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I rid afc-aw DAILY EVENING EDITION' iIR DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER Rain fon'ght and Tuesday. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature, x; mini mum, 46; rainfall, trace; wind. west, light- weather, partly cloudy, threat ening. TO ADVERTISERS. The Kant Oregonlan hag the largest bam fide anil icuui'MiiitHKl palil circulation of any iiT Id mi .m, cam "I I'.irtland and It far Hi" largeat circulation In Pendleton ot uuy newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MOND E 26, 1916. NO. 8845 I 1 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER t VjStc j f GALL FOR SUPER-OFFENSIVE OF ALLIES BEGINS TO GETUNDERWAY Italians Start Drive Against Austrians Who Begin General Retreat From Trentino; British Artillery Opens on Germans at La Bassee; French Take Positions From Enemy Be fore Verdun. LONDON. June 26 Every sur. face Indication toduy pointed to the beginning ol the lung expected con certed super-offensive of the allies. The Italians drove the Austrians back on a front of It mllea yesterday, recapturing seven positions which the Austrians lecently took Slmultan Baai Canal. British and German of loose against the Germans at the La Basse Canal. Brllsh and German . -flclal statements commented on the violence of the attack. Rome reports that Potrograd de clares the Russluns have broken through the Carpathians Into Trans ylvania, advancing from Hukowlna. Ileum rep uted that the Itusslans are bringing Immense reserves into action, renewing their attempts to reach Ko- vel. German sources reported that Hou manla la displaying military activity. It was believed that the pro-ally party at Hueharest la urging Houmanlu to enter the war. ROME. June 26 The Austrians to day began a general retreat from Trentino under massed attacks of the Italians, it was officially announced. The Italian- have recaptured Austrian positions at Stelgonerto, Meletle, Moll- s tlougara. alllo. Aslago Cusunu and t Montegnlo. These gains are the most Import ant idnce the first few weeks ol the war. The Italians are taking the of- was talking with Carranza command- fenslve vigorously against the Aus- er. General Gomez sent a wrliten trlaiis who withdrew troops to meet message that Captain Boyd could the ltussi.it offensive. The hardest bring his fi rce Into town and have a blow was struck against the center conference Captain Boyd feared an whic h invaded Italy recently. There j ambush. He was under the Impres- the Italian advanced on a fifteen- slon that the Mexicans would run us mde front. soon as we fired. Mexicans Fired lint. PARI B, June 26 The French oaf "We formed for attack, his inten ried portions of the German trenches tlon being to move up to the line ot on the no'th eastern Verdun front I about l2o Mexicans on the edge ot last night, I communliue said. A Ger-j the tow n We formed, c troops on the man attack west of Thlamont was left. In line of skirmishers, one pla- completelv checked Artillery duels occurred round Dead man s Hill. orthweat of Verdun PETROGItAlJ, June 24 The right' wing ol tin Kusslan army hue cross-1 cd the Gnl'cian frontier, capturing the Important lOWtl of Kuty. The Austri-i nns evacuated Kuty Immediately aft- er the Russians captured Vlsnltt, across the river. Part of General1 P lander's demorallied army fled from Kuty alter Its retreat irom( Czcrnowitz. hoping to Join with the, Austrian army in Gallcia. More than1 two-thirds of liukowlna Is now in Russian hands. All the agricultural sections are behind the Kusslan lines. The Russians are pushing the offen-l sive. hoping to urive me rtuHinano through the Carpathian passes before they can organize lor an effective stand. The Germans are more active to the north, on Kuropatkln's front. They rttempted to start an offensive sever al times for the purpose of drawing the Russians from the Gallclan front. Itust Is n compound of oxygen and iron that forms only in the presence of water. Tents Brought Into Use at Monmouth to Accomodate the Large Number of Students MONMOUTH, Ore, June 26. The! summer seat Ion of the Oregon normal school, Which opened Its doors this J week, has enrolled teachers o( i Bchools In every county In Oregon. Mini high school students and graduate who plan to muke teaching their life work. The regulnr students enrolled number 785, which comprise the lar gest student body on record for a stiite normal school In Oregon. Teaching methods have attracted many. Although the state training school la not In operation In Its grade - Captain Morey in Report Gives His Version of Fight COMMANDER OF TIMMI K IN OARRISAX battle DE SCRIBES BLACGHTER, CoLoN I A DI'ULaN, Mexico, June 26. The following message written by Captain Lewis S. Morey shortly aft er the t'unlzul battle, was found In I the hunds of three men of troop K returning from Carrlzai and sent to I J jo Frederlio by Lieutenant Meyers. 'Varrir.ul, Mex., June 21, 1916, 9:15 I a. m. I "To Commanding officer OJo Fred erlco "My troops reached ojo Santo Do mingo at f : UU p. m . June 10, Met troop c unoer Captain Hod I came under Caplaiu Hoyd'a command and marched b tr op in rear for farrlitnl at 4: 15 a in. Entrance to Town Refused. "Reached open field to southeast of town at 6 .1 0 a. m. Captain Boyd sent In a rote requesting permission through the town. This was refused Stated we could go to north !iut no! to east Captain Hoyd said he was going to Ahumada this time. He toon of K troop on right of line, and another K troop platoon on extreme right and echelned a little to the rear. "When we were within 300 yards the Mexicans opened Tire. and a strong one. before we fired a shot, Then, we opened up tContlnued on Page Four) ' . QSeHient I ICQUS Not Guilty When His Trial Starts JFRY IS OBTAINED IN I.KSS THAN AN HOI R; OPENING STATE MENT MADE, LONDON. June 26 In a firm voice Sir R iger Casement pleaded not guilty on a treason charge at the op ening of the trial before Chief Jus time Reading and Associate Justices Avery and Harrlge. A Jury was ob tained in less than an hour. The prosecutor begun an exhaustive open ing statement. sysiem. Principal Thomas H. Gentle is directing instruction in how to teach. The critic teachers who nre aiding him are: Mrs Lela Aultman. fltst and second grades; Lillian Dluitta, third and fourth grades; Katherlne Arhuthuot. fifth and sixth grades; Al ice A. Melt tosh, seventh and eighth grades Rural work Interest. The number Interested In rui n school teaching Is particularly large. (Continued on Page Three.) IN 13 AUTO OVERTURNS AND ONE MAN IS E. 0. Williams Has Fractured Shoulder When Doss Swearingen Car Meets With Accident Sunday. ON WAY HOME FROM BINGHAM Oilier Otvupttuts Escape; Accident Caused by I U.I condition of Road; Other Cats .Making tlie Trip Yes tenia) lluvc Difficulty In Return ing; Accidents Averted. E O. Wlllams. salesman at the Clark hardware store, sustained a fractured "houlder lust evening when the Doss S'cearlngen automobile turn ed over In muking the trip home from Bingham springs The other occu pants of the car, including Mr. Wil liams' baby, which was sitting on his lap, escaped miraculously without in Jury. The accident was due to the condi tion of the road which had been made very slick hy the heavy rain of the afternoon It happened at the hair pin curve letween Thorn Hollow and Cavuse As the car rounded the sharp curve. It skidded. Mr. Swear ingen turned it into the bunk but one w heel strut k a rock In such a way as to throw the cur over the grade. It turned i ver, pinioning the six oc- Ml tl. Mr. and Mrs Swearingen; and daughter, Miss Daphne Swearln-j gen. ami Mr. and Mrs. Williams andi baby beneath. Soon other cars arrived and assisted the party With the excepton of Mr. Williams who was In the front seat with the driver, all escaped with only, a few minor bruises. The baby was not scralchtrd though the wind shield Just In front of It was shattered in fragments. The damage to the car' consisted of the broken windshield, bent fenders and a broken top, The fact that the top was up probably sav ed the occupants The car was got-j ten back Into the road and came in under its own power. Other Accidents, Too. The road from the springs was a very dangerous one after the rain. Hard underneath and covered with a muck as 'lick us greast. even chains would net prevent cars from skidding and many accidents were narrowly averted. An Athena car went off the grade on the high hill between Oayuae and Thorn Hollow, and but for some bushes, would have slid into the rlv-; er. C 8, Cheshire happened along' and pulled the car back. Almost fifty per cent of the cars coming back were stuck at one point or another and the autoists became a body of mutual helpers As one car stuck others gave aid and in this way the slow way back to town was made. Report on the streets this morning was that a big Wlnton had gone in the ditch Investigation, however. I proved that the rumor originated from the experience of the Mumm car near Athena It slid off a grade and had to be pulled out but no damage was done The United States in 1914 produc ed paper valued at 1294.355,875. Scene at SERIOUSLY HURT 'JSWviV i:-ijmSIiT-:i...i"!v.'i'.:' ' ''-''SiiS" '.? Si MYHu AKTI bhURY This photograph shows I battery of urtlllerymcn of the New fork Na EXPECTED MURDOCKNAMED 10 JAKE PLACE OF T.R. IN RACE He is Placed in Nomination by Pro gressiveCommitteeAfter Colonel's Refusal Accepted. PARKER BOLTS THE MEETIN6 Nominee for Vice Ires1dent Together W lib other Committeemen Quit Ses sions; Hooeevclt in Ix;tter Come Out in Support of Hughes; cm -field Sfieaks Against Mat-dock. CHICAGO, June 26. Amid a riotous scene, Victor Murdock was plac?d In nomination for the presidencv on the progressive ticket by Balnbridge Colby of New York at a meeting of the pro gressive rational committee this afternoon. Colby's action fol lowed the committee's decision to accept Poosevelt's declination of the nomination Judge Norton of St, Louis, seconded the Murdock nomination. Garfield spoke against Murdock. CHICAGO, June 26. John M. Parker ot Louisiana, progressive nom inee for vice president, with national committeemen of six states, bolted the meeting of the national commit tee this afternoon after Roosevelt's letter supporting Hugnes was read. Committeeman J. W Ingersoll. ol Idaho, and members from Wisconsin, Utah, North Carolina. Kentucky and Balnbridge Colby, of New York, fol lowed Parker from the room. He said he refused to become one of the participants of a secret session. A resolution to make the meeting an open one was voted down overwhelm ingly. It was rumored that secrecy was Imposed when- Perkins had Inti mated he had n confidential message from Hughes to the progressives Par ker adherents were ready to return when the meeting was made open. Matthew Hale of Massachusetts, acted as chairman of the committee. Parker exhibited telegrams showing that Roosevelt wanted a conference The Louis'anan said he had refused. He also showed a letter offering to withdraw M the vice presidential can didate if the progressives would name a strong ticket. The committee accepted Roosevelt's refusal to run and adjourned until late this afternoon. NEWS SUMMARY General. Volunteers may be called within short time War seen to be inevitable. Greut offensive about u Start along all fronts i'l Europe. Murdock named to succeed Rooae- velt by Bull Movers. Local. Heavy storms lieneflt crops; dam age road-. Swearingon ear overturns; Ed Wil liams Injured. Chautauqua week opens tomorrow. Guardsmen's Mobilization in Mexican Crisis OH MAKCf t'onul Guard on the march to the mo- bilizatron camp. This branch of the HI FOUND LIGHT ON FIGHT Treachery of the Mexicans is Indi cated Among Papers Taken From Body of Captain Boyd. MOREY AND 4 MEN RESCUED Commander of Troop K Is Found by Column of American Cavalry; No Other Stragglers Have Been Picked up so It Is Feared That all Others Met Death In the Battle. SAX ANTONIO, June 26. Captain Lewis Morey, commander of troop K, who sent the first official account of the i-jarrizal battle was found wound ed, with four negro troopers today at a San Luis ranch. Pershing reported to Funston. Morey's condition was not mentioned. Major Jenkins com manding the relief column, reported that he was scouring the vicinity but had not found any more stragglers. Of the 84 officers and men. cm prising the two troops. 63 have re turned to the American lines and 17 are held prisoners at Chihuahua. This leaves 22 unaccounted for. Practi cally all there were believed to have been killed. Pershins sent informa tion taken from a notebook found on the body of Captain Boyd. The note book contained carbon copies of the note sent the Mexican commander at Carrlzai. saving that the Americans were on a peaceful mission and ask ing permission to pass through the town. The original note from Gener al Gomez inviting Boyd into the town for a conference also was found. Per shing in commenting on this note said "it looks like treachery." SEAGIRT. X. J., June 26. A regi ment of infantry, two batteries of ar tillery, two troops of cavalry and a field hospital corps will entrain at 2 o'clock this afternoon for the Mexi can border. LAREDO, June 26. General Ri- caut- commanding the Carranzistas at Nuevo Laredo has been recalled to Monterey. It was unofficially reported General Nafarette takes his place. Kicaut was popular with the Ameri cans. Xafarette is a notorious gringo hater. MARATHON, June 26. A posse of peace officers and a troop of cavalry are pursuing three tons of ammuni tion reported to be secreted in wagon loads of lumber Itartlng for the Rob erts wax factory yesterday. A large fcrce of Mexicans are working in the factory. EAGLE PASS. June 26. American refugees reported the destruction of the American consulate at Torreon June 18. by Carranzistas and civili ans, headed by the mayor of the city. Fifteen per cent of the timber cut In the I'nited States is wasted every vear. and government experts in Washington. D. C. are engaged in experiments to determine how much: may he saved by utilizing the waste. .j.r - Ki:,K?.;.ie'v;3Bi ' ' citizen soldiery is said to be very ef- mm m j f Iclent, but there is a shortage of NOTEBOOK GIVES CARRIZAL Q WILSON GIVES NOTICE THAT HE MAY APPEAR BEFORE CONGRESS UPON FROM CARRANZA Congressional Leaders Indicate Their Willing ness to do Whatever President May Desire; Military Officers Believe That Carranza Can not !Now Back Down Unless He Wishes to Suffer the Same Fate as Madero; Rumor Says Pershings Main Column Attacked; 17,000 Militia Will be on Way to Border Tomorrow. WASHINGTON! June 28. Congressional leaders were prepared today to receive a message from Wilson within a few days. Chairman Mood of the house foreign committee, said that war seemed a certainty. Wilson gave con reaa notice today that he might wish to address a joint session after receiv ing ( arranza's reply. Unless the tension abates, a call for volunteers Is e pected. Senate and house leaders Indicated today their willingness to take whatever action the president desired. The senate was scheduled to pass a resolution dra Ring the militiamen Into the federal service today with a proviso that a man with detiendents ma chum exemption. For tcmMrar military use it is planned to add twenty million dollars to the army appropriation and to pass an emergency appropriation carrying six million dollar-. EL PASO. June -('. Convinced that war Is inevitable, border interest was centered today in the withdrawal of tlie American expedition's advanced base from amiipiia to Elvalle. Private advices stating that Pershing's main command In retiring toward Elvalle was attacked were believed to he untrue. Military officers believe that Carranza cannot yield to WiLson's ultimatum. If he yields he would be deposed and meet Madero's fate. General Cell has pitched camps at El Paso to prevent a surprise attack from any quarters. Fewer than SOO soldiers are at Juarez, but I00O Mexican civilian- arc doing picket duty along the border. A base ho-pital will U- established at Marfa Texas. It was learned today The Sixth cavalry is now stationed there. Marfa probably will be made the principal Iwse for tlie American forces If war comes. El Paso expects 2.1.000 mllUanien to be stationed lu the vicinity of the city. The Illinois guard ia mentioned as among the forces coming here. NEW" YORK. June 2. By tomorrow. 17.000 militiamen of Xew York, Xew Jersey, Connecticut. Vermont and Massachusetts will he en route to the I (order. Orders to preoare to move Immediate!. were also sent other states in the eastern department. Tlie demand Is so urgent that medical examina tions will he waived. Reeiments brought to war strength by quick recruiting will take the recruits along, antiripatlng a time to train them upon their ar rival in Texas. COI.I M Ill's. June 26. For the first time since April Pershine has an ' aeroplane fit for service at headquarters. The aeroplane made a flight from Columbus this morning and arrived safely. Huge quantities of military supplies have been unloaded here. Incoming motor trucks were hastily reoaired and Immediately sent out again. Mexicans set prairie fires tislay In the dry grass around the American camps. Soldier- fought the fires with wet sacks. Large areas were reported ablaae south of the advanced iksIs The. evacuation of Xamiqulpa was reported. Wheat Up a Cent in Chicago Market CHICAGO, June tl e East Oreajontan.) (Special to Today's range of prices; Open Hieh. July $i oi )i tl oi Kept $1.04 $1."44 Close. tl.oiHA 11.04 A Portland. i'ORTI. VXD. Ore , June 26 (Spe- 'i.il 1 Club. 83, bluestem. 96 bid, 1102 aske 1. LIVERPOOL. June 24 Wheat !pot No. 1 Manitobas 10s l-2d t$1.46 ier bushe' ) ; Xo. 2. 9s 9d No. 3, 9s Id; Xo 2 red western winter. 9s 7d if) IntJ riUQ ft-HC mules and horses, according to com- manders. Efforts now are being made to remedy the deficiency. .. .a NEVITABLE JOINT SESSION OF RECEIPT OF REPLY TO THE U. S. NOTE STREETS OF HELIX ARE WAIST OEEP IN WATER FROM BURST A telephone mcssagv rrom He lix at :: o'clock tin- afternoon brought the information that a cloudburst descended ttpOB that town at about l:M and Inundated the plasv. Water wai-t high was running through the street-, basements were full, sidewalk washed away, even automobile -wept for a dlstatu-e and good deal of other damage done. The railroad tracks were ounpHi-ii under wster uml the aftennsti truhl I- held there. ioatii Follow- Wedding. TACOMA. Wash'.. Jane St. Three hours after his marriage to Mi-i Louise Elizabeth Harm of Mdert.ci. Albert J. Clements. died at the Sumner hospital following an at ti.ck of pneumonia. After an engagement of. ten ,-.irs Mr. elements and Mm Harm weft 1 have been married. Mr. CteulMU Was taken to the hospital list weak anil when it was 1,-arncl thai there as little ehanc h; rei M, , Hani Mr Clements mel Ml Harm when she was attending tile Alder'.. n chool. He was then 17 and she was 15. For years Mr. CteWeOtt bad been mploved In the pottofftet at P'lval lop. He alrdl had a home fur- tithed In PujraUep, Electrical railways or the states represent a valuation 000.000 rolled Eiderdown l 0M of the poorest conductors of heat, hence IU ua an a bed covering
