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i"',iaV".' ",S i 4 V DAILY EVENING EDITIOH WEATHER FORECAST Tc.nlitht and Sunday unaotlled. Prolmbly rain. Maximum 6S, minimum SI, rainfall 'prinklH, wind, west, light, weather cloudy, CITY OFFICIAL PAPEB , DAILY EVENING EDITION Number coplca printed of yealertlay'a Dally itHtlou 2,614 Thlf paper la a niemuer of and audited by U6 Audi! Bureau of Circulation. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAP". ji VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 1917. NO. 9276 IS BELEIVED TO Battle By Which Ex-Premier Hopes to Save Rus sia Impending:. RADICALS REPORTED TO CONTROL MOSCOW Francis Cables Confirma tion of Kerensky's Over throw to War Dept. IH'MiirriN 3 O'CMK'K. WASHINGTON, Nov. IO. KlnU department cable aNm-rUfl the .MuxImallMtH hcIxoU .Moscow .November Htli, rUmlttic Mil ooiiMr valJve nwNMipcrN uin! pluiMnK jruard.. ou all rallroud and tHe ftnurfis, Htifwlun AmtMiNHwIor liakhmctlcff announced tlilM af utiumw tlic JCiiKHlnn i inlmsHV hero wtniUl rrfiiMS to recofrnlzn the Maximalist government. I In de clared tliv MiitlinallstH clout rep wwiit nil Jturvttt and cannot x reH0 tho pcojdc'n will. Arnerl can Ambassador FranclM at IVt roRnMt rallied every thlinr wax . K.. hidU-atimr tUv MuximaJiHtH have not yet liceu fnreJbly op poNed. IXXIK)V. Nov. 10. The battle by which. Keren sky hoiM'M to sne I lunula from Uhi radical may lie lniMmJlnjt around I'ctrotti'Hd, aeeordliur to I he Interpretation placed oil llolslicvlki censored dlsintcJu. front iVtroarad. - lierciukyKaantlliio ml -UtunMutL im iN'lleved to lie niovinir troow tw mrd Petroarart. prcparJnir to o with II strength to stamp out the new government. WASHINGTON, Nov. lft. Ameri can Ambassador Francis nt Petro rad. cabled the Bin to department confirmation of the overthrow of the Kerennky government, the arrest of cubtnet members and bum bard men t of the Winter Palace. Reports that peace rndtealH con trol aiokcow bus ulmnut ended offi cial hope that Kcrensky could re HtabllHh the old provisional govern ment. The ItuHHian, cmliawy is refusing to believe the radical government will succeed. The embassy predict Lenine will unnminre himself as premier or dictator. The exact whereabouts of Keren sky are unknown. Ited CrosM Workers Safe. The state department received a co ble Kt ait iik A merirnn Ited (.'ros workers In Kusslu were safe. The department wild nothing hud developed upon which the govern ment can base nny alteration in the present lluwlun policy. I ntil a new reiutonuble Kvernment h eHtabllshed the I'nlted Stute will take no action. It 1h unoflclnliy report ed the Ho. Ifllievlkl and Maximalist pmupH have formed a cabinet bended by I.enlne hhiI TrotHky. May Itofn Aid lo Itiiwlu. Tlie HiiKfiun eoliapKe hat present ed u niuhltude if proidems. oritrlab ar pulled whether Kus.sin should be allowed representnt Ion In the inter-all I'arit citnfereiice and wheth er American loans and supplies Hhoitld continue to so to KiiNsia's aid. While a separate (lerinan peace i.1 not mentltined, Lenlru In ready In consider proposals from id t her side. ( fficlnlH believe I.enlne will not da re surrender Itiifslan territory tints ntrontintf the peasant.1' love for their motherland. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10. The nod- ! nlit orKan Narodnaianlsts denied the Kerens ky cabinet hud been arrested, and said Kerensky .wua at the front. TIED CROSS BEGINS CAMPAIGN TO RAISE CHRISTMAS FUNDS With the food drive and the V. M j (' A. drive Mtltl under way, the call htm come fitr utill another drive In i cennerthm with war act ivhles, thlx time to furnlnh funds for the pur chasing of ChrlMmas presents for the boys In the service. I'muttlla. conn-j ty's quota In III""" nnd Pendleton If! a.ked to subscribe one half of the; amount. I The Ited Cross hn undertaken to play Santa Clans for Uncle Sam's sol- ' d'.ers and snllors and will provide aj ChriMtmHM package fr every enlisted man in the army or navy. The Umatilla rounty chapter Is aked to provide funds for l.ir.o packages. Carl Cooley. J. K. Ilobinson and F. W. Uiimpkln have been appointed' rn the Pendleton committer for th tulslng of the thousand ilollars nnd will be sin their campaign Monday. KERENSKY BE ADVANCING ON PETROGRAD ESCAPE OF BALLOON OBSERVER a. i A Hritiuh officer was saved in a mir aculous manner on the western front the other day when he cut lon.t in hi.: parachute after Ocrmans fired hi.; :7. r&ri'' W hi t ' I l' - - & balloon. Coming down ho was unable , at the left, and then he went .safely to awlni? himself clear of a tree ami to the ground. HERMISTON WOMAN POURS 0IL OVER HER CLOTHING, APPLIES MATCH AND BURNS TO DEATH Kust Oregon Ian Special. ) HKit.M ISTON, Nov. Whil tr niporarily Inline yesterday. Mrs. J. A. Heeves of this place, set herself afire after having soaked her cloth inK in oil and ififluted injuries from v. hich she died last niKht. Mrs. lieeves as th wife of t tie Uermlston rural mail carrier and bad been in pnor health recently. At tlie time of her terrible deed sin alone at her Imine exceptfuw f yountfe-st child, two years old. ot her t hree children had beet away on errands and Mr. Itee not at home, he The sent waa TWO OF CONVICTS. WHO FLED FROM SALEM PRISON CAMPS ARE CAPTURED NEAR CAYUSEi i Sheriff T. . Taylor and l'epntv Sheriff Jake Marin tit U' :ti this alt ernoon ca pi ured l-'rauk Johnson a nd Joe Wilson, two of (lie six convicts who escaped earlier in the week from a prison parole camp In the Willam ette vii I ley. The ca pture was made In one of t he canyons near Cay use after t he ftiult ives hud been t railed to their hid in place in t he brush. It was not until Sheriff Taylor sent a. bullet over their heads t hat 1 bev submitted to belli? ta ken. Johnson, who Is an Indian or tin Umatilla reservation and who was --eni to prise it from t hi count y for cattle stealing, owns land on the res er at Ion and. ssispect imr t hat he mlirht return here. Sheriff Taylor had been on the lookout. The two men nre supposed to have arrived In Pendleton on 'one of the nih trains and to have walked up the track to Cnytise. Just at daybreak they were t ten leaving t h track and to po up one of the canyons. Sheriff Taylor was not Ified nnd left nt once wit h Marin In his car. The tracks of (he two men were plainly discernible The officers followed n p the canyon for a few hundred yards In t heir car. Marin t hen went up n t he hill above u llense thorn thicket while Taylor went t hrou Kb the t hleket. The men were lying in the brush ami Wilson i ft - f his parachute cuuuht as shown in the photograph. Hut he was aide to swiiir hack and forth till he reached the projecting limb of atioth-r tree shown I The Reeves home Is In the south- eait part of town near the F. A ; ; Phelps place. After Pettfitp herself j ! afire and heeonilnt; horribly burned j , the maddened woman seemingly re- i i gained her mental facnllies. she did 'lint srt the iiouse afire m-r w as Her baby injured, the liltle one beinK foutnl sate in the yard. .l..ut Mrs. Keeves was seen to ruh out inlo i the yard with In r cliuhin praet leal- ! l, burned liitni her b(r. Help was summoned and il was futiml .she was Mirfering: terribly. di.-d at 1 o ; :; o li).-t nit. hi. ;sav the officer eomlntf. Poth men ' left I heir hiding place and started .'tunning up a cow trait. They relused to heed t lie sheriff's ca lb Ki halt ! w hereupon ) j h-ed a shot a hove above them. This slopped them, i Neither man was armed. The j were brouubt back to the county jail I and Sheriff Taylor notified Warden ! M ttrphy by wire. There w s a re j ward of $.i. for the capture of each OM HOSPITAL: 7 DIE PA It IS. Nov. I il.- i or mans drop ped Incendiary bombs on Zuyrxsehoote hospital, killing se en and w on ml in t; nine, iluring a IninUirk air raid it is stated. Mutual raiding and artilierin was all the war office reported. North west of Khi ims Herman raids failed. The French sucessfulh raid.-d io-r-inan positions soutlntcst of Seuin and east of SeppoU. BRITISH DRIVE AHEAD FROM PASSCHENDAELE TO DEPTH OF A MILE HUSBAND FLEES TO ATTIC WHEN WIFE L00KSJN KEYHOLE i. c. notiiroi-k Twi w Company With Another Woman . Now Faces : Statutory Charges. i i Trapped by bis wife in company with another woman in a. mum in the j Huiit IH 'rawfoi d bulldiru? yesterday afternoon, t liol tiruck, i.rominent f ret 1 red lhrnn r, faeeK a titi utory i charge ireferred liy his wife. Though In mad" a temporary escape from 1 his wife when discovered. he was i lound later iiidlnx in tin- attic of the! hiiildiriK and served with a formal warrant. Ho was arraigned in tbei Just ire court la.st evening iii.l his ' I 'i'e in I nary hearing Is set. for next 'Tuesday at Pi a. m. ! 'tThe woman in the case, according i ii; the complaint . is a Mr.s. ;riKfuy ' who is said to Hvj tlii side of Kcho. j Having b--n aj. prised by anonymous j letter. It Is said, that her husband ; was ineetinK another woinun at stat- i ed 1 nter va 1k in the Sniit h-v'ra w ford i t'liildinif. Mrs. Uothrock trailed him j there yesterday afternoon, and, bav in set a watch on the room, went! into the district attorneys office in j I be same building and aked for a ; complaint and wuriant. She ha ! :1 ' so summoned her attorney, JudR ! c. looks TJir&tuth k'iwH.'. ! Knock lot; u pon t lie door of ( h. ro.-m. after first looking through tin j l-cyhob. Mrs. Jlothrock deniamied entrance. KeeeK in- no it-sponse. she smashed the opatp'e giass in tin-wind-w with her handbag. At sight of her. it Is said, her husband sprang from the bed in the room and disap peared through another door, lock ing It behind him. The woman nn I eked the entrance (loot and wall-ret out of the room and down the stairs The door through which Mr. ttuth rnek disappeared led Into a room from which a ladder led to the attic and roof. The noise of the breaking glass attracted the attention of th tenants of the office rooms in thf building and soon there was quite a crowd in t he hall way. Among those a 1 1 rae ted by the noise were District Attorney K eat or ami chief of Police lioln-rts, who happened to be In tht li-t i-ict at torney'-s office. ' ldMoorel In Attic. The Imked door of the room hav ing been opened wbh a skeleton key M rs. Hot brock climbed the ladder but the attic was .lark and nothing wa.'i isibe. A tall was sent to, th. sheriffs offi.-e and Depirty Sheriff funk responded. Securing an elec trie lamp ami a. long cord, lie climb ed into the attic and dbcovtred Mr Hot brock I ing pi one bet w een i In raft rs. He en Hie dow it upon he Ins disco erei a ml submit ted to arrest I pon being t a ken, before J ust ice of t he IVace 1 'arke , he wif- released upon bis own ree..".ni7anee. Because of t he prominence of Mr Klhrock.j .1 Of at'Twr created )iiite a i'cns.ub.n. it i; .--aid that his wiu once before difcovered him lu a com I'nunlMiii; situation with .tlie same woman and at that time a settlement of t heir properi y rights w as a g recti upon rather than taking their domes tic troubles into the divorce court. f add Mini SKATTI.K. V:. lcr Caught. eh.. Nov. in. K old. a H-msian wa 1'aluer. t . year; 1 jnreste.l it Vharge of I In 1 1 le Friday on a , o ( t fin t i n ir to sinuiinle iaU 'Ut i( the country in excess of l to J a limit set by t he President i" his proclamation of September T This is beiced to U the first arre-r of its kind in the United Slates. Ha ider, who came to Seatt le recent I v from Alaska, hoarded a essot boun.' for Hll-si.L after getting passed b tin customs officials, with the state ment l h tt he only possessed $ 1 20 In fold. A -. -ueh reealed a ii. v .ep ati.und bis waist which contain ed 1'to. in : old. 1? KSTA I T R A N TS NAM K TWO "IIOOVKR DAYS" IX EVERY WEEK Tuesdays and Wednesdays of terv week will be Hoover days In Pendleton so far as the res taurant i a ml eat ing houses are are concerned. In order to aid in the food conseration policy of Herbert Hoover they Pave agreed tliat on Tnedas thy will sere no meal and on elneday ti"l him: made from v.btal. Toesdaxs will be meat b -s das and W, dn--davs W hi at b -s t'a . DOZEN STRONGLY FORTIFIED FARMS ARE OCCUPIED; FIGHTING VIGOROUS EVERYWHERE ; . & ClTY BUDGET IS $61,011.88 Pendleton's budget for the coming ea r calls for an expen diture of ftil.ull.fs and the levy w ill probably bt- l o ' mtlia though that Is not absolutely cer tain because the Citj aKaesrrneiU is not fully known. The budget was adopted at a special meeting of the city coun cil at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Tlie budget fur this year was SHOULD NEWSPAPERS RFTRflY TRPRP MnifFW" ULinfll II1UUI IliUVLU. ; I'nder the voluntary censor ship luked of the press by the federal government secrecy 1h asked of newspa per wit h refer ence to the following'. amonj Ol her I hiliK-i; 7. liiforiiuitJoii of tin ' ar-, riial at nn l;nriHii (Kirt of American war vessels, trans-Mu-is or any (Mirtion or an ot lKfdilionai'.v' iorce. -tmbatant or non-ooiiihufaut, until aiiitouniv meitt i a ui Ik tri Mil by the sec retary t war or the MH-ntary of I he iiinj." Yesterday private news was re ceived here of the arrival in Kurope of part of an expedition ary force. The news being " of interest, the Kast oregonian at once asked by wire through the failed Preys if the publication of t his news was authorized by the government. The follow lug reply was receiv ed ; "Voluntary censorship abso lutely prohibits publication name of any military unit in France, which would include (ho item tnent ii hci." 1 1: t n u rp!i nee t his newspa per retrained from publishing1 t he report in Mtie-'t ion. despite the lii 'i f-vera I i t iron new spa peis used the st.i.. The inci dent is here Vplaii'ed so that if future items of thi; sort are not pul'li-hcd readers will uuder stj.nd why. Though usually jik-Bre- ;vf in new s ai herintr, i he KaM ' U-c .-oniari caisnot see its wa cl'iir to disregard the plain and i ept ated requests of the i-vemijieht fr secrecy with ref erence to troop niovements. LATi:.sr rnoTd or AMntirw AMHsSM)Oll l) l lli: I'KKNCII 1 1- WILLIAM. G. I and I raud.'i" on ictcil. IHIUTI M. e. m. V. 1'. Ibdt- v.cll. Tacoimi n-al e tatir ami W. 1. t iek 1 Montana, were convicted by tin focjei al iHinii on a i-liaiw tf Ii andulenll v bH-aliiu;- ;i proMMt't c "I'ttler on .i-hiiiutnti and rtiroi L.otLrumciit lands. t.otleib Midler. . .1. tail and tin otlicr dclcial a ntN were at ipdi toil. i in1 rs? was i ailed the 1 anaduui cin-4iracy caM. Haig Successfully Shoving Bavarians off all High Ground Before Roulers; Tre mendous British Fire Pulverizes Ger man Lines; Roulers Immediate Object of British Advance. i : (W. P. SIMMS.) BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. Nov. 10. The British 1 drove heavily a mile forward from Passchendaele in a renewed Flanders offensive. The British occupied a dozen strongly fortified farms. Vigorous fighting everywhere is reported. Haig is successfully shoving the Bavarians off all the Today's drive is the second this.week the British have directed against the last remaining section the enemy holds on Passchendaele ridge. West Roosebeke was the direct object of both thrusts. ! The tremendous British fire pulverized the German lines. ' -'S' Roulers is the immediate object of the British advance. GERMANS REACH I PiAVO DEFENSES Asigo Captured; Line Ex i tends From Susegana to ! the Sea. j HFItl.IV, Nov. 10. Aiis-tro-(.M-man ! fort--? Iii.ve reached the Iiavo river j line from susegana to the sea it ts stnlrod. sipo iias been captured. I TiOMlC, Nov. 10. Our rear guards escaped the enemy from Susegana to the sea, burning bridges behind them, t it is officially stated. Strong enemy attacks in the ledio valley were re pulsed despite artillery preparation Italy's retirement behind river line is practically the Piavo completed. Front dispatches declare the with drawal was highly successful. The Piavo defenses are exceptionally ' strom? and it is believed they will be able to withstand the invaders attacks. Million Homeless in Knni c. It is estimated a million homeless from the invaded district have reach- ed Ii'mie. Military exigency forced the complete civil and military eva ciiation of all territory between the l.ivenza and Piavo rivers. The re t reat itig Itahons destroyed Pelluno. V it toriu. i 'one.: I :ano. I Vrenono. Saliie and Ordertro. liclirf nmd IMImnI. Viftcen niilli.ui hundred thou sand dollars wa. raised It re for relief of homeless war victims. Much inert1 is need. d. Cardinal lifcrtaine, patri arch of Venice, apneab-d to the peo ple to r, ma .n ca ho a nd pray to tjod to pi .-servo t hem and t heir homes. Yen ieo d ispatchi-s said ext raord inarv precautii.ns were adi'ted to s;ie pre cious al l w orks. (;kuman loiu ps ON ALAND ISLANDS Nil M kllOl l, o . to. The tior man tamlctl on Hie Aland inlands I In tnlr;iinv to potliiiic- .uif near Moi-klioni. la-t iu-.ht. Ttio Klaiid v. ill prohab m a itaal ba-c. Ir. t .1. smith KobtxNl. h:ti M. ,.. pt - . m- t)i..!i- U vand ilnil.irs' worth of cheeks, whbh Were spirited from an flee desk aid back at:aiu within three hour:, can sort in tic pert ur 1 at ion to I r. t J. Smith Th.ir-itay. In the Tnortiinc ab, i'f ;i o'clock 1 r. Snrth stat ted t gather i't tiie rh(H ks and taUe tli ;:: to the '..ink. but thev were fceiie; n..l a si::!e cb.eck Conbl be found. The matter was r. petted To the depart ment of public afet. When I r S'iil;!i let iriod to hi- offt.-e at w v. the checks w ere f und piled on bis dv.-k as he had Icit theru. U. S. JAPAN PACT SURPRISES CHIliA Nation Feels She Had Been Double Crossed in Mat ter by America. ; (ROBERT J. BENDER) ' WASHINGTON', Nov. 10. Chin feels the United States baa doubt crossed her in the formal understand intr reached between the United State and Japan, because she wasn't con sulted. The Chinese foreign offlo statement said China was not bound by notes other countries exchange, i It is learned that China after th war may resume her friendly re ta ti ons Wll tiermany, depending upon ; Germany instead of the U. S. aiding" her with her stand against Japanese pressure in China, China is Bewildered. The United Press authoritatively learned that China was surprised and bewildered when it learned th con lt'ms UI ine lsnu- "ns; correspond once- through Washington reviresentatives nor tne retting tor oign office was the China government appraised of the arrangements b tween Japan and the United States db rectly affecting China's future re la. tions. Won't Idson Situation. The Chinese embassy refused to dis cus. the situation. China considers th agreement a complete change from American traditional policy. China Nlieves the change is due to Ameri ca's fear of Japan's military naval t r entt ii in t he Pacific. China's de t is ion to brea k with Germany and later declare war in Herlln followei America's effect and formal Invitation. Chin i followed America because Chi na fiuuivs America is her best friend in wit hsiandiug Japanese pressure. U -HI(.Tt. Nov. to. Admiral Sims rcimrtctl tin nnaiithofised km erimr of l-ai when the Amrrir lruu-Miri M ida nd iksm toriedoed t aioeil -ccal deaths, Thp dlMpatrni indicati- a panic ahoartl tlie sliip. ItlililslI TKP ASKAf.W. l.oIM). 4v. lrt. Th HriUsh have ra'Mimil Altaian ten mile be iiid t.aa ami SO iiUIch from leni llcin. it Is -tMtetl. lt)i:K JtHX KKVOM'TIOMNTH t op (d . Nor. 10. It la tboritaiiiclv leariMd that df4rs4am frmi i ho I tali h riit-t and "u 'nn ur my hi I inlutid deid(l to join tHm I t-ni no foree. . lteoluiionary fcirrra al llcabi iHt-upUnl all Hh Impurtaa4 -tmtetic to4iit.