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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1916)
DAILY EVENING EDITION i t!BP TO ADVERTISERS, t JW N StfSjS The East Oregonlan hu the largest bona 1 1 k M J t Tp,T'V J 2 5 ridii nod guaranteed paid circulation of any 1 llir I , mxr . S per In Oregon, eatt of Cortland and by " 1 I DAIiy V 1 the largest circulation In l'endleton of fMHlxr XJs. I Mm. w unam sj njr other newspaper. H I As jmml "sHlUT DAILY EVENING EDITION HI V I Ml I! Tonight and .Sunday showers. riSTEROAY'S WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature, 77; na'" mum 46; rainfall. .09 , rthr. cloudy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916. NO. 8802 SMASHING BLOW JAKES TRENCHES NEAR TO VERDUN French are Forced to Evacuate Positions on the Slope of Hill 304 in Face of German Attack. BATTLE IS STILL 60IN6 ON Massed Batteries of Heavy Teuton Hum Pour in Terrific tire ami Wreck French Trencues; French Artillery on jrest of HHl Hepu-c Attacks at some Points, Sunday is First Anniversary of Sinking of The Lusitania PARIS, Hay 6. The French were forced to evacuate trenches on the northern slope of Hill 104, the key atone poaltioti of Verdun, under the inoat violent attack there since the bat tle of v-1. Iiiii began, It was officially admitted. Troop fought desperately yesterday and throughout the night They were still fighting when the statement was Issued. Preceding the German advance, massed batteries of big guns blasted the Kn-nch trenches into debris. A rain of gas-projectiles followed, suf focating the survivors who clung to the wreckabe. Hurt of the trenches were pounded to utter ruin and being considered untenubie they were evac uated. Elsewhere the French batteries sta tioned on the summit of the hill checked the attempted advances. Last night the Germans determinedly at tacked the positions north of the hill. They succeeded In crossing an area between the trenches but on reaching the French pit In the woods they were repulsed. Fresh German divisions participat ed In the assault They suffered crushing losses. One More Leader of Irish Revolt is Put to Death John M'BRIPE Is KXBCCTED TWO OTHERS HAVE SKA. TRNCMI COMMUTED. ; 1 1 'i 1 WHBBBHBMIjMJMBH KILLS' iiiiniri r V3 9 tm mam at '3fmi mjM i m w A Mmmmm am. jl'Mk , FV M i avr a? m M mmmr mm m . .uia mm M Xt HOWSE AND HIS TROOPERS ROU T GERMAN VILLISTA BAND Detachmeni of the Eleventh Cavalry in Battle With Bandits Kill 40 and Capture Many. SURVIVORS TAKE TO HILLS DUBLIN. May 6 John McBrlde. a. Klnn Fein leader was executed. It Was official! announced. This is the elKhth execution. Two others were Condemned to die, hut their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. McHrlde was a former Boer lead er. After the Bof surrender he e caped and went to Purls Later he toured America In the interest of home rule. He returned to Dublin under the proclumution of amnesty to the lioera. The foreign office has not answer ed Pane's inquiry regarding Sullivan Dispatches suid Sullivan had been ar rested en suspicion and would be re le;ised if there fM no evidence iicnliiM him. A yeur ugo, on May 7, 1915 occur red one of the most tragic acta of the European war, the giant Cunard lin er Lmltftaia was sunk Without orn. Xng by the German submarine N-39, as she was steaming past the Head of 8. S. MSITAMA Xf I'ROMIXKXT.AMEniCAN LOST WHEN SHE WAs TORPEDOED. '64. of whom about go were Ameri-'Bates. Jr., Justus M Forman, Elbert Klnsale. off the Irish coast, on her way from New York to Liverpool. In all. 1516 persons, including 107 Am ericans and 150 babies and children were drowned. The survivors totaled Hubbard and his wife. Capt. J. B Among the well known Americans ' Miller. Herbert S. Stone, Dr. F. a who perished were Charles Frohman. ! Pearson. Charles Klme and Lathrop Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Lindon j Wlthington. U. S. Attitude is Disappointing to Britain's People PKHHN I VAN I MOWS IN AOHEEIIfC THAT liKPI.V KAI1S TO MEET DEMANDS. Wheat Rises Cent Today in Chicago Pit Kut prl Ma Jul f all day f 1,1 1 8po per 12s 6d HICAGO, May 6. (Special to the st i iregonlan) Today's range of Open High Close ...$1.13 $1.16 $1.H'H I . $1.1 $1.16 A Portland. OKTLAND, Ore., May . (Specl--Merchants Kxchange prlcea to : Club, 91 bid, II asked; Hluestein It hid, $1.06 naked. liwrpoot. ilVKKPOOL. May 5. Wheat t No. 1 Manitoba. 12s lid ($1.89 luiahel); No. 1 northern spring, Mi No. 2 red western winter, 1U ($1.67 per buabel.) Pruitt Asks if Strain Believes Insinuation Made DONDINO ADVOCATE INQUHUiS AS TO tOWEKITY OF 4JLAIM MADE AT PILOT HOCK. LONDON, May . Washington dispatches reporting the probable ac ceptance of the German submarine reply brought disappointment in Eng land. The morning newspapers edito rially agreed unanimously that the reply failed to meet the American demands It expressed concern over the attempt to embroil Kngland nnd America, making the German conces sions conditional upon a change In British methods. The only paragraph satisfactory to London was the dec laration that the concessions would prevent a prolongation of the war. Critics believed that this was an ad mission that Germany Is highly alarm ed over the posalble effects of Ameri ca's entrance into the war. The Post and Chronicle agreed that German? Is only prolonging negotiations again SCHOONER FLYING MEXICAN f LAG TAKEN BY BRITISH VHMBL I IMPORTED TO BE OWNED BY THE GERMAN CONSUL AT GL'ATMAS. ii.....il..t.,n it,,. Mnv 6. rflu" " I Bditor East Oregonlan: Mr. C. P. Strain In opposition to the Bond Is sue for Good Roads is making state ments which he has so far refused to confirm as his own belief. The people are entitled to know whether or not Mr. Strain Is making truthful statement or statements which he himself believes to be true or whether he Is merely throwing out wild state ments for the sole purpose of Influ encing votes against the Bond. We again ask Mr. Strain to answer the question "yes" or "no" which was WASHINGTON, May 6. British cruisers captured the schooner Ijean ore. flying the Mexican flag and re ported owned by the German consul at Gunymaa. Admiral Winslow at San Diego reported to the nuvy depart ment. The Leanore was a gasoline auxll- ary schooner and had always flown I Ihe Mexican flag. Lawrence Jebsen, formerly owned her. He is a German r.aval reservist and Is reported to have returned to Germany to command a submarine. Once he was reported killed DUt this was later denied The Leanore had been used as a Mexican troop ship between Guaymna. Topo lohumpo and Maxatlan. (Continued on page five.) "OK.IMMI Workers Get IniTcnso. NEW YOKE, May 2. American laboring men started the month ot May by drawing more than two hun dred thousand dollars dally lncreasc ln wages, according to statistics gath. rred today. Tha Increase affects 700 000 workers. Augustus F. Hill Was Original Settler at Pilot Rock Junction It is now contended that If the ral' road wished to honor tne name of the original settler at the site of Pilot P.ock junction the place should have been culled Hill rather than Rleth. This because the Rleth place was be low the junction whereas the land at the Junction is part of the original homestead of Augustus F Hill, now deceased and burled In the old north Mde cemetery. Mrs. Fred Hill, bookkeeper at the McLean Auto Co., has the data on the subject of when the Hill homestead was taken. It was on 1858. the same year in which the father of William Daniels homesteaded the Daniels place. The Rieths arrived in 1862 and settled farther west. Augustus F. Hill died 29 years ago after having made his home continu ously on the old homestead. The old family home burned anout 13 years ago. Four sons and four daughters were horn to Mr. and Mrs. Augustus F. Hill One son, Fred Hill, died here October 9 last after naving been in jured August Hill lives at Richland, Ore.; David HID at Pilot Rock, Ja cob Hill at North Yakima, Mrs. Dora Matthews at Richland; Mrs. Ella Bar ber at Richland. Mrs. Rachael Kidder. Tacoma. .and Mrs. Ernestine Padon at La. Orande. According to Mrs. Fred Hill, the land on which the junction school house Is located was donated to the school district by the Hill hoys Mrs. Hill aays she had thought little about Ihe subject of a name for the Junc tion but upon a recent visit to the neighborhood found many settlers complaining because recognition had not been given to the memory of Au gustus F. Hill. Was Irish President for Five Days LONDON TO OBSERVE THE SINKING OF LUSITANIA LONDON, May . A demon- stratum commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania will take place at Hyde Park tomorrow. the first anniversary of the dls- 4 aster A model of the Lusttan- la and other relics of horror will be carried in the procession. .... Up$l(VBL Patrick J, H, Pearse. Patrick I, H Pearse was "provisional president of the Irish Republic" for five da. The Sinn Feiners ca led him that when they began their "revolution" in Dublin. t alcrplllar Harvester Here. The first caterpillar harvester to come to Umatilla county arrived here this morning and has been purchased by David Nelson, prominent local far mer. It la a Holte machine and Is the Identical harvester that was on exhi bit at the San Francisco exposition. The harvester, as Its name signifies Is self propelled tend thus docs away with the use of outside motor power. : 7000 MEN AT ST. 4) 1OVIS JOIN STIUKE ST. LOUIS, May 6 A strike of IIM workers affiliated with the building trades was called 4 at noon. Already 1600 laborers O and hod carriers are out. 0 scwtc righting Follows surprise At tack After American Troops Ride All Night on Trail of Outlaws: Hand Had Attacked Carranzistas Nbrbt Before. SAN ANTONIO, Mexico, May 6. A detachment of the Eleventh caval ry under Major General Howse, killed 43 VUli8Uts in a fight yesterday at OJoaxules, Howse reported to Per shing. ' There were no casualties am OSg the Americans The Mexican sur vivors scattered. Howse described the Villlstas as a large force under Gen erals Dominguez and Acosta. He did not estimate the number of Mexicans wounded. The battle followed an all night march and was an early attack. Se vere fighting ended only when the Mexicans fled to the mountains. Howse had trailed the bandits since Wednes day and surprised them. They were the remainder of the force that Dodd routed at Tomaschlc and had reas sembled sooner than was believed pos sible. Their rout was complete. It was not believed they would be able to gather again for several weeks. WASHINGTON, May 6. The war department confirmed the reports ot Howse's fight with Vlllistas. The band attacked some Caranzlstas the night before. Shortly afterwards the Americans took the trail and surpris ed the bandits in the mountains. Be sides the killed, several were captur ed. Seventy-five ponies and mules were taken. Five Carranzista prls noers whom the Vlllistas doomed to be shot were released. In announc ing the official report the department emphasized this act as showing the cooperation with the Carranzistas. Ojoazules Is 60 miles southwest ot Chihuahua. EL PASO, May 6. Scott was ex pected to sign today the agreement entered into with Obregon covering operations of the troops in Mexico Whatever obstacles prevented Ogregon from signing yesterday were believed to be overcome today. It was expect ed they would meet for the last con ference without hesitation. It was reliably reported that Scott had sent O. P. Brown, an agent for the war department, to Juarez before the first conference for the purpose of aweing the Mexicans. Brown failed to find Obregon so conferred with flavira and Garcia. He communicat ed a warning that the United States would not tolerate anarchy and that If the Mexicans continued an attitude of assertiveness and defiance the next two years would be blacker than 184$ and 1S47. Despite this. Obregon made a sweeping demand at the first conference, issuing a virtual ultima- turn Scott's attitude was effective. however, and Obregon was willing to talk business at the second confer ence. Mexican assertions that Villa Is near Santiago Pappasqularo. Duran go. 500 miles south of the American outposts do not agree with Pershing's advices U-BOAT TANGLE IS NOW E BELIEVED Officials in Touch With the Situat ion at Washington Believe That No Reply Will be Made. CONCESSIONS ARE ACCEPTED of fiend Text Im Received and W Is Formulating His Decision; Ger many, it is Believed. Ha,i no Desire to Reopen Dispute by Attacking Merchantmen. WASHINCTON. May . The sub marine issue has been closed. Wilson's advisers believed. The white bouse would not comment. Officials In touch with the situation considered that the issue Is so com pletely closed that the president will not reply. Lansing may issue a statement calling attention to the es sential point that Germany has order ed submarine activities confined to warships, f It was believed that the issue would remain closed and that Germany would not reopen it by resuming Its undersea warfare against merchant men. Officials saw danger only In the fact that submarine commanders perhaps would be difficult to control. The official text of the reply has been received. Wilson is formulating his decision. The conference between the kaiser and Uerard suddenly loomed large. It was never believed that the details of the submarine Is sue had been seriously discussed at this conference. Since the arrival of the reply it was strongly believed here that peace talk was the promi nent part of the conference. Several persons near the president believed that he should tentatively approach the belligerents on the question of a possible peace. A high official said: "This note Is not the voice of a braggart or a bully It Is the voice of a nation sick and tired of the endless fight. It la tha heart and soul of Germany speaking what It feels." Monslgnor Bonzano left a message at the White House regarding an ac tion the president might take toward securing peace. Lands Under West Umatilla Project Ready Next Month Mrs Knicht Operated On. Mrs. Alvin P Knlirht. who has been seriously ill for some time past, un derwent an operation this morning at the hospital for the removal of pres sure upon the spinal cord. She Is rallylns from the operation as well as could be expected. BAby ;irl Horn. A baby girl was born this morning at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. D. C Grant of this city. NEWS SUMMARY WATER WILL BE AVATXiABLE MIDDLE OF JUNE FOR ENTIRE 1 1,000 ACRES. There Is Information from Wash ington that the land under the West Umatilla project will he ready for oc cupancy by the middle of June The news was received from the reclama tion service through Congressman Sln nott and indicated water would be ready for the entire II. 000 acres. However, a phone message from Engineer Newell at Hermtston todav brought Information that the first unit opened might eonslet of J000 acres contiguous to the main canal, extending from Umatilla to Castle Rock. Of this 3000 acres about one third is government land It ta pre sumed by Mr. Newell that when an nouncement is made or the opening he will he given Instructions regarding providing Information as to this land. Of the private land tinder the West Umatilla project virtoarry all the land belongs to the Oregon Land A Water Ob. and to the Northern Pacific The Northern Pacific has contracted ti let the government set the price at which the land should be sold. 80 far this price has not been announced but It Is said the prlc will be low and that 20 years' time will be given to settlers. The Oregon Land A Wa ter Ob's land will be sold at prices fixed by the company, but the land must he sold within a specified time. General. Submarine Issue is believed to he nlasssj between United Mute and (Germany. French forced to give up irenehc-' near Verdun under sniaehing Wows of the (.enoans. Howse and his cavalry route band of MIllsUs. Peace signs are seen In t.cnnan re ply to American demands. Local. IViiiilotou high trounccx Walla WaUa on track. Churches organise twilight lessrue. Aiurustus Hill original settler at Pilot Hock J iction. lAMFI.N TKSTS IMM STU1AI, 4 PKEPARKDNE8H OF NATION HAN FRANCISCO, May 6. Testing the Industrial prepar- edness of the SO lift tr Secretary Daniels this afternoon took the transcontinental telegraph and telephone lines under control 4) and began fhuhing orders to 4) every corner of tha country. 4 This will lie continued until 4) 4 Monday afternoon when orders 4) 4 will be given from Washington 4 4 to Mare Island. Mali Diego Arl- 4) ington, Iiremertuii and th 4 eastern naval bases. O
