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i ta b ra DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS i I Tb Etst Ortfnnlaa bu the larcest bona ftd and auarutrd paid circulation of any MPt lo Oregon, east of Portland and by tar tb lamt circulation la Pandlatoa of ao oawapaper. t Fttir ton'oht and ftftturdity. Mamlmum - rn.ninmm 54; rain .03; wind, north, freMi; rhr, Partly ejoudy. (JITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 LAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1917. NO. 9107 -I ' - - m VICTORY SUR E SAYS PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE Confident Note Sounded if Guild Hall Speech; Accom plishments Following June 1915 Cited as Certain Indication. GERMAN PIRACY COMPENSATED fttritaht Han Jjom Manjr Hlilpft, lie De clare. But 1-att, that (iei-nan Pi racy Bixiusht In AmHi" - Makes ftiaJunue Perfectly ajatittfactury. LONDON, April 27. "Victory U Increasingly assured'' This confi dent note Premier Lloyd George ounded in his Uulld hall speech . "lie fore June, nineteen fifteen, we torn v-iKiity-four Kuna, und a number of prisoners. Thereafter we haveh't lout' a ahiitle gun, but have captured four hundred and made prison em at th" ratio of 'ten of the enemy to one of oura. a "This meant ultimate victory. Our chances for growing and equipment urc Improved. j sjncitws ttraiice Sail !. "An.erk-a, after great patience, has ' 'lf iued It ia useless to wave a neutral j flu in the shark a teeth. We've lo-t . may Phi pi, but Genu mi piracy hua brought In America we're perfectly j sittisfied with the balance." 300,000 BU. 191 7 WHEAT SOLD HERE Prices Offered for New Crop Reach $1. 75 per Bushel; Some Sold Early at $1.10; Chicago Market in Turmoil Today; Cash Wheat Selling Above $3. FAGREE'uPON IS SHIPPING Balfour Cables Home the Initial Report of the 'Agreements Made in the Greatest Parley in American History. PRESS FREEDOM ASTONISHES jj LtlltH ANU dUI I UN rUH .HUt&ItU VOLUNTEERS JTZJZZ, ' ' UNITED STATES NAVY ' ,rT-. 73s'-.-; uni no FIRM TO PACT WITH ENTENTE At price runKlng up to $1.75 per bushel a substantial portion of the Umatilla county wheat crop for the coming season hue already been sold. It 1h estimated today by local faruiera end grainmen that 300,000 or 400, (0f bushels have been contracted for. The early contracting done many, w eeks hko, was at 11.10 per bushel, i Of lute must of the contracting has been at Pl.&O per bushel and higher K. K Hinlth is known to have offered I 11.70 per bushel for one lurge crop, the offer not being taken. Mr. Xmith himself takes the position that farmers should not contract their crops as he believes prices w 111 bo stronger tiian now offered. 4'ltlcagu In Turmoil. CHICAUO. April 2 7. The wheat I'll wa in turmoij today. May wheat opening at 12.63, rose to 12.70. drop, ped twelve p(itnu then rallied again. The JJelKimi relief and other buyers grabbed an opportunity at th earlv break to buy practically casi wheat may futures prices. cuh wheat FIRE TRAPS 100 MINERS curing xne lirst eiKnteen iiaya r mi(l ttt ovr $;.o0 May wlurtltf wltn the battle of the Hoinme.'fl he contin- Uniy u few dH to await deliveries. Is urd, -we made eleven thousand Srl- nearly fifty ceuts under that fljjure. oners, and captured fifty-four guns. ! Word from Omaha stated that In the same period around Arras we foreign buyers are bidding fifty cents rt'ceiuiy tMk eighteen thousand men or th I'hicign market for number and two hundred and thirty guns." nmJer Thank Ij4hhIon. Th Hpee h was delivered in the his tt.rn ;uild hall after the jircmier wan driven the freeJtmi of the city. He thtnked Indon for Ita great services in the ar und particularly for the aid of the last war loan which he termed "t he moat remarkable financial ex- ploit in histfry." "The government ia planning the mnfteen eighteen harvest with three millions additional acres available, he said, "guaranteeing we wouldn't Murve if not a single ton was Import ed, ftut we must economise." Ktnphoslzlng the seriousness of the submarine problem, on which he said "the bett minds of Bngland and the 1 mud states are concentrated." he appealed for fond economy and In ereaeed production, delnring the in vrf:ud food prh-es were not neoes- SPANISH WAR VETS TO DRILL TONIGHT; UNITS ARE GROWING Man? m Xitmrrt Adlhtl In Hliuti KoNUrry: tlr Vnll Now 11mm 6:1. Thw Avrnlnic Phnrtly MftT 7 o'clock Hi Sanih Wur vti.riiiii will drill on Wft Alia ilrwl by I In. rlcral build- li tc und they hRVf Invltod all mem Im rn i.f the thi-vt' unlta li drill with 1h.m. Thcrn will Im no achool of In ft ruction and onl those ailvancHd fjir t-iiouKh to tak pari In drill should icaorl. The recruitina; of the three cithuma' inlts now aoinar on. The flrrt unit ttow haa S name, on Ita mil. the aee unit haa 67 and the Hllver Uraya have 40. All Intend to recruit up to me i murk. The following are thnae enrolled In the younir men 'a unit: HiikIi A. llowman, Ueorae Wood worth, Donald McMaater. I R. Wl ler. '. M. nta Ceroid. H. J. Warner. . K Tallmnn. A. K. Holt, t'lyde K. I'hilli. Jamea R. Homier. Rspar M. Hinn. It. f. Iturton. Iterlrand (ler xrri. MalKhnll II. Spell, Joe Hour. A. W. l-nrlaon. K. K. Murphy. Owen Klrd. l'.-n Moultt.n. .lurk r'.-ck. Sheldon I'l r'ch. Hernle Hvlee. (leo. F. Phelpa. H.nrv Juild. Allen Mcl'nn, Kuirene Hovl. n, K1..J-.I 8n- tier, (toy Pumlah. ItMlph Huraeee. Marry Havee. Prank Kmhiiek. Harold I'mwr. Hterlinn LJver niore. Ilurlen Fell. Wllmoth Allen. ell MrKeynoldx. Francla Tterk. Paul IWk. Harry N'eleon. Tom Tor nn. Kilward Klchanlaon. I'llfford rtl in. Marlon K H.utsland. Adolph t.ohrman. I.ell Htorkmnn. lyan rr. A alter K. Ien, W. It. Kni.r h:.rl.- E. Powera. Shelby Allowny. Kr-ink lal. V. K. Hnavely. I'heater tw hard wheat for Philadelphia de livery. Adding the average fi-eieht rhnrses. thla la ewuiMtlclit to 2.8I at 1'hil.iii. Iphla. t'liU-aTo. flllCAdO. Auril 27. Vi-w.iMl to ihe Kant reaoniun- Kanire of wheat 1 Pri-ea to4lay: Op.Mi. Iliah. Ixw. Oloae. May 2..'.S 12.70 S2.SS S2.CKVL July 12 II (2.2C t2.1 I2.2I4 Port land. Pl'RTU.N'II, Ore.. April 2. Spe ciall Club 2.62: bluentem $27... At St. IjoiiIk. Irkea retelved today by wire by the Pendleton Farmers lnlon Grain ncy from 8t. Iul.show the fol lowlng bids here: cash on track 13.10: May $2.82: July 2 21: Septem ber l.2 1-4. T!UjrnAJ. Ajrll 27 A fire In tlie main atone or the HatitJnKa mine, tnentjr-two miles) north, enlntqx-f Her a hundred miitcm on tile dar "bin. Harir r-x-rtH Indii-atn the poa sIMIitjr that Au-arlan miners Nlarteil ilia lire. lirltinh FreiKn MinMrr Decides to Itcrole Paradrraph of lU-nort to Bis ANHlHtaiM-n Americas press Can be in Makine F.ffk-tent War. THINKS DIVER WAS NOT SUNK BY SHOT FROM THE MONGOLIA -: NEW YORK. April 17. "It's Jhe Kreatrst wish of nj life to see American manhood fichtlnit shouldor to shoulder with the allies." With this declaration In his speech before the American newspaper publishers association bajujuet. Lieutenant CSnnernl BridKes, of the Balfour war j commission was forced to pause I w while he was given an ovation. "We came Into the war in the cause of civilization," he said. "Wo don't fiaht for in- demnity. territory or national uXKrandizement. We fipht for an Ideal the freedom of man- kind and small nations." Commander of Veto-H's (atittn--r lie. IUtcx Shell Only KiHM-ked l-erl-Mrpe off HiiotnarlfM.; Kut'ti liamajte la Kaslly Ih-uaarexL - LONDON". April : 21. Lieutenant Hruce Ware, commander of the Mon golia's aunners, believes the hot fired at the submarine didn't sink th submarine. "All we know is we fired at a hontile e-wel with a perl - cope." he Faid. "I don t know "oeiner we nil tne vessel, but we knijcked off the periscope. It is po slhlo the subtnurine submerged and later repaired the periscope. I -amain- Kaeily Ifa-alml. A British submarine expert de clared with the periscope ahot away, a submarine could be ready for action aaain with little delay, if Riven an opportunity to rise to the surface und repair the dam.nre. Water ia shut out by a valve, lie aaid the British fre quently found submarines they thought destroyed working aaain al most Immediately and none the worse for the exeriencn. GERARD PLANNED 10 ATTACK 0. S. APPEALS FOR DRAFT LAW NKW VOIIK. April 27. Jamea W. lernrd. formerly Amerlian ambassa dor to slermany. appealed last nla-ht to the entire country to stand bv resident Wilson and to urge eon- areas to pass the administration bill for universal, obligatory military ser. lee. He declared that he knew that if t.erniany a victory In the war. she would have j attacked the I'nited States, regardless of whether America had entered the war. Mr. Oerard was speaking at the ' annual dinner of the American News- ' paper rubllshers' association. He ! said: I . (OBOKOK MARTIN.) WASHINGTON, April 27. The first chapter of America's part in the world war was penned today when Balfour cabled home to his government the initial report of the agreements made in the urea left parley of American history. The reports will tell the European allies that the first problem settled was shipping. They wrote in effect that the British and French commis sions expressed wishes concerning the part America will play in the war. The American government haa sured them of its complete support, and cooperation in getting precisely w hat they want. Figlilliur Men Can Walt. Balfour. General, Bridges and Ad miral Ie('hair .agreethat the sup plying oP American fighting men can wait. The agree. Balfour reports. tnat each point in the gigantic interna nonal parley asked by America, will be answered by the British anil rench Jointly. Iliblkitv Amaze Italfour. llalfour is amased at the extent of publicity in the I'nited States and w ill devote. It is understood, a paragraph in his report to the tremendous as sistance the American press can be In helping America to solve the problem of making an efficient war. Halfoi.r." said a high official In the commission, "has come to feel It i his duty to answer fully all the .ntiestiona the press asks, except mn- Siear lr; - I aa "Wrrr that the rli par teal raqulre- vents aak It trapoelfel for rou' to aerre four eotmtrr In tee - -Vavy la lias e amr. Thsr Is goo reason for audi rial rs- : aulrasenta, se you sluraia tnt worry about net pass in. I rl that slaea ro bar Mn patrletie no-)t to velontesr, ya ahoula have soswthtne to totow far it, ee that no sea will have th right te eall jreu a "Blacker." Taarafore, wita tale letter Is a button far Tear eoet. fear It. It Is aa henorte bare taa rifbt te. j? j If. as a result or marine Oils button, ana snowing tbla letter,' joa lnfltMn.ca.soa otbtr aaa d eaxw forward, yea ear, la that amy, help your eouatrj, peaatbly a a-oeb aa If jog bad actual ly "dona yoar bit" la th sary. . . tarn, Just a sord of eattttea. It veula be highly aleaonorable for ran te par-alt any on els to arsar tala batten.. It eoald fly kla a ebaao to pratena to do aaat you have actnally done. Ir roa so not oar te soar it, ana -u-easars it, pot ii ia aa .... ; anrolop and tall It te any Harjr Seeraltinc Off leer, i Sut the right thing to do ts to wear It and be proud of It. and If any one erar quoationa your patrtotiaa, shoe ft la this letter. It shoes that yea Bare aoaestlr tried to da roar duty b-r your - v .8.ayT. " ,,.f Boeraitlnf Officer.. In order that thfse who volunteer for enlistment and are rejected may J li;g "slackers." the recruiting service of the Navy Iepaftment is furnishing Tremendous' and Insidious Germanic Pressure for Sep arate Peace is Without Effect. ARMY REPLEGGES TO WAR I'nanlmity I'pon All Front Aaaons tjostlier That ITrnisaoMal (joeasra. ment-a War procram M IV ooea- pieted. MU- I leiiers ana nuiuim to all such rejected not be subjected to the charge of be j applicants. War Is Ki erybody'a cernlng naval and military details. "It no man. be he rich or poor, i Vlltiiur Wall Street, laborer, farmer, miner, manufactur- -""rd Cunllffe. president of the er, business man. or whatever his oc- ,,a"g of Kngland, went to New Tork cupatlon. or In what interior part of Kna v-"l'cd Wall street. Admiral IV the country he may live believe that Ch"lf conferred with the navy de- DtPnRTffN L BE TOF PUT AGRICULTURE WAR BASIS TO COMBAT HIGH FOOD COST WASHINGTON. April 17 iukorr, rcMiiHlliia- to s. ttim Amrritma jimttth cviunitteet, rs Med fBrrtber jv-jWrmnm that Rasflii ' does not intend conceding semrmt ernuia pence. ropENTtAGEN'- April T7. ThJ tremendous, insidious osrmnlc prc-s sure for a separate peace to not af fecting Russia. Kiuwia's ties with he entente allies are ftlowly strenffth- eninjs. according to information front diplomatic channels. The Russian army has repledged itself to the war The provisional rover nment's plan of sending leaders to various front to explain In detail to the soldiers he plans of the new regime and the menace of the Germans has proved successful. It Is reported here that there is an unanimity on all front anions; the soldiers that the provis ional government's war program most toe completed. - Various other Ruwian moves, dip lomats said, show the weaving ot even closer bones between -Russia. ICngiand and France. I SESSIOH OF SENATE PROBABLE TO DISCUSS DRAFT Increasing Production of Wheat and Lowering the Price of Bread are Main Objects. WILL SOLVE WHOLF PROBLEM TO PULL CAMP OUTFIT OVER THE MOUNTAINS in is is not his war. The Uvea and safety of hlmselr and his family and had won either a draw or j L. ZZZ'."? "V"'" 7"PTVV ",a ..n... ... .-.!., iMr iruna or nia la bor or Industry depend upon its suc cessful outcome. There ia no out rage that would not be perpetrated upon us if we lost: and no cltiaen or section would be immune. pnrtment heads. shipbuilding, sub marine warfare and coast patrols were discussed. WASHINGTON". April 27 To com bat tuo lilKh cue of foodstuffs. tfie l4ui runout of agriculture nill be nut on a war bast. 1 m-roasinir the pro- n-tion of wheat, and lowering Hie iwii'c of bread are tlsn main ohjv. Urea. iMiiartumit officials aay tills mul lie done imnwdiateiy. and ciisLTeu will be asked to piia tile necranari Ui elation. WU.I. SOLVE fkiuj-:i. "lacing Use oViHUtanent on a war fiKHing would solve the mix 4,- ouch. tlon of I lie hlxh prices of foodstuffs,-, "aid AwslHlant ewmtary Vrnoanan. "Armlea can be raisnd at any aeasnn. Wheeut can be piantml only In a ore tain aaain. ran Ubis unwu. nases fEast Oregonlan Special.) I'KIAH, Oprll 27. Last fall a Mr. Turney, hailing fro mnobody knows where, created quite a sensation be tween Pilot Rock and i'kiah by hitch ing himself to a cart loaded with a camp outfit, which he pulled over the mountains, finally landing near Ukiah ! w here he w.-nt to work cutting wood for Ueorge Kills for a while, then pitched a tent in which he has lived Sixteen Sroaton Sijmify Inteattloa of Nj .caking: House Vote May t'oane Sometime Today: krsjma Va!sw Pro-' poneuta. J. P. YflER. WASHINGTON". AprU 17. Under forced draft" pressure the eenaia is discussing the conscription measure. A night session is probable. Sixteen senators said they would speak. The house may vote today. "Three things were necessary to convince the enemy of the futility of continuing all winter until a few dava ao wh.n " "unu,ns "ruggle." snld Sena- he again visited in I'kiah saving that ' r JomT' W h"uld first dnlL he would leave In a few davs. going 'Sf'" B"d, f"11' " "rmy ,,f """i"" Lack the a he came, but with three ' "uld conserve the national re and four feet of snow ,h. t-urces and human power by deatroy- tain and mud hub deeo in th. i i"K ,h" ''u"r traffic, we should en- lo h. . in i.. .. . i franchise the integritv. intelligence. i hore before he pets back ' lt..i. Pilot I oft y patriotism of our DISPARAGES U. S. ARMY; ARRESTED Aaainwa hnh h t there was no (Continued oa Page (.) i wo mart wait an entire year. Mean- Two Marriage Ucrmarn. j time the o and armlea mlgtit A marriage license was issued to-, "arve." He adiultwd tlie Jump In day to IJovd l. Calyer, SI. and Ii- 'brad Wi.H w umlcr tlo eT of the Mida Ita m bo. 17, both of Pendleton, "cpartmeiit . IVudlng cuturroeimiMl A license was issuad esterday to Wil-iaction, w.iliiox has tin's tanae. Inrd McOulloch. 25. and llasel Hoop er. IS. both of Pilot Hock. CORMORAN, GERMAN CRUISER, BLOWN UP AT GUAM 7': : Y"i jXTRAI 8 i I inviuiv t ii ... .-, . : purity and women." No llr rie added thai there was no sul stantiaL overiniaering reaaon against selective conscription. "I'onscrlption has been declared Dnd.mn.miii. K.. . . .... j " " - '"numim, O IS JOHN" M. Mii'l XI-X THANSIKVT ! r "l. 'ii.H-ratie. We must mage war .. ....... j, i i , . r-,,v , . r.iiectl. method must not be disregarded be cause they seem coiilrari to the ideas of peace. "Democracy Is again on trlav. Lord Northrliffe "I leoi.K racy is a bad war maker.' It s true because democracy has abhorred war and is untrained to w.r. because of us di vided reeponsibilities." Kenyon of loaa. declared he would vote for conscription and against ths ATTillTs TX mstlH Ul; l.Ot'.VL HKt-ltriTS. l i ' -a. . 1 - ' - v " t-i f' ' - ' ..... .s"S-.J.fv-J, ! '-V..-. -9- s'riiat,.. " .: v a7 (nt(ntied on I'ace l. t m.4t m t f c ..... ...... -- T c a T Reciiuse he spoke dispurag ingly of the United States army, a transient who claims to have served In the army, is a prison er in the city Jail awaiting ac tion of the authorities. He was arrested late yesterday afternoon at tne Instance of Corporal THW T I . . . . - local recruitine office - j volunteer .-m. despite the fact his Tha inciden. .bleb . i constituents op, conscription. aTaVlMiV a ,. d. - ' lra.l poOi W .r.... , ,,,urT hull. Corporal Hnrvey. ai-cordinjr Ilarrtcnn mtth the (iftiiiiiw fh-eina . ... ' " . " " u , w 'ic .v m. nuiuurr or prv- 1 rvewif I - it at aa ha. -w" i. H,.w.wM ia. a.A. I ' -- v .wrie-, - " butted Miw fk-eins; ; liurriefl and abaa donlns; HIV and qM(wm-ui. K rrimrtrd by Ha:. The battle wa wared tarni Arraa to bsm nartte, llim tumii-. - . mmUjoi band to hwid. The urrr-fted anil- ! rry raw barrace- of Her. hut tlie ItritiNft. advanrr won Utroacb tlie ne f I be Mnrd rnt dlHWiobo Indi cate) 1 1 six to ardifHJaur ilm p4aa of krfnjr a -twd) pri immrr abmc the entire front. Hat her than Apra havf th K'ornutruii, r(ir, tl rman cans J blew inter nod in I i be seised uti. sr-itu-d by Anierl ' Tv Irrmans up when charjre of her ; five German enlisted men mere killed, was alio tit to ,Tvt.nt-fie (irrmun offn-em. taelve jMrrant (fficen. unrt 3ri enlisted titri. M11I1MI tMjVtl I'lltC-IUIT. .in ar runt ffioi rs pfi4nid to Police e e. Klmer K. Turner this morntnc tint t work aa a rewutar member f the I'endleton police frre. Because of Illness, Chief of Tolioe Nh has re tired from the force, at leaxt for the time beinc. and Pilly S. lieer. vetentii nieinber f the force. in actina as ch?-f. Turner n aorkitic n th. d.iv f . : . .- Ill"" to to belittle the the ronveraatftm army : RAID ON RAMSGATE KILLS 2: INJURES 3 f 1 Hia re- marks are said to have been In- , tended as a discouragement trt j 'I" c"","m'u"'n enlisting BRITISH PATIUH. MMtOX , J-t. tvrporal Harvey ordered him to MA. U AltMIUP Tt HKTH T keep quiet and upon his refusal tlTtSl hihi.. an-.. , . - . sou , 1 1 i vriicer Hall who tk the man to the police station. The m:itter was reported to Iiitrtct Attorney Keator who has not et dec ided what action he will take. Mcllunes is In dignant at his arrest. He de- dares he has served in the army himself and his remarks weie prompte.1 t.y his oan exierieuce as a fblier. IXXIWx. April T MmHI, frxsa a terrmaa ehtruyrr rauallna: squadron killed a man and woman, mjared Uime and damage twrmysar h,Mae. , at Haaisacatrt, It k fn-tll, mmc.1 I Tne ltrU isatrol foeail Um- trwuin aaMupa to retreat. j -Thr- ataac laewxl file mlnaae. " It was -au-d. - nuadred dwil. fell ink- MrikJng a tore snnMIHI INnIIiisT. The- niglit was Inhwel. dark. Mar 4m-4i. were aial u, II. lumiiteie tltt twa hi 1 ! I i :