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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WKATHKR Pair tonight and Saturday, warmer Saturday. YE8TERDAT S WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature, tl. mini mum. 49; rainfall. ISj wind smith, went. light, weather, clear TO ADVERTISERS. The Kasl Oregunian hu the largeat boot tWIe aud guaranteed paid circulation of any Spat In Oregon, east of Portland and by 1 tin- largest circulation In I'endleton of airy newspaper CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. NO. 8825 s - 1 TRAIN BLOWN IS FROM US TRACK 8Y FIERCE WIND Many Hurt When Wabash Passenger Train Leaves Tracks During Terrific Gale. TORNADO SWEPS WISCONSIN nullities fini storm III Wis- oasin and Iowa; Waalaouts on Both Mafllll Of MM.-dl'; Property Uamutc lroves lo Be Heavy. Western Woman Head of General Federation tXJNTAlC, Mich., June I. Twenty IwmmR were Injured, one seriously, when the Wabash's midnight special was blown from the track at Suum mta, early today by a severe wind storm. The wreck occurred In a deep cut, preventing the cars from overturning, with more serious results The engine and four coaches were blown from the track A woman wan hurled 20 feet. Tornado In Wisconsin. 1a Crosse, Wis, June 2. Several are reported killed at North McGreg ot, Iowa, and at Prairie Du Chene. Thsre wan great property damage by a tornndo. All wires are down. j It la reported a number were drowned at MacOregor. Washouts occurred on both sides of the Mississ ippi. Wrecking crews left La Of QUI , The cloudburst damaged MacOre-i gor to the extent of fifty thousand do!-, lara. The water fell In sheets. Hun- I ilruds of head of stock were drowned. Hardly a business house escaped dam- j age. The water Is over the dining table tops In the hotel. A theater wu unroofed Two men were drown ed and two children are missing. Gei. ,an Fleet Defeats big British Force in North Sea; Eight Britishers Destroyed Mrs. Josiuh BlW Cowles of l.os An Hex. Oal. Mrs. Samuel II. swiith of Tiffin, Ohio, NaTW TORE, June 2. Mrs Joslah against fii for Mrs. BnOath, The other Kvans Cov. les. of Los Angeles, has officers elected are; been elected president of the General Klrst vice president. Miss Georgia A. Macon of Worcester. Mass ; second vice president, Mrs Eugene Hellly. Charlotte, N. Cj recording secretary. A McFarbind. South Da- Federation of Women's clubs by u large majority, defeating Mrs. Samuel II Sneath, of Tiffin, O. The vote taken yesterday showed that Mrs. Cowles received 1273 ballots M rs trrie koto; Francis D. Everett of Illinois; treas urer, no choice, directors to elect to morrow; auditor, Mrs. W. P. Harper of the state of Washington. By a two-thiids majority the Fed eratlon voted to affiliate with the Na. tional Council of Women, which in turn is a member of the International irrcspondlng secretary, Mrs Council of Women. FIERCE FIGHTING DIATDO AMOUR T T. C. Taylor is Being Groomed For Republican Chairmanship HOMING KNOIilSH OVKKySIVK KalD TO BE KKKPONHIBIiE FOH FtTRIOUB GBBMAM AT TACKS. LONDON, June 2 Fort Douau rnont is again under a fierce hall of shells, due to the shift of the Her man attack from the west to the east bank of the Meuse Word from Paris says that desperate energy and np purent disregard for their own losses is due to a fear of the British offen sive. The French and Herman In fantry struggled lute last night with iwful losses, it Is reported the Her mans) gained some ground taken by the French in an earlier surprise at tack. Heports of the British offensive be ing near have aroused new enthusi asm and are given added weight by the reiteration of a denial by Paris of lack of harmony betwen the Eng lish and French. French Claim Gains. PA HIS, June 2. By violent Infan try attack the French progressed one hundred meters toward the German lu nches south of Caurette woods, a communique announced. The Her man attack between t'aurette woods and t'umleres Is checked. I n the l ight bank of the Meuse extremely welent fighting occurred all dav from ThiMUnont Farm to Vaux. Southeast of Fort Douaumont the Hermans penetrated the Calllette woods and al so Biade progress on the shore of Vaux Pond It Is admitted. Houatimont Is already subjected to explosions. 'ITiou--ands of men are again under a fierce artillery fire. Turks on Offensive. FatTROHRAD, June t Sharp at tacks by the Turks against the Rus sian main line has resulted In n tem IMirary check of the advance. It Is un officially repored here The Turkish offeislves were made In the region of Paibun Brslfan and Rlvantousa. PORTLAND, tire.. June 2 Thomas C. Talor, formerly of Pendleton but lor .several ears a resident of Port land, is being boomed by his friends as a candidate for election us chair man of the republican state central committee to succeed Charles B. Moons Mr Moores is not now in the city and It Is not known whether he will be a candidate for reelection. Some ot his friends sa he will not be and thut after he has called the stale cen tral committee together for orguniia tlon and It has elected its temporary chairman he will lay down the bur dens of the office nnd retire to his old place as a worker with the rank and file. Mr. Taylor is well known to Ore Ron politicians and well remembered by those who followed Oregon poli tics a few years ago. He was a mem ber of the state senate from I'matilla county during the sessions of 1S97 and lNi9 and was president of the senate during the lutter session. He differed With W. J. Furnish when Furnish was nominated for governor and aligned himself with the so-called Lowell wing of the republican party. It is argued by the friends of Mr. Taylor that his long residence in eastern Oregon will give him support among the delegates from east of the mountains and that with Multno mah OOUnty support he ought to have a running start for the chairman slilp. Jay Bowerman has for the past couple of elections walked into th" state committee meeting with I bunch of proxies In his pocket giving hint the balance of power In the organlza tlon of the state central committee and since Taslor has never played ball with the Bowerman faction, an Interesting organization battle Is looked for when the state committee meets to clod its chairman for the coming campaign. This is especially so since this is a presidential year and the state chairman will have the di rection of the state cumpaign for the republican nominee for president. RECEIVER NAMED FOR J. S. WINTER, IS REPORT It was reported here this aft- ernoon that the contracting firm of J. s. Winter, builders of the local federal building, and the Pendleton hotel, has gone In- to the hands of a receiver at Portland to satisfy claims of jw creditors No details of the ap pointment of a receiver or w hat steps have been taken to meet the demands of the creditors have been received hele as yet It was rumored that the receiv ership was forced through a mis- take made in the local federal building which would have to be ratified at a considerable outlay of money The error was said to have been made in the instal- lation of the boilers. Fine Weather Adds to Pleasure of the I'D:, ' D: riunccis nunc (.(MM) ATTKXDANOK AND PRO GRAM FOR THE HAY; PEN ROSE CHIEF SPEAKER. WESTON', ore., June 2. (Staff Correspondence I With beautiful weather adding to the pleasure of the large crowd in attendance the 24th annual Pioneers picnic is proceeding very successfully today Scores of old time residents are on hand for the program and reunion and the gather ing is classed as one of the best yet held. The program this forenoon was car ried out in detail w ith the addition of an interesting talk by Rev, H. W. Rigby. The following is the detailed 1 rogram for today; Music Weston Concert Hand "America." Entire Audience, led by Weston Chorus. Invocation Rev W. S. Payne "Hail. Smiling Morn" Weston Chorus A. W. Lundell. director. Hughes Declares Hitchcock is Not Acting on Authority WASHINGTON, June 2. Justice Hughes' secretary told the United Press today that neither Hitchcock nor anyone else is authorized to work for Hughes' nomination at Chicago. Secretary Green said : "Justice Hughes has no repre sentative and nobody is authorized to use his name as a presidential possibility. He is surprised at the impression gained that Hitchcock is acting by authority of the jus tice. Hughes is sticking close to his library, studying i! cases." CHICAGO, June 2. Hitchcock said: "The statement by Hughes' secretary bears out my contention all along. I'm here to work for the best interests of the republican party, as every republican has a right to do." Hitchcock was told that many political leaders will probably construe the Washington statement as a flat disavowal of Hitchcock's efforts in his behalf. He said: "I don't think it is for me to say anything regarding that." Old Guard Would Swap Platform for Right Candidate ROOSEVELT BACKS BELIEVE G. O P. AND PROGRESSIVES WXUj COMBINE (Continued on Page Eight.) CHICAGO, Ills., June . Ready toJ .1 - . - 41.1... h' swap me yimiuj m lui a .iuiw,c, io old guard G 0. P. has turned Its at tenUon to planks the republican con vention is expected to draft. The plat form will contain practically every bull moose plank in a hope of win ning the progressive support. Confidence that republicans and progressives will reach an agreement cn a candidate grew by leaps and bounds at Roosevelt headquarters to day. Perkins declared frankly the progressive committee's plan all along had been for the republicans to nomi nate a president before taking action themselves. Some politicians say the Hughes statement is simply another step in the campaign to keep Hughes' record absolutely clear. Hitchcock said: "It! is simply what is already known. We're! acting in behalf of public sentiment.'' "I think it will clear the atmos-! There." said Charles Pepper, a Root supporter. George W. Perkins "I have no comment." .'Very interesting.' was the comment; at the Roosevelt non-partisan league. Penrose "No comment " Five Killed When Rock Island Train Through a Bridge CHICAGO, June 2 Five were kill ed and eight injured In the wreck of Rock Island train No. 19 between Clarksville and Packard, Iowa, today. Two bodies have bees recovered, It la stated. A weakened bridge sent a coach, two sleepers, the engine and baggage car Into the stream The coach is enUrely submerged. Engagement Occured May 31; News is Confirmed by London; German Ships Return to Base After Victory Which Cost Several Teuton Ships; News Causes Allied Stocks to Drop. FRENCH AIRMEN FIGHT WITH GERMAN POWERS TWO BIG TETTOH" RAIDERS DE STROYED BY PERSUING AmCKAIT. PARIS. June 2. Returning after dropping bombs upon Barleduc. Ger man Fokkers were rntercepted by French airmen. One German ma chine was riddled and fell near Etain Two French machines circled another Fokker and forced It to descend at Bouconeville in aw recked condition. Deputy Sheriff Klakely is spending the day In the east end of the county on business. British Moving to Balkan Front Threatened by Teutonic Forces STRIKEBREAKERS MAY BE USED AT FRISGD BAN FRANCISCO, June 2. If strik lug Longshoremen don't return to wnrk Monday the employers will im por strikebreakers. Last night 50 men attacked Pier 19. Two shots were fired, a riot call was given nnd ten policemen dispersed the crowd. The unions claim no hand In this The companies offered n ten per cent In crease. The longshoremen want 30 per cent. The strike Is gravely Inter fering with building operations NEWS SUMMARY Rumor That Northern Pacific May Build to Holdman Section General. ermnn fleet defeat English In great naval battle. Old guard republicans may trade platform for candidate. Anions storm In Michigan and tt'ls- rin. boost, Boys and irirls Sunday school con ference, opens here this oTenlinr. Royal send -off will be accorded jecn Muriel on Sunday. J. s. winter contracting firm re. ported in hands of receiver That the Northern Pacific Company Is contemplating an extension of its line In this county to give the larm ors of the Holdman v:clnlty an outlet for their grain Is a persistent rumor that has been In circulation for some time. The discussion of other plans for i railroad or automobile traffic road Into this country Is said to have stir red the N. P. officials Into consider ing plans for Immediate work. In fact one report has it that the com pany has men going over proposed route at the present time but there is no verification of this report. The company Is said to have made from Myrlck past the German Hall several years ago. At one lime the farmers of that sectton offered to do nate the right of way and help in some of the grading If the work was undertaken at once. Whether or not they will still be willing to do this Is a question in view or other projects under consideration, Walter Adams, local agent of the N. P . stateu that he knows nothlnir of tnt company having men lii the field at this time. However, N. P. offl-! cluls have from time to time discussed tentative plain with a number of local J business men and hnve gone so far as1 to state that sooner or later the com-' j a .j r BBaUaTJT, via WireJrac, June X The admiralty has announced aa en gagement for the German high seas He with the main part of the Kng lish fleet in which more than eight Riitishers were destroyed and many badly, damaged on May SI. The en gaeement oeeurred between Skaker sk and Horn Riffal The destroyed RritlHbers Include the battleship YVarspite and the battle 1 1 ithnu i Queen Mary, Indefatigable, two arm ored cruisers of the Achilles type, one small cruiser, the destroyers Tor ban, Nestor and Aleaster and one subma rine. The Germans lost the Pom mern, the cruiser W'teabadcn and probably the FYanenlob. The Marlborough was lilt by a tor pedo, according to prisoners. Among the prisoners rescued by the Ger mans were only two from the Inde fatigable, whose crew numbered more than 800. The Germans returned to their base yesterday. The Germans report the British lossrs as a -large number." Market Affected. NEW YORK. June 3. The stock market broke three points on the news of the naval engagement Anglo French loans are off one quarter of a point. Steel Is off one point. Wheat Drops. CHICAGO, Jane i. News of the naai engagement canned July wheat to drop 1 S-4, September I VS. (Continued on page eight) BOYsSllS GATHER FRONI ALL EASTERN OREGON Third Annual Conferences Commence This Evening at Local Churches; Will Continue Over Sunday. JOINT BANQUET TOMORROW Meetings Are Held Vnder Auspices ol State Sunday School Association; C. o. Pfaipps now here to Conduct Affair; Good program Arranged. With 60 girl members already reg istered for reservations here and at least as many boys expected the third annual older boys and girls confer ence for eastern Oregon, un'ler the di rection of the Oregon State sftindav School association, will open here this evening with meetings at the Metho dist and the Christian churches. The conference will continue until Sunday night. The meetings of the boys division will be held at the Methodist church and the girls at the fhrlstlan church. Charles A. Phinna mmmi m of the Sunday school association, ar rived this morning to take part In th j meetings. Among others who arriv ed during the .lay. and wh.i will take leading parts at the conference are J"hn H. Rudd. boys' secretary of the state Y Mi' ; P.ev Heiirge I,. i Clark of l.a, Grande, Mrs I. t nrms by of Rolse and Mrs ' n t pt,,n ot tb,. luptlst ie aartsn .3X7 TtSH ON 7rtRCH IS THE. The allied forces in Salonica are are being moved to the Ualkan front hers. From all ltrated in great DUnV indications the move- a preliminary survey for an extenslonpany would tap this country. ment portends that the long expected j where the Uulgarlans and German! J drive on Salonica is about to be started. The photograph shows Brit ish infantry crossing one of the many streams enroutr to their new position n the Ualkan front. e. lurch a big banquet , to the delegates At 5 o'clock this afternoon all thos.t arriving will register in, I ! assigned j to local homes tn th mimltte In I charge The young folks will irsther 'at their respctive meeting phu;-m si (7:30 o'clock and a social tune will b .enjoyed to allow rreryone tg vs , j quaiatsd At o'clock this evening j the conferenc es praaaf will begin with : an opening sung and pravei service. I Major Beat will d.iiier the nddrrsa ei as looms to the hm i taw Mrs fl. A. Lowell will Btlrome the Kirls. whll" w.ir s or welcome in behalf or the churches ,.f the city will be given by Rev. K. It Clevt nger t,, the boys and by Mrs c, W Itugg to the Kirls vr nun Smith of Weeton will rsDilug1 r..r the boys and Duruthy llaworth or jt Grande for toe girls. Miss Hue I (Cuntlnaed on Pigs
