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Tonight and Sunday unsettled,
probably showers
rEOTERBAVS WEATHER DATA.
Maximum temperature, sal. mini
mum, 58; rainfall 01 wind. rant,
fresh: weather, eJotXty, threatening
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VOL.28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916.
Giant Offensive is Begun
Mexican reply
will not be in
a defiant tone
Advices Today Indicate That Carran
zaDoes Not Seek to Provoke
Trouble Between Two Nations.
WITHDRAWAL NOT MENTIONED
De Ferto Head Merely
HA Opinion That Hp Omstde-n
Prenence of the American Troop A
An infringement I'pon the Sover
eignty of HN country.
t.ALVKSTOX. July 1. Mr-l-ran
soldiers ftnd (hi sailor from
the American gunboat Salem at
Tamtrtco Tnniday, wounding two,
declared refugees arriving lu the
Meaner lauc.
WASHINGTON July 1 Advlcea
toduy Indicated (hat Carranza will
not adopt a defiant tone In answer
ing Wilson's demand Instead he will
aend a firm not emphasizing that he
considers the presence of American
troops in Mexico an Infringement up
on the sovereignty of his country
The Un'ted Press Informant, whose
Information heretofore has poven cor
rect, indicated 'hat the Carranxn an
swed will not bring a breach between
the nations In some quarters It was
suggested that the nute may open the
way to mediation.
Agullar's statement, published yea-(
terdny was Interpreted as Intended;
for home consumption Despite the
language of the statement, state de
partment official said that the Mex
ican rent) manifestly was milder than
Carr.inza's first note It does not de-!
mand the withdrawal of the American!
expedition, though its suggests It has
no riarht to stay.
The note had not reached the state
department at noon Officials
thought that the efforts jf South Am
erican. Europenn and American diplo
mats to swing I'arranza Into line,
might result fruitfully.
MEXICO CITY. July 1. Mexican
newspapers todav vigorously approv
ed Agullar's statement vesterday re
fill i nf the assertions In 'he American
note
GALVESTON. July I.
er DadS arrived with I
The steam
n refugees
from Vera Crur A thousand oUier
refugees landed todav and a thousand
more are expected tomorrow.
Walla Walla Gets
Bitulithic Work at
$1.29 Per Yard
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. July 1.
Paving contracts for all except the
Ninth. Edith avenue and Thirteenth
street Job, were let by the city com
mission yesterday to the Warren Con
struction company of Portland for Its
well known hltultthlc pavement,
which will be laid on Chase avenue
and Birch streets; Newell street to
Park and Bryant avenue, a total of
about U. blocks, at a total cost ot
nhout 130.000.
The Warren Construction company
has contracted to lay this pavement
at the cheapest cost It has ever quoted
In the northwest, according to its rep
resentative. This cost is 11.29 per
square yard, or ten cents lower than
Md by the company earlier In the
year It must be remembered, how
ever that all the hlds this time were
for gravel bases, while the most sue
ceaaful pavements of the larger cities
are on concrete bases.
Other paving plans were also laid
by the commission when it passed a
resolution declaring Intention to pave
Qhaae avenue from the city limits on
Harrison street to Orchard street, so
ns to take the pavement up to the
fair grounds gate; and when It gave
two readings to an ordinance for
pavement on Hoosevelt street from
Isaacs avenue to Alder street, 16
feet wide.
The South African Journal of Sci
ence records the steps that have been
taken at the suggestion of the South
African Association for the Advance
ment of Science to obtain legislation
In various countries relative to the
preservation of meteorites In the In
terest of science.
Mrs. Knight Dies
After Illness of
Nearly Half Year
l U MITER OF MR. AND MRS. IiA
IX NTA1NE SUCCUMBS AT
HOME OF PARENTS.
Following an lllneaa that had made
her an Invalid ior nearly six months.
Pauline Louise Knight, wife of Alvtn
P. Knlart, prominent young farmer,
and e'deri daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Giuttve La Fontaine, pioneer resi
dents, died last night about 10 o'clock
at the home of her parents on Jack
son street.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 ('clock at St. Mary's
Catholic '.hurch with Interment In 01
ney cemetery following. Rev. Father
De Rop will conduct the funeral ser
vices The active pallbearers will De
Fred W Lampkln. Henry W Collins,
Carl "coley, Rv Alexander. George
C. Ba r and Marshall Spell. The hon
orary pallbearers will be W. I
Thon pson. Frank Curl. J. N. Burgess,
W. J Clarke and E. J. Murphy.
Deceased would have been 26 years
old next fall, having been born No
vember 16. 1890. She was horn in
this city secured her education at St
Joseph's academy and the local high
school, and spent practically all of
her life here until her marriage, Oct.
6. 1913. to Mr. Knight, who was then
farming in Alberta.
They returned to Pendleton In Sep
tember. 1914. Early In the year she
became III and her Illness developed
Into Inflammation of the spinal cord
Physicians both In this city and Port
land were unable to cope with the dis
ease. Mrs Knight, hnth as glri and young
matron, was very popular in Pendleton
society and her untimely death will
he sincere, y mourned by a large cir
cle nf friend"
Besides her husband and parents,
she Is survived by a 17 months old
daughter. Sylvia a brother. George I.a
Fontaine, and two sisters, olga and
Helen L Fontaine all nf this city.
Miss Merle Best
Will be Goddess
of Liberty Here
I l lillTKH OF MAYOR TO TAKE)
I'ROMINKNT PART IN
FOURTH CELEBRATION.
Miss Merle Best, daughter of Mayor
and Mrs. Best, will ne the Goddess of
Liberty for the Pendleton Fourth of
July celebration. It was announced to
il o With her in the official car will
ride Misses Eula Simpson. Durothv
Newherrv and Flossie Penland repre
senting Peace. Plenty and Columbia
Another float built upon an auto
truck, will hear thirteen other girls
representing the thirteen original
states. These girls have not all been
selected yet but a committee of which
Miss Edith Power Is chairman. Is get
ting them this afternoon Their car
will be c riven by Alfred Fit?. Gerald
nr. Uncle Sam. Another car will bear
George and Martha Washington,
Swiss Tension (Continues.
(iKNEVA, July 1. The tension
between Switzerland and Oer-
many regarding food and cotton
continues The Swiss govern-
ment has asked for a further de-
lay. but Germany demands the
Immediate delivery of 32.000
bales of cotton sequestered in
Switzerland and also free food 4
trade on the frontier, which the
entente allies prohibit.
Failure to receive coal from
Germany would greatly affect
Switzerland, which .now Imports
daily 65.000 tons of German coal
Local Men Wanted to Fill
Vacancies in Third Oregon
!nmp Wlthyoomhe, Portland, Ore.,
July l, um
Postmaster, Pendleton, Ore,
Seven hundred recruit required at
once to lilp to border to fill vacan
cies Third Infantry, Oregon National
(iiianlsiiicji, Iwtwecn ages of 18 and
:t.V Should opply In x'roii without
delay to I mini States mustering offl.
ocr flnckaiiias, Oregon. Please give
this Infnrnintlor, to local newspapers
, and post In conspicuous place, will
, Ihnnk yon to i'ooiernu with nie In
this movement.
1 WILLIAMS.
Mustering O'fl'-er for state of Oregon,
Rural Credit Amendment of
Vital Importance to State
Pendleton, Ore., July 1
Editor East Oregonlan:
The rural credits constitutional am
endment initiated by "The Oregon
Referendum League" la the most lm
Important measure before the people
of this state now. This bill ie the re
sult of a conference of 85 men ap
pointed by the governor, the Irriga
tion and drainage conference, Farm
ers' Union State Grange, Federation
of Labor Chambers of Commerce,
commercial clubs, bankers' associa
tions, agricultural college and state
university.
This very representative body of
men was presided over by A. L. Mills,
banker and leading financier of the
state, as president, and J. D. Brown,
state president of the Farmers' Union,
vice president,
Death-Defying Thriller is
on Program for Celebration
to be Held Here on the 4th
Pendleton will spring a new death
defying thriller in connection with
her Fourth of July celebration next
week in the form of a headon collis
ion between two high-power automo
biles. The event will be one of the
mans that will make up the afternoon
program at Round-Up Park
The committee has purchased two
second hand cars of the Oregon Motor
(lurage. Manager B. F Trombley giv
ng them two at a minimum cost. One
Is a 40 horsepower Velie and the oth
er a 411 hnrsercwer Michigan. Both
..re In first class running order and
capable of making fifty miles an hour
I- better
They will be driven at each other
at top speed, steered by chauffeurs
standing or. th running boards and
who will desert the machines Just be
fore they crash Into each other. Ed
Wright, who is working on a farm
nearby, and Mechanic Hall of the
Round-Up city Auto Co. has volun
teered to drive the cars.
The collision will demonstrate to
the . l eft itoi-8 one of the dangers Of
careless and reckless driving. Both!
rars will he wre ked by the collision:
ar.d :t nouid not tie surprising ll tney
C iukIii f re as a result
MEXICANS ARE ASKED
TO RETURN AT ONCE
NEW VOKK. June 30. American
Consul Burns received an order from
i'arranza directing that all Mexicans
of military age return to their coun
try He refused to comment on the
order, except to point out that the
United Steteg already had ordered Its
citizens from Mexico.
NEWS SUMMARY
t general.
Vi'i start giant offensive; Rrii'-h
take It males nf German trenches,
Mexican note will not be dellant in
tone.
Local.
Headon collision between auto ar
ranged for fourth
Mr. Alvtn p. Knatht dies following
long illnexs.
Idaho recmittng officer here again.
Arrest for first half year rail off 7,
per cent.
Dig tennis tournament opens here
lomort ov.
The above message received here
today by Postmaster Tweedy from
Captain Williams. U. S. mustering of
ficer at I'ortland, shows local recruits
are desired to fill up vacancies In the
third Ore-.on regiment now at the bor
der. It lb understood government
transportation will ee provided for
those desiring to enlist
Dr. M. S. Kern, former captain In
i he O. N. U 's desirous of forming a
local compr.ny, If another call comes,
and is uigin Pendleton boys to icn
up for such a company. However,
there is no call for new companies at
present.
This conference met in Salem and
appointed the committee that drafted
this bill.
It Is carefully drawn and especially
fitted to the needs of the state of Or
egon. Under its provisions, a class of cred
it can be taken care of that has here
tofore been neglected or charged ex
orbitant ratea of Interest. When res
ident and real farmers can obtain
small loans for reasonable purposes
at a low rate of Interest, it will have
the effect of making money easier In
all other linea, thus helping every
one. It will not cost the state anything,
but will be a source of Income. Since
the security must be twice as much as
the loan, and the interest charged will
be more than the bonds Bell for.
W. W. HARRAH
CLOUDBURST JAKES
TOLL OF 4 LIVES
WALL OF WATKK SWEEPS DOWN
I1.4TV CAYO& BODIES ARE
RECOVERED.
MORO, Ore., July l The bodies of
four victims of the cloudburst in Hay
Canyon were re overed today. A wal
of water 20 feet high swept the can
yon at 6 o'clock last night. Mrs.
Former and her daughter, Mrs, Law
rence, occupylrg a ranch house near
Monkland were inside the house when
the flood uruck The house was car
ried tWay and demolished. The body
of Mrs. LawTcnce was found four
miles sway. Mr?. Fortner was found
nine nines town the valley this morn
ing. Three men nro were camped In a
tent under a hills' da, repairing a road,
fled to a nearby knoll when water
swept the tent away. Seeing higher
water coming the two crossed a ra
vine and attempted to reach higher
ground One vas entangled in a
brush and drowned. The other pulled
himself safely away. A third, remain
ing on the knell, was swept away and
killed The men's bodies were found
three miles do-vnstream.
MANY ENTRIES RECEIVED
HERE FOR TENNIS TOURNEY
TEN DIFFERENT PLACES REPRE
SENTED IN EASTERN ORE
GON ANNUAL EVENT.
Ten different places will be repre
sented in the second annual eastern
Oregon tennis tournament which will
open here tomorrow and continue
through the Fourth. In all about
forty contestants are entered.
Kntries have been received from
Waitsburg. Walla Walla. Freewater,
Milton. Pendleton. Athena. Iji Grande.
Baker. Dayton and Mission. Lawilton.
and Sunnlalde would have entered
teams but for previous arrangements.
First p!n will begin at 9 o'clock to
morrow at Round-Up Park. The
mixed doubles and some of the men's
singles and men's doubles will be play
ed tomorrow. Perhaps the most ex
perienced and versatile player enter
ed Is Prof. Kroesch of Whitman Col
lege and Irwin Brooks of Athena.
champion of last year, will have his I
hands full to defend his title.
Pendleton will enter about ten men!
and four ladies as follows: Rinehart. i
Home, Dickson brothers. Johns, I
Reineioan Chlouptk, McKlnney, Jndd I
and Mrs. A. C Hampton. Mrs. Roy
Alexander Miss ' era Temple an.i M'ss
Lucille Hater.
The principal trophy will be the
Snwtelle championship cup and in all
there will be about $11" worth of tro
phies, lloux- dopts Hay Itesofutlon.
WASHINGTON, Jul 1 The house
,i:sed the May tceolutlnn appropriat
ing two million dollar to relieve de
pendent rumtttai of married militia
men. There were only two dltwe-'tn
votes. It lUthn.'taed the secret Tc of
war to pay a I unlly without iiv.nn?
IBrt monthly. Kepresentatlves Jamfl
of Michigan and Small of Nort , Car
olina, voted ag.' ;nst It.
New Revenue Bill
Shifts Burden to
Other Shoulders
AOOUMUIiATED WEALTH AND BIO
INCOMES WILL STAND BULK
OF STRAIN.
WASHINGTON, July 1 The In
come, inheritance and munitions taxea
will pay the cost of preparedness. If
there is a war, a bond Issue will pay
the cost.
Shifting the burdens almost entirely
upon accumu attd wealth and big In
comes, the new revenue bill, introduc
ed in the house today, is epoch-making,
administraion leaders believed
It will establish a national inheritance
tax as a permanent part of the fiscal
system of the country.
The bill will raUe a hundred mil
lion dollars from Incomes and sixty
millions from inheritances and fifty
millions from munitions.
The present income tax rate la
boosted from one to two per cent. Su
pertaxes begin at twenty thousand
and increase at the rate of one per
cent in each classification until ten
per cent has been levied on all in
comes , og- a half million.
Idaho Guardsman
Here to Recruit
Men for Militia
PRIVATE ERfKINE WILL RE
M VI X IN CITY IX INTERESTS
OF COMPANY E.
Eager for more recruit. Private
Fred Erskine of Co. E of GrangeviHe,
Idaho, is in Pendleton today and will
remain here for two or three 'days.
He is a special recruiting officer for
the adjutant general of Idaho and will
probably go on to northern Idaho from
here.
Co. E is the same company in which
26 Pendletonians recently enlisted
and it was at their request Private
Erskine stopped over here. New re
cruits will be enlisted in conformance
with the new act of congress
Private Erskine brings the news that
the Idaho troops will probably leave
for El Paso. Texas, next Tuesday. All
the Pendleton men are in fine spirits,
he states and are eager for active
service. One of their number. J H
Boies, formeriv an O. A. C. cadet, has
been made a corporal.
The recruiting officer is 45 and he
has a son 18 in the same company.' He
states that the company Is still about i
60 men short of full war strength
Reports from Portland are that
valley companies will also look to
eastern Oregon to supply recruits to
bring the Third Oregon up to war
strength
Man Who Started
Sunday "Pops" is
Visitor in City
. WALKER. ASSISTING CH.W
TAUQUA, SAYS VENTURE
COOT HIM $10,000.
(t W. Walker, of Portland, former
well-known flg-ure in the musical
world an ' who still retains the
friendship of many of the most
prominent theatrical men and actore.
is In Pendleton on a brief visit and
while here has been assisting Superin
tendent Hendrix who has charge of
the Chautauqua. Although Mr Walk,
er does not look more than a man of
40 he claims he is In the 60 s He re
tired from musical activity several
years ago and Is now in the real es-,
tate business In Portland.
At the outset of his career Mr.
Walker at different times was man
ager of Brooks. Oilmore and Cara's
bands and for several seasons directed
the tour of Theodore Thomas' orches
tra. Mr Walker was also a singer ol
considerable ability.
As a young man in Chicago he says
that he originated the Sunday after
noon sacred concerts, popularly eallel
in the east "Pops" and in this ven
ture lost $10,000. I.ater the idea
was taken up and developed by
George Hamlin and became a remark-;
able success
DANGER OF A BREAK
IS SAID TO BE OVER
KOOALB8, July 1. -Mexican fami
lies on the American side who have
been encamped beside a refuuee train
were notified todav that dancer of a
break between Mexico and the United
States had pnssed and they might re
turn to their homes In Arizona.
' NO. 8850
By Allies
BRITISH CAPTURE
ACTIVE ALONG
M TRENCHES
Germans Resume Drive at Verdun But Paris
Statement Says Attacks Repulsed; British
are Holding Gains Along Somme Sector;
London Wild With Excitement Over Announce
ment That Great Offensive is Begun.
LONDON, July 1. The allies supreme offensive began at
7 :30 o'clock this morning: with simultaneous attacks by the
British and French. Two hours after the assaults began the
British had captured 16 miles of German forward trenches
north of the Somme.
A British statement declared that the French gains were
"equally satisfactory." Paris did not announce the results.
The British attack on a 20 mile front followed the most ter
rific four day bombardment in the history of the world. While
firmly holding the captured trenches the British are pressing
forward farther.
The British statement said : "At 9 :30 we had occupied the
German front line, digging in behind rows of German dead.
The British casualties thus far are not heavy." The official
statements were fragmentary.
The drive began a few hours after the Germans had launch
ed most powerful onslaughts against Verdun. Paris announc
ed that the Germans were repulsed everywhere, except where
they had recaptured Thiaumont
Many prisoners were taken, but it was impossible to obtain
estimates of the captured or the losses.
On the remainder of the front, British raiding parties contin
ued to harrass the Germans, penetrating their defenses at sev
eral points.
At two o'clock this afternoon the war office issued a warning
that people should not travel on the continent unless they had
the most serious business. Everybody going to the continent
was warned that they must undergo the strictest examination
under the passport regulations and a close search of persons and
baggage.
Describing this morning's attack, the Chronicle correspond
ent wired : "All the horizon beyond where I stood was darkened
by fumes of shells. Not a minute passed without the crash of
high explosives. Raids followed the shellfire at many points
and brought forth sufficient prisoners for identification of the
regiments and divisions confronting the British. The effect of
the British artillery on the German troops was deadly. Some
prisoners say they have not eaten in three days owing to the
heavy fire which prevented supplies reaching them "
GERMANS RESUME VERDUN DRIVE
PARIS. July 1. The Germans resumed their drive on V er
dun today by most powerful attacks on both banks of the Meuse
The most violent fighting in weeks has developed northwest of
the fortress. In a series of attacks west of the Meuse the Ger
mans captured fortified works and some connecting trenc'tes
east of hill 304 but French counter-attacks ousted them. Eat
of the Meuse the Germans penetrated Thiaumont again. The
reTbU Se, WaS entirely smashed the terrific artillery fire
The Rrltls-h have captured Srre London newspapers in the larjst
and MontaubarK i, was aemi-offlclall, and blackeet tvpe announced th. the
announced. The French captured sreat allied offensive had beju
- nrhi and the Savler wood, advancing The French hold the eaat w, of
two kilometers A further statement . Pnni.im.k... h '
announced the capture of Ia Roiselle
and declared that the English would
hold the ground at North Frycourt
while attacking Beaumonthamel.
Capacity Crowds Hear Mario
Lo Zito's Marine Band at
the Chautauqua Yesterday
TONIGHT S PROGHXM.
Musical Trio and Moving Pic-
tures of Mawson's Antarctic Ex-
peditlon.
Sunday's l"rogrm.
Morning Regular church ser.
vices.
Afternoon Sacred Concert
Sequoia Male Quartet
Vespers All Invited.
Evening Sacred Concert
Sequoia Male Quartet
Lecture Slyvester A. lng
Monday.
Morning Junior Chautauqua
Afternoon Stories of the
South - Wood Briggs.
Lecture -Tallow Drip--Rob-
ert Parker Miles.
Evening Closing Concert -
The Kaffir Boy Choir.
Band music such as has seldom been
heard in Pendleton drew forth ca
16 MILES OF
;F
WHOLE Of LINE
Albert and are now flrhtin. ,.
Mameti. six miles east of Albert.
(Continued on pa tea.)
pacity crowds both aftamaoa and ev
enlng yesterda at the hauta M) i
and the hi audiences UtoroujMf -i -Joyed
the programs presented b M '
Ho Lo Zito's New York M irine Baa
The popular verdict seems to be tht
this band Is a shade better than the
Italian band which appeared here n
two previous chant iuqus
So popular were several of the se
lections at the afternoon oncert that
there were many requests that tht
be repeated at the tre&iaa' concert
The director graciously compiled with
the requests. Among the numbers
that elicited much applause were "II
Trovatore " "The Rrwan " "Sextette
from Lucia." "Carmen." "Firefly
and "Jolly Fellows ' Th ronetttMM
number, the national aathene, tm
pie yes with haad ind ttiffleaoi tand
in. During th- evening program Inn,,
aid Ilouchin, tenor, stng several num.
tiers. ln.ssi. tt1 an.) popular, that
proved very popular.
(Continued on page It.)