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DAILY EVENING EDITION rBfe v DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER TO ADVERTISERS. Th Kaat Oregonian bat tbe largest bona fide and guaranteed paid circulation of aw paper In Oregon, eaat of I'urtlaud and i ; far the largest circulation In l'eudleton of any newspaper. YESTEKDA1 .Maximum I COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8846 VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1916. i 1 areQBmega) HUG WILSON STAND READY TO FORCE POINT AT ISSUE President Prepared to Asl1 Congress to Use Army to Rescue Americans in Chihuahua. CARRANZA'S REPLY AWAITED Tune limit In SM for Tomorrow Night; Definite nswcr From do facto Head I lieied Sometime Tomorrow ; UMln-Amerioan Dipio mnts Urge arrauui to Yield. sV IXTO.VIO, June 21. Eun moii announced that the tnnt)' -second infantry had been rushed (mm Douglas to Saveo in preparation of a reported plan ol Cammdatw to at tack Rlabee. There an now three, tHIttahiiiiN of lnfan(r at Nueo. It was first reported thai the attack mu c iitcmnlulcil Against aeo. Later events, the nature of which were not revealed, led officers to believe that Rlsbe nan io be attacked. The third artillery went to Eagle l'av today, WASHINGTON, June 87. If the American troop, n held prisoner ai Chihuahua City are not released by tomorrow night, or Carranta does not repl) to the American note, Wilson will not This K'M Clearly Indicated e reply from Carran- morrow. I American diplomats ! Ulenaphed In log him to roV; The president liven J to Hexl .Agttllar yesterd; irranza today urg I the Americans, demands were de n Foreign Minister It Is understood thai Consul Rod gen suggested an im in cdate repl H as imperative. Th' CAbJnet loda UJsrussed a program Of possible act ion. It Is understood that if Carran.a refuses to release the prlsons, Wilson will ask congress to use the army to rescue the troopers The house disagreed with the sen-1 ate'l action eliminating the provision I In the Hay resolution granting ISO monthly to dependents of militiamen. The vote was lis lo five. proceeding rapldl today. Orders Ispensing with some red tape per- Knitted the entralnmenl of the militia York. Connectlcul end Sew Jersej this morning. MEXICO CITY, June 27 The evacuation of San QerottltflO and I'.a chlnava by the Americans who are moving northward aroused hopes here that Wilson Is preparing to withdraw Pershing's expedition. The war de partment did not explain the move. A telegram from Trevino. announc tlt the evacuation, declared that he proposed lo attack the Americans if the) attempted to reoooupy the towns. Notwithstanding the statements of -American newspapers thai war is im minent, a strong optimistic sentiment persists among the Mexican leaders. They are counting upon the pressure oi other l-atln-American countries to induce Wilson to move cautiously, fearing a breach of commercial re lations between Imi I In -America and the United Stales. Newspapers print reports that the people of Ihe South er countries sympathize with the Mexicans. South American diplomats regard the maintenance of an Ameri can expedition on Mexican soil as a flagrant violation of Mexican sover- (Contlnued on Page Bight.) OREGON COMPANIES 111 BE ON BEFORE IM EASTERN STATES CLACKAMAS. June -A long tioop train arrived at two this after noon to take the third battalion, third i Iregon Infantry, to Fort Rosecruns. sun Diego. Companies I, K, L, and M. tore up camp this morning und prepared to leave before nightfall en route to the Mexican border. nregon's troop movements begin ning today will continue through Fri day. Fourteen hundred and sixty one men will leave thlB week. The third battalion consists of 374. The DPERS VILLA REPORTED TO BE WILLING TO JOIN FORCES Rebel Chief Said to Seek Amnesty and Help Fight Americans if War Comes; Bandit is Much Alive. WASHINGTON, June 27, Private .slate department advices today con- I firmed the border reports that Villa is alive. Authorises think that If war starts Villa vol lie found lo ading a Oirrania iorce. EL PA80. June 27. It was unof ficially reported that Villa has sent Tievino a note offering to muster his ffollowers into Carranza's army to fight tlie Americans if he is granted amnesty. It was reported that Villa was leading; a small army encamped let Mo Florida In the Parral district. Il was mmored that Trevino had Created Villa a general's commission, with the leadership of K00I soldiers. I Hundreds of former VllUetae have j Joined Cnrranza. i Four more Carriaal twtvlvon$ two in had condition from lack of water and food have been rescued. Hiding in the daytime and crawling over the desert at nighi. the men reported thai j the hud to force the peons at the I point of revolvers to furnish them wa ter. CarrasUa cavalry scoured the ci nnlry hoping to capture them. An I American patrol found them first. LARKIK, June 27. A troop train of cars loaded with CarfanxiBtai arrived ut Xm vo Laredo today. It was estimated thai tlOO men were on the train. The arrival of another train was reported last night. Synthetic milk Is being produced from peanuts by European chemists. I Sir Jump: Dewar, the famous Eng- lisb scientist, has amused London by exhibiting a soap babble which h lisle' .. month. I ment because It specified the. alleged Since the war shut off supplies ' treasonable acts were committed front Germany, the price of high-1 within the realm of the empire, (rede potash has advanced from 139 whereas the testimony showed they to about fr.uu a ton. were committed outside, PrPttnrPrlrtPQQ PflYnAo WfJ hp wa iv-vw a vas mm l- Vl mn H OFltlllO irium a vmimi Pendleton's Fourth of July parade will take the form of a preparedness parade and will be the biggest pa triotic demonstration ever held In this city. Not only will Pendleton take part but every town In the county will be askd to Join. In the parade will be the ;. A. H the Spanish-American War veterans, a marching body of citizens, a God dess of Liberty, and decorated auto mobiles. According to Claude Penland, chair man of the committee In charge, the plan Is lo have the parade headed by a ,flfe and drum corps indicative of the "Spirit of 76". The Crand Army veterans will follow and behind them will come the Spanish-American War veterans. Behind them will come the march ing citizens and an attempt is be ing made to secure several hundred. Or. M. S. Kern has been given charge of this part of the parade and will personally secure promises from as many citizens as possible. Also auto excursions will be made to other second battalion gies tomorrow. The first battalion, with headquarters, machine guns and a supply company will leave Thursday and the cavalry on Friday. The artillery goes with the econd battalion tomorrow. It was unofficially announced thai Adjutant General While will accom Pany the troops to Ihe border as cap. tain of troop A, cavalry. NEW Y UtK. June 27. The four York regiment left the teenlh New NIGHTFALL STORM DOES MUCH LOSS OE STOCK IS REPORTED IN T (Kant OreKonlan Special.) ECHO, ure., June 27. The heavi Mt rainfall Jn 24 hours since official records have been kept occurred here yesterday and there are numerous ac counts of property losses in this sec tion. NO lives have been lost but there are stock losses reported. The rainfall at Echo was one and seven hundredth Inches. On Hutter creek hay to the value! Of thousands of dollars was destroyed And hOtit, and chickens were killed by the water rushing down the canyon.! At the Anton Vey ranch a dam was under construction and the flood caus ed little daniane to the dam. However t fences were washed out and minor in- ,'tirit inflicted, including some dam- age to the six inches Vej will I house Where the water was deep. The loss by Anton p $500 or $600. Adams, living in Algalai can- y n. Just above Echo, suffered a $2"- lON when a pumping plant washed nut during the storm. Owng to a slide below the at the Furnish reservoir, pas was u n n enge Mains, eastbuund. were hold at Echo for several hours yesterday. GROWN RESTS IN CASEMENT TRIAL ON TREASON CHARGE LONDON, June 27. The crown rested its case this afternoon in the Casement trial. Casement's counsel argued a motion to quash the Indict- mmv re es-s, vrv m t i fill d.th nf llllll vu nil vi ri.i.u towns to interest them in this section of the parade. The only requirement for participation in this section is that white trousers, a dark coat and straw hat be worn. The committee will provide an American flag for each marcher. Hehind the marchers will come a Goddess of Liberty car and behind this the automobiles. The committee will allow $2.50 for the decoration of each car in the parade and will award a prize of $25 to the best decorated car. Plug VgHes, Too. The rear end of the parade will be a "Plug Vgly" section and effort Is being made to make it as comic as possible. A prize of $5 will be offered for the best character and Manager Gu; Matlock of the Pastime theater is offering a special $5 prtze for the best Impersonation of Charlie Chap tin. The Committee in charge of the pa rade consists of Claude Penland, Fred Earl. Dr. M. s. Kern and R, K. Chlou pek. WAY' 10 ENROOTE Peekaklll encampment at nine this morning enroute to the border. Short ly afterward the seventh regiment marched to the Jersey City ferry to entrain. Lack of train facilities delayed the Connectlcul troop.- last night, but they began entraining at six this morning. The entire New Jersey quota of mi litia is now enroute. The last train- (Continued on page five.) EH DISTRI COMPANIES PBIH Q IN SOME SECTIONS THE WIND REACHES VELOCITY OF A CYCLONE Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo .. ... . : . . .' ..... "ft H' . VHHHHHh! S M '': II ' ' ' V '"A Secretary of the Treasury and His Wife Will be Among Spectators at Big Frontier Show This Year; Coming as Guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jackson of Portland. The Round-Up will be honored this year my having as a guest one of the ; most important men in the country ll the person of William is. McAdoo, i secretary of the treasury. Making his coming still more interesting from a lecal standpoint is the fact he will be accompanied by Mrs. McAdoo. a dau- i ghter of the president of the United States. Mr. and Mrs. McAdco will be Itound-l'p guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.I S. Jackson of Portland. Mr. Jack- ; son has just returned from the east and he brought hack with him the j Promise of the McAdoo family to be In attendance this year at the "great est show ever held out of doors." At the time of the Wilson-McAdoo wed ding a gift in the form of a beautiful Pettdleton bath robe was sent to Mist Wilson b the local Commercial Club, j MChautauqua to uruh r vv un Junius The third will become a the big brown the public at formance will Carson of the ed -drama of around Quebec, and plcturesqu Ing With the lawyer in the It is strong in endleton Chautauqua . I reality tonight when top Is thrown open to 7:30. be a -North the Tile The first per presentatlon of Woods, a com Oanadlan life day is as quaint I as the fortunes tting deal a Quebec woods of the Canac. humor and pathos anil 1ST BE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT COUNTY - Will be at Round-Up 'if,'' Through his work as head of the treasury department Secretary Mc Adoo has been one of the big men in the administrative circles. As secre tary he has shown great courage and Bbtllty. tm more than one occasion he has startled Wall street by his vig orous tactics. He is the man who es tablished the practice of using gov ernment money in the west and south to aid in keeping producer! from be ing squeezed at crop moving time. He was instrumental in the enactment of the federal reserve law and is vir tually the author of the shipping. bill, aimed at relieving the country fron. exorbitant ocean rates. Through his friend Leon Cohen. Mr. Jackson has asked for Round-l p res ervations for Mr. and Mrs. XlcAdoo and it is probable various courtesies will be shown the distinguished couple uhile they are here. Open Tonight dj D'ii r Lay tin on diu the moral t m.ikee,- it particularly the Chautauqua stage adaptable The lines are such that each mem ber of the cast has a chance to star As a plclude to the modern drama, the players will present a scene from "As You L'ke It ." giving this bit of Shakespearian drama in a manner that is truly Elizabethan. Tomorrow morning the program of (Continued on Page Eight) EASED Considerable Havoc Wrought in Pendleton Al though Storm Here Does Not Reach Maximum Violence; Wires Carried Down and Trees Broken off; Few Unsubstantial Buildings Topple Over. REPORTS OF THE HEPPNER, Ore.. June 27. (Spe cial.) First reports of the damage done by the storm here yesterday af ternoon are shown to have been ex aggerated today. The fall grain was damaged very little as the hail seems to have struck the town hardest, I missing the wheat sections. However the fruit trees suffered considerably. The storm reached its greatest vio lence between Little Butter Creek and Hlnton creek. The Frank Tur ner farmhouse in this section was overturned as was his barn. The wa ter was very high, particularly In Rhea creek, and in some places went out of its hanks. However, the prop erty loss is not large. WALL OF WATER Machine Owned by Ed. M'Broom is Washed Down Stage Gulch; Men Have Narrow Escape in Storm. Ed M Broom is minus one Ford automobile today as a result of the storm of yesterday afternoon hut he is vedy greatful that he didn't meet the same caught b; down Sta and a he water. ale as his car, which was a wall of water flooding Gulch, carried a file and torn to pieces by the Accompanied by Hal J. Holland, a: Denver li tsebuyer. he was proceed-! Ing down Stage Gulch near the Andy i Peebler place yesterday afternoon when the storm came up. He stop- pad' his car to put on the side cur-1 tains and was trying to start it when he discav;red the wall of water, sev-j eral feet high, coming down thet gulch. The two men clambered up the hill side after becoming drenched The car was caught by the water and .-wept away in a momet. For a milei and a half it was rolled down the; gulch, and when the waters had re ceded so that the men could look! for It. all they could find was the. engin,e. ore wheel and a few small parts. Germany has already passed a law making it a punishable offense for an unauthorized person to wear a nurs - ing uniform or badge. Two Cent Range in Chicago Options Today CHICAGO. June 27. (S the East Oregonian. i Toda of prices; Open High July . . , . J1.02 11.91 Sept. . ..tl.OIH 11.01 H Portland. PORTLAND. Ore.. June 2 elal. I Club S3: bluestem. $1.03 asked. Uverpool. UVKRPOOL, June 25. 1 Manitobas lfls l-2d ($1 tii No. 2, 9s d: No. 3. 9s vl; western winter. 9s 7d. One of tho tasks thut k president of the United Stat, the necessity of signing s like uO.Onu documents each HEPPNER STORM MUCH INFLATED FORD CAUGHT BY AND DESTROYED A ONCE Reports coming In today from over the county and neighboring counties indicate that the storm of yesterday afternoon was one of the most violent that has been experienced in recent years. The wind was almost a cyclone in some sections and the rain fell in veritable cloudbursts in a number of places. The brevity of the storm was ai: that prevented great property loss. Here In Pendleton the storm did not reach its maximum violence but. nevertheless, considerable damage was done. The tops and limbs were blown off many trees and some of tha younger ones were completely pros trated. A good many w ires were car ried down, causing some Inconveni ence to telephone and light patrons, some windows were blown in. a few flues tumbled before the blasts and some unsubstantial small buildings toppled over. North of Pendleton the water fell In a deluge and rushed down Stage Gulch. Cold Springs canyon and other gulches in great, walls. The roads were washed badly in places. At th George Hoehlk place on ("old Springs machine sheds were blown over, ac cording to Henry Lorenzen who Is in today. A rush of water down Stage Gulch Carried Ed McBroom's auto a mile and a half down the road. Reports from Helix verify the bulle tin published by the East Oregonian yesterday. Water ran through the streets several feet deep, filling base ments and doing damage to sidewalks. The railroad tracks were submerged but the waters subsided quickly and traffic has been resumed today, siditms t'ndcrnilned. On the O-W. R. & N. main line the sidings at Campbell station and. Barn -hart were washed out. the water un dermining the tracks. This delated traffic to some extent last evening but today the trains are running on sched ule. The fences along the right of way are clogged with debris and tell the story of the depth of the water. Trees Blown Down. Below the Eastern Oregon State Hospital more than a hundred Cot tonwood and poplar trees were blown down, according to Dan P. Smythe who came .in on the morning train and who noted the damage from tho car windows. tanner suifrer Maes, Report from Walla Wulla Is to the effect that the windstorm near there was a small cyclone and did a grear deal of damage near the juneiloi Mill and Blue Creeks and in the tonwood district. The heaviest lo rt ported from the Bud Marum f hi Cottonwood. The new home e he was building was unroofed wrecked and the roof of the I damaged. The tent in which Marums were sleeping wii wh li away and bedcovers ami clotl scattered. Huge trees w down, a new combine was ; and a binder bad!) damaged, is the third misfortune that has . taken Marum recently. A flood time ago damaged him to the I of J1500 and last rlnl home by fire. of tCoetinued on Page 5 1 1 Twel this y Mile uu NEWS SUMMARY Xmii-hun iro at t hihiiuhiia ; at once or ii-' ilia i- sUve i join fitnx- Willi oivgiiii troos fnr lionlcr dill . i net away Pslai. llig irvparodln- paruiit Fourth. Morin did much damage be held or roiiii. McAiIimi and funnlt to OMN for I Ion nil-(p. t liaiil-iuqiia will OptU iWi cn-nin. nlii carried hhui and wrecked hi flood llllh Craig, well known Indian, ' pasM-s I Hi,
