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VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916.
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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
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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
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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-
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GET
ABILITY
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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.
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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
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4000 PEOPLE GO TO
MILTON FOR ANNUAL
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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
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