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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO a.IVEBT18KK8 K.Tlit:ic Tli Kmut Oregonlan has the largest bona fld aad guaraatreu paid clrciilatloa of any paper in Oregou, eusl of Portland and by far the largest circulation In l'eudlcton of uny newspaper. ToniKht and Thursdiiv ui..-ttled, probably KhiiUcw. t , COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917 - NO. 9117 DAILY EVENING EDITION - 7 V POSITIONS" AROUND FREW LOST BY BRITISH YESTERDAY ARE REGAINED HAIG REPORTS Bullecourt Encircled on 3 Sides ' by Australian Troops; Fall is Near; Loss Will Imperil Entire German Oppy Line. FREEH HOLD AGAINST HEAVY GERMAN ATTACKS IOVUON, May . Some or the ground around JYcwioy which the Itrttish were ooiiilH-llol to )Wd b iiTday to tremendous (Wia attack wii regained uxlay, Hats -riorted. Itnlleroort, which tlir Australian Iron p arc enilnilng on Hire slut-. U about to fall. Too iK-oetrsiion of tiemmn puijilunv at IHilU-eourt, It in cllecd. would Limai-il litf entire ppy lino, and force Uio (HTman to ri'int alone the indra dlftaiicc. Bulecmirt Mie-t Important. ".At night we slightly advanced northwest of Hnrglcourt, Halg re ImtlmI. "Northeast of Curvelle vll l.iee yesterday evening the enemy at ta. ki-d, our machine itun and barrage fire completely repulsing them. East ..r Armantleres early thla mornlnir an enemy raidlnit party wn driven urf." The Hullecourt operations are con sidered more important than those ii round Fresnoy. The recapture of that city by the tiermana would act t.ark to the llrltlnh alnia a circling the end if OPPV. HrHlidi Casualties lAlht. Hin.e ApTrrl the Hrttih furee. huve Imprisoned SO.sno nermann, la-ki-n lb7 guns 2t7 mortara, 470 mu ch ine guns. Chancellor of the Exche quer I aw announced. Law aald Brit. Ih casualties in Halg'e recent offen sive were fifty and seventy-five per cent Iran than those Incurred by th Hritlsh along the Homme earlier In the wi.r. The French recently announc ed that twenty-nine thousand Oer imins had been taken prisoners since April 1. The total allied capture therefore la' 41.000. Hand-to-Iland rlghtta-. nritlett artillery la endleaaly batter In the enemy. The fighting la princi pally In wavea of amall sections ot troop, who daah forwurd, are met by ;rman detachments, and clinch in hnnd-tn-hand fighting. The poaltlons are advanced or poshed back aa the title ewinga from aid to aide. While the nrrmana thun are en en vorina to prevent the realisation of the British scheme of crumbling the northern pivotal point of the line. iVy were staging another tremen duoiia counter-offensive against a elmilar menace on the emit hern pivot in the lerench hold on fhemln De Harries The movement was blocked with terrible losses to the Hermans Heavy lv.ce Sustained. I'ARIK. Mitv Htaagerlng loaaea have been Inflicted on the repeated iikx. Hilling wavea of tlermana who are desperately attemptlnK to retake Kr.TM'h poaltlona on the t'hi'mln lee iMmea, It la officially declared. All Htt.icka w.-re rcpulaed. LIFE OF A NAVAL RECRUIT ALL TO THE GOOD SAYS LESLIE GIBBS An intiwtlnic lotUT dcUtlliiiR th )tt- of 4V nal recruit at th training tjLt.on In Kan rrancinco was ncnlved thin morntnr by th Kant Orimniiin from Lrl.e (ilhh. rorn.fr awimant In th bMM.;ie.j. office. Thf lilr rradn H Nan.l Train.!. HchiM.I, Sun rnnciwo. (11iiornta- May . 1917 KhsI orvaittitHn Tub. . I'pn-lleton. rrcn. T.. All the -Fiirto?": Well, thror weekn a aallr and H'MKt one at that. Many the thtnp" I h;ve learned In thla abort apace anI nvtnv are the thlnpta I attll have to l-am. I am renin a I ran t1l the anchor from the funnel, pararie r- from atand at eaae. fhnw from Mfwniblv. and Tor tha laat two week a I haven't been aalmtna; the chief coo f..r the commander In chartff. to you - the time hadn't been exactly -.oied What a world of thlnnw there are t.. learn here, and what a abort apace .f ttma to do all In. We. aoon learn t do lota In a abort time and to do the mm well or do It over atc-ln. (( veille at f Ja in the momim: .nd tai-a at t& tr- u t"' "f te( p .mn CIVIL WAR VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL .Iom-)i William Aired 74. Passe Away at Ilia Home 414 Calvert Street YcKterday Afternoon. Another veteran of the Civil War waa muatered. out of the thinning ranka yesterday afternoon when Jo aeph WllllHnia aim wend the hurt call. He died at hia home, 414 Cnlvln atreet o) cnnci r of the atumach. The funer al will be hold tomorrow afternoon at r. :30 at the Krown chapel. Rev. R. K. Cornall of the Methodist church ill conduct the aervlcea which will ut In charge of the 5. A. R. Iieceoaed waa 74 yearn old. He came to Tendleton from the eaat a few n Mint ha atto becauae of ill health but h-id lived her.- ulao at a prevloua period. He waa a member of ( o. H. Second Tennaylvunin Cavnlry diirinK the rebellion. He l aurvlved by hla wife and a atep-son who is empltied by the .-V. It. N. P. H. VHSDALL IS CLAIMED BY DEATH ITomJneiu !- ton frvrmti- 8110 rumlM to Ijonc ninem of llriRht' niarava mm. N'ictit at Midnight. P. It Van Ontdall. prominent Pen dleton farmer, auccumbed laat nlffh! to HrlKht'a dlaeaae or which he had bnen a eufferer for aome time paat hla death occurring about midnight. Funeral arrangement will not be made until the brother and mother of the deceaaed arrive from Portland. Philip Henry VanOradal waa nearly SO yearn old. having been "born August 28. 17, near Upper Sanduaky. Ohio. Hla father died in 171 while farming in Kanama and hia mother aoon there. after brought her family to thia coun ty. For a period of aeven yeara he waa employed In thla city by the lat Hanry Koplttke. w ho ran a general tranafrr bualneaa. and for five yeara he waa engaged In buelnea for hlm- aelf. About 11 yeara ago he secured five aectlona of land aoiltheuat of Pen dleton and had been farming there ever aince. for a time he ralaei horaea a Ian. Mr Van ttradnll la aurvlved by hia wife, to whom he was married in la. hla mother, who Uvea in Pen dleton and Portland, three brother". Perry anil Oeorge. who live near Pen dleton, and John, whose home la in Portland, and a stepson. Richard Pe vlne, who waa Recently discharged from the Idaho National Ouard be en use of hla atep-fatber'B illneaa. Mr. Van Orsdull waa a member of the Woodmen of the World. . t that one doean'l mind jrettina up at a rather uniiauaJ period. Special ly ao when In about two minutes af rr the buRle the matrr at arma comea alon with a cute little paddle. Th nist useful or all hia ponaeaaions con nect with th botom of your hnm mock If you don't :ahnke a lea;" Needlena to aay I ny awake waiting for tha anund of the bugle. I am at prraent living on the rood flhip "Rainbow. a receiving ahip MtHtloned here at the latand. AH the crew and the yeomen atudenta eat and sleep on board and It's lota of fun. Home timea mhen It hea-lna to nil I 1 look, for an open port hole but a a yet ha ven' t d 1 graced an y la nd -iwape. And I almoat fortn.t to atate that I am still on "chow duty, or rather ajratn on It. There muat b anmethtnr about me that make me look Ilk a haaher for they atwav pick on me. We all m-t a ahot at It an the aooner I have done my 'bit' the ftooncr I will be a rrmduate from thi" art. Tha work la eaay though and when doing thia e get Saturdavw nnd Junc?a-a ahore leave and Tueadny and Thureday evenlnca m j would Jut a (Continued on tage . REVENUE BILL REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE Measure Will Probably go Be fore the House Tomorrow; Provides Increased Tax Schedules of Broad Scope. NEWS GAG ROUSES CRITICISM WASHI.TON, May ft. The house vma and meana committee rcMried oat tlx billion cfrtit hundred million dollar revenue bllL Chairman KlUiiln Immediately lntrodured the Mil and It will probably to before tlie houM- to morrow. The bill provide increased tax Hrhedulr4 htttlne every alngh man with an inorMnei over a ttiouaand dol lura annually and every married man with, over two thouaand annually, every movie fan. traveler. theater goer, fmnker. drinker and everybody who teiephoneH. The meaMure hlta the rich heavlettt. It provldea a thirty three ier cent tax on income of over half a million, lava on nhlHkey. wine, elgarette- iumI tobacco are doubled- InlM-rltanx-e laef are Jumired one third. Majority leader Kltchin. eliairman ttt the waya and mituix commit lee. anmumxd wticn auhniltttnr the com.1 mlttee report that he would call It no tor auction at 'Uven oclMi tomorrow inorninr. He aald he expected two daya of general debate. WAHHIN'OTOX, May !. The HUto cracy of the newa gag proposed by 8crtary of State Ijuing to prevent diacuaHion and rtitfeism of the na tion 'a war policy met with violent de nunciation in all government quar ter. Cnngreaa ha about reached the breaking- point on the cenornh'n question. The aubject la like a fire brand In both houae and aenate chnm bera. While repreaentntlveg today aired their viewa privately, aenntora look the floor and tipped Into the ao called "invisible povernmenfa" efforts to bottle the newa of the govern mejit lativiti.aa nnH keen the neople in the dark concerning war development... DlacuNciton 1" Begun After two days of legrtalatlng behind closed doors, with heated demands maei. tn .nH the executive seaalon. the senate began a diacusaion of the mails and censorship sections of the aonun- txtration espionage bill. "We ahouldn't and wont toleraU any propaltion that restricts comment or criticism during the war." said Rep resentative Campbell of Kansaa. 'I'm orooaed to any plnn by which tho government won't permit the i ureas to tell all that's roing on. aaic ; Senator Yardman of MiaaiasippL j Order la Modified. wv. rrtme to the pint where w miwt HtHf incui!h immedintely and : carefully between a prudent report of a! fairs affecting foreign relations and abridgement of our highly treasured freedom of the press," senator Haru Ing of Ohio, declared. "Congresa will m Hint on safeguarding the press." Th BtiitM riennrtmrtnt modified lr- der today, allowing newspapermen to ate bureau chiefs, provided the pub licity bureai couldn t answer ques tions and would give pertnlssion. HEADS OF TWO HOSPITAL CVT3 HAJJTi; , : Dr. Richard Y. Harte. head of V. lnit No. S. .rgu,ntaed at Harvard t'ni S. hospital Vnit No. 10. organised at vrsit . hi have Ju at revel ved ordetn the t'niverslty of -ennsylvanl;i. and , frm- Wellington to prepare t tak lr. .rve t"uhinn. heaJ f their nniii 10 Krnve. 16 MEETINGS FOR FARMERS SATURDAY District Agent Bailey Announces Schedule of Agricultural De fense Day Assemblages. Sixteen different community meet ings are to be held in Umatilla coun ty on (Saturday. Agricultural Defense Day, for the purpose of arousing the farmers of the county to the facta of the food situation and the necessity of augmenting production in every way possible. Aa announced by W. A. Bailey, dis trict agricultural agent, the meetings throughout the county will be held sui follows: I'endleton 2 p. m , Adams 2 p. m.. Athena i! p. m.. Echo 2 p. ra.. rTee water 8 p. m. (Commercial Club , Umapine Hall, 7 p. m.. Ferndale 7 P. m. (L'nion HalU, Milton 8 p. m., (Commercial Club), Helix 2 P. m.. Hermiston and I'matllla 2 p. ni.. Hi. lil man 2 p. m.. pilot Kock. 2 p. m , Rtanfield 2 p. m., WesUn 2 P. m.. I'klah 2 p. m. In general terms the purposes of the meeting will be: 1. The plan for rataing and dis tributing labor may be made knor.-n and latMjr application blanks distrit -uted. 2. The policy of the secretary of agriculture for the . protection of the farmer by the adoption of a mini mum price and anti-food speculation law may be explained. 3. Reliable information on the national and world food supply may be preaented. .. 4. A census of trregon crop and livestock conditions may betaken. GERMANY STILL IS PLOTTING III SOUTH AMERICA WASHINGTON". May . The state department Is gathering evidence that Uermany la continuing plots In Cen tral America. The department would not nay what countries were affected or how ctenalvc the Intrigues are. AVI.ATOIt CAKKTItOM KILI.KR. XKW VOIIK. May Victor Carl- strnm. the fir- aviator making a suc eewfiil Chicago-New York night waa killed at Ncwimrt New Carl Knhee of Newport New-, an army student atiator, also waa killed. The ma chine collapsed at a great hclgiith. War Ktnenae :: l.5o.ooo Rally. LONDON, May . England ex pands daily for the war thirty four million, five hundred and sixty thous and dollars. Chancellor of the Exche quer luw told the house of commons. UNITS ORDERED TO EUROPE DR CUSHI KXrC ii PRODUCE" AND CALL MADE OFFICIAL) lly W. A. I la Hey, District Agent. The great cry now Is "produce." A twin to produce is "conserve." Orow anything and everything-. If you don't need It, your neighbor will. Grow all the wheat you can and then be sure you have enough feed for next year Grow your own garden stuff and your own meat, Mr. Farmer, and the markets will have just that much more with which to supply the cities and armies of the nations. The farmers of I'matilla county are prosperous. They can afford to buy; but, can they afford to uae up the already low supply of foodstuffs when these are needed by those who are not in a position to grow anything? Make every farm self-supporting. That means more work, may mean self-denial, but is not that our program for the future? Kvery farmer, whether he owns one acre or a thousand acres, should strive to make these acres yield to the maximum. This may mean more harrowing of the wheat this spring. It may mean buying fencing ma terial and keeping a few sheep on the summer fallow. Hheep are costly just now. but so is labor, and sheep are one of he best weed destroyers nature ever Invented. It may mean buying a few brood sows and hav ing some pigs on the stubble this fall. This means cheap pork for some body. . Produce, produce. Grow whatever you can. Grow corn, grow beans, grow buckwheat, barley, rye. If you cant sell it. feed it. Meat will not be a drug on the market for a long time to come. Produce for the na tion even though you personally reap no benefit. That is YOL'It share of our nation's struggle. Likewise, do not waste. Psjrhaps you personally can afford to be wasteful, but can you afford to waste that which the other fellow'needs? Once wasted, gone forever. Hit down and analyse your farms and your homes, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Cit man. " Are there leaks? Stop them. "Oo your bit." AMERICANS ARE HELD IN TURKEY i WASHINGTON. May 9. The stale department advised that the Turks are holding 20 Amrrlcans In Constan tinople. The .mericana are of mili tary age and are not permitted to leaie Turkey. The embaaay la exert tng Ita efforts to secure their retease. WHEAT SOARS ON CROP SHORTAGE CHICAGO. May S. (Special to the East , llregonian. Range of wheat prices today: Open. High. Low. Close. May 13.11 Ml ' 'l' July 12.40 i.49, J.40 J.4S Porn" nd. PORTLA.Vn. Ore., ay (Spec ial.) Club I2.: bluestem 2.5. CHTCAOO. May . May wheat ad vanced to 13.19, up 22 cents from last night's close. July sold at $2.40. July wheat Jumped 24 1-2 cents to 15.77. following the publication of the gov ernment crop report. Will HOLD SCHOOL ELECTIONS JUNE 18 St-hool nircrvor A ill. Be (1wn and Vote Made on lludset of Kxpete: Two New Teacherji fJected. The annual election for choosing a Pendleton school director wilt be held on June 18 and on that day. too. the people of the district wi also pnb- 1 ably vote approval or disapproval of the budget of expenses submitted bv the school board. A aew law re quires that the subject for the next term shall be voted tipon by valbt. At the board meeting last evening IV waa decided io hold the two elections? on the sMine bt if practicable. The new tr,.eherj Mis Ieila No vell of Helix and Mis I.eola Y.icnei of Athen,t. were elected an Pendleton grade teaiiier Inst night. The hoard approved tha following amounts for various aepartmenta of the high school: $75 to commercial department, t J ( to science. $S0 to history. to Knch.h and $55 t- l:ingu.-vs The tt fniperintendent was tnMruted to advertise for bids for calciinmiti.1 the grde school r on is a. ti;i m 1 oiciw to UK OKI. M7.KI. A drum corps is the latest orrcaiilcjition in the offing. Hoy., $ . to oiing to Join any of the ii'iliiun and patriotic oraant- nation! .f the rity, have an op- p.irtunit- t cive vent to their pNirtot u-m b joining the drum d r-orp -which Iwirector Breach of the Alt; threat or orchestra ts organ ifting. All thee Interested are anked to apply to him. He hopes to have the organization ' rfccte1 in l line to participate 111 th I -coration I'av exrcis- w ' CONSERVE" IS TO ALL FARMERS GOOD ROADS DEBATE AT MILTON BRINGS OUT LARGE CROWD Omimlnaioner Ada ma and senator l1err preapni Alignment for ami Again, tlie Fropoted Itnd IfOte. (Vy J. W. Morrla.) MILTON. May t. SfeUe Commit ni oner K. J. Adams and State Senator Walter M. Pierce addressed an In terested assembly yeaterday after noon at the Commercial club rooms. The meeting was well attended atid there aeemed an earnest desire on the part of the people to secure Informa tion on t-he proposed Sti, 000,000 road bond Issue to be voted upon June 4th. The meeting took the form of a debate,! Mr. Adams leading off In fa vor of the bond Issue. He spoke for twenty-five minutes snd presented the issues in a forceful, intelligible man ner. As a speaker he possesses a wonderful magnetism and held the at. tention of his hearers from the very first. . Dwells on Kconomlc Value. His talk dwelt upqn the economic value -of roads to the entire commu nity. He cited several instances in this state and in Washington where all classes have been benefited by the construction of paved higrhwavs. comparing the tonnage cost of haul ing over paved roadjt with that over the unpaved. As an instance of thr unpardonable waste in highway build ing In days gtms by h called atten tion to the deplorable jpndttion of the road between Indlefiofa- and Milton over which he had just ' ridden 14 miles of macadam constructed less Continued on Page 8. ) lint UMAPINE TRAGEDY YESTERDAY : Coroner's Jury Finds That J. E. Short Met Death at Hands of Lawrence Colwell, Agitat ed by His Mother. That Jamea K. Short cam- to his death by a riinihot wound inflt.-teil by lj.rence iwell, aattated by his mother t'ora I'olwell. is the sub stance of the verdict returned yes terday morn m it by the conner's Jor which investi::ited the tviiling of the pions-er eau end rancher b. the II tar old son of a neighh.r. The boy. accompanied t his par ent a. as bniucht to Pendleton v tetdax afternom by Sheriff T. I. T.o -lor. Vroner J. T. I trow n and li!it -net Attorney ft. I. K'atr a is., r--trnl yeterdii aftrrnm-n Kale A j Ttaley hav hoen emploel to d- t"iit tne outnrui r ms pr- Jiniinar bear in k has not .t b.-'.i set rieaa -if im. ii-'. 111.' cirvuitirxta nr-n of t h- hot :n vnrid tutmewbat from the m-ic-r tt irt frm l"mjun stertl.4, . Tb t -t t ttionx At t h iinro'-t a ! I - - t t 'iT rTfUM it.llnf li'ilr 'It Ii cl I- . .t'lrj tilt l II..IS. la -i (i 4 HERTLING MAY BE MADE NEW Resignation of Chancellor Holl weg is Already Reported; Bavarian Minister Now in' Berjin Attending Council SECRET DIPLOMACY SCORED Demand Made That Ceranan States awn Clarify Thrtr Own Itnatres la Their Own Mmds; Peace Speech of iioJIweg to be Delivcredl Nona. LONDON. May . The presence In Berlin of the Bavarian Premier. Count Hertling. has revived rumors in Oermany that he will eucceed Holl weg aa chancellor, according to Hol land dispatches. From Zurich It la reported that Hollweg has already tendered his resignation. The report la uncon firmed. Hertling Is ostensibly In Ber lin presiding at a meeting of the for eign affairs committee of the federal council. . All Holland dispatches emphasised the existence of a serious Internal po litical crisis In Germany. It has been apparent for weeks that sentiment against Hollweg is slowly crystallis ing. Secret IlrMVniaey Rapped. AMSTERDAM. May . Specula tion concerning what Hollweg may say about peace in his forthcoming speech has resulted la a widespread demand for "lee secret diplomacv" in Germany's administration. , accord ing to German newspapers received here. A copy of the Voaiche Zeitung. just received, bitterly assails the lack of complete frankness, declaring: "Every statesman must really make an effort to clarify their desires In their own minds and then stand for the demands against foreign diplo-. macy." The edttc rial referred to "the misty atmosphere" in the foreign office. MANY APPUCANTS FOR POSITION OF CHIEF OF P0UCE The death of Chief of Police prank Nash leaves a vacancy in the police force which the council w1!l probablv fill in the near future. It is report ed that there are a number of appM ants for the position, among them be ing- James Hall, present member of the force. Harry Edward, former po lice officer, pan (mwney and Al Rob erts. Hilly pebeer. veteran member of the force who is now acting1 a chief, ts not an applicant, it is said Whether or not the council will take any action this evening is not knowe though individual members of the council state that It is improbable. 1 PRECEDED THE .hoti;un duel with noiiodv -te atoii' Whether or not the bov aht fir-t e not 'et clearly determined. The bo toclaren the old man shot firt and that he returned the fire in self -de-fense. Kmm the ctor told at the nq'levt. it seenui that the boy's father had pur chased a horse from the Short fa mil snd had arreed to pav ITS withm riven time nr rturn the horse. At the expiration f the time he gave hi eite e-ured b a mortgage on t f-ther hon-s. Kit some raiun .ther it see-ins that t h ppT was U" Siitijfa"ttr" to the Short 1 and on S111. f-av two of t h m w flit to t he I Vl el i.tce ari'l deman b d ihw horn-' Mr, foil ell tu aw ly from horn an 1 hia wife refuss-d t lrlivr the hirw She teUfid that one of I h t' Id h-r he hud come ft-r tmuh and -he ad to it t d h a ' 1 n k - u red a re -oUr at that tint-. Th tao tris-n w.-iit .:t fttitiiii -t h b 'r.- but 'n M on da r-t urtiri' ini into th f i-ld w here Mm 1 '.) r a-u s brother was worsina sit hor . UTihtth-d th horn th-v rlAim t ami tittfc It n w Kriii her hou Mn. t'olwfll .hrr mJ the ct thro is'i ft-ld s1aM and rwprt-t it t h r on Hr hiwhunj im still at a neigh t.rnn ranch w orktng' Til- t.M.K at h.-fu-.n. i..;,d t ( 'tlll IlliiCti GERMAN HEAD