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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, l? a
NO. 8780
CAVALRY ENTERS
DM: BANDIT
LEADER NEAR BY
Villa Believed Traversing the Main
Highway Toward City; Quick Dash
May Overtake Him.
AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED
Paseengers from Chihuahua Declare
Onttewi Murdered Foreigner; New
Vendon of How VQU W Wound,
ed Is Received; Caaualtj Ut of
Troopers Given.
BL PA80, April ll. American cav
alry was reported to have entered
Dorango today. Villa la believed at
Tepehaunea, traversing the mam
highway leading to Durango City. Ar
rival from Chihuahua brought new
version of the circumstance! of Vil
la's wounding. It was aald a Mexican
ahot him at Guerrero after the Mex- j
lean' daughter had been outraged.
Ha tried to escape after ahootlng the
bandit. Vllllataa took him before the
wounded chief, who killed him. Paa-1
angers on Chihuahua trains also de-1
dared that the Vllllataa murdered sev
eral foreigners. Including three Am
ericana an Englishman, a Frenchman
and a German Travelers atronglj
denounced the Carranztata. They de
clared that the de facto troops had
stepped aside and let Villa pasa It Is
unknown whether the Arrleta broth
ers, commanding large rorces at Du
rango. are In favor of Villa. Suppos
edly they are Carranxtotas, though II
has been reported they were opposed
to the American expedition.
A number of Salaiar sympathisers.
Including two generals, have been ar
rested at El Paso.
Americans reported killed were Dr.
A. T Ptell. Lee Undsey and Frank
Woods. Herman Blankenburg, a Oar
man, Donald MacGregor, British, LOn
Harl, a French merchant of Guerrero,
also were alleged victims of VIIHstsA
Four Arab peddlers also were killed,
said passengers.
12,000 Troopa In Mexico.
WASHINGTON, April U.r-There
are twelve thousand American soldier
In Mexico, It was officially stated.
Most of them are engaged In guarding
the communication lines. Eighteen
thousand more are patrolling the bor
der only two thousand troops re
main In the rest of the country. In
cluding Alaska All Inquiries regard
Inn the ulvlsar illty of using the mili
tia were referred to the president. A
duplication of the San Geronlmo dash
will be neceaaary to overtake Villa
now
Ktve Troopers Wounded.
SAN ANTONIO, April 11 Five
American troopers were wounded In
the fighting with Vllllstas at San Ge
ronlmo. Pershing officially reported
today. The following Is the casualty
list:
Private Brown, ahot in the cheek,
back and shoulder.
Farrier Melndevllle, two slight
wounds.
Private Bennett, ahot In the ankle.
Private Garbell shot In the arm.
Private Gardiner, ahot In the arm.
Liverpool Market
Shows Some Decline
No Chicago market today (legal
holiday.)
Portland.
PORTLAND, ore.. April 11.
(Special) Merchants' (exchange pri
ces today: club, bid, 91, asked, 6.
Bluestem. bid $1.04 1-2, asked $1.07.
liverpool Cash Wheat.
LIVERPOOL, April 10 Wheat
Spot No. 1 Manitoba, 13a 7d: No. I.
Its Jil No. 2 red western winter, lis
lid; No. 2 hard winter, gulf, lis Bd.
In American terms the highest
L verpool price (for No. 1 Manitoba)
Is 11.11 4 r per bushel.
French experts will establish a mil-
ll iry aviation school with 11 aero
p hi. of three type.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Man and girl end liven at Walla
W
French holding the line at Verdun.
I arranzlstaa execute ringleaders of
.liiarex uprising.
Local.
fonuwt manager declares lendle
toti o MM to name queen of itosc rVf-
llvali
Pioneer I innl-li farmer iwhch
away.
Pioneer Farmer of
Finnish District is
Called by Death
.xr.::.vw jaiiobwon, wuj.
KNOWN' RESIDENT, PASSES
AW V AT ACE OF 72.
Death came at 11:30 this morning
to Andrew Huuhala Jaeobson. pio
neer farmer of the Finnish settlement
north of Havana xiatlon. It was due
to dropsy and the Infirmities of old
age. The funeral will be held Friday
It 1 p. m. at the Finnish cemetery.
Deceased was a native ol Finland
but emigrated to Norway when about
18 years old. In 1871 he came to
America and six years later came to
Umatilla county and toou up a home
stead north of Havana, being one of
the first settlers in that part of the
county. He had lived on that place
practically all of the time since he
look up the land. He wa 72 year
old at the time of his death.
He Is survived by a wife and eight
children, William. Andy. Miriam, An
na, Walter, Elizabeth, Leonard and
Henry. Hla first wife, the mother of
his children, died about fourteen
years ago.
Mr. Jacobson lived a quiet and In
dustrious life and In his neighbor
hood had won tbe warm friendship cf
all the people.
L BE
BY THE GOVERNMENT
HUl'SK ADOIT8 RIVER AXD HAR
BOR Bil l. ITEMS FOR PRO
POSED WORK.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
tuuse adopted river avd harbor bill
item for the army engineer's survey
of streams In the northwest. It pro
poses the following surveys: Columbia
f'r.m St. Helena to deep water; Slus
U, from Acme to Tillamook; Colum.
bla from The Dalles to Vancouver:
Willamette from Corvallls to Eugene;
Washougal slough and Everett har
bor, Wash'ngton. Engineers will al
so survey the channel from Baker's
Hay from tbe Columbia to the Ilwaco
Ducks and map out the Columbia
from Celilo to the Snake and from the
Snake to Plttaburg landing with a
view of the construction of locks and
i. ins for navigation. Surveys will
also be made of the Clearwater riv
er from Its mouth to Oroflno. taking
consideration of the development of
electric power at St. Marys and St.
Joe. Idaho. Appropriation for Ore
gon projects already have passed the
house.
Fears Felt for
Besieged Force
LONDON, April 11. Increasing
fears are felt here for the safety of
ihe British forces under General
Townshend, besieged at Kut-el-Ama-ra,
Mesopotaml for over four month.
It Is believed their supplies nre near
ly exhausted. Spring floods are ham
pering the advance of the relief coV
umn which is within a few miles of
the city.
Artillery May be Used in Final Round-up of Villa
LIGHT FlE.lt) AMTILUKY.
The photograph shows a detuchme nt of United States Artillery in Mexico. On account of the nature of the soil and ilim ite, army officers have
found Ihe movement of artillery a very difficult problem Ylgh field artillery, however, usually can proceed anywhere that the cavalry can go. It
Is possible that some of this force 1 n nw pursuing the routed Villa army.
RINGLEADERS
JUAREZ MUTINY
Three Mexicans Said to Have Re
ceived Money From "Interests"
Backing Diaz are Executed.
PAY PENALTY FOR TREACHERY
Bodies Left Lying wiiere They Fail
as Warning to Others; Carranzla
taa Squad Makes short Work of
Condemned Men; 40 Other Are Im
plicated In the Plot.
JUAREZ. April 11. A firing squad
of six Carranzlataa today executed
Klorenz Hernandez, Jose Bournel and
Nicholas Chavarrea. They paid the
lienalty for their alleged treachery.
The bodies were left lying where they
fell for the public to view. Gavlri
announced they had confessed that
the Interests representing the Felix
Diaz movement had paid them money
to foment a mutiny at the Juarez gar
rison. It was stated tnat these will
be the last executions, although 40
others were Implicated in the plot.
The trio slain today were charged
with being the ring leaders Chavar
rea formerly was secretary to General
Orozco.
Berlin Disclaimer
of Torpedoing is
Notat Washington
CABINET IN SESSION BUT NO AC
TION TAKEN ON THE SUS
SEX CAKE
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
German disclaimer or the attack on
the Sussex was not received when the
cabinet convened today. Lacking this
document, the cabinet was without of
ficial confirmation of the reports thai
Germany had denied attacking the
Sussex. The statement that Germany
had denied ever promising not to tor
pedo freighters, also was uncon
firmed. It was apparent, though,
that the Sussex case alone Is not re
ponalble for the present crisis. The
Lusltanla affair and probably the
whole submarine Issue will be dlspos.
ed of. The administration has not
, considered the Lusltanla episode as
I closed since the kaiser's decree of sub-
marine warfare against armed mer
Chantment was announced. Such a
program was declared to confllst with
Berl'n's ussurances. Officials say that
the significance of the recent subma
rine activities lies in the fact that
they indicate that Germany does not
accept America's position regarding
Germany's right to sink passenger
ships.
Mill-, lor Judgment.
The Hermtston Bank and Trust Co.
yesterday afternoon filed a suit against
John Strahm and Dr. M. V. Turley
asking judgment for $248.53 on a
rromlssory note. The bank also
brought suit against Dr. Turley on a
note for $555.7". Fee and Fee are
attorneys for the plaintiff.
FACE GUN
SQUAD
Taxpayers of the
County Will Meet
Here Wednesday
ASSOCIATION IXVTTES AJJ, TO AT
TEND WHETHER MEM
BERS OR NOT.
It Is announced that a meeting ot
the Umatilla County Taxpayers' asso
ciation will be hel, In the Eagles
Woodmen hall at i ;M Wednesday aft
ernoon. The association is open to
all taxpayers of the county and all are
Invited to attend regardless of wheth
er they have affiliated with the asso
ciation in the past
One of the object of the meeting
will be to select two delegates to rep
resent this county at the state con
vention of taxpayers to be held in
Portland April 22 ana which meeting
will be made up of two representa
tive from each county In the state.
Douglaa Belts is the president ot
the taxpayer' association of this
county and Manuel Frledly, ecretary.
LEWIS TO BE CHAIRMAN OF
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
MARSHALL SLATED TO BE RUN
NING MATE OF NOMINEE
FOR PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON. April 11. Marsh
all will be the gunning mate of the
democratic presidential nominee and
James Ham Hon Iewls will be tem
porary chairman of the democratic
national convention. according to
prospective arrangements of demo
cratic leaders gaterlng today for
Thursday's conference with the stats
chairman. Some opposition to Lewis
was manifested. The democrats want
two Indiana senators elected and fig
ure that Marshall's name Is needed tn
aid them.
Wilson Banquet is
to be INon Partisan
Held Saturday Eve
, Plans for the coming Wilson
banquet have been changed so
as to have the affair on Saturday 4
instead of Friday evening as an-
nounced last night. The banquet
will be held In the Eagle-Wood-
man banquet room and there
will be seats for 400.
An Interesting program Is be-
Ing arranged, consisting of mu-
sic and a few talks, the chief
address being by Hon. M A. Mil-
Ier of Portland who will speak
on the subject of the Wilson
administration and its achieve-
ments. 4)
The banquet will cost 75 4
cents a plate and reservations
n ay be made with any one of
the committeemen, W W. Har-
mh, Wesley Matlock arid H G.
BIydenstein. It '. desired that
those who wish to attend notify
some member of the committee 4)
so that accommodations may be
arranged accordingly.
It is planned to make the
banquet a non-partisan affair
and a general invitation Is ex-
tended to all supporters of Pres- 4
ident Wilson to attend. The
banquet will be for women as 4
well as men and numerous local 4
women are planning to partlci-
pate.
if ft
fJye Military Training Camp
4
WASHINGTON. April 11. If the
time ever comes when the women of
America are called upon to follow the
example of Mollie Pitcher, heroine of
the Revolution, they will be ready. In
order to make sure of that they are
preparing to open a military instruc
tion camp at Washington. D. C, May
1 There women and girls will be in
structed in tactics, cipher communi
cation, wigwagging, wireless telegra
phs, scientific cookery, first aid to the
Injured and other subjects of use in
war time.
Women and girls prominent in so
'iety. in army and navy life and in
booth state and national political cir
cles will attend the school.
Among those prominent in the pro
ject are: Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Mrs.
m r I : V Vk. mm xtBWr'UI i 1 9aT w- w-i pa
I sksewsm 5Jra1,IW Ss?b vsl
M 4 ""zaoaatft IB Bw M
Pendleton Has Good Chance
of Naming Next Queen of the
Rose Festival at Portland
Pendleton not only has a fighting
( name but a mighty strong chance c:
naming the next queen of the Tort
land Rose Festival, providing the citl
leus of the town get back of their
candidate, according to R. p. Rich
ardson, manager of the festival queen
contest who is here today conferring
v.lth the publicity committee of the
Commercial association.
AH of the Portland organisations
v ho have candidates in the field are
"scared" of the outside candidates.
tvvrv:. film soviet.
James M. Thompson, daughter ot
Speaker Champ Clark, Mia Caillo
Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator
Hoke Smith, and Miss' Mary Wilcox,
a great-granddaughter of President
Andrew Jackson.
The women will wear a uniform oi
blue flannel blouse, khaki skirt,
brown boots and the cavalry type hat
of brown felt They will live in tents,
each of which will contain five cots,
five dressing tables and five small
mirror. The camp will be guarded
at night by picked men from the
Washington police force The camp
of the national service school, as it Is
called, will be in a ten-acre field giv
en for the purpose by Senator Fran
cis Newlands of Nevada. The field 1
near the fashionable Columbia and
Chevy Chase clubs.
lie states, and they have reason to
be because the festival association has
placed them under a handicap. Port-!
land merchants will not be permitted
to give out votes with purchases for
'he reason that this would be unfair
to the smaller cities, the volume of
business done by Portland merchants
being so much greater.
The Portland organizations must
pay cash for their votes at the rate
t a dollar a thousand. Pendleton
and other towns have the same privil
ega and. In addition, will have the
otes secured from the merchants.
The votes in the newspapers may be
last for any candidate without cost.
Mr. Richardson and the local com
mittee held a meeting this morning
and are holding another this after
noon. Their plan is to have the mer
chants purchase ballots at the rate of
a dollar a thousand and give so many
with a dollar purchase, the proportion
to be derided among themselves. How. I
ever, this will not prevent anyone I
else from purchasing votes outright
and casting them for the local candi
date. Valituble piiNUSty Idea.
j There are at present 10 candidates
I from Portland and seven from outside
j points. Besides Pendleton, the fol-
lowing cities have put up candidate?:
Kugcne. Albany, Salem Corvallls, Or
egon City and Klamath Falls, making
I a total of seven candidates outside ot
Portland
The candidate receiving the highest
I number of votes will be crowned
queen and. in addition, the city or or-
ganixatlon electing her will be prlvil
I eged to name the king of the testi
I val. The twelve next highest candi
dates will be maids or honor. Only
I six of these can come from Port
land, leaving sue of the seven other
! cities sure of representation.
I The Rose Fetival will provide a
j special float for every randidate out
. side of Portland and guarantee to
spend not less than 1100 on this float.
The float will be built to advertise
I the community which It represents,
i Thus If Pendleton has a float. It has
l t n NgfMtM that It would be nia'l.'
to advertise the ltound-up Movlnc
pictures will be taken of all parades
(Continued on Page Eight.)
FRENCH LINE IS
HOLDING
VERDUN
DESPITE DRIVES
City Will be Saved if Present Furious
Assaults of the Germans are HeW
in Check.
TEUTONS LOSE OVER 100,000
Crown Prince Is Delivering Mtkkl
Blows Along Front of Six Mx?ea;
liquid Fire Helps in Attack; at
Some Points the French Are Forc
ed to Fan B.
LO!CDON, April 11.
the savage Genoa
furious counter !, tf
French are chocking the crown
prince's strongest blows afajwt
Verdun today. Tile French conn
tor offensive rival that of the
Germans against Deadman's HUk .
where the smash nan reached It
highest power. All official re
ports indicated that the desper
ate French reatstaane la breaking
up the Gorman offensive. The
battle has narrowed to a three
mile front and has Increased ,
greatly la Intensity.
PARIS, April It, It Is officially
estimated that the oerman losses at
Verdun have been more than 100,000.
The Verdun line was still held today
under the most tremendous blow in
history. Wave after wave of Ger
mans were thrown agamst the line on
a six mile front northwest of the cit
adel. Twenty thousand Germans have
been killed or wounded In the last two
days The French losses were admit
tedly heavy it was announced that
three German corps have lost half
their total strength since the begin
ning of the battle.
Attacking with tTtruffr fire, the Ger
mans captured fragment of trenches
on a ridge east of Deadman's Hill last
night Elsewhere the Germans were
repulsed. Bloody figntlng resulted
from the Teuton attempt to recap
ture lost ground south of Douaumont.
They were heavily checked and
thrown into disorder. French artil
lery prevented the use of flame
throwers there. A terrific bombard
ment thundered at Douaumont, Vaux
and Woevre all night Artillery and
infantry fire routed the German who
were debouching from Crowds Woods.
The belief is growing that Verdun
will be saved if the French success
fully can resist this assault. The bat
tle hourly has grown more violent
since Saturday. It appears that it
soon will culminate in a grand Ger
man assault on both banks of the
Meuse
The Teutons charged Deadman's
Hill. In mass formation. They be
came confused and lost In the barren
ravines. When the unit were demor
alised, concealed French guns sud
denly opened fire. Tne attack halted,
wavered and then fell back Scores
of high explosive shells were dropped
on the huddled masses, biting great
holes in the confused crowds. Similar
bloody scenes were enacted between
Haucourt and Bethlncourt. On the
eastern side, however, tne ravines of
fered a shelter to the advancing Ger
mans and they captured a line ot
front trenches.
BERLIN, April 11. Thirty-six
thousand Frenchmen have been cap
tured since the beginning of the Ver
dun attack, it was semi-offlcially an
nounced. On the west bank of the
Meuse the Germans captured ten
square miles of territory and a larger
area on the east bank. Countering
the French statements that the evac
uation of Bethlncourt was a strategic
move, a semi-official news agency
published a copy of a french order
alleged to have been found on the bat
tlefield, urging the commanders to
hold Bethlncourt at all costs.
It was reported that the British
made grenade attack south ot St
Eloi. It was claimed the .ittack was
repulsed.
MAN AND GIRL DIE
BY OWN HANDS IN A
WALLA WALLA HOTEL
NOTFS ij-:ft mo hint OF pvt.
POttOM UBKD HV WOMAN
RJBTOliVMR BY MAX.
WALLA WALLA, Wssh April 1 1.
- The result either of a miirder and
suicide or a double suicide, th - hodisg
or Mary Hawn. ll, und C i. Frailer,
ibout 4$ or 50 re round on l-1
in a room In the Grand Hotel last
evening The girl had been lead
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