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DAILY EVENING EDITION w i cnim DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The East Oregnnlan tins the largeat boos Mt and guaranteed paid circulation of nuy paper In Oregon, eaat of Portland and by far the largest circulation In Pendleton of i oilier newspaper. Tonight and Frlilny unsettled; Probably shower. Maximum temperature. 7. mini mum. S9; ralnf.ill. ti wind, southwest, brlak; weather, partlv cloudy, threat ening. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1916. NO. 8812 VOL. 28 FRENCH CAPTURE STRONG FORT IN DESPERATE DASH Well Defended Position of the Ger. mans is Taken in Night Attack Near Hill 304. BERLIN DENIES SUCCESSES inrts Declare That Assault Hurled Forward by Uie Teuton llavc Been llcutilncd: Aviators Are Busy on loth Males: French .Airmen Drop Bomb I'pou Heti. PARIS, May 18 The French storm ed nnd captured a amall but well de fended German fort northeast of Hill ,;ua last night, a communique atated. They ulao captured a German trench on Hill 287, killing or capturing all the occupanU. German attack against positions northwest of Verdun continued last night In heavy force Dut were repuls ed. Several attempts to selie t French redoubt In the Avocourt Wooda were defeated. Avluturs on both sides were bus). The Germans shelled Luiievllle. Eplna: and llelford but the damage was light. The French dropped 80 bombs at Met. The Sahlons railway depot also was shelled. BkJHLlN. May 18 -Three French attacks In the region of Hill 204 were repulsed It was officially atated. Italian Queen is Target for Bombs Hurled by Fliers SHE AND PRINCESSES NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH IN BOMBARDMENT. ROME, May 18. Queen Helena and i'rlnceases Jolanda and Mafalda, nar rowly eBcaped death Monday when Austrian aviators attacked two trains near Venice In which the Austrian learned that the queen and princesses were traveling. Spent shrapnel bul lets flew from anti-aircraft guns and showered the royal train while troops tried to drive the aviators away. An aerial bomb exploded near the express train. The queen and Princess Jolan da were returning from the front aft er a visit with the king. Princess Ma falda was going to meet her mother on another train. Passengers were thrown into a pan ic, but the queen maintained her com posure. Unable to withstand the fire of the air-cruft guns, the hostile machines retreated. An immense -crowd greet ed the royal party on arriving at i'adla and cheered the queen and the princess enthusiastically. It Is believ ed that spies advised the Austrlans ot the queens whereabouts. REORGANIZATION OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET PLANNED ADMIRAL ILETCIIER W1JA, UK 4l UEEDED BY ANOTHER; CONFERENCE HELD. WASHINGTON, May 18. Daniels and Wilson conferred today, It was learned and decided to reorganise the Atlantic fleet under a commander who will succeed Admiral Fletcher. Admiral Mayo succeeda Fletcher who relinquishes hla command June It. Admiral Coffman succeeds Mayo Fletcher Is detailed to shore duty. Mnyo participated In the occupation t Vera crui. Alaska and Is states of the union produce copper. Woman Admits Big Thefts of Gems -''I m " i mM HI - ' feyansssssssssssM M ' f j I II Pendleton Chosen as Next Meeting Place for W.O.W. rTFTH Disnticr WILL hold OOu ll Ion here DURING NEXT year. Pendleton was choaen yesterday aft ernoon as the next place of conven tion for the fifth district of the Pa cific Jurisdiction, Woodmen of the World, the 12th convention of which was held yesterday at Athena. The district comprises all of the counties of eastern Oregon except Lake and Klamath. The conventions are held every three years. La Grande was a bidder against I'endieton for the next convention bul the majority of delegates favored this city by reason of Its central location and easy access. F. M. Sextou of The Dalles, Dr. J. D. I'lamondun of Athena and F. P. McDevitt nf Sumpter, were elected as delegates to the head camp which will meet in Denver July 17. Judge Thos. Fits Gerald of this el's was elected both temporary and per manent chairman or the convention eaterday and presided over both ses sions. Mayor Watts made the address of welcome and Judge Fill Gerald the response Several resolutions were passed to advise the delegates to the head camp. The various camps In the district MM well represented at the conven tion ami there were about 200 at the banquet last evening. Thirty-four candidates from the Pendleton, Athe na. Weston and Adams lodges were in itiated, the work being put on by the I'endieton team. Pendleton delegates to the meeting were V. Stroble. Thos. Fltz Gerald, J. L. Hall, George Phelps, I. E. Karl, D. K. Rogers, i H. o'Melveny, P. A. An derson and Wilbur Kunie. quite a number of other Woodmen from Pen dleton attended. ! Ruined Street in Dublin; Snipers on Roof imbmMbmwmmwwwm mi i ww i uMmmt mm i ib iuMr if ssrr;mjk i i nrnnr n nmrir it rir m, zm tmmsBLm i rvr mwrnstm r . W: m tm. m?mr m i mmsm :. i asMaaasssM - - m mamsmt BEHIND RAIDERS EXPECT A CLASH Langhorne's Cavalry Already in Skirmish in Which Two Mexicans are Wounded and Captured AUSTRIANS HUR SIBLEY RUSHING TO SCENE L VAST OFFENSIVE ALONG THE ALPS 300,000 Men are Trying to Shatter the Italian Lines and Open Way for an Invasion. Itciiirorcemente Are Being Brought I p; Americans Are Operating South of El Ptno; Marathon Expedition Will Be Withdrawn Because of Lack f Water. ROME DENIES LOSS OF CITY SAN ANTONIO, May 18. A pitched In some sections. However, the Ital ian Forces Have Been Driven Bade; Losses in Three Days Fighting Rnn Into the Thousand-i; Men Battle in Mountain. AMSTERDAM, May 18. Three EAi-UtiG BUILD! HGS Oti LIEF&Y STR-E.E.T V&JHTLita seBDXA. l battle between Langhorne's cavalr-: hundred thousand Austrians along a and the rear guard of the Mexican '5;m" ,MDJ? 'hf ,T!,0l".AL" I Glenn Springs raiders was raomentar-, ItoltaM critica lntimaU Illy expected today following reports' Austria is hurling a powerful often 'of a skirmish. Two Mexicans were 8lve In the hope of shattering the de i wounded and captured. Sibley with fenders' ranks and invading northern I three troops of cavanry is making a Italy. The losses In three days' flght i dash to Join Langhorne. Americans i lng run Into the thousands. The bat i are also operating south of El Pino, j tie is spreading eastward from the ; Funston said he would withdraw the . Adige river across the peaks and rocky ! Marathon expedition whether the plateaus, where the soldiers cling to ! bandits were caught or not. Lack ot , the cliffs or fight hand-to-hand In the , water and forage compels the move. I narrow trails. The Italians have been driven south- WASHINGTON, May 18. Colonel war aIoIS a flve m'1 font ! 11- Sibley, reporting to the war depart- aa to upper Astlco valley. Some ment on Langhorne's victory over the denies the Austrian claim that Zeg- Glenn Springs raiders, failed to ,ub-natorta has been captured. ! stantiate the reports which said that ' ' ;5 Mexicans had been captured and i six killed. The official statement said j that two Mexicans were wounded and I captured. Consul Letcher and other American consuls have gathered at Chihuahua to compile first hand information re garding the exact conditions in Mex ico. Their report will be given to Funston. Some believe that the con ference of consuls may result In a change In the Mexican policy. The state department said that the meet ing was called because the adminis tration wanted the facts regarding the economic and political condition! Letcher Is coming t Washington aft er the meeting. It was privately admitted that the monetary situation, food scarcity, ty phus epidemic and the activity of the Zapatistas are causmg worry, al though the military conditions are not alarming. Campaign Here to Elect Queen Will End With Dance BIG CROWD EXPECTED TO TURN OUT TONIGHT TO HKLT MISS SL4UNG. Tonight the campaign for the elec tion of Miss Muriel Saling, Pendleton's candidate for queen of the Rose fes tival and Columbia Highway, will be brought to a close with a big dance in the Eagle-Woodman hall. The committee in charge of the campaign is sponsor for the dance and is plan ning for a large crowd. The orches tra of Charles Keene will contribute the music. The voting for queen will close to- MARATHON, May 18 The bodies, "'"' """.s." "" o- oMhe Americans Harris, Woodson and i!8 mu e v0,ed that hour. Bosworth. miners, missing since the I ose ihavinK monV with which to Glenn Springs raid were found on the'""' "V Big Bend desert near San Vicente, William Sansom, a rancher, said This photos the O'Connell street. Dublin, raph was taken irom Statue in Sackville after the Irish riots be gan It shows houses fronting Eden yuay torn to bits by the bombardment of the British cannon to dislodge the. The top photograph shows the fall rebels, who had taken refuge in them, lng walls of buildings in Llffey street, The lower picture snows two Irish Dublin, during the riombardment by snipers on the room of a house nnd; the British warships in the river, others pointing out British soldiers to i whose guns were turned on the build be shot. ! lrR to drive out the Sin Feinn rebels. that hour. The candidates are now pretty welt bunched as they make ready for their finishing spurt. Miss Saling this morning joined the others who have Senator over a million votes to their credit, million , There are now seven candidates with to 1.- t'tnrke to Support Rill. WASHINGTON. May 18. Clarke. behind the forty-two dollar rivers bill, announced that he; votes ranging from 1.000,000 GIRLS MAKE RECORD TIME IN SERVING A LUNCHEON DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES ITS WORK. The domestic science department closed its work yesterday when Na talie Ferguson, Helen Isaac and Es ther Kmbysk served the" last luncheon in one hour. This has been the best j time made for three girls. The guests . were Mrs. Smith, Miss Graves, Miss 1 Staler, Miss Wilson and Miss Llnsle. Lust week Leta Agee and Nellie In gram cooked and served the same number of guests In one hour and 13 minutes. These two girls have made the best time since there were but two of them. The wok In cookery has been a great plenstire to the girls in every line and all feel that during the time they have been under the instruction of Miss Butler thnt time has been well spent British Officials Knew of Plans for An Irish Revolt Long Before the Outbreak LONDON, May 18. Lieutenani Colonel Nathan, under secretary for Ireland, testified before the committee, investigating the Irish riots that th6 Drltish government knew days before tb, rvn!t thnt Irish leaders hail nlun- ned to open a rebellion. The consplr- j rsh sympathizers In America aiorn weie uoi uinniuiou iui irui ioj t in ouieu largely to ou ure of the rebel plans and the rapture of Casement. He estimated the number of rebels at 15.200. including 3000 in Dublin. They had lson rifles and expected 20. uuu mure with a Million rounds ot ammunition On a German auxiliary. on- arms and Casement will go on Trial for His Life Next Month lyn: is SETT iok EARLY Di JUNK BAILEY MAY BE TRIED THEN AIO. would hold the senate in a long sea-! 490,410. Miss Mildred Pegg of Van sion and pace a ban on all other bus-,couver. has the latter number to her iness until the measure was passed. ' credit. Practically all of the candi Hustings and Thomas demanded a cut dates are holding back votes and big in the appropriation or twenty mil- jumps are expected tomorow. The lion. Tillman declared against th- following was the standing this morn measure. Kenyon, opposing the bill, ing: announced his intention of forcing a Mildred Pegg. Vancouver ... 1.40,4 It) ote on the reduced appropriation Aged Guerilla Chief IH ! Mrs. Maud Oilman. G. A R. 1.484. Iu7 I Lillian c. Hendrlcksen. Foresters of America.... 1,18, 121 Waive Jacobs, Klamath Falls 1,113,523 would cause greater bloodshed. Na than said that the Irish had been In formed thut the Germans would co operate with them tn the revolt, launching a combined sea, air and I land, offensive against the British. The ! constabulary were warned and patrol led the Irish coast night and day to ' prevent the landing of Oerman arms l These precautions resulted in the fall- spread llteratun than asserted. for the rebels. Na- LONDON, May 18 Jeremiah Lynch of New York, a naturalized American, waa arrested for participa tion In the Irish rebellion and court martlaled yesterday, the American consul at Dublin wired the embassy. He will be sentenced today. LONDON. May 18. Sir Roger I'asement will go on trial for his life early in June, according to arrange ments made today Following his preliminary hearing on a charge ot treason he was returned to his cell in the tower of London It was unde- jcuiecl wneiner liauey woutu du irieu at the same time. Bailey la likely to ' receive clemencj owing to his expo j sure of the treason plot. Asquith s plans for a reorganization of the Irish administration were not revealed. His efforts at conciliation have pleased all The premier is scheduled to go to Cork today. SSjUUSTAtA JIUM. NKW YORK, May 18. Miss Ana tasW Allen, a comely young woman j of twenty five years, admits that ,by posing as a "war widow" she has been able to steal nearly 16,000 worth of Jewelry from two employers. After her arrest in 4 Broadway restaurant Miss Allen explained that ihc had obtained employment as a a in wealthy homes by posing asJ the wife of a French soldier who waw killed at the front. She says she la French woman and has been lm i i.arlaharl bv the war, but admits that the "widow" portion of her story It tv fabrication. NEWS SUMMARY General. ' Austrian start vigorous offensive against Italians. 1 tilled state troopers close be hind Mexican raiders. Camvnent goes on trial for his life In June. Local. Big vote promises to turn out for primaries tomorrow. IVndlcton to be next convention trtace of district W. O. W. Big dance tonight closes local queen campaign. Naval Program to Include Building of Fast Cruisers on record as favoring universal dis armn ment. The program expends one hundred and tighty million dollars. The num ber of ships that Daniels recommend ed Is increased in nearly every class. Favoring disarmament, the committee called on the president to do all with in hit power to settle International disputes through arbitration. The following vessels will be eon- structed: five battle cruisers, cost- WASHINGTON, May IS. The ipg each twenty million: four scout house naval committee today knock- cruisers, ten destroyers, twenty sub ..i,t rvnnlnla five vpnr hiilldlnff oro- marines a hosnital shin, fuel shot, and gram. It agreed on the construction ammunition ship. The battle cruisers' ,,l('lon of murdering Mrs. Helen Jen- of battle cruisers which the secretary will have a speed of thirty five knots, nlngs. advocated, however, and also voted In Their chief armament will be ten 14- favor of building 20 submarines. inch guns. Eight submarines and! Spain is credited with producing The committee adopted a program four destroyers will be build on the more than three-quarters of the of one year's construction and went Pacific coast. world's supply of olive oil. D MEI FIVE YEAR PROGRAM IS KNOCKED OUT BY THE COMMITTEE. PORTLAND SUSPECT DENIES I ALL KNOWLEDGE OF MURDER BENNETT TllOMI"SON PUOTESTS HIS INNOCENCE TO THE Al THOHITIES. PORTLAND. Ore., May 18. Pro testing his innocence and claiming that he is able to prove an absolute alibi. Bennett Thompson wits taken to Hillsboro today and Jailed on sus- Edyle FTaasch, Eugene. . . Louise Taylor. Western V. Muriel Saling. Pendleton.. Jewell Carroll, Knights and Ladles of security . . : Hose I'ptegrove, Oregon City Eleanor Jackson, Moaern Foresters. McMlnnville. 1,101.491 1.033.507 1.004,07 880,;'! ,40.4:j iC.sis I More than 11.000.000,000 was spent ! last year by the American public for , tobacco. Wheat Drops Several Cents at Close Today CH3CAI the East of prices. Obi John S. Mosby, Col. John S. Mosby. the famous guerilla chief in the civil war. is ill in Washington and relatives rear for him He has been a picturesque figure in the capital, where he has lived many ears. Open May 1115V, Jul 11 H High I1.154 81.1 ti I1.1J Portland. PORTLAND, ire.. May II (Sps clal. - -Merchants Exchange prices today club, ? bid. asked; blueatetu 110- 1-4 bid, II 0 1-: asked livarpsnl, LIVERPOOL, May 17. Wheat Spot No 1 Manitoba, 12s lOd III 7 per bu I; No. I, 12s j 1-ld, No. I northern spring, ti.- 4d; No j red winter western. Us 3d (11 l 4-t per bu.). North and South America togs produce at present about 7 1 per of the world's copper supply. nt
