to $;r,n. The shipments were made on August 11, HIS, and plaintiff alleged that the conipanv de layed the stock five hours at Umatilla, an hour and forty minute at The Dalles and forty minutes at another Station. Th s delay, and alleged fall ore to provide proper food, water and bedding, caused the stock to shrink, he complains. Raley & Haley are his attorneys. ' OPPOSE LIMlTINo SUBMARINE WARFARE RF.UI.IN. March IS. - A bill opposing any agreement with other nations limiting subma- rlne warfare except as regarding passenger ships, was Introduced In the Belchstag todav The conservative and national llber- tv parties Introduced similar measure Augustus Beam is Called by Death at His Home Here Will. KNOWN III SIDEXT PA ISE3 VV AFTER SUFFERING COMPLIC VI ION, resident of Pendleton, passed away list night at his home on Thompson streei, death resulting from a 00 m I Ileal on of troubles aggravated by an attack of la grippe No funeral ar. range mehtl have yet been made. Deceased, who was a native of Cal ifornia, was HO years old. For the pas" fifteen year or more he had boon In the employ of the Pendleton Holler Mills and prior to working for that Institution was a railroad man. He is survived by a wife, two sons. Tracy lieam of Tonopah. New. and Chester Plain of San Francisco. Three bro thers and a sister also survive him. one of the brothers. John Beam, is deputy county treasurer. BARRETT'S PROPOSAL FOR ROAO TAX IS TURNED DOWN MEETING IT Mill N RE I USES To OXSIDER I.I.V Y FOB IIK.IIU v v At the road meeting In Athena last night Senator 0. A. Barret' proposal to levy a two mill tax for five years and build 100 mile uf macadam ruad with the money was turned down, not a single vole being in favor of It. ac cording to word brought down today . The meeting, at which Mayor Homer I. Watts presided, was called for the purpose of considering the road ques tion and a number of them expressed themselves as .opposed to the bonding proposlt'on on general principles, but they were in favor of improved roads, the only question for consideration be ing the best method by which to pro ceed. C. A. Barrett was returned as a delegate to the meeting in Pendle ton today. All Passengers on Dutch Liner Saved BHITAIX DENIES TWO OF II Fit SUBMARINES WERE NEAR THE STEAMER. AMSTERDAM. March II. A thor ough Investigation proved that all were saved when the liner Tubantia sank, line officers announced. LONDON. March IS The admir alty branded as untrue the report that British submarines were near the Tu hsnlta before she sanK. BERLIN. March IS. Two British submarines were rjear the Tubantia the day before she sank, the Voaslsch Zeitung Amsterdam correspondent asserted. Further Weakness is Sriown in Wheat Pit CHICAGO, March IS. (Special) May. opening 11.07 1-S. closing II. 3-1 : July, opening 11.05 1-:'. deal Port land. PORTLAND, ore.. March Special) CI lb 81, bluest, Liverpool, LIVERPOOL March 17. Wheat Slot No. 2 bard winter, gulf. 1 s " 1-Id: No. 2 red western winter II 8d; No. I Durum. 13s Id, In American terms the top Liver pool price is S'J.no per bushel. Spot No. l Manitoba not listed on present report. Peterson to Portland Will M Peterson, local attorney, will leave tomorrow ror Portland and Salem on a business trip. NEWS SUMMARY (oncral. Gentian defeat at Verdun Is fore casted. Attai-ks are slackening. Dodd's column rcsom-s. Mormons from HMNihlr attack. (lash with Villa Is expected within few day. Local. War again! liond Issue 1r( fea ture of good roads meeting. School hoard defends new lupeftB tendon! . Beam and (.oorge Mau-ticld wis imiiv. Riirn-K macadam road plan lurnod down ai Ithen Pendleton will divide for or agaln-l baseball Mondn). STRAIN MAKES STATEMENT BEARING SCHOOL A very lengthy statement in relation to the school controversy was submit ted to the East oregonlan by C. P Strain this afternoon. Owing to lack of tpace the entire statement cannot be given today. The following is the introductory statement and the bal ance of the communication will be published Monday. To the Kditor: The attack being made upon the school board la bound to Injure the schools If taken serious ly. For the Information of the pub. lie I will say that the selection of Mr. Park was made after a great deal of considerat on. From the time of Mr. lenders retirement until the election of Park the old members of the board had the matter under consideration. Dozens of applications were on file and a number of personal visits were made here by applicants. The salary asked ranged up to ftlOO and the ap plications came from cities up to the s xe of Seattle and Portland. ther having been a high school principal from each .,f these two cities. The Se attle man had formerly been superin tendent of the VVenatchee schools. When any person charge hasty ac tion he draws entirely upon his im- maglnatlon. To assi that th board would decide so Important a matter hastily is a grave reflection Upon their f dellty to the people. 1 lesent the charge. The most cherish ed of one's possessions is the confi dence of his employer which In this case is the people of Pendleton dist rict. The charge that the board played politics has not. and could not have any foundation. All the board ex cept myself were accused of removing Mr. Landers in order to make a place for Mr. Hampton. The board denied the charge and. as I understand the matter assured the lenders people that Mr. Hampton was not to be el. ected. But Mr. Landers' retirement came so late that the elect'on of a supnrintendent was deferred until this ear. Judge Phelps. J. T Brown and myself are all in public life. To sup Pose that our action was inspired by a hope of winning votes is to believe us fools. Mr. Brown, for instance is PROF. PARK, CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS, ASKS FOR FAIR DEAL IN NEW POST Plot. A T Park, superintendent elect of the Pendleton schools has been In the city today meeting local people and members of the school board He was a caller at the Fast Orefonlan office and discussed the school controversy at length In relation to his Minnesota leach ing record. Mr. Park says the school in the tow,, of Thomson where he "rst taught employed rive tea. hers The town of Proctor he says is one nd the same with Proctorknott and was the p: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Moore. Mr. and Mta, llarley HothroCk, .Mr. and Mrs. Carry Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles TulUs, Mr. and Mrs Will am Koesch. Mr. and Mrs. Gu) Wvrck. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibson Mr. and Mrs. James Pannon. Mr. and Mrs Mel Shutrum. Mr. and Mrs Roe Carney and Mai Poster, m The Sunday school St. Patrick's so- 1 CisJ at the Methodist church last eve ring proved a decided success In every particular. More than a hundred were present and I Mened to a splendid pro. gram. Social festivities followed the, program. a the city today. Mrs, Jens Peterson ol Stanton Is visitor here today. K. Westerland uf Ring came in on ; the N. P train this morning S i Peterson. Milton attorney. 11 spending Saturday in the city Mrs Killian and daughter of Van-sv-cle are shoppers here today. C. H Urow nel! of Umatilla Is at-1 tending the good roads meeting Prol. Howard Drew of Helix Is j si ending tatftrdsy in Pendleton. Carl Perliuger bus relumed front an j SUPERINTENDENT ISSUE a candidate in the primaries for coro ner. Mr. Hampton has a following here who are so much devoted to him that they may carry their resentment to the polls. For It must be remem bered that the position of teacher af fords opportunity to make friendships than which none are stronger. It has been charged that the school board, overwhelmed with a guiltv conscience sneaked off behind closed doors to elect Mr. Park The facts are that the board had been requested to do what ever could be done to spare Mr. Hampton's professional life. By holding a secret meeting we could keep our decision out of the papi r-j thus giving him further time to se cure employment elsewhere. His friends, not the board published thi news. The charge that the board consists i of four ciphers and one significant i figure insults the manhood of thej board. As to myself. I was elected in I June last year, after the election of teachers. In a measure I was elected as a protest to the action of the board in removing Mr. Landers But sure ly no one expected or desired that 1 hould rough house the board into j changing their plans n order merely to prve my Independence. No one. has a right to assume that Judge Phelps would weild his alleged hyp notic power over the dupes associated under him simply for sport. In the life of all school men and' Preachers there conies a time in the community when a change is desired ! It is no reflection on the man OS I community that th:s is so. I was at. first Inclined to dispute the conclu- sion of the board that such was true ! now as to Mr. Hampton. But what Investigation, I was able to make eon- j Mnced me that nothing was to be gained for the district or Mr. Hanip. ton by persisting further In this' course. Mr. Park .... The law provides : no way to elect teachers except by j the school board. The election of u- perlntendent ha been made In this way. Assaults upon the professional reputation of those elected becomesj an attack upon the most sacred inter- ests of our social life. I was an eight room school and the dis trict was larger than the town. Besides attending summer school j at the University of Oregon. Mr. Park i states he attended during one unlver i sity year, taking a degree last spring. He states he was entatlvely offered several other schools wherein a salary of 11801) per year was offered.. Mr Park is confident of making good In Pendleton and asks to be given a fair trial local people He Is a man assurance and believes he will have little difficulty in his newly chosen position. A of citv lalph Holts, Staaftetd banker. Is e for the good roads meeting to- lr. and Mrs Asa Ti. Thomson of 10 are registered at the Pendleton ay. , Harry N". Dryer prominent business j man of Umatilla, came up from his . home last evening. Lloyd Riches, editor or the stanfleld ' Standard, came up this morning to attend the good roads meeting Mayor J. M Kyle of stanfleld. can . dldate for the public service commts jsloii. came up this morning from his ' bona. Arthui c, Means one of th business men of the west end young of the I ' ounty. is here to attend the Mads meeting. Dr J QrlltroM of HePx eai this morning from his home H s j daughter Mrs LntNm Indan of Wash i tnomt. arrived this mornina to von I'onvlosinv sailt pMed Suit was filed yesterday by Hen Colvln of Rltter against Jesse Oof! and wife and John Guff to foreclose a mortgage alleged to have been given to secure a II nole Raley , Rg. lev are attorneys tor the plaintiff. Sailors, are I a nihil LONDON, March l The latlofli were saved when the Dutch . i Palembang sank it was announced today. The cause of the wreck was n i made public. CLASH EXPECTED IF Engagement Between Americans and Bandits May be Only Few Hours Away According to Funston. DODD IS AT GASAS 6RAN0ES Periling within MipimrUng IMkuuk-o ami May Prm .uie inui Toiuorrou Cavalry Make- -pi. n.lni Itecor.l of 50 Miles a Day ; May Ik-fHtrt Mexicans at san Antonio. SAN ANTONIO, March It. -An en gagement between the Americana and the Villlstas is expected soon Dodd 4 column is at Casas Grande. Funston believes Villa is only 30 mile south. If Villa stands his ground. Funston expects a dash shortly. Pershings cavalry is within sup Porting distance of Dodd They may effect a junction tomorrow. The dis tance between Hachlta and Casas Grandes is 100 miles. Dodd's march ing distance or 50 mtles daily la a splendid record, Funston said. Pershing has wirelessed Funston particulars regarding the disposition of troops comprising the main col umn The wholesale deportation of Mexi cans believed affiliated with Dlax and Villa, was reported rmpending. Tho alleged treasonable activities of prom inent San Antonio residents Including member of Huerta s former cabinet, governors and former generals. Is be ing investigated. Officials or the de partment of Justice and tbs poetoffice are cooperating. DOUGLAS. March U This Is the best protected Amen, an city on the Border. Not because there are ifcoo troops here, but because the Mexican state of Sonora is dry Without drink a Mexican trooper ordinarily is not ;i formidable soldier. An Ironclad mili tary law keeps Agua Prleta dry Half a doxen offenders have rallen before a firing squad. Many are advocating nation-wide prohibition ror Mexico as the only mean of securing peace. The American expedition will face a crisis when It fires the first volley, it is believed here This will deter mine whether a general resistance against Americans will result. PHoENIX March 19 Following j a secret meeting Of a thousand Mexi I cans here last night, the city commts. sion authorized the i htef of police to j swear in an unlimited number of clti jxen police. The meeting last night adopted resolutions denouncing the Socalted American invasion of Mexico. HAY SAYS ARMY INCREASE BILL BACKED BY WILSON WASHINGTON, March II.- Th president approves trie Hay bill for army Increase, Baj declared during the debate in the house He denied tha't Baker s letter addressed to Gard ner ..instituted a repudiation of the measure. Baker's letter, made pub. lie today, criticized the hill. The pas sage of the measure was not expecteu before next week Ultra -prepared, ness advi.tes plan a hlg attack on the alleged inadequate provisions. Hay asserted his measure wits vir tually the president's own bill. The senate committee reported chamber lain's bill .embodying different prin ciples Mann Objected to the Hav bill, forecasting republican 001 eSh. lion He declared the tdll falls shmt of what is needed He said the pea posed twenty thousand increase was insufficient even In a miniature war. Staff) Corneals strike. OAKLAND. Cal March l ar. penters empb.ved on the HuOC" Scott Shipyard struck fhls morning because of the employment of nln un on men. other shipbuitd'ns unions are meeting ths afternoon to -llr-mlne action v coast wide -trite Is feared t1l ITvaih-m ffHf I. a oiiANDK nr- March I John Oardner, president ot 'he 'H.' or La Grande sne e Janu ir I h i . re signed his p. -siti. n with the . .minion wealth banana be bis bean tfnAOver red from the La Q ramie OlvMng to the Portland division as i 1 n .live engineer The citv nun mis net hi .c' .c, worth, a retired eontrsceof la 'HI the unexpired term Vmeenl calmer connected with 'be Paimei Lntnlvf cinpanv will bMOtas .r. sl leril I t Mekeiinun is ih- other member the commission. VILLA STANDS GROUND
