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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION wkaThkr Tonight and Thursday shower YESTERDAYS WEATHER DATA. Maximum temperature, 72; mini mum. 51: rain. Sim : wind. west, light; weather partly cloiid TO ADVERTISERS. The Ent Oregimlan hu the largest bona fide and guuruuteed paid cli dilation of an? paper In Oregon, enst of I'mlland and Ly far the lurgeat circulation In i'eudleton of anj newipapr. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1916. NO. 8847 - RAIDER BAND IS ANNIHILATED BY E Six Mexicans Believed to Have Murdered William Parker and Wife are Overtaken by Americans. DETAILS OF BATTLE LACKING light i; K.t i.tl to Have Taken Place South of llachila: Two Americans Said to Hum- iw-.-ii Killed and One Captured Near Nacozarl According U Mexico t It) lmsare. SAN ANTONIO) dune, 2H Fun-ton denied report of a clash IWHtW the l.lowiilli cavalry and CMTMltatM near Aliiuna da. He said that if wounded Mexioani hud been taken to Duhian he would inue received Pershing's report Fnnston believes that the movetneou of General luis duffed the Mexican- oonoentrat- liift at N'aco. The Sfew York mllltla MM OX- sited to arrive at Brownsville tomorrow and be dlsirlniited idling the horder. COLUMBU8, June 2S. Six Mexl cans DelMVM to be the nana no. murdered William Parker and wife were reported1 wiped out in a fight. nouih of Haehlia but night. A met I sage Bald a civilian posse had en countered the bandits. MEXICO CITY, June 2t. Two Am ericans were killed and one captured! In fighting near Nucozart, 80 miles si nth "f the border Csilei reported. He aOCUjed the Americans with cut ting lences and committing depredation-. When tlie Mexicans protested the Americans fired, kllllm two Mexican-. WASHINGTON. June 28 Arre- dondo wrote to the state department toda) protesting against the OOnduCt ot American troope In, Mexico and requesting punishment for the soldiers committing the alleged misdemeanors Mexican foreign orfice telegraphed Arredondo, declaring that a column of Americans moving north arrested 300 residents at Ln Cruz and subjected them to maltreatment before releas ing them He declared that a column of 3ii00 Americana enroute from Sun geronlmo to Klvalle committed vari ous outrages. These were attributed to the Apaches forming part of the lorces. Despite the plea of Chamberlain, the senate refused to cease considera tion of the postoftlce bill to take up the mllltla question. Later the sen ate ordered the Conferees on the mll ltla draft resolution not to recede from its position of refusing to pay dependent families of militiamen, but to Insist UDOH a provision exempting marri.-d men from sevrlce. The wholo Controversy went to the conference. The house passed the I'rgent Dell Clenby bill of twenty-seven million to cover the army and navy expendi tures In connection with the Mexican expedition. MORE MILITIA ON THE WAY HA8HA0H1 Sims TROOVM EN TRAIN FOR MEXICAN BORD ER WOOD REPORTS. SAN ANTONIO. June 28. Wood notified FUneton today that the Mass achusetts mllltla had started for the border, preparations for distribut ing and maintaining the militia are progressing along the border. Funs tnn was believed to be arranging the troops so he could start a sweeping movement at several points simultan eously If an Invasion Is ordered, while also leaving an adequate border pro tection. Troop movements are being strictly censored July Wheat Weaker by One Cent Today CHICAGO, June 28. (Special to the Enst Oregonlan) Today's range of prices: Open High Close July 11.01 JI.OI 11.00 gepl l.03'4i 11.0414 11.04 Portland. PORTLAND, en' . June : Cial) Club 82; bluestem 90. -Rpe. Mvprptwl. LIVERPOOL June 27. Spot No, 1 Manltohas 10s l-2d (11.41 per bu.l; No. 2. 9s lid; No. 3. 9s Sd. No. 2 red western winter, 9s 7d. CIVILIAN PS American Commander Slfcf essssssssssssssssssssssssttfr. ' TsV Jr&FwTKt BBsfissswyTss wL. fSSsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBslrSrih. GEN JOHN PERSHING. This picture of Gen. John Pershing. . commander of the expeditionary force! in Mexico. as made at his hcudquar- Street Decorations for 4th Celebration Now Under Way Decoration for the Fourth of July 04 lebriitloii has already begun in I'eu dleton and the task of giving the city a hoUdai appearance will be carried , on busily for the next five days. F. F. Kills of Portland, an experi eneed professional decorator, has ar- lried and established headquarters in the Jndd block. He has been given I the contract of decorating Main and Court streets, Round-I'p Park and the I Happy Canyon pavilion and Is pre pared to decorate private business houses. He has already decorated his ! headquarter! appropriately. The Pastime theater sign on top of the Ia I Doe store has been given over to the Third Annual Chautauqua Opened With Record Breaking Attendance at Round-Up Park Tonight's Program. Grand Concert by Internati onal iperatlc Co. Tomorrow's I'rogram, Morning Junior Chautauqua King Arthur's Court. Lecture H. E. Hendrlx, Afternoon Artist's Recital Sklbinsky-Welch company. Evening Concert Skihln-sky-wreich company. Humorous Ucturc Take the Sunny Side Lou Beauchamp; Pendleton's third annual chautau Qttn opened last evening at Round-Up Park with attendance four times as lnrge as the first audience last year, an index o the popularity which the institution has attained. Incidentally Judge Maloncy. chairman of the local Chautauqua committee. announced that the full quota of season tickets had been sold, thus releasing the guarantors from their obligations, The Initial attraction of a varied week s program was the Conius Play-, ers. a compnny of talented young peo-' pie recruited from the dramatic club of the University of Oregon. Thev presented as an opening sketch scenes from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" i and completed the evening with a: comedy-drama, "Careon of the North Woods." an adapntlon of Sir Gilbert Parker! "The Right of Way." I To say that the audience went away , thoroughly satisfied Is paying a de-1 Served tribute to the Comus Players, for the first audience Is always the most critical. However, the efforts of the smalt company were thoroughly enjoyed, particularly their closing grams "Carson of the North Woods" affords plenty of opportunity for real nctlng and Prof. Archibald Reddle as the old voyngeur. Miss Janet Young us his daughter. Ralph Ash as "Clev of Forces in Mexico ten ut N'amhiuipa. He since has been reported to have abandoned this l-asc. Committee for the next week and now Invites the visitors to celebrate here. Indications are that there will be a record atlendance at the big celebra tion. Advices received by the com mittee every day from over the county are that all roads will lead to Pen dleton mi the Fourth. The fact that the city has raised over 12000 to spend on entertaining visitors without cost to them is proving the best kind of advertisement. KntrleH for the athletic sporls. par ticularly the roller skating marathon ure already being made and these events will doubtless prove very ex citing. er" Carson, the cynical lawyer, and Karl Fleishman as the minister made the most of the opportunities. They were applauded time and again, both for their emotional interpretations and for their light comedy. Prof. H. E, Hendrlx. who will be superintendent during the week, was introduced last evening by Judge Ma li ney and made a short talk in expla nation of the program which will be presented during tin- week. He ex preased himself as highly pleased by the interest manifested in Pendleton and promised entertainment and edu cational features well worth the money and effort expanded. J. R. El. lison. president of the bureau, was also introduced and extended greet ings and congratulations to Pendle ton. To Open at 7:45. The evening programs will open ut 7:45 every evening. This hour was determined upon by a vote taken by the audience last evening. Afternoon programs will start ut 2:30 and Su perintendent Hendrlx promised all programs will start promptly. This morning the first Junior Chau tauqua for children was held at 9 30, It was conducted by Miss Hazel Al exander and was well patronized. Fol lowing this Prof. Hendrlx gave his first lecture on "Counting the Cost." presenting the proper methods of teaching normal, abnormal, subnor mal and delinquent children. During the next three mornings he will de velop the subject, taking up heredity, environment and training. This afternoon Judge R. M. Wanna maker of Ohio Is lecturing on "The Courts and the People." An account of his lecture will be found In auother place In these columns. His lecture was preceded h an half-hour concert by the International Operatic Com pany. Tonight the same company will occupy the full evening Casement Denies German Influence Irish Revolt in VCCI'SED LEADER TAKES Till: STAND IN Ills ow n DE FENSE VT TRIAL. LUNIK IN", June UX. Sir Roger Casement took the stand in his own defense this afternoon and denied that Germany had Inspired the Irish re belliou. He emphatically denied re ceiving money from Germany and de nied asking Irish prisoners to Join the Turks or the Germans. Casement said that he was not re sponsible for reducing the rations or for other punlehment Inflicted on Ir ish soldiers refusing to Join his bri- gade. He declared that such allega tions were abominable falsehoods. "Those who know me know that I never sold myself to any man or gov ernment," he asserted In making formal statement to the Jury. Sir Roger took the stand after the justices overruled a motion to quash i the indictment on a technicality. He I posite sides. spoke earnestly and somewhat ner- Berlin dispatches are silent about vously. I Balkan developments They empha- "I wish to refute ibis slander be-si7ed ,h(. heavv British bombard cause often money was offered to me , ,.,ent They bPi1(,ve tnat ,he comin liberally and I refused it. I left Ger- ,.ei cannonading Is a systematic at many poorer than I entered It." tack to wreck the German works in ine prosecutor denounced casement! i accepting a knighthood and a pen-1 from Kngland playing j the he , had repiteu i lid not refu lie ind ; iccepted a pen d it through he ha Bervlc I E TO BE LEADING FORCE LAREDO, .luneCS. Refugees from Mbnterei brought a rumor that Jap - anese officers are heading Mexican troops enroute to chihuahua. An un - confirmed rumor also said the Jap- anese were directing the manufac- ture of munitions at the Monterey ar-, senal. JAPANES SAID MEXICAN lt nas neen demonstrated that .ij ing released upon a promise to Join I Companies . Woodburn: K. Corvval-well-constructed brick house will out-lthe Mexican army and because of the lis. L. Lalles and M. Salem, last one of granite. difficulty ln obtaining food for them. Battery A. field artillery. , , Troop A. cavalry. Irish Troops at Mass Maryland Trooiis '.eSBBBBBBBBn la V v ..tfe j . N j BBBBeajgaMMensBBBBB Roumania Showing Signs of Joining Forces of Allies BULGARIA REPORTED To HATE CLOSED FRONTIER AND To UK MASSING MEN, LONDON'. June 28. Reports have been revived here that Koumania is prepaiini to join the allies. A heavi ly censored Bucharest dispatch via Athens reported that Bulgaria has closed the Roumanian frontier. Bul garian troops were reported concen trating along the frontier. Another Bucharest message declared that the Roumanian cabinet In a special ses- gon took steps as a result of Bul garia's movements. Vienna reported that the Bulgars are uneasy because Greece has yield ed to the demands of the allies. Thev fiar that Venizelos will return to power, swing Greece to the allies side and that the Roumanians and the Greeks may invade Bulgaria from op- preparation of an infantry onslaught Switzerland correspondents ironed that the success of the Russian and Italian offensives Is causing direst consternation in Vienna. The Austri ans demand the abandonment of the Verdun offensive and the semlin ol more in t" the Austrian front. Peai-e Worker at El Pa.-o. EL PASO. Tex.. June 28. Dr. Da vid Starr Jordan, delegated by the American Union Against Militarism toj come to M Paso to try to prevent war between the I'nited States and Mexi co arrived. None of the other men. Mexicans or Americans, expected on a similar mission, has arrived. arruiiMi 'frees l-'ettms. ( NUGALES, Ariz., Jne 28. Carran- ! z'-"'ta authonNtfes have released all j prisoners connnea in jails in Sonoracan border. They comprise the fol towns - " M learned here A dozen lowing organizations: prisoner were released from the NTo- gaies. Minora. Jan. among them a Mexican held on three separate charges of murder. It is believed that the men are be in Mobilization Camp Rend) to March. AMERICAN TROOPS WIL MEXICO UNLESS CARRAN2A AGREES TO LIBERATE MEN HELD PRISONERS Troopers of NegroCavalry Must be Set Free by Midnight or Wilson Will Send Army Over to Get Them; This Policy Said to Have Been De finitely Agreed Upon by Administration; Car ranza's Reply Expected This Afternoon. Battery A of the Oregon Artillery Off for Boundary MEN ENTRAIN THIS MORNING FOR CALKXICO IN RESPONSE TO ORDERS. CAMP W1THYCOMBE. Clackamas, Ore., June 28. Battery A. Oregon field artillery, entrained at 9 o'clock this morning for Calexlco, Cel., In re sponse to a hurry-up order received late yesterday. There were 179 men In the battery, eight more than the law allows a war strength artillery unit. The first battalion of the Third in fantry regiment left last night for Fort Rosecrans. San Iiego, Cal. There were 3 74 men in the third battalion. The second battalion, which will leave today, carries 344 men. Thurs - day's troop movements call for the departure or tne nrst oattation. regi - mental headquarters, and supply and , (f ne took this position or otherwise machine gun companies a total of j delayed freedom to the Americans. 448 men. Troop A. cavalry, with 116 (he president would fo,low out the men and with Adjutant General White I course he already has determined up acting as captain, will entrain Friday. , , n. It wouId not lnc,ul,. - The captaincy of the troop was for - many onereo n. general vi nue w day. A total of 1416 nion will be sent from Camp Withycombe to the Mexi- Third regiment, first battalion Companies A. McMlnnville. B, C and D, Portland; second battalion, compa nies E. F and H. Portland and com pany G, Oregon City: third battalion, Attached to the Third regiment are also the supply and machine c mpanies. the hospital corps sanitary troops. gun and Man Takes Poison at Umatilla and Dies Soon After MAT RILEY I'SES STRYCHNINE CAI E OF SUICIDE IS NOT KNOWN. A later message from Coro ner Brown this afternoon stat ed that the verdict returned by the coroner's jury after an In vestigation was "accidental death." Mat Riley. 25 years old. died this morning at Umatilla as a result of I taking strychnine yesterday afternoon. I Coroner Brown left on the early morn ing train to take charge of the body j and conduct an Inquest. I According to a telephone message from the coroner this morning, the poison was evidently taken with su- tcnlal intent There is no known reason for his deed though he bad indicated to friends that he was in some kind of trouble He took the poison yesterday after- noon ind following a night of ag- He had been ony, died this morning about Umatilla a month or more. A brother. Mike Riley, works on the Kilkenny ranch near Heppner and the body will probably be shipped there. General. Carrama now has until midnight to eotae sgaaa releasing tuaMsrioaa troos ers Casement deuic German iiiflueiuv in Irish relK'llion. Raider iiand is exterminated by iiiau posse on border. id- Uicai. ' Chautauqua QfM to Wg mullein v: giuirnntee made up. Man dies hroui poison at I'liinUlla. Decoration for Fourth Is begun. NEWS SUMMARY L MOVE INT MEXICO CITY, June 28. A conference regarding Wilson's demands for the release of Am erican soldier Imprisoned at Chihuahua is now in progress. It was belie wed thai a decision would be reached within a flew hours. WASHINGTON. June 28. Carran za must release the American prison ers at Chihuahua by midnight or Wilson will go after them. Those near the president today declared there Would not be any delay because of Carranza's demands to release Mexi can prisoners in this country. This, with the food embargo and other questions, declare officials, the pres ident is solely interested in getting the American soldiers from the Chihua hua penitentiary. Congress quietly Is awaiting Carranza's reply which was expected early this afternoon. There is a persistent feeling that Carranza will yield. It is known posi tively that he first had Intended to 1 rt.iM.i ,h nrionr , iieg in the possibility of Carranza laf,kin - f exchange tir.n of war but would mean the rrtKUfi at the Americana hv fr, however leng or arduous the effort. The pres ident would outline his intended course and ask congress to support his program. EL PASO. June 28. The hope of lcoting has buoyed up the half starv ed and poorly clothed peonc of Car ranza's northern army. Interior Mex ico reports say that the ' Chihuahua soldiers were told they would have Plenty of food when they reach El Paso. Refugees reported 10,000 soldiers enroute to Chihuahua from the south, bringing the total force in that state to 55,000. Americans here plan to spoil the al leged looting party. Guns, overlook ing Jaurez could run it within half an hour. Arrivals quoted a Carranza com mander as saying. "Mexico is prepar ed for war. If the Americans move ' n Chihuahua to attempt to rescue the 2.". negro cavalrymen held prisoners they will be lined up before the walls of the penitentiary and executed, if the Americans attempt attacks on the Carranzista they" will receive a rain of shot and shell from 50.000 Mexican troops." Congressman Smith of El Paso, ar rived here saying he believed that congress would pas war this week. declaratio WASHINGTON, me U. The house and senate conferee late tills afternoon eliminated both provisions for giing rinain-iai aid to families of militiamen and ex empting married men from an -vice. BAKER WOOL IS NOT SOLO I ONLY .mm i i 1 1 VDs mild ic llS.OOo OFFERED VT SVLE YESTERDAY. BAKER. Ore. 148.000 pouml June of voi I. pr.u lic.illy all fine, offered in Baker .r the nual wool sale, oah II pound were sold although other deals which may be closed later were pending. High bid on fine wool ranged from 23 to 25 cents, while for t)g(j pounds of coarse from the Sets Ash ford ranch, in Grant oount, a b'gh hid of 2S cents was rec hred uM4of K Oakland of Portland was the bidder. With the exception of II 901 pounds sold by Walter Stelger of Baker at 25 cent to John Otorleug of Woon- I socket, it. I . all the dips offered I were :r. m Giant The only other clip told was thai ot I C Moor, who sold i - m r olort u u i , Mr. Kenneth ity had the la a private bid i price tendered Rlngsnner of cents for th 40 Mr KoshlaBd, While ' Portland offered to t 11,101 POUndl of fine Sell Ashfor I ranch at fool from the 13 1-1 cent
