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COUNTY OFFICIAL .fAPEB
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917
NO. .9121
VOL. 29
TRADING IN WHEAT FUTURES
IS BARRED FOR 2 DAYS
CHICAGO'S BOARD
,' m
Trading in May Corn and May
Oats Barred for Entire Month;
Existing Contracts Permitted
to Close at Saturday's Clos
Price,s. KANSAS CITY ACTS SIMILARLY
What Will IIapiK-n AftiT Two Iaj
IHwiod In Not AonoiiDced: Ai1ihi
Taken at mwtal MeeUii of
Itoard of lirai(ora tills mornlnir.
CHH'AtiO, Mar 14- T" C1UIC
Hoard or Tral Ium lutrrvd all tmdiuic
In wheat futurr. for two days. Ki
llinr comrawta will bo permitted to
iliml at Kalurdnra eliaaiiit prleea.
Tin. board narml all tradinc In May
irn and May oau ir the antln.
nmntb. John I', tirifflii. .president r
the hoard, said tho atKn waa taken
afii'r a inmillUn with fertTal
awuto. ami allied ipreeilatle.
The Kannaa Oty iKVd of trade tools
a nimilur action. eiixJnc tl oat .pit
la nul.lurund.
KKXT ACTIOS IXAXXOrXCM).
Wliat wlU tranMHre aft1 the two
d:it iirrirxl In n announced, an far aa
July and KeptemlaT wheal In con.
eerwd. May I" iiermanently harred
The aitlim au taken at a aprrlal
nrvtlBT of the board of director thl
mornlnc. Itoherl W'.' t hllda. atawhtl
akun( aivarnry general directum
foal Invtvtbratloii. left hnrrledly for :
V anhiiunoii. He will oiifcr with ,
Tedcral ofrlaalH on the food nil nation.
M. Wilis TO r1)IJXW M IT.'
ST. IXM'IS. MAY 14. Tla- aner- :
rlianta Kxchance that trading
In wlwal futures be dlHrominurd for
" two day. May oata trading la prr-
ananentljr barred.
GUTCHKOFF HAS
RESIGNED POST
KIMAN MI.VIHTKIt OK WAR AX I
M A RINK hTKPS lOWX HIOM
KIHK.
PKTIttiGKAD. May 14. Mlnbacr
of War and Mnrlne tinti lioff an
nnuntni his ro4giiatln In a dramati"
statnmcnt to thw radices' defcwaten
from the froirt, aawnlnar tliat Rassla's
rt-tniv was mcnass'd by tlie dual
conu-ol or plana for Uio army awl
navy. lie diM-larcd Ills nolvnalloii
was due to t'OiidllkHis In whlcfi tlm
latwrr of tin- (tov,-rnmenu epeI'lallv
the authority of the ministry of raiu-lii"
and war was luT4l. which I am
IMtwrrlrm to altr."
CLOUDBURST WASHES OUT GRAIN
IN GREASEVVOOD CANYON; UMATILLA
REACHES HIGHEST STAGE OE YEAR
Saturday evening atmm :S0
loud burnt occurred between Adam
and Helix along dreanewood fanyon
and did cuiiMideruble damage, ac
cording to word sent In by Charles
;- king. well known tlreaaewiMid
farmer. A connlilerablt acreage of
KiHin wait Imdly waxhed and bottom
land were overflowed. The aater
rushed down Grease wood canyon in
u h great volume that the bridgt
n-ar th mouth waa overflowed
Soon after the cloudburst Mr. r.er
kmg telephoned to I'endleton an I
a-ko1 that the farmera along lywer
Wild Hume rrwk be warned. Had
th'e other ffmall cantina leading Int
Willi Horse carried a much water
down nm aid Oreaxewood, there waa
danger of tock along the creek being
damaged. However, .practically ev
ery farmer along the creek knew af
the coming of the water In plenty otU
lime 10 saw ineir hotk.
Wild horse creek waa aufflclntly
wide and deep to carry the extra Vol
ume of water save in tw place j
hre the lmnk were w. N' par- j
ti i!r duitiaue Was duie uUng 111'
BY
OF
TRADE
BURNS FATAL
' TO ECHO MAN
JACOB TIMJTT OIKS KATI"K.IAY
NK.1IT AT HOSPITAL; Hl'lt
1K1 AT ECHO.
Jacob Trott, the Kcho farm fore
man who was aerioualy tourned luft
Wedneaday morning when a can :jf
Raaoline excluded In hia han'lH. did
Saturday evening at 81. Anthony's
hospital of hia iiijurlea. The body has
been taken to Kcho for interment.
Mr. Trott waa atarting a gu en
gine when for aome reaaon the gao
line exploded and aet hj ctothea on
fire. liefore hla fvllow employes
could strip the burning; . garments
from him his. arms, leitn and body
war badly burned. lie has since
been under treatment here.
K. U. Stunfield. J. Frank Spinning
and Jexxe Arnold, represeutiuK thu
Masonic lodge of Bcho, and Joe
Halley, Kdwuld l.ltsey and Tom Dt
weese, representing the Odd Fellows,
came up Saturday evening to take
charg-e of the body. Interment will
be made In the I. O, O. F- cemetery
at Kcho. Wallop II. E. Paddock of
the Kpiscopiil church will conduct tht
services which will be under the di
rection of the Masonic order.
ZEPPELIN DESTROYED
OVER THE NORTH SEA
T"tnl Mimhrr Ixmiiryl by lritlli
Hor-es Mm tlie lhwinniiut of
W ar li Now 8.
Ui.NDflN. May 14. British naval
forces destroyed a German Zeppelin
1.52. this morning in the North Sea.
the admiralty stated.
I This Zeppelin brings the total num.
: ler reiwrted destroyed since the be
i ginning of the war to S. Iteporta of
i all but two have been confirmed. Of
(these six were downed during London
raids, seven in Belgium, five in
France, six In Russia, six over the
North Sea. one In Nor a ay, one In
Denmark, one In Sulonik! and six In
(German territory.
Occasional loral Rains.
WASHINGTON. May 14.
Pacific statea: Generally fair j
In California and overcast with
uccttawtoniil local rnini In WaMh
ifiKton and fretTm. Tempera
ture will average clow t nor
mal. Korky Mountain and Plateau
Keicion: Scattered Ik-I raina
fir;! half of week over central
and northern portion; latter
half fair. Normal temperature.
K. H Howie, forecaster.
creek. ;reasewood empties Into Wild
Horse Just this side of the Sam
Thompson ranch at Hlakely atation.
Mr. 4.;rking states that the total
precipitation In the Saturday eveniu
storm and in one which occurred Fri
day nigh altout a:.tn waa 1:67 tn-rhe.
The tnavlest part of the storm seems
to have leii very limited In area.
Wa-ltCM nto Stab!.
A very heavy rain fell in lendleton
Saturday evening hUh. as a renult
of the storm, which was pretty gen
eral over the county, the river rose
over ulRht ami ye-tenl.ty morning
heached the highest staue of the year.
The water uhh washing the six foot
mark at the Main street bridge
though tile artunl depth was perhaps
five inche behw that mark. The wa
ter ran through h lower end of
Round-t'p Park and Into the atablex,
nei-eset tat ina the moving of the Rlan-
cett horses there. "
Jt la believed that In the west end
of the county the river hm spread
over the lower lands. This morning
the river whs still nmiiina ;it five feet
lUu at the ;..dtl 1
PRINCETON MEN GO TO
tc
f
rWJ sA
j rSr
av
Twenlv-seven l'riucelon profeasjrs
and students have gone to the front
in France to work untler the British
V. M. C, A.; among British soldiers In
France, Great Britain and Mesopota
mia. They sailed on a ship which has
Just left New York. In the party were
Professor William fWllspie and Pro
fessor William fi, Mcfonnell. of the
faculty: Supervisors Maxwell rhaplin.
'13. and Samuel H. Shoemaker, Jr.,
'16: Herbert J. Strickler and Albert
i. Kdwards of the Princeton Semin
ary; Kev. Mebane Ramsey, '10, and
John 1). McLanahan, '16, represent
JULY OPTIONS
CLOSE AT $2.69
CHICAGO, May 14. (Special to the
Kast Oreeonian.i Range of wheat
prices today:
tlpen. High. IjOW. C'lfMe.
.uy $2.70 12.72 I2.T.2 t2.9
Sept. 12.40 12.14 4223 $2.28
Portiojid.
PORTLAND. May 14. (Special)
Club 92.95: blueetem 12.98.
tiOMPKHS NOT RAISRII K AIO.
A. F. of I,. IKud RopiuimtM ProOMnl
of Imw Advorat.
WASHINOWN". May 14. Ramuel
Ootnpnrs, president of the American
Federation of Labor. Rent the follow.
Iiuc reply today to a recfiiest from a
cmup of peace advoratea for ufe of
hia name on a call for a peace con
ference: "I prefer not to ally mynelf with
the conscious or unconscious aenui
of the kaiser In America."
HAITI HKSlTATKs AS TO VAU.
Pnifaiattlon to Scref l1inAt1' R-
laUona With Cicrmany.
mn TAlT PRINOK. Haiti. May 14.
A commission appointed to consider
the demand of President Artlguenave
that Haiti declare war on Germany
reported today that there was not suf
ficient reason for such a declaration
and proposed Instead that diplomatic
relations with Germany should be bro
ken off. The Haitlen congress will
discuss the report pending a final de
cision. I
PROPOSED BLOCKADE OF U-BOAT BASE
Sfc O T H V f
American and British naval experts
In conference at Washington have
been discussing various means of end
ing the submarine menace by attack
ing the S4i.rce. One proposal con
sidered is the possibility of bottling
up the narrow strait between Sweden
and Denmark, another Is the mining
f the entire North Sea. which would
shut off entirelv trade with H"i:,inl.
l. n'uai k. and Suerb n. aoj the third.
THE FRONT IN EUROPE
T i, (&4
S
ing the alumni; Duncan D. Chaplin,
I Jr.; Marshal It. KdKar. W. Butler
; Harris. Jr.; Alan Jackman. Mark A.
i MoOloskcy, Alfred Mathlasen.. James
I M. Speer, Jr., .and John D. Warfleld.
I Jr.. of the class or 1917; Maxwell M.
Hamilton. Kdward Herendeen, 8.
Iavid. Page, r Richard (i. Preston,
David R. shotwell and William A.
Buell, of the class of 1918; John C
Milne. 2d. and Ernest c. Savage of the
class of 181! James M. Iandis and
Klliott Keer tf the class f 1920 and
Andrew L, col'b, Jr., of the class of
1921.
TO NAME FIRST
ROOM IN GIRLS
NEW DORMITORY
The distinction of naming the first
room in the new- girls dormitory at
Willamette University will fall to Mrs.
Ii u Stockman, of Pendleton. Mrs.
Stockman was the first to send in a
check for jr00. wd, according to the
plana of the trustees, this will give
her that privilege.
The plan is that anyone who will
give $500 or more shall have a room
named after him as a memorial, or
the donor may have the privilege of
naming the room.
Nearly half of the sum desired for
the construction of the new hall has
been raised. W. V. Prown. of Fife.
Ore., has subscribed $6000. which is
the largest subscription received to
date. Mr. Brown is the same for
whom Brown Hall, in this city was
named.
WINS
AMKKirAV P.IUHK
IN
I.KSS Til AX A WIKKK
XKW TtiKK. May 14. Lieu
'tenant Commander George Kllia
attached to the British war com
mission, won an American bride
in less than a week after his ar
rival Mrs. Thomson Miller of
Flushing. Long Island, has an
nounced the engagement of her
daughter. Katherine. to Stuart.
They met at a country club
dance and ill wed when Stuart
gets an extended furlough.
the storming of the Germs n naval J
base at Kiel by a tremendously pow-
erful fleet composed of British. Am- J
erican. French and Italian war vea-
sels. Many naval offU-era believe Kiel
could be taken, but only at rightful
cost, cm the above map is shown 1 j
the strait between Sweden and Den- '
mark. 2t the North Sea. and 4 3 the
Kiel cm mi I and the (ifniinn . natal
nae nt lleliarl.tnl.
RAIDS MAY BE
"FEELERS" FOR
SEA BATTLE
Authorities. Strongly Believe
That Germany is Testing
Out British in Preparation
for Big Engagement
IOXDOX. May 14. Whether Ger
many is making ready to pit her fleet
against the British in the naval en
gagement all the world has expected
since the beginning of the war is the
qcjuestion the recent destroyer raids
have brought forward." It is Bifongly
believed among naval authorities that
these frequent and apparently aim
less raids are probably "feelers for
a great aea battle. There have been
a dozen destroyer and cruiser raids
off the British coast recently. It ia
thought Germany is trying to draw
the British watchdogs in the north sea
off guard, distracting attention from
the major operation intended as a
surprise. The raids may be testing
the watchfulness of British patrols
and seeking the weak spot in the na
val armor. Whatever the meaning
tbe raids are welcomed by the Brit
ish fleet. Frequent engagements have
satisfied Kngland that ship against
ship, she's Germany's superior.
BOYS INDUSTRIAL
CLUB IS PLANNED
MKKriN OF AM BOYS X CITY
iH-mVaKF.N ;k& OF IS AXD
18 nKSlAY NIGHT.
A meeting of all. the boys of Pen
dleton between the ages of 13, and 18
who are interested In learning about
the garden or iadustrial clubs will bo
held at the High school on Tuesday
evening at 7:15. Mr. Montell of the
Agricultural college .who Is to act
I'matllla county club leader will ex
plain the nature of tb work and dis
tribute application blanks to those
who attend. The application blanks
are to be taken home and after talk
ing over the proposition with their
parents they are to be aigned and sent
to the state club leader at Co rva 11 ta
rpon the receipt of the application
blanks the applicants name is enrolled
in the state industrial club and bulle
tins and literature will be sent ex
plaining and giving Information along
the line in which they have chosen to
take up.
The parents of the boys are urged
to encourage the boys to join the
clulw and to take up the work se
riouly so that they wi!lbe able to
get the best results from tbe gardens
thi" summer.
APPLY
Y . DIVISIONS
M IT If THF. fllllTlsH AFIF.I.IK
May 1 1. The t.frmn retain onl
two nteatN In lliillevnurl. There I the
livtlbt rt of ftfihllng. 11 mi tinning
throughout the nigtil. and mre.
in ir In and arotUMl l be tlllaue. Two
a.e-4 the tad-man tena-knl? hohl
MMiih ami north of tlte town. Around
them the mavlt fighting I center
ed. The ItHtt-h M-ng.heied lliHr
hold at l.oet. during the ntglit.
illKXHT VMD. I
WITH FltFM'H AFIFl.D. Mar 14.
-Germany bus l.t to hundred
thousand, k llld. woitndl and cap
tured fn.tn April Is to Mm on the
French front alone. It is estimate!
the bsses since May first are pro
p..rt Innately areater. The fiuures are
considered enservatlve. Actual to
tals erhais are much more The
estimates are based on headquarters
figure.
iM-tweii April 14 an-l Z the Or
uians were forced because of heavy
l..i.-D to n htlra w tentv di isions.
approxitnatelv thre hunttri-t th.ms
ntul men, from the front, it ;'i,t int
mm
LOSS
FIGURES
MAN
TO INCREASE
REGULARARMY
183,000 MEN
One New Regiment, the Forty
Fourth Infantry Will be
Stationed at Vancouver Barracks.
WASHINGTON', May 14. Th
PreMident has authorized four addi
tional Increments for the reamlar ar
my, approximatlrur 183,000 mm. Ow
nrw rewimcnt. tile forty-fourth infan
try, will be stationed at Vancouver
barracks.
RIFLE CLUB WILL
BE FORMED HERE
STKPS ARK RKIXfi TAKKS TO
VAItl ORGANIZATION IX
CONNI-XTION I Til MI
LITARY VNITS.
Steps are being taken toward or
ganizing a local rifle club in (connec
tion with the military' reserve units.
Yesterday morning at the drill " at
Hound-Up Park Captain Lee Drake
of the second unit was authorized to
appoint a committee to take up with
the National Rifle Association the
matter of securing guns discarded by
the regular army. James A. Fee, Jr.,
Lyman Rice and W". I. Gadwa were
named.
A year ago preliminary steps were
taken to organize a rifle club and
practically all of the requirements oH
the national associatitp were met.
However, the formal application was
withheld for some reason or other.
The national association will furnish
one Kragg rifle for very five mem
bers of the local club and it Is re
ported that others may be purchased
for S& each.
" In case the local association ts
formed, a rifle range will be secured
and practice shoots held. The rifles
may be also used In drills. The army
has discarded the Kragrg rifles for the
Springfield and hence there are many
government rifles not now in use.
ARMY BILL
IS HELD UP
ACTION IS DEI-AYEO BY CON
FKRKKS I'NTTL SOMKTIME
TOMOIUtOW.
WASHINGTON. May 14. The dis
position of the army bill waa delayed
again until this afternoon, then decid
ed to delay action until tomorrow.
The President is empowered to ap
point a controller general of supplies,
holding office during the war. under
the bill Senator Gore introduced. It
U understood the president approve
the measure. The senate voted 49 o
24 against an amendment to the es
pionage bill closing the board of
trade, chambers of commerce an l
other bodies "engaged in and permit
ting speculation in food products."
TO TBE FRENCH
200.000
ARE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
them w tth fresh reserves. Since
then, a dosen additinal divisions
have been replaced.
Many IMvb4on Wiped Hit.
Ma ny divisions are practically
wiped out. The ninth Bavarian re
serve division, numbering 700t) lot
2S"7 prisonered alone. According to
established irn'ntir military statistics
this means a minimum of 30n kille1
ar.d wotindd. Other divtsttms suffer
ed heavily they exist in name
only.
The fourth division of German re
serves sustained heavy losses during
I the Hindenbura retreat. The enter
I ei the battle of fhemin des ljrne
j Apri' 18 averacing ISO men to a com-
pan v.
j on April 1 and May i French ar
jtiHerv wiied out twentv to fifty per
'cent effective In the fourth dtvts1n.
The
mean
em.
Infantry imprisoned I Tbi
is the divisum is no nn-eitt-
j la lint Single la.
j The tw o hundred fourteenth f- -rv
eiuhth and thirtv ninth German d.
!nr fniirmK th luiil- .-tvx.n
1 and 7". Kilt v. .! In!. ..M. . - ;
T
AS DATE FOR
PEACE SPEECH
Hollweg Expected to Outline
General Military and Political
Situation Before Reichstag
JUST mi FROM VIEKM
Ant1-IloUwe Pre? I sn "fares Chaaeri
lor Went 10 ffimt to tiirc Kaiser
His lernatin: iMffereiwe WMi
lliiHtenbura; ltrprted.
(ARTHUR MANX.)
COPENHAGEN. May 14
The struggle between the sup-
porters and opponents of Ho II-
weg has reached a critical stage,
according to private advices)
from Berlin. A showdown at
Tuesday's Reichstag session la
considered likely Hollweg ia
fighting determinedly. It is in-
dicated he may succeed in
weathering the storm. It la be-
lieved be will be forced out be-
fore Germany actually begins
peace dickering.
LONDON. May 14. Hollweg is ex.
pected to announce the C German peace
terms before the Reichstag; tomorrow.
The German chancellor has Just re
turned from ienna where a seriea of
conferences were held. Prior he went
to the German great headquarters for
a conference with the kaiser.
pea or gfieecti Denied.
Other information from. Germany
via. Holland indicated that tha Chan
cellor Tuesday will mak a speech In
the Reichstag, outlining th general
military and political situation, nut
not announcing Germany's peace
aims. Such a statement will be with
held until July when the Relchsta
reconvenes.
RKFORMS ARE PIUTKSTED.
The AnU-Hollwear press declared
the chancellor recently visited tha
front to give the kaiser his resigna
tion. It Is reported Hindenburg vig
orously protested the reforms the con
st it ution com mi t tee recom mended -cause
the reforms would grant the
Reichstag control over the army and
navy. Hindenburg. according to re
ports, has conceived a plan of nulli
fying the committee's recommenda
tions by terminating the Reichstag
session. Such a procedure means the
automatic death of the constitution
committee. Hollweg refused to ac
cept such a course, ft is reported
Hollweg told the kaher he would re
sign if such a scheme were attempted
It is said Hollwea; won over Hindenburg.
Ti
MORROW SE
APRIL 16 TO
44 44 444 4)
MAY
FRONT ALONE
a single day's fighting because ihey
ere practically ip-d out. The fiftft
and sixth divisions had their ct.ai
pa n ies reJ uced to an a veraice of
nien. French headU'jurteni hiH
carefully gathered and checked fut
ures of thte loftses. It is ini!-ittej
the Hrfttsh have infln-tl sin-llaP
b sees. t ff utrn estimate tb- iff
j man total leses durmir the j.r'--nt
I push is ureat r than in in M'i..lar
'' lrbd.
I
mi.mm Men ICnottrd to France.
1'KTK" ; It A I , M4V I M-nt.a nf
has withdrawn forty l i iins. ai
, proximately 'itlv men fruni th-
j ItU.sHian east frut. ikiI hnrrie thmi
; to France ttt opps thv allied .fn
sie. a-"rl mie t luforiral nn f ro
Russian hsttbilartrs.
J 1 .4 etna n 1 1 ld flu I lru rt .
j UK HI. I V Mav 14 ;erman f-.r.
rt.m their bald on Hu l !.. urt
aic.tmst int;-h attacks, it is nfiumiu
wtmted Near Oppv. fatio'iis !.,. !
Lritich a.l:r..' fatb-d Tt.e I-.jM--