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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The tall DfSgealaa lias IIih largest bona Bda aud Kimi'uiii 1 paid rln ulatlun .of ant paper In Orrguu, of Portland and If far the largest elm ulallon In l'eudlehm or any newipaper. DAILt EVENING EDITION H EITHER ltd Tuesday fair, .inner Tu 1 l Tf KDAT S WEATHER RATA. Maximum temperature,' al; mini mum. It; rainfall. wind fM weather, cloidy CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916 NO. 886:i GOVERNMENT IS READY TO TAKE In Case Trainmen Strike, Action Will be Swift Toward Acquiring and Operating Property. TIME SEEMS TO BE RIPE NOWI J. .1. kiiitan of the IH'iMirtiiiciil nf I alN.r Makes Prediction on Prob able Course should Strike Occur: I .o eriunonl Iti'counluil laghl-lloiir day : Men Would Kcliirn. ST. LftJIIi July 17.- Declaring that the government 1h better prepared than ever to operate the railroads. J. J Keetran of the department of labor predicted that the government would take over the road should the four railroad brotherhoods call a strike II the government takes over the roads the men will resume their work Im mediately, said Kcegnn. an the fT - ernment recogniaes the eight hour dav one of the points in contention in the present controversy Kcegnn Is here to mediate between the Missouri Pacific and the track men who are threatening a strike. II would not say that any plans had n formulated to take over the roads hut declared that the step could not be avoided if th men leave their poM- It Is practically certain that Ihl brotherhood will vote to strike. A con, promise seems probable, he said, but should a break occur the govern -ment would uet within a few hours mum ihe railroad - and never again re turn them to private ownership. Boosters for the Round-Up to Make Tour of Northwest piuirr si) utao.N get aw ai 'tills MORNING It) I.K- tub snow. To shout the praises of lh Round-Up to an Oregon east of th Caacada mosntalna, Idaho, M on tan n,i Kuatern Washington. W. P "Kit" Carson and W. C. E, Pruitt! left this morning in the Pruitt auto mobile. With them is curried the Itound-t'p films which will be shown in all of the principal cities, accompanied by a lecture by Mr Car son. The greutesi publicity campaign ever conducted by the Ruund-L'p Willi i. wired this war as It is generally ,.,, ip, by railroad ufflcials and, naa In tnuoh with CundlUOM that thai llii crowd will far sunrpass aliv I OVER RAILROADS which has ever witnessed the show on says the proposition will Be care on. lady coming up rrom San Fran-1 fully looked Into. Cisco the other night was besieged It is said the district affected by with questions when It was known the new ruling of the Insurance oom that her home was In Pendleton, the panics will he business houses on home of the Kound-Up and when Main and Court streets and that the train swung Into Pendleton ther.il dwellings mas be included In the wuk not room for all of the tourists j raise. who wlehed to say at least that thev had seen the place where the great wild west exhibition is held. All were familiar with the show and were planning to be here If possible The coming of Secretary' McAdoo (Continued on Pate Three.) Mlldlng IUU introduced. WASHINGTON. Jul 17. --The pub lla building bill carrying thirty five million dollars was Introduced ill the house despite the president's oppo sition. It Is not expected to be pass ed at this session. The appropri ations Include I1U.UH" for a building site at Corvallls. - suit is tiled. Through Attorney Will M. Peterson suit was filed In the circuit court to day by West Coast Specialty Oo. against J It. Sparks for tlOX.DS al leged to lie due the plaintiff for mer chandise. Marriage UcOBgBg Issued. Marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk Saturday to Glen Hudd Pltd Attn! Sloan; Everett Anderson Thatcher and Clara Ardelia Johnson 25 Machinists Wanted. The U, 8. civil service commission .innonnces that II machinists are wanted at Die Paget Sound naw yard. Hromerton, Wash. Pay. 3 01 to $.40H per day. A special exami nation has been announced for RUV hlnlsts. Receipt or applications will close July 27, 1918 For application blHtik apply to the recorder, Imnrd of labor employment, Puget Sound navy ; inl. Hremerloii, Wash. More ltUMttlis Arrle. BREST. July IT Another convoy ol Pusslun troops lauded here today BRADY GAINS GOLF TITLE ft JfVKF. BRADY BOSTON, July 17. Mike Hrad, the Oakley professional. Is now the open galf champion of Massac husetts. He Kalned this title as the result of th Playoff of the tie with Patrick J "oie. iiraoy cuing 74 strokes for his l rounu while Doyle reiiuli I '"inplete the eighteen holes. I Kti tu Commercial Club Protests Against Insurance Rates i m.k i i in si: i i 'ihe It ITEH I. i:lis To Vllin. IV. Mi l l) III lit. pro t eating against the raise in in surance rates In Pendleton from 18 I r cent to per cent, tl Pendleton bisinesa men inei in the Commercial aseocjatlon rooms las! week. p lis understood that all fire Insurance companies POBtrmplatS litis raise n' H les In the rtate. The insurant) men wi re represent- e,i b c, D. Oabrlrlson apedal agent 01 the Queen Insurance Co.. and I). K. Atkinson, special agtnl of lite Nor thern of London, Mr. Atkinson stated thai for the laat five years In some sections of the States in several of the insurance companies the fire loaOM had been Kreater than the amount of the premiums and the companies COUld not renew policies at the old rates Two years ago the rates in Pendle ton were reduced materially owing to the first class fire department and apparatus installed and the excellent gravity water ayatem. Since Pendle ton has such excellent facilities for fire. ftKbt Iiik and the fact that there hgV) been but very few serious fire. during Ihe past fi irs the march- ants feel us if I higher rate w ui. I be UnJUM. George H. Clark of the I tiiatilla oiinty .Merchant s Assorlatl- Mrs. F E. Judd has returned from Portland where she has been visiting n le nds Big Submarine is Prepared to Dash From Port BALTIMORE, July 17. The Deutschland plana to slip down the Patomai Into Chesaapeaki Bi United Press toduy. The loading Will he finished tomorrow, No visitors will be permitted aftei either here or at New York. KAISER ON . BRITISH lONDON, duly 17. Tin inli-i-h nave Wormed ami captured tiennau aaoond pnatttonn on a fifteen hundred yard front, llalg aaajaried this afternoon. The Rritish haw advanced northwest of the Baaentln woods, and arc now at the wry edge of Mar- Unpunch village. l.ii.VIXiN, July 17.- The kaiser was at the Sotnme front when his army re treated before the British on Satur day., it became known today. An of ficial Perlin stutentent confirmed re ports of the kaiser's presence, saving that heconferred with his Command ing general! and gave several iron crosses. Pctrugrad reports that the Germans ire massing in enormous forces before Kovel, hoping to stall the Russian : Mourning 25" rmw m44tt : WT CAPT. BOYD'S J-UMERAIV, This- picture shows the body uf streetl Of Bl Paso at the funeral th' ASTORIA REHEARING DENIED INTERSTATE OMMKIMT. Olt DBB8 RATES KFFEtTlVE SETT. 15. WASHINGTON, July 17 The in lerstate commerce commission has denied the upplicatTon for a rehear ing in the Astoria rate case ordering Astoria placed on a parity with Pu get Sound ports railroad rates. The new rates were ordered to lie effec tlVe September II, on pi,- Married. .lames W. Hrown. popular Pendle ton man and 1'addie Ring were united in marriage Saturday night by Rev. C. O Hodshire at the Methodist church. The groom Is well known In Pendle ton being connected with the Brown furniture company. Milton College Sues. The Columbia Junior College in stigated suit in Ihe circuit court to day against the Seventh Day Advent 1st church of Milton to quiet title I" land. The plaintiff college Is repre sented by attorney S. D. Peterson. SOMME FRONT, SMASH GERMv , LINE machine. A comparative culm there is believed to prelude heavy important fighting Kovel s fall would be a staggering blow to the central pow ers, completely dtarupting their plans by menacing Lemberg and opening the Had from Ureal to ljtovsk thereby threatening the rear of the Pinsk re gion and necessitating a German withdrawal. The Russians- do not lack ammunition A semi-official news agency at Her 1 in wired, according to Petrograd. of ficial casualty list" showing that the Runaloa losses since the beginning of the present offensive until July 1st have been more than 61.'.00f. Dispatches from the British front today brought eew details of Satur day's successful Hritish attack when the woods of Belleville and Bazentl nlepetlt were captured and the Hrit ish penetrating the third line trenches at one point. The Pritish carried the for Dead Leader Captain Boyd hfaiig followed by the Of the heroes of Carrlzal. sari SIGNS RURAL CREDITS BILL PRESIDENT WILSON ACCOM PA NILS T WITH SPEECH TO THE FARMERS. WASHINGTON, July 17 Accom panying his act with a speech paying tribute to the farmers. President Wil son signed the rural credits bill, pro viding for a system of land mortgage banks, to handle long time mortgage loans to farmers. N'eumaa vs. Itarrett Suit was filed In the circuit court today by Attorneys Peterson and Pishon for Herman NeUman against H. A. Barnett. The plaintiff asks for J31S0 for an alleged breach of con tract in connection with a Wse of land. Man Is Picked l'p. C. W. Rogers was arrested here Sat urday by Deputy Sheriff Joe Rlakle In connection with a civil artinn to re cover money. Rogers was taken to Bend t,d;i i J H Montgomery Walla today. is In Walla tomorrow n tonlaht. 'l'ii German lines on the outskirts of Poz ieres. Martinpuneh. two of the most strongly defended posts before Bapa ume. The assault was begun at moon light, just preceding daylight. It fol lowed an artillery attack exceeding the bombardment of two weeks ago In intensity. Ths Germans works were blotted out, leaving only ruined redoubts behind which machine guns raked the attackers until they too were Mown to pieces by bombs. The Longueval fighting is bitter in underground works and cellars. PARIS, July 17. Russian troops en the French champagne front coun ti r-attacked successfully last night, inflicting heavy losses It was an nounced. No important fighting in the Sotnme region was announced. The French progressed on the Ver dun front, capturing three mltralle-uses. Observed &wrt..F,'Li S&ZYCt.. rrizal ficht through NEWS SUMMARY I General. Itritish force Let-mans hack while kaiser is at Somme front. Government may take over railroad. - in ewnt of a strike Villa is believed to lie dead for per tain. IS persons killed in floods in North (and ina. Local. If I niatilla INn-t is created commis sion will have iovr to bond distriit, II. J. Carson and W. C. E. Pruitt off to boost Round-Up. IVndletnn business men protest against proposed raise in insurance rats. Forgers re rrested. William Settle and a man named Os burn were arrested In Canyon City Batnrdaj for forging I check on Ida M. York in Grant cunty. The check was drawn on a Pendleton bank about: six months ago. The men confessed , the crime to the officers. The arrest j was made b a Burns detective agency. I aSM: ,N u J safrHnaaMNiai m. peat) tjMsMBMBS glit, a member of the clew told the Bremen l expected In a few days, Asphalt Plant is Being Considered by County Court OITFIT MAY Bl PURCHASED To IMPROVE ROAM THHOl'GH OIT TRK coi N'TY. The county court Is considering the proposition of purcnasing a county asphalt plant for the Improvement of Cmatllla county roads. The plant would put on 90 per cent asphalt per mile and would be. It is thought, a so lution of the problem of good roads. J. C. iAtture of Portland, well known road machinery man. Is In Pendleton today conferring; with the court oji the proposition. 15 PERSONS ARE LOST IN FLOODS TWO TRAIN'S CTT OFF BY HIGH WATER; NORTH CAROLINA lOWS ISOLATED. ASHEVILLE, N". V., July 17- Two Clntlnnati-bound trains have been lost as a result of the flood which swept eastern North Carolina I with a loss of 15 lives All railway , and commercial telegraph lines are j down. It is feared that those aboard the trains are enduring hardships. ! The danger of food famine at Ashd ; ville today caused the city author! 1 ties to seize all food supplies Gaso i line prices have risen to $1 a gallon i and the city also seized the entire I supply. More than 50u are home less. The flood came so suddenly ! that many were forced to wade out 1 Cornelia Vanderbllt, daughter of the i lite Alfred Vanderbilt, personally ! conducted rescue work at Biltmore. CHARLOTTE, July 17 Grave fears are felt that me rescue party attempting to save twenty persons en- gPed by the Catawaua river, when la Southern railway trestle broke last night, have been loot. A boat carry ing the rescuers capsized. None wasi found. The Southern railroad prac tically has suspended traffic south of Washington. A second bridge went out at 3 o'clock this morning. Trains are unable to proceed beyond Salis bury. - - ' M OfC Strenfltn SnOWd in Chicago Market CHICAGO. July 17. (Special) Range of prices today: Open High Close July 11.11 1.12, I1.11V4 Sept $1.14 11.14 17. (Spe- Portland. PORTLAND, Ore , July ciai i club H; bluestem iH I.tvernool. LIVERPOOL July t Spot market firm: Xo. 2 Wheat- red western j winter, Ms lOd; No. 1 Manitoba. Us 4d; (fl.lt per btti No. I .uaimooa I S5 .000.000 1 and insti lis 3d. New York Is to have a endowed dental dispensary tution for dental research PORT COMMISSION, IF CREATED. WILL HAVE POWER TO BOND DISTRICT FOR ROADWAY WITHOUT VOTE OF PEOPLE if the proposed port of I'matilla is formed in accordance with the moe now underway among farmers north west of the city the port commissi oners, to be appointed by the gover nor, will have power to bond the port district and to levy taxes upon the property In the district. I'nlike the road subject the people d not vote OB bonding a port dist rict, the entire matter being In the handl of the port commission Thus the Pitman enterprise for a concrete iiada costing ttju.ooo will be formation on the subject the Baal Oregonlan herewith publishes para- graph I of the por law, relating to is- j ruing bonds I, To BolTOW M and Bonds- Tot the purpose of ear Into effect all or any ef the m slanted such corporation -hall bonds s,all however, never exceed in the aggregate, tea per cent of the as- s. ssed valuation for state and county ! urposes of all property within the Ptuits of said corporation which Is by VILLA REPORTED DEAD; TROOPS TO QUIT IN MONTH United States Expedition Under Pershing are Prepared to Leave Mexico With Short Time, Reported ALL TROUBLE BELIEVED OVER War Department official IHVUree That This country Wow "-"erf There w ill lie N Further Crisis In Situation; Villa's Same I'sfld to Terrify Carranzfetag. WASHINGTON, July 17. Villa is dead and Pershing's troops will leave Mexico within a month. The militia men on the border will return home within three months, a high war de partment official declare. today. Minority leaders are using Villa's name to Inspire fear among the Car ranzistas. Carranza la stronger In Mexico than ever betore, principally because he has averted a war with America without loss of dignity. Ar my men declared there Is not one chance in a thousand of further trou ble with Mexico, either through a repetition of the Parral or Carrlxal Incidents, or bandit raids Since the Carrlzal attack has been cleared up and Carranza's note received, the war department has considered that the Mexican trouble was over. "Villa himself, copld not hurt Car ranza now.'' declared the official, "and Villa is dead, according to our reports. I believe his name is being used to embarrass Carranza and In spire fear. We believe he is dead and that his cause is buried with him." EAGLE PASS. July 17 Carranza troops at Pledras Negras and Mod clovia have moved southward to op pose large Villlsta forces marching to. ward the border, Mexican sources re ported. BAKERY IMPROVEMENTS MADE OTTO HOIIIl ACII PLACE ON EAST COl'RT STREET I'N'DER GOES ALTERATIONS. Otto Hohbach of the Hohbach Ba kery has made extensive improve ments in his shop on east Court street. A fine new Peterson oven has been installed at a big expense. With this oven there is no chance for dirt aa the fire is made at the back of the oven. When the new- apparatus is in stalled there will be no bread handled by hand at .ill but all will be prepared j for the consumer by machinery. The oven la to be painted with three coats of enamel. A partition has been re rimved to make more room and a glass front will be put up between the hnlro eh., i, o.l - . . . - , ... au inr .-4,,r so it .ii o;i - irons may see the shop and workmen at all times A ISrtO range is to be placed in the kitchen and a complete renovation made. The Improvements represent an investment of 17000 and with the additional equipment the shop can turn out 6na loaves of bread daily. j law assessable for Oate and eonntv j I UrpOOea Such bonds shall be issued I from time to time as the board of I eoaumlaalontra of said corporation I may determine and shall Be of toeh j denominations and shall run for such term of years and bear such rate of (Merest as such board of commissi. shall determine such bonds shall pr.ni, led. how not b,-ar uiter ent the rale of est exceeding In any e' six per cent per aim u shall i im it ted In behal corporation, to its presld ml th- the -;il, I Hid see. loaad as I herein tlae and pram . . then M - o In na , sum a unslderatlon ..f th. Tutted states with interest thereon In like gold com at the rate er an. num named therein Pays bis half yearly ..o the fir-t da) of Jaaoan anil July in each ic.ii in aeaordMMO wllh the tenor and terms of Interest r,,u The neat paragraph of the tad gfvea. the p.,rt comoalsaloneri p,,er in
