DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER Tonight and Saturday fair. YESTERD AY S WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature, II; Mini mum, 21; rainfall. wind, soUn. light, weather, clear TO ADVERTISERS, Tht Rut Oregonlan has the largest bow tide and guaranteed paid circulation of an? paper In Oregon, cut of Portland and by far the largeat circulation In Pendleton of any other newspaper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1916. NO. 8771 DAILY EVENING EDITION MALANCOURT IS CAPTURED FROM FRENCH FORCES Berlin Announces That Fortresses on Belt! Sides of the City Have Been Taken by Germans. BOMBARDMENT IS TERRIFIC Three Attacks Drive French Defend er from Position After Fierce Rand to Hand Combat I Fought; p-""- Admit French Were Fereed to Retire. BOBIU-IN, March II. Tha fortified village of Malancourt and tha de fense on both aldei have been storm ed and raptured, It was officially an nounced. Prisoners taken totaled III. PARIS. March 31 After a bom bard lasting all night, the German drove the French from their positions at Malancourt by three massed at tacks delivered simultaneously. Be fore the French gave ground, how ever, they fought the Germans hand to hand for hours. As they were massed, In the struggling encounter, the artillery of both aides was silent for fear of killing their own men. LONDON. March II. With huge German shells smashing their trench es Into ruins, the French troops have evacuated all but the eastern and soutcrn outskirts of Malancourt. Par Is dispatches admitted. They said ths German, artillery hall rendered other defenses untenable. Twenty thousand Germans have been killed and maimed .as a result of the crown prince's renewed attack against Verdun, according to esti mates from French military experts. The now assault has been luunched on both banks of the Mouse. Massed French batteries wiped out whole bat tallonr when the Germans rushed on Malnnmurt. Waite Indicted on Charge of Murder NF.W YORK DENTIST CHAJtQHB WITH POISONING WEALTHY FATHER-IN-1AW. NEW YORK. Marcn 31 Dr Ar thur Warren Waite was Indicted on a first degree, murder cnarge today. It j la alleged he poisoned his wealthy j father-in-law. John K Peck, of Grand Rn plds. The Indictment was presented by the grand Jury to Judge Nott. The, grand Jury had been In continuous session since Monday Dr. Waite, It was stated, will not ne arraigned on the murder charge until Monday. District Attorney Swann expected to demand that Waite be tried In the su prenie court. SCHOOL BOARD MAY NOT ALLOW CHAN6E IN HOURS SIM DENTS DISAPPOINTED: MAT TEH WILL HE CONSIDERED RY HOARD, v.sUrdny afternoon during the sec ond period at the high school. Prof. Ommbee sent a messenger around to all the rooms In the building with n telegram which read like 'this. "School will take up at the regular time, 8:10." At this Instant several moans passed from the students throughout the rooms, for no other reason than that In the morning as sembly Prof. Gambee announced that on Friday morning the change of pe riods would take place which had passed the vote of the students, but the telegram came from the school hoard that they would not permit the change until they held another meet ing. Now the students are disappoint ed because of the delay in making the change and perhaps they will not gel j It at all In a recent vote taken as to wheth er the change should be made, It showed that fully 85 per cent of tha students favored the eight continuous sessions. This plan the board reject ed. Again only nine students or about three per cent voted to have the hours remain as they now stand, or in other word about 97 per cent voted to have six periods In the morn ing and two In the afternoon. It has been arranged so that the nine stu dents who voted against the change and who had good reason for doing so enn take their work without ant extra trouble. All the teacher are very enthusiastic over the change and would like to see It take place. Library is Nearing Completion Will be Beautiful Structure Pendleton and Umatilla county will soon have one of the most beautiful, one of the best arranged and on ot the most urtistlc library buildings In the northwest. The structure, which Is now nearing completion on the commanding site just north of the Main street bridge, will be a triumph of library architecture and Is destined to become one of the chief prides of the townsman. A trip of Inspection through the building and careful notation of plans worked out in detail to combine the maximum of utility with the maximum of artistic effect, cannot but convince one, even at this stage in the con struction, that the completed building will Justify In full the long effort of the library board and the expendi tures made by the city and county. The building Is now in Its final stages of construction. The exterior: has been almost finished and the plas-. terers are now at work on the Inter- lor. It will not be long before the' contractors are putting on the finish ing touches. The building will be ready for occupancy before the end of spring but the library will prob- j ably not be moved in until sometime, during the summer owing to the de lay in the purchase of furnishings. The wulls of the building are con structed of hollow tile and the finish of the exterior Is a pebble dash. The i oof is of Spanish tile of three slightly different shades of green so that It! will present a mottled appearance, j Three coats of plaster, the middle a scratch coat, are being put on and, when completed, the building will be as fire-proof as It is possible to make a building. The library will have a full capac ity of about 05.000 volumes though a! present there are only about a fourth 1 1 - First Photograph Taken During Battle of Verdun -t j (taEnKsEKftSaaifl JyHBr MEbwSP'hI ftMgjgjaa This ia one of the first photographs to teach this country, taken during the terrific battle around Verdun It shows a French convoy taking machine gun ammunition to the firing line to repel the vigorous German attacks. Feeding The Troops in Mexico Becoming Hard Problem to Solve kNMsMHI Men of the Sixteenth Infantry are ahown here loading supply train to be moved across the boarer. On ac that number In the library. In plan ning the building careful provision bas been made for future needs ana yet, these provisions for the future have been so planned that there will be no appearance of emptiness from the first With the present revenue, the board can add about 3000 vol umes a year. on the main floor there will be a reading room for adults, a reading loom for children, and a stack room, all commodious. The arrangement is such that the librarian at the loan desk will have a view of all three rooms without moving. The book stack will be radial so that she may look down each one. In addition to this floor there will be cloak rooms for men and women, a committee room In which any com mittee of any organisation In the city may meet, a librarian's office and cataloguing room. Just outside the adult's reading room on the east there will lie an outdoor reading room, a feature few libraries have It will command a beautiful view up the. river as will the reading room of the adults and the committee room. In fact the building has been carefully planned to take full advantage 'of the beautiful view afforded by the loca tion. In the basement there will be an auditorium for the use of civic organ izations without charge; a room for club meetings with a small adjoining kitchen equipped with electric cook ing appliances, a packing room for the distribution of books over 'the county, a box storage room and a fur nace room shut off by flre-proot doors. Provision is made for the re ception of books and fuel with a mln- ( Continued on Pag Seven.) count of the barren territory, the United States punitive expedition in pursuit of Villa and his followers will Elks Arrange to Put on Comedy on April 24 and 25 "A N IGHT IN BOHEMIA" W1IX BE GIYEN UNDER DI1UXTION OF H. K. IjOVE, "A Night In Bohemia." two nights at the Oregon theater. This Is what the Elks have in store for Pendleton people next month and Rufus K Love, one of the best known theatrical directors In the business, is here to take charge of the enter, prise. April II and 25 are the dates set for the annual Elk show The? original plans of the commit tee, as announced several weeks ago, were cancelled when It became known that Mr Love could be secured. For several years the Penateton lodge had tried to connect with him but always his engagement have been so many that It ha been Impossible to secure a date with him. "A Night In Bohemia" Is a musical farce comedy for which about 125 people will be required Singing and dancing chorus of botn sexes and all ages will be used and the drilling of these will be taken up at once, Mr. Love met last night with the committee. R. E. C?hloupek, Lou Steel hammer, J. H. Estes, R W. Fletcher and L. D. Drake and made out a list of his requirements. He want 10 little girls and 10 high school girls. 30 young ladies and 30 men for a male chorus. He wants to enlist all of the leading soloists of the city and all of the best acting talent. Clive Cheshire, who has made hits before in Elk plays has already been cast in the role of the leading man. "Edmund Keene.'' ana the other part will be assigned soon. Wives, daugh ters, sweethearts and friends of Elks will be Invited to Join m the makln-r of a success of the attraction. (Continued on Page Twelve) Qtrri film SXRyJ. be forced to depend almost entirely upon supplies and even water rushed from the United States. DARING PLOT TO CAPTURE VESSEL DOES NOT WORK Ernest Schiller is Arrested After At tempting to Seize British Steamer Single Handed. PALS FAIL TO SUPPORT HIM Four Men as Stowaways Were to Spring Out at gbrnal and Overpow er the Officers and Oow the Chi nese crew; Daring Adventurer May Have to Hang. LEWES, Del, March II. A daring plot to capture the 1000 ton British; steamer Matoppo with a valuable car go and take her to sea was revealed by Ernest Schiller who was overpow ered after holding up the ship's com-' mander and attempting to seize the' vessel single handed. Four other, tt' was said, conspired with him. The four, as stowaways, were to' spring out at a signal, overpower the officers and cow. the Chinese crew. This was to have taken place off San dy Hook. Schiller's comrades, how ever, backed out before the vessel cleared Hoboken. so he decided to execute the plan alone if it proved the Matoppo was outside the three mile limit when the attack occurred. Schiller is a pirate and liable to hanging by the British under the pi racy laws. S LITTLE GIRL FALLS i OVER 280 FT. CLIFF tailing over a cliff 300 feet lifeth. flit It- six year old Vclnui Fletcher, daughter of Robert Fletcher, a McKay creek rancher, bad a narrow escape mini death Wednesday. As It was -die sus tained a fracture or the thigh bone and a bad scalp w"und be sides Innumerable bruise. The cliff was not perpendicular for tlx- full distance, else death would, tiave been her fate. She rolled part of the way, bouncing from ledge to ledge, she was brought to Pendleton and Dr. Battery at tended to the Injuries. She li at the hospital now and Is report ed to lie improving. O W.R.& IN. Advances Wages for Trainmen PORTLAND, ore., March SI. I ollowlng wage conferences last ing three months, an 0.-W. R. & V increase to conductors and brnkemen Is announced today. The Increases total 139,000 a year. It includes tlie entire re nrrnnKcnient of the wage sched ules. The increases range Irom thirty to ninety cents per day, af fecting 730 employes. The agree ment has no connection with tlie demand for a iiatiuiai eight hour day. Wheat High Today at Opening of Pit CHWAOO, March 31. (Special! I May, opening. $1 .15 1-8, closing, 11.13 J T -S . July, opening. $1.13 3-8. closing LIl 1.8. 1 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore.. March SI. 1 i (Special I--Merchants Exchange pri- ces today, club SO bid. 95 asked. Blue jstcm $1 bid. $1.05 asked. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL March 30 Wheat Spot No. l Manitoba. 13s 7d; No. S. Us 3d: No. 2 red western winter, lis 8d: No. ! hard winter gulf, lis 4d. L In American terms the highest Liv erpool price (for spot No. 1 Manitoba i is 11.11 per bushel. Asserts Road Committee is Not Committed to Bond Plan Pendleton. Ore.. March 31. Editor East Oregonian: Every article bearing the signature of the Good Roads Association favor-1 Ing the bond Issue to build the so called trunk roads is very misleading. The majority of the individuals of' the board do not favor the bondln . proposition and are especially against, the roads proposed by the commercial ' clubs and the Warren Conatructlon Company. There has been no meet-1 American Column Strikes at Villa Forces Under Colonel Dodd Attack Bandit Leador and His Men, Killing Thirty EL PASO, March Si An nn- confirmed report cucalased here that Villa, fleeing from Gwerrero had murdered several Americans at Maura, ten miles south. Min ing men and railroad officials are trying to get definite new. Last reports said the American t Guerrero were Doctor Stall and men named Locke, Acklln, Hemple and Herman IManken burg. EL PASO, March 31. The Ameri can expedition baa clashed with the Mills tan near Tron alamos, In the Guerrero region, according to a mes sage from Case (.ramies to Consul Garcia, made public this afternoon. WASHINGTON, March 31. The war department received confirma tion this afternoon of the report that the Vlllistas have been badly beaten In a clash wlh the American expedi tionary force. - Colonel Oeorge Dodd's cavalry struck Villa at six a. m. Wed nesday near Guerrero, according to a war department message from tha San Geronimo ranch. The dispatch, dat ed yesterday was transmitted from Pershing via Funston headquarters. Villa, suffering from a broken leg and other injuries was not in the bat tie. The ViUlstas left 10 dead on the field. Others are believed to have been killed. Dodd captured two rapid fire guns, many saddles, horses, am munition and supplies. Eliaso Hernandez, commanding tin- Vill'stas was killed. The attack was a tremendous sur price to Villa. His men did not have time to arm before the American ca valry was upon them. Dodd's men had marched 55 miles in 17 hours to overtake the bandits. The Mexicans showed no fighting qualities said the dispatches, but STUDENTS' 6RADES IN THE i HI6H SCHOOL ARE HI6HER The report of the grades of the Pendleton high school students for the second quarter of the semester, read in assembly this morning, show ed an increase toward higher stand ings over the last quarter. A larger percentage of the students have made an average of 90 for the last month than ever before. Prof. Gambee holies that by the end of the semester all the students will have averages above the 90 per cent mark. In the report read this morning the normal class heads the list with an average of 89. The juniors Jumped trom fourth place last month to sec ond this month with an average of 85: commercial class 84: seniors. 84 freshmen II. 81: freshmen I, 79; soph omores, 79, and irregular student. IA The seniors had nine with an average of 90 or more. Nellie Sloan receiving the highest. 93: normal class had 8 with Marguerite Straughan receiving 96; commercial had 9. Gladys Bed well receiving 93; juniors had 12, No la Childreth receiving 95; sopho mores, 11, Altla Boylen receiving 96: freshmen II. had 9. Helen Miens re ceiving 96; freshmen I had I, Geor gia Miller receiving 93. Alta Boylen, a soph. Helen Miens, a freshman II, and Marguerite Straughan. a senior, were all tied for first honors with a grade of 9 and five subjects on their course. There were five who received 95 and 11. 94. Ten seniors and dur juniors fell be low 80 per cent. Ing of the board alone this year when we were asked to vote on the bond issue to build trunk highway. The first vote that was put over was by the Commercial club, with the help of Mr. Lonergan. the agent ot the Warren Construction Companv. using a map he had drawn for that purpose. At the next meeting called to meet with the county court a number ot (Continued on page five.) merely grabbed the nearest gun, mounted their horses and fled. A running fight ensued. The battle last ed while the American and the Mex ican galloped aide by side for ton mile, fighting. At last the bandits separated and fled to the mountains, abandoning a number of Carraiulata who had been taken prisoners ia pre vious encounter. EL PASO, March 21. A battle was fought yesterday between the seventh cavalry and the Vllliata column. Ac j cording to an official dispatch. SOU j ViUlstas, under Eliaso Hernandez. I were encountered at San Geronimo. The Vlllistas lost Hernandes and 10 men. Several Americans were wound ed. Confirmation was had to the re port that Villa was wounded in the hut fight with constitutionalists. He is hiding in the vicinity of Guerrero. Eugenic Contest and Baby Parade to be Held Here AFFAIR WILL BE STAGED NEXT MONTH BY PARENT-TEACHERS t IM it. A "Better Babies" eugenic contest and baby parade will be held In Pen dleton next month under the auspice and direction of the parent-teacher association of this city, assisted by the various ladies' club. At a meeting yesterday afternoon it was definitely determined to hold the contest and the Thursday and Friday before Easter Sunday, which falls on April 23. were set as the dates for the eugenic show. On the following Saturday, weather permit ting, a parade for babies will be held and prises given. The contest la to be open to a'l babies In Umatilla county. Expert scorers from Portland will come up and they will be assisted by local physicians and nurses. Any mother who desires may have her baby scored. The prises for appearance In the parade will be divided according to classification. For instance there will be a peramulator etas, a four wheeled buggy class, a two wheeled cart class, a Shetland pony class, etc. The details of the contest have not jet been worked out but all of the es sential features, qualification, plans and prizes will be announced soon. Many More Young Women Enter the Festival Contest MISS Ml'lUEL SAI.ING IS LEADING BY NARROW MAIM. IN OF VOTES. Nine or ten more young ladies, a number of them from over the coun ty, entered the contest to become Pendleton's candidate for Rose Queen during the past 24 hours and the fin ish of the contest tomorrow proml.tes to be exciting. Miss Muriel ratting of this city Is leading in the contest by a small margin lodav Among the new entrants are Mls.1 Lola Rogers and Miss Nadine blake ly of this city. Miss Virginia Todd of Hermlstnn. Miss Uene Webh f E, h... Miss Alta Smith of Pilot ftock, MM Doris Chesnut of Adams Miss id.--sa Klrkpatrick of Weston. Mi... EolS Keen of Athena and Miss Hern lee Walker of Siunrleld The last voting coupons will he In the papers this evening and they must be voted by noon tomorrow Th" successful candidate will be announc ed In the tai'ers laworrs iftern"tn. The real state-wide balloting will be gin Monday. CALIFORNIA MILITIA MAY BE CALLED OUT SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Marrh 10 Foi. lowing repeated that armed Msilcan are Infesting the frontier sheriff Con klln announced he would aak Gover nor Johnson to determine If the us of the Callforla militia was advisable, i