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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
Germans Said to be Ready to
Make NeU Proposals of Peace
if They Take City of Verdun

and Albania divided between Austria.
Bulgaria and Greece. Autonomy for
Poland Freedom for Turkey from
tr't sh influence. Germany 70 re-
turn Belgium and northern France.
Russia 10 assume possession of Per-
sia. England to remain as at present
giving and receiving nothing High
authorities said neither side was u
a position to demand indemu.ues. Tt
was reported there was no longer any
thought In Germany Of the kaiser re-
tanning Belgium.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13

WASHINGTON, March l5.-It was
authoritatively stated to-day that Will
son has been informed peace terRs
from Berlin likely will be made Il
Ncrduu falls. Colonel House is said
To have presented tentative terms.
modified by the recent months OF war
fare High German officials here tes-
tfied 90 the correctness Of his out.
line The demands follow
The return OF all German colonies
No lndemnities Montenegro, Serbia
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
Coed institute Held.

County Superintendent I f. Youn
has returned from Milton where sat
a-day was held a local institute by
SO teachers. Supt. Klemme Of Ellens-
burg was the principal speaker. IN
the afternoon he spoke upon sex
hygiene and in the evening upon
The First American" The next To-
cal institute Will be held at Stanfjeld
upon April 1.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13


ROME March Al'eF d 'oi,s
lull. the Itallahs became assfess's elS l
active on 'heir enure IFoht touuy
ARTILLERY duelilhg was reported On
an ehtrenched camp before Not''1
the Italians captured seVeral uehcheS
The AustrlanS are rushlhg reih'oiue-
ments'
BERLIN, March lS'-FNe thou-
sand British were killed ana "ouhueu
In an unsuccessful attempt 10 rehe'e
the beleaguered garrison al hu'-er
Arnara Constantlnople asserted TO-
day Fighting around felahe "'A
announced.
sumed operations TO-DAY on 'he "es'-
ern front A French squ"uion
dropped 80 bombs on the Coh'laus aus
railway station ana others III 0
capped safely. A German aei'"' i'o''i'''
dropped missiles az elei ii''Oi,' ,I''N
Nerdun railway stations ne''iil
ported four Freneh aerop.al's ~, VIZ y
shattered by shrapheI IN 'ho oh"'i'
payne ana Neruuh tes'''S'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
NEWS sum MARY

General.
Washington said to have agreed
with CarranLa over sending American
troops into Mexico after villa.
Italians begin offensive all along
their front
Local.
Mothers meeting to learn more
about baby this afternoon.
Local "A. Of G. now second largest
In state.
Attempt TO steal liquor from cellar
Is fOiled.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13

10 give concrete columns for build
ings wide foundations q German en-
gineer has invented method for
blasting away the earth with dyna-
mite. making a hole which soft con-
crete quickly fills.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
REPORT DOUBTED THAT SHIP
WAS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING

PARIS, March 13.-Hayre re-
ports throw doubt on the state
mcnt the Norwegian bark Silius
was torpedoed without warning.
Some said mine was respon-
sible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
inspected County Roads.

County Judge c. II. Marsh and En-
gineer Jeffeke spent yesterday driv-
ing over the county inspecting roads.
They covered 20 miles, going up Wild
Horse and later going down into the
Echo and Pilot Rock country Some
~ the roads were in good condition
tut they found stretches badly dam
Vsed by the storm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
Wheat Drops Over
Two Cents Today

CHICAGO, March 13.-(SpeciaD -
MAY opening los -, closing los Is.
July opening 1o7 3-4, closing 1O7 3-S
Portland.
PORTLAND. March 1&.-tS tSpecian
club So bid, % asked; bluestem 9S
lid lu4 asked.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
ITALIANS BEGIN
NEW OFFENSIVE
At EVERY POINT
AuStrians are Rushing up Reinforce.
nents to Protect Their Positions
Before City Of Goritz.
ARTILLERY OUELuNG IS ON

Several Trenches Are Captured ;
French Reported TO Have Stormed
and Taken 200 Yards Of Trenches
from Germans Near Verdm; Other
Fronts Begin Activity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13

General Petaln is In command OF
the defending forces at Verdun.
Hitherto, the commanding generals
name has been kept a secret. He
distinguished himself In the retreat
from Charlerol in August, 1914, and
became in rapid succession brigadier
general. general Of a division, gener-
al Of an army corps. and general OF
an army General Petain is in his
slNtIeth year and is extremely active.
L is said that he has spent the last
ten days watching the battle abou,
Nerdun from the seat Of an armored
motor car.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13

c. T.. Mcclellan OF Juniper Is a
visitor here today
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13

DOUGLAS. Arizona. March l3.
-Culherson's ranch. SO miles
east of Douglas. was officially
designated today as one point
from which American troops
will enter Mexico. The force will
include the seventh and tenth
cavalry The tenth cavalry start
ed to march from slaushter's
ranch. 80 miles eas,. this morn.
ing one battery or the sixth
field artillery accompanied them
\ scouting party of one officer
and nine men crossing the border
saturday night lea 90 the report
the invasion already had begun
The result OF the scouting partgs
efforts is unknown
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
Alleged Threatened Resistance From
Aroused MeScans Said 10 be
Holding Back the Expedition.
AMERICANS ARE MOBILIzING
Troops Are En- Route to Border
Points in Readiness for Dash
Across the Line When Word Comcs:
Funston viii Have All in Readiness
Before March Is Begun.

WASHINGTON, March i3.-
Secretary Of State Lansing an
nOunced this afternoon the state
department had reached an agree
ment with Carran1a regarding
American troops entering Mexico
and the military reciprocity pro-
position.
During a debate in the senate
Chamberlain declared:
''If we think we can whip
Mexico in a few weeks We win be
woefully surprised. | believe
Villa will become a national he
TO. Sixty thousand men may raj
ly about him.
amberlain's remark inter.
rupted Borah i'm n speach join.
ing Fail In opposing a reciprocal
military agreement with Carran-
"a
Doubling the effectiveness OF
the Mexicans as fighters, Nc
Cumber said they mostly were
ignorant and bIanketed Indians.
He asked SmOOt where they rot
their rifles.
Prom the United States.' - in
teTpOsed Warren.
SmoOt said the Mexicans have
more machine guns than Ameri-
ca We could not get over 10000
men on the border within 80 days
and must face a Mexican army
of sixty or seventy thousand. dis
ciplined and equipped, he de-
clared.
Washington ordered the mill
tary authorities to hold Consul
Gavira. representing the defacto
government as responsible for the
safety of the MOrmOns. UnCon.
firmed reports said the MorTnOns
were marching afoot across the
desert toward the border.
Carranzistas are digging tren-
chcs on the border east of Juarea.
The entertainments face II Paso.
Mexican troODs also occupied an
island in the Rio Grande FROM
which Fl PasO Is easily reached.
soldiers of the seventh infantry
and a number Of special deputies
armed with rifles were placed on
guard opposite the CarranEistas.
\ thousand Of Texans are or
ganizing, probably to offer their
services To assist in the invasion.
Influential cattlemCn on the
western Texas plain are organi1-
ing and equipping "A regiment of
cowboys. They may offer the
leadership To Colonel Roosevelt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-13
TO ADVERTISERS.

The East Oregonan has the largest PAID
circulation Of any paper In Oregon, east Of
Portland and over twice the circulation Ia
Pendleton Of any other newspaper.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
Pat-a-Cake Boys
Begin School AT
Shafter In Week

Pat a. cake, pat-a-cake. bakers
man." is the little ditty that some
eight priyates from various army posts
will be singing at Fort Shafter in the
near future, for the next course OF
instruction. for bakers and cooks Is 10
begin at that post on October Is. The
details are as follows:
For Instruction as baker: Pvt First
Glass Fred Mills, Troop NJ 4th Cav
airy: Pvts. Harold Grover, Battery C,
LIST Field Artillery; William H. Giles,
Battery d. 9Th Field Artillery, and
Ellis A. Enbirg. Coast Artillery Crops,
1sts Company, Fort Ruger.
For instruction as cook: Pvts
Peter A. Saggio, Battery G, 9th Field
Artillery; George e. Schwope, Coast
Artillery Corps. 4th Company. Fort
Kamehameha; Pvts. First Glass Wal
ter Rsdford, Company F. 25th Infan-
try. and Frank Shelton, Company l.,
end Infantry.
S The men have been ordered to re
port on October IL, to enable them to
get Cettled down before the opening
OF the course. The course of instruc-
ton is for period of four months.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
GUN May
GET new TEST
BY GOVERNMENT
Controversy Over Weapon Said
to Have Been Rejected
Stirs War Department

The Lewis machine gun. which was
rejected by the United States and
later adopted by the British govern
ment, which, IL is said, considers 1t the
most effective rapid firer now in use,
is to undergo a new test by United
States army experts, says the New
York Telegram. ~ ~
This announcement was made by
Newton ID. Baker, secretary OF war,
who asserted that he would make
known steps that he has decided to
take with reference to the machine
gun quest IN"
The Lewis gun, il is asserted, was
offered az gift to the United States
governmt Mt by Col. Isaac Newton
Lewis, IT, s. A., retired, the inventor,
hut it was rejected. 1t was then Of
fered to Great Britain and accepted,
after a test that convinced officers OF
the British army that 1t was more eff
fectiye han any rapid firer then in
use.
II is evident from the statement
made by Mr.. Baker, army officers as
sert, that the government is to under
take an extensive study of the ma
chine gun question. Congress has APP
propriated $12,000,000 for the pur-
chase OF machine guns, and II is to be
expected, officers of the army said,
that some step should be taken In de-
termining the type Of rapid firing
gun that possesses SURPRISING quail
ties.
The old model vickers and the
Benet-Mereier. or Springfield are, now
in use In the United States army.
Many officers. among them Maj.sGen.
Leonard Wood, It IS said, insist that
the Leieis gun is bettef than the Wick.
ers or the Benet-Mercier. Others,
notably BrigsGen William Crozier.
chief OF ordnance, are said to be OPP
posed to tie adoption Of the Lewis
gun.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
GREAT STORAGE
BATTERIES FOR
new SUBMARINES
Armed Guard Escorts Valuable
Shipment to Mare Island
Navy Yard

Travelling under armed guard, with
every precaution taken to prevent out
side interference en- route. five car
loads OF storage batteries, valued at
more than quarter OF million dol
lars, arrived at Richmond on their way
to the Mare Island navy yard, says the
San Francisco Chronicle
The batteries are from the plant Of
the General Electric Company at Chi
cago and are for use on the new sub
marine flotilla which the government
Is building on the coast. The batter
les, when installed, viii comprise the
main underwater power when the
crafts are submerged, and are special
ly constructed for the work for which
they are intended.
The batteries were shipped In sep
arate units, valued at $500 per unit,
with a man in each car to prevent
damage in transit. The shipment was
taken aboard a government tug and
transferred to Mare island The ship.
ment is said to be the first Of five,
which will be needed to supply the
necessary battery equipment for the
turtle fleet.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
STEEL RAIL WAY BRIDGE
BUILT FAST BY GERMANS

German army engineers have so
standardized railroad bridge building
that substantial steel structures are
now built in less time than temporary
wooden ones formerly required. Be-
fore rail connections can be estab-
lished between an advancing army
and its base, new bridges must re-
place those destroyed. III.
Therefore the facility with which
standardized structures can be as
sembled by unskilled workmen is i'm
portant, as is also the fact that the
length and strength can be regulated
to suit various conditions. The steel
parts consist of four standard mem
bers; diagonals quarter inch thick
and eight and a half feet long; chords
of like thickness five and a half feet
long, and transverse beams, which
support Longitudinal CT beams on
which crossties rest
A strong lattice girder is built by
boiling a number of diagonal and
chord plates together. Wrenches ana
mauls are practically the only tools
needed Double Orders are formed
when extra-long bridges are built
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
Quinn and Dubal of Hawaiian
Army District Would Take
Examinations

Two members of the engineer Of
flee of the Hawaiian army district
Richard Quinn and ~ H. Dubal-have
applied for permission to take the ex-
animation to determine their fitness
for commissions in the army reserve
corps. Quinn, who holds lie position
of assistant engineer in the office.
will take the examination for major,
while Dubal, department engineer,
will try for captaincy.
Both men have been drilling for
some time at Fort Shafter, taking the
regular work along with enlisted men
of the engineer company in order to
get an understanding of military tao
tics from the ground up. If they sue
coed in passing their examinations
they will be the first to enter the re-
serve CORPS from the Hawaiian de-
partment and among the first in the
service ."...
we have only applied so far" says
Quinn, "and have not even been in
formed whether or not the examina-
lions will be given for US, but we have
been drilling pretty regularly out at
Shafter for some time now in an eff
fort to get the rudiments of military
knowledge"
Some interesting things have oc-
CURED during this drill Once the
men overheard a visiting officer in
quire in rather emphatic way as to
who are those rookies?" Though
the civilians did not look around they
had a pretty good idea just who were
included in the query.
The responsibilities assumed by
holders of commissions are as fol-
lows: s. .....
l. They are subject . in time of
peace to duty in instruction camps or
elsewhere for two weeks each year,
or longer with the officers consent,
in connection with which cheap
khaki uniform will be required. 1t is
expected that reasonable latitude
in the choice of time for this service
will be allowed.
2. They are subject to order to
duty by the President whenever war
is actual or imminent, in a rank not
below that held in the Reserve Corps
of Engineers
Benefits are as follows:
& 1. Opportunity for the engineer to
render mis- most effective service Il
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
GERMAN FLYING BOAT
CARRIES AER0PlANE

From what is considered a wholly
dependable source, information comes
concerning a most unusual aeronaut-
ical experiment being carried out by
German aerial experts. It deals with
the development of a powerful flying
boat which carries, for both defensive
and offensive purposes, a swift, mos
quito-like aeroplane on its back. The
idea is almost analogous to the dread
naught and destroyer of naval use.
The machine, when last heard Of. was
being put through test flights, but
had not at that time been sufficiently
refined to warrant its actual use.
The new machine has such re-
markable stability, carrying capacity,
and cruising radius that its engineers
think ii can be made to replace the
bulky, highly expensive Zeppelins
which have proved disappointing. II
this actually comes to pass 1t will
mark the recognized triumph of the
heavier-than-air machine over the
much lauded but less useful dirigible,
for war purposes at least. The flying
boat and its auxiliary aeroplane are
described in an illustrated article in
the October Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
ARMY ORDERS

The following transfers OF enlisted
men are ordered:
Pvt. Frank r. Przebindowski, Bat
terry d, 1st F. A., to the Quartermaster
Corps, Schofield Barracks.
Cook Emil A. WohIfeil, Quartermas-
ter Corps, Fort Shafter, as private
to- Company d, End Infantry.
First Lieut.. Stephen H. MacGregor.
Ordnance Department, having report
ed at these headquarters In c0mpII-
ance with War Department orders. 3
assigned to the Hawaiian Ordinances
Depot. with station In this city, and
viii report to the Department Ord.
nance officer.
Special order directing End Lieut.
Frederick A. Markey, Quartermaster
Corps, to proceed to the Letterman
General Hospital, San Francisco, Cal,
is rescinded.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
HOW UNCLE sam
BUILDS MILITARY
ROADS IN MEXICO
Scrapers and Graders Pulled
BY Motor Trucks Work
Wonders There

Building and maintaining good roads
Is not only problem OF peaceful
times, but one OF war as we'll In mod
ern warfare, when military success Is
largely dependent on how quickly and
easily troops msy be transported from
place to place, the construction OF
roads becomes a vital factor in the
daily life of an army either defending
or advancing its position.
Down in Mexico during these many
months Uncle Sam has been demon
strating his skill as an emergency
road builder. In and around Column
bus, n. NJ, and for considerable dis
tanee across the border he has worked
wonders with the roads over which
supplies and munitions must be car
ried to his grim, determined boys in
khaki.
Between advanced types of road
building machinery and the use OF mo-
tor trucks, the soldier-workers have
been able to transform many miles OF
rough, rutty Texan aud Mexican high
way. A fleet of small serapers and a
number of big side-ccnyeyor type OF
graders have been keptA busy ever
since Gen. Pershing's punitive expedi-
ton swept across the international
line.
For a time Uncle Sam tried to use
caterpillar tractors to tow the heavy
scrapers and graders. but after many
unsatisfactory experiments he cast
about for some other means to drag
the road devices over the courses
mapped ont for them. After 9 NUM-
Der Of tests the job was turned over
to the Jeffrey Quad.
+ To pull the smaller scrapers was
no task at all. ThesreaI work came
in when they were hitched to the big
graders, or scalpers. In some In
stances the resistance was so terrific
that three trucks we're assigned to
one grader, and even then the going
wasn't any too easy.
The operators would set the
'scalping knife slung on a 45-degree
angle beneath the machine flush with
the wheel line, so that it sliced of
all bumps and eliminated all ruts.
often bump would represent sheer
cut of five and six inches through giu-
tinous earth. so it can be imagined
what a job It was for the trucks to
pull the machine along.
The scrapings were carried along
the blade of the knife and onto the
side conveyor and then elevated and
dumped off the side Of the road. All
the while the big grader would be lum-
bering along jerkily.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
NEW SHELL USED BY NAVY
PROVES GREAT SUCCESS

WASHINGTON, d. C. - A 2190-
pound shell from one Of the new To-
inch naval guns recently pierced z
thick piece Of armor plate. passed
through a sand bank, ricochetted, am
tore through a helpers home on the
governments proving reservation az
indian Head, Md The helpers family
narrowly escaped death.
To naval officers the remarkaoie
mart of the test is the piercing quai
Nv demonstrated for the new smell.
4 was among the first charges fiIea
from the new caliber rifles. A hhlll l
mum charged was used. These guns
are being demonstrated prior TO Dehls
sot nm on dreadnoughts now bulidlns-
Naval officers were jupllan. louas
over the showing made by tne new
o,n in the clean sweep II naa poIeu
tbror,gh every object It came IN con'
'o syuitb q full charge behind It, said
ofe,eer today, "the shell woulu
10 ~ niarced from five TO ten 1ncnes
of armor plate. ..ad n
The 1s-inch gun when mounted ~
.,ch ships as the Tennessee, NJ
,,rd MO construction. will be the largese
rifle afloat. The 15-inch guns o. .as
british Queen Elizabeth ana sinl ..l
ah;ns are At present the greatest fire-
arms on the sea. ..a
The recent accident at Indian Heaa
q not the first. With the use OF tne
is.inch guns. however, the navy mas
decided it will be necessary to So
cure new range.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
MILITARY AERO
EXPERT AMAZES
LONDONCROWDs

The extraordinary development OF
aviation under war pressure was
shown in a performance recently by
military airman In the neighbor-
hood Of London for funds forthe war
hospitals.
He began his stunts high in the
air and made his big biplane do some
wonderful, bird-lfke evolutions. He
dived, turned over and shot up In q
sort Of passion of mastery. He
s1ooped the loop" 20 times. getting
lower each time until he was too near
their upturned faces for the nervous
watchers.
The flight of aeropianes over Lon
con. which was once Illegal, allowing
for possible descent upon a thickly
populated quarter, nowadays is no I'M
common incident. and IN certain dis
tricts not far from the metropolis
swarms of aeroplanes can be seen in
the air any time making speed and
performing evolutions thought impos-
sible q few years ago. Experts de-
clare that when peace comes the APP
plication OF the aeroplane to the
ordinary purposes Of life viii bring
many surprises.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
OFFERS SILVER
CUP TO WINNER
ON RIFLE RANGE
Mai. M. NJ. Johnson Announces
Prize for Men in First
Battalion

To arouse enthusiasm In target
work. Mai N. M. Johnson. National
Guard. has announced that he will
present silver loving cup to the man
in his battalion VINO makes highest
record durins record shooting on the
range.
This will include all men Of the
LIST Battalion, Companies A. b. c and
ID. and the individual shooting must
be done over all the ranges In ono
day. Men in the various companies
are showing a spirit OF competition
that promises to make this years re-
cord shooting much worth while.
The cup which Mai Johnson has Of
fered to the winner on the event viii
be OF silver and engraved appropri.
ately with the name Of the successful
contestant, the date, and the record
over the different ranges.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-07
NEEDED MOST
FOR AIR COOLED GUNS

: One of the many things which the
United States soldiers have learned
on the Mexican border Is that GER
tain type of machine gun which Is sup.
posed to be air-cooled scarcely cools
at all when subjected to steady serv-
ice for any length Of time.
The barrel is provided with radlat-
ing flanges like the exterior Of an
air-cooled bas engine cylinder. Water
Is now applied to these guns with
long-handled sponges which have been
provided for the soldiers for this pur-
pose. These weapons each have .
spare barrel for use when the other
barrel gets bot and yet this provision
is inadequate to prevent oFerheating.