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fel DAILY EVENING EDITION CIRCULATION Number it printed today' daily edition 2575 Hii paper to a member of and audited by Uw Audit liureau of Circulation. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER run v i: r. v y Tonitfht nnd Hatu'i, ytr - ' S Mailmum, SI. Minimum. IT. Ruin fall. 0: Wind. went. Itentle; Weather, partly cloudy. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917. NO. 9221 U. 8. PUIS TWO DRAFTS WITHIN NEXT TEN MONTHS TO RAISE ARMY Of TWO MILLION Men Must be in Actual Service and Train ing by June; 1,500,000 to be Under Arms October 10; If Sufficient Equip ment Can be Obtained Next Draft Will be Made Immediately. WASHINGTON, (iept. 1. Tin war department imtRrun provide that two million men Im In actual nervier and training by next June, Anotlier draft of Aoo.ooo this winter h plan ned. Tho deartjnent exects to have I.&4I0.4MIO under arms by October 10. If sufficient cqulimicnt and accom modations an obtained another drnfl will be n-cummctidcd in.mi'd lately. All department estimates are asked b) taker and granted by tlM house ap propriations committee .In . asMimp tlon tlii' reMdenl will Issue the rail. 250 MILLION BU. CROP IS SPRING WHEAT ESTIMATE SPY FOUND IN TACOMA TltOMA. Sept. 7. Kvldenep a found In Hie trunk of Max l.eofold, ;crniaii MiMMt arrit ed odiic-uluv. ulili-li convliiivd 'dcrul and olli- authnrltlex tliut llii prisoner I u r oM'rutliut under direct order from Berlin. Tlie mil nr.' of Hie ciIiIiihv It. not reralcd. A ureal parkuoc of letter Him found liildreMwd to l-ioll In a Jim-ii allays In 50 clirfrrenl nierlean eltlex. .More limn half the li-tter eoutiiliied orrii'lal diK'iimi'iitH benrinu Air man fen Ik. U. S. HOSPITAL IN FRANCE IS BOMBED; 6 DIE i.aivmf.x uuji si:m (t)MMlTIKi: TO SII(.TO IIMITKI. Kept. 7. (.ruin grow rrw of Washington. Idiiho and Oregon will Iom tmnity million doll an thin .ear Millie the tovcrnmcn adopts Pacific iiortltwct halc price, ac cording to Um opinions of I.V iroml- iM'nt growers, miller and dealers nm . f erring here regit rd lug Intent wheat regulation tlu and WASHINGTON. Sept. 7-TIf con dltion of spr ng wheat crop "n Sep tember first ww wvcniy-ono and two tenths, as compared with f rty eight and six-tenths the year previous. Seventy -four Im a ten yeir average, with eight and seven tenthH on au gust first, thn agr culture depm tno-nt announced. The total production i;( spring wheat in estimated at two hunlred and fifty million bushels, against two hundred und thirty-six m 111 n hi I -mated in August. Winter when pro duction in estimated at four hundred i wheat st.iied to California, and seventeen ml lion bushels. rla and Orient and consumed (W. V SIMMS.) WITH HKITISK AFIKi,D, 8ept. 7. An American ofitcer was killed and five members of hit! staff wounded in a deC berate Clerman bombardment on Ameri can hospital on the French const. Ten pat ion Lb were alao injured. The dead officer won a ineoical corp man attached to rh! Har vard unit. The staff meitiber were severely wounded. On member of the .St. Iuia unit was wounded. The attack was plainly deliberate. Of the lti wounded in the Har vard units hospital, five were mem hers of the American staff and ten patients, fhe hot;; Uul of the Harvard unit wat? most dam axed. Only one bomb hit the St. Ixiuin unit hospital Kritifh irui- tar hotfpitals were alu b- m j tiarded. I INlMiN Sept. 7. Oerman;- a p IpareiHly in enndurtinu an aeria ran : puiKii aKH lixt allied hospitals. The j utmoHt in film at inn was nroiiMd j thrinmhout KnKland by reports of a number of cases where htspit;ils. j plainly marked, had been ataeked. i Knuland s reprisals will he aerial at ( tacks uKaiimt German military works. i NKW YUltK, S pt. 7 - It.d Cross j beadnimrters h-re had not r.-ceivvd v ord of the Carman attack on Amer- lean hospftalK in France except the Kovcrn- , t"'tl Press liNpatches. The St AMERICA WHO HAS NEVER TASTED DEFEAT, WILL TRIUMPH AGAIN IN THIS WAR DECLARES LLOYD GEORGE IC I EXEMPTION L SEND That the district exemption board at La Grande may be more fully ac quainted with conditions in Umatilla county, representatives of that board will come to Pendleton to make a first hand investigation. Adjutant Oeneral White has recommended this course as a result of the objections made to him by local citizens because of what seemed to be an unjust course In con Hiderintr exemption claims. W. 1. Thompson, who was a mem rlceH. Hi. Louis unit is stationed at Itouen. ('rnlnniett will send a committee (o ' nmiT. the location of th Harvard Washington to lay before the food ad- ! l,nit is unknown here, ministration dciMtrtment the nec.st- i " 1 ty for a Iacirie northwest basic price. The grain men vluoroiiMiy iir---cd opposition to a (Tdca-'o basic price of 2.Jn. ihclnrlnir tb rlce of north- Al-at HKXATR IFn-TTS IlOTII WAll TAX AMrMMKA1S WASHIN'OTf-N. Sept. 7. The sen ate defeated the Iji Fid'ette amend ment increaainK" the income tax and nUmrtft six hundred and forty-three million more than the committee's plans. The Mollis amendment, addimr elRhty million dollars to the Income tax levy, was later defeated. AGREE TO EMPLOY U. S. BUYING ABROAD WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 Hp pre ventatives of FtclKlum. Italy and Ser bia todnv sltrnetl au-eemeiits with th United States for the creation of nn allied purehasimr board, which will buy all supplier in this country for the entente nation The boa rd is composed of Hernard M. Haruch. Judge H. S. Ioveft and R S. Hrook- j lines. OH-at Ilrita'n. France and Rus ala have a 'ready signed. J It 1st estimated that the foreign Hfivornnipnls are now expending about jr.oii.onn onn a month in this country fur supplier in.1 war mate- : rials. This will be handled through the pur' hnR?n- board. J home would hi greatly reduced as j well ns wheat hipped ea-t, Tlie con fcrene In eontinitlng this aftemiMin. GOMPERS HEADS NEW LABOR ORGANIZATION mwou thomi'sox ni rs FIVK SlTTs VXIt l.IliKK I'HK'At-IO. SMt- 7. Mayor Thomp son tldK af1criirMn fllel the PHI iwins IthI suits; (liicago Trilmnc. "N.mMI. Ialy cwh. Vfctor l.rn, pnli llNher. $L5n,tMH. .Iac b Ob'kliiHttfi, pmiHT secretary of war. (HMHt (HM. I. II. Merrick, president of the l cnl chapter of the National SN-urlt.. liMigiie. LMM. Arnold .r. ern. -o:ninr of the MINN'KAPOMS. Sept 7 Samuei : Oompers. president or the Anierb- in ! Ft'di-ration of labor nas been elected j president of the Amer:can a liance j for labor and democracy. J Resolutions were adopted pledKifg j support to the labor cause and d , mocracy. denouncing pacifists and de- rTianiin-r all workrrs to support the ; president. A committee will convey , meetings to the Kuss an democracy, j dec). i ring the organization s purposes ar idnntical with the new republic. COLUMBIA HIGHWAY WILL BE OPEN FOR ROUND-UP TRAFFIC . ' 11 T The Columbia River Highway will not be closed to Round-Up traveler despite the announcement from Hood Kiver that the highway between that city and Cascade Locks would be closed for several weeks to permit of construction work. Commissioner w U. Thompson on his return from Port and this morning announced that an arrangement had been made with the Hood River county court whereby a temporary road would be built around obstructions so that peo ple driv'ng to the Round-l'p would not have to cross the river. So many bjections were made to the eommis ! sion by auloists contemplating the ! trip, to Pendleton that the adjutsmenr j waa made. j tticr Route Selcc-tcd. j The route of the Columbia river ) h ghwuy in Hood River and Sherman : coufities was definit() located by ! the commission at the recent meeting. ; The route chosen in Hood River ! ; county in what is known as the river htcation instead of the Mnxeltown ! , hill road. The latter, whi'e affording i a view of Hood River valley, is five r miles longer thaA the river route. The . estimated com of construction of the two route .a about equal, approxi mately $30u.0''a. The shorter route was chosen on account of the saving in paving cost. In Sherman county it has been de- . ih .t rh hil.iK- uliu 11 rnti hi' way of Sh.-rn.an. Wasco and MaclW ,n,v """'"f ,hf '""' 'e old's ferry to Arlington on condition that a bridge is erected by the county i I Vt fi n I it irilr1 furrv iiit MTir'UHiinn oi a oiiiiiie pinic which will arable men to b drafted to figure with some reasonable de gree of certaintv .-is to whether r not thev have a legitimate claim for exemption. BOARD REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO MAKE INVESTIGATION - BASIC GRAIN PRICE NOW UP TO WILSON British Premier Admits Russian Situation is Disquieting But Expresses Complete Con fidence in Slav Leaders. FAILS TO DISCUSS ALLIES WAR AIMS AT BIRKENHEAD In a last effort to secure a termi nal rate for Portland the same as that fixed for Chicago, a conference is be ng arranged by Senator Charles McNarv between President Wllnoti ber of the delegation which recently ! and western members of contrress. ac- conferred with the local board and J cording to a telegram received this w no nas oeen since corresponding w-ith the adjutant general, this morn ing received the following telegram from him: "After considering the data pre sented by you. I have thought it ad visable to suggest that a committee of the district board at Ii Grande visit Pendleton to Inijtiire into agri cultural and other conditions. The d istriet hoard will inquire into con ditions affecting its own work and will not in any way interfere with the work of the local board." Mr. Thompson in writing to the ad jutant general had pointed out that ouit" a number of mn ownins and operating their own ranches had been certified up for ervice. Also he had pointed out that men with de linnuents had been certified to seem- BIRKENHEAf). tSnglanJ, fiept. 7. Lloyd George declared that Ameri ca has never known defeat and on this occasion she w II triumph. A great crowd thunderously applauded i the asesrtion. The premier admitte 1 that the Russian situation vu dis- quiting. but declared he had com I p ete confidence that Russian leader j would repair the damage. He said the Russian resolution had only post poned the allied victory. He reiter ated hbi defiance of the submarine campaign, declaring he was absolute ly confident the submarines would morning by President Tallman of the never lessen the allied strength Commercial association from the Ju- , AttemHl Ut sow l)iH Pfl. nior senator from Oregon replving to t a telegram sent vesterdav to him and' German attempt to sow diasen a number of other representatives pl',n armm th ftl" on the east and and senators. t weat fronts have fared," he declar- Senator Mt-Xarv wire- thai he h '-erman? oniy oeci-ieo io invane preKident. It is hoped the visit of the district board will result in a definite understanding between the boards and leaving in Wasco I'ropoMnt. This route is approximately nin mi e lonser than the one proposed along the river, but it will be cheaper to construct and maintain. Another advantage urged in its favor is that WOMW KIM'S WOHKKIt THIN DRINKS POISON OAKUM). Sept. 7- After Hhotttlng and killing A bert Wll llnms. Mrs. Catherine Vickies held Williams' fellow worker at buy with a revolver while she drank poison. SOCIALIST PltOltK (ONTIM KS CHICAGO. Sept. I. The guveru- j ment's grand jury im l ft iat ion of t the soi'inli.sts and industrial workers 4 j activities continued. Kvidencc seized a in a series of raids last night was 'mldcd to the evidence secured W nesday. Federal agents raied two Gernian laiiguaue sorialiMic newjpa per and a radical bokstore where radical publications of all kinds .ire sold. The literature was confiscated in the newspaper plants ami boost cres and the authorities removed import ant parts of the presses and other ma chinery making further publicat mn impossible. ! Hoard Want-, to He Fair. j That the district board wishes to be j abp. lately fust in the matter of de ciding claims is evidenced by n letter ; Sir. Thompson has received from i Chairman F. I van hoe of the dis trict board. He states that it is pos sible that some names have been im properly certified owing to confusion. '"We are revising the certified list sent out," he writes, "and will correct any errors we discover. "The board wishes to sav also." and The Dalles, a distance of two'Col. Ivanhoe's letter says,, "that it ex miles. and also a four mi stretch on pects criticism, and desires the honest the east between The Dalles and Pe- suggestions und assistance of all per tersburg. on condition that the coun- I sen. w fully realize that in makine ties of Wasco and Sherman take steps this draft, honest mistake-- will occur ! to eliminate tbe present toll bridge 11 along the line and we are disposed . across the Demhutes river an.i erect m correct anv we make nnd treat with j free utructure eharilv those made bv others' it traverses the populated section of the county and passed through whe-'t fields. In Wasco county the commission decided not to accept the seven-mile hill road bet ween M osier and The Dalles as a nection or the state high way, in view of the fact that it may be lii'lcnni io ri in the tifni future ts I construct u hitrhu-MV illnncr thu l-ive.- between the two points. The com mission has agreed, however, to pave the road between Cnenoweth creek wires that he has already had two conferences with Hoover to protest against the unfair- t nes if mak ng the western farmer : sell his wheat on a Chicago basic price. He believes Portland should be made a primary market and had j asked the representatives of four , western state to aid him- in getfni; , such recognition. Today a meeting of farmers of the northwest is being neld in Portland to discuss the ftitiijirion auith vr ir . Hampton went down from here. The following is the wording of the telegram sent yesterday afternoon by President Tallman and A r Shum wa y. preai dent of the Fa rm ers I'nion: "To encourage farmers of Cmatilia county in r;iis ng six million bushels of wheat in securing a ld:on al acreage sown to 1 7 and is. neees sarv farmers northwest fee they tre retting square deal. Sufficient ton nage building here necessary to trai 5 port flour from this coast u allies j Farmers cannot understand why ya j cents should be deducted from our 1 price on freight to Chicago. We feel Portland and Seattle should be nam ed as basic points.' The message was sent to President Wilson. C. S. Karrprt. presi lent Xa- ! tional Farmers' I'nion. the members of ihe Oregon delegation and to Sen ator w. K. ftorah of Idaho. t west ' ed. Russia with the sword because other methods failed. "We are lean concerned for the ef fect of the Russian failure on the war than with its effect on th- - world's democracy. Russian leader are repairing therr machine under fire. I am confident they will succeed. Doei-ut DtcSH War Arms. '"Germany boasts that her victories In the east were aganst no resistance. but the allies success on the wesf front, especially the Italian front. Is an effectual reply." Contrary to genera- expectations, IJoyd George didn't discuss the allie.v war aims. CITIZENS URGED TO LIST THEIR ROOMS FOR THE ROUND-UP i AM rt HI VIA TROOPS II VK UK HFI CAMP MUX HFMPSTKP . V form; s contribnt iin division has reached G; the arrival nf Inwas tingents the division eoniptete. Sept. 7.--Cali- the rainbow amp Mill With and Ohio's con will be marl BITTER BATTLE FLEET IS RAGES AT MONTE ST. GABRIEL GERMAN llnMK, Sept -The arrival f GATHERING NEAR PETROGRAO fresh re-infurcemenia, some of which are believed to be German divisions, has Increased the ferocity of the Ita' inn front f'ght'ng. especiallv ar mod Monte St. Gabriels. The d-miinating position has change u hands many times, neither able being able, to inH ni tain its po-i turns. The iiallle now raging is declared to be the bitterest -attle ever fought n the Italian front. The Italians sev j ral das ago nnnounced the capture. of M.-nte St. tlnntiel. Twentv-four lii ur ..iter Uif Austrians 1 e captur ed it Since t hen the summit has chanced han 's iia n and again In owmi artillery fire has worn town I met tal all th' lii-iiche carefully otare-- in the r..cks -o pv r is 1111 iva'l.it r nval Romlwirtlmcnt IVared. lA i.VOON. Sept. 7.- Get-tunny lllav be preparing a naval bombardment of petrograd. Submarines, dosiroy ers. mlnesw epers, cm is rs and war sh ps are reported gatherin.; in he Halt ie. The fleet Is reporte 1 today at the entrance nf Finland gulf miles from Petrograd. j Fresenberg which the Hrttis-i gained eteriiay rorced the Prittsh to with draw to previous lines. Ha g eprtel INMmgrad PnMires for Attack PKTIUKSRAH. Sept 7. Petrogr id ix nri'nop f.- .. .1 Tr..,,, nr.- rushliiK ihrouifh ths oit l nipcl th :idv:im"ti0- r:..fn.,.no i...i ., ... 1 I'lacnr.lK mat!,. red evory where r ' . I.' " ' . U T . ! nmnd ,hat " HusHianH rt ,r ,,.. ...... ..,.,.. .-.vmi. 1. i.uswian inn popul.-ice Is not worried ii'rpru.i ;nma convovni 1 y. Frvm illsimtch ...r- "'.. ,, nnaiing nuionsps mans are oontinu nc ' I'm I unilll, 1111. If 'mnna 1 l'ltlilii imtiij.Ii'iI tho city, it Ik nfflciHllv mat i'l. Thi Itusnian war craft r-mivncd In the mmith of the Dvlna until th la.it nmment. lUIUsh ixwr Positions. INIHN. s.pt. 7. (iprman i -nnltfi acaiiiMt the positions north of attention eviilent- m say the r,ftr to advance. imered on the Miioieaie arersi or tiie counterrevo lutionary .l,.tter rather than h Oennan advnncr. it Is reiortid th wife of cran l Duke .lean i-onstantl-novitch. son of the former crar uncle, nrand Duke t'onstalitine. who wa iniplicatcd 'n the plot rested. was , i GLAD HAND FOR V. S. TROOPS IN LONDON j - : -7 rrrJi j " ' l,,s fiii-rn-iffMr rmntartWi f Ir frlr i i " " - i m nr4 1 j TT? TPOOPC f KJ TOtsTOO-KT j American soldiers marching Puckinuham Palace. Tremendous en- . torn along the hue of march ,h..k j j through the streets of tendon after j thumiiMti was shown b the crowds I hands with the r..s ir kb.tki ,-m.l ' , being ret ie wed M KJn George t that gathered Man of th.- specta- the M vr.. , .,.r,.j ,he ,.m.r,. r..u, t. There will be a loud and insistent call for accommodations for the Kound-lp this year. September 20. 21 and Th a has been the great est ticket sale the Round-Cp has ever had. and also the advance request for accommodations is greater tharj any other year. The people of Pen dleton are asked, by the board of di rectors to m tke every possible ef fort to give the.-e visitors coming in f r tho.-e three das the very nicest accommodat ons possible. Dean Tatoiu who has charge of tins department will open up his head quarters the middle of the week His phone number wil Ibe published and people with rooms are askd to list them with h m. The indications now are that tht wi'l be the biggest crowd ever seen at the Rouid l'p and also the bent ex hibition ever put on. n the v wi' ors have come to rel so confident I v upon the ability of the Round-l'p to take care of them after they e- her-' that it would be th- worst thinr thai t;id happen to 1'endteton to fill down tin this rr t tbe work ' h year So ver b...'v urce.l (,-- to. Kound l'p f. gte in th- h-i ih- ir Cofi V IN AT CAMP LEWIS GET FIRST TASTE OF DRILL THIS MORNING ' AMP l.KU IS i ; Tbe . tn of light m-'.I arnll.-r - h . ! ' d the war department 'most coast arttlU-rv im Wt f rteen bun :r-d :r, n, if on il nrrnv r- ortlfig her- hi'I trir,i at l'ii-.t sound f'.rts. dl i I.OMtig an .jual nu in tier of niernbert 1 the Co.,' .irililer, e..f,,piln,, wt. 'will be shifte.i her- f.r Iriieiiwve I training. field artilr ( Members of tbe n.iUona, roiv b.id j their fii-Mt drill th-n morning S-,ri ; cotnnnssioned officsm were rnt;ttive Iv H-b-ctM 1 frim the nin thmw-lv tit a-ss'.r the Tge nts from Vri-o . vev barnrn-ks ' rifiniii.,i ir,, jtrfMing mpi ID The n- m,. jr . being ; rt ! K n d ' t h tei r ' done VV D I f.ei.f ini'iiiii "M On