East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 05, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHKR Fair tonight and NMH YESTERDAY'S WEAIttKIt DATA. Maximum temperature. , mini mum. 44: rainfall. 0: wiml. northwest Kentle. weather, clear. TO ADVERTISERS. Tht Kant Oreionlan tt&N the larKftt i ':! ud() ifimrtnteeil paid dnulatluu of any paper In Oregon, east of t'ortland aod Is far the Urgent circulation Id l'eudletoo of uy newapaper CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 191.. NO. 8880 GERMANS MASSING FOR GREAT COUNTER MOVE ON EASTERN .' S K f VON H1NDENBURG 6. 0. P. RESPONSIBLE FOR MEXICO OUTRAGES DECLARES LEWIS Death of Every American Soldier on Border Laid at Doors of the Republican Party. SENATE HEARS CHARGES 1 1 uglier, (tailed l.wlcr of .An Army of mood-Tarnished Votarlew Villa Hand I la Declared to Have Found .AlliCK 111 Kipilblil Itll (frlMTttls Wliu Dim Tedllod VIIMn. WASHINOTON, Aug. 5 Senator UtwiK addressed the senate charging that republican lenders were respon Mlbl for the American lives lost In Mexico. He declared the republican attempts to discredit the president en couraged the Vlllistas. He said. "Here th s da I put the responsibil ity for the death of every American soldier killed on tne border during :.nt upon the generals of the re. republican party. 1 charge that Mex. lean outlaws didn't shoot at the sol dlera of the American president until the republican parly captains shot it him " He answered Hughes' Mexican statements and shouted: "The cr has gone forth that Mexico Is the Is sue The Issue, nVnd you. No prin ciple is to be vindicated, no Justice asserted No. But Mexico Is the po litical Issue. The army Is suinoned. the mercenary, concessionaire, the European bondholder, the mining buccaneers, the land pirates, the pil lagers of the peons, the oppressors ot liberty, and all this procesa.on of blood tarnished votaries Is led by Hughes." He also charged that Villa bandits found allies in the republican lead ers. Senator Fall of New Mexico, re plied. He called Lewis a court Jes ter and sharply assailed Wilson's Hex lean policy. Posse is Hot on Convicts Trail SALKM, Aug., o. Three of the six convicts from the Oregon stale prison vere seen near Sweet Home, traveling li foot A posse Is hot OK their trail 9 f, Vernon Is Back. Buffalo Vernon arrived back In Pendleton yesterday from the Wil lamette valley and southern Oregon where he took part in several small Wild west shows. He will leave to morrow for Kallspell, Montana, but will return for the Round-Up. Ho will be accompanied to Kallspell by Jack Carpenter, well known qugillat, who has been here for the past week. God Third Crop. According; to George Strohni of ilermlston, who was nere yesterday, the third crop of afalfa on the gov ernment project win be a large ons. He states that several cars of hay are being shipped out of Hermlston dally. Mr. Strohm spec.allxea In hog raising and has made this industry pay him well. He has on his ranch now 130 spring; shoats. Ounce at JunctSon. A number of Pendleton people at' 'ended a dance at Rleth last night. LEADERS Italy Forbids Her Subjects mm Throughout the World From wr r t f w MM Trading With the Enemy ROME, Aug. 5. The government has published a decree forbidding Italian subjects throughout the world fj-om maintaining business relations MM AND MACKENSEN PLAN TO LEAD E THE OFFENSIVE NEAR POZIERES German Second Line Trenches are Penetrated for Two Thousand Yards. FLEDRY FIGHTING FURIOUS FRENCH, HAItlilt ADKD HMllMi WRECKAGE SWmnP IRWla WITH MACHINE OCXS. LONDON, Aug. ,'). The British haw Mulilcnlv resumed the offensive. Malg n-iMirted they have oatfiircd two thousand yards of German SfOODd line trrnrhew north of Iirali-ri's. Seve ral hiimli i d H-tsonrrs wort- taken. Tin- Australians, part of Kitchener's recruits dHlveml the a I nick llo-IH-aKil German OOHBW MWfcl against the new isisltions were re pained, PARIS Aug. f.. -French troop, have repulsed IDJMU German assaults at Verdun. They defeated efforts to recapture Thlnutnnnt and Fleury. The German attack started ut nine lasl night after a most heavy bombard ment. The .communique suld "The enemy failed to gain an Inch and suf fered heavy losses." Several German patrols were dispersed along the Sommee. There were seventeen air battles In which four German aeroplanes were destroyed. Two German aeroplanes fell on their own lines and two fell near Ver dun. The Germans advanced In dense columns against the whole Fleu r -Thlaumont line. There was des perate hayonettlng In the streets ot PleUry. The Germans charged re peatedly The French barricaded themselves behind ruined building and idles of wreckage and swept the streets with machine guns and rifle fire. The French artillery silenced the German batteries shelling the i Thlaumont region. BERLIN. Aug. 5. It Is announced the British have lost heavily in at I tempting un ad Van OS north of Ovlllers In Foureaux forest. Russian attempts to cross the Dvina -river near Dweten were repulsed. The Austrian war of fice announced that a cavalry saber charge shattered the Russian attack. The Russians have abandoned attacks except neur the Stochod river on the Brody fronts. ENTER DEBATE ON A WASHINGTON, Aug. . Confi dential Mexico City messages said that Carranza Is willing to enter a general discussion of the problems affecting the Mexican economic situation. This ended the fear that Carranza might refuse to discuss anything except mil itary matters. The American govern ment will not appoint a conference commission until assured that con ferees can broad mlndedly discuss the Improvement of Mexican conditions with the enemy. The decree partic ularly affects trading between Ital- nns and Germans. It declares all contracts are void and threatens of- fenders with severe punishment. BRITISH HA If AGAIN RESUMED CARRANZA W BASIS HUGHES STARTED ON i a aaa ..... .J 10,000 IE TOUR! I! It I L)i '. KI I A M PTON. Long Island. Aug. 6. Hughe has stated on a ten thousand mile speaking tour. His Itinerary covers the entire country. He returns to New York September lOih. Mrs. Hughes accompanies him He spends Sunday at Niagara Falls. The tour Includes Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho points. OREGON MILITIAMEN GET MUCH HIGHER STANDING IN THE ARMY PHYSICAL TESTS THAN GUARDSMEN OF EASTERN STATES HK.VHyiAHTKRS OREGON NA- TJOXAL Gl'ARIi. Calexlco. Aug. 5. I The Oregon militiamen today passed the I'nlted States army physical tests. It Is indicated that the ratio of those rejected Is much lower than In the eastern militia. The examinations will continue several days. The list of rejected was not announced. The guardsmen are worrying over getting back their Jobs after their re lease under the dependent clause. They were considerably relieved when h was announced that all guardsmen will receive travel pay to the enlist ment point Proposed Strike an Argument for Government Title NOKRIS WILL PISH IMKTKINK OF PUBLIC INTERESTS IF TIK-CP MATERIALIZES. WASHINGTON. Aug. ;. Senator Norris declared the threatened strike is a strong argument for government ownership. If the strike conies Nor ris Intends to urge the doctrine of pri vate ownership of a public utility is against public interest. He will intro duce a bill for the construction or purchase of p. coast to coast govern ment railroad. He proposes to oper ate It as a model utility. URGES THREE ROUTES OVER BLUE MOUNTAINS Three good roads over the Blue Mountains are being urged by A. F. Alexander of the Cp-to-The-Tlmes Magazine of Walla Walla, who has lieen In the city this week . He con siders the building of these roads one of the essential factors in the devel opment of eastern Oregon and south eastern Washington. Mr. Alexander thinks that ono road across the mountains should be liullt from Pomoroy, Washington, to Enterprise, Oregon, one from Walla Walla by way of Toll Gate to the Grande Ronde valley and the present road from Pendleton to La Grande improved. He states that steps have already bean taken looking to the building of the Toll Gate road and expects to see it put through in the near future. Pomeroy people he declares are strong for the eastern route. The present road from Pendleton to La Grande is in such shape, he says, us to deter auto tourists from coming this way. Mr. Alexander thinks ths building of the three roads would not hurt any community commercial ly but would aid in building up all of them. MAY OPEN OWN RESTAURANTS STRIKING Cl'LINARV WORKKIIS IV vt v i it x VI i VI i Til It I.' i T. EN MOVE 1 SA. FRANClsco, Aug. S, Strik ing culinary workers threaten to open their own restaurants. The cooks union plans to persuade union icemen to refuse to deliver Ice to open shop restaurants. lHTIiKR'S WIDOW TO GET A IiAIMJKR PENSION WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, The sen ate gave lieutenant-colonel's rank to Major M. C. iiutler who was re cently killed In Alpine, Texas, by Henry Spannel. This means Butler's widow gets a larger pension. ATTACK WHICH Ra'lroa1d ediaT,i0" Resolution Tabled by Senate Officials WASHINGTON, Aug 5. The sen ate interstate commerce commission tabled the resolution suggesting a mediation of the railroad strike con troversy. This Is an important vic tory for the Railway Brotherhoods. The railroad and national chamber of commerce requested an investiga tion of the whole subject. The Brotherhoods were opposed. The Ancient Order of Nocturnal Pirates had an unusually busy night. As a result six members of company B, second Washington infantry, smell strongly ot soap, lhc rirulcs organ-: Ized to bathe and haircut all troop Sri refusing voluntarily to perforin their toilet. They work every night, i The desert heat is a hundred and twelve degrees. The third battalion of the Washington infantry, under Major Lovejoy, marched within 'ew feet of the Imperial City limits, the only wet town within miles and then turned around and marched back. The troopers bemoaned their fate. LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS OP KILLING 2 AND SOITH HEN D, Ind.. Aug. 5. A lo comotive of a I jike Erie Western pas senger train exploded today and En gineer KisMiian and Fireman Hidden were killed. Many were Injured. The train was Mown off the track. BLUE RESIGNS PLACE AS NAVIGATION HEAD WASHINGTON, Aug 5. Admiral Blue resigned today as chief of nav igation and will be assigned to com mander Leigh C Palmer will suc mand the battleship Texas. Com mander Leigh C. Palmer will succeed Blue as head of navigation. Captain Leigh C Palmer, chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet, will suc ceed Blue in the bureau of naviga tion. WHEAT UP 2CTS PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 5. (Speci al. Club wheat reached 1 OS here today and bluestem $1.14. This is rec ord fur bluestem. With bad crop re ports from east and Europe. Pacific northwest crops steadily growing bet ter. Crop estimates are bigger than 10 days ago. Chicago Market. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. (Special) Pri ces todav: Open High Close Sept $1.36 $1.36 $1.35 Dec $1.3914 $1.3!" Il.lt tt FIGHT STAGED IN AUTO BUS; DRIVER IS HURT Two Are Arrested Following Wild Ride from Coo Bay to Roseburg. HOSBBURO, Ore.. Oct. 5. Preston Baker, operator of an auto Stage left Coqullle Wednesday evening with three passengers. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Millett and A. M. Griffin, all of Coos county. According to the story of the passengers, all became more or less Intoxicated on the way. and near Winston a general fight started. l!a ker, driver of the auto, was thrown from the machine and left unconsci ous b the roadside. The others drove the car to with a mile of Rose burg. when It collided with a It earn roller, and was nearly demolished. Warrants of arrest were issued her' Thursday morning for Baker and Millett. each on a charge of driving on automobile While In an lntoxlcat en condition. PORTLAND 1 BERLIN BELIEVES Mayor Best Case is Appealed to Supreme Court ARGUMENT WlUi BE HEARD AT SESSION OF BODY IN OCTOBER. The appeal to the supreme court of the state In the Mayor J. A. Best case was filed today with Clerk Lee Moor h use of the court, by Attorneys Fee & Fee, counsel for the mayor. The supreme court will take up the pro position at their session in October. - ASKS NEWSPAPERMEN TO MEET IN PENDLETON i Commercial Club Sends Invita- tion to Convention Being Held at Medford. The Pendleton Commercial associa- ,j,.n vesterdav telegraphed an invita tion to the State Editorial Associa- I tion. in convention at Medford, to meet in Pendleton next year, urging the claims of eastern Oregon to the 1,'IT meeting and assuring the editors that Pendleton would sustain her reputation as a convention city The convention next year will probably be held in June, though there is no fixed time for the meet ing. Though the editors have all been invited by the directors ot the Round-Up to attend the show this year and every year, the association was not asked to meet in Pendleton during the RoUnd-Up as it was felt that the newspapermen would prefer to convene when there is nothing to detract from the business meetings. Umatilla county is represented at the ed.torial convention by Lloyd Riches, editor of the Stanfleld Stand ard, Clark Wood, editor of the Weston Leader, and E. B. Aldrich. editor ot the Bast Oregonian. The first session was held yester day and was featured by a sugges tion to form a trl-state association. The delegates were taken to the Cal ifornia line yesterday afternoon and storped at LIthia Park. Ashland, en route back to receive the hospitality of the Ashland people. Tomorrow they will be taken to Crater Lake. DAMAGING EVIDENGE REVEALED AGAINST BOMB SUSPECT ! WARREN BIUdNGs IS CENTER Off THREE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS . 1 SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 Dep-; j uty District Attorney Brennan has re- j vealeci three developments considered j damaging to Warren Billings, thej I bomb suspect. He declared he hadi obtained a camera from Thomas j Momiey the night before the explo-j 8lon. He claimed to use the camera ' to carry explosives. Billings metl Mooney at the office of "The Blast." an anarchist paper and discussed plans shortly before the disaster. The police are endeavoring to trace a threatening letter to Billings SMYTHE AND LONERGAN TAKE OVER BUSINESS Retail Ice Business of B. L. Burroughs is Purchased By New Firm. . The retail ice business of B. L. I burroughs was this morning purchas. ed by Smythe and Lonergan The frm will now manufacture their own Ice and retail it to Pendleton consum ers. An effort will be made to per fect their delivery system and are de sirous of having all objections to the s. rvtce ut any time brought to their attention. Smythe and Lonergan will take over the retail business Mon day morning. Judge III Gerald on Vacation. To pass a vacat on. Judge Fit! i ilerald went to Lehman Springs this I morning His place will be filled by 'judge. John Halley, Jr. WILL BE THE CRISIS OF THE WAR LONG TROOP TRAINS ARE LEAVING HOURLY Austrian Crown Prince Will Direct Galician Operations and Terrify Roumanians so as to Prevent Ferdinand From Joining Allies. LONDON, Aug. 5. The Germans are massing- troops and guns on the eastern front preparatory to a great counter-offensive. Von Hindenburg plans to lead the attack to stem the Russian advance toward Kovel and Lemberg. Several neutral dispatches brought the news. Berlin reports were p'artially con firmed. For several days long trains have been leaving Berlin hourly, crowded with troops. Berlin believes the war crisis is approaching. Great crowds cheer the departing troops. Field Marshal Von Mackensen has joined Hindenburg. The Austrian Crown Prince is directing the Galician operations. Amsterdam reported that Hindenburg planned to smash southeast of where the Slavs have achieved their greatest successes. He also in tends to terrify the Roumanians and prevent King Ferdinand from joining the allies. Turks Attack Romani LONDON, Aug. 5. It is announced that fourteen thousand Turks attacked British positions at Romani 23 miles east of the Suez Canal Thursday night. The battle is continuing with great intensity. The Turks were unable to penetrate the trenches. Romani is 31 miles southeast of Port Said and three miles from the Mediterranean. The battle is along an eight mile front on both sides of the Egyptian-Syrian caravan trail. At dusk Friday many Turkish assaults were repulsed. The troops are fighting on the desert sands at a temperature of a hundred de grees. The British southern flank smashed the Turks and cap tured five hundred prisoners. British warships at Tina Bay near the northern flank are heavily shelling the Turks. FISH AND PHEASANTS FOR UMATILLA COUNTY TKOIT FRY AND CHINA PHEAS ANTS ARRIVE FOR PLANT ING OVER COUNTY. Shipments of fish and pheasants for stocking L'matilla county streams and fields are being sent out by the fish and game comlssion, one ship ment arriving yesterday. It consisted of a carload of trout fry and five c rates of China pheasants. The fish car was taken to the east end of the county and distribution was made at Athena, Weston and Mil ton under the superv.sion of Deputy (lame Warden Ceorge Tonkin. There were 100.000 fish in the car and they were planted in Pine Creek and the Walla Walla Kiver. A shipment was received last week and planted in the L'matilla at Duncan and Mr. Ton kin expects another car in about three weeks for distribution about Ukiah. The five crates of pheasants will be distributed out from Meacham, Mil ton and Pendleton and another ship ment of ten crates is expected soon for Camas valley. Local sportsmen who will aid in the distribution by furnishing autos are asked to report to Mr. Tonkin. HOLMES FARM HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE The farm house of Joe Holmes nine miles south of Pendleton on McKa creek Was totally destroyed by fire Thursday night. When the fire was discovered it was too late and there was nothing saved. The cause of the fire Is unknown. Yesterday Mr. Holmes went to Lehman Springs and took his sons to the place to assist in constructing a new home. No Insur : nee was carried. ROBINS URGES BULL MOOSE TO HUGHES CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Raymond Rob ins, chairman of the last progressive convention has issued a statement supporting Hughes. He urged pro gressives to Join the republicans and said "For myself 1 gladly enlist with the great majority of progressives under the Hughes leadership." He denounced the Illinois democrac) as a cort orat on boss controlled. FRONT PETROGRAD, . Aug 5 It is an nounced the Austrians are heavily countering in Gallcia and Bukowina. They have compelled the Russian withdrawal from the Kuty mountain passes. Austrian attacks were repuls ed south of Brody. A Turkish charge was defeated near Kygl TELEGRAPHERS ASK DEPORTATION Of STRIKEBREAKERS CANADIAN WOKKKlts W ANT MEN CLASSIFIED AS I N DESIR ABLE ALIENS. WINNIPEG, Aug. 5. A commute of the Great Northwestern Commerci al Telegraph Company employes in terviewed Attorney General Hudson. 'They asked him to deport the strike , breakers as undesirable aliens. The ; men say a strike is inevitable. A ma- Jority of the strikers intend to enter ; the I'nlted States to relieve the oper i ators shortage there. FIRST A. GRAN OK (.RAIN SOLD AT Nl NITTY CENTS LA GRANDE. Ore.. Aug Th first of the llg grain crop was Just sold at SO cents per bushel. Al Hug of this section contracted his crop to Kiddle Brothers, millers. The first of this season's wheat was also Just threshed, the yield being SO bushein per acre. Th:s was :o acres of forty fold between lmbler and Alice, MILLION BU, NEW CROP SOLO 200.. no Bl SIIKI.s BRING 7c M A N Y W IT FOR ONI DOUAR Appoximatel) 200.000 bushels of wheat of the 19U crop enai.tfed hands ycsurd.i), most of it btniK'iiiC 97 cents, accord ng to report g ilh- red from various buerm. The brings the total sold so far ol this year s crop to one million bushel, It is estimated. Yesterday morning the local mar ket opened at 5c but little whrat was sold at that price Moat uf ihe farmers held off until evening and a good man) let go of a part of tSetf holding- whn 97 was offered. It In espec led that there will be heav sell ing late today If the nark el reacaaa a dollar it It hrttawd thai the majority lha farmers will let go of their wheat, M la have set that price aa th. ir murk.