to to
to to 'to to to to to to to to to to to
DAILY EVENING EDITION
WE.VrilKK
partly cloudy tonight end Satur
day; warmer Saturday.
Maximum temperature. 77; mini
mum. 47; rainfall. .03; wind, ml,
brink; weather. partly cloudy.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB
VOL. 29
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917.
NO. 9161
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DAILY EVENING EDM - j i . '1 fmn '"'
paper In Orcein, cant of Portland and by ' Tf ail tm "Ti r I -BAIawTT bA .n
fr tbe largest rlriuUllon In IVodltloa of ssasssiaaasssisiessiss '"'i'UyV'nMHHItwa mmmi
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER c-"2 AJ1!! .
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BRITISH SWEEP FORWARD ON 2000 YD. FRONT
HA
SIR KES
SUDDEN
AND TREMENDOUS BLOW SOUTH
OPPY GAINING ALL OBJECTIVES; FALL OF LENS
OF
IS
CERTAIN
Several Days of Desperate Fighting
Thought Likely Before City is Taken;
Hindenburg Gets Ready to Retreat to
Prepared Positions, Releasing a 150
Square Miles of Belgian and French
Territory.
LONDON, June 29. South and southwest of Oppy, Haig
struck another sudden and tremendous blow, capturing the
enemy's forward positions over a front of 2000 yards and
gaining all objectives.
The fall of Lens is considered a foregone conclusidn. Several
days of desperate fighting before the city falls are thought
likely. It is believed Hindenburg plans another retreat to pre
pared positions, releasing 150 square miles of Belgian and
French territory. The French statement revealed another at
tempted German counter offensive on the right bank of the
Meuse. All attacks failed.
WARREN CONSTRUCTION
CO. GETS CONTRACT FOR
THE WILD HORSE ROAD
isu Is reported practically In
mine from the I termini scheme of
tKHiructlon iinu the shells of the
flighting forees. ordinarily lna Is a
t-fty i f 5.1100 population. It's In the
c-ent.-r of one of the richest coal
flHoV In northern France and sur
rounded hy 2(0 square miles which
prior to the war yielded 13.0U0.000
tonp of fuel HllllUAlly.
jrw-mnus Ant KcjH ; iuT.
France and Italy are dlrely In need
oi coal. The victory at Ietia will aid
In relieving; the shortage. . Hal
eudden strike at oppy Is another
eijtniple of the llrltlvh plan of keep
in.; the rjermana guessing hy surprise
nita- k In force. Tho armies around
uppy were quiet for weeks The
ItriliFh seemlnKly concentrated all
their forces for an encircling" drive
around I-ens. The oermnns proba.
My likewise hurried massed reserves
to defend the city.
Illntlranurs; llcirmt Ireparrd.
It la expected Hindenburg Is pre
pared to retreat to a line running
trorn sionnebecke. 15 miles north of
Ulle, to Wile, thence to oarvln. con
necting with the rrocourt switch
line in front of Ioual. Cambral and
St. gucntln.
lu-rllii Admits Isms.
HfiRLIN, June St. After a bitter
hunri to hand hattle the Kngllsh oc
copied the foremost lines of our de
fence between pt and the Havrelle
w indmills. It is officially stated.
IVlween Mulltit-h liii'l Mi-rieourt.
!"rin Kremiov a fur a ;:irele the
'nemy itttaelvi'd.
INDIAN COUNCIL 10
DISCUSSAUOTInENTS
Tribesmen Have Complaint
Over Procedure Being Fol
lowed Here.
Bid of $119,120.42 is Not
Only Lowest for Bitulithic
But for Any Pavement of
Any Kind Offered.
DAM BREAK IS
THOUGHT WORK
OF DYNAMITER
The first te
Horse r"iid, b
ton end, will he hard Huriurt'd wit x
fittndiird hitnliihic hy the Wurren !
J HAKKJt, lire . June 2M. (Special
n m lien of th Wild j lu the Kast 'n-Konian. Thut thu
KinnhiK at the 1'emHe- Killarnugue dam waa blown un i th
must jiroaie explanation of the dis
aster yesterday morninu. Invriir;.
"onsi ruction o. Thin torn,. any wan t,m r.ir-hlnir th r,.ii. .h..
ntraoi ) fi,M,(X yenlerdav fuuitH thai a Kt rinn
the siait- hiKhVH- ruitiiniwinn of lh dai, 4( fet ..M, ut. 1t'fM
deeji had kih? out. The dam had a
j coiuTcie core and during previous
j Hwiwrns the dam had wittiMiood hih
; er water to the extent of 15 feet in
I I hm Lbc t iiiiKu.iiiuii I., o
annnient fitd with the -ouiuy
i-lcrk perniiitinir other rmiiianij to j
"iihmft hldF for 1uinu hitulithiiv two j
com pa n Jen ot h r t han t h- W rren
M Guarantee Peace by
estrom f-1
of Prussia Says Minister
ilitarv
Power
1 his afternoon awardf d th
with th.- n.nwMii of ihr I 'm. 1 til la
-4utit ourt aftir Uh hid h:td heen
tUcliHt-U the lotVcnt aixl htnt.
The winniim hid for the work com
plete Has $119.10.42 which ii'it oliiy
Jwhh the loweHt hid for hhitlithf
FIAT FEET BAR MAN
FROM NAVY BUI AID
Hli.l 10 WIN RACES
. K. Joor. fl'Sl Naval lie
rrntt. rarritw off Pnwkllv AM
A couneil of Tndiann on the I'ma
tilla rejwrvation U lo l held Rt Cay
i'8 on July 10 for the pur pone of di
cumin the allotmont of tribal land
with a view to havlnff the allotlnx of
the land made in auch a way as to be
fair to all those entitled to obtain al
lotments. An announcement to thin effert waa
made today by a Indian committee
composed of Hilly Jnnhaway. I ma-
pirns, and others. cRllins: on the Kaat
Oreaonlan with Otis Half Moon as In;
terpreter. It waa stated that some
Indian are now heinK allowed to
make their selections of land but that
no general notice has been given the
Indian that they can make selections.
So many of the lens, educated Indians
have not learned of the fart are it Is
felt they may be discriminated
against.
There nre IvtwpHji nn and 700 al
lotment to Ih made from the tribal
lands and only those not previously
alloted may obtain land. The council
set for July 1ft ia to be open to all eli
gible to allotment.
In connection with this same sub
ject Billy Joshawav and Otis Half
Moon recently made a trip to Wash
ington where they Interviewed offi
cials of the Indian bureau on the sub
ject.
Construction Co. ku limit ted bid on
thin kind of pavement. There wen
thre bids for a two inch asphalt ic
concrete known as Topeka Mixed and
two for RHphultfc. concrete with a one
inch binder and one and a half inch
top.
Made fin Khim of 12 Feet Wide.
AM bid were mad on the hitatrt of
a 12 foot pavement but the commis
sion reserved the right to Increase
the width for the same unit cost. As
a matter of fact the commission did
decide at once to build the first five
miles, from I'endleton to Haxe. 16 feet
wide. The commission also has the j
right to increase or decrease the j
width of The shoulder as it sees fit. j
The winning bid is on the basin of ;
11.29 per square yard or about
$fSl per mile for the actual hard
surface. The balance of the contract
price ia for rock work and shoulders.
The commission was very much crati
fied that th hard surface coat per
n.lle was under ItO.ftoo because of
pre-election statements made.
1 noer rne terms or tne can ror i lwt nd iis.pd Vestrdav rh rirf-no-
bids, the contracting company is only j of Charles Castner in Hoc creek was
Two ranches, one of them
natural causes. However, there la
possibility ice in the lake might
have damaged the dam so the real
cause of the break Thursday may re
main a mystery, though a further In.
ventilation ia being oun ducted,
feusprvt s Itcfe'-uted.
A laborer named Uray arrested
yesterday at the in stance of officials
of the company owning the reservoir
but was released today after he had
proven an alibi.
The Urea kins or blowing up of the
dam released water that lowered tha
aurface of the lake to the extent of
10 feet. The Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Co. will have a loss of approx
imately $3000. The company fur
nished electricity for Baker and
Haines and both places were cut off
from electricity by the disaster,
though baker was soon supplied by
an auxiliary ateam plant there. -
The Ions of livestock In the flood
was not heavy and no human lives
were lost though some narrow es.
capes occurred. The people In Rock
creek did not know of the flood un
til they heard the snapping of tele
phone poles in the path of the torrent.
In addition to the business houses
PERSHING'S MEN ARE
NICKNAMED SAMMIES
! WASHINGTON. June 29 Mai-j
or-ien. Pershing's men have j
been nicknamed mammies. The I
title bids fair to stick, taking a t
place with the Tommies. Poiius '
and Boehes.
The Sammies will study bomb
and grenade attacks, the new
Briiish bayonet system and sim.
ilar developments of modern
warfare.
The war department still
awaits the receipt of a full re-
port on the arrival of the Per-
shing expedition. Thus far it
him had only a preliminary re-
port, which was withheld.
I
Allies Can Not End Struggle
Until Democratization of the
Germans is Assured Lloyd
George Declares.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
TO DISPOSE OF COLONIES
disposition of German colonies. Meso
potamia can never be restored to th
Turfca blasting tyranny, nor Armenia."
ti o yd -U eo rtf e d ec la, red t he su b ma -rinea
were unable to starve those
stujing at home or drive the allied
armies from the field.
required to give a five year guarantee
for workmanship and materials bti
IIOCKK HAS PAKSK1
PMOKITY MIIITIVi RIM
(Continued on Page lit.)
RECRUITING FOR
Castner. suffered
destroyed
owned by lrunk
h ea vy d a m a ges.
Tck (lianged (liannrl.
Today efforts are being made to
divert Hock Creek back Into Its old
channel from a n w phinnal frtpmaH
TROOP D BEGUNa"Tin" ,he nood ThT cwk now h"
sortrd to to divert the stream hack
to Us old bed.
Many irrigation ditches. became
filled during the flood and will have
to be excavated berore they can be
used.
A vouni man .lio wanted la serve
lne country and h was rejj.!tei (
a naval recruit because he lied umi
feet eterday sl.n.c narrated thai he
U eomethln of athlete, anyway,
when he capture! most of the event
at the annual Kr wt.ter fhcrry Pay
fe.tlvsl. He ia II. K. Jones, whj If
worklnir on the con tr:ictlo". r..iti of
the o 11. N. .i ll'.i biv irestl-s
near Weston. Mr atteiirtel Kreewa
lers festival and entered tne races
h a dpirkhorse He ran away from
the Freewater and Mllloi "printers
In the free for til 100 ysr.l dh anil
took firsts In ih standin I rosd
lump and In the running half h immin
Jump o. o. Miller took ecn.i In
the race, E. tore IP Hie htv.i.l :rhn
si 1 F. HUH m -l.e lul' hunniln.
Oeorjre Harder von the ra t.tr's
race and . f rvH ..til L
Wilcox son t' l" d':i fr
l...i under II and 'I "rv Mnrtln was
second.
The K yard race for cti U war won
W Miss Oheeseman. Ml Williams
a second and lnn Osuner third.
rther winners were -ne.it lon-'d in the
st.rv of yesterday.
The rherrv Iiay fetrtv.il w.io a bl
success In spite n the wind wh'Ch
kept ome peopl- swsr There was
a roo, crowd In attendance and the
rr. CTsm was an eT.-fit'oi-il!'' fine
tie Tlic f.-stlvel c'. ! with o-inc-in
the eienlnif.
WASIIlVt.TON. June
tBoiiNe this afternoon pa "ed the pti-
orltr shlpptrut Mil. civtruc the Prcsl
diit power to control and aivc pre
edetwe to any ahlMnii carried bj
common carrier.
Actual recruiting to brlnjr Troop I
up to full war strength of 105 was
begun today, captain Ie Caldwell
arrived home yesterday from south
urn Orerron where he went to look at
his newly acquired ranch and brought
with him from Portland enlistment
papers. He and Lieutenant Cooke
will have charge of the recruiting.
The troop Is about 20 men short of
3. The i full war strength and desires to fill
up by July IS. upon which date the
Oregon cavalry squadron will be or.
dered to some mobilization camp.
Anions the men wanted are two
cooks, a saddler and two horseshoers.
SPANISH
WAR
CONVENE
VETERANS TO
HERE NEXT YEAR
GREECE IS IN
STATE OF WAR
WITHGERMANY
LONDON, June 29. An
the new
considers a state of war -exists 1 for at least a month
between Greece and the cen
tral powers.
GLASGOW. June 29- Vaf
can come only when the allies
have attaim-d their aini and have
their objective guaranteed. I Ve
rnier Moyd-eorge d -flared.
lcaee before victory, he added,
woo Id he the greatest dttwHtrr In
-the- hWfrry -of mrianklmi.
He deriarti. "iadrf-nuiltiertw con- .
j Htitute tlw ewentlal part of the
! mechanlNm of civilisation every-
where. Without them we have
j no guaranU'e acainM m reiietlilon
j of other warn.
j ''The dentocratlzation of the
ermann la our bet g-iiaraiitee of
Iieaee. We would negotiate with
them In a different Hpirit, with
tews MiMiicioa than with the ag
icrewlve, arrogant I'ruaidan mill-
tatinra.
Ieace mn)4 be guaranteed by
t he det met Ion of t he lruwian
military power ao the t German
people's confidence will repooe in
equity, and not In military
might.
He said a great international peace
conference would decide the dispo
sition of the Herman colonies.
Great cheers interrupted the Pre
mier when he declared the I'nited
Statea, always the champion of free
dom, had landed her valiant soldiers
in France.
German Term Vassalage.
'The only terms on which the Ger
mans suggested restoring Kel:ium are
terms of vassalatre." he continued.
"'No German statesman ever urged re-
istoratlon.
WASHINGTON. June The I ln determining the future trustee-
president is throwing his influence in. 'fhiP of unclviliaed lands, we must
to the senate fight to save beer andj1" Aether the inhabitants desire
.iA 4. .wAFisaaei lh. their old master or gentler hands.
consequence of jamming through the . ""Pial Chancellor Hollweg
drastic prohibition measure now. almo ,pr;'mlrd j,n
. . . - I'elgium. but the junkers matted fist
The President is endeavoring to force , . , K
j- . ti j . promptlx noxeu his ears.
acomprom.se so d.st.lled splrlu s lone X(,rm, . , lnd,mnlty ,, lit.
are barred The I resident believe. ,1t terriIorv h Hnd ,,' pri.
the bone-dry proh hition Is blow vw jn diTrnionn 0,rmanv
against personal liberty and would M ,ne rltil,h wk her
create an uncertainty In business gen- ,., a jj.,,,,,, nd p,llM,ne.
erally and might cause a spirit of : Tf !. - . tp,,
i have raised three or four million
I troois. Our own army would have
been carable.
J Turks Can No Have Meopntnmlm.
j "France is f iKhtmtr to recover the
peoples patrimony. Mesopotamia was
never rightfully Turkish. The Turks
converted the Garden f Kden into a
A c rea t I n t erna -
PRESIDENT TRYS
COMPROMISE Oil
DRY Af.lEriDr.lEHI
WAKI 1 1 N (.TON . J une St. M Hki.
ben of tlie cabinet, confeerej with
senate dry lea-deen In an effort to
persuade the mod,ifitmiWm If not the
tota eiimina4ln of the dry amend
ment to tite food control bill. While
Uiee eonfiTemvM were going on.
Senator hamherlain suix'eeded In
forciiur the food bill to a reading of
th amendment adopts by the com
mlt4ee. Uiereby lutotening the ims.
urn on toward the final tote.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
liiritrutHl (ttiifereiH-e Held Thin Morn
ing ITior to onenliur of Itidit oa
Hard Surfm-B lliad Work.
antagonism serioujfly Jeopardizing th
war work.
The president talked with the sen.
ate leaders, urging a modulation of
the dry amendments.
It is understood the Iresidnts
a . i - . opinion is ii tne pronimon ainena-
Athens dispatch asserted that 1 Jl.. ta n in th.r blll th, . no,
UreeCe KOVemment chance for fiod contr.l legi.lation i terrible Kildernnm
"tf all the cities in the state which
I visited during the recent campaigu
for the good ruads bonds, there wa
4 none tunc inxpreieed me as did Pen
dleton, rou certainly are alive here,
full at pep and keep your augurs'
boring all the time."
The above tribute was paid to tha
city this morning by u J. Adams,
one of the state highway commission
ers in the course of a talk he made
to business men at an Informal coo.
ference this morning prior to the op
ening of bids on the hard surfuce
road work.
Wonld Ato4d Kxpertsjsrnta.
A number of business mea met the
commission in the lobby of the 'Am
erican National Bank and. with J. tt.
lialey as spokearnan.aaked the com
mission not to experiment in road
building at the expense of Umatilla,
county. 'L'matilla county to one of
the biggest and richest counties In
the state." aaid Mr. Italey. -and the
Wild Horse ruad is one of the main
traveled highways of eaatern Oregon. .
we ask thut the commi.4tion do not
experiment on us with a cheap
Pavement We ant the beat."
speaking for the commiaeion. Mr.
Adams declared that It would be the
policy of the commission to lay the
very best road possible for the mon.
ey available. In determining the
beat hid. he said, the commission
would consider nut only the initial
cost but the cost of upkeep ami
maintenance over a period of year
"Vou can buy a pair of shoe for $2."
he said, "and you can get another
pair for sc. ferhapa in the end the
X pair would be the cheaper. The
ame applies to pavements."
MM (Trm-JoV'T IVture, Too.
Mr. Adams declared that In butl-i-
ing roads the commission must con
sider not only the present traffic but
must anticipate future traffic. "There
(Continued on Page S.
Jtional peace conference mill decide the
Pendleton wa jesterday selected 1 the Pendleton camp and preearoom
hi- the Rpanlsh War veterans of Ore. ' foreman on the Kast Oregonlan Sev.
.on as th. place for their next an- j ",n-r to h"d P1"-'
mm I convention, to be held July 1. ,he demonstration In favor of Pendle
4 and . IMS. At that time they will ton was so enthusiastic that the name
be here several hundred strong, a of no other town was presented. Hy
special train being contemplated for i unanimous vote It was agreed t
the Portland contingent which will meet In Pendleton. Mr. peters re.
bring the Hcout Toung Camp Hoys turned this morning from lllllsboro.
Irum Corps, of & members, along, j Aa they will be here on July 4
The I idles' auxiliary of the order will next year . the Rpanlsh war veterans
also meet here at the same time. ! will be an Important addition to the
The vote to come to Pendleton next i celebration here at that time. They
year was taken at llilisboro yester- have a side degree known as the Se
day after an Invitation to the "biggest crvt order of Knskes which will also
town of Its sire In the mtirld" had give a public demonstration on the
Iwen pre-iitd ' M I Peters, of Mret'l.
IXIMKIN, Juno JI.-Wi"ti. ac
tive imrticlutitkHt in tlie war on the
side ot the) allien rx Imminent. Ath.
i dHuttHioa dctaiHid the declara
tion of a ssnte ot war hy tlK' nw
king. All arrangements have brew
made fur tlie recall of tircck dllto-
matlc orri4al from IMmsiir, Auv
trie. Itulcaria and Turkey.
The actlte eireion of s.vmillil
wlih4i the s-olc of ;reeir always
fctt ror the alllc mas a fiiregone
cnreiitsion tlie moment Uh former
mt'rmiM Kins; xmNtautinp rn
ped from the ihrurar. (XmsxauUne al
waa managed to bhu-k a ro-all) ex
prei from t.reeor in tlM rwMt.
DR. BROUGHER'S ADDRESS IS
RAPID FIRE EXPOSITION OF
HUMOR AND HELPFULLNESS
IT II WAlt.NIIIP AHIIIVIX
ATLANTIC ItlltT. June IS
Th- Imtch tMlllliii 7saland
has arrived here. It Is tlie first
Hutch maroltlp to reach an Am.
rrkes port since the start of tlie
l'imicati war.
Third Annual Chautauqua
Opns Last Evening- With
Good Attendance and Fine
Program.
TOXIC.IIT.
l-itfiut. S 00 si. sa. 4VMMrrt. Tlie
Itairnny tYMiial Quinles.
S.i. p. m. lUaxraleil Ictare, hy
(liaiiniTT llanklna, AVonderful pie-
tar. of the NortJi woods hy Asncrl.
ca's fkr,-oi4. t lid-game plMsiograph-
Aftcrnoou, s sa p. m. t'onern hi
Kmi(tw.sirlngllolne-i. t ul.tr.ni la
mnroMS lxcnre. Varna or Hie lank
lion. I. Nolan.
Kvrninc. S:(K p. m. (.rand 4 'on.
cen. Kmlth-Siirlns: llotnsra cisanu).
Pendleton's third annual Chautau
qua was opened last evening in the
big tent at Kound-l'p Park and the
initiatory program was greeted by an
audlem-e that augurs well for suc
ceeding programs.
r.i:..wing ine opening eieri-ts-s
NATIONAL GUARD TO
BF SENT DIRECTLY
TO SOUTHERN CAMPS
VA.slU;TOX. Jiuie . KrnfUng
It original plans, the war iMwrisai 111
asnonmed thai . In-eend of .noktin
llie national rssrd la the hone qaar.
Hr after tlsry are called, the sailltia
will be sent dtreatly to samibreo
tmmpa.. The calls are aj-rmng-d for
July 11 and and "gupi s. it ass
he sntnarr to saake a general call
Angus a.
AIU.I VTIM: Klt IlKKAK
TOMtlUKOW.
Vornlng. IS a. m leiinre
llcxniail.
JiitiNu- t huiattaUa
IU'KVuS Alltf June ; Ar..i
title ap-Mt-vHl tikl 10 Ulinoilnt-e trie
reviM-utton ;f neutruhtv h.l.Mii 1 ....
and the announcements, the AiietraU : '"ani and the I'mie.l Mute, at .
lan Manikins took the sMKe and j time. Th- .rit-rii ;r,n.i,i .,t th- the n
k--t the anlren-e In in upnur a tri li ne .(.-;nn..r T.-r.- .i.Nr.-nti e.t.vt
1 " . .. jrh.. , ri..- f-;t l.i -(!. mem f.i...
tC.-lt.-u.-d on T.ite 2 , f..,i..i(.. I,.,.!