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DAILY EVENING EDITION WKITIIKH Tonight and Hnmliiy unpltlil. protmbly sh'.wers. Maximum temirntur. O; mini mum. 61; wind, west, IlKhl; elhr. cloudy. TO ADVERTISERS The Kant Orogonlan has the largest bone, fide aud guaranteed paid circulation f any paper In Oregon, east of Portland aud by fur tne largest circulutlon la Peudlelon of amy newnpaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917. NO. 9120 VOL. 29 "daily evening edition NEW MENACE NOW LOOMING IN RUSSIA Peasants Taking Things Into Their Own Hands; 150,000,000 Acres of Land Seized; Hundreds of German Agents Working in Petrograd Alone; Soldiers Urged to Desert in Order to Get Share in Vast Estates. PKTIlOillAI. May IS- TIIK KXKtt TIVK COMMITTKK OF TIIK MHLK13!S A.VW HOI.IHKK8 Wl'N' Ol, HAS ItKHSKK To PAKTIH. t:TK IN A CUAUTHMT MINISTUV. TUB KlttllT fOMMITTKKMKN Ill NOT VtlTK. WASHINGTON. Slay 12 The do IMirture of tin- AiiM-rh .n onnmWun to ltu.l HI ' "lwdMl t-cUHC of Hit- roulliii"- UiUTiutl tlliurbaiKf. l'KTIlOUKAU. My IS. A new himw In the itnsslun situation l mi parent today. The .-aant are tak lim ihinn" I" helr own hands. Nearly a hundred and fifty million acre, of land have heell aelwd by the peas ant), throiiithout Hum-la. The move, m. i.i l so nenerul It l Plain that tier man ag-enm have aucieeded In stlrrliiK mm a iroulle anionic the soldiers. In Klnu..tlnx that miles the soldiers de. ert and return home they would lose th.-lr hare of the vart eslat-s. W am AaTlnt Traiwwa. Minister of War tiutchkoff stut'd. The people who hate llussln are counteract Irnc the work of the army ami clamoring for the end of the war An aetlve campaign la proarrea- K ajraliwt dla.lpllne and obedience. lK.nl listen to traitor. Initial that all ranka ol.M-rve discipline. Holdlers at the front oney your chiefs, whoa" doty It la to punlh dlaoledlenc se- Verely." . Gorman) Hand Artlvr. Jermany'a fine hand la seen In the mushroom (rrowth of many move, menta. Ilundreda of German amenta re working here alone. The full wrlKM of fiermany'a Influence la be hind' the Stockholm aoclallata- confer, erne. The proclamation of the execu tive committee of the aoldlera and workmen' council ahowa a realisa tion of the pro-German Influence. Th enmmtttee has decided to take the In itiative In any peace moves and as attnia control. If possible, over the meeting, ousting the German propon enta. Before the Ixima Deputy nodtlch otr. declared. "All honest Milesian hcarta are with you. even your oppo nent", and even those apoaklnK Italnst you. Don't weaken. Your name will he Massed a lonn as the llusauin litiusuaav Is spoken. " OREGON HAS 108.000 IN OF DRAFT AGE W sllltiTtlN. May li. The war riVfiurtmciil la-can the lllrilmllon of cl. ten million mtlMratlon ihmiiks oo , hl l the nain- tin' men arlarrn 81 ami SI will la- Indexed. Tin- ren n. bureau rilniatl tliat Nn- Vork Illy alone slioulit nTri7r eil.tXMI: , iiHai, iWO.immi : Orcaoii. ina.iMHl: , ahllurton. 2IT.MMI. and Idaho Ibl.- MM. UMATILLA RED CROSS ORDERED TO MOBILIZE FOR FUNDS CAMPAIGN The following nn-Kwuce bmrtnir on the worn ut the flwl lT-!ai wn r ct-ivd Krr lam 'etiinic by wire. Wi.Khtnatfn. U. V M 1. Mn. Jhi. X. Wrt. l'mntNI lie x'roiw i'hapter o7 College Ktret. ivndlfton. ir-Kn. 1 he- president ha today aipi.nleil m Rd war counrll conlMtn tf Henry I". Itavlunn f J- M.ro and Comitny, rhalrmman; 1irle I Morton. M- H. Murihy. orneltua N IthMi, Jr. K-lward V. Hurley, wltn WilHum II. Tafi. chairman. Kl.t Vlforth. vl( chairman of the e- c;tilve cmimtttee ea-nfficlo member. Tite rebl.'iit ti-d.iy l-it..l the f-.l..- SELF INFLICTED WOUNDS RESULT IN MAN'S DEATH MIYII KHOVI.KV I'AKKKS AWAV AT OTMM'K Till .MOItN IMi AT I.KWISTOX. I.loyd Shawley of Pendleton, who shot and killed his wife at Levviston Wedneaday niKht und who fired two hulleta Into hiK own breast, died thi mmnliiK at ti o'clock of hla wounds at V hile a hospital in Iewlston. accord inn to a ineasaKe received in this city from hia half-brother. J. W. Brown who has been altendltm hlni. The body will probably not be l.r.iuKht here for Interment but will probuhly Im? taken to I'rosser which Is the home of his parents and which was hia home before comitiK here. PAST WEEK EINE FOR ALL GRAINS Many KniM-r IXi-lare. They llar vi-r Swn iM-al l.n.n aa r'ast se IMirliiir the !" Several !. The past Week hna act the grain of the county a hir atep forward, the showers and the warm sun havinK conibinetl to release the Krowinit en eray In the youur wheat. A number of farmers declare that never In their experience have they ever aeen Kraln arow aa faal aa durina the laat week. There la a danger that the weather will turn off too warm. With the amount of moisture In the around now. a real warm spell w-oold have the tendency to make the roots of the grain apread out instead of coins; down. A ahallow rootlnn rather than a deep one always makes the Krain uscepllble to any severe weather condition, such aa cold or hot winds. However, the past cool weather has had a tendency to cause the ajraln to root well. The I SIR crop waa dam aaed a lt"od deal by poor rooting" when lM)th cold and hot winds follow ed n wet sprinK. t'ut worms are reported to be do-lm- considerable datuaae to the prain In aoine sections and the farmers would welcome a hot spell. When the earth lM-conies real warm, they state, the worms r. deep lot" the around nnd thus leave the roots of the Mhent alone. The erowiiic season Is al least a ii'onth behind now and some warm weather is needed, ordinarily harvest Is In foil awing by July 2 and It is hoped that this year the harvest sea son will not be il.laytd betnnd Au anst 1. I'lltsT IIMKI lr'N" HM'lll ITKII. VSllIXiTN. May 14. The first llHHisaml na-n. pa- tlx- eia'dltionar fonx of ciucIimith to Itame liave lat-n m-rultrsl. tin- war diiwnnicnt an notinccd. Injr atatfiiient : Sin 0. 117. ( hnve tolay crented within the Red j iYirw war nu net I to which will be ' entmntet the duty of rrnMndin ttt the txtrnirilinr d'niatidM mhlch the '. ireiMnt war will make upon the aer ! vtcen of the Ited (Tnw lth tn lh field and tn civilian relief. The het I way tn which to impart the a;reHtft , efficiency nnd enemy to the relief work whuh thin wur will entail will 'be to ctn'entrte It In the htnda of a slnaie exjeerit-nced ortranfutlon which ha been recotrnl-ed bv In w a nd Interna i ion I rn ent ion a a t he i,Cont 'nurd on Page 4.) AGRICULTURAL DAY IS BEING OBSERVED OruuiiiM-ri Kffort ltulc to Awaken All IVoduiuTM lo-llio XtH-d of a .Maxximum Yield I'rom Their leamlfl TIiIm Var. Ih'tMxn 25 and :tO im farmer Kaihered at the lluiy Canyon pavil ion thin afUYiiooii for the AKrienltural lhfeiiM lay mcet-iitr. The farmers ir aldrkMd by W. A. I tat ley, din irUt aKrh'iiltnral asent. ami cIom ut t nt Ion nax ftlven. TiMlay is AKricitltural, Defense Day ir the Mtale of OreKonand. through the co-operation tit the t'niHtilla county t'oiincll'of Iefn and W. A. Hailey, aKriciilluriHt. the day la bcinK nhnerved In this county by an organ ized effort to awake all producer to th need of a maximum yields from their lands this year and to aocure a s aiematic survey of the crop pros pecta with a view to informinK the Kov;rnmenl of the fo4d resources of thia county. MeotinKa am heitifc 'held in all th farm centers of the county and a. these meetinKa aurvey blanks will be fciven each farmer with the request that he fill them out. Farmers not attemlinK will be supplied in other Vi a vk. is he treacle of life that helpP to make palatalde the rentof the meat. SMALL BROWN WORM IS DAMAGING THE WHEAT A little brown worm has made Ita appearance In some of the wheat fields of the county and is already do ing considerable damage, according to reports brought in. It is working on the roots, thus killing the plant The presence of yellow blades among the green fields indicates the presence of the pest. John Planting, who farms between Adams and Helix, has found the worm BRITISH ASTRIDE A - - V'""1 3) t tm frnm Pmnce indicate that Kiel.l Marshal H.iig has made t"n"r" tant gains along twelve-mi'e front , Ire' ween Kre-n.. tli and i-ipiecnrt ! SENATE KILLS THE NEWS GAG IN SPY BILL Debate on Entire Measure is Limited and Vote is Expect ed Before Adjournment. WASHINGTON". Way 1 2. By a margin of one vote the senate killed the censorship provision of the Gre gory espionage bill. Riving the gov ernment autocratic power to gag the press In any criticism of the govern ment's conduct of the war or the ad ministration's international policies by a vote of thirty-nine to thirty eight. Prewldent ;Ivcm fany Poirer. The measure given the president powers hardly exceeded by any ruler In the world. ' The President was aut horized ts Issue a proclamation governing the movements of all vessels in Ameri can territorial waters; to employ land and naval forces to prevent the de struction or Injury of any vessel; the measure provides a heavy penaitv against conspirators against the Unit ed states, against persons injuring vessels., against persona who loan, sell or bu,li vessel for war to th belligerent, and many other provis ions. The disposition of the censorship feature leaves the President without specific control over the press. It !s possible for the administration later to secure the adoption of a much mod ified censorship provision. The de bate was limited. A vote oh the en tire measure is expected before ad journment. To -vlbw llotir-e Action. Immediately after the house vote. Gardner hastened to the senate cloak rooms and held a conference with re publican lenders. It is generally be- (Contlnued On Page 4.) working In his fit-Ids as has Ike Chris topher and other farmers of the same neighborhood. Py digging at the root of a yellow blade of wheal the worm can be found. It is about a quarter of an inch long and resembles a cut worm. Mr. Planting recalls tha the worm made an appearance about ten years ago following a Wet, late spring and believes the unseasonable weather Is responsible for it. HINDENBURG UNE .S ----- - e - t-1. l'rogress was made in the ctnily of t'herisy (2. t.erman pnfl- J ,om, two mile north and south of fn,,y have been taken and the iren. he north -f ippy iM-netraud. SEPT. . WHEAT 13 SELLING AT SKY PRICES $2.45 Paid Today in Chicago Market for Fall Delivery; July Options at $2.75. CHICAGO, May 12. (Special to the fast Oregonian. ) The closing of May futures by the board of trade Kaa turned the attention of wheat speculators to July and fcepternber dt liveries. This forced July up Z cents over the opening price to $2.75, and September to $J.45. The special committee set $3.18 as the price at which May trades must be settled. It Is said a million bush els will be sold at this figure. The market is extremely nervous. Today's Prices. ' CHICAGO, May 12. (Special to the Kast Oregonian) Range of wheat prices today; Open. High. Low. ' Close. Julv $2.4 7 $2.75 $2.47 $2.75 Sept. $2.15 $2.46 $2.14 $2.46 St. I -on Is Market Wild. ST. LrH"IS, May 1 2. With trad ing in May wheat discontinued, the grain pits and merchants exchange went wild. July was sent up 28 4 cent. September Is up 24 cents. July bid at $2.69. Portland .t.tt8. PORTLAND. May 12. (Special) fash bluestem wheat on a basis of Portland delivery, sold today for $3. its, establishing a record. Some grain dealers are advocating closing the merchants exchange, because ol the war time condition of the wheat market. The Merchants Kxchantfe bids to day were club $3.01; bluestem $2.36. GERMANS TURN IN THEIR FIREARMS In compliance with the govern ments recent order that all citixens of a country now at war with the L'nited States voluntarily surrender eny firearms in tneir possession, iw unnaturalized Germans of I matilla county have appeared at the office of Sheriff T. T. Taylor within the past few days and turned over revolvefs. There are quite a number of other Germans in the county who have not renounced their allegiance to their native country and who have not plac ou themselves above suspicion by vol untarily surrendering their firearms. Steps will probably be taken to deal with this class soon. XTRA M-NTI-'ltl I Uli 12. TIlC.IVI- ciuii cM a liavily bomhanlrd f"r an hour ami a hair 0i nMamlna; liv nrni!"l'' i-iillriemcminff naval t -- In an alliii'k mn 7.e'lruirse. iMen w ho lack imagination art of ten forced to adopt the expedient of ti-llitig the truth. "KAISER AND KAISERI1 IS WAR CAN END SOCIALISTS Mil At XI May l2.IiMlleall- mis that a itatbmwtde ruHnrc in , 1mII-j rankn a imminent came iliW Kliermxoi when Mtor llerver. mem ber of tlie national- omimitlee, de- I clared llu oclaltM 4cnlng tlc anil- ' Kah-r mexvuue m MH jire--ruia- ; itc of the ari). j N'KW VOISK. M.iy 1 -America s . H-ialiMa have notifn-d their wliea- mien in Oermany that Kaisr and KaiMTisin must go, and that ar acainst tlermany must cimtinue by the democratic people until that re- suit is ot:atiiel. The message a tabled to the socialist in Stockholm. ( i'i'vnhKi(i. I la: ue ami IVrne with; .i iit' iniruetioiis that the t t be j fi a mj il to ttie ;eriii..n sm. ;:I.i. BULLtCOURT ADVANCE NETS MANY CAPTIVES FOR BRITISH Opportunity for Massed Attack Has Passed; Struggle Now De veloping Into Hand to Hand Fighting; Hinden burg Exhausts Every Reserve in Vain Attempt to Save Lens. MACEDONIAN OFFENSIVE IS RAGING WITHOUT HALT TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RESIGN THEIR POSTONS'nor,ho"n"tiw'Hve, Ma' V-iwo-U P.n.;all athl.ti- ronrh find ha r th- -o,.ir.,ri itH.mrtm.nt of the high school during the past year has resigned hia position to ac cept a simil.tr one at the Tillamook, Oregon, high school. His resigna tion was accepted by the school board at their meeting last night- Mr. Kendall will receive, the same salary as he has had the past year, and will also be In charge of the chemistry, biology. agricultural and athletic work at Tillamook. Clarence Tubbs. assistant in the manual training department, also re signed. He will farm part of the Frank Curl land next year. The sal aries of Principal Drill. Miss Alice Butler and R. K. Chloupek were fixed last evening. They will remain the same s last rear. $1350. S12U6, and $ 1 &, respectively. Adopts Tax Budget. The bord last evening adopted a budget of expenses for the next school term which will require a tax levy of nine mills. This is the same levy- that has prevailed in the past few years. The voters of the district will have to approve the levy before it can be made. K.T MORK CXRN! KAVK THK BH K AT VAHINfSTO.V, May 1 2. With a world wheat shortage, the agricultural department has launched a countrywide propa ganda urging the general war time use of corn on tables. Now only ten per cent of American corn is utiliz as human food. The rest is feed for cattle and hogs. It is believed. without af fecting the meal supplt. that t he preset, t two h u nd red mil lion bushels used annually for food could be many times ' multiplied. Corn substitutes unsuitable for the table it de clared could supplant corn as a feed. Virtually there is four times more corn thaji wheat raised in the l'nited State. Circulars and posters describ ing the various corn dishes and f m m! s will c ire u I a t ed br ad - Citst. bearing the sluaii, "Kat iiMre corn." T IS E TO MESA COLLEAGUES Manv lrtmiiiManl MkiiIt. j The names of Amenta s most pn- i iiiinntt socia list are on the message ( e;- and Katserism are Vrt hr n." Charles Kdward Kussell, I'hilnwjthe mess. t t-1 Stokes. Wiliiam Knshch Walling. TIk 4 tin for H a i-ert .. Hose Pastor Stokes and other. j The Wermari knuIiX faction op- '"Tliere i nl ne Wu t bring 1le ripit the ti.,-itiniri h.s alrertd ur to an "early end.' the mam.' rttlwed th!t t-th an r.irl and Si id. "that is the Kaiser mut go. ; .t-r titan lit rt r -f 'iir that th The socialist message ctmies hen Ka,is-r'a power t-- riieitllv and mime-th- (termau Stn-ialists. or tido so-.diMtel ci.rttn-t and hive anntoiin--cuilisia and man Koxerumetit aitcnl ; tl the follow prorxoi m nir are working igtrousU under th-, for kwirdoni: sanction of the Ormnn government, -U-,t,,iW,tli ,T x ,,f the i..wrtiniH,t to persuade and coa It wMan lHer- . M h.ta the Itei. h-t., ,,,. als into a .ernian-inade peace. i trd of ,r nii. e-i".tl i;. .h. "Th. dem-t ratic o('l.-s of the ti-g eUst-.-n tl:wir-ti . t. .1 1 f i..i t itt ..r!. m.w " l-iiM-e -to.! th.- Kn- nowr t. i-.- i -i,t. .f u . . o - s, .1 K.l,. Mioil: W .IS i . ,1-,. -,.d 1'- ...a. , ES lO.VOON', Mar 12- Tlx; British bate taken bundrvdM of prisoner In rurtiiofl' atftvanui around BalJMirt and akmr ton Arraa cambral road. "During. U-e nigiit and early' Uiia I "T1. -tib ilia 1 Himlenburg line near Bullecourt ' tride th Am. (mmbrai road, north of the Kcarpe. We gwined our otojexa live aC all point mod look huodred of priMonera.' Aid HOI ITS OF WKAPO.VS TIUKD. Crown Prince Kupprecht la tryinjj every sort of weapon known to mili tary' science in an effort todislodga the British grip. Hand grenade trench mortars, liquid fire, boiling oil, naureatina; gaaes. bayonets, big gun little guns, machine guns, and rifle fire all are concentrated in the fury of attack. NO CJIAA'CE FOR MASS ATTACK. All opportunity for concentrated mass attack has pa awed, according to descriptions of the deadlock recetved here. The struggle la developed Into hand-to-hand bits of fighting whil behind the road the guns on boti sides are pelting the lines opposite with vast quantities of shells. Massed offensives at Arleug and other points around Lens are official ly reported. The British grip on tho coal city Is increasingly strong recent, ly. Hindenburg. with every reserve, la endeavoring, vainly, with extraor dinary loss, to weaken the circle of the British trenches) about the town. M ACK1K XI AS FIGHT DE8PEKATF, Macedonian dispatchea show des peration In fighting; there equal to anything on the western front. Gen eral 8err alt's allied army la Jaremtn forward with considerable gain. The fighting is over rocky promontories, through valleys and around jaggeU mountains defenders. -conditions favoring the Mand Opens Offensive. lAVDn.V. May u, 0neral Mauri opened the offensive in Mesopotamia. The British still are pushing back thw Turks. It la officially stated the new. ly advanced British line is sixty to eighty miles north of Bagdad. To i ttnnH ideer Ship. AVSHI.TiN. May 13. The nstf dc-wrtntetit aked the hot naval af fntr. (-ontmiitee for les4ittioi to en able i In rietiartinent to mninutiHliTr ORC a HitiiH. fo the imi ffeiir-e flee hr- 'en the nwnets f number of th; vom-N itl-ii ak ehrMtant trices Tw hmulred aelit imuer. rtie---d In thtHr r- to the toTmtiiN nl at aiHr1M tHee- and refued to It at GO BEFORE OF to cvtntiiuie ..r .tii-tn'i .rm.n .nJ h r HUtocratie power until the Kais- AMERICAN GERMANY