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v-'-- ic V tt. - f : is$ni till, !- ??7?3V7?jv ? y? Si at4-t t ft f f 1. 1 1 1. i t (,i il.iifyliitfiiiii.'ll i ..- DAILY EVEH1HB EDITION Number colc printed of yesterday's 4 Dally Kllltloii. 2,670 lids Htirr Ih a mcmlicr of and audited bjr Ue Audit Itumau of Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1917. NO. 9318 VOL. 29 n ( jfiSS ? i o DAILY EVENING EDItToTTI II Jgr rtyJ9 I DAILY VArvjy U ffCWr U UUWJU Ui - Maximum. 65; minimum. S3: Rain. J JtMdflBllaT C ySriftMLMVfCWV) Cas XSSB O f? fj O 1 fall. .08; Wind, west.-liKht; Weather. " -'' ' 'Z-1'' dsappCJ r' .. CITY OFFICIAL paper ; LONG DELAY IN BUYING WOOL. IS ADMITTED Quartermaster Sharpe Says Purchasing Was Put Off : for Several Months. SOLDIERS SUFFERED AS DIRECT RESULT Scores of Deaths Due to Lack of Warm Clothing Say Camp Commanders. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Quarter maater Sharpe today admitted months of delay In buying wool for the aoldl rra uniforms and overcoats. Camp oommandera aald the delay caused genres of deaths. The Hoston Wool Trading- Company April third offered all the wool It" controlled at prevail ing; prices. Bharpe did not answer. Senator Weeks said this cost Amer ica tl 50,000,000. Asked why he delayed in wool pnr rhases. Sharp said "The council did not call my attention to the need for wool buying until June first. The council was warned at the rise in wool prlcea and thouRht the govern ment ought to Ret control of the wool supply." ?hWEADY TO SPRINT, YOUNG FELLER! STORMS SHOW ADVANTAGES U.S. CONTROL , WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. The nd vantages of federalized railroads wan ihnwn when In face of the storm Mc A600 wan able to wire all tinea re quevtlnr tnenf'td ttiov traffic by the moat convenient and expeditious routes. Western lines were ordered to send locomotives to aid the east- Kiftlity have already been sent to ihe eon (rested dtstrlcts. It is expected McAdoo will recommend the immedi ate strict curtailment or passenger and normal traffic, giving- coal sup plies the precedence. It is expected the. public will accept these as war measures. McAdoo is letting the other problems rest until the conges tion is broken. Two hundred loco motives ordered by Hussia are being held up. In event of a separate peace they will be changed for American railway use. FLASHES VESCVIOV8 KIU"PTIN.. HOME, Dec 2. It Is reixwted here hat VmavloiM Is In violent eruption. " 7.KPPICMV IS DOWXKD. COPKNIIAtiKN, Dec 2. The de struction of a yx-fifM'lln off the Jut land coast Is reported. It fell Mazing Into tlM North sea. STOI.K rONPUMCTTIAti PAPF.IIS liONION Dec. 2. Anilwoa IMina van, u. laborer, was arretted charged with stealing' confidential imperii from an American naval gunner. FATX.S IX EI.KVATOIl SHAFT TACXMA, Ik'. 29. I,. X. Jacobs, aged -IO. an employe, of thr- Commerci al Club kitchen plunged, down; a freight elevator Miaft In the Imlld Ing. ' He fell nine stories anil was llashiil to pieces. Aparently lie did not notice the absence of the clciator and walked Into the shaft. ' ''I Wsa-ssa -assapss.a.aa.....aa.iMsssaaMaaaMaa. mmm begin desperate EFFORT TO RECAPTURE JERUSALEM ALSACE-LORRAINE PLEBISCITE LATEST JUDGE KING WILL Heavy Fighting in Progress SEEK SENATORSHIP U. S. DESTROYER TAKES JMEW ARE 'M SMaViNE P RISONERS SAILORS RESCUE DROWNING GERMAN ALIEN OF DRAFT AGE NOT SUBJECT TO WAR SERVICE WASHINGTON' Dec. 29. The Am- The British commander-in-chief, , , " , htf f under whom the destroyers were o" erican destroyer Fanning, aided by eraUnff .iraiseJ lhe Fanning and the destroyer Nicholson, Is officially j xiehtdson crews, ttaying the vessels credited with the capture of the first i wre "men of war in the best sense. capture occurred in November. Pour, lor inmieomie acuun. , rH "'V : waive bis exemption, the local boart CArmnn anhmiirlnA itrisnners, officers and thirty five sailors were 1 commended both crews and ordered taken from the submarine which was : t'oxwain Immis. who sighted the badlv damaged by a depth bomb. Two 1 periscope advanced to the next high- sailors dove in and saved a drowning er rating The Fanning s Commander sailor. The prisoners cheered the : rend the burial service over the body Fanning crew when landed at port. 1 of a (Jerman saimr uying ..." The submarine was sighted and at- dest myer. He was nuneu won iuii tacked as she was trying to sink a. military nonors. i.iniirnni v merchantman in convoy. ; ter commanded the 1-aiming. Is an alien of draft age (not an alien enemy) subject to draft? Is a man of draft age who has ta ken out only his first papers subject to draft? These ouestions have been asked of local exemption boards time anc again since the sending out of ques tionnaires bewan. The answer to the first question is "No." The answer to the second question is "Yes." An alien of draft age who has not declared his Intention to become a citizen of the Tnited .States may waive exemption on the ground of hi: Reported German Delegates to Peace Conference Pri vately' Agreed to Move. I IM-7rUO;iCAI. 119. It is re ported that (crniiia delegates to the IM'a- conference have privately agreed to a pleheselte to determine the, 1 11 1 ore disMisiilon or Alsace-jor-mine. This concession was not made in the for n in I announcement of t'zer uin. It N regarded here a a further evidence of a coming- general peace. In jreneral the C'zen.in reply caused a good impression here. ' j AMSTERDAM", Pec. 29. Delayed Brest-Liiovsk dispatcher declare the peace. ris-ussions cont in no. "Spprial 'iu'.st Ions" are beinff considered. j WASHINGTON, Jf c. 20. Ameri- I 'an authorities expect Russia or Oer- , ntany to make a' definite move to ?et ! the Iirest-L.Itov.sk proposals before j America and the allies. If Russia! moves, it will probably be open, i '.hrouBh Petrograd diplomats. Ifj through ("irmany a neutral envoy ' loubtless be selected The overtures will be presented ins 1 shape to permit Germany to deny J 'leni when they become known. 1 f Russia attempts a peace move, she'll ie aiding- Germany to set a penerai j nstead of a separate peace, and will ilso place her allies in a position i A'here. the bolshevik! must be recop- f ilxxid. , In. eitlifr case the maneuver! ;s bound to fail as the allies defi- t liiely disposed of any Hussfan or j jpfman peace now until Hohenzol- I ernlsm is crushed. The Teuton no ( innexations-' statement struck ;tage when the Bulgarian minlstei declared Hularia would never sur ender the territory captured in the 1 I 1 I f from Jaffa Almost to Jor dan; British Hold Firm. ALLIES FORCES ARE OUTNUMBERED 2 TO 1 Attempt to Turn British" Flank Fails as Does Ef- t fort to Break Line. .Inde Will It KIntf, former mem ber of the nreiron supreme court and present chief counsel for the rec lamation service, is to seek the dem ocratic nomination for United States senator, according to a report from Washington. He will contend for the seat now held by Senator McNary. It Is said a formal announcement will be made by Judge King in a fen weeks. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Four Turkish division, reinforced by Tu- , tona from Kusaia and Rumania, be- gan a desperate effort to recaptur j Jerusalem, Holy I -and officials re ! port. There is heavy fighting- from .Jaffa through Jerusalem along- thtt Jericho road almost to Jordan. Ab ortive efforts to turn the British flank near Bethany failed as did an attempt to break the British domination of the i Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad. Falkenha en commands the Turko-Tcutons. I The Turkish forces are upwards of 1 60.000 at some points along the line. Allenbys expeditionary forces are out numbered two to one, but he is roaktn'aT a determined stand. Kalns gave the Teutons a chance to reorganize while the British were compelled to suspend their advance. PENDLETON MARINE IS ENJOYING LIFE IN THE TROPICS SOLDIERS GRATEFUL FOR GIFTS SENT BY LOCAL RED CROSS Quite a number of the Pendleton RIVER AT FLOOD STAGE; MERCURY GOES ABOVE 65 READJUSTMENT IS LIKELY IN CREDIT BUSINESS OF CITY i lias no choice hut to put him in Clas: V. However, he must answer hi questionnaire and return it within th seven day limit to' his local exemptioi board, just as a cit izen must do, oi he will endanger his risht to be plac ed in (Mass V. j ('n the other hand, an alien o ! draft ai?e who has taken out his first pa pers declaring his intent ion to be i.'ine a eil i.en oi" t be I'nited SiateF h subject to draft It makes no dif iVii'iiee bow buiix or how slmrt a tint' a 'An be niny have taken out his first , papers. WINTER PRACTICALLY FREEZES FIGHTING ON BRITISH FRONT AIWY IAI,l)ON r.Axns. SAN ANTONIO, 1H 2. Ttio Am orlin nrniy IiuIIimiii IfavliiK licro Tlmrwlay iurhl- with htvcii men. laml 4ft In Mrtlro tfMlay with one man ImmI Iv injiiml. t RKIjOW 'IX MH'IIKiAX. ;itM itAi'liMi. mv. a. nrtj- onfl Iwlow jcoro was wonliil till morning. 'nillKn DKBTIIOVF1IS SI'NK. LONDON, l(o'. SO. It Is aiinoiinc d thrwi lirlttHli clostroyerH wore nilnod or toiiMMltol off Holland. Thirteen orii'ers anil tHO men were lNt. TIIH HAtil'K, 1 2. It Is re. ortel liere that three allied destroy ers were attaeked or sunk hy ier man navy vessel. The t'mntlllii river i t flood siusc almost as high us last spring and. though the crest has probahly tuH'tt reached, there has boon a pood deal of anxiety felt today lest damage he done. The liver lapped above the sl foot nmiii duriiiK the nliilH at the Main street bridKe and most oi' tin moraine raced alonar at the rive feet ten Inch mark. This Is -only a few Inches below the hiKh tide reached last HPring ' The warm rain or yesterday nave way to a day of such mildness today that It was almost like spiind. liver coals have been hnnjr np airatn and the fires nllowcd to die down. Uoors are open and but for the calendar and the newspaper notices that it Is 151) decrees below zero in the middle j west it would be easy 1 sntnmcr was at hand. was above la all day and K"t as biKh as ,"t. The minimum last ! 63. ITSF.K MOIIH Tlt AINKI NI HSKS I ro A, SIIOI!T.ti-. '.I SI ! DKATII Vur Tliniisaiid (lileaen Women Tom- ! plcle study of llytrtcne. New York i;erts T: Vlitlms I'lieuinoiila in it I lours. N'EW YHIIK. Iec. 29. Shortaite of rrnCAOO. Dec. 29. Four thou- ! -1 .kt nnm,,lar. I a course in an Kyie and j cool was Kive by the board of health home care of tre sick under the aim-I today as one of the reasons for 7.1 m-.. nf the fled r-rosa II was an-I deaths here of pneumonia within the nnuneed today. The course. It Is be- last 24 hours, the hlKhcst record of ed the 11. rolonao morn imlned nnrs- deaths from this disease in one day sary t cine result or the war in Pendleton may be the I eadjust meat of the cred it business in the city. It may cause the merchants to cut mil their ions tune credits which system has been one of the prim-ip:i! commercial lia bilities of the city, ill the view of lluiliy people. Tile null. mobile men have paved the way to a cash business. Yester day they announced lb;it alter .Ian I their repair work wll lhe put on a strictly cash basis. Illal is lhal all re pairs must lie paid for when com pleted. Their expenses have grown hli;h and they ale workinic Huh' capital to the limit so that a read justment of their business was lie ccssary. they declare. Kit her lhc must raise prices or cut out credit business and they decided on lhe f. mer. Walla. Walla merchants recently i'"W cut out lhe lonir time credit and will Willi o believe thai , do business henceforth on a .a day The mercury 'basis, and It is believed Pendleton business men wil iconic to the same n!ht was 1 policy. i Heretofore, it has been the policy 'of nearly all business men to carry farmers for 12 months, .such a sys tem necessarily makes for higher prices as It cannot lie supposed that merchants can carry such biii ac counts In which their own money is tied up without makin.u: provision for It. Willi the ireneral curtailment of buyln:-. the shortage of help and tin' increasing of expenses, it is predict- merchants will find it neees do away with this old sys- . (W. P. SIMMS.) WITH Till-: HP.1T1KH, nee. 29. Winter has practically frozen al flKhiinii on the liritlsh front. Tin lines are buried in snow and tin t hernioniel er far below freezing: There Is little chance for ftuhtlng The ilerinans heavily shelled trench es soul Invest id" P.oniinn and late' missed the HomoKc sector hack of tin lines. Ke ol CLATSOP REACHES RED CROSS QUOTA PUKTI.AMl. I ice. 29. Oalsop unity is the latest county in lireiion i make one hundred per cent in thej 1 I'ross nieni bership drive. Mor- county is still headinvr the state l::i per cent to Umatilla s 13:1. Morrow county is also reported to have ! manv memberships in reserve wilh 1 which to bombard Hie expected show- j ins of I mat ilia. .Marion and Jelter soii are the ouiy counties in the state Willi less than thirty per cent and less than a tenth of their population, i'oi-lland has T::.'I9 and outside there are tl'tl.-isl. making a total of 2H0,-113:1. I-ewis Dewey Oervais. former high sr hool student who is now with the marines al Suntiaso, Cuba, is enjoying , women who prepared Red Croaa his experiences in the tropics and fig- Christmas packages for the soldiers u res that Uncle Ham will keep him 'and sailors are receiving; acknowledge- nev,i there for some time. In a letter tojments from the recipients of their a Inena ne lens or some or nis .;Riim uu uu snow a hodiib lone oi periences as follows. 'gratitude for the remembrances. ' Ive taken a four day hike into the; A typical sample of the letters be- -ar unless she w.ts forcibly cnninell- ! interior since I wrote or received a . ing received Is the following which id to do so. letter from you and I wish I could jcame to Mrs. Sam R. Thompson: "Be- ' Rive an adequate description of the ing the recipient of the Red Cross hike and the country we passed thru, package with your card enclosed, I The weather most of the time was as: thought the least I could do was to our t April days) in humidity but acknowledge your kindness with al much warmer. The country we saw ; letter." he writes. "Was sure pleased was rolling and level. everything ' to receive the package. I'd Just about green with a profusion of palms, thought that my company had been orange trees and banana bushes. forgotten. All the time the company Pretty near all the land In cnltiva- has been in service, since he 10th of 4ion Is planted to sugar cine. The June, tne packages irom i'endleton soil is rich and-black and the cane , were the first presents that the boys grows very thick. : received, so. believe me. the boys of We camped out three nights under are toT Pendleton and its people,; our shelter tents Oust room for two) 1 "This company was recruited in T T onlv had to stand one hour watch coma and has been on duty at. this from 11 to 12 the last night out of camp since it was started. We were camp, there I had a chance to think here when the ground was broken tor ofr all events past and present as I I the first building but have no Idea walked around and around the rows j how long we will be left here, of little tents w here the boys were i "There were several paackages from sleeping most were snoring and some "Pendleton without the donors' name were talking in their sleep. We cook- enclosed, so if you happen to meet ed our own meals on fires built be- anyone that was too bashful fir con- , tween reeks. Tilt; first day out sev- ventional to put their names in. ieial men fell oui tired out and came please thank them for the boys and in later. , you wil lhave 355 and myself We all earn- :,a pound packs and' friends and. a friend for life. Hoping a.- I was in ihe machine gun s.piad I that you had a Merry Christmas and look turns carrylm- it. It weighed 2ti that you will enjoy u, Happy New pounds. I am on provost guard tear aim many oi inem, I am, Wilh dow n low n tomorrow nisht. I suppose a thousand thanks, I will lie here several nionlhs yet. I Kespectfully yours. ' ' suppose our presence here is necessary, SOT. A. M. UEAUON. The nop of snai cane Is exceedingly Q. M, Truck Co., No. Sfif., Camp Lew hiavj. It grows very thick. 1 don l know of anything" mere to write. SMYTHE BROS BUY BIG SHEEP RANCH For a consideration said to be in the neighborhood of $1 2.r,oD0, Smythe Bros., prominent eastern Oregon .heepmen with headquarters in this 3ity, this week purchased the sheep anch and plant of Horst and Wheel touse southwest of Arlington. The deal i n v o 1 ves 9 000 a crea o C and. 139 head of cattle, about 2000 lead of sheep, and all of the equip nent. The ranch adjoins the exten sive holding of the . Smythes near Vrliim'ton and will be merged in the Jig Arlington plant of this nrm. it nas ii capacity of eouo head ot sheep ind will be stocked to the limit. ;ki CKOSK is OM.Y At.r.Nl'J iVIII arc to for I'ooil Ntribution ar Prisoners. V A SIM N liTO X . I cc. i1 : . - -Th merican 1 led i "ross was designate I n army orders today as the riistrib tling agency of quartermasters" sup dies sent "to America n sold ierr and aibn-s and others who may be pris niers in lhe bands of any power with ' h i.'li lhe I nlted States may bo at vn r." The Tied Oross alrea-ly e-iablihed it Heme. Sh ii.erlainl. maebmevv hrough w hirh food ami clot bin-: lave been f.irwnrded to Americans .eld prisoner in Ci-nuany. bdy a v America its a re now lie id in tor "an . Mot of t hem w m ' "rQni mereliant hips Today's or 'er provides that no money may be -em t. inso:iers trr the purchase f food. is. W'n, WOMIN TO aM.i:tT Kr.vrxrE Ktstiniiton of Now Voter crded by Official. xr.u v mik. I mil oi' V ' inet: s b;, ..;..( K Ki te rna! r t nno i triet b i r.-1 ni-p-t'.t-p'ity c 'lU"-rs vern api'''' ,l ' Kiner v. i.l. t ie inched ! (he i-u Re .gnt- U ,ts t:iVell to- ci ii-ctor in M:vnh:utan dis "nit of -f-n a- HEAVY BLIZZARD RAGES 111 EAST V.".i-hin::!.m women will Mr. NATURALIZED GERMAN HELD FOR TAMPERING WITH TORPEDO WORKS : r NEW YORK. Dec. ?. Zero wea ther with snow and winds brought an other crisis in the fuel famine. The winters coldest weather finds the city woth no reserve supply of fuel. Snow is threatening to stop railroads. The situation is extremely critical here and in all other eastern cities where hlr.zards are rai;inij. mosii i: oi n i s ins I.l hl'liNA I'lllll l. C.XIII ACY In tho last five years . trni. I'lllSTI.WO. Pin-. (ills Mosor. provident of lhe slate n-ll-alc today, formally 11111101111111111 his iiituliilacy for lhe triilM-rnato-rial noiiiiiiailoii. NEW YOKK. Pec. 20. Paul Ilen nisa a naluralized Herman employe of the Itliss torpedo works was arrested today charccd with tamperiiif.- with the deli. ate gyroscopic machinery of the torpedoes, lie is held on a treason charsc If convicted, he may he haimed. Inspectors found the mecha nism of many torpedoes jammed and filled with emery dust, which misht have caused the torpedo to. circle hack and explode ncainst the side in itio ship discharsini; it. HcnnUa was arraigned and plead- -IK-Ai:o. lice. 2:1. The central mil northern states, which have been ufl'erini; zero weather the pat twn are promised relief tomorrow, weather is reported as far south as northern Arkansas. The hrevlty of the cold snaii has prevented 44 fuel fam me. Government Ownership Appears To Be Certain ed not guilty. Iist sumer Lieuten ant 1 is In a. an Annapolis gradual1, and Inspector 11 is of i be factory became suspicious cf Henniua and watched him. and caused t lie parts oi" the Kvrocopic mechanism furnish ed by Hemiiua for assembling to bo WASHINGTON". Uec. 29. Unit ci; da!ii.ic'il after they b" '. paed part cent i ves believn the Kovern tiifnt ln o! the in-peeti-rs. This would make tends to own u well an operate th s iiM-les;. H. !inii::i ha- railroads at thH end of they wur If not surveillance a long- time, before. It is suld tho railroad ntork I bis arrest will di-cour- holder want federal ownership. It I oihir atteiii is at e-t her ( tit lar.-d i would be iti)oHn)hlH to un it., torpcib been under It i belies .i'4e any s factories. laiub!.- t 1 urtr the wur. es for war service.