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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER Fair. coolc t tonight unci Sunday, YESTERDAY'S WEATHER DAT. Maximum temperature :u, mini mum 50, rainfall t; wind, southwest light, weather, clear TO ADVERTISERS. The r - i OrMOBlU lias the la t bona fide and pMUtniiMd palil ctr illation of an? Iiaucr lit Orotill. nst of .'ortlmul mid I t far i In Ihiki'hI i-lrctiiattDD Id I'eudletun of j any newHaMr. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 191ftf NO. 8856 " Krr ALLIES KEEP UP OFFENSIVE AT ALL UNLESS CARRANZA POINTS ON FRONT Second Week of Super Offensive Shows Gains Made are Held Despite Counter Attacks. HAK REPORTS GUNS TAKEN MEXICO CITY IS FRIENDLY Unofficially t lalnK'd QeraUUM Hum' Lost from 30,(K)0 10 40,000 Killed nml Wounded Many Prisoner Hum- Bren Taken l.v Allies. " WON'T OFFER COIN ASKS SUCH AID De Facto Leader Does Not Want Foreign Capital Because of Fear of Intervention to Collect. Lansing's turner Believed satisfuc lorj in Mexican capital; Parades I'loniKtl to Khow Friendship for United Ntatee; Expect Troop Withdrawal. LONDON. July 8. The second week of the allies' offensive found the allies I r where attacking and main-.ldeiit will not talning .arllest gains practical lit OV- I M ex loo with er; w here d.si'tc the counter attacks A heavy dn rnoir of rain converted the battle i? i ' 1 1 l Into a great sea of mud Despite t'telr handicap. the French today dilated slight furthe progress south ' Um BontnM, taking four hundred prisoners Thi' 1 !ri inn troopl i;'"th of the Bommt improved Ilie position 'usen yesterday Fight -tng iit the lllagl of '"iitaItnulson Is ,1... I . ...I I'-ido . . it . fl u " , '. . -" ' rebutlng the embargo on th. Inn us. t'nl ,i In,- i ser's fHtnotls 'rill . I i la i , c a 1 d smcn were killed at Con talmnsor.. Peirosrad today reported the cap ture of the three villages in the re gion of K lUI by tiayonet fighting wild rumor tint the A uitfo -Germans have Liaun .'l general retreat from Riga to Gullcia are discredited British cciopianes rendered vain able servhM tetplM 'he weather yes tarda) The, aided In reconnaissance wcrk and completely wrecked an en-ern- har.gar No official va Unsafe! at the Oar- man Of III fts!l' losses are made. I'n-' r.ffi. i..ip n it reported the oprmntw " 'rt,,","- 0H t drty or fo:tv thousand killed and MXI 0 ''ITY' Svl 1 " to 'M" Wounded. I nearly twentv thou- ularl) believed here that I-msing hat s.uid mpt'i-ad. Ilaig reported that P!lled the withdrawal of the Amep. th R1 few dv the llrltlsh oaptOT- " troofil The people are awaiting ed twenty una, fifty machine guns, the contents of Ml answer sxpectant matr. automatic rlflta, trench mortar-, v " iiaPttbllahafl here as et. The mini il.-nwat. hi, I other wur mute- loieral I upresslon is 'hat Amerl i WASHINGTON, July I, The p res- endeavor to rehabilitate American money until f'arriinza requests. The uilmtnlstru lion officials have been informed that offers of financial assistance would now he rebuffed CarranM needs money, but has refused to consider horruwlng from foreign i ntry, bo- Oauat the loan would mean the right of Intervention to collect the Interest Ma) Remove Embargo. The war department has i lldorad Meltieiill border, however it won't Hermit the I shipment of arms Of ammunitions, i General supplies win probably be permitted to pass freely. Persistent I reports that Villa is alive are keeping i the department nl'rt for possible trouble. Th state department be illeves thai Villa is alive. The war de- partmanl doubts it, offlclali sai that under ihe ar department's view there is no military Jtsatlfteationi for I the presence of American troops in I Mexico, Ponding ntfotlatloni the troopg will not be wltltdrawn. 1, Captured (Negro Troopers Return to UV 3011 LaarasiaLaiiiBiBiiiiffi fr jfl LaLnfflf t'aHaiiiiiBmKiiiiiK m LaKflBE-M Crop Damage Reports Send Wheat Up Three Cents in Chicago Pit CHICAGO, July 8. July wheat jumped five points today, eloslns at three and a half above the opening. Reports of heavy crop damage from black rust in the northwest sent the July Sept. O, July onian. i- Open .11.01 .11.05 i specti Ftange oi High tl.08 I1.10H poniand. PORTLAND. Ore.. July 8. ill Club 85. bluestem 96. price: 1 'I'lSf ll.OS', 11.09 -(Speci- the I'nited Stm Here is the first picture of the col- turned t "red troopers ol the Tenth V. 8. Ca- release. The men were photograph -J. viilry captured by the Mexlcana In ed on the International bridge at Ell naming "t I grrtsal, us they re- Paso. They are holding in th ifter their hands, boinjiiets. presented to them ny tne citizens of El Paso. Near the left. In the white hat is Lem BpUlg- oei r . the Mormon interiir.T..r u h,.! theirWag aso ca)turc.d aIld reieased' Germans Says Enemy Submarine Attacks Unarmed Trade Ships BERLIN. July 8. (Wireless vil Sayvllle) A submerged enemy sub marine attacked unwarned nine peaceful German trade ships enroute REPORTS SAY VILLISTAS SAID TO BE INTENDING RAID ON BORDER War Department However Disbelieses Stories That Villa is Still Alive; Regard Him Dead. STATE DEPARTMENT DIFFERS If Vhla Is Dead I here rs No Longer I most for Keeping American M.l fllltl Ip KextoOj Alarming Report -llcat h 1-3 Paw. EL I'tstt, July 8 A deMperatc en KHgtmient l raging southeast of J. mim-z between two thousand Carran-.i-ia.s and eight hundred VHIIstas un to Swinemunde July second. The der (rt-neral t'ontreran, said official shir luckily escaped, the admiralty tdttagMUMsM to (ieneraj (ionzales at Un announced. A torpedo wake was arez. It la unoffieially reiorted that clearly observed. The torpedo passed j Villa Is heading three thousand troops between two ships. Armed patrol advancing to attack Pnrral. Villa he boats Immediately pursued. The ad-j evacuated Jimlnez which lie captured mtralty denied the correctness of two days ago and cut the commnnlca Jellicoe's version of the Skagerak ' Uon line- to Parral. losses. It declares the German state-1 ment is cirrect H. W. Collins Establishing Plant to Clean Wheat; to Employ Force of 30 Men; Buys Six More Warehouses Home Defense League Aiding in the Fight on New York Epidemic 1K THOUSAND ( TlZENg HE! V i:Kiltt i: ORDERS AS lu IN. I Will. i; PARALV81S. t ut Off Anstrians. PETROQRAD. July 8,. An Aus- tnc.n force t-t mated at from twen'.v to thirt . Iln. it nd west if K'oioniea massed to the eastward. A sudden la. h i v f ffitu infantry, se. dng the railway ttntion, stopped the retreat si uth 1e 7ht wing of tne Rus nans severed c ii..munlcations to he north. k h's, rial Union County Will Vote for Pendleton (Normal School Bill FIVE l A GRAMME GtRLti vow AT TENDING NORMAL AT s JOSE, I ALII OItXIA ! has land I llat I w, gbandonad the Intervention idea expressed a willingness to neipi There is a great satisfaction the prospects of a peaceful sol i- tlon .-tmimen. has undergone a m i: ked hange It is likely demo.i Mr.itii ns ahd parities to show a ft'ien Iv lee li s toward the I'nited Stat '9 will be held tomorrow. H V t ns. well known J'rain man und warehouse own completed the purchase of the s;i I n. itilla Cour t)' warehouses owned h Ihn Kerr-tltffOrd company and also oakes the important nnnouncenitn if Sweden will fl- th.it he Is jrtuatly I'Pcnlpg if i cleaning plant here n clean -huI l n.de wheat to be shlpp. d to the cast from the northwest th'i summer. Mr Collins btus pun based a large warehouse 'rom F. E. Judd It is th ) cleaning p'ant will be in read loan f " use in a short time The plant will be owned c o conducted persons 'y by Mr. i i lllns it the intention to run erewi no h night and day ami about 30 nan will he employed dur preparing for the h" '?n Xo cnl wiP I matilla county wheal be cleaned here prior to being sent in bulk by rail la:' the wheat from the Pal i use leg'ou and other eastern Washington sn i !. ns will also be handled b.ire The business may mak. NEW and Nei the bom out 1 1 YORK, July s. Ten thuus- w York citizens, members of le defense league, were called lid in the fight auainst Infan. tile paralyeli. There are eighteen more deaths, and ninety five cases are reported tuday. The majority are I" rooklyn. Efforts t BRITISH ENLARGE ON BLOCKADE REGULATION LONDON, Julv . 'ni changing the rules has been issued. It EL PASO. July 8 Several sources today reported that Vlllbjta banda are moving toward the Big Bend country in Texas, to raid American towns. These arc believed to be the aame ; thnt r,arr....n ........ . m , was cut off soj b- . "7 "T T "1"";u naing aoout. The AustHin, sre i ,n"mJ',tJn'i Aer,ea" e might uvi oeieBi ipo oanmts Vll.istas were at Falomtr yesterday. Smaller ., ipa are joining the banj everywhere The A'llllstas are repori ed well armcc". with plenty of ammu nition and are well mounted. Pre roncertadly, ihe Villlstae have gather ed at Falomlr. moving toward the !a nmla I'ass Army frielals be.lle-p thirt VjUa niay shatter the attempts to , j',m i the difleico es etren the Pnlted States and Maa'ceL It Is repented bullet through the back muacles of both thiirh. , i rural oiuei vi a Wn'iOils He is ?. nM t. t v,i..ni-na.. . m he recovered sufficients to walk w i stmulates that 11 ,, curl, th.. Hi., . . . . . . . . : I doubled today. It is admitted. how-!, kMI. i, ,,rmi. ih Rriii.i, to .. .... '.ir.-..,r l,ell IS IlKe III I,. .1,1 aU. nll ,1.,- . 1. ., Tim ' . iii'ii. ..I nanclally support a factory that wlll'cat-d on tlsat Wehh street and has f'-ndl-ton the greatait wheat handling i ,j nuriuna. fei mm ' niMUM lae wilk i,th mllronils Thn POmt if. the rorthweet during the powdered peat 1 1,1,1 hinery is low being installed and time wheat Union countv will vote In favor ot a Itati normal school at I'endletoa ays F B currey, prominent business man and former owner of the Evening observer, who Is here today. "It will be a matter of business with us." says Mr. ('urrey. "My own daugh ter Is attending the normal school at Kan .Inse California, because Eastern Oregon does not have a normal school There are five students from To ilr ,n,l- At f ho Bo tnmm u,.h,i,.l .itnl from Union county atom there are II 8omm ltt!" nlht b' "h, tUdenU attending normal schools In I s.uithw.st of Peronne Near He: other -tales than Oregon. Some ol m they captured 350 prisoners tin "ii kii to Idaho " ill Kstrce a successful grenade attack The view Is taken by Mr. Currey that resulted In the capture of fifty prls the educational Interests of Eastern oners. Had weather hindered the op Oregon require a normal school In eratlons throughout the night. North this section of the stale and Pendleton Of LnMlgnj a Herman detachment at-h-,vi,- ink..,, the load will have the' tempted to carry ii small French French Make Gains South of Somme Despite Bad Weather PARIS July 8 The French broke ged on the Verdun front bust night .h iii i th. fiThtin south of the particularly in the Rsnes. aouvtlla and is moving east by rail Sonic wei'Kf ago the Farmers' Union people vere contemplating establish' , Ing a cleaning plant here but they lid i not cair. out tl'elr plans ti. a are houses purchased by Mr. folllns from the Kerr-Glfford Co. i? chides the b t-is at Mission. CayUM 'Adams, Havana Saxe and Barnhalt. Collins now haste total of '12 ware lu uses in (Tfnftt la countvv heat is likelv te additional deaths and more' ever, cause cases. The thermometer ninety at noon. Members of ihe leauue will accom pany the patrolmen ..n their rounds and assist in seeing that orders are not violated. Reports that infantile paralysis is appearing in different states has admittedly disturbed the federal health officers. .Most cases are isolated, however. registered I traband t capture proof. Neutral ships carrying con- menty port are liable the next voyage. VA'ar 1(rtpun' officials dor't a-e faith n repels that villa la alive The state department is less skeptical b klui! of 1'nlon county. Feared One Hundred l6st Life in Storm post but w'as dispersed. A violent artillery si niggle was w a- Damloup sectors. No infantry at tacks were made In Lorraine the French Grenade attack cleaned the East enemy post near He-zanges. Al Gommecourt tne British field guns and trench mortars bombardeO the enemy trenches last night. The! Germans are active north of Roclin-j court They exploded a mine north-! east of Neuvllle wlhout causing dam-j aire Northeast of Hutluch a British I mie destroyed an enemy gallery. The wet. flat lands of produce vine yielding fruit which. I when dried, forms a sponge regarded as superior to animal sponges. Will iniMrt Monkey. WASHINGTON, July J. To Im POB monkeyi fur experimental pur l uses, seeking to cure Infantile pa ralyall, the secretary of aaiicultun ti da raised the embargo on the Im portation of animals from the Phil Ecuador! Ii pines. Itlockudc Tightening Ik-nicd. LONDON, July 5. "The assertion that the abandonment of the Declara tion of London means a further tight ening of the blockade is pure non stnse," said Lord Robert I'ecil. min ister of war trade, in discussing ef fi cts of the entente's economic war against the central powers. Fran is reg:;' . ge or Weiser, Ida)' the St. George. Ma' ' led Men to Return . BAULK PASS, July s Fully a thousand n.o iu the four militia reg iments etiHH'lied here will lake ad Ivantagi' I I the war department order permitting the discharge of militia men With dixendenl families Recruits from home Mate will rill the rank- E PASO. Julv s. Villlstas are rush. Ing toward the Big Bend country to rail Amerlcai. -owns, according to In formation r-reii ed today A band of unknown strength is going from Pal omi' toward I amula Pass and OJIno ga. sioall A m': lean settlements in the Big liend 1 o-de r country. WASHINGTON July 8 "Unsup Ported rumors .-.re again received thai Vil'a Is at rautillo. west of Parral" announced the w r press bureau. AUSTRIANS ADMIT THEY ARE RETREATING FROM ADVANCING RUSSIANS Big British Guns Pounding German Lines on West BCOrtBS or risllING SCHOONERS WITH SMALL CREWS ARK MISSING. BILOXI, M'ss, July 8 The loss of life from the hurrlcano which swept the Gulf coast Wi-dnesday aid Thursday is expected to exceed oae hundred, II ! reported today Of school els carrj'ng more than n hundred and twentl persons are un toconnUd for. a flotilla of la u net) at this momttio r:.,rted to sea .U the gulf for theni. t'nmfl hoped Ihe crews had landed In marshal nmi btisnda The avarAgi crew on these boats Is five mon. Government Predicts Wheat Crop Will Be Less Than in 1915 by 250,000,000 Bushels Teutons Say French Attacks are Futile nntl.IN. .HI 8 "On both sides ol the H-mime repented attacks wer repulsed ftungUinerlly,' said an offi cial statement ihls arternoon. "The heroism and tenacity of our troooj h . prepared the enemy for a day l del' sloni "On the eVrdun front the French at tacked frUltl(Mi) nt Froldetterre Weak advances at Iiumbiup were alu r lu cked " WASHINGTON. July S. A sum mary of luly crop report lor Ihe state Scorei r oregon and lor the I'nited States a.. compiled by the bureau of crop esti mates (and transmitted through the weather bureau. I' S. department of agriculture, is as follows; Winter wheal. State July 1 forecast, 11.600,0011 bushels production tast year (final estimate 10,200.000 bushels, l ulled States July 1 forecast, 489. 000i 000 bushels; production last year (final estimate f. 665. 045. 000 bushels. Spring Wheat. State -July 1 forecast. 3.900.000 j second bushels production last M'ur (final. ear. tat I mate), n.sas.ooo bushels, I'nited Slates July I forecast. 20 -OOO.oiio bushels; production last year (final estimate). 356. 460. 000 bushels. Baiter, State July 1 forecast. 4. 250. 000 bushels; production tast year (filial estltnatei. 4.6SO 000 bushels. United States -July 1 forecast. 206. 000.000 bushels, production last year (final estltnatei. 237,009.000 bushels Potatoi-H. State -July l forecast, 6,140.0001 bushels; production iastear (1'lal es timate) a. 520. UO0 bushels. United States July 1 forecast. 369. -i linn, i, mi ousireis; piouuciiou insi eai (final estimate). 359,103.000 bushels Hay. State July condition S7. compar ed with the eight year average of 91. I'nited States July I condition 93.1, compared with the eight-year rrtooH. The first price given below is the, ivernge on July 1 this year, and the the average on July i last Slate - W heat. 82 and 89 cents per bushel. I'orn. 85 and 86. Oats. 421 and 43. Potatoes. 82 and 102 Hay. 111.40 and 8 30 per ton. Bfgt, 23 and 20 cents per doxen. I'nited Slates; Wheat II. I and 102. s cents per bushel. Corn. 75 4 nnd 77.7 cents. Oats 40 6 and 46.7 cents! I Potatoes, 102 and 52 1 cents Hay, I 112 10 and $11 70 per (on Eggs. 19 7 and 16. S cents per dozen Cotton. 12.5 and , cents per pound 1 1 & --" """s REPORT THROUGH RERUN SV CKNTRAL ALLIES 4RE GREAT LY OVTN l UJFJ LED. BERLIN. July 8. -Wireless via sa -ille The Austrians retreated from their advanced lines in Volyhinia be ! fore a greatly superior Russian foroi said a Vienna statement, j Repeated Russian attacks at Luke j Narooz were repulsed. ! i ne Austrian staten I with the cooperation 1 Polish tmops. the Ai : ated the Hi Bend rtvi an eiietnv disturbance, j near lkva. the Russian I hoapKal, which was p The statement declared ed the Austrians will , nii'iiusterv at N'ovop heretofore has been CI says that rman ami ns evacu r without savs that i.'d a Re Id r visible, if repe.it -bard tha who'll ly -pared WASH I i ate fore:ir r d added noi to llg the .tltld Help Cnaemont, N. Juii -The h ii ii r" LOADING T31 TISH GUN 48Vrt FILM SEJiWCt-. This picture .-bows one of the British heavy field pieces irman posttlona Millions of sh.-iis ... being fired dall b ni the Western front being loaded for a shot at the I I In British In the latest advance. COMMISSION DISREGARDS I OM, HHOKT II I I 1 W t-lliN- Pi -n lie Interstal 'ommi 1 c I W slol Mi- 4) . bllshment coon lit) rates from Pacific eoad I rmlnals t.. j Interim ,!.'. j . illfornl ,. Si ids n. . Mail .. i uh Orei 1 b Co- ; luaibta, South Carolina, Ten as- 0 I . r -1 4 of tin- long iu'l ! rl pro I