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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
Ice Plant at Milton Burns;
Loss Estimated at $4,000

The fire was discovered soon after
starting by Rob Carney who was
driving a delivery wagon down the
street past the plant He started the
team on run after the hose cart and
they became unmanageable about the
middle of town and overturned the
wagon on top Of him, nut he escaped
with few scratches and bruises. Two
employees, John Small and Charles
schott were in the plant working
when the fire occurred. and probably
would have been able to check the
blaze soon after it started if they could
have gotten a big hose line playing
on the fire Milton Fire company and
Freewater hose company responded
to the call with four hose carts and
two chemical engines.
Mr. Retzer has not decided whether
or not he will rebuild
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
Smith Asks Friends to Choose
Between Keator and Watts

Though his name is on the ballot
as candidate for the republican nom-
ination for district attorney, osmer
f, Smith Of this city today announces
that he will not conduct any further
campaign and will permit his sup
porters to choose between the other
two candidates, R. l. Keator and Ho-
mer /. Watts He takes this action,
he states, because he recognizes that
the race at this time is between these
two and because of reports which
have been circulated by supporters of
both which have tended to place him
in false position.
His statement is as follows:
Reports have been brought to me
that am tied up with both the other
candidates for district attorney and
that l am expecting something from
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17

each of them in case or their nomina-
tion and election.
These reports put me in false pc
sition and l want to announce publicly
that the reports are not true and that
my candidacy has been carried on in
dependently of the prospects of either
Of the other two candidates recog-
nize that the race for district attor-
new is now between my two oppo-
nents and in view Of the fact that
some of the supporters or each of the
other candidates construe my candi-
dacy at this time as being in the in
terests Of the other candidate, 1 de-
sire to make it known that will make
no further effort in my own behalf
and shall greatly appreciate it il
those who have been supporting me
will choose between the other two
candidates.
OSMER E. SMITH.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
lEast oregonIan speclal. J

MILTON-FREEwATER. ore, May
l7.-startlng supposedly from defee-
tive wiring in the cupola of the east
elevator and spreading rapidly over
the rooms Of the buildings. fire last
nigh destroyed the greater part Of the
plant and machinery Of the Milton ice
Company, with a loss Of about $4O,-
O00, including about $4,000 worth Of
ice. Insurance on the plant and ma
chinery was carried for $4,000. The
furniture and household effects Of
VIM Retzer who owns the plant and
whose residence adjoins it were saw
ed, Mr.. Retzer and family were in
Walla Walla when tine fire broke out
and did not reach Milton until nearly
seven o'clock. more than an hour aft
er the blaze began.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
CAPTIVES SAVED
FROM MEXICANS
BY U.S. CAVALRY
Two Americans TaFen at Time Of
Glenn Springs Raid and Rescued
From viIIista Outlaws.
ARE ON WAY TO THE BORDER
Bandits Make Escape As American
Troopers Ride Into village Where
Men We're Being Held; LanghOrne
Commanded cavalry Which Made
Quick Dash 20 Scene.

MARATHON, May I7.-Jesse Dee
mer, an American storekeeper and
Monroe Payne. a negro. whom the
Glenn Springs Mexican raiders cap
tured have been rescued by American
troops in a Mexican town Advices
said that the Americans had penetrat-
ed 200 miles into the interior. They
dashed into the small town surpris-
ing the raiders. who fled, leaving their
captives. The detachment was re-.
ported to the border with Deemer and
Payne.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
blood Tends suspended.

BERLIN, May 17.--According to
dispatch from scutaria the chiefs of
all the Albanian clans, in a meeting
there, have voted unanimously to sus-
pend for six months the custom of
blood venbeance. Blood fueds have
been universal in Albania for centur-
les.
The action Of the chief was taken
under the pressure Of the Austrian
military leaders operating in Albania,
Field Marshal Trollmann, who con-
quered Montenegro. made a personal
appeal to the chiefs urging the aboli
ton Of the custom.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
MRS. HELEN JENNINGS IS
MURDERED As SHE SLEEPS
WOMAN Is SLAIN ON GORE FARM
NEAR PORTLAND; POLICE
WITHOUT CLUE.
0wzx.mI7 sERmcE,

PORTLAND. Ore, May IL
Officers this morning found the
blOOdstalned hat and torn cloth
ing In laprObe belonging to
Fred Ristman near the scene of
the murder OF Mrs. Helen Jen-
nings. The police are convinced
that the murderer killed Rist-
man before entering the Jennings
home. Farmers are searching
for Ristman's body.
Circulars describing an ex-
convict, believed responsible for
the double murder, have been sent
broadcast.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
German Children E,iI..i.

LISBON. via Parts, May 1.-THE
decision OF the government to expel
Germans from Portugal on account
of the state Of war which exists with
Germany was extended IN scope by
an official order promulgated.
This decree declares that children
whose fathers are Germans are class
ed as German subjects and must de-
part from the country within nvs
days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17

SAN ANTONIO, May 17-Lans-
horne's cavalry has rescued Deemef
and Payne, Colonel Sibley reported 70
Funston. The raiders left the Am
ericans with a Mexican family at El
Pine, The people were ordered to
kin the Gringoes If they attempted to
escape. When the cavalry arrived
the bandits departed. There was no
clash. The villistas were reported
now few miles ahead of the United
States troops
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
July Options Reach
$1.17 ~ Today

CHICAGO May 17.-(special to
the East oregonian. Range OF pric.
es today:
Open. High. Close.
May -. sL16A &1.1sh s1.15A
July 49,. sr17h St17h s1.16h
Portland
PORTLAND, ore, May l7.-(spe-
cialO-Merchant exchange prices to-
day; Club, sS bid, So asked; bluestem
SiO4 bid, S1,0s asked.
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, May 16.-Wheat -.
spot No. Manitoba. l2s lOd ($1.Si
per bu.); No. 3, l2s i-2d; No. /
northern spring, 12s 4d; No. red
winter western, lis sd (Si.6S As per
bu,).
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
LOCAL men GET 9Th PLACE
IN THE BOWLING DOUBLES

Out of all of the teams Of doubles
entered last night from the 21 cities
in the Pacific coast telegraphic bow
ling tournament, Fred McMonies and
Loren Hoover of Pendleton won sixth
honors with a score of 1858. Had not
Hoover had an off night. it is very
probable that they would have land.
ed first honors. Bob Wheeler and
Harve Hanavan, another Pendleton
team, placed in the ninth of the ten
prize positions.
Wheeler was the high single man
last night, but the results of the singles
had not been received at press time.
The following is the result of the
doubles San Francisco team 1913:
Vancouver B. c. team 1902; Jarrett
and Cochran of San Francisco 1898;
Franklin and Kruse of Portland 1867;
Great Falls team 1858; MeMonies and
Hoover 1888; Graycheck and Daulins
of Los Angeles 1919: Vancouver team
1880; Wheeler and Hanavan 1917 and
Portland team 1919.
The following are the scores made
here last evening:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
Americans to be
Withdrawn After
Raids are Halted
OBILBGoN AND CARRANzA AP-
PEAR SATISFIED WITH THE
OUTLOOK.

MEXICO CITY, May 17.-obregon
today conferred with Carranza and
the cabinet and talked over the re-
suits of the FL Paso conferences Car
ranza issued a statement to newspa-
permen saying that he was satisfied
that Wilson does not contemplate "A
war with Mexico. Obregon expressed
himself as satisfied that the Ameri-
cans would withdraw when the bandit
raids we're stopped.
COLUMBUS, May 17.--Army motor
truck drivers reported that villistas
had slaughtered IL Chinese merchants
at san Antonio after Pershlng evacu-
ated his base because they sold sup
plies to the Americans. The merchants
were shot and their shops looted.
Many residents have fled north. It
was reported that bandits threatened
to kill every person selling provisions
to Americans Typhus fever has
broken ont in Casas Grandes. Sol
diers are forbidden to visit the town.
No Americans have been stricken.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17

LONDON, May l7.--Twenty thou
sand Turks have been withdrawn
from the British front east Of Kut-el-
Amara, apparently TO meet the Rus
sian advance at Bagdad. In their
haste to stem the new offensive the
turks are recruiting native tribesmen.
Diplomats believe that Russia, expect
ing a speedy end to the war. Is trying
to capture all possible Turkish terri
tory. placing the car in position to
demand vast areas Of territory when
peace rs made
LONDON, May 1.-THE Chronicles
Paris correspondent declared that
SOC, 900 Germans were killed or
wounded in the verdun fighting, 1t
claimed that the severe losses pre-
cluded the possibility OF serious Teu-
ton offensive at Riga. 1t asserted that
only a curtain OF Germans was re-
naming on the Russian front
PARIS. May l7.-A German at
tempt TO advance northwest OF Ver-
dun by means of a grenade assault
failed heavily, 1t was officially an
nounced. A similar attempt was de-
feated northwest OF Thiaumont. Ar
tillery is active on botn sides OF the
Meuse, Two squads OF French air
men dropped 200 shells on German
troops and railroads A German aer-
oplane was downed.
Jose Garcia Calderon. son OF the
former president OF Peru, was killed
at the front. He volunteered as a.
balloon st In the French army. Caught
in storm, he attempted to use a
parachute to reach the earth. 1t col
lapsed and he was dashed to death.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Dutch
steamer Batavier was plown up Tues
day en- route to London from Rotter-
dam, II was learned today Four are
believed dead
LONDON, May 17.--British de-
atroyers and monitors. engaged Ger
man destroyers In short fight off
Belgium Monday the admiralty an.
nounced. The Germans withdrew.
There were no British casualties.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17

PORTLAND, Ore. May l7.-Mrs
Helen Jennings. Al years old, was
murdered as she slept Monday night
on the old Gore farm between Tigard
and Tualatin. II miles southwest of
Portland. and Fred Ristman, 64I6
East Sixty-second avenue Southeast,
Portland, the chauffeur who carried
the assassin to his deadly work, is
missing.
Ristman's automobile, all blood
spattered and indicating that Ristman
himself was the victim Of a grapple
in the dark, was found few hundred
feet from the old Gore home yester-
day afternoon, giving the first clew
to what Is one Of the bloodiest muir
ders of recent years
Mrs. Jennings Is the daughter Of the
late Captain G. A. Gore, a sister OF
Mrs. ]. H. Wilson of Salem, and of
Mrs. f. H. Robinson of Tualatin. She
was formerly Mrs. o. o. Jennings and
Mrs. John s Seed having divorced
them both The Gore family is one of
the foremost among the pioneers in
the Hualatin valley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
Local.

Local.
Smith asks voters 70 choose between
Keator and Watts.
BOgert divorce suit causes sensati-
onal exposures.
PendletOn bowiers again make great
showing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
NEWS SUMMARY

General.
Americans captured by Mexicans
are rescued by U, s cavalry,
Turkish forces hasten to turn the
Russian advance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
DIVORCE
SUIT PROVES TO
Be SENSATIONAL
Wife Alleges in Complaint That Dur
ing Previous Dry Spell in PendIe-
ton Her Husband Made $4,000.
BOOTLBGIHG AMONG CHARGES

Mrs. Rose BOgert AVeFs That uus-
band, W. G. BOgaFe Forced Heg 20
Help Him In His IIlegnl Bmglness;
Husband, IN Affidavit, 9Aya wife
ACtuated By wish for REoaev.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
TURKISH TROOPS
ARE HURRIED TO
TURN THE SLAVS
10000 Men are Withdrawn From
the British Front East Of Kut.EI.
Amara to Fill Breach.
RUSSIANS DRIVE SOUTHWARK

TabeEen Are Being Recruited by
obeOnlans 70 BE Sent Against the
Ruzians; Diplomats Believe That
tlae Gar VIII Try TO Get All Turkish
0reHnd lie Can.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
Citizen of u. S.
Drowned as Ship
Goes Down at Sea
VESSEL Is BELIEVED TO HAVE
STRUCK NINE; OTHER AM
ERICANS ABOARD.

LONDON. May 17.-Luigi Mancini,
an American citizen, was drowned and
two other Americans were saved when
the Batavier was sunk, the American
embassy stated. Samuel Comstock.
an American. believed the steamer hit
a mine,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17

BERLIN, May IA note assert
ing that IL persons, including three
women, perished when the Austrian
liner Rubrovnik was summarized and
handed to the ministers of the neu-
trail powers by the Austrian govern
ment. The steamer was sunk in the
Adriatic on May 9Th. Two torpedoes
were fired. The first gave the liner
its death blow When sinking a Sec
ond projectile was discharged at the
lifeboats Only sixteen persons were
saved, The note characterized the ep-
ISOLDE as international murder and de-
MED the Italian claims that the ves-
sci was an ammunition carrier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17
TO ADVERTISERS.

The East Oregonan has the largest bona
tlde and guaranteed paid circulation OF any
paper In Oregon, east Of Portland and by
fer the largest circulation in Pendleton Of
any other newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-17

LONDON. May 1.-THE Dutch
steamer Batavler was blown up Tues
day en- route to London from Rotter-
dam, II was learned today Four are
believed dead
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-20
A Big SPECIAL
sALE0F ROCKERS
At the Union Quitting Com
pany, 10th and jackson SITS.
One Day Only.
SATURDAY, JULY THE 22D.
Discontinued Patterns and Odd
Lots From a Large
Distributor,

A big special purchase bought from
one of the largest distributors of high
grade furniture at prices which in
many cases were much below the
cost to manufacture enables us
to put the entire shipment on Special
Sale for this one day only at prices
which will mean a saving to you of
at least one-half Included in this
big purchase are many beautiful solid
oak rockers in the golden and fumed
finish, also a big collection of sewing
and bedroom rockers in the different
finishes-as we'll as very choice lot
of birch mahogany rockers. Many
have the plain wood seats, others
have upholstered or cobbler seats,
while many more have upholstered
seats and backs. Each and every
rocker carries with it our absolute
guarantee as to its general wearing
qualities. Come to this big sale ex-
pecting to find extraordinary values
and you will not be disappointed.
And, as always-YOU MAKE YOUR
OWN TERMS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-20
Heavy Damage by
Storm in Central ,
South Dakota

Aberdeen, S. D., July lo.-(Special
Telegram. damage by wind and hail
and lightning last night covered wide
area. More than a dozen barns were
blown down south Of Doland and over
fifty telephone poles demolished.
Much damage was done to telephone
and telegraph poles north OF Huron.
The Northwestern depot at Crandon
was struck by lightning and destroyed
and a number of buildings were I'm
rooted. Fifty telegraph poles along
the Northwestern line between Aber-
deem and Huron are down. The Eagle
elevator at Hitchcock was unroofed,
as we'll as the Lincoln hotel at Water
town. The damage to small grain
blown down over an area of probably
thirty-fve by sixty miles, is estimated
at so per cent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-20
Two Changes Announced
Am0nu Columbus Pastors

Hastings. Neb., July l9.-(Speeial
Telegram. )-Dean Lee H. Young, has
resigned from St. Marks Episcopal
church to accept call from St. James
church, Dillon, Mont. Mr.. Young
will receive a $500 yearly advance in
salary.
During Mr.. Young's pastorate here
the St. Marks church has grown
steadily in membership and influence.
He has been here twelve .'ears and
his departure will be generally re-
GREETED.
Father Donovan, assistant to
Father Mcdonald OF St. Cecilia's Ro-
man Catholic church has been trans
ferred to the parish at Beaver Cros-
sing, Neb. Father Nandiville, recent
~ ordained at Milwaukee, Wis, is ex-
pected this week to fill the position
vacated by Father oDnovan.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-20
FORTY KNOWN DEAD
IN SOUTHERN FLOOD
Eleven Persons Were Drowned
In Villages Of Chimney Rock
and Bat Gave, N. O.
AT LEAST SIX ARE MISSING

Atlanta Ga, July lo.--As reports
filtered through today from parts OF
western North Carolina the death list
resulting from foods in southeastern
North Carolina continued to grow.
Six additional fatalities were re-
ported today, bringing the known
death list to forty, while at least six
persons were missing.
Eleven persons were drowned in
the villages of Bat Cave and Chin
ney Rock, N. C., which meager re-
ports show were hard hit by the
storm. Two unidentified bodies were
found near Belmont, N. C., today,
while another death is reported from
near Greenville, S. C., in the falling
OF a railway scaffold undermined by
the floods. ,,
While food waters were receding
in North Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia today, rivers in South Car
olina were rising. .a.-
Two Villages Washed Away.
Asheville, N. C., July l9.-Flood
waters in the Sarolinas ana portions
OF adjacent states were Iapidiy rIsea :
property loss variously estimated at
from $i2,OO0,000 to $l5,000,000, and a
list of deaths from drowning that has
steadily increased SINCE ING wat e..
rose Sunday. ioaay me toil OF nu,
man LIE stood AZ tnrty-ioul, WIN y
prospects tnat " m'ght DC "e'esSeu
stu further;,, ,, :, p..A..s..a
Two small villages IN N Sn,',n 10
county, NORM Caloii ps. E SHOWN 81, e.
chimney RoGk anu %. IsVe, ,, su,
tered severe damase rom .he n rorrnn,
OF water that swePl u psnd ,n s;u mr'o oc
valley o. inc Kooky nIosa is sari;na
sording 70 ineasel .a aJpo u ,vh ti hay
mere. lns towns, esG ;nh ii ars
q huno GREG OF moi co.. . na;,ss from a
more thah twshty-nvo mus ., .a :
railroad ana withou. "ne e'N"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-20
GUARDS CAMPS IN
GOOD CONDITION
War Department Denies ALI
Charges of Lack Of SANTA
ton and Rations.
WHERE THE TROOPS ARE

Washington, July l9-Reports from
the army along the border, being
gathered by the War department to
answer congressional resolutions OF
inquiry as to the handling of National
Guardsmen at the mobilization, all
deny charges of shortages Of rations
nd lack of sanitary transportation ia
cilities.
Department commanders report
that the troops left their home sta
tons with adequate supplies. Sum-
ming up the reports, the War depart
ment today issued this statement:
THE War department regards the
handling of the details of the move
ment of troops to the border as ex-
cellent in every respect"
The department made public pre-
liminary report from DR.. Thomas
Darlington of New York City. who
has been making an inspection of the
National Guards camps on the border,
at the instance of the National Civic
federation, and with the consent of
the War department. DR.. Darlington's
message told OF his inspection OF the
camps at Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
where $4,000 men are quartered and
added:
"Reassure relatives and friends of
soldiers. General medical and santa
ton conditions reassuring thus far.
No contagious diseases"
Distribution of Troops.
General distribution of regular
troops and National Guardsmen along
the border was announced today by
the War department as follows:
San Antonio District-Regulars:
Third and Fourteenth cavalry; Third
field artillery, Third, Fourth, Ninth,
Nineteenth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty
eighth and Thirtieth infantry. Ma
tional Guard: Florida, Maryland,
Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, Maine, Mis-
souri,, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
York. New Hampshire, Texas, Vir-
ginia, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Douglas, Ariz,, District-Regulars:
First cavalry, Eleventh, Twelfth,
Fourteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-hrst
and Twenty-third infantry. National
Guards: Arizona, Connecticut, Cali
fornia, Montana, District of Column
bia, New Jersey and Utah.
Ell Paso District-Regulars: Fifth,
Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh,
Twelfth and Thirteenth cavalry;
Sixth, Seventh, Sixteenth, Seven
teenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth infantry; Second bat
talon, Fourth field artillery. Ma
tional Guard: Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and South
Carolina. ..., 49,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-20
Missouri Valley Champion
Defeats Weber Of Chicago

Kansas City. Mo-. July l9.-The
first important elimination in the
Great Plains tennis tournament for
men, on the courts of the Rockhill
Tennis club, camesla late today when
Clifford ]. Lockhorn, Missouri valley
champion, defeated James Weber OF
Chicago in the fourth round, or, O..
The morning play was featured by
The easy fashion in which John Hen
messy, the l5-year-old indianapolis
star, disposed Of Ludlow Shonnard, a
local player, in their third bracket
match. The score was 6-l, 81.
Heath Byford of Chicago came
through the fourth round easily, de-
ieating Paul Pinkcrton Of Kansas
City, 81, 81. Ziford Stellwagen Of
Minneapolis also was victorious in the
same round, defeating Gordon Parker
III Kansas City, 40, OIL, "a.