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VOL. 28
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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2'
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NO. 8796
CONFERENCE IS
LOOKED UPON AS
FAVORABLE SIGN
American Ambassador Gerard Goes
to Meet Kaiser Before Reply to
Wilson's Note is Sent.
BREAK BELIEVED AVERTED
Admit to Demands Expected to be
Satisfactory to United State; Am
ericans in Berlin Remain Indoors
M Much as Possible Pending Ad
justment of Question.
BERLIN, April 18 Gerard la due
at the kaiser's headquarters this af.
ternoon for a final conference pre
ceding the forwarding of the reply to
Wilson's note.
WASHINGTON, April 28. The
kaiser has determined upon his re
ply to Wilson's note and has given
Hollweg final Instructions for word
ing an answer. This was the Inter
pretallon that Germans here placed
upon the kaiser's Invitution to Ger
ard to visit him. H was declared that
the reply therefore would be favor
uble as it was probable the kaiser
would not receive Gerard If there were
any danger of a break. It Is not be
llsved the kaiser will discuss the de
tails with Gerard but merely will give
assurances of Germany's friendship
and a desire to continue amicable re
lations In efforts to meet with the
president's demands.
THE HAGUE, April 28 Positive
assurances have reached Gerard that
there will be no diplomatic rupture
between Germany and America. It was
learned reliably. Attaches of the Am
erican embassy In Herlln on Saturday
liAvnn nneklnir their Im irirn Bf but On I
w.....,. .....,... ...-t .h. h
andonment of their preparations for i
departure. The American colony In i
Berlin learned yesterday that there
was no prospect of an early break.
Messages to Dutch businessmen said
the crisis apparently had passed.
Should a break come It would not be
before May 5
No reason was given I
for fixing this date. Since the presi
tieni n nuu iiute, .mci u n fin n,in-iti - i
Ing In public have been made to feel
uncomfortable. Most of them re
main Indoors on advice of the police.
STATE HOTEL BLOCK SOLO
TOC. J, KOCH FOR $15,000
Charles J. Koch, proprietor of the
Empire Furniture 8tore, has Just pur
chased the State Hotel brick block on
the corner of Webb and Cottonwood
. . - I
street from H. a. starKweatner, aa- ,
minlstrator for the estate which has
owned It The consideration was $16.
000
The actual transfer of the property
has not yet been made but part pay
ment has been made and the deeu
will be delivered to Mr. Koch aa soon
as the abstract ia completed.
ii. Vuk rtnHnknaarl Iha npAnanV
,r , " . "JT hi. fT.VnV.,e
with a view to moving his furniture
store into it. However, the present .
nreunanta have a lease until March!
l. 1917, and he will be unable to move
in until that time. It Is a two-atory
building and the second floor Is now
used us a rooming house.
Chicago May Wheat
Closes Few Cents Up
CHICAGO, April 28. (Special to
the East Oregonlan) Today's range
of prices on the Chicago exchange
was aj follows:
Open High Close
Ma ...11.1S IM 11.11
.lulv ...$1.14 tl.tes $1,14
Portland.
loUTLAND. Ore., April 28.
iSpecili to the East Oregonlan)
Merchant's Exchange prices todaj
were ul follows:
lub . L 1 bid. 96 asked.
liluesteh . . .$1.02V4 bid, $1.06 asked.
Ltverpool.
LIVBiroOL. April 27. Wheat-
Spot Noll Manitoba 12a 10d ($1.86
per buarkl); No. 3, 12 s 4d; No. 1
northern firing. 12s 4d; No. 2 red
western (Inter, Ul Bd ($1.1 par
bushel.)
K. ollC. I lecturer Coming.
Freparaion are being made (or a
lecture tolbe given in the Oregon
theater oriMay 13 by Peter W. Col-!
line of Union under the auspices ot
the Knlghl of Columbus,
H. I. Hun of Stanfleld was among
the watt ail residents here last ev-
enlng.
Grand Army Men and Women Are
Honored Guests at Stirring Show
A WW I
ffifflOieHexHaV MBHBf
MkW laslBBw HEcp B
Over CO local G. A. R. members
their wives and widows of veterans
were special guests of the East Ore-
gonlan yesterday afternoon at the
1 "t matinee performance
of "The
Hlrth ul a Nation." They enjoyed the
stirring picture from beginning to end
and were delighted with the now
quaint costumes of the usherettes ml
with the vividness with which the
show portrayed the exciting days of
the war and reconstruction.
Til1,, uliir.lv msmWi of tha l.icnt
, .
J it. JV 11 pni i at lot tueuter juBiri
dnv nr. ihnwn ahnve R P Hutch 11-
son, shown on the left. Is a
well
known and highly respected resident .
"Birth of a Nation" Stbs
Audience to Wild Applause
Marking a new epoch in the history
of the drama of the screen In this city
is the presentation of D. W. Griffith's
spectacle, "The Birth of a Nation,"
at the Oregon theater.
.. .
oil imitii tutu tmo Bicui
picture
been advertised and so widely her
alded that a crowded house saw the
' first matinee yesterday afternoon and
there was standing room only last
night. The beat tribute to .the picture
I is to say that those who went there
nil eagerness and expectancy came
away with nerves still quivering with
ih- excitement of the two hour photo
araln-
The photography of "The Birth of a
Nation la wonderful, but, wonderful
as It la, it is still only half of the pic
ture us presented by the company
here. No silent picture could stir an
audience again and again Into cheer
ing and wild applause. It is the music:
of the twenty-five piece orchestra and j
the mechanical effects that accom-
pany the picture not merely accom-1
pany It, but fit Into it with a perfec-1
ness that makes the scenes vivid and
real that lift "The Birth of a Nation"
far above the ordinary film produc
tion. The orchestra, complete In Instru
mentation and under a director of
power, interprets the spirit of the
moving picture throughout and, so
well have the musicians studied the
picture and so carefully does their di
rector watch the change of scenes
that the orchestral accompaniment 'a
as perfectly attuned to the changing
scenes as though the same hand oper
ated both. The crashing, thundering
crescendo of battle changes In an In
stant to a subdued, crooning wail as
lurid scenes on the screen give way
for an Instant to show the part that
those at home are playing. The clar
ion call of the Ku Klux Klan, the
dashing tunes of Dixieland, the victo
rious marches, the fierce strains that
stir men's primal passions all found I J, A. Schmidt's store at Freewater
a ready response In the emotions of was broken Into some time Wednes
the audience. More than one eye shed j day night and a quantity of merchan-
tears at the scenes of sadness and ,
sorrow entailed by war, and more
than once the audience was stirred to
a gripping silence, and more thao
once provoked to applaud with unre
strained approval
The mechanical contrivances that
add much to the effect of the picture
require eight men for operation. All
across the stage back of the curtain
11
of Pendleton, having his home on
West Webb street. Mr. Hutchinson Is
adjutant of Kit Carson Post Q. A. R.,
and the most active member of the
local camp.
J. 8. Gurdane. shown on the right,
is the father of T. B. Gurdane, chief of
police of Pendleton, and has his home
In Riverside Mr. Gurdane is almost
92 years of age and can remember
"when the stars fell" In 1833. He was
a captain in the civil war and has had
an adventurous, romantic life.
The two column cut above is of
the usherettes who seat the large au
diences at the "Birth of a Nation" per
formances
the apparatus is placed and from one
of the wings where he can see the pic
ture a director is stationed at a switch
board with which he flashes the shv
nals that produce the crashing of
cannon, the distant rumblings of bat
tle, the sharp cracking of rifle fire,
the galloping of the calvary charge
and various other effects that help In
making the picture what It Is. In
fact nothing has been left undone to
make the picture all that it is sup
posed to be, the greatest drama ever
filmed.
Much could be written of the vari
ous scenes, of the battlefields ai
night time, of the historical reproduc
tions such as that of the killing of
Lincoln and the aigaing of the down
fall of the confederacy by Lee and
Grant at Appomattox, of the mad
charge led by the "little colonel." of
the gathering of the Ku.Klux Klan
and the charge of the white-robed
saviours of a race and of the scenes
depicting the terrifying days when a
black peril was created by the folly of
politics, but they must be seen and
felt to be appreciated.
The picture Is being shown this aft
ernoon and will be presented again
tonight, tomorrow afternoon and to
morrow night.
Freewater Store
Broken Into and
Goods are Taken
HOARDS X AILKD OVER BROKEN
DOOR ARE PRIED LOOSE;
DOGS ON TRAIL.
(East oregonlan Special.)
MILTON-FREE WATER, April 2&
dlse taken, but how much haa not been
found out. The burglars entered the
building by prying loose some boards
which were nailed over a broken door
Carruthers bloodhounds from Walla
Walla were secured and took up the
trail to the "hobo Jungle" two separ
ate times, taking the scent from the
place where the thieves left the store.
No arrests were made Thursday.
UPTIMISM
IE
AS
REVOLT SPREADS
General Sir John Maxwell is Report
edto Have Landed to Assume
Command of British Troops.
SITUATION GROWS CRITICAL
Former lloief id .Statements From
London Take Decided Turn and
Now the Public is Informed That
Crisis is Impending; Further Street
Fighting in Dublin.
LONDON, April Is. General Sir!
John Maxwell has arrived in Ireland j
and assumed command of the troops.
His point of landing was kept secret.
News from Ireland Is censored but
the press and public admit that the
Irish rebellion is the gravest crisis
since the war began. It was renort-'
I'd that the counties of Meath and
I-outh, north of Dublin are centers of
rebel activities.
Limited passenger service to Ire-
I land has been restored. Wild Tu
mors were circulating regarding street
fighting in Dublin. Nothing definite :
however. Is known.
The English public are demanding i
Casement's early execution. Newspa-1
tiers reported him as strutting about
hie cell in the Tower of London,
boasting of his success In starting the i
Dublin revolt. Casement partly haa j
confessed, the government declares,
but refuses to name his fellow con-
spirators. He said that the Germans
proposed to first harrass England by
a series of air and sea raids during
Huly week. Meanwhile It was plann
ed to land Casement with a picked
force of Germans on the Irish coast,
gather recruits and march to Dub-
lla.
The fact that censor permitted the
passage of this statement that the Ir
ish situation is the gravest situation
since the war began, Is regarded as
indicative of Its seriousness.
NEWS OF
PENDLETON
l ndergoes Operation.
Mrs. Charles Miller underwent a
minor operation this morning.
Buys Xew Auto.
C. E. Nelson, district manager of
me Equitable Life, has purchased J i
D-45 Buick auto from the Oregon
.Motor Garage.
ships Puppy Across Country.
K. H. Barr today sent a five weeks
old, thoroughbred Airedale puppy by
express to his mother at Lancaster
City. Penn.. and expects to bring it
back with him next July when he
goes back for a visit.
Gibson Trial Tomorrow.
The trial of Arthur J. Gibson, al
leged by Mayor Best to have violated
the dancing ordinance, la set for 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in police
court. Mr. Gibson has employed Col.
J. H. Raley as his attorney and will
fight the case.
Button Sale Tomorrow.
To raise money for the purchase
of votes for Miss Muriel Sating, Pen
dleton's candidate for Queen of the
Rose Festival, the jnung ladies of the
Phoenix Club will sell festival buttons
tomorrow on the streets at ten cents
each. Each sale will mean 200 votes
additional for the local candidate who
is still In the sixth place today.
Advancing price of Sugar.
Since February 1 the wholesale
price of sugar to local grocers has
been advanced by the wholesalers 11
different times, the advances general-
ly not being heavy. On February 1
the wholesale prices Pendleton was '
$7.05 and it Is now up to $8.45. From!
this price a discount of 26 cents a!
sack Is made for cash. Consequently!
the net cash wholesale price of sugar!
Is now $8.20 per sack. There is said
to be a probability of still further ad-j
vancea in the sugar price.
Porlnger vs. Rraillev et al.
The case of George E. Perlnger vs.
M. J. Carney. George W, Bradley and
O, J. Huey Is occupying the attention
ot the circuit court today. Plaintiff
alleges $614 to be due him from the
defendants on an alleged lease of the
livery barn on Thompson street form
erly occupied by the City Livery Co.
Defendants deny having had a lease
and declare their rental stopped
when they moved out of the barn.
Plaintiff Is represented by Fee and
Fee and defendants by Frederick
Stelwer.
L. J. Allen of Corvallla Is register
ed at the Pendleton.
DOWN
RISH
Wiii. ers in Recent
Eugenic Contests
1
1
Top picture, William McKinney, jr .
son of Mr. .and Mrs. W. C. McKinney,
Pendleton, winner of grand champion
ship in boya' contest.
Second, Mignon Davts, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund I. Davis, of
Hermiston, winner of grand cham
pionship In girls' contest.
Third. Burke Hayes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank B. Hayes, Pendleton, win
ner of second place In boys' eugenic
contest.
Fourth, Dorothy Hampton, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hamp
ton. Pendleton, winner of second
place In the girls' eugenic contest.
Milton Woman is
Injured by Fall
from Load of Hay
WHILE
ONE
RIDING HOME
WHEEL COMES OFF WAGON.
THHOWIXtJ OCXTPANT
(East Oregonlan Special.)
M1LTON-FREEWATER, April 28
Mrs. J. F. Smith of Milton, was the
victim of an accident Thursday that
resulted in her right leg being brok
en Juat above the ankle, she was rid
ing toward home on a load of hav
with her husband, and a short dis
tance below Freewater a wheel of the
wagon came off so suddenly that it
threw her to the ground and she
struck on one foot, breaking both
bones of the leg. Dr. Vanderpool
was called and the fracture was set
and Mrs. Smith taken home. It is not
thought the break is especially dan
gerous. Just as Mr. and Mrs. Smith
left their home In Milton o go after
the hay the team became frightened
at something and ran for several
i locks and were only stopped by help
from some of the men working on the
streets.
Sister of Roger
Casement to Try
to Save His Life
U'PEAL WILL BE MADE TO W1L
SON TO INTERFERE IN HI -
MAxrrrs name.
NEW YORK, April 28 Agnes
Newman, a sister of Sir Koger Case
ment, will appeal to President Wilson
to save her brother's life, she declar
ed. Michael Doyle, her attorney, raid
the appeal will be based on humani
tarian grounds, citing as a precedent
Brand Whltlock's efforts to save the
life of Edith Cavel. Mrs. Newman
will try to present the case to the
I resident personally, calling attention
to Casement's abolition of the Putu
maya rubber atrocities and his good
work In the Congo.
New York Irish organisations were
declared In sympathy with the rebel
lion. Colonel Patrick Wallace claim
ed that 200,000 Irishmen are ready to
fight the English.
SYMPATHIZERS OF
VILLA ARE TRYIN6
TO START UPRISING
NAMIQUIPA, April 28 Villa sym
pathizers are actively trying to arouse
the natives against the American ex
pedition, the San Antonio advanced
base wirelessed today. It said that
two train loads of Carranzlstas had
passed en route to Cusihulrlachic, Te
machie and Santatomas to reinforce
the garrisons, ostensibly to quell Vil
lista outbursts.
Howae's squadron In a ride
through Villista ambushes, penetrat
ing the Durango line SO milea from
the border, will go down in history
as a notable feature of the expedition.
Natives along the line of Villa's re
treat told Americans that Villa had
been shot in the head and leg. They
said they believed he had died. How
ever the Americans believe he ia hid
ing In the mountains In northern Du
rango. Near Santa Crux a native guide led
the Americans Into an ambush where
Trooper Kirby was killed and four
wounded and six horses killed. Mexi
cans from three villages prepared the
ambush. The Americans burled the
trooper where he fell. The following
morning a sniper wounded another
trooper. The Americans fired, killing
Lieutenant Beltran, a son of the mav
or of Santa Cruz
While Tompkins' column was fight
ing a larger force of Mexicans recent
ly. It was learned that Aviator Rader,
circling high above, saw Howse's col
umn some dlstane away and summon
ed assistance for Tompkins. Since
then, San Antonio reported today, the
danger of an uprising has been re
newed. EAST END SCHOOLS CARRY
Off HONORS IN SPELLING
Schools of the east end of the coun
t ire carrying off the honors in the
finals of the county championship
spelling contest today. So far all of
the place winners have been from the
east end schools.
Alice Goodrich of Freewater won
first honors in the third grade con
test this morning and Wilma Sheley I
of I'maplne second. There were fif
teen entered in this division.
Florence Jensen of Ferndale won
the fourth grade championship out ol
eleven contestants and Arloulne Rob.
inson of Weston won second. At
press time eight of the ten entries in
the eighth grade contest had stumbl
ed over some formidable words and
fallen by the wayside, leaving Fay
Price of Milton and Luella Latham of
Freewater to fight it out for honors. oon Joynes made his business
There were 12 to start In the fifth , known Judge Phelps has set tomor
grade. 13 In the sixth and nine in the : row morning at t o'clock aa the t'ma
seventh. Some of these grades have 'or trial.
alreadv exhausted their section of the .
speller and are spelling words from
other sections and from the reader
The contest is being held at the Pres- guests of Mrs Laura Nash .nd to wit
hyterian church. ness "The Birth of a Nation '
BRITISH WAR-SHIP
STRIKES MINE AND
IS COMPLETE LOSS
LONDON, April 2$. The British
battleship Russell struck a mine and
sank in the Mediterranean. Admiral
Freemantle. Captain Smith. 22 officer!
and 676 men were saved, the admir
alty announced One hundred and
twenty-four are missing and are be
lieved to have perished. The Russell
was 14,000 tons and was built In 1900.
ES
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Mexican General Declares That De
Facto Government Can Handle
Situation Without Aid.
SAYS VILLA BADLY WOUNDED
Bandit Reported in Mountains Hear
Guerrero; Entire Chy of JUojres
Turns Out to Greet Gamma's Rrp
resentattve and Start; ConfereBce
Betas; Arranged.
JUAREZ, April 28 "I win demand
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexico in my conference With
Scott and Funston," Obregon told the
United Press today. He has estab
lished his headquarters In the custom
house room where Taft met Diss.
"The withdrawal of the American
troops will be one of the principal
points I shall try to arrange at the
conference," Obregon said. He declin
ed to discuss other points.
"I telegraphed to Mexico City this
morning for instructions regarding the
conference and until these arrive, I
cannot say whether I will consent to
holding meetings on American soil. I
Intend to keep the entire conference
confidential until I meet Scott and
Funston. The situation in Mexico ia
rapidly becoming peaceful. There la
not a single bandit group of import
ance in Chihuahua, a few exist In
Durango and Coahutla. They are ne
gotiating to surrender. The Carran
za government is able to cope with
the situation without outside assist
ance. I have sufficient troops. Villa
Is not dead, but ia seriously wounded
in the leg. He has not bad medical
attention and is in a grave condition.
At last reports he was in the moun
tains in the vicinity of Guerrero, per
haps heading toward the Sonora bor
der. Obregon laughed when asked about
the rumored rupture with Carranza.
EL. PASO, April 23 The entlra
city of Juarez turned out to meet Gen
era) Obregon and his staff, arriving
this morning for a conference with
Scott. Two hundred of the finest
Mexican soldiers seen in years com
prise Obregon's personal bodyguard.
The troops lined the streets while mil
itary bands play ed. Generals Trevino
and Gutierrez, Mayor Herrera of Par
ral and minor officials accompanied
Obregon. There was little cheering,
the crowd indicated more curiosity
than enthusiasm.
Obregon's staff was surprised that
Pershing was at the front. They
thought that Dodd was commanding
the Americans.
Reports of the increasing feebleneaa
of Carranza's hold upon Mexico were
revived with evidence of the deprecia
tion of his currency and a threatened
famine.
The result of the conference la ex
pected to be an agreement that the ex
pedition will remain until Carranza
captures Villa and pacifies the border
territory. The first session will prob.
ably be held In Juam to satisfy Mex
ican pride and the remainder In EI
Paao.
Albee Man Found Guilty
Forest Rhlnehart of Albee was yes-
charge of pointing a gun at V. Joynes.
The Jury was out about an hour and
a half before reaching a verdict
Joynes was the complaining witness
and alleged that when, as a special
constable, he sought to search the
house of Rhlnehart on a warrant, the
latter pointed a gun at him and or
dered him out. Defendant sought fo
show that he put the gun down am
I Col and Mrs. F. S. Ivanhoe of 1
Grande, arrived todav to be week-end
(svmaa Submarine la
LONDON. April 38 A German
submarine was sunk off England ree
terdav It was announced. The crew
of 1$ surrendered.
It was announced that the British
steamer Industry was submarined In
the Atlantic. The crew left la opn i
boats and the steamer Finland rescued
them
OBREGON
COM
WITH
DEMAND
WITHDRAWA