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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEK
VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, If i
NO. 8763
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LIQUID FIRE IS
USED ON FRENCH
IU GAIN GROUND
Germans Advance Ten Miles North
east of Verdun; Smash May be
Made Against Important Railway.
OFFENSIVE GROWING WEAKER
Victories of lite Itustuans Convince
rah- That Kaiser Will Abandon
Campaign Around Verdun; Terrific
Ikiruhardiix-nt I Made Against the
French Positions.
(By Charles P. sicwart.)
LONDON, March 22 Liquid fir
played 1U moat successful role since
the war began when It enabled the
Germans to advance 10 mllea north
eaat of Verdun, lleports In London
today Mid the (ierman artillery show
ered shrapnel and high explosive on
the French positions at Avocourt un
successfully Jets of liquid flame
and billows of smoke drove the French
from several hundred yards of trench
ea southeast of MallncourL This
menaced several square miles of
French positions northwest of Ver
dun Part Insists the shifting of the
Qerm.cn uttack is a confession of fall
are. Russian victories have convinced
Paris that the Verdun offensive will
be abandoned The gatn at Avocourt
place? the (lertnans within seven miles
of the St Menehnuld railway over
which supplies have been carried for
most .if the French positions around
Verdun Falling to squeeze the
French from northwestern positions
the Hermans may smash southward In
an attempt to sclae the railroad. -
PAKIP, March 22. Although the
Germans heavily bombarded last night!
northwest of Verdun no attempt was
mad, .it Infantry operations, a com
munique said.
Ituaslan -Juilt continue
BERLIN, March II, Kuropatkln
continued his assaults south and
OUtnesSl of Riga today. It was offl-1
clalh announced The attacks were'
repulsed The statement said more
trenches in the Avocourt woods had
been raptured.
iisirlaiiH Mmwlon Town.
LONDON, March 22. The Aus
trian. have abandnned Oernowltz as
a result of the Ituaslan victories at
Dneister. an unconfirmed Home wire
leas ileelared.
Itiifwlans sink (iermnn.
Itl'CHAKEST, March 22. Husslan
warships Sunday torpedoed the tier
man steamer Raperanza, flying the
Roumanian and Spanish flags off
Kalikra. The crew was reported cup
tured. The vessel whs 7000 tons.
Turks Evacuate Frrituran
AMSTKHDAM. March 22 -The
Turks have evacuated Rrztngiin, where
they established hoaa'n,uartal after
the fall of Erzerurh. llucharest dis
patches said Hefore leaving I hey
blew up the ammunition, depots.
Oregon Town
is Feared Sliding
Into the River
WFDDERBITRN, AT MOLTH Ol
ROGI I,. IN DANGER; pfx
PLE UUC FLEEING,
MAR8REIELD, March II. It
was r portci from Wedderbum
at the mouth of the Rogue River
tliat the woil- are flcrtng. fear
ing the town Is sliding into the
water. A fw weeks ago slides
occurred. Kotsnt heavy rnlns
renewed the fears.
Wheat Market Still
on Downward Path
CHICAHO. March 22. (Special)
Mm. opening. 1 1.09 6.8, closing,
Sl.us 3-8: July 11.08 5-8, closing
l.o? :i-8.
Cortland.
PORTLAND, re. March 22.
(Special I -Merchants Exchange prl
' ces today, cluh, hid 84, asker. 91; blue
stem, 96, naked 11.
Liverpool,
LIVERPOOL March 21. -Wheat-Spot
No. I Mnnltoha. 13s lOd; No. 2
13s 8d: No. 3. 13 4d; No. 2 hard win
ter, gulf. 12s 3d; No. 2 red western
winter, 12s Id: No. 1 Durum, 13s 6d
In American terms the Liverpool
pi ice for Spot No. 1 Manitoba is $2.01
per bushel
Country Which United States Troops are
Traversing in Search for Villa
05 TROOPS MEXICAN TROOPS
I 1. "V ati.tiir lijjvini r a
"Z jr Af21fiffc.. Paso
Vfl SCHIHIIAHUA
Cor Cifumb e ',Zo"' V
This map shows the Mexican bur
lier and the northern portion of Mex
ico, through which our troops are go
ing In search of the bandit Villa, and
bis followers.
American troops for the pursuit
Six Team League
May be Formed in
County This Year
PLANS Discission VI MEETING I
HELD IN ATHEN V ESTER
DAT UTBRNOON.
( Kast Oregonlan special.)
A TH K N A . tire. March It. Instead
of a four team league as proposed all
first, the Hlue Mountain league will
this year be a six team league. If the
plans launched yesterday afternoon at
a meeting In this city mature. The
intention is to have ball dubs In Pen
dleton. Athena. Weston. Pilot Hock.
Helix and Adams, the two last town"
having shown a disposition to Join.
The meeting here yesterday, held In
the office of R. B. Richards, was
merely preliminary and another Is to
he held at Pendleton Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock at the Commercial
club for the purpose of formally
launching the league.
H. H Richards was elected presi
dent of the league yesterday and J. N.
Hover of Pilot Hock was chosen sec
retary l.ee I). Drake of Pendleton
acted as temporary chairman and
Henry SCeena of Athena as temporary
secretary.
Athena. Weston. Pendleton and PL
lot Hock had representatives present
Pendleton was represented by L. D.
Drake and C. P. A. Lonergan. Weston
by D. EL Wood and 'Col. F. B. Lucas,
Pilot Hock by K. B. Casteel. J. N.
ROyar, John R. Pickett and Bert
Shock and Athena by B. B, Richards.
Dr. 'shorn. Henry Dell D, Crqtihart
and Col. F. B. Boyd.
The meeting was enthusiastically In
favor of amateur ball and there was
much discussion over the plans for
the season.
NEW TROOPS ABE ON
WAY TO THE BORDER
ITNsTOVs APPEAL FOR REIN
FORCEMENT8 BEING RE
SPONDED TO.
WABHINOTON, March 22. From
all sections; of the country troops
sped to the border today In response
to Funston's appeal for reinforce
ments. Four troops of the Fifth cav
alry left Fort Myers on a special train
this morning, squadron left Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas. Fort Sheridan.
Illinois, and Fort Russell. Wnmilng,
this afternoon. Funston's report in
dicated thul Pershing Is Hearing the
Vllllstas.
DOCtlLAS. March 22 Portions of
Ihe third cavalry from Douglas may
be ordered to furnish the extra pro
tection which Funstoti has demanded
for Pershing's line of communication.
One infantry brigade Is deemed suf
ficient protection here. Squadrons of
cavalry were carefully drilled and put
through an unusual practice today,
evidently preparing to move.
El, PASO. March 22.- The British
consul at Torreon has arranged a
special train of boxcars to carry for
eign women and children toward the
border Advices reaching the civil
authorities said they expected to leave
Torreon this afternoon under a guard
of Carruntistas.
MORMONS
were gathered at Hachlta, N. M., Co
lumbus. N M.. where the Villiata raid
which brought down the wrath of the
U. 8. occurred, and ut Kl Paso. The
arrows indicate the general direction
taken by these forces.
Nurseryman Gives
Advice Regarding
Tree Planting Day
VAIUETIK8 SUGGESTED As AD-
AFT ABLE To PENDLETON;
APItIL I .!) TIM!
In connection with the proposed
tree planting day for Pendleton, the
civic club has received the following
letter from the head of the nursery
at Milton.
Milton, tire.. March 19, 1916. j
Chic Cluh, Pendleton. Oregon
Gentlemen:
Replying to yours of fhe 13th. We
hail not seen the notice of the con-i
templated planting campaign In Pen
dleton. We believe such a move to
be a very good one, however, and we
are not making this statement mere
lv because we may be Interested In
the work later in a more direct way,
should we be called on to supply any
of the needed nursery stock. Many
cities are planting trees and shrubs In
their parks and streets. The syca-
more. Maples, elms, lindens, all are
very well adapted to such work, espec-
Lilly the sycamore, both
and American varieties.
European
April i
would be a very opportune time to do
this work, although a week or so lat
er would be still time, however would
urge as early planting as possible The
locust makes a very good tree where!
water supply is limited. This tree I
however, is not aj refined in appear- j
ance as some of the other varieties
mentioned above and we would select
others In preference to it where con-1
dltlons are at all favorable to the;
growth of trees, etc Any advice we
can give or Information we can supiiv
Will be cheerfully sent.
Trusting you will meet with success!
In your campaign, we are very truly
MILTON NURSERY co
SLOAN SAYS WEST END
PREFERS BOND PLAN
MILL AG K TAX OBJECTED To
NOT SI IT'ICIFXT; (Oi l)
SPRINGS slim 1,1) III
RECOGNIZED.
The following letter bearing on the
good roads issue him neen received by
J. F. Robinson from Frank Sloan,
president of the good roads associa
tion in the west end or the count) .
Stanfield. Ore.. March 20. 1916.
Mr. J F. Robinson. President Good
Roails Association, Pendleton. Ore.
Dear Sir:
Since I came home from our meet
ing in Pendleton Saturday, i have
found out that the only road measure
that will have any chance of carrying
so far as the people here are concern
ed Is the bond Issue, which Is now be
fore the people.
The people argue that the mlllage
tax does not provide money enough,
at any one time, with which to accom
plish any permanent results They
argue that the money coming from u
mlllage tax would only amount to
1100.000 a year which would be spent
In patch work, and at the end of 14
years when our bonds would be dtie
wo would be In the same condition as
far as our roads are concerned with
the mlllage tax. its we are at present
I am still of the opinion from what
I have learned from the people since
I came home that the bond Issue has
a good chance to get through If we
, I
(Continued on Page Bight.)
VILLA
o
WIND SWEEPS 3
CARS OFF TRACK
1
! Coaches Attached to Clover Leaf
Passenger Train are Rolled Down
Steep Embankmentat Marion, III.
NO ONE IS REPORTED KILLED
High Winds it.. Mini, Damage
to
Mlddl Western SMU; In MAI
Nations Traffic is omplrsch lar
alyaed; ,al on rk- Michigan
Cause Fear for shipping.
MARION, Indiana. March 22.
Win swept three 9teel coaches of the
Clover Leaf Passehger train from the
tracks and tumbled them down I
steep embankment this morning Two
cars rolled completely over. Two
men were severely hurt. No one was
killed. During the high wind a fire
broke out, destroying a drugstore A
terrific gale was reported from all
sections of northern Indiana. Farm
houses were demolished, trees up
rooted and communication paralyzed
No loss of life yet reported.
House Itlown I)oti.
INJURING
MEN
CHICAGO. Marcn 22 Terrific j sible candidates for office and have
gales, accompanied by bllizards. dam-! determined to put In a full ticket,
aged northeastern Illinois last night, i They are already talking candidates
Daylight revealed houses blown over for every offlce in the county gay,,
at Kankakee and Plttwood. Man that of county recorder
wires are down Fears are felt for Horace J Stlllman of this city, a
the freighter Arizona, which sailed j na,ve of Umatilla coontv Is being
last night for Manitowoc. The steam-j gr,,0med as the candidate for treasur
er Maywood was forced to put back!er of ,he minority party. He returned
for shelter at Waugegan. Three ;t0 Pendleton about a vear ago after
aboard an iceboat were ariven Into aan absence of several years. W. D.
vnterhole In Lake Monoa and drown- chamberlain, former county clerk, is
e1 j being urged to seek that office again
'and is in a receptive mood.
One Man Killed. George Cressy of Hermlston has al-
LOOANPORT Indiana March 22 I reaclv flled 88 a can51ate for the
A man was killed In his own home' ,iemHcratic ""m'nation for commis
when Ihe wind hleu th.. roof f , I sioner ") "o" friends of Ralph B.
factory off and hurled it against his
residence Many have been Injured
hereabout... The loss is thousands of
dollars. A girl was reported killed
near Montpelier. Business
blocks
were unroofed
Truins DeUifed.
u&inun, Aiarcn a. irains ana
I lnterurban cars were delayed today in
one of the heaviest snowstorms in
years.
j
i Fires sweeps Prairie,
j WICHITA. March 22. Prairie fires
are sweeping ten Kansas counties ,
Farm buildings and some livestock
nave been burned
Pioneer Stockman
Called by Death
THOM AS HREWSTElt
v FROM til 1 1 KOK
II FART TROI IU F.
Thomas Bre water, respected and
pioneer stockman and Tanner of th
county, died yesterday afternoon :
2,15 at his home, 30S Madison street
Death resulted from old age compli
cations and heart trouble brought on'
by too violent exercise.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at the family residence ant'
following the services, the body will
be taken In charge by the Masons of
Athena. Interment will be made in
the Athena cemetery.
Deceased w is 77 years old and had
been a resilient of this county for 2s!
years. He was born In Yorkshire,
England, in September. 1S3S, and
came lo America when 16 years old
He lived in Missouri until 1SS5 whett
he came wet to Oregon, settling first
In Jackson county. In 15SS he moved
to L'matila county and for 15 years
was engaged in the stock business
near Lehman Springs in later years
he farmed in the vicinity of Adams !
He retired several years ago and for
the past vear and a half had made
his home in (his city
He Is survived by his wife three
sons, tleorge of Lewlston. Idaho.'
Thomas. Jr.. and Henry of this city,
and five daughters, Mrs. c W. Steen
of Milton. Mrs. Amos Myrlck of Ad
ams. Mrs James S. Brown of St
Lou-
is, Mrs. Martha Bcnderllta of catnaa, j
Montana ami Mrs. Kmtly S Cesll of;
Flat River. Nev A large circle ol
friends In this county will be mddan
ed by the news of his death
Mr. Brqvster was one of the oldest 1
Masons In point of years of member-j
ship In Umatilla county, having beer. .
Identified witn tne order for a pe
rlod of 4 3 ears.
La FolliMo Wins at PriaMrtea,
BISMARCK. March 22. -I Follett
u'I,ateu Mtamook at tne presidential
primaries In North Dakota, early re.
turns indicated.
President Jenies That This
Nation is Asked to Act as
Mediator in Peace Proposals
BERLIN, Manh 12. Gerard
today announced he had cancelled
his vacation plans and would not
go to America this summer.
Friends said they thought im
portant matters might arise which
subordinate officials could not
handle. A high official asked
the United Press to deny the re
port that German Intrigues were
responsible for affairs in MexL
co. He said Germany wants
peace there.
WASHINGTON" March 22 Gerard
la , ,.,.lnin. In Berlin dlirinr hla1
- a
vacation to await Germany's peace ed significant that Hollweg did not
proposals, the White House stated deny he had asked Gerard to remain
Through Tumulty, the president auth.at his post for peace reasons.
DEMOCRATS MAY HAVE FULL
TICKET AT THE PRIMARIES!
Indications are that the democratic
party in this county will nominate a
full ticket at the May primaries and
contest for all of the offices at the
fall election. In fact there will prob-
j ably le a contest at the primar
l les over the democratic nomination
for one or two offices.
Prominent democrats have been
consulting for several rtavii unon no.
Stanfield of Echo are urging him to
contest with Cressy for the nomina
tion. Principal W. C. Howard of the Stan-
f schools, a life-long resident of
j this county and former president o!
Columbia College, is being talked of
as the democratic candidate for school
superintendent.
As democratic candidates for the
legislature, four names are being
mentioned, those of j M. Scarbor
ough of Hermlston. iyiu Hodgen of
I'maplne and E. J. Murphy and J. R
Haley of this city.
D. H. Bishop of Frcewater is seri-
ously considering taking the field for
(he democratic nomination for dis
trict attorney and J R English ofj
Weston is being talked of as a candi-
datee for surveyor. The democrats
are trying to induce Dr T, M. Hen-'
derson of this city to go out after the I
i oronership.
While neither Sheriff T. D Taylor
nor Assessor C P Strain have filed for, West and giving them a note for 1600
i.ssi-S' reeleCtin' " Wuved that both! and I3rt0 cash. The contract, he al
NH wl" ''I the near future, and the dem-l leges, called for the car to be kept
j ocrats are considering no other men . In good running ennd tlon for a year,
for these offices. Hoskins also asserts he was given the
; DAMAGE AT PARIS, TEXAS,
FROM FIRE IS 8 MILLION
PARIS
are dead
million d
March II. Three
homeless and eight j
orth of damage araa
Mill of a fire which
dlars
c:' used as the
devastated twi
flames were
thirds of the city.
Ungutahed today
s blocks were dest
injured, some per
The
I hundred busin
. ed. Many wer
I fatally,
Umatilla County
Open Door
Aihln- by Mrs. I. in., H. Sturgis pres
ident of the Library nonrd. at Coan
ini'n ial (luh Dinner.
"The best muling for the greatest
number at the least cost. '
That is the aim of all public li
braries It is especially the aim ami
the accomplishment of COttnt) li'r.u
systems such
ours in
l'matila
County, At the rate of Volumes
a year, the best booka possible are be.
Ing purchased which are furnishing
our eittxens In both city and county
with splendid opportunities of self
culture, recreation, business advance,
mem and know ledge w hich means
power.
Besides care in book selection which;
alms to get the best books w ritten on !
the subjects needed, the recent growth
of the library into a county sstem
now offers an open door to every fam.
lly In I'matllla county. The greatest
uumber are therefore Invited to make,
orlzed denials of newspaper stories
making the assertion.
The state department announced
"Any atatement that rierrnany has In
timated, or desired America to act
as mediator In peace negotiations Is
absolutely without foundation. The
department has no information that
Germany Is preparing definitely to
make a move toward peace."
Ambassador Bernstorff conferred
with Polk for 15 minutes. They dis
cussed the embargo on German trade
and the problem of America getting
1 dvestuffs. Tt la i,r,a....,.j .
nn, mi-,.l 1 M ,,. .....
I . ..mo UUil LUliWUCt'
RAINFALL FOR MARCH FAR
ABOVE NORMAL FOR MONTH
March is proving to be an excep
tionally wet month. With nine more
days yet to go. the month has a rec
ord of 2.26 inches whereas the normal
for the entire month Is but LU
inches.
Yesterday and last night the preci
pitation in Pendleton amounted to .42
of an inch, on Monday there was .12.
on Sunday .37 and on Saturday .04.
making a total of the past four days
.95 of an inch. Prior to Saturday
there was a warm, dry spell but dur
ing the first eight days of the month
there was a total of 1.31 inches. The
records kept by E. F. Averill show a
trace on the 1st. .24 on the 2nd, .12
on the 3rd, .44 on the 4th. .06 on the
5th. .01 on the 7th and .2$ on the
Sth.
Postoffice at
Milton Robbed
of Ten Dollars
last
The postoffice at Milton was
night entered by yeggmen, the safe
cracked and about ISO In money and
other valuables stolen, according to a
report telephoned down to Sheriff T
D. Taylor this morning Sheriff Tay
lor left at once for the scene of the
crime and has been working upon the
case all day.
Full details of the robbery have not
been received here. The crime was
not discovered until this morning. The
safe had been blown and looted of
all valuables, some stamps and other
paper being taken besides the cash.
This is the second safe cracking with
in the past year, the deport there
having been entered before.
sequel Snlt la Filed.
As a seipiel to the suit filed recently
by (3. A. Robbins and A. A. West
against J. C. Hoskins. a suit revers
ing the principals was filed yesterday
by Hoskins. He admits havine- nnr-
chased an auto from Robbins and
sub-agency for the car and was to be
given a commission of 111.25 on ever
car he sold He sold one to his father
lie alleges and had sales made with
three .'ther Echo men contingent upon
the car doing as he claimed. On a
demonstration, be alleges, the car fail
ed to run up to standard and the deals
were blocked He asks for judgment
for 1100, the price of his car. for
Ills. 25 commission on the ear sold
to his father, f :57.75 com miss on lost
In the alien d tellnre
defendants
warranty and
e and labor be
setnents. Fee &
I Pel
Library Has
to All the People
use of the opportunities at hand, and
that this has proved acceptable is
shown by the wonderful increase in
book circulation in 1915 Over 37 la
'books were taken out of the central
and branch .ibrarles. an increase of
i 110 per Cent over the circulation of
i the previous year. One of our alms
this year is to attract 2. una more ties
readers to nur librnrv Thl- uiti l.
, . .
.done OS placing more trave He 1 bra
ries in the rural schools of the county
school room libraries in the grad.'i
schools of Pendleton and h earefull,
advertising the goods we have to ,,f.
fer. for libraries are more and morel
making use of modern business
(np hftst means ,,f adverting o- and
have given us free space Posters are
also to be printed and placed In the
depots, hotels and other public places
An attractive advertising tape has
been ordered with which to tie the
'Continued oa sage two )
SICKNESS TAKES
TOLL AMONG THE
MEN IN MEXICO
American Expedition is Being Re
duced in Nunbers as Many
Soldiers are Put Out of Commision
PNEUMONIA NEARLY EPIDEMIC
Days Of Hard Man-hing on Meager
Rations TelLs on the Men- Cavalry
Patrol Continues Scan for Avia
tors Wko Become Lost; New Col
nnyi May Enter Mexico.
VOU'.VTEERS MVV (.O.
H VsfUM.TOX, March 92.
Senator Sherman Introduced a
resolution today authorizing tbe
president to iall 50.000 votan
toers for service In Meilco. He
deflarcd the development Indi
cated the army Is unprepared to
pursue Villa. The resolution
stipulated the volunteers would
he used only for pnnitlve pur
pose not Intervention and would
be mustered out when Villa was
captured or killed.
EL PASO. March 22. Sickness ia
thinning the American ranks in Mei
ico. Seven soldiers arrived for treat
ment today. It was said the Ameri
cans were dropping from dysentery
and pneumonia. In the daytime they
suffer from the intense heat. At night
they almost freexe. This has produc
ed a pneomonla epidemic of serious
proportions. Weeks of hard march
ing on meager rations, following
months of hearty eating in the camps
have caused many to fall by the way.
side.
Searching for A i is tors
COLCMBUS. March 22. Cavalry
Patrols cont;nued searching the f'hl.
huahua desert today for Lieutenants
, ' . . .
"uiis diiu 'orrei no luuea to arrive
at Casas Crandes in their aeroplanes.
Lieutenant Bowen arrived at Colum
bus today with a broken nose aa a re
suit of an aeroplane falling 50 feet,
His other injuries were slight.
Passengers declared the peons fell
on their knees in prayer and then ran
pell-mell at the sight of their first
aeroplanes. Later their fears over
come, they crowded around to Inspect
the mach nes.
Funston May More Headquarters
EL PASO. March 22. It was un
officially reported that Funston will
remove' his headquarters to El Paso
when the transfer to Fort Bliss ia
completed. This strengthened the ex
Pectation that the American base ol
operations will be moved here
It is believed that the new column,
headed by the Eighth cavalry is pre
paring to enter Mexico through Sua
dalupe. riding southward over ths
smugglers trail General Bell prob
ably artn be in command.
Hundreds of sheepskin coats have
been sent southward for use on the
bitterly cold nights following scorch.
Ing das. ft was reported the Amerl.
cans have asked Cavlra to cooperate
in the search for the two missing avi.
ators. The garrison at ,'hihuahu.i t
believed to have been instructed !..
'on failed, the expedit on s anguard
was 35 miles from Namlqulpa Should
it meet Villa It is belie. e. I would
split his force into m.ill b,,dle., ni l
spread In all directions t,, fight UI -
rllla fashion Rorder reports s.ild th-ro
still some disaffection am tig the
1 arranxa troops. Man) doubted that
the armv would obey him Implicitly.
Women living In amall towns neir Kl
Paso have some to town Ran, isrs
are arresting horde? V' ..n- tuaa
1
msp.
engaged in shipping " in ' Mil i
the Rio Grande. Twelve miles
arrests followed the a)sat0a
Plot to transport mi. bin.- nit
il
NEWS SUMMARY
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l iquid air anaa b UewakMas fore
the lYeoi h lack tin aMlTB ,r
dun
Xmcf-imn haatsBi In M.-ti.i. saMfe,
Ing from -i
timjl
Thomas hvyvswtf nsoawtre atoci
mail, wssrs4 uw.
Ilemiieritt- I., put roll
(bid
Milton pout iffti'r mti- i-Sti-b-aun
HI i Mountain
be organlsnL
be
k-Wgur U
Marvti utaaunUr wet a"aU.