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V WSs 'fcj 'fci to v feates to to DAILY EVENING EDITION What i ikk Partly clou ay toniRht and prid.iv, light frost tonight. TO ADVKKTI8E1U The East OtvRonlan has the largJt bona flae Rod guaratuved paid circulation of anr paper lo OreRou." east nf Portland and by far tb target circulation Id Fcodletoa of an j newspaper. Maximum temperature. , ; ml nl mum, 40; wind, smit hw ea. gentle; rain, 0: weather, clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917. NO. 9136 BOND PLAN IS HONEST DFAL SAYSJARRETT No Paving Trust Responsible Says Joint Senator Who was in Touch With Affairs. THIS SECTION FORTUNATE By O. A. Barrett, Julnt senator lth Senatorial Wmrlit ) Athena. May. XI.. 1917. The opponent of the road bunds have cant ho much myHtery about tho orlKln o( the bill which will be null millet to tho people June 4lh. thai I dcxlre to mak aome explanation. In the flrat place. It u an utter fula.-huod for any uian to aay that the bond bill was auhmltted to the peo ple throuKh the effort of the pav ing tru.it or any other runt or thai any paving concern had the bill drun or procured it to be pawed b. the legislature. I hope the people who know me will not permit ene mleB of the bond lsmie to mileal them about thia fact. I wita a member of the aenate com mittee on roada and highway and la. ,n a position to know, and did know, the Intliiemea that brought about the enactment of the bond bill Any one who will examine the roa-l legislation or the la-t IvglHlittive tut aembly will we that one-half donen ot Important road hills wer enacted. I took the doaeat pomible mtere-Ht In all of thia legtalation. I waa the au thor of two of the more Important of theye measure. The bond bill, wnn In a ene. the companion of the oth er road hill. It waa brought about through a dentre or the member of the leglalature and other, to aubml' a comprehensive road plan to the people. Whatever the people may do with it. the fact remain that the bill s conceived In gilod faith by peo ple in favor of good roada and that H wa not a part of a wicked plot by the t-aving trtiMt ar haa been claimed by me poorly informed peraom who are righting the bonda. KUuttern Oregon haa never received any mate aid of any consequence In road development. The paaaing of the bond bill la the only guarantee that eaatern Oregon naa ever had. or will ever have for yearn to come thia aome of the atate money will be' apenl eat of the ("aacada mountain. - 1 aay it la a guarantee because It ieoiKmitea rood". It designate road through eaatern Oregon, aome of the moKt Important of which are In I'ma tllla county. If the bond bill la P.ixvd the highway commlaaion will be obliged to hard surface many tilling of roada. for which I'nuitllU county already haa a base, or is In pn sition to construct a base. If the bond hill fail.- the cummlsainn wl'l not t.e obliged to do nnvthlng for eaKfern nreann. or for 1Tmatill-t county. If it MM"" money will be available to otru.pl.-J - extcnaive M I development. ll .fails to pass, bill little money I be available for year to come. k- 1 hove tried for twelve years to trv to procure for this district a work allo road law and consider that ev erv man uixl woman who vote against the bond Issue Is making tile moit serious mistake. I,et lis lav afhle small Jcnlonsies and do our plain duty by eastern Oregon and our. sr-R LOCAL MEN PAY $45,000 PRICE FOR 1100 RAMS l"..r a eonslderatli.n of 4.'i.00a the I'endleton Sht-ep c. has pnrcha.ted the famous U A. Jackson stud rams of laton. Wash. The rams const it ute a -and of liaft of the finest stuff In the country and the sale was made tthdlt reaervatli.na by the former owner. The Jackson rams have won prixen in nearly all the big shows of the wet and are wioely known amonic imrthweM grtwers. The rams are to le au tioned off at Dayton. CROP CONDITIONS ARE FINE FOLLOWING RAIN Late Germination Through Northwest Stimulated by Moisture. .T. TAl'U Minn.. May XI.-Crop iti liiions are the best In vear. fol lowing a twent y-four hour rain throughout the northwest. The rain fall reached as much as twn inch In some sections. The rin will tim ul.ite late icertiiinntion. STRIKING SHEEP SHEARER RIVERSIDE SHOT AND Serious Trouble is Expected; Men From Various Camps are Quitting Work and Gathering at Point. KJVKICS11K, Ore., May 31. sheep shearer's strike resulted in the shooting of J, V, .Shoemaker. atrik- cr. Shoemaker hit a i mi knocked down Jim alolinMm. forrautn of non-union font. Johnson pulled a gun and fired three, timns. .shoemaker died In a few minute. Trouble In espcctcxl because mn other than union camp are quit ting and collecting here. A hundred thouNand sheep are gathered Ihcre. ENGLAND AND GERMANY CELEBRATE VICTORIES OF JUTLAND BATTLE Memorial Service Held in Lon don and Berlin Largely Attended. lgtNDN, May 11. Iloth Kna-land and Ciermany celebrated their vlcto rtrn in the Jutland battle today. Me morial aervicse largely attended, were held In LeOndon. Berlin dispatches dew r the a sreat henerit for the rel'cf of famlllea of aubmarme crews . Th Jutland battle waa held a year ae today, both Kn rl and and Oerniuny clulniinK a victory. TO OAJX OOVI-TJtFM r:. PtTTHfKiltAD. May t Hu-Mta will call an International MrJall! ooxjfereme to be held In Ktoi kMtlm the ibmc 15 daya In July, the wtdteni and work men "t coiiimI defile.. 1 iml aiMeeovaJ of ine date will he kft j with tike I"th luternacioual i.4-a Durrau ana me Heme iwis'icwtm ROAD BONDS ARE STRONGLY ENDORSED BY CHAMBERLAIN" """.mnr"; the measure to various parts of the ' j the expenditure of vaat nunis f mon- ! county. Senator Advises to go Ahead With Roads and Wheat Elevators While Times, are Good and Better to Follow. IN I KTLAN I . re. . M ay S 1 . T he $.000,000 state road bond iiue l Htrongly Indorsed by l'nited State Senator Chamberlain as a prepared ness m pr sure hot h from a m i lita r and an industrial standpoint. There could he no more opportune time, he said today, to enter upon a construc tive plan of road construction than the present when an eri of nm prosperity ia aboirt to hevn ttinmuh t I 1 . Tti; t.i or.i.i AT KILLED FEAR REGISTRATION MAY BRING RIOTS IN , SOME LARGER CITIES Federal Agent Convinced Ger man Secret Helper Are Responsible. WASHIW1TOX, May St. Jer many's secret helpers in the L'nited Mates have had a hand In the antl registiatlon plotting. Federal ttgenta are convinced of this, although they believe the move ment la unsufficiently centralized to make it a tremendoua menace. Kvery. thing possible ia being done to crush out plotN and punibh the plotters. Idlest developments are open-mas meetinga addreased by 1. W. VV'. nn- arcmsla and kindred -i irii. Federal agentH h'.ve been lnstr'lflea to arrets' anyone trying to thwart registration j plans. The iritii-rnni.nl feels IhMt I early and nummary action h ataniped the fear of the luw upon many plottc-nt. The diinffr 1m believed nearl checked. ,t Ih feared reia tratioii may brins out riots in aome quart! rs in biff citie. STEAMER IS HALTED. YOUTH 22 ARRESTED AS AN ALLEGED SPY IAH AN(.I I K, 1'allf.. ;iv 91. A l'nited Suite jtuiimi t' n I Kite Iatiri mail tteine Mn Jhmii mlle northneM or fatulini I hIii i id and otk off K. W. ". 23 year old, w!m Im nMtrKxl to be thir m of a weu thy siii t-'raiM-iMco mer chant uow lu (ymuni. The ar-rent ra mjtdo im aelMt-iAOliJe ln4xeu. tit ni from Uawh (melon fmy raM en route I Masutlau k -i. lie v.( Inld i for , "federal lnve.tclm. e i.ir inaustriai ana muuar- purpof- Hood ruHdH. he deciitred. are to he considered an investments and not ex-pen-e account. As a further inducement to hirh y development Senator Chamber lain predicted an extension of the federal aid to roads alerady provided for would soon be ma-ie by the nation al government In ull nunmn probabil ity an in that event (he states which had fhown the most proaretMive spir it in thift direction would be the flrat to be lenefited. In the exigent lew or the treent war he ciilinseled. there e.ioitld be no let up in i-'Oiitiiiiifiitf public imprttve- Continued n i ) n i:. t ti mi u i:i i. BEATS VILLA SAYS REPORT ueteat boutn ot . La Muia on May 29 is Stated in Official . Telegram to War Department From Commanding Officer ONE FORCE APPROACHES INTERNATIONAL BORDER WASHIXiTOy. May 31. The w- ' ilfiiurtiiK'nL huit been advised that 1 l'tllu. win defeated atuth of f Mnli ! hv luiimi llnrtm. Mar Tftw nf. filial (tleKrani of the rommamttn1. utfivor at Marfa. Trw, reports the .vieucin cvnnaaaiim a me mamam. HaH Villa wan defeated by Gaurcia. 11m commandina; ofTt-er at the pro mUIIo hXo reporca that Kio daa with thirteen hundred nH'n left Ealvo.M , is APi-itoAtiiivc; iioiukic HAS ANTONIO. Texaa. May 31. Southern department headquarters have received a report that Vlllistas are approaching the international border. The Mexican consul at the ITeKidlo Mated there la nothing to fear from their activities." since the southern department had sufficient troopn along the border to protect American towns. LAST DRIVE FOR VOTES f R BOND ISSUE IS STARTED To make a lapt drive for votes for the hIx million dollar bond measure. in one eir. lea vine for the wet end, wh B. S. Worsley. prominent frrange worker who is out actively in support of the bonds. Highway Com n.inHioner W. I Thompnon accompa nied him. lave Nelson, president of the Kast ern Oregon Highway association. R. Alexander and P. K. Judd were in an other car. This afternoon C. K. Nel aon, K. J. Hurke and a number of others went up to Weston. It is the intention to carry on this campaign until election day. VISITING SOLDIERS ARE ENTERTAINED Through the courtesy of Captain Near who is in command of Compan M, ' N. t;., a number of tho soldier? "tattooed at Campbell and Ia Grande were Kiven er mission to arena yes tcrda in I'etidleton und take part in th.- Memorial Da:' parade. Those ft om La :ratile in charge of Cor porni Himn were Privates Hend ricks. Uard and Ksteh. Krotn Camp bell came Cnriarat Putnam and Pri atew Ackerman. B.irtlett, Tasto Jack Randall, Smith. Taylor and Gold GARCIA BANDIT oltliers who were bt-ne'arv there with th Roods but I would i ti-finsferr'd from t'amphell to I-a Grande were also in the city and act i as standard bt urers for the Civil I War Veterans in the parade. They '(i privates S;niiK' and Beck. A ,conimittee of irtrls from the sirls na jtlonat Honor Guard was appointed by M :ivor Pst to entertain the soldiers I and Included Mis Kvelyn Snnmer ; vide, Miw t.da Higers. Mtsn Quin- dora Wilct and Miss Virginia Todd, j As aonistams the committee desiRnat ; ed M lap June Vnrphv, M ixs ThIma j Thompson. M iw Sidney Sommerville. I M iss Hlchardeon. Miss Pan line Jones. ; Miss Jennie Perrv and Miss M area ret I Putnam. A prettilv sp pointed lunch- n a I the KoinT Kettle w it h Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Putnam as chsoeronj : ; w:is une of the affairs Riven fur the! ildl lails. XTRA l"f.K lll.l IT. Mo.. May .11. rNMirteen are dead al t'lusonia and 'rral more dal al J4uni a a re Milt f a tirnado that rani-all wlied out tlte twn towns late la "4 nlRttt. tMur nnnv were killed In nor .Ih rn Texas rMnl . tf-Mri are m-et;re hntHe eoomiunicwUiu fa-t- ills' an liittrii4ed. COMMANDER OF AMERICAN NAVAL DESTROYERS zmirn m mm we. s' tmmmmf 4naiisl Hear Admiral Sima (on left,, whom the President haa nominated for vice admiral, is here shown entering ft railroad mat Ion in Parts on his war to confer with naval authorities, on SAYS ALL FIGHTING UNE wants can be FOUND WITH FRENCH Joe fMHpnin Write That He fa Still AsWe and In One Pece But Doesn't Know How Dong He Will Item in That Way. Another letter from Joe Despaln. Pendleton boy who haa been on the battle front "somewhere in France" for a number of months was received this morn in pc by his brother, Grover Deapain. In part he writes as fol lows: "Am still alive and in one piece but don't know how much longer I will le that way. Am jlad to see the t,". s. coming- into the war with a vim. Tell the boys if it's fiRhtinir the want there's plenty of it on this sid- of Uie pond. War Ka-'oler in Summer. "The weather is fine here now. I sure hope it stays thai way. War ten't so bad in the summer but it's worse than what Sherman said it was in the winter month?. Am froina: to try to transfer to the first American expeditionary force that areta on this side of the pond Helieve me the "a nadians are a fine bunch and they like to get back under the Stars and Stripes again. Iintm His Cimni Keceittly. Glad to hear that so many have joined up in Pendleton, Hope to meet some of the boys oer here before lonV I lost my chum lately but that's the way it goes over here. h' was a California toy and a imchn' fine Yankee. "1 hope we will be a hi knock out of Kritjt this summer, but if j n, on t we II do it ht forv much Ion. r an w ay I .j t f -. it t .i id .i i a ; J . 1 M - ' j MEAT BOYCOTT.j::;z CUTS PRICES t'HH'AiiO. Mjfty Si. With an i L'a iiied effort, consumers arc swatting the hiv:h n'l of meat. ,i;e. cut record prices. pKckers" representatives say, caused the Rit-at maJorit people to re duce niett consumption. Many axe abstaining entirely. Sheep are f l to $2.5 under prices of a w e. k 4KO Hors are a dollar lower, and Cattle twenty-five cents lower. Pople aeuerally aiv uitiR fish. ri. e and tu us a meat sulwtltute 4 ' the work against the submarines. Ad miral Sims la in command of the de stroyers sent by the United tSatea to take part in the warfare, on theauh marines. .... BRITISH LOSSES 114,000 III MAY lX I 0 X , May 31. Writ ish casualties published durinar May totaled Il4.no and 11 officers and men killed, wounded and missinar. The figures probably Include some casualties for April, as well as May. General F. 8. Maurice, director of general op erations, recently declared the casualties in the present offen sive were fifty per cent under the Homme drive. In three months of this offensive. Brit ish losses totalled three hundred and seven thousand, an average of a hundred and two thousand TROOP D ! S FO CoVe" JAMES ndletonV companv of cow ho !r is now Troop I .f tile Oregon National tiUsirtl. 'aptain Ken yen A. e Sixtli ''avalry 1. S. A., iti!lect iv.a officer f.-r national stiard caalr. last eemme forniallv inspected th n w troop and accepted it. The inspection took place last even- i ing about ti oVIwk in the Happy Can jon pavilion and was witnessed bv i rnany tow nspeople. The actual in- nl'wtinn took but a few niimtes inas much as the new troopers have hal i no traiiun.;. I ney were lined up tn JonK it,,,. Hl Httfntlon and the o then calb-d by i'aftain C. K. jed-ted. the recruiting fficer. Sixiy live Men lre4nt. 5 men prescril lust half do,en had bt'.-n r'- jected bv the phsical examiner and a nuinlr of ot her w er out of the cit and unable t. net in fir in.ee-tit-n Thev will Ih- mustered m later t t'.tptain 'aldwell. Follow iiir th j oisp. eTi.m tiiptain J.trce checked nVfi the enlist to-lit papers of the men He left on the nithl tnnn for Portland to make his report After viewimz the new tro.t. Cap taut Joyce stated that he is ur- Pen dleton will have cca?ioii to te tr..ini of her triop. "Thtv rail i l.-lp t it n-ake ifHn," he com u. en t "d H -siatd that he rotild not e. n hittnl a riicss ss to when the tro... nnl-l itt ipped rtcaue of the man . .tlier mi'P'iry or r ta i mnn N-i"-' formed but l.--lirl i he irio . t -ui.-iit i.i. i SECRETCENSUS OF SLACKERS IS UNDERWAY Government Agents Start En rollment of Antl-Conscript-ionists; Emma Goldman's League Numbers 10,000 THREE I'ORE ARE ARRESTED Federal operate n the Middle Wrt Are Center! njr Ffforts Vtr Drle Afalwt Wlcot4n AnU-lrTt fkH. NEW YORK. May si- Three -vera arrested today aa 1partotent of jus tice agents continued their round-up of ;ntI-conscr!ptiomMts. Owen Cattell. Charles Knicig pi l. lipc. a Columbia tn"-y etuJent. and Kleanor Wilson Parker were held, charged with participation m a crrspracy to lndu-?e mn n.t to resist-, r Covernment .lfrnn ha sli-rteH a sctet censua of sla:cera an. niit: con;criptionims thrmmhoot the I'n.t ed .States. Emma -Jollmj an! othfr anarchists of the nowly orran ted American union a-n nn n.i)nt!-m are closely watca d. Km ma Goldman a antl -conscription I' i me an nounced he : ten I housand New York, boys wmM refuse t ree ier. They experred th-f lencue 10 have a membership of fifty thousand by tomorrow. Hondred. of cnFerlWitabe yoihs are seeking einplovment th navy yarde and muntt ton I iths. Orand Junr ti rhe. CHICAGO. Msv 31. Federal "Pr arves throughout ihe middlevest are ce--ering in a drive -ig.tlnat Vscon ffin anti-conAcriptlot plots. The fed eral grand Jur" will be crtlleo In Mi'waukee and MadUm e-n fo In vrttfgate the alleged rlt. Scores of indictmenta are exnei. SEPT. BIDS DOWN TO $1.80 TODAY CHICAGO. May SI. (Rpcrolal t tha Ewt OrKOnian.l Ranse of wheat prices today: Open. Hlirh Ijyw. CIom July 12.90 IJ.OO I.H 114 Spt 1 SI 11 1.1 ITS lino POJ!TI.AND Or.., M.iv II. .r. clal)-1uh. 12 JT: blufnm. t.. R M A LL Y A C C EPTED FIRST " Vl E U T EN ANT ! turers The Portlan.l troop hae ; not yet been eiuipped and Pendleton jWiU receie eiuipinent at the im j time as does Troop. A H and as t tie : requisition Went in at the same tlm. f a Main J.ce Rave noticw f,fr th . troopers to hold thenic!v in rendi j ness to be muttered in to the federal service on Jul 2.",. It ir exrM-t-.t that they will be mobilized at Ameri f can Lriik. j CiM.ae Flrt l ieutenant. f Captain Jo;.ce will maxe an f 't.rt , to place faptain !jt-e Caldwell t some trainin cn'p for instru. ; James F. Cmke was e.-tterta j Point el bv Captain Cit?dwe Ms tntt flow. ftrf ea p- ' lieutenant and. in case of the tains departure !, h- - ir j ( the tr.M.p He ?ere.l w mro-jni in Trtnp A on the t...r-).-r ami h r. perience snd mii.'ar knset.- M(n K a Ijr asxet t.. the frRi. Me t.Nk 'hare .f (he t,...(. -VeniMR Al t resell t he i. the I.m ll ri, ift-.R.-r ..f fhw New Y..rk l.ttt.rrcat i-ite il ',, h,,t r,,,ln hi witli.n n h n the tr-p e ii t r t h f ed. r a I u-r v ice Captain 'alt.. has not Mt.. pointed bin second )t.-Mtetiint and n..n cm tn iwiom-il i.rf ;cr He dei nummr the other lieotermi in lire -Mil. Oian tin ras hud trninintf Fll Pt m reported, will riot ith th r.,p eviHMtlna to Nave ....n t-. fill eon truts with wild wet nho The ph le,il ev.i n'iri m-o a r. l-e ine cm t-I.-f. d t.-ln f,,.. :i 'i i i t-rii. .it. i . i 1 Ha