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WEATHER

Tonight and Friday ralr.

TEBTERDAY'8 WEATHER DATA.

Maximum temperature, i; mini

mum, 50; rainfall. 0; weather, clear:

wind, west, brisk.

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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER

COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

VOL. 28

DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1916.

NO. 8800

WILSON AGREES

TO PACT TERMS

WITHJWEXICAN8

President Satisfied Over Arrange

ments as Made at Conference Be

tween Scott and Obregon.

AWAITS WORD FROM CARRANZA

Washington Officials Believe That

De Fart. Road WU1 Agree tu

Twine; Gradual Withdrawal of

American Expedition is one 01 uc ,

Points Couoeded.

WASHINGTON, May 4 SeeretarJ ,

of War Baker aent to President Wil

son a 2000 word message today from

Scott. The contents were not re

vealed. Army men are convlnoed that

an early withdrawal of American

troops la Indicated, it was thought

that Carrania would approve the

terms. Although it I known that

Wllaon is satisfied with the agreement

no formal announcement of approval

will be made until I'arranxa approves.

The president and Baker conferred

at noon. Afterwards a message was

sent to Scott itatlng that the presi

dent awaited word from Carrania

which was expected late today. The

president then probably will issue a

statement.

Aside from the knowledge that the

agreement does not put a time limit

upon the slay of troops in Mexico and

provides a satisfactory use of the rail

ways, nothing official has been

learned.

EL PASO. May 4. Scott and Fun

ston were much pleased today when

Informed offlclullv that the president

approve of the pact with 0 Oregon.

American aid In rehabilitating Mexi

co Is expected to follow the ratifies,

lion of the pact. The authorities be

lieve that the agreement includes the

following:

tiradual retirement of the Amerl.

can expedition; the contraction of the

lines preliminary t.. Withdrawal; the

use of Mexican railroads; American

troops to be unhampered In the hunt

for Villa, the t'arranxlalas genuinely

cooperating: Americans to continue

avoiding Mexican cities; the United

States to use its influence to obtain

flnanrlnl aid for Mexico and to per

mit the Importation of arms and am

munition; to rhanite the Mexican min

ing laws permitting the reopening of

the mines: foreign capital permitted

to return to Mexico.

Authorities aaree that Mexico's

problem is more economical than

military. Hunger and unemployment j

are held responsible for banditry.

NAMIQI'IPA. May 4 P. P. Holly j

aa Bl Paso runcher and MOM fori

Pershing was killed Tuesday near

Bublo. It Is believed that a small

hand of Vllllatu shot him. Kubio

was known to be a resort of the VII

llstas. A detachment of the sixth

cavalry was scouting. Holly sepal -1

ated from them. Not returning, sol- j

dlrr searched and found his corpse.

IN RATES ON STEEL

HELD UNJUSTIFIED

SALEM. Ore.. May 4. (Special)-

The public service commission today

cancelled the proposed Increased

rules on steel and iron shipments

I rom Portland to Pendleton and Athe

na. The commission held the In

creases not Justified.

At the local O.-W. R. & N. freight

office no news has yet been received

of the commission's action and the

proposed rate is regarded as having

been In effect since May 1. The In.

crease is from 10 to 36 cents per hun

dred on Iron and steel.

I R. SAYS HE DOES NOT

SEEK 6.O.P. NOMINATION

NEW YORK, May 4. "I'm not

Line the Dresldentlul nomination

and 1 tell you In all sincerity that I

am not the least Interested In my own

personal fortunes." Thls was the

concluding sentence of a letter that

Roosevelt sent to the Ohio German

American, who suggested that the

colonel tone down his statements re

garding Belgium, thereby command

ing the votes of the Germans and

Irishmen. Roosevelt emphatically

refused to modify or qualify anything

1 bad said regarding Belgium.

Natatorium Will

be Opened June 1

is Announcement

IN ALL PHOBABU4TY A STEAM

HEATING PLANT WI1J. BE

INSTALLED.

The natatorium at Round-Up Park

will be opened on June l and a steam

heating plant will, In all probability,

be Installed.

These two announcements, of para

mount Interest loca.ly, were made at

the council meeting last evening by

Chairman Taylor of the natatorium

committee. The committee, he said,

Is now actively at work In preparing

for the bathing season and hopes to

make the Institution even more popu

lar then last year.

The announcement that the water

will probably be heated Is particularly

gratifying to lovers of aquatic sport,

inasmuch as the overflow water from

the city resorvoirs Is too cold for com

fortable bathing In the early and late

seasons.

If the heating plant is put In, a suf

ficient charge for bathing will be

made to pay the cow of maintenance

The committee believes that only a

small charge will be necessary.

For some time It was considered

that an electric heating plant could

be Installed but the committee now

believes that a steam plant would be

more satisfactory and Just as eco

nomical The plan Is to Install colls

In a concrete Intake basrn so that the

water. In entering the pool, will pass

over the hot pipes. The temperature

of the water can be raised 'rom ten to

forty degrees by this method, the

committee thinks.

At present the plan hinges upon se

curing a boiler that will not he too

expensive.

superintendent Kmployrd.

The committee also announced

last evening that Prof. E. E. Oels,

principal or the east end school, has:

been employed ns superintendent of

ihc ruitatorlum during the summer

Application was made last evening

liv Tom t.lenk for nermlsslmi to onen !

an Ice-cream and soft-drink booth at

ih natatorture during the rammer

This matter was referred to the com

mittee .

Miss Saling Goes

to Top of List in

the Queen Contest

HI, 1 00 VOTES SENT EBOM IIERK

GIVE LOCAL OIHL EIRST

PLACE,

A block of 91.100 votes for Miss Mu

riel Sallng. Pendleton-s candidate for

Queen ol the Hose Festival, was sent

to Portland lust night and sent her

from twelfth position up to the top

of the list Her total vote this morn

ing was 15s. 323.

The new order of giving 5000 extra

votes for every 100 purchased Is caus

ing heavy balloting and daily changes

are being made In the race. For In

stance last night Lillian C. HeriVlrlcks.

the candidate of the Foresters of

America, was leading with a total of

1,11.621. Miss Jewell Carroll of tho

Knights and Ladles of Security was

next with 130,261 and Miss Mildred

Pegu of Vancouver, came along close

behind with 128,410. Miss Eleanor

Jackson of McMinnritle had 128.265

and Hose Uptegrove of Oregon City,

126,420. Edel Fraasch of Eugene has!

118.673 and Mrs. Maude Oilman of

the G. A. R., 114, 10T. The otherJ

range rrom 86,000 to 107,000.

Eugene. Oregon City. Vancouver,

McMInnvllle and Klamath Falls are

all working hard to land the queen

ship and It behooves Pendleton peo

ple to take advantage of the special

offer of 6000 votes for one dollar

which lasts until May 13. This Is the

last special offer that will be made,

it Is stated positively. The contest

closes May 1.

Mr-. J. M. Quest came In from He

lix today to meet her daughter. Miss

Monta Quest, who had been visiting

In I Grande and Cove for several

weeks.

Greulich & Cooper Purchase

Alta Theater; Run Cosy Also

Having been purchased yesterday i

by Messrs. John Greulich and E. L.

Cooper from the old proprietors,

Deery & Chandler, the Alta theater Is

now under new ownership and In the'

future Is to be managed by Mr. Coop-!

er, who Is also to have the manage-j

ment of the Cosy (formerly the Or-;

pheum).

The deal for the Alta was complet-'

I ed yesterday by the new owners and j

they took possession at once. It is an-1

Bounced that the same line of pic- j

tures will be continued at the Alta.

However, the vaudeville feature will

be much strengthened. Within a

short time a new service will be se-1

cured, providing a dally vaudeville

program, the talent being from a clr

' cult playing the large coast cities from

Los Angeles to Seattle This vaude

Many Arrests Are

Made in April by

the Local Police

N I villi It IS DOUBLE THE AM

OUNT MADE DURING THE

l-'lHWr THREE MONTHS.

More than double the arrests made

In any one of the first three months

of the year were the arrests made

during the month of April by the po

lice. The police records show that

48 men were Ultra Into custody dur

ing April, whereas In January and

February there were but 22 and In

March but 21.

Despite this Increase the number

does not reach half of the number ar

reited during April of 1915. In that

month, last year there were '108 ar

rests. So far this rear the police

have made just 111 arrests.

Of the 46 taken into custody but

36 were taken Into conn, the re

corder's monthly report showing but

36 violations recorded, of this num

ber nine resulted In rmes paid, seven

forfeited ball. 16 served sentence, two

cases were dismissed and on suspend

ed sentence was given. The total am

ount of money collected In fines was

1269.

COUNCIL DECIDES TO OPEN

CEDAR STREET TO TRAFFIC

HAZEL STREET BETWEEN COURT

AMD ALT A WILL BE GRADED

SOON.

At the meeting of the city council

last evening it was decided to open

Cedar street between Webb and Court.

Pitlllons had been made by Joseph

Fiedler and others for the opening of

Maple street between Webb and Court

out the committee reported against

i his because of the expense which

would be necessary In crossing the

railroad and In moving a well.

It was also decided to grade Hazel

street between Court and Alta, this

street having been opened recently

To sprinkle streets.

rhulrman Phelps of the street

committee asked that the recorder

la? Instructed to advertise at once for

bids on street sprinkling, and this ac

tion will be taken. He stated that he

would probably put two sprinklers on

the streets today Inasmuch as the

dust In some sections was becoming

a nuisance.

Chairman Taylor of the cemetery

c6mmlttee annouced that a second

man had been employed at the ceme

tarj for the summer season to assist

In keeping the burial ground in good

condition.

Relative to the order of the street

commissioner for the O.-W. It. & N.

to fix the depression between Its

tracks at one place on Main street.

C. H. Carter, attorney for the com

pany, addressed a communication to

the council to the effect that the set

tling had been caused by the breaking

of a city water main. He, therefore

held that the repair should be made

by the city.

H. A. Mcdernach requested permis

sion to repair his building on Garden

street, recently damaged by fire. The

matter was referred lo the fire com

mittee. Wheat Weaker at

Close of the Market

CHICAGO, May 4. (Special to the

Kast Oregoulan) Todajy's range of

prices:

Open High Close

May $1.15 SI. 16 $1.13

July 11.164 1.1 $1.14

Portland.

PORTLAND. Ore., May 4. (Speci

al.) Merchants' Exchange prices to

day: Club, 91 bid. 97 asked; Blue

stem, $1.03 bid, $1.06 asked.

Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, May 3 Wheat

Spot No. 1 Manitoba, 12s lid ($l.s

per bushr 1 ) ; No. 1 northern spring,

12s fid; No. 2 red western winter, lis

fid ($1.67 per bushel.)

ville Is said to be the best In the north

west and will be appreciated in Pen

dleton. The Cosy Is to be continued as a

picture house but the present line of

pictures will be discontinued within a!

week or 10 days and an Improved ser- j

vice secured. The singer now to be

heard at the Cosy will be continued on '

th program.

During their stay here Meads. Deery

A Chandler had a successful business

and made many frtcnas personally. I

The new owners are also popular local

business men, Mr. Cooper having been

one of the most successful theater

men operating here. He conducted

the old COS! theater for a number or.

years and recently returned from Cal

ifornia to reenter business In Pendleton.

Insanity Plea to

be Traitor's Way

to Escape Death

sill ROGER CASEMENT ALREADY

HAS BEEN TRIED FOB

HIGH TREASON.

LONDON, May 4. Casement wan

tried on a charge of high treason a

few days ago, It was announced today,

liaron Reading presided. Unless he

escapes death through a plea of In.

sanity, he will be hanged by a silken

rope, the ancient privilege accorded

British noblemen guilty of a crime

against the crown.

Carson and Redmond Jointly have

appealed for mercy for the Irish reb

els who fought In Ihe rangs. It is

believed that the majority of them

will be lightly sentenced and a few

deported.

An Evening News dispatch report,

ed that the Dublin hospitals were

filled. The bodies of 66 soldiers and

122 rebels, and civilians were count

ed there. Tho mdigues contain 300

bodies. The majority of reports

agree that Asquith1 had announced

only three executions. The third was

Thomas J. Clarke, a tobacconist. The

conspiracy supposedly was hatched

In his shop.

Officials today confirmed the state

ment that three Irish rebels were exe

ciited. They were Pearse. Clarke and

MacDonough. Jams Connolly is not

dead. He is Imprisoned, severely

wounded.

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS

FIRE MOSCOW IS REPORT

BERLIN. May 4. ( Wireless to Say

vllle.) Russian revolutionists started

a great fire In Moscow which has

spread to the administration build

ings. The blase Is still raging, Stock

holm dispatches stated.

NEWS SUMMARY

General.

Gorman reply Is due to be handed

to i.cranl today.

French strengthen lines at Verdun.

Wilson agrees to pact made with

tbregon.

Local. .

Natatorium to epcii Jane 1: water

to be warmed.

Local nun may buy control of Pi

lot Rock telephone line.

Pendleton's candidate for queen at

head of list.

First Photos of Damage Done in Verdun During Battle

liiiwi wii'ww

street In Verdun Today. U jFiSma-l K

These ere the first photographs ot

Verdun since the Germans began

there the greatest battle of history.

The upper picture shows a glimpse o:

a street In the town, and the destruc

tion wrought. The lower picture shows

French soldiers being rushed to vari

ous points on the line ny one of the

5000 automobiles useo by the French

to bring up reinforcements.

The Pacific northwest contains prnc.

tlcaily half of all the standing timber

in the country, but furnishes only

one-sixth of the annual cut. Tho

southern pine region Is the pre.nt

center ot th lumber Industry, fur

nishing about 45 per cent of the an

nual production.

lit vppisoiug i i

Issue Strain Saus the

Will be Heavy or fcpayer

NOTE The following Is the ad

, drees delivered Tuesday at Pilot Roc

by Assessor C. P. Strain In opposition

I to the bond issue for good roads:

When It comes to selling bonds by

I the million to invest In roads, pru

! dence cbunsels rareful consideration

1. What will be the total cost?

2 Will It pay?

5. Will home lalor receive maxi

mum benef.ta under jropu d plan?

4. Who pays the taxes?

6. Are there other needs mors

pressing?

6 How long will the road last?

.Multnomah is held to have made a

generous contribution toward perma

nent good roads through construction

of one hundred miles of the Columbia

highway. She has more than eight

times our taxable property, and more

than eleven times our population. She

had scenery of unsurpassed beauty,

and grandeur to be made accessible

by this road. She is the metropolis

of the state, having an empire above

her, and th world's markets open to

her through the lower river and the

Pacific ocean. Portland's position

entitles her to be, and destiny decrees

that she must be the premier city of

the Pacific Northwest. Her road does

several things. It traverses a thickly

setted section of dairy farms, gardens

and orchards, bringing the products

of these into such close proximity to

the table of the city dweller, that de

lightful freshness Is assured. It

brings a wonderful prayground, rich

in health and pleasure possibilities

within convenient reach, in point o

time and cost, to two hundred thou

sand people who need outdoor recrea

tion. It Is an investment which ought

to yield to the state and nation by

reason of its placing a great wealth

of scenic wonders upon a public

highway for the enjoyment of all.

Upon this score, no section of our

proposed road compares with that ot

Multnomah's.

No entrancing mountain scenery,

no invigorating health resort or play

ground, no tourist harvest is claimed.

The east end and west end of the

eountv alone are thickly settled and

devoted to diversified crops. The

Pendleton market consumes but a

mere fraction of their produce. The

Columbia river and rail transporta

tion constitute our market roads. As

suming, however, the hard surfaced

roads to be of the same value to us

that Multnomah's roads are to her

people, and that we spend as much

in proportion to our means as she has

spent, then it is up to us to construct

twelve miles of hard surfaced roads

I reach Troops Hushed Through streets in

vpovjtu

av 'W

But more Chs nundred miles are

demanded, and . .is would entail up

on us a hardship equal to that upon

them by the construction of a thou

sand miles.

Having leas urgent need, can we

afford to spend money upon our roads

eight times more lavishly than Mult

nomah County has done? Those be

lieving that 1980,000 will be the end

of the cost have a surprise awaiting

them. Columbia county sold $260,

000 worth of bonds ana made a direct

road levy of f 100,000 more. The great

sum went in chunks where nothing

was received in return The state

ment was made, without contradiction

at the State Taxpayers' League Con

vention in Portland, that 1108,000 of

it was swallowed up by the state en

gineering department The upshot ol

tbe whole affair Is that the money has

been consumed and that the road Ilea

unfinished. The bond limit has been

reached, the road Is going to ruin for

(Continued on page six.)

Many Indians do

Not Have Desire

For Citizenship

SECRETARY LANE CITES LETTER

FROM MM AL REDMEN IN

PROOF THEREOF.

WASHINGTON. May 4. Two full

blood Indians of the Umatilla reser

vation in Oregon are cited by Secre

tary of the Interior Lane as conspic

uous examples of the unwillingness of

many of the red men to' accept re

sponsibilities of citixenshtp when it

is offered them.

Secretary Lane, convinced that the

Indian should take his place as a cit

ixen as soon as he is fitted, appointed

two an calledw competency boards to

personally' examine the Indians and

report to him as to tneir fitness. Sev

eral thousand have neen examined,

and about 500 recommended for cit

izenship, under whicn they would be

severed from tribal bonds, and allow

ed to do as their white neighbors do

particularly to vote and pay taxes.

Decline to Be Citizen

Leo Sampson and Alien patawa are

two Umatillas who sent a Joint letter

to the secretary protesting against

having citizenship fhrust upon them.

They have declined to apply for pat-

( Continued on page eight.)

GERMAN ANSWER

TO DEMANDS IS

EXPECTED TODAY

Official Announcement at Berlin

States That Reply Will be Handed

to Ambassador Gerard.

NO IDEA WHAT IT CONTAINS

Much Speculation Is Rife aa to Prob

able Attitude of the Imperial Got.

crnment Toward Latent Demands

of I'nlted States: Some Think That

Note WIU Evade.

BERLIN, May 4. It was officially

announced that the German reply

would be handed to Gerard this after,

noon.

WASHINGTON. May 4 The Ger

man reply probably will not he re.

ceived before Saturday, but the gov.

ernment expects information regard

ing its contents tomorrow. Gerard

cabled that he was forwarding a re

port on his conference with the kais

er. It was expected to contain a

summary of the German attitude.

WASHINGTON, May 4 The un

certainty of when Germany's reply

will be dispatched raised new doubts

today of the document's contents.

Either a direct compliance with Am

erican wishes or an evasion la ex

pected. The time being taken for

framing a reply aroused the belief

that a temporizing mesaage was like

ly. Others think that an effort to

frame a reply directly complying with

the demands without arousing feeling

in Germany, explains the delay. Ger

ard advised Lansing that he expected

to receive the reply today.

20 CENT LUNCHES SERVED

BY GIRLS PROVE SUCCESS

YOING WOMEN ENTH CSIAJSRIC

TO SEE WHO WILL DO THE

BEST WORK.

In the domestic science department

of the high school. Miss Butler hag

divided the girls into groups of three

each. These groups hare been serv

ing "20 cent" luncheons In the dining

parlors to Invited guests. They are

now beginning on their second round.

Miss Edith Richardson. Juanita

Friedly and Gladys Simpson prepared,

served and washed and put their kitch

en in order in two nours and threa

minutes Friday they will serve five

of the Pendleton physicians and they

hope to make better time.

Last Friday the Misses Fay Doff.

Emily Carney and Ruth Isaacs, serv

ed Mrs. Tom Boylen, John Snyder,

Roy Duff. Zoe Carney and Gene Boy

len. This group did their work nt

two hours.

NDEPENOENT PHONE

CO. MAYBE MANAGED

BY LOCAL RESIDENT

DEAL IS ON TO SELL MAJORrrY

Ot? HOCK TO EDMl'N'D

MABIE

Through Information coming today

from Pilot Rock It Is learned that a

meeting of the stockholders of the In

dependent Telephone Co has been

called for Saturday. May 1J, for th

purpose of considering me sale of u

controlling Interest in the corpora

tion to Edmund Mable of this clt.

local manager for the p T tt T Co

For some time past, it M understood,

prominent stockholder of the Inde

pendent company have been approach

ing Habit upon the matter of taklntc

the management and control of the

company, their Idea being that a

trained man at the head would In

sure a much more capable manage

ment and a much more efficient ser

vice. Beports have it that a majority ot

the stockholders are ready to turn

over their stock to the local man at

1(0 per share, which ngure Is IU

above par There is a minority op

position, It Is said and It l.i thin that

has led to the call for a nvctlng

There are many stockholders In th

company, each telephone n the sys

tem being represented by a ahare of

stock. The compan has two line

Into Pendleton gives local service m

Pilot Rock and has linns running Inio

Uklah. Nye and other southern! point

and a lo into the Mckay rmmk territory.