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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION Tonight fair with heiivy frost M day, fair warmer WEATHER YESTERDAY'S WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature, 55; mini mum, 35; wind, west, light; weather, partly cloudy; rainfall, TO ADVERTISERS. The East Oregonlan hu the largest bona tide and guaranteed paid circulation o( an; paper In Oregon, eaat of Portland and by far tbe largeat circulation In Pendleton ot any otber newipaper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916. NO. 806 OUTLAWS AGAIN BORDER 10 LOOT RESIDENTS Fifty Mexicans Swoop Down on Blocker Near Eagle Pass and Escape With Many Horses. CIVILIANS ARE ORGANIZING Armed Bands Are Reported to Have Appeared at Different points; Raid, urs Are Relieved to Have Headquar ters Near Border; Help Received from This gtdo. MARATHON, May 11. American authorities wars convinced today thai an organized system of Mexican raids against the United State were being: put Into execution. Fifty Mexicans swooped down on the town of Blocker, near Eagle Pass, looted thu stores and two ranches and escaped with a num ber of hones, according to advlcea to day. No fatalities were reported. Civilians along the border organized when they learned tnat two armed hands had appeared between Boqull laa and ojlnuga. Small border settle- merits are preparing to fight. The' authorities believe that the bandit participating In the alternative raids are maintaining a central headquar- tern within a short distance of the j border Every Mexican on the Am-' erican Hide Is under suspicion. Even those heretofore friendly' are now dls-, trusted It Is believed that the rald-l ers obtain Information from their j countrymen on the American side and divide the loot. Major Langhorne's eighth cavalry oquadron encamped In Mexico last Piglst after crossing the boundary near iioqulllas yesterday. They hiked! from Marathon to the border, 90 milee. They expected Immediately to go to Attaqullla, where the raiders were reported to have a rendezvous. Record Price Paid for Coarse Wool by American Wool Mill SAJ4H INCLUDES 230,000 POUNDS BY NMYTHE BROS. AND PEN DliETON SHEEP CO. At ,t price not made public but ad inittod to be a record breaker, 230,- 000 pounds of coarse wool has been , purchased by Alex Livingstone from Smyths itros. and Ihe Pendleton Sheep, Co., owned by T. F. Boylen and, Smythe linos. The wool sale Includes Smythe j Bros. Arlington coarse wool, amount-1 lnr to 150.000 pounds, and the entire (dip of the Pendleton Sheep Co., 80. 000 pounds. The buyer Is the repre sentative of the American Woolen Mills Closing Prices are Lower Than Yesterday CHICAGO, May 11 (Special to the Beast Oregonlan) Range of Chicago I rices today: Open High Close Mav $l ir. $1.16 I1.1SKB July ..11.1714 I1.17H I1.1ST4B Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., May 11. (Spe cial) Merchants Exchange prices to day: Club, 93 bid. 96 asked; Blue st, in. J1.04 bid. 11.07 asked. UverpooL UIVHRPOOL May 10. Wheat Hptri No. 1 Manitoba, 12s lid ($1.8 par bushel): No. 1 northern spring, 12s 5d; No. 2 red western winter, lis lid (11.67 per bushel). NEWS SUMMARY General. Bulgarians fortify themselves again exiKH-tod attack from the al lien In the Balkans. Roanoke founders at sea, and most f crew lost. Mexicans outlaws raid another town mi the) border. local. (.niln damaged over county by woo llier. fifteen Monks on north side plan mil for Intnrovrnient opposition to opening of Cedar int develops. Ritner In auto beats train from Gar field. Many saw splendid exhibit at high -rhool. Dance for queen benefit tonight. I BWdbSBBsVt -Secretary Kedfleld. a Attorney QerenM Gregory, g Secretary uniting, tnry Ijane. - -S-rotary Wilson. 7 atocNtury Baker. Thls Is the latest view of seven member of the president's cabinet, the men who considered the delicate dlp lomatlc tangle with Germany and Who now have the Mexican situation on their hands. Secretaries McAdoo and Houston and Postmaster Oeneral Burleson are not In the picture. Ritner Makes Record in Auto and Beats Spokane Train to Pendleton by Five Minutes While he makes no pretenses at lie- Ing a Barney Oldfleld, Representative K V. Kltner Is willing to admit that nothing so chafes his spirit as a slowj train and that nothing so exults him as to be at the wheel or a car that can I eat up the miles on a good dirt road Yesterday he performed a feat that Isn't exactly a good advertisement for steam travel in these parts. He left Spokane yesterday morning on the Spokane-Pendleton train. He got off at Garfield spent 25 minutes there aft er the train had departed, Jumped Into his Cadillac eight and started for Pendleton. He was held up a hall j hour at the ferry ana stopped five minutes in Walla Walla and yet he beat the tialn, which he had left at Garfield. Into Pendleton by five min utes , J Improvement of North Side to The Improvement of fifteen blocks on the north side of the river will be a matter to be decided upon by the city council and property owners In the near future. A petition asking for the Improve ment of North Main rrom ackson to Wilson, Wilson street from Main to Blaine, Blaine street from Wilson la j Jackson, Matlock street from Jack son to Raley and Madison street from Wilson to Jackson was presented to the council last fall, and City Engineer I Klmbrell will have the plans and simh-- j To Stage slum at Hhland. Under the direction of Clarence Adams, former I'klah stockman, a wild west show Is to be staged at Ashland on July 4, 6 and 6. and Mr Adams has Commissioner Carl Pow er to secure the stock for the exhi bition. Mr. Power states that he will send down seven or eight cars of stock and about 26 cowboys and Indians for the show which he expects will prove very entertaining to the south ern Oregon people. Mr. Adams and Mr. Power several years ago put on u show at Tacoma. Morrow County Is Crimeless. Tin. nub it had been six months since a grand Jury had been In ses sion In Morrow, the grand Jury called this week met but a half an hour be- fnre rpliortlnir there were 110 cases for consideration or Investigation. This Is the report brought back from Hep pner by Judge Phelps this morning. Not only was there no criminal busi ness but very little civil business. All of the cases on the docket for trial were settled out of court with one ex ception and this case Judge Phelps heard. Trace Of One Ewapo. Reports were received by the offi cers last night that a man nnswerlnR the description of Mat Smith, one of the two bootleggers who, escaped from Street Commissioner Heathman yes terday morning, had been seen on the reservation yesterday afternoon near the Herbert Thompson place. Sheriff Taylor, Deputy Blakely and Chief of Latest View of President's His trip schedule reads like this: Left Garfield at 10:16; arrived at Central Ferry on Snake river, 4S miles from Oarfield. at 12:10; lost 25 minutes waiting for fern.-; arrived at Waitsburg, 97 miles from Garfield, at 2:50 p. m.; arrived at Pendleton 4:69 p. m., having stopped five minutes at Walla Walla. The entire run of 163 miles was made in six hours and 35 minutes Taking out 30 minutes for stops, the actual running time was six hours and five minutes, an average of 26. S mile per hour. The run from Waltsburs to Pendleton, 66 miles, was made in an hour and 55 minutes, probably a record run The entire run was an hour less than train time. Mr, Ritner reports the roads in very good condition after trie rnlns. 15 Blocks on Come Up Soon Ificatlons with estimates of the cost ready to present to the council at an early meeting, probably next week. The plans contemplate the paving o.' a 16 foot strip down the center ot the streets with grading on either side and concrete curbs and gutters. The original plans provided only for the pavement and excavation but many of the property owners were of the i opinion that provision should be made for drainage. The addition of the' grading and curbs and gutters will ma- j terially Increase the cost of the work ! Police Gurdane searched for him this morning but could not locate him. PILOT ROCK AND LOCAL TEAMS TO MEET SUNDAY ONE OP HUT GAMES EVER SEEN HERE IS PROMISED PANS. What promises to be the best game of baseball seen In Pendleton since the last year of the Western Trl-state will be played Sunday at Round-Up Park between the Pendleton and Pi lot Rock teams of the Blue Mountain league. These two teams had their flwt meeting of the season Sunday at Pilot Rock and Pendleton won by a 6 to 4 score The Plrttes, cnampions of last year, are keen for retaliation and are coming here Sunday prepared to put up their best battle. They have two sterling twlrlers In Harlan and Dar ling and have plenty of hard hitters. Pendleton undoubtedly has the Itrongast team In several years With McGarrlgle In the box, supported by such men as Peterson, Varlan, Clark, Anderson, Gumm. Coshow, Eubanks und Hlndermun. the Pendleton fans figure they at last have a team they can support with enthusiasm. If the weather is good, and tt promises to' be, a large crowd is expected to turn out. Cabinet 4 Secretary Dante. 5 Seero- Two Are Killed When Aeroplane Falls in River LARGEST MACHINE IX COUNTRY MEETS WITH MISHAP ON TIUAIi SPIN. WASHIXGTo:hay 11. Two were probably killed and three were known to be injured today when one of the largest hydroplanes In the country threw its propellor while flying low and dived into the Potomac. I Z. rants. aviator and Charles Good, a student, are believed dead. Thomas Maccauley, pilot, Mayo Dudley, news paperman and Mechanician Utter were injured. The aeroplane had a capacity of sixteen passengers. It started from the navy yard on a test flight. It travelled at ten miles. The propellor was hurled off while the craft was scudding low. Dudley. Maccauley and Utter were thrown out. Grants and Good clung to the pitching airship and were still there when it plunged Into the water. It is believed they are caught under the wreckage ai the bot tom of the river. Grain in County Suffers Because of Recent Rains PRESENT INDICATIONS DO NOT WARRANT MORE THAN 75 PER CENT OP CROP. That the growing grain of the coun ty Is suffering from the heavy rains and the recent cold weather seems tc be the pretty general opinion among farmers. One man who has made a trip over the county, declares that present Indications do not warrant the expectations of more than a 75 per cent crop. Others, however, take a more optimistic view and believe th grain will come out all rlgh providing normal weather soon prevails. Judge J W. Maloney. who farms on the reservation, declares he has never seen the grain look worse at this time of the year. He states that there are spots of very healthy looking grain but that, right alongside, will be oth er spots where the grain Is much shorter and of a yellowish appear ance In fact, he says, many fields show more of this yellowish grain than they do of green. The heavy rains of February and March not only soaked the ground but also packed It hard and the best cul tivated fields seem to have suffered most. The cold weather, too. Is hold ing the grain back. Mini' Votes for Miss Sating. Another block of 35,000 votes was sent In last night for Miss Muriel Ba ling, Pendleton's candidate for Queen of the Hose Festival, and. while no report has been received today as to the standing of candidates, this am ount of votes will advance her several places It Is believed. During the past few days quite a number of voluntary contributions have been made to the campaign fund and this money Is be ing Invested while the 6000 for one dollar offer Is In effect. Miss Marian Anderson, the Albany candidate, drop ped out of the rare yesterday through lack of support. She had 91.000 votes Miss Annabelle Crawford, the Pro gressive Business Men's candidate, stepped Into the lead yesterday. CARGO SHIFTING E OF SHIP'S LOSS: Survivors ot the Roanoke Relate Stories Which Start Investigation Into the Disaster. NO TRACE OF VESSEL FOUND search of Scene Proves FruMess; No Others Titan the Three Rcscned Are Believed to Have Been Saved; Two Lifeboats Swamped rn Leaving the Ship. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 11. When the three survivors of the Roan oke horror were able to tell their stories, Captain Guthrie and Govern ment Inspector Hulls, declared that they will start an Investigation. These questions will be Investigated: Was the North Pacific company responsi ble for careless stevedoring ? Was the Roanoke's cargo properly stowed? Reports left little doubt that the shifting cargo caused the disaster. C. P. Doe, general manager of the North Pacific, superintended the loading. PORT SAN LUIS, Cal , May It While patrols watched the breakers for bodies of the 47 believed to be dead in the Roanoke disaster, a wire less from the steamer Lansing said it had gone over the scene of the hor ror and had found no trace of surviv ors. The Lansing left for the scene this morning. Rumors that another lifeboat, containing a single corpse had been found were not substantia ted and are discredited. As far as known the only ones who escaped death were Joseph Erbe, quarter master and two Mexicans who drifted ashore with five dead bodies in a life boat last night. The Mexicans were unable to talk. Erbe said today that two lifeboats were swamped in leav. ing the sinking ships. Two others re main unaccounted for. The steam schooner Whittier arriv ed today and reported seeing no trace of the Roanoke or Its lifeboats. A heavy gale was blowing. which might make It Impossibe for small boats to keep afloat. The Roanoke foundered at sea about 100 miles south of San Francisco. Postmaster T. J. Tweedy and J. C. Johneon, federal Inspector on the building under construction here, re. turned on 17 today from La Grande. BELIEVED CAUS Leaders Who Conferred With President v. - axnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnwInnW X WtW NK' gmnmnnnnnl Bx&nmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnm HHI.''V t nwaanwa 4 Senator William J Stone, chairman of the senate foreign relations com mittee, Senator Henry' Cabot Lodge, ranking member of tne committee. Chairman Henry D. Flood and rank ing member Henry A. Cooper of the house foreign relations committee. To Preside at Trial IK Wl READING When Sir Roger Casement, the Ir ihh rebel and German propagandist comes to trial on a charge of high treason within a few days in London, Baron Reading, Lord Chief Justice will preside on the bench. Baron Reading Is well known In this country, having visited it several times. He was last here in 1915 when he was a member' of the allied com mission which raised 1.100,000.000 war loan. Mrs. Kern at Hospital. Mrs. M. 8. Kern, wife of Dr. Kern, underwent an operation this morning at St. Anthony's hospital. Get Pictures of Coyotes. In a telenhone conversation with C K. Cranston last evening, E. P. Averill siatea tnat ne and W. L Flnley, state biologist, had succeeded in nini. some moving pictures of a littler of coyotes at play near Irrigon. They are now looking for other animals to film. Mrs. Marian Wallace of Washing ton. Penn.. an aunt of Mrs. W. A. Morie and of Roy W. Ritner, is a guest at the home of Mrs. Storie. She and Mrs. Storie arrived Tuesday from Garfield. Wn, where they had been visiting Mrs. J. K. Buchanan. were consulted by President Wilson before his speech to congress an nouncing that diplomatic relations with Germany would be severed un less attacks on mercnantmen carry ing Americans were stopped by the Oerman government. BULGARIANS ARE REINFORCING TO MEET AN ATTACK Brisk Artillery Firing is Reported Along the Northern Greek Frontier; Allies May Stride. BALKAN DRIVE MAY BE HEAR Allied Forces Are Ormrent raced a Fiorina; Bulgarians Are Throwing l"P Defenses In Anticipation of As sault: French Repulse (iernssne at Verdun. SAI-ONIKA, May 11 Brisk artillery fighting on the nortnern Grecian front was reported today. The Bul garians are reinforcing their lines south of Monastir ami making do fenses. evidently expecting an attack from the allies concentrated at Flor- bam, PARIS. May 11. With bayonets and grenades, the French last night repulsed a German attack northeast of Verdun, a communique said. West of the Meuse only artillery fighting was reported. Though there was still artillery fighting west of the Meuse today the Impression is growing that the Ger mans are preparing to abandon the attack on Verdun. Officers are ridi culing the German statement that 800,000 French are engaged in the defense. It was said tnat Germany caused this to be published to show the people that the Germans confront ed great obstacles and to explain their failure to capture the citadel. BERLIN, May 11. A repulse of French attacks around Verdun and further successes at Hill 304 were claimed In an official statement. It claimed the capture of 51 officers and 1515 men at the Hill since Thursday. Hand grenade fighting throughout the night was reported In the Calllette wood. Southeast of Selberg the Teutons stormed 500 yards of Russian trench es, capturing 309 Slavs. Breaking of Dam Sweeps Out Farms Idaho Valley in ROAR OF WATER GIVES WARN ING; HEAVY FROST CAUSES GREAT LOSS. BOISE. May 11. News reached ' here today of a disaster In Farmers' ! valley, Teuton county, on Saturday. Packsaddle dam broke and a wall of water rushed down the valley. Farm houses were carried away and crops destroyed. The roar of the water warned people In time to escape to the hills BOISE. May 11 A freeze last night caused more than a million dollars loss to southern Idaho fruit growers The prune crop was entirely destroyed, apples badly damaged and small fruits wiped out Guy Black of Roseburg Is at the St. George. Will Sell Dances at Queen Benefit IOMM1TTKF. IN CHARGE WORK ING OUT UNIQUE METHODS Tills EVENING. As a means of swelling the cam paign fund for her election. Miss Mu riel Sallng. Pendleton's candidate for Rose Queen, will permit the com mittee in charge of the benefit danc this evening to commercialize her dances, and the committee promises some unique methods In disposing of these favors. Their exact plans they refuse to announce but several nf the high school girls have been enlisted to aid in putting these dannn on the market The dance will be held this even ing In the Eagle-Woodman hall whleh has been donated for the occasion. It will be strlrtlv an Informal affair where everyone can have a good time end boost for Pendleton at the same time. Efforts have been made to get out a big crowd as other cities have realized handsome kuios from ilimlar benefits The dance tonight. Ihe Delta bone fit tomorrow afternoon and evening und the benefit at Hlngham Springs Sunday will be the last of the cam paign for raising funds for the run test und. what with the money already secured, the committee hopes to havs tnough to elect.