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Bgg3 DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVKKT1SKKS. Tfea Rftil OlffonlUi haw t tn- ' " ' buna tUU- and uai :iiii imJ pftld cli ulmluu of unv Mptf In OrtfOO, MM 0 T'lrtrtml and Lr far flit targ -f l 1 ti'inltttloD iu i'HidletuD or any tn'wnHr. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8858 VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 11. 1916. 1 tVjJ- COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' 111 1 111 BRITISH STORM ,T MANY CAPTIVES English Troops Continue to Mak Steady Gains Against Germans, According to Haig's Report. COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED VILLAGE AKING Total of Towns WOW lu Hain't of person in Berlin. The check admin AlflJ Forcus sliwc Great Often istered to the Brltlah north of the Began; Peronuu n Nearly Within 'gomme has given rise to the national the Grasp of the ITvnch; I iKliliii", nop thai peace will follow the fighi Goe on at Veedun. ling at Plcurdy. whlcn la being mark. LONDON, July II. The British last night stormed and carried the vll- lage of Contalmalson. about which violent lighting has raged since tho opening Of the allied offensive. Halg reported that 1SD prisoners were tn-j ken. "Further east we stormed several lines of trenches in me HMMtl wood The greater art of the wood Is now In our possession. Heavy fighting con ttlniies in the TfOnefl wood " said statement The Hermans counter-attacked Strongly at Con ta Imalson but were re pulsed The British hold the village Two hundred and ninety. six prisoners were tnken during the fighting In the Ifunetl woods. Twenty-tWO villages, nil highly for tified have been captured since the offensive begM 10 days ago. Peronne. barely a mile from the French lines. Is almost within grasp Peril reported . that the Hermans Uvun bed a powerful attack northeast of Verdun this morning, occupying a few trenches, but later were ousted Paris stat.-d that Ihe Hermans entered 200 v.,rds of French trenches in Lor raine Pendleton Asked to Help Families of Men on Border GOVERNOR WITirVCOMBE IN VITtOH Tills (DTI TO ASSIST IN GOOD WORK. 1'etidlelon Is asked by Governor Wlthycombe to join the Oregon Pat- rlotn l'iigue Whl( h has for Its purpose the cooperation with local relief bod ies in providing assistance for de pendent families whose wage earners have answered the call of their coun try. Secretary c K. Cpsjwton of the Commercial association this morning received letter from the governor king him to urge local social, fra ternal religious and commercial or gaaiiations to join in the state-wide movement He wishes that these so cieties at onoe appoint delegates to the unfile Secretary Crranatorj win pre sent the matter to the Commercial as SOCiation this evening The governor points out that lion Oregon men have already left their homes and gone with the militia to the Mexican border, many of them leaving their families without ade quate means of nipr-ort. He con ceive It to be the duty of the eltUen sblp or the state to provide for these depi n dents and thinks a general or ganisation can lest direct the relief work to the end that there be no du plication BRITISH SHIPS ARE SUNK BHRIifN ItKPOKTS Til AT FOVK ARMORED ORlilRERS KNOWN TO BE LOST. r.KKLIN. July ll (Wireless tn 8ay vtlle. ) Four, and possibly rive, armored British patrol boats were de stroyed by the Austrian cruiser Novara iff Otranto, the a'.istrtea Ufdmlrait) snnotmced. All the pntrol boats snn'.i. tiree burning after boiler explosions, 'ihe Novara could Ohijf rescue nlno Prtttah sailors from ihe crews. lrisoners said there were five pa tiol boats In the group. July Options Touch Mark of $1.09 Today euimnn r.ihril isneetnl to lbs' Kast i "regonlan i Hange of prices to. day: Open High . ..J1.0S' $1.09 ...11.10 $1.11 Portland. Close 11.01 11.09 .1 illy Sep) PORTLANDi ore., July 11. (Spe - clal) Club 86; bluestem 97 UW'l'IMMll L.1VERPOOU July market for spot, firm e astern winter, 10s Itoba, His lid (LI No. , 10s, lOd. lid; No. 1 Man- 1 per bushel); Berlin Says Offensive Failure Predicts Defeat of the Allies Peace Negotiations Will Follow (Thf following U the rirst dispat. I thai the censors of any belligerent Country has passed, indicating thi opinion that a defeat of the allied Of" I'-nnive will result In an early peace.) ( By Carl Ackerman ) BERLIN, July 11 The allied of- fenRlve will end In defeat In a few weeks, followed hy negotiation for peace in the opinion of well-lnformc I ed hy unpreeedentefl slaughter Thn j unit (lerman iwople are practically it believing that the attempt of the allies to force the Herman line Is doomed to failure. Except for one narrow sector, the hritlsh have beer Harvest in Umatilla County Will be Bigger Than Anyone Anticipated a Few Weeks A go ThniiKti harvest in I'mauHa emmty win Ik from ten days tu .t fortnight ItU in itarttne. it win prove tiKKr nne when finished lhan inyOM hud any runon to expert a few weeks uK). 'i his is the COnCOIUUl '( Opinion am- oni tnUn btu'ri farmni and others rfdl HIS. The culil 8.riii)f had the effect Of delaying the grain comiderable and el hoti unit ego conditions were any I thing luii promleing. However, th recent Metni fulltn b the warm San of Confederate General to Com- ii ""'" CAPT OORDON JOHNSTOH " ' waniinii w igam i iii n NEW YOUK. Jury 11. Authorlzu-i lion has been given Captain Gordon1 KOMK. July 11 Kaiser Wllhelri Johnston of the Eleventh Un!td an,i j.-rnnz Josef r, i-e sent an urgent states cavalry, to accept a. COmmls-l request to Czar Ferdinand asking for son as colonel 6l DM Twelfth New!,,,, dispatch of Pulwarlan troops to York Infantry. Captain Johnston has been sorv- ing chief aide to Major-Genera! Leonard Wood. The colonelcy of the, Twelfth was offerert him at the re- es of the Russian.' ar.d Italians wou'd quest of the officers and men of th,trlng Roumanla into the war, and regiment The war department has been i slderlng his acceptance for the last fortnight. I Captain Johnstm is the son of the nli surviving n ajor general of the con1 derate' army. Although his fam 10. Wheat ' lly originally ceme from North Csro No. 2. red line, soon after the war of the re- bellion thev n o' ed to Alabama His 'mother Is one of the regents of Mmint v et not) unable to make a perceptible impres sion, despite this overwhelming super iority of men The impetuous dashes have frequently carried the British Into the Herman positions but they were immediately killed or captured j The French, more prudent, progressed! somewhat south of the Somme. Thus; far neither has developed such a powerful attack as would be necessary to break the deadlock completely and roll the liermans rrom France and rninoers. i ne imam 1 1 ran riff liii when the extent of the British losses become known In England, public opinion will demand peace without further slaughter German experti are certain that the British will no'. quit the attack without feeling out ill sectors. Some optimistic German cor respondents believe that the allied of tensive already is at a standstill (lavs of the past week have brought OUI the clops Wonderfully, especially ill the lighter land sections and the yield will not, fall far short of the normal if weather conditions cotitin- ut to be favorable At the present tune the wheat and barley is ripening very rapidly and farmers ate getting their combines in readiness. Usually cutting begins in most of be wheat lauds about Jul) Ji and a little earlier around Bcho, Ion this year there will be very little cutting of wheat before August 1. The buries crop will be even later than the wheat crop, according to author!- ties. - j Kight now every farmer in the! county is in midst of his hay harvest and the) are "making hay while the sun shines" and before and after the j sun sets. Delayed by the unseasonable I weather, thev are making up for lost lime. As a usual thine the hav bar-i v esi i naarlne completion bv lulv ' but this year it had hardly started i then. 'I'h.. i.i 1 ibttiirer ., the DNini from now on is hall storms or hot wlnda of the two ihe hall could do more ua mage the t that hot winds; could do now DUld shrivel the wheat a little. Over Four Million Expected. Though Hymen Cohen, market ed itor of the Journal who was here last 'Week, estimates that the yield this vour will be about 1,500,000 bushels o. w heat, local gruinmen declare he is off about a million bushels. The nor mal , i..l.l iu ,.l..u. r.. r, ii,iA an A nn. trainman declared it would not sur prise him to see this mark reached It will be the light land sections j thai will make big yields this year. The so-called pride lands of the res ervatlon and contiguous territory ! will probably fall a little short of nor. mat but the light lands will more than overcome this deficiency, Wheat and barley about Pilot Rock, Nolln. Echo and as far north as Waltula are headed out better than for years and indicate bumper crops at this time. Inasmuch as Ihe light lands exceed the heavv lands in area by far. the Increase in their yield will have a no ticeable effect. The quality of the wheat this year Is also expected to he extremely good and much better than last year, here Is some smut reported from dif ferent sections but not enough to con stitute a menace. Bulgarian Ruler is Asked to Send Men Against Russ LSO 1 ISt.FI) To IKY STOP ITAI. I A.N DRIVE AH.UNST THE VI S l l .l AXS. the Gnllclan and Vrentlno fronts to help check the Itusi an and Italian of fensives. Geneva reforted. They lo'i Ferdinand that the continued succe-s- that Bulgaria then would be squeez ed between Roumai la and Greece 1'irdinand replied tnat a Withdrawal of Bulgarians would invite an Imme diate attack by the allies from Sa i.nika. but promlio to consider .ho appeal The Russian aiVAhce has forced the Austrians to withdraw divisions from Trentlno. C i atlans and Pales have replaced them. Suffrage Leader i '''' yr yr v ISS MABEI VERJSON. TMoh iy Edmonshn. WO& D C. WASHINGTON. July 11. While speaking at the dedication of the new hi me of the American Federation of I.ihor here President Wilson was . heckled by Miss Mabel Vernon a Ne- vada """'age leader, Apes Will be Used by Doctors to Experiment with Paralysis Deadly Germs of Infantile Disease Will be Fought in Effort to Stop Epidemic; Cases Con tinue to Grow in Volume in Mew York and Brooklyn; Total Death Now Over 200. MEW FORK, July 11- Despite prodigious efforts to curb the epidem ic of infantile paralysis, deaths and new cases showed an Increase of 100 per cent in Brooklyn since yesterday Total deaths now amount to 2". Thir- ty-two fatalities were reported today. twenty of them in Brooklyn. Yester day there were only nine in Brooklyn. The total reported cases amount t 1178, One hundred and ninety were reported today, an increase of 90 over yesterday. There was an increase of new cases from all boroughs. Brook lyn had ISE today us against If yes terday, Stales along the Atlantic seaboard have written to the health authorities WILSON TO TAKE THE STUMP PRESIDENT SAI DTO HAVE 1)1. CEDED TO CAMPAIGN FOE 11 IS UF.IXECnON. NEW TORE, July II. It beeaoio, WASHINGTON, July 11 --The known today that President Wilson Is lo use this afternoon adopted the con planing to disregard presidential pre-1 fcrenct report on the rivers and har cedent and make a brief stumping tour ! bora lull earn ing appropriations and In the Interest of his candidacy fori authorizations of nearly forts -three re-electiou. Democratic managers re million dollars, fused to dlgCUSS the matter. It is ur.-l derstood that the presidents menus suggested that he accept some of the numerous invitations to speak vs the president has always wanted to go to the Pacific coast it was predict ed he may do that. Mendelssohn in 1837 read the nun teenth chapter of tne first book of Kings and was so struck by the verse! "Behold the Lord passeth by." that he took it as the foundation for his ora- torlo. "Elijah,' whlcn was begun in Kia ami In im sent for translation to England, where, on August IS, re- bearsals presents begun for f this work. the first i Hec' President J - It was admitted today at the head quarters of the congressional union for Woman Suffrage that Miss Ver non's action was part of a plan which will le continued. asking for information about the epi demiC Yonkers and New Rochelle. authorities have protested to local, health officers against children com-! ing to these towns from New York, j The authorities considered appealing to zoos throughout the country to fur-j r.ish apes upon which to experiment with the paralysis germs. A quarantine has prevented ship ments of monkeys for several months! and the animals are scarce. Houston has raised th embargo on Philippine niunKcys, nut it requires a month to gel them. I gainst rines were assessed today a thousand citizens for infraction of i the sanitation laws. I REPORT ADOPTED BY HOUSE VGREEMENT REACHED OVER RIVERS AND HARBORS 111 I I TODAY. NEWS SUMMARY .euoral. ! arraiua garrison at Chihuahua re- ported to have mutinied and joined Villa. SoTetury of War Raker most ana- or charges again) di'PartiniMit Local Harvest lato but indications are that it will In- g"sl. tivemor ask ivmlleton to juin eUef movement. BAKER ASKED TO EXPLAIN CHARGE AGAINST OEEICE House Adopts Resolution Demand ing Answer to Allegations That Troops Poorly Fed and Equipped. GENERAL PROBE MAY BE MADE! Secretary of War Most Tell If Rail roads I sed Dilapidated Cars In Transporting Militia to the Border; Cannon Attacks Mexican Policy of the Administration. WASHINGTON. July 11 Tha house unanimously adopted a resolu tion today demanding Secretary Ba ker to answer charges that the rail roads transported militia to Texas In dilapidated cars, that the men en route were poorly fed and that many left the mobilization camps poorly equipped. More of Pennsylvania. In troduced the resolution. The house adopted Gardner's reso lution asking Baker to tell how many members of the militia of Arizona, Texas and New Mexico failed to re spond to the president's call for bor der service and how many later were excused from service A resolution for an appropriation of $300,00) to get Americans from the disturbed districts in Mexico brought from Cannon a vigorous denunciation ! of the administration's Mexican policy and a sharp criticism of the president's Detroit speech BE TAKEN HERE IN HEALTH OFFICERS OF NORTH WEST STATES TO CONSIDER EPIDEMIC. PORTLAND. Ore.. July 11. Health officers of Washington. Brit ish Columbia, Idaho. Oregon and Cali fornia, may meet in Portland soon to discuss means for keeping an Infan- i tile paralysis epidemic from the Pa ! ciflc coast. Officials are gathering at j Seattle today for a preliminary con- ference. They may hold a meeting here on Saturday. SEATTLE, July 11. The state health board today outlined plans for state wide quarantine regulations against infantile paralysis, following ci nferences between the governor and physicians the authorities agreed to prepare isolation hospitals to receive any cases. TO LOOK INTO NEW TREATY KISSO-JAPANESF VLLIASCE HE HEVED AIMED AGAINST AMERICA. WASHINGTON, July IL Senator I.ewis introduced a resolution direct ing Ijtnsing to report whether the new Russo-Japanese alliance is not likely to close the open door in Chi na ami result in distster to American hll---. Itrtm It became known today that the American government already has begun quiet inquiries abroad regarding the treaty. It is understood that the treaty contains important secret provisions. About these the t'nited States Is chiefly con cerned. RUSSIANS WILL JOIN IN WESTERN ONSLAUGHT PARIS, July ll- The Bxcelsloi savs the Russian contingents which arrived in France recently and have heen quartered at Camp DotnaHly, near Troves, have been sent to join the French forces at the front. Five contingents of Russian troops landed at Marseilles between Apr! 10 and Ma 5. after a land and sea tourney of about 17.500 miles from MOSCOW, where they were assembled, to port Dulny, Manchuria, and thenc.i by water, via the Suez canal It was said In Parts several weeks ago that the Russtan contingent, numbering about ;5.000 men might he followed by more substantia num bers, but no word had Iveen recelv ed of further arrivals. The report of the first census contained in an octavo volume of 5" pages. Nowadays rn a d'tade ths census bureau Issues 10 or mors in'qiiarti 000 p volumes with more than 400. GARRANZA FORCE SAID TO DESERT TO JOIN BANDIT Several Hundred Troops at Chihua hua Reported to Have Mutinied; De Facto Heads Deny Stories. NEW ARMY BEING GATHERED Mexicans In Guerrero itri.-t Flock to VOla s Standard, Believing That He Will Head Force Against the Gringoes; Disorders lteported In Chihuahua Section. Eli PASO, July 11. The VlllU tas were repulsed iu an attack on the Carrarua garrison at Parral. Gonzales announced. The infor mation was contained iu a mes sage from (General Garcia. EL PASO, July II Persistent re ports of Mexicans flocking to Villa s standard culminated In an unconfirm ed rumor today that several hun dred Carranzlstas withdrew from the Chihuahua garrison to join Villa. It was reported that disorders followed. Carranza officials here tmphatically denied rumors of a report In the de facto ranks The Guerrero district Is aflame with the Villlsta spirit. Hundreds of na tives have deserted Guerrero villages. presumably to join the new army which they believe Villa will lead per sonally against the gringoes. Motor truck drivers believe tnat the entire district is a hotbed of Villa seintiment. Further north the natives are enjoying the first peace in years The rainy season is now well started, flooding parts o the line. MEXICO crTY, July 11. Govern ment employes who were being drill ed In military service today were or dered to discontinue training If the situation continues to improve, other persons who volunteered against the L'nited States will be instructed to dis continue. It is possible that the Mex ican reply to the latest note will be forwarded today. It is understood to contain a definite proposal for a set tlement of future difficulties and a solution of border problems. Allied Embassies to Protest Diver as a Merchantman FRANCE M ENGLAND WllX SEEK TO HAV E GERMAN SUBMARINE HELD. BALTIMORE July 11. --Captain Huches of the American navy board ed the Deutsehlaud this afternoon to inspect for armam-nt. The manager of the Ocean Transportation Company gave him the commission. Captain Koenig agreed. The inspection was made at the instance of the Rnglish and French embassies who declare it improper to harbor the ship as a merchantman. England and France will exert even effort to prevent the l'nited States from recognizing the Deutseh land as a merchantman and to pre vent the operation of a line of sub mersible as freighters, the embassies declared. The British embassy de clared that any submarine potenti ally is Barckle warship told Am British counsellor lean officials thi-. Rio JANEIRO, J cial newspaper hen sister ship of the uly ll. -An offi declared that a super-submarine Deutschland, crossing the Atlantic, would arrive here within ten days. The state chancellor received the no tification. I, I I A . Ldl1UM.d)C HRIM Criticises Poles and Overhead Wires In a let'ture at 'he Christian church tst evening on the subject of land- si ape architecture, , Portland gave advi I cation of lawns and I Seubetln, here dui I criticised the poll wires in the busm city. I The lecture last trated and pictures I fating hi w the wi h j Burdens ot at Uli In th urs of his MOWN Mr H'ir- date told as to th- proper manner of '.roiiping shrubbery and advised - against th. 'a ' In park-
