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It y rtll'l' f r r t ' ( DAILY EVENING EDITIOII WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Wednesday pfobabr rain. , , DAILY EVENING EDITION Number copies irriutd of jesterdsj's Daily Kriltlou. 2,686 Tills paier Is member of and audited bj Uie Audit Bureau of Circulation. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST 0 REG ONI AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1918. NO. 9338 VOL. 29 u .- - . -u l - v ---- M'" I BOYS MOTHER I GlWAN SM,LE! T :T FINANCES OF ' IMPLICATED IN J mmm NATION ARE COLVVELL CASE State Seeks to Prove She Not Only Inspired Shoot- ,.ing but Actually Fired Shots. UMAP1NE POSTMASTER TAKES STAND TODAY Testifies He Saw Tracks of Boy and Woman Close ' Together. Ed Moon tills afternoon tentl . tletl that, nubnequent to tlio shooting, Mrs. Colwcll rold hlin tliat the boy, "only did It to dc- fend hla mother." Ha' alHO tea- lifted that "ho. told him ho fired Jn oelf-dcfenso. That the "late will seek to prove that Mra. Cora Colwcll not only In spired ker 11 year old son, Iiwrcncc, to go out "gunning" for J. E. Short hut actually fired the shot or idiots that caused tho aged rancher's death Is indicated by the testimony which han been introduced thus far in tho murder tHul. . The boy admits having shot the old nan with his shotgun, claiming sclf ' defense, but has always stoutly de nied that IiIh mother was present. II Is becoming apparent, however, that (lie stato la holding to the heiicf that he was allot also by a' rendver and that the boys' mother fired tho shota. There la no testimony yet Intro duced lo prove that Mrs Colwcll was present when Hliorl w-us shut. rjilgar Holm, postmaster and special deputy sheriff at C'mapine, testified this morning that he saw the trueks of a boy and a woman rloo together near the wcKif of the shooting, lie was subjected to a grilling cross exami nation by Col. - Haley who sought to show that the witness was not anJm partial one. 11 IS expected that Sheriff Taylor will also be called upon to testify rel ative to the tracks as it Is wald tljey were pointed out to lilm by Holm. Mrs. C'olnell Had PIMol. It Is eiperted that Mrs. Colwell will admit that she left the houne In com pany' with her sou to search for the old man's son, John, who had forcibly taken possession of the borso in dis pute, fc'he will nlso probably admit that sho carried a revolver. Mrs. IjOUlsn Anspach. a neighbor, testified that Mrs. Colwell culled at her houso while looking for tho youiiKcr Hliurt an had a revolver Tho hoy han al ways declared that lie and hla mother separated after leaving tho house, the mother going toward the Anspurh place while he walked In the direction where a little later the shooting oc curred. Ills story has been tliat rne old man climbed out of a buggy to open a gate Juat as hb came In sight' from behind a barn Hfl claims he , asked the ol man where John had taken tho horse and that the other grabbed hla shotgun and fired. lie Nays he ulno shot and that the old man fell, though he claims the other shot first. Claim" Four Shots Ptrvd. M. S. Holmes, a ahecpherder who was In tho neighborhood, testified thut he heard four shots In uuick micccs sion. This In ono of the utronjres-t Unk ,ce1 accim pliKhed. these tnhiKs. mueh in the Mtutc'8 BUppiHKd theory thutn!, tvy w,.re t(l resetted, were Mrs. Colwell wua present and fi red . rjr?lniflcant ami no nnsta.l;i hits two whota. Dr. C. W Thomaa tc8tl-!i(ten matu which l.as re-ratel. fled as to the wounds found on the j ".Vothlnir helpful or liUelv to spi ed deccoHod. Heveral hots had entered or facilitate the war tasl k of the Rnv tUc right breast o,nd a little to tho j eminent, hn-s come out of such rritl loft two others had entered and paas- j C)sm ami inveslUa I ton. ed throush the body. It Is presumed I - understand that rfor-niation. the Htate will contend that these j i,v leRlsIitlon are to be pi -.jpo.s.-.l l wounds were caused by pistol balls. have not been consulted jihont llnin. Dr. Thomas also testified that two ; aiMi have learned of them only at shot had struck tho right arm of the deceased man, one striking tho fore arm at an angle and tho other strik ing the blcepts. The stock of Hhort's gun also shows that a shot had struck It at an angle. Tho wounds In tho arm and the mark on tho ruii stock tend to Indicate that tho Kim was held hi a horizontal position us if at tho ghoulrfer. T. O. Goodman, Holm and others tostlfted to gun wads being found at the acene of the shooting Ono lino of wads lod directly from the point w here tho bdy Is. supposed to have stood to tho point whero tho body had fallen and tho other lod from tho lat ter spot at an angle, as if tho charge had passed several paeea from tho boy. hether tho stalo will claim that thla Indicates that tho old man was shooting at a third person or that (Continued on Pago I.) WASHINGTON BOY IS KILLED IN ACTION M MIIN-TX. .Inn. Sir. 4.riicral rorshlntf rhltl Mluy tliat 'orinr nl Walwr HnlKrt, tho mm of Mrs Kate Kobei-li, of 1ft-rtl.m Wawli., au killed In InfMiilry action on the tX-iwii front MuiMlay. It ta nut Htat cd what Uio action wm imt It In be lieved to hovo been a patrol enKtiRe-niont PRESIDENT WILSONIeNSURES CHAMBERLAIN " FOR SPEECH CRITICISING WAR President Wilson yesterday sharp-! ly cruicisen senator iiamuerinin ioi i aspersions cast on the vnr depart ment at a speech made In New York j .Saturduy night, at a ilinio-r attended j by Roosevelt and other riling of I he I government. J In Ills Hlatciuent 1'ie. blent Wilson ! said : . ! "jSciiHtor Chamberlain' statement j na lo the present inartlon and hieffec-j tiveness.or the govi'iiiinent Is an as- j tonlKlilug ami Niilisolulely unjust in- able distortion or tlio luim. "As a matter of fan. the im de partmeiit has perfi.rineu .ask of nil- .'uralleled idaiiilnde :md ilifiicully ivlth extraordinary prouipl ui-.s anil rriclcnry.. . Thrm lutvo lu-eii -iltOts ;iiiI iin- appointments am! mixt n.i :c;.rrl- ug?H of I'lann, till of whicn liavi luon Orawn Into tlio fnreanuim ami -xa-Kerutod by tlui htvtitikMi ions uhich drew in(iiKrnsal'ii ofi'Ma:. Hie de part in ent constant ly ,-i way from (heir work ami of 1 leers froi f heir eom maiuiH mill con tribute a Kie;it den I to Hiieh delay and coiirit.ii.n us bad Inevitably arisen. "Itut bv cniiiiiM'isiui vlt!i what ha-- second hand - but. t hen- proposal came al'Ler effect ive 111 ensures of re organization had been f nought fully THRIFT STAMP CAMPAIGN TO BE ENERGETICALLY CONDUCTED rrnllnilmiry plaun for n nriKrtic i priwrciitlnit of tlm thrift stamp c.-mii- paiKIt In l:nuitllla nullify well' lain ostcrduy n.ftorniH'n ;il .1 ini-rliiii; of the executive cimiiiii it I ii in Ih fed- orul building. Tho ineefniK u ax at tendril not only by tepres'ntat Ives of pract teally a ll of I he bu n I nma niza -tlonn but by nearly all of the onl-ni-twn cumpaimi ma naei . I'luatllla. county Is expired lo sub scribe MU.tMMI during the yeui 1 ! I X ft war tiuvinKH Ntaiiip. f'he will hear iuterit Ht tin rate si h tap ft 1 J per cent coin poll nded u'irirlei ly a nd thus, from an Investment standpoint, are betl'r t ban the ly lb mils. The ttaio ps, which oihtmi in I i U Ci . arc for the winnll Investor nud no one ei noon were Asa It. Thomson of perwui will be peruiltleft m sulwribe Jvrlio. Thomas .'ampbelt of Heimls for inoro than $11100 or Tt-- Ismuo. ton, u. A II. die of Stanflcld. Will It let ex pert ed that there will be an KwH.ler of I'm, Hill. 1, 1. 1. S-harp! asent or aencp handlint; these stamps ; ot l'ilot Hock. L. L, Kieuatlen of Ad- for every 10 11 people In The county, mm. Hoy I 'on land of tieiuc, W. i. according to Chairman tau.v T. Itlsh- Uiletser of Athena and G. V. Price ot I cp. Tho district nianatiB will or- and maturely perfected, and inasmuch j - suit of experience, they are much incro likely than any other to be ef- e if ... .... . . move the few statutory ebttai les of j rigid departuieiital organization which 1 atond In their way. i 1 urllH-r IM1hs area. 1 "Tho legislative proposals I have heard of would involve long addition al delays and turn unr experience In to mere lost motion. "My association and constant con ference with tho secretary of war i hav taught me to regain film as one ' 01 the ablest public official I have ' ever known. The country will soon ! Iii. in whet he: be or his critics under stand tiie business in hand. "To add. as Senator Cliau.herla.in did, that there Is inefficiency In ev- cry ilepm t ment a nd btirruu of Hit? oteriiuient W to show such Ignorance d actual conditions as to make it it n possible to attach any f m porta iiec to his statement. "I am uoiiiid to infer that that statement Fprang out of opposition to the administration's whole policy rather than out of any wious Inten tion to reform its practice." An KxU'tnirorary MlHifli. Senator Cha m lerlain said : "In my New York spe-i I hail not prepared t he address and spoke 2V 'minutes extemporaneously without notes. I pointed out thai irom Hunk er 11111 to the i resent tinio wo had h. ul no m 11 it a ry ot nanizatloii or pol ler. "Tho press report of my address wart correct. Hut my iiiiiu'ir was di rooted to tho military establish ment and not to other depart ment ;i (Continued on Pago 8 1 paulze tholr rommilfr. Rnd the M.lmtil chililreii will proeably Hiist j It! rimcltlllK ll of the umeM. 'I'm j rtarh heruu"ta t'inatllla rounly tniisl! taibsi'rlhe $ evei-y titan, woman1 and child. The enoipalcu will rontinue t li oiightuit the year a ud t here will I Mh;i My hi no hotiKe ejunpaipn nnless Ihe people fail to respond to (he cab properly. Tiie ttast tM-eqontan will publNh general liifirniatiu relative to these 1 stamps tso that the pei'ple may be- come faniltlar wit h the piati of belp- Iiik Ihe oertiineut riannr- ttie war, i a AuioiiK tliosn fretu out of town w ho at tended t lie meet ins yesterday aft I Milton. m-pnw mm. uli mummi TQ) V 'S INDEX. Social and personal: p!rture shows, KewH ori'endlclon, page :i. ortiing, pa.i 4 Hnct 5. lilltorlal. page tt. Wnllt a(s and i-onilc, pae 7. ;rneral news, page H. STRIKE SPREADING AMONG AUSTRIANS Is "Revolutionary Move niojit" Against Militarist Docli'int's of the Teutons. j M ASIIIM.TON. .Ian. 22 OfHclala warned today tliat t;riiiany's iluml- nation plus the Austrian political ie- i.i cani-aion will temporarily stem ; the growiiu: nnrcxt in Austria. There j i no reason yet lo fi'l a col lapse w I near. They eouiisclletl against false Iioms here. Zl" It It 'M, .hiu. Austria - Hun i gary striUers Jtre n. impeled j through eennomie motives in then : I tie-up of itiduMries hut "the revolu- lieiiary inovetiient ' Is i- jirevent a prlongatiun of the war tnrough tho applicatioti of t he annexationist doc t line by the Teutons, .t.ordlng lo the .speech of tho Nocialist Deputy In nner, u noted In Austnati papers. The pa pel s say the slri:.- exists hi r'ilseii. Iirenn, IJnz, ltixemberK ot her M oi a via tw ns. (It Yl-'lt IK Il VI TIKW I KIRS i IjtT IN IXiKI'S The Marine Corps hs chanc ed vaslly in the last forty-three yars. but not. so KptrH of veterans w ho comprtsed Ha ranks In Ik;;., acuordniK t tho recent aetmn of John, Mt'.'tron. s. s 1k I Harrison avenue, Hus-ton. Mr. McCarron. who is tit years of ace. appealed to M;t.i'r tlen- era I llarnetl fur permission to re- enlist, offering his services In any e.-ipaclty, and ealUnK atten- tlon to the fact that bo hrid en- listed in the Soldier;- of the . Sea at Hotton 011 Iv--uber 1 s 1 Ci. and had been honorably discharged from t ho c'i b e. His offer w as reprei tally de dined by t he major general commandant of 11 .Marine Corp;', win' expre-iwod bis hearty appreciation ot the loyal and patriot ie t-pii it w hich prompt vl it ami pointed out that Mr. McCarron was barred from ser vice ni account of hit une. BEST EVER Curtailment of Private Se curity Issues Not Neces sary Says Federal Reserve BETTER RESULTS FORECAST FOR 1918 Keportto Congress Reveals Reserve System is Big Success. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 That curtailment of private security isHuesi and investment in new enterprises ! ;arn unnecessary as war measui-es is j ! advocated by the Federal Reserve in I iis report to congress. Simultaneous- 1 ly it says tho nation's financial struc-1 ' lure is the soundest ever and the brunt ' of the war following the period of fi inanciul expansion has been borne sue !ccssfully by the reserve system Batter ! results arc forecast for 1918." Loans; and discounts to November 17 crj mine and a half billions, tho nH de posits ten and one third billions, i Tho gross earning for the year ', were fintecm mfllion, eight hundred thousand, tho net earnings eleven 'million two hundred thousand. Six million eight hundred thousand divi dends were declared. The report fa :Vored federal incorporation of banks engaged in industrial and foreign banking whoso reserve .was held by national banks operating under the 'federal reserve. PRICE FIXING BILL HAS ENORMOUS SCOPE Draft is Submitted by Presi dent to House Agricultur al Committee. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. The Pres ident submitted to the house agrlcul- jtural committee a draft of a bill for 'national price fixing on an unpreeed iented scale by which he hopes to ell- , n ...... i-.- iare withheld, but committeemen say ithev are wide in scope. If congress jdoes not empower Hoover to enforce the wheatless and meatless days, he (may act under presidential proclama jtloii. PROTESTS FIRING ON U. S. GUNBOAT j WASHINGTON. Jan. S2. Aiuerl ! can Jlul&tvr Ketnsch lias furmally 1 protested to t Idna the rtrlnjr on the ! American gunlwat Monocwy ty tlio t t hineso. klllimr ono and wounding iwo sulorv. It is belies pI revnlu flionittf wi-w responsible. TRANSPORTATION IS DEALT HEAVY BLOW BY SNOWS I lid UlTieT Ends Tonight Imt Traffic East of Miss issippi Still Tangled. WASH I Mi' I V . Jfin Heavy snows on tbe eastern sea board have dealt the national railroads a stiiggcring: blow. AY 1th the Garfield fuel order at an end toniirht transportation cast of tbe Mississippi is hopelessly clog ged, with no chance to dig it self out in the face of further bad weather The fuel and rail road administrations were con fer ritin to decide on the next step Several railroad; voluntarily put an embargo on the -shipment of anyt nine but ol. It is ud 111 It ted tho administration is considering the extension nf tbe juispenbimi order or a new older later in tho week. HALF OF FALKENHA YN'S REORGANIZED TURKISH ARMY HAS DESERTED 22. A luiil- ' SIIINt; TON, .Ian. ilii-il 11111I f-lvtv lluniKiii.- Tiirklt.li tnm, ono half of r::.fiiliyn' n- 1,1-iiiiiihI Turkir.li iiiiii.v. ih-!rrll In llu. jouriH") to I'oii.lantliioplp and I'alii-UiM', oli'Klal tallies say. rulkeu- RED CROSS CAN USE ALL PIECES OF OLD MUSLINS Ladles, save your old pieces of muslin. The Red Cross wants all of the old muslin It can get for use in wrapping up the sur- gleal bandages and sponges j which are being made at -the workroom. Tlios having old eheet3 or other muslin goods are asked to call Mrs. . Elmer Cleaver whose telephone is 631. The muslin must be i.an. Another new supply of knit- ting yard has ben received and can be had by calltnfr Mrs. K. K. King who has charge of the yarn. So many ladles of the city and county are plying their knitting needier: these days for the Red Cross that It has been a Job to keep supplies of yam on hand. The chapter has Just sent 90 sweaters and some wristlets and acarfs to Camp Lew-Is where practically all of the garments knitted here are sent. Incidentally, the Red Cross baa announced that knitters should follow tho old directions for knitting sweaters as the dl recllons recently given out for publication were those formu lated by the navy league in stead of the Red Cross. NEW RUSSIA WANTS RECOGNITION FROM PEOPIESJF WORLD Appeals Primarily Not to Government but to Prole triat Democracies. (JOSEPH SHAPLEN.) (Copyright 19 18, by United Press.) PETROGRAD, Jan. 22. New Rus sia wants recognition from the peo ples of the world more than the gov ernments of the world. he looks forward hopefully to a world prole tarlat which combines to stop war's slaughter, and eradicate the causes for future war. The botsnevikl min istry of foreign affairs, thus outlined the Russian viewpoint in a special statement for the Unltea Fress. Appeals to Peoples. "The Russian people hitherto have been ruled from above. They now rule themselves. They'll stand and fight against all foes wherever found with a full pride in the consequences of having contributed a,. Immortal I pass to the history f mankind. The ! government of the United Soviets ap j peais primarily not to wo govern : ments bift to the peoples of the I world, whom It seeks to unite with the purpose of ending- the world ' slaughter and eradicating the causes ' of war, namely, imperialism and am j bltion. I 19 First Time .lvenuuenl. j "Any recognition wVlch foreign I governments bestow on the present i Russian government will be welcome. : principally as a testimony to the pow 1 er. frankness and undlsfrtused purpos es', of the Russian revolution. We are not concerned in old time diplomatic usages Uiirt) la a lirsc time in me history government tho government of the exploited and oppressed.' "We can hopo to succeed not In proportion as wo arc revoguized by foreicn offices of other countries but in proportion as we receive the active support of the pruleariat ttemocracies u.' the world." K. OF ?. WILL HAVE FULL SUM TODAY I it r - . j received any blanks for those having j incomes beyond $5000, he Js consid Nearins: tbe top and going strong. , erably handicapped In his work. U the substance of the reports, today; Unless these blanks arrive before on the Kniphts of Columbus war j January IU. the date ofh!s departure fond drive in 1'endleton. By night-; for Heppner. those- with the Income 3 liJi tbe JJ'l'Ht quota assigned to thj beyond thai Vtuputit will probably, city will be reached or not far away ; have to do the 'best they can In fin-! and the committee declares Pendleton! oUt their blanks, wilt Hufu take front rank In tho sup- j Kennedy Is probably the buiejt porters of wai activities, j man in the county these days ao hbi Mrs. K. J S.mmerv(lle. chairman j ofHce at the court house is besieged of the house t" house committee, an all day with those wishing- his assist nuuneed tins afternoon tnat her com- anee and advice. Yesteretav a large n.itteea b id turned hi ov--r $-"00 and . deleatlon from the east end of thi that no reports had been mart from -ct unty called on him ana no wau un a nuiub'M' of the districts. The men able to accommodate them all. The c inmittees on the bushier streets are . deputy working at Hood Ktver wiltte kjUtlm; the bulk "f the necessary sum. that ho has very li tt In to do n.nt ii n HtriiMP. IU iil.lV. tlaii. 22. -The French at tacked 011 wido front north of lourlde Paris but Tre rcpubtt hi hand to bund conflict. '. li 11 ii'tni iiril l loii..tMntinn. hl inlir plait for tin- rvlmTMlHallon ul'ti their pievlooH Matuii ijnrin.l thf Turk fori atwudointl. T phiii 1 Penshins retains hl power to dm- K on tin- lini-i-ax' In I iuitanliHiiiv chance liief flclmt oflcers below Itit anil rl-w lit'iv. Tlio interior Turkbat rank of lrlK;uller general exce.pl IU" Mliiation is aiule. with regular arni cummlMilons. T. R. ARRIVES TO BACK OP Wilr Use His Influence Against President; FecP ing: Grows Bitter. - PARTY LINES ARE BEING DRAWN TAUTER Battle Opens . Thursday When Senate is Re- , , convened. WASHXN'GTOX, inn. 22 Colonel Roosevelt urlTeH here todar and re ' reiTeH Mteiuir sIhmiii nf callers mt hi. 1 daughter's home. He frankly said his purpose nu to help speed up tbe war and confer with congressmen. Ha disclaimed any purpose of reptytnc to Senator Stone. "I am infinitely leas in terested In what senator Stone MJ1 about roe than what the President nays about Senator Cluunberlain.' "The national motto shoo Id be: Tell the truth and speed up tbe war.' I expect to see Senator Chamberlain first and then Hiram Johnson." Cham berlain announced that later he would reply to the President in the senate; ' After breakfast, Roosevelt assailed those "who defend Inefficiency, Inke warmncss and delay." He said he wa here to boom war measures. Cham-; berlain's determination to fight to the last ditch for a war cabinet and mu nitions director measures were unsha ken in the face of Wliite House oppor sltion. There is little hope the war cabinet will pass either bonse in (be face of tbe administration hostility.'' WASHI?GTON'. Jan. 22. Addlnff lest to the President's fight ifor war control of congress, Theodore Roose velt arrived ' to support j Senator Chamberlain's measure. He made no statement, .but an edlta-ial 1n ; tho morning papers under hla signature I conveys his determination to use hif influence against President Wilson . It Insisted th passacs of the Cham, berlaln bill was o "the nation would never again be caught so utterly and shamefully unprepared," ReplxinK to Wilson's statement defending Sec. rotary Baker, Chamberlain said ' be was willing; to abide by xnt expressed will of the people. It's their war. Party Unas are tauter as the result of Roosevelt's appearance, accentu ating tho democratic bitterness , at what they call a concerted plan, to discredit the administration before ther fall caspaigns.. The battle openJ Thursday.- When the senate recon venes. Chain berlain Is planning; 11 call the bill for Its second reading! There's talk of accepting a ministef ot munitions Tor the defeu of the war cabinet. v ' . Chamberlain announced he'll arts werWtlson's challenge of his accu racy. Roosevelt has arranged to con fer with Chamberlain.. HALF OF UMATILLA - COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE INQOMES $5000 Fully 60 per cent of the resident of t'matllla county who are subject to the- income .tax law tnis year tuui incomes of $5000 or moro last peart according to WlMiai Kennedy, dep uty internal revenue collector who U here assisting in maJtln? out tho re turns. Inasmuch as he has not yet i EFFICIENTS BEING WEEDED OUT OF ARMY ; WASHINGTON. Jan. 5:. Tho ta i department 13 pructdln toward tn I weeding out cf Inefftclents and haj authorized dhUit?nal commanders to order before the "vUicklnic board'' Any offtcfitf riNl(tere. unfit to hol-l a temporary rominisnl'.'n nixher ttian w normal p-tfue tiuiw rtitm If fuun'l unfit ami Uw nar department ron firniM It Uiey will lm orueie.l l-.!u.e l CHAMBERLAIN