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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Th KitHt OrpKonlan hatt the lawat bona fide uml KmtranteM paid rlrculatluu of any )apr In n, caat of Portland and ij ' u the largiwt circulation Id Pendleton of nay newapaper. v TiiKn YEOTKIWAY'S WF.ATIIKH RATA. Maximum temperature mini mum temperature If; r In fll I; wind, rortheast light, wenther. clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916. NO. m FRENCH GIVE UP KEY TO CITADEL ' LINE Fort Vaux is Evacuated After Seven Days of Desperate Fighting to Repel German Assaults. GARRISON FORGED TO QUIT Mi Coinplii' ly lUliaurted ; poMitkwi an outskirts of Fort and Koran Trenches to the Right and Isft Are HUH Being Maintained; I on 1 of Ruins. PARIS, June I. The French today officially admitted that the Hermans neve occupied Fort Vaux. A state ment said, "After seven days of the Percent fighting, the garrison of Vaux wan absolutely exhausted and could not prevent the occupation of the ruined fort by the Germans. The French hold positions on the outskirts of the fort and the trenches to the right and left. All German attacks against these position! have been re pmleadV1 Vaux has been called the key to Verdun as It is one of the circle of forts four miles from the citadel. i(e yond are Forts Thlaumonl, Souvllle. Tun line and Bt Mihlel Vaux stands on a hill 30" feet high with sharply ncllned slopes. For several weeks it has been the scene of the fiercest lighting, alternately lipped by artillery . nd Infantry attacks ijndon, June h. a German of- tidal statement received from Am sterdam admits the sinking of the battle cruiser Lutzow and the small ' I miser Rostock In the battle of Ska mrak. The boats sank enroute to harbor after the battle UONDON, June I, --Confirmation of Kussiun successes are contained In an Austrian headquarters report admit ting a retreat of five kilometers near I "kna, northeast of Hukowlna. The artillery attacks of the Russian were described as tremendous. The great est Kusslnn concentration is between; Brady tad Prutll. The Austrlans say tbr Russians are using un unbcllev- hi) large number of shells. AFFRAY OCCURS AI f KAY CREEK IS REPORT A message mm received i the sheriff'- office this afternoon tel ling of u ahllfrUm affray at the Indian round-up above the forks of Mehiiv creek. The mes sage, whli b mm very brief, stated that John Itiinyuii, a oowboy, bail -hot a man named stccrtiian. onion-d. and rcimeet'ed that an of ficer and a physician lie sent out at once. Deputy .sherlffH Blakiiy and tn left at once, Inking vvllli tketn a doctor. The message suited that the wounded man was not dead and that Itunyan was being pursued hy Indian polli-c. The cause of the sliooting and other details were not given In the nwwage. Japanese Honor t. j. mil. SBATTLE. Wash . June S. To hon cr the memory of James J. Hill Hill lor hla part in developing trade be tween the I'nlted States and Japan. 40 Japanese business men of Seattle gathered at a dinner as guests of C. T Takahashl, president of the Jap anese Association of North America, and for 'IX) years n friend of Mr. Hill. Tributes to the dead "empire build er" were given by prominent Japanese A large portrait of James J. Hill, supplemented by, an emplem with an . laborate wreath, hung at one end of the hall and at one side was n group picture of LouIh W. Hill and his fam- NEWS SUMMARY General. FYench evacuate fort Yanx. Mmng navy among principle plnnks In republican platform. Hughes will make no statement un less nominated. ITiHrriTwIvon ixMet to name T. 11 i his afternoon. Local Nhooting affray at Indian round Merchants would license profes sional peddlers. Freewaier to put on Oicrry Show. VERDUN ROOSEVELT URGES DELEGATES TO A MAIN WHO HAS PROVED HIS T. R. Willing to Go to Chicago j . ROOSEVELT mTL.ficMseKiua. i:V YORK, .fune . Replying u, a lelej.Tam rrom William II. Jack aon, Roosevelt said todny he wuld go to Ohtcago ami address the K-puhji-'iin, II the OOBVenHOD desire it. Progressives Expect to Name Roosevelt Late This Afternoon Al.'DlTOHIl M. Chicago. June a.. I'erklns prevailed upon i'arker, radi cal leader, to postpone the nomina tion of Koosevelt until tomorrow If it V possioie to control the delegates. They had planned the nomination for five ibis afternoon. Parker or John-; son will speak to the delegates, saying that Perkins earnestly desires a postponement of the nomination which might ruin Roosevelt's chances of receiving the republican nomina tion. The delegates hooted when it was moved to appoint a conference committee to meet with the republl- June x- The progres- Pench Day in Freewater is thing of the past but Cherry Day will take its place and will be made of even greater Importance. This Is the message received todai by the East Oregonian from c. Prltch ett, secretary of the Freewater Mer chants' association. "With the waning of the peach in dustry In this vicinity. It has been de cided to abandon tne celebration" of a Peach Day," he w rites, "which hcre- mm mi hold our : niif All miir m mn nnnnnim fly N Wmt 1 uni un junu li, uiu i iiuunnm BEING PLANNEDFOR HE EVENT, Ordinance Wanted to License Professional Peddlers Here signed by many merchants and iltlzens a petition was presented to the council last evening asking for an ordinance for the licensing of pro fessional peddlers Such an ordinance was Introduced and will be consider ed during the next week; by the ordi nance and license committees. The proposed ordinance draws a distinction between the professional peddler and the farmer or producer who sells his fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs or other products from house to house. The petitioner! also made It plain that they had no objection to this class of peddling. However, they declare that the professional peddler Is unfair compe tition to the stores who pay taxes, rent and are culled upon to mako many contributions to public enter prises. Moreover, they declared that the professional peddlers, or many ot I five platform declares for a regular ' army of a quarter of a million, a navy second In the world and a natlonal- lied system of citizen military train ! Ing. Progressive radicals believe that Roosevelt will be nominated bv the bull moose before midnight Conner. vatives believe he will not. This fight was Waged through the committee meetings today and was resumed when the convention resumed Its ses sion at ; o'clock Governor Johnson probably will be the vice presidential nominee. It was reported that the Conservative element of the progres sives had succeeded in forcing an agreement on Walter Brown of Ohio, as permanent chairman. boost the cherry which is rapidly be-! coming one of our chief industries " I but the chairman has not the author. For the purpose of advertising the ity to invite or recognize him as a Product and for stimulating and de-1 speaker except on order of the con veloplng the industry, the association vention." has decided to Inaugurate a cherry flay and has set Wednesday, June 21. as the date for the first celebration. Mr. Prlttchett writes that extra larlv cash prizes will be given for well dis toforti has been our annual event. and (Continued on Page Eight.) them, are not honest with the consum ers, selling them short weight and inferior products and then moving on lo another city. The proposed ordinance declared he would not favor any or- i in nice that would discriminate1 against the farmer and was given as surance that such was not the inten tion of the petitioners. Councilman Taylor declared the small farmer should not be prohibited by license from purchasing enough produce from his neighbor to fill out the loud which he wished to bring to Pendleton. The majority seemed to favor the idea ot the ordinance but wished to make Its language plain so that it would affect only the class of peddlers to whom there is objection. The city also has an ordinance gov erning licensing peddlers of every thing except farm products. I. I TO SIGNIFIES WILLINGNESS HESS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENT ON IF M In Telegram, the Colonel Makes Plea for a Unified Americanism; Denounces the German-Americans; Senator Harding is Made Permanent Chairman at Chicago Amid Great Ovation; Suffrage Plank is Adopted But Pro hibition is Lost; Ford Joke Raises a Laugh. OOIJHEUM, Chicago, June 8. Although the republican plat form etimmlttcv endorsed woman suffrage 26 to 21 after a lively right, opponents immediately threatened to demand a recon sideration because seven member- were absent . it was expect ed that the fight against suf frage would is- renevdk on the floor of the conTsnUoti, itorah announced it would lie reconsid ered by the committee. The committee defeated the universal military training plank :t:t to i. it adoptiii a plank de nouncing the democratic foreign policy. OT8TKB BAY. June s Respond ! ing to the invitation of William J Jackson to address the republicans. Roosevelt telegraphed today that he would be glad to address the conven tion If lh convention desires, it. He I urged the repnbnns and progressives to realize tne gravity oi me crisis ami not aim merely to nominate a man who would be elected, but a man who had proved his ability. He criticized the Wilson administration. He em phasized the need of a unified Amer icanism on preparedness He de nounced the German-Americans, as serting that they were everything a strong influence at the convention. COLISEFM, Chicago. June 8 The f.rst spontaneous outbreak in the re publican convention came today when Harding was made permanent chair man. The cheering lasted for five minutes, despite Harding's gavel. The resolutions committee adopted the suffrage plank by a close vote aft er a long fight Prohibition was de leated The rural credits plank was adopted unanimously. After the ad option of tile rules for the permanent organization, the convent'on marked time until the resolution committee was ready. It was expected to reach the resolutions at 3 o'clock. The ) convention possibly will proceed to the nominations immediately thereafter while loafing, the convention lia- lened to speeches by CnaUncey pepew Joe Cannon, and Senator Borah. De pew sprung two Ford Jokes, which were greeted with applause. The United Press handed Harding a copy of Col Roosevelt's telegram Harding said: "Roosevelt always was interesting as the leading American. After listening to three speeches, the convention recessed at 1:30 until A o'clock, when the platform will be adopted The convention was delayed In get-j ting started again. Harding arrived 18 minutes late. Joe Cannon mean dered down the aisle chewing an un- lighted cignr A guard stopped him' and demanded to see his badge. Can non started to remonstrate when 70! Illinois and Indiana delegates seized! him. steamrollered the guard and . placed Cannon in his Beat. It was raining dismally and the at-' moaphere of apathy continued today I Harding called the convention to or der at 11:-- and asked for the report: of the credentials committee. BmoOi 1 read Ihe report and the coin I adopted it The organization commit provoked t(,(, tm,n r,Vommended making the temporary organization permanent The mention of Harding's name as permanent chairman brought the crowd Into a burst of sporadic cheer ing, which spread to a violent dem onstration lasting for fifteen minutes Apparently the convention was no nearer a choice of n nominee this af ternoon than yesterday. There was in noticeable increase of pep among I the delegates More women were in the galleries. Upon reconvening at 4 this after , noon a two hour discussion on ihe platform will begin. It was reported that the old guard Is fathering a scheme to Continue the afternoon ses- (Continued on Page Eight.) GET ABILITY E Senator Borah, one of the republi can leaders addressed the republican lonventlon at Chicago this afternoon. Cithers addressing the delegates were Pepew and Cannon TO MAKE STATEMENT UNLESS CHOSEN United Press Says it Has Secured Reliable Information to This Effect; Murray Attacks Hughes in the House. WASHINGTON. June I. Fnless Hughes is nominated at Chicago he will not make a statement as an nounced, the I'nlted Press learned from a source of unquestioned au thority this afternoon. Hughes was shown a copy of Representative Mur ray's speech denouncing Hughes' can uidaey. He declined to comment up- on it. i m g) . I i . AddressesConvention i. IS)1 : sdkt a ',: IHiJ mmmmmi m wriLUAM E ROKAH HUGHES NOT WASHINGTON. June S. "Alfalfa" j With less than hatr of her avail I'lll Murray of Oklahoma, democratic able farmlm lan.i ,,.,i., .. h. i'.iuj representative, in the house todav de- I vered a slashing attack on the can didacy of Justice Hughes as a viola tion of the American rule that thel ntion!"urts be kept free of politics. Mad Dog Scare at Stantield Ends in Animals Being Killed STAN FIELD, Ore.. June I. (Spe-jsnd started to attack F. B. Stuart, clal l Stantield has had another ' proprietor of the hotel However he mad dog scare this week, resulting In ! struck It with a shovel ajid killed it. un Killing ot a numner 01 dogs. A , dog. undoubtedly afflicted with the ra- bles. was seen Sunda- at the rharles Cameron ranch on Butter Creek and on Monday ance at the lorning rut in an appear-. Stanfleld ranch, biting a I up there The animal came on into Stanfleld ' IS MAIN PLANK OF G.O.P. Platform as Drafted Today Takes a Strong Stand for Americanism; For Larger Standing Army. MANY POINTS TOUGHED UPON Mexican pulley of Wilson Adm! nitra tion is criticised; platform Dues Not indicate Intervention ; protec live Tariff Pledged; Child labor Law) Favored. CHICAGO, June The republi-! an platform, drafted today, takes aj strong stand for Americanism, de-1 mands a navy which will not fear ,.ny other power in the world, and a I landing army sufficient in size to form the nucleus of an effective mo bile force. The platform contains the follow ing items: Preparedness Military and indus trial. A larger navy and standing ar- STRONG NAVY REGULAR my. Closer cooperation between the I throne at the Oaks they witnessed the government and Industries. It does j grand display of fireworks in thelf not mention the federalization of the honor. Tonight they will attend the militia or compulsory service. I all given for Queen Muriel by the Mexico It criticizes the administra-1 Royal Rosarlans at Cotillion Hall. To tion's handling of the Mexican situa-1 morrow will be the final day of the lion, characterizing it as weak and festival and will be featured by the wobbly. The plank does not Indicate I civic, military', fraternal and indus lavorlng intervention trial parade in which will be the Tariff A protective tariff of rea sonable amount, equalizing the differ ences between wages in Europe and America. Immigration A literacy test is de manded because immigration is ex pected to increase after the war Labor Pledged to enact child la bor laws. Merchant marine Strongly oppos es the government ownership of ves sels. Foreign The republican party greatly desires peace. It believes in u strict and honest neutrality between the warring nations of Europe. It characterizes Wilson's policy as phrase-making performances. Business Strict regulation of trans portation and consolidated corpora tions. Declares for legislation making or safer working conditions. Chicago Wheat Goes Down a Few Points CHICAGO. June v The range of prices in the wheat market today was as follows: Open My 11.05 S July J1074 High. 11.05 11.064 Close 11-0614 PORTLAND. Ore., June I. 1 rices today were as follows: s7 bid, SI ask.-d; hluestem, i8 bid asked. AMERICANS ARE DEFENDED UiRANZA TROOPS PKOTKlT is. CITIZENS DURING RIOTS AT CHIHUAHUA. V. EL PASO. June S. Carranza troops, defending Americans, killed three Mexicans during anti-American rioting Tuesday and Wednesday nights ai Chihuahua City, according to reports this afternoon. The Am erican consulate was nearly wrecked. American residents wired for a spe cial train to take them to the herder. American IVn Interned. WASHINGTON June 8 J ihn Kilgallen, a Brooklyn boy, held in connection with the Sinn Fein revolt, has been interned under the defense of the realm act, the state departmct was advised. t.ites produces one-sixth of the world's wheat, four-ninths of Its corn, one-fourth of Its oats, one-eighth of 'ts cattle, one-third of its hogs and cne-twelfth of its sheep. Mr. Cameron had traced the dog all the way from his ranch and every dog li had bitten was killed forthwith This mornlsw ih.. w. m .m.i ranch was killed and It Is believed all danger of the spreading of the dis ease trom this source has been ellnu- nated ROSE QUEEN IS PRESIDING FLORAL PARADE Big Event is Being Held Today at Portland With Muriel and King Joy as the Central Figures. DEDICATE ROAD YESTERDAY Columbia Highway I Formally open ed; Royal Personages See Fine Dis play of Firework.- Last Night at tl lsks; Tonight They WW .Attend a Grand Ball, This afternoon Pendleton's Quen Muriel of the Knse Festival la riding at the head of the floral parade, per- haps the moat beautiful pageant of the Portland annual celebration. Sher iff Taylor as King Joy is riding at the head of an escort of one hundred horsemen. Yesterday afternoon these two were the central figures In the dedication of the Columbia Highway at Multno mah Falls and last night from a Round-up float, Yesterday Queen Muriel and King Joy rode at the head of the Human Rosebud parade and stopped at a giv en point to review the children. "Queen Muriel with King Joy by hef side, rode triumphantly In a car dec orated in pink and white, and bowed smilingly to the plaudits of the crowds." says one of the Portland pa pers "She carried a pink parasol which harmonized with her pink cos tume. The queen's maids followed In a string of automobiles." In telling of the beautiful and po etical ceremony which dedicated the Columbia Highway yesterday after noon, the various papers gave much mention to Pendleton's royal pair. Fxcerpts from the different accounts are here given: Queen on Special Train. Queen Muriel and her party went from Portland on the special train in the private car of J. D Farrell. pres- j ident of the O.-W. R. & N Company. ! On arriving at the alls the queen and j her attendants afltired themselves In j their festival garb. ' The first that the public saw of the queen was when she appeared escort- ed by a company of Royal Rosarians on the little bridge above the falls. A blast of trumphets proclaimed the ; presence ot the queen. The party ! then proceeded slowly down the svi. Wheat van I''lth8 leading from the ehash be Club, lKevn upper and lower falls to the piattorm below The Rosarian band, concealed among the evergreens, play ed soft music for the march. Royal Rusarians, the escorts of the queen stood at review as Queen Muriel approched the platform, preceded by little girls strewing roses over the pathway. The Queen, with King Joy by her side, took her place on a rustic throne that had been erected a little above ihe platform Presently two Uttlo girls, bearing a floral erown on a pil low emerged from the underbrush and proceeded toward the throne. The little girls were Mary Betty Cook and Lolita Jaeger King Joy lifted the crown from the pillow and placed it on Queen Muriel's head. iiief Multnomah vpin-ors About the time that everyone thought the dedication was proceed ng famously a wild warwhoop wan (Continued on Page Three ) 4000 PEOPLE GO TO MILTON FOR ANNUAL ST1UM IIF.RRY FEXrrVAl, FlUUKs DBO(IB Sl'OPniH; UOMI snow ii i :i a i x . i Ka.it Oregonian Special i MILTi'N-FREKvt ATL'k. lire. Jun-i 8 With probably I una people pres nt, Milton's annual Strawberry Day and II or,- show was held yest'-rdav tine of the best days that the weath or has honored the allc with this season added largel to th- proper picnic spirit, and everybody msd merry end celebrated The crowd started to gather earli an. I when the baseball game began al II o'clock probably half the crowd was lu town Milton High School won a bard (Continued on pace sight )
