East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 25, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy and occasionally threatening. TEKTERDAY'S WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature,, IS, mini mum. 43; rainfall. 0: wind. so uhwest, freah; weather, clear. TO ADVERTISERS. The But Oregonlsn bu the largest boo tide and guaranteed paid circulation of any a per In Oregon, eaat of Portland and by ' the largest circulation In Pendleton ot any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8792 VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1916. TEUTON VESSELS BOMBARD COAST T Squadron of Light Cruisers Appears at Early Morning Hour; 2 Men, a Woman and Child Killed. BRITISH SHIPS RETURN FIRE At the same Time a Fleet of Zeppe- Appear In the game Vicinity and Drop 70 Bomb, Injuring One Man; Admiralty Maya Damage la SHU I. tuMlsaf LONDON, April 2t. A German squadron or light cruisers bombard ed tiowestoft at 4 o'clock thla morn ing, killing two men. a woman and a child. Brltlah warahipa drove them off after a twenty-minute battle. Simultaneously a fleet of Zeppelins appeared In the same vicinity, and dropped 70 bombs on eastern coun ties. Injuring one man. The admiralty stated that the ma larial ilumage aa a result of the crui ser raid was lnslgniricant. Shortly after the Germans appeared, two Brit ish cruisers and a destroyer opened fire The Germans fled. Three British ships were hit but not sunk. The statement did not mention casualties aboard. The public immediately connected Sir Koger casement with the attacks, it wis believed the Germans planned a tri angular campaign or terrorism, ex pecting an uprising In Ireland and an attack on England from the sea and air. Twenty hours before, British warships raided Zeebrugge and Bel gian coast towns, Amsterdam report ed. They bombarded Zeebrugge, dam aging the harbor, docks and sinking small ships. Dunkirk Is Uasdrd. PAWS. April 2a Five German aeroplanes raided Dunkirk today and hurled six bombs, killing a woman and wounding three men. The prop erty damage was slight. The second convoy of Russian troop arrived at Marseilles today and were disembarked. The number mid the route were kept secret Three times last night the Germans heavily attacked Deadmnn'a Hill be hind walls of liquid fire. Bach charge was halted. The French took the of fensive and ousted the Germans from advantageous footholds. The Germans lost heavily. Grenade attacks on both sldpi- Of the Apremont Woods fallrd. Negotiations in Submarine Issue Hang in Balance WARNING IS SOI NDED AGAIN! OVSB CONFIDENCE OF A SET TLEMENT. WASHINGTON, April 25 Officials sounded a warning today against over confidence In the pending submarine Issue negotiations. The hope of a favorable settlement Is tempered by Germany's difficulty in convincing its people of the Justice of Wilson's de mands. The kaiser unquestionably wishes to avoid a break. It Is believ ed that submarine already have been onlered. temporarily, to cease activi ties against commerce. It was reported among offlclals that Gerard has assured the administration that Germany Is ready to make, some concessions. Whether the assurances HEN DISAPPEAR are acceptable to the president w'jThat ,,. mlonaire farmers are op- remain unanown unwi me I'ltnrm campaign Is halted. It Is believed that the German position will be known shortly. Herore going to Princeton to cast his vote, the president requested that Important news from Gerard be tnr. warded to him Immediately. He re-, turns to Washington tonight and con fers with Stone tomorrow. Stone wants to know what Wilson's course will he should Germany reply unfa vorably. Y0UN6 WOMEN SERVE A 20 GENT LUNCHEON AT SCHOOL PENDLETON HIGH STUDENTS OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE GIVE GOOD MEAL. The third 20c luncheon was given today noon in the High school dining parlor by Miss Helen Isaacs, Miss Na-1 opposing the bond Issue, persistently tails Ferguson and Miss Esther Em-! state that they have been tor years liysk. ad still are In ravor or good roads Miss Alice Butler, Instructor In tho but during all the years that this ele domestlo science course, has round nient has been In control of the good that this work Is helping tho girls to roads association they have not done n great extent. Bach group of girls 'one thing. They have not even lm ls making a special effort to get the proved the dirt roads. All they have highest per cent In the contest. don has been to hold meetings, make Capacity Audience Present at Elks Musical Comedy at Oregon Theater Last Night Nol u seat was untaken In the Oregon- theater lost evening when the curtain rolled up on the opening ot "A Night in Bohemia," the musical farce comedy presented by Pendleton Lodge No. 288, B. P. O. E.. under the direction, of Kufus K. Love. It was a capacity audience and the audience enjoyed Itrself to capacity, for, wh.it with songs, dances, comedy and cos tumes, the Elks had prepared a bl!i that was a fill. Without hitch or bobble to mar ami with some numbers or exceptional merit, the musical play, spiced with specialties, kept the several hundred people entertained every minute from the pretty opening drill by fifty little school girls to the good night finale which came amid a rainbow shower of uncurling serpentine. Cllve & Cheshire was cast tn tne role ot Edmund Keene, the retired actor and Bohemian, whose declining years are saddened by separation from his former haunts and friends. His waa a serious part that called for real acting and Mr. Cheshire acquitted himself with high honors. Mrs. Charles Bond as Dolly Nobles, the sunshine of Keene's Villa, and Bert Jerard as Tommy Jlggs, the breesy boy from. New Tork. made a pair of vlvlfiers who Dore easily tho responsibility of giving the sMow a good start. Their song and dance, "A Little Love, a Little Kiss Goes a Long, Long Way," was one of the cleverest acts of the evening. Comedy aplenty was furnished by Jack Gibson as Officer Callahan ami Bob Fletcher as Dusty Rhodes. Both were well madeup and carried out their different parts admirably, sing ing, dancing and carrying on rapia ftre dialogues, in which local takeoffs were frequent, In a way that kept the audience In laughter as long as they were on the stage. Lou Steelhammer put over some good laughs both In his song, "1 Was Utah and Nevada Wool is All Sold; M'Clure Tells of Prices That Eastern Oregon woolgrowers ure entitled by market conditions to the highest prices ever paid for wool is indicated by news contained in the following night message to the East OregoBtan by S. W. MeClure, secretary of the National Woolgrowers' Asso ciation. The message was sent In re sponse to an Inquiry from this paper as to the state of the market: salt Ike, I tun, .vprn SI, lio. Eam orcgonian, Ifmdletou, Oregon. The wool market In the Inter-moan-1 lain statin is now very active with the j buyers all at work, practically all the j Bonding Advocates Charge Big Farmers With Undue Activity Editor East Oregonlan: We ask space to answer the many' and various communications, state ments and misstatements of Senator C. A. Barrett, W. W. Harrah, Farmers Grain Union and others, who are op posing the bond issue for good roads. Mr. Barrett and Mr. Harrah are opposing the bond issue for the simple season that they are like the little boy who if he could not be captain would not play. In fact, the entire argument of the or position to the bond Issue may be swept away with this one statement: posing it because It does not build a road in front of their individual farms. They are selfish, and unless they can receive the whole benefit they are going to oppose any move ment ror progress and Improvement who,e .f, , , ,h they do individually. The statement Justly applies thai these millionaire farmers do not wan! to spend any money for good roads but want to save their money so as to buy their neighbor out and- make granaries out or school houses. In all this vast farming section where so strenuous opposition to the bond Issue arises, school houses are rw and far between. In fact it Is a manlcss land. The owners and oper ators live In the cities and farm from the curb stones. They want no de. elopment because It would cut down their holdings and reduce their enor mous incomes. These same gentlemen who are now Floating Down the Old Green River" and by his suffragette harangue as Mrs. Vaseline Pancake. Mrs. Brooke Dickson carried off her usual share of the honors through tho evening. Her burlesque of the Bow ery maid in the Salvation army was one of the first luughmakers and lat er she won repeated encores with her Dutch dance and song, "It's Tulip Time in Holland." One of the best song numbers of the evening was "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" by Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Roy Alexander Mrs. Alexander also sang herself into favor In her "Sweet Kentucky Lady." Mrs. Carl Power's Beautiful voice was heard to advantage in three solo numbers and the applause which greeted her every appearance waa testimony of her popularity with the audience. 1 lie prettiest and most artistic part of the entertainment was the solo dancing of Miss Jean Reber and Miss Thelma Thompson, popular high school maids. Miss Reber gave a "Shepherd Dance'' and Miss Thomp son a "Flower Dance" and both were executed with an airy grace unusual in amateurs. Jim Bates was at home In his fa miliar blackface makeup and his song, 'Are You from Dixie' with his darkey Jig, waa one hit Ray Crystal carried off the minor part of Charles Froh man. easily. Several catchy chorus numbers with appropriate steps were Introduced dur ing the evening, notable among which were the "Drummer Boy" brigade of six high school girls and "Down Home In Tennessee," by four couples. The medley or popular songs by 20 young ladies and the Plney Ridge Chorus or girls were also received with generous applause. Altogether ' "A Night In Bohemia" was a most enjoy able night and added another to the long list of Elks' successes in this city. The show will be repeated tonight and another big audience is assured. wool In Utah and Nevada has been HoUd aji.l about one-half of the Idaho clip In sold. Buying la going on In Montana and Wyoming at the highest lrhi'.s of tlie year. In Idaho 30 cents Is being paid for crossbreda. and thirty-one and one half is offered for lit'ht crossbred in Wyoming and refused fine wools are selling at from twenty-three to twenty-eight cents, depending on the shrinkage. The outlook for good prices is very bright as values have admnced m Imdon. S. W. M'CLI'RE. speeches, get their names in the pa pers and make a big noise and pin medals on themselves. I put it up to the people of Uma tilla county if it is fair and Just that the lords or these baronlcal domains, where a small farm is not less than a thousand acres, where there are no school houses, no community life, no rural development, shaH dictate to the people of I'mutlUa county in all im provements bearing upon the advance ment of the county as a whole. I lc-e It to the Judgment of the voters lt.it is not better to have one section of land with ten families on it and a school house than to have ten sec tions ol land, no man on them and no school house. Is not the one secttot with the ten families entitled to more consideration than the other. These lords of the farming section haul their produce to market but once a year. Yet they Insist that If roads are built the entire oounty con tribute toward building roads for them to use one month In the year. They want the people as a whole to build them private road ways that they may haul their enormous wheat crops to the market at less expense and then abandon the road for the re mainder of the year. The small farmer on the small farm hauls his produce to market practically evey day In the year and where the big farmer computes his cost and profits In hundreds and thousands the small farmer must com. pute his cost and profits In dollars and cents. The row which has been raised as to the manner in which the bond is sue was conceived, prepared and put on the ballot has nothing to do with the merits of the Issue, tt Is abso lutely Immaterial whether Mr. Bar rett or Mr. Harrah or any one of the others proposed It or opposed It. The (Continued on Page Bight.) U.S. TROOPS ARE FINAL DRIVE TO CATCH VILLA Detachment Starts Today Following Authentic Information of Rebel Leader's Whereabouts. REINFORCEMENTS ON SCENE Entire sixth Cat airy Arrives at Co lumbus and Probably Will be Used to Strengthen Unes of Communi cation; CMraiulstas Must Not In terfere. WASHINGTON. April 25 Renew ed hope for Villa's capture arose to day upon receipt of Letcher's report from Chihuahua reliably locating the bandit 60 miles southwest of Satevo, west of Parral. COLUMBUS, April 25 A detach ment of American troops was report, ed to have started today in a final dash after Villa. Main units or the expedition are concentrating at Nam iquipa and Duhlan. Letcher's infor mation locates Villa, near Konoava. Detalls are unobtainable. The entire sixth cavalry arrived today complet ing the reinforcements. SAN' ANTONIO. April 25. Funston today ordered Pershing to take firm measures to prevent the Carranzistas from hindering the transportation or supplies. The expedition has sutfer ed as a result of a seizure of railroad shipments. Scott and Obregon will discuss the supply situation. A con Terence probably will be held next week. WASHINGTON. April 26 Clothed with the powers M a diplomat. Gen eral Scott will endeavor to develop a spirit of greater accord between the Mexican and American governments at the conference to be held with bregon. He will explain the Ameri can aim in Mexico and seek to dial -rate the thought that the pursuit or Villa Is intended as anything but to shatter organized banditry'- Officials believe that Scott will silence any new demands for a withdrawal or the ex pedition before his mission is achiev. (Continued on Page Bight.) Men "Higher Up" in Bomb Plot Sought cm m czzr-za von . 'Ih the Men Are. 9 Captain Otto Wolpert, supenn- 9 tendent of the Atlas Line, who 9 was released on 126.000 ball, charged with receiving bombs to destroy allies' ships leaving Am- eiicnn Doris. Captain E. W. A. Chas. von Klelst, superintendent of the New Jersey Agriculture Chemical Company, who con-Y9 fesaed the bomb shells were fill- ori with explosives In his plant Ernest Becker, electrician on the Interested North German Lloyd 9 Liner Friedrlch der Grouse, who ponfesscil making hundreds of the bomb casings on board the ship. William Paradls, George Pruedel and Fredrfch Garbade, engineers on the liner, who ere arrested later. N'Kf YORK April S6. With eight of the active workers In the ship bomb plot already under arrest, fed IRISH RF7.S HOLD PARTS OF DUba. iN AFTER A DAY OF SERIOUS CLASHES IN CITY Casement May be Sent to Jail to Spend Life Term HUSH KNIGHT Wild. ESCAPE EX ECUTION FOR AIDING THE GERMANS. LONDON. April r25 Sir Rodge Casement, the Irishman captured aboard a German vessel attempting to land arms In Ireland, probably will es cape execution on account of his men tal condition, it was believed today. An attempt to wreck a crowded ex cursion train southwest of Dublin was reported today. Trainmen removing the obstruction from the tracks were fired on from ambush. A police train hurrying to the scene was derailed. The authorities probably will con- fine Casement In an Institution for the remainder of his life. The British public was stirred over the apprehen sion of a gun runner. The identity of the Teuton ship sunk was unknown. WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ' VIOLATING THE PROW LAW GARNITA l' LAIR PAYS PINE OF $100: ARREST WAS MADE SATURDAY. NIGHT. Pleading guilty to a charge of vto lating the prohibition law, Garnita Clair, a woman who has been In trouble before, was yesterday after noon sentenced In police court to pay a fine of 1100. The money was paid. She was arrested Saturday night by Federal Officer A. Oftedal and Police OKicer Frank N'ash. They caught her red-handed, In the act or passing out a bottle ot beer through a window or her home on Garden street to a well known young man. The officer who had been watching the place from a nearby concealment, seized the woman, man and bottle all at the same time. With such evidence against her, the woman decided not to fight the case. eral agents and the New York police? have began an investigation which promises to lead to the most fat reaching exposure yet effected of the activities of the German secret ser vice system In this country. Excepting for one man whom agents of the department of Justice are now trailing, the authorities believe they have apprehended all the men actually engaged In the execution of the plot men who Instigated and fi nanced the work of planting bombs on ships leaving this port with cargoes for the allies. The officials are con vinced that the men in custody are merely tools in the hands of othe; men. whose Identity Is strongly sus pected. Four of the men In custody have ad. mltted under questlonmgg facts seri ously implicating Capt. Frits von Pa pen, the recalled German military at tache; Capt. Hoy-Ed recalled German : naval attache, and Capt. Sternburg, a German officer who escaped In female garb from this country to Germany after disclosures connecting him with the Teutonic secret service system. Telegraph Lines are Cut; 12 Persons are Slain in First Fight Yesterday; Outbreak Believed Part of Well Laid Plan Organized by Germany for Revolution Against England. TvONDON. April 25. Irish rebels hM nnrtlnns or Dublin after a day of the most serious rioting, Augustine Blrrell, secretary for Ireland, told the house of commons. Telegraph lines t nuhiin have been cut. Indicating that the rebels hold the principal por-1 lions 01 tie cuy. 1 nintinv started afresh after soldiers tr.nneH the Hrt rebellion. Twelve, were slain in the flrt fight yesterday. Blrrell asserted that government ntured the DOStofflce. Several persons have been arretted. The outburst was considered a pari ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BLOCK PARADISE II LAND OWNERS ASK INJUNCTION AGAINST THE PROPOSED SALE OP BONDS. An attempt to block the proposed construction of the Paradise Irriga tion Project is revealed In a suit filed today by a number of landowners un der the project asking for an Injunc tion against the sale of bonds or any other proceedings looking to the con struction of the project. The plaintiffs in the suit afe M. J. Foster. George Goodnight, R. I Per. ry. E. Seward. L Schmuck, Ira W. nnrrill and J. W. Reese. The defend ants are J. C. Hosklns and Frank Sloan, president and secretary of the oroiect William Slusher, Joseph F. Connelly and Asa B. Thomson. The complaint cites- that certain warrants have been issued by the de fendants, some or which have been paid and some of which constitute a cloud against plaintiffs' land. They Enlarging Office Room. The ottice room in the E. L. Smith & Co. building is being enlarged, the work necessitating the alteration of the front of the building. NEWS SUMMARY General. Irish rebels seise portions of city ol Dublin. Teuton warships bombard British coast but are driven away . United States troops leave for final dash after villa. Loral. Attempt made to block Paradise Ir rigation Project Woman admits bootlegging: pays $100 fine. High prices for wool predicted by 8. W. Mo Inn Elks present good show to full house. of a well organised German attempt to start a great revolution. It is be lieved that the Germans thought that Sir Roger Casement's dramatic ap pearance, heading a force of Ger mans, would sweep the country. Week ago Irish newspapers pub llshed seditious article opposing Dish participation In the war. The partic ularly violent papers were suppress ed. The Dublin postofflce. an Impos ing stone building, is situated In a wide boulevard and would make a strong fortress. also allege that defendants have en tered Into a contract with one Henry J. Kaiser for the construction of the project and that they are about to bond the land under the project for I2.759.S10. They allege that they would be damaged to the extent of (200.000 if thla were done. They ask that defendants be re quired to come Into court to show th nature of their purported interests In plaintiffs' lands and that they be re strained from going any further with their proceedings. Frederick Stelwer U their attorney. PAPERS REVEAL PLAN FOR INVASION BY JAPANESE DRAWINGS OT PACIFIC OOA0T FORTS FOUND ON MAW AFTER ARREST. WASHINGTON, April 25 Book containing plans of Pacific coast forts and San Francisco harbor In a plan for a Japanese Invasion of California were found in the possession of 890 Shiato, arrested in Brooklyn. NEW YORK. April 25. Several papers seized from Von Igel were re ported to be communications from German agents tn Japan. The exact nature was not disclosed. Trials ot Lieutenant Fay and other Germans charged with violations of neutrality are scheduled to start today. HIGH SCHOOL HAS FINE COLLECTION OF TROPHIES The Pendle'ton high school can boast of one of the best collection of cups and trophies, representing the branch of track athletics of any school in this part of the country'. The cups are now on display in ths Charles Company's show window. The exhibit will lie left in the window for several days. The cups represent some of the hardest fought track meets In the his tory of the school. The largest cup la the one presented by O. A C. for the eastern Oregon championship. Pen dleton won this last year and bids well to take It again, she must win it twics more before It becomes her private property. Then there Is the trl-stat cup of 1911, the Umatilla meet cup for 1910. 111. 1911, state relay enp of 1912. The eastern Oregon relay cup for 1911 and 15. the Asbahr cups won by the class ol IS and several in dividual cups. Besides all these cuns several present and former athlete of the school have large collections of bronie. silver and gold medals. Ttv chief ones are Chester Gordon Orle Jay and Chester Fee Yesterday afternoon tke student of the high school were favafad with I short but enjoyable talk by Dr. l Busk of the educational extension de partment of the University of Ore gon. Dr De Busk spoke to the stu dents on the subject of "Kducat..o and its Value." July Wheat Closes at Over $1.14 in Chicago CHICAGO. April 2.',. (Special t the East oregonlan. I --Range of prices today: Open. High. Close May 11.11 HUH till July II 12 IMS II lit Portland PORTLAND. Ore., April !5 (Spe cial. ) Merchants' Kxi hang price today, club. 90. hluestem. 11.01 Uvi-ruoof. I.IVKHI'OOK April 24 Wheat . Spot No. 1 Manitoba, I J Id ill s . per bu ); No I, 13s 2d; No : north ern spring. 12 Id; No 2 red western winter Us Id (II 7 2-1 per bush-l )