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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917.
NO. 9127
VOL. 29
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NEW CABINET
PLACES SOON
TO BE F
Secretaries of Food Adminis
tration, Munition and Sup
plies and Transportation will
be Created Official -Belief.
SEME'S ACTION LUKES
FORMATION IMPERATIVE
WASHINGTON. May 21. The
president's cabinet will soon be In
cnwd by three new portfolio, the
secretary of food administration, the
s.irciary of munltlona and supplies,
and the secretary or transportation,
according to official belief.
The senate's action limiting the
powers of the council of national di -leiie
made the creation of the new
abinet poru Imperative., offlclaU de.
clure- The aenate diean't like the
council of national defense aa the
member of the advisory committee
were appointed without traditional
advie or consent of the eenate.". .
An a result an amendment was ad-opl-d
in the urgent deficiency bill
union that the authority, carefully
designated to council under the act
creiting it. shouldn't be exceeded be
c:iue of. the war.
Heavy luirdeu on (MtiL
Thia placedelhe burden of construc
tive work on the cabinet, the advis
ory committee of council of national
d. him being limited to th- 'work of
en... rdlnntiuir atid a strictly advisory
romirlttev. Mecrntury Haker waa lert
with the work of raising an army and
'curtng supplies and munitions.
The Hame is true of Secretary Dan
iels. It Is believed the work of ge
tlnK suppllea and munitions must be
centralized. Ho must transportation.
This can be done only by placing"
men with the same authority as the
prei-cnt cabinet members In charge
.f the work, it la declared.
MC.UUOt'A RItKAKS 1TH
UHIMANY IT IN AxnMKCtI
WASHINGTON. May 11. Nlcara
gun haa broken relations wi'h Oer
many, the state department announc
ed. SKNATOIt I-ASK IMVHOVINtJ.
KAN HLAJfflsXJ. May 11. Inlwd
Ktatca Senator lane of Oregon. Is Im.
proving, out In Mill In danger, th
rims..- said.
OF TAMPERING
WAMUNCsTOX. May II. Inuulr
lea comTrning Uie condlikm of am
munition aboard the .Mongolia deH.
oped the nu the navy Is uivemlKal
Ing the raullnmw or shells aboard the
M. lionK under suslclon tltat tier
man agent are la mi wring with tla-ni.
fshelU on the deck of the St. I'l
m found Inoperative, apiiarenUy
rui liad lio-n laniiiered with.
SIm-IIs In Ilie hold were fniinrl sat-
THREE HUNDRED
NEW LAWS
( Hy I'nlted rrfu.
sleKM. tre.. May 21. Three hun-Ot-d
and fifty brand new laws ao In
iffrt in roKn today, thanks to the
1H1 7 malnn of the state leKislature.
Mraiturcs whlrh did ntt carry emer
gency clauses ir were tint referred to
Hit p'le went Into effect at the
strike f t o'clock this ntornina. r
iuH 0 da-s after the adjournment of
tht leirlslnllve session.
These new laws cover a idj ramte
roin irivlal subjts lo matters of con
01ED
GERMAN
AGENTS
BOARD
MEX1CANSIN
CLASH WITH
U. S. TROOPS
WAKHINOTON, May si. A eb
between I nlted Maura troop . and
MetkaiM in officially reported to the
state department. The netrace said
group of flllbuatora erome to tlie
Amertaaa aide near Kogalca and Am.
erlran troopn and ramonsi officers
captured them. Cieorxe I Karnes, be
lieved to be an Americsn, .and Man
uel uonxalea. Hlpnllto Villa's forme
secretary, are among the prlaonera.
.Another mamn dcMcfibed the firing
from a hoiuse on the Mexican aide of
tlw line op an American aoldler. The
soldier returned the fire and the
troubles tnexi.
FORCE WORK OF LOCAL
PUPILS WINS PRAISE
Exhibit Made by 7th Grade
Boy and Sent O. A. C.
Declared Excellent.
O. A. O. COHVAL.I.18. May 81
(.Special to the Kaat nregunlan.l
The policy of "A forge for even-
farm" received a boost yeaterday
when the department or Industrial
rli:catlon of the Oregon Agricultural
College, unwrapped the shop work
exhibit forwarded by R. B fhloupek.
supervisor of manual training in the
Pendleton schools. i That Is whal
Prof. Frank B. Hhepherd said as . he
inspected the work of the seventh
grade bojs who did It and declared It
excellent. The work consisted of a
situurehea bolt, hexagonuy head bolt,
staple, hook, forieed ring of round
Iron and forged ring or washer of
flat Iron.
'When the -boys thut .dlil thai work
at the average age of 13." said pro
fessor Khepberd, "go on to their
farms, they will not only know how
to keep their Implements In good re
pair at minimum exist but will als-J
understand the needs and advantages
of doing ao.'
In a tetter to l"mf. Cliepherd Mr.
hlounek told him that the work waa
done by seventh grade boys working
under Clarence Tubbs for one hour
and ten minutes a week, one semes
ter. He also orfered to send some
photoa of construction work, which
Hhepherd expects to use In his publi
cation for manual arts teachers. "The
Teachers Kxchange "
KHA7.II. WONT P.AKTHU'ATK.
RIO PK JANKIHO. May 51. lira
xll has Informed all her Wmth Amer
ican neighbors that is. unable to par
ticipate in the Huenos Aires Ijtln
Amerlcan neutrality conference, ac
cording to reliable information here
It is stated that President Krax In
formed the other republics that Itra
sll is unofficially unallied with the
fnlted Htutes. Therefore site didn't
consider herself entirely neutral.
Ilrnxll is now sending a military ex
pedition to Knrope.
SUSPECTED
WITH SHELLS
LINER ST. L
l-rmtory. It Is txH.cd tk- turn
pernl with tier -JhU on the dock, a
theen are the first uaori In actai-kln
a aubmarine. Ttte navy la unable to
aarertaln what eanM'd the amitlnr.
. . Tlie navy department la wtthont of
ftrial adiicTw regarding the Mong4ia
-hell. innery rarta believe the
breach block wax iwnlUctcly rloaed,
permitting the cartridge case to ex
plode and fly baa-kwartl.
AND FIFTY
EFFECT TODAY
siderable importance The new insur
ance rotlf. whii-h emlMdi an entire
ly new draft of laws ftr the rcpruhitlon
of lnturnn- compameM dotnir bunt-n-iwa
in reKn, went into effect. An
other measure of simitar nature Is
the Inw creatine the office of state
fire " marshal and prcm-ribiiiK hl
powers and duties.
Here are some of the new laws
hl h will Im of the wldt-st intt-n-wt .
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US
SKILLED LABOR IS
BIGGEST PROBLEM
SHIP'
Daniels confers With VI I,rd,nc
Khip Bulkier of Xuntry In Kffort
to Speed L'p CKnMtruc4Jon.
WAHIIJNUTOX, May 21
trmiM for tlurty-eigtit merrtmalmrn
have been exe-tited to date by Civ-
cmeigenoy fleet wriioration. tne
1 nicctl KUitiw sldimlng board, offi
cially announced.
WASHINGTON, May 21. Rndeav
oring to speed up the construction of
the twenty-four combination mine
sweepers and aeugoing tugs, .Secretary
Lnniebi conferred with a delegation
of twelve Hhip builders representing
the principal uhlpbuilderi of the
count r- Uaniebt explained the ne
cessity for quick work and anked the
Khipbuilderg for aid.
1! aKHured the whip builder the
tcovernment would cooperate in se-
curinK labor and material. The gov
ernment haa arranged to furnish cer
tain plates and other uteel needed.
The mineifweepers of 1 000 ton are
sturdy, powerful boats. It Us reported
some new fleet might be used to co-
operate with the Britlnh mine sweep-
era.
lani-l said the biKKt problem
was Hecurliiff skilled labor sufficient
to meet demands of the navy pro-
xrani.
t. it. ia;i-'rKii to emkxt.
NKW VOKK, May 21. On the as
sertion that his division Whs prepared
to sail Monday. Itoosevelt declined to
direct comment upon the president's
refusal to designate him as leader of
the volunteer army.
"As a good American." he said.
I'll continue to work for recruiting
ud the uct?eji of the Liberty Loan."
Ml FURNITURE
STORE FOR CITY
WWl HiHiwn Mm Onandc Men, Messrs.
Ilodecst and Crawford sense Kuotu
tn livo Judd Hlock.
I'endleton is to have a new furni
ture store, up-to-date, modern and at
tractive. Two well known la firande
men. Messrs Hodes and Oraford.
haf easd the large room In the
Judd block, formerly occupied by the
Wpjwel clothlnff -store, and James S
JohiiH. new owner of " the buildiiiK
started the w.rk of reiiiodelina- the
room today for the new tenants.
The la Vandc men have been con-
slderliiK the I'endleton field for some
time, Mr. Oawford is a retired
farmer and Mr. Hodttea Is a furniture
time past he has been the manager of
the leading furniture store In la
' i
rande. He will make a si-ecla! ef
fort to attract the business which has
In-en K'tnK out of the city.
Th rt-iiHKlfling of the room in the
fudd building will be extensive. The
workmen today are changing the dis
play windows while Architect Ray
mond Hatch designs the interior
changes.
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SUCCESS IN NEW
BURSTING! SHELL
AT TARGET WORK
KILLSMMII
American Nurses on Board
Mongolia Enroute to France
are Slain; Accident is Inex
plicable; One Nurse Hurt
WASHINGTON, May 21.
Mrs. Edith Ayers and Helen
Burnett Woods, j were killed
when a portion of a bursting
shell struck them while aboard
the steamer Mongolia while
watching: a gun crew practice,
according to official advices.
The women have been in the
Red Cross service since 1914
and had just joined active army
Red Cross work. They were
enroute to Europe when the ac
cident occurred..
Major Fred llealey. commanding
the Medical unit, was standing with
in three feet of the nurses, who died.
Kelating his personal story of the ac
cident, he said:
"In target practise Sunday when 24
hours out. the two forward guns were
fired firm. The nursea were sitting
in deck chnirs watching the targe.
a long distance away. I saw the
shells strike the water a great dis
tance from the ship. Immediately
afterward. Miss Mataon, who waa in
jured touched me on the shoulder an 1
said. 'These girls are hurt.- I looked
around and saw one of the dead girb)
sliding from her chair to the deck.
De don't know how the accident oc
curred. I sat up until one o'clock in
the morning hearing evidence., but
couldn't get anything definite. f
found bits of detonating capa scat
tered around the deck. There waa a
line or lifeboats bunging between us
and the gun. 1 had to stop to look
under the lifeboats to see the firing.
The gun was unshuttered. Its
breech remained intact, none or the
crew knew what had happened until
-e conveyed word to the officer com
manding PIKST WO.MAX VICTIMS
These two women are America's
first women victims of the war. An
othr nurse was wounded
All niemliers of the medical
unit
were organised in Chicago. The two I
women killed were both from t'nica-
In some unexplioalile manner the j
Ro.
shell exploded and nrtions of the i
casing were flung into the crowd of !
.w HlU.i..t-M Di.'hinr t hu Am- 1
ericas ...n .-rew A lifeboat was be-
tween the women and the gun.
A Cnited Stales revenue cutter met
. .
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rDAMrr iVFrnQ SHI nrPS AT flNCR ;
-
, m
Into aetitm. Th-e lna ouirht no:
to he In the nshtlng line till IMV tint
the rren h sri- i it M-re need of ol -
WIN JR1LL1ANT
MORE OF HINDENBURG
GERMANS FORM
SILVER GRAYS
ARE TO DANCE
AUi lKAli DKnX ORGANIZATI
ON'S JOIN TO HKM OCT SKC
OND CXIT IA.'CKe
The Hilver Grays will grace the Jit
ney danc to be (fiven tomorrow eve
ning at Happy Canyon by the second
military unit, with their presence.
Tuesday even inn: is their regular drill
night and. following the drill, they
will march tn a body to the pavilion,
according to an announcement made
by Captain Cranston thia morning.
The cavalry troop, now being or
ganized, has been aaked to attend al
so, the Honor guards have given aa
bu ranee of being present and the other
organisations of like nature are co
operating to make the dance a uc
cesfi. The community in charge has ad
opted the sloean. "A big dance for
a nickle.' An admission of ten cents
will be charged at the door but with
every admission will go two dance
tickets. Members of the second unit
are selling tickets on the street to
day. PENDLETON TO
HAVE NEW TEAM
ItllX M ' i A K It K.I -K OIK ; A M Z I .
BALL IM.AVF.ItH: HHsT .IK
WITH IX MAN'S.
Another baseball team is beinc or
ganized in Pendleton and it gives
rromiae of being an aggregation that
will put up a stellar article of the na
tional game.
Kill Mv iarrirTle, manager of the
l:iue Mountain team in past years, is
takitiK the Initiative and already has
lir-d up such well known players as
frits. laimdstrom. former shortpatcher
on the Walla Walla Tri-state team.
Gunner Peterson. Pendleton Trl-
Ktnte. I- K. Harlan. Pilot KocK
t wirier, Walter Albrecht. Pilot Rock
catcher who is now living here. Hill
! Carey, who tried out with Portland,
j and '.eorire McLaren, who formerlT
I played in Heattle. and a number of
othr pastitners of note.
1 The first game will be staged nexf
i Sunday aftermmn between this team
and the Indian team of the I'matHIa
reservation which yesterday took the
measure of tne . oioreo i iper. i.
Another came, prohahly w ith th
mtrk Wndman team
will be staged
on Ieeor:ii.on Hay.
The hix crowd ahich attende! the
game yesterday afterno-m is convinc-
Ing proof that Pendleton fans are
hungry for baseball anl the team now j
-Jbeinc orcanlred mill try to scheditle
inne red hot names.
gijpg..- utieugth of 7 be reached by '
vA, - -.. '
-e itt m-iiis ssJ
t niers ami thev miut eall out the Itox
Jit is hetter proof th.n aithmr f the
Immediate n-J of the Kreni-h.
a
'S DEFENSES FALL
FOR
SMASH
Exhausted, Shattered Divisions From West Front are Hurried
to Eastern Battle Line; Teutons Will Strive to Take Russ
Capital in Order to Scare Russia Into Separate Peace.
IvO.VDON, May . An outpoe en
gagement beura German and
l-Yeneb torpedo boUi is officially re
ported in both Berlin and Parts
HtMUmcnm. One French torpedo
boat was idlghtJy damaged, according
to tlie Parte fsemeot-
BerUn .descrHMsd .the .fight .as a
M-hort outpost engagement off Flan
ders, declaring Uie Freoch ship
were repesuedly hit. but om were ud.
damaged.1
IXNDON, May 21. British and
FVench forces have started another
joint offensive. Haig haa captured
additional sections of the Hindenburg
line, and Nlvelle took "several lines"
of Uernfan trenches, achieving a bril
liant success on the north slopes of
Mont Cornillet. This resumption of
allied activity follows a week's lull.
Drive On petroirrad Coming.
Hindenburg Is hurrying his shatter
ed, exhausted divisions on the west
front to the northern and eastern bat
tle fronts, where they are being re
formed preparatory to a drive on Pet.
rograd. Fresh divisions from , the
Russian fronts have been sent to
"ranee. Oerman prisoners released
ne purpose of the plan. "We expect
Hindenburg to try to take Petrograd.'
said one. "The purpose is. first V
scare Russia into a separate peac?.
and. second, to use his gains there as
a lever against the allies.
British headquarters estimated that
20 Oerman divisions have been
smashed since the start of the offen
sive. FjSMt Front IJoea Thin.
Just now." the prisoner continued,
the east front lines aerthin. exhaust
CAVALRY TROOP
IS PROCEEDING BUSILY NOW
After a weekend of uncertainty. J
Pendleton's cavalry troop today look? 1
like an assured thing and recruiting f
is proceeding busily at the recruiting
of ire In the city hall. j
Actual enlistment did not besin :
until this morning when doubt aa to
the required numtver of men slgmn.v j
up had practical! vanished. Thii !
morning a total of J had signed the !
agreement to enlist and Captain
Ujedsted felt certain that there would
be e.sht more put In appearance
within the next day.
musj Be IChmI TtKBfrrtw.
. , almost imperative that the!
j tomorrow.
Adjutant General White i
telegraphed Captam t;jedsed esler
tj ' da inonung th.it the full number
J,jmut be secured b eeiiln ami that
" : all must come from Pemlleton. Thi
; order prevented the cowboys from go
: ing out over the ountr" f"r their
i friends and the prospects liHtked du
I bio ns until last evening when one
cowboy, unknown, went out and sign
ed up IS by himself. Meanwhile an
! extension of
f time was granted and it (
in now that the troop Hl I
i seems certa
reach the necessary srenich b tmr
row.
is only opportuiiJiy.
' Thee who are contemplating Join
'Ing must do so at once if they lh
t.. . . ..rU,- m-.ih ivndlettui tin t,
This will probablv be the only local
unit sent out of Pendleton and afford
the only opportunity of loeal bu s
keeping together.
The troop will drill onl
week uutit July 24 when it will prob- ;
1I be mobilised at American Iake .
an.) lutiuht up to war siren:th. j
Ih II Itlancett as the first man to j
enlist this mormns auu I ere faiuweii
was the second The enliMment pr-
ef. a sloa one antt t'ai't. ;j tlte.i
h.s hail to secure elertral h. lp In get
ttne the men elgned u.
Th'e aho hatl slitnej .nil lak.-ti
th.- oiith at J o'cSk-k thie alterniMoi
were as follows lell Htanrett.. Lei
O.l.lwell. Jim B. folllne J R. iiam-ilt-n.
J.hn Talor. "lde l :r.-ei.-w...l.
Walter A ti'll. Waiter II
i;room. Jitnmie Tl.r. Harol.l A.
i M.i'tm. Wi It l:...lter-
Wi lum A M' tt. Juio.-. K i:t-r-i
DRIVE
PETROGRAD
ed divisions. Those whose
brought them far below their regular
strength were transferred from
Prance to Russia. Fresh divisions
from Russia were switched here.
Some from Russia were hurled
against the British and French with
out waiting for replacements on the
Russian front-
The British steadily maintained the
initiative despite every effort of the
enemy.
SINGING ITALIANS WIN.
ROME, May 21. Climbing seem
ingly inacce suable heights, the singing
Italians are pushing forward north
of Gorits snd the fighting haa reach
ed a cl imax. Numerous fresh A us
trian divisions direct from the R Us
ui an front are engaged.
The men fight from behind rocks
and barriers of stones hastily thrown
together, from caves and dugouts In
granite ridges, the ground so ridged
and broken, the Italians separate Into
knots and small groups to match
their Individual resources and
strength against the enemy.
. Along the Mont Cuccobe sector.
General I'adoma'i "singinff soldier"
captured a whole room trf madee
g round barracks. ' The dugouts evi
dently were furnished for a Teuton ie
officer. They were luxuriously fur
nished and stocked with huge sup
plies of winee and other comforts.
GKRMAXY ADMITS IXsSK.
BERLIN. May 21. The French
have succeeded in gaining a hold on
Mount Cornillet and the British have
occupied "a completely demolished
trench, abandoned in accord with our
p la ns" it is of f ic la t ly stated.
RECRUITING
Andrew Alln, Thomas A- Bennett..
mar R. Hutchinson, Benjamin Cor
bett. and Tom Slo:in.
IRISH CONVENTION
IS PLJIN OUTLINED
8Y BRITISH LEADER
LoXHOX. Max 21. I.lod fieorge
has revealed hi scheme for the set-
"eiueni ii ine irian question w me
nouse ot commons. Me propo-d a
confereiu-e to decide the exact form
of home rule which will be conios-d
of all parties and all- factions. lie
said, even the Sinn Fein adherents
should be represented. The king will
nominate a chairman of the commit
tee. The premier captained that th- sur
gested Irish convention would h ex-
Pccted t
complete
submit to parliament
draft of the Irish constitu
tion.
John ftedmond. nat tonal tst h-adcr.
declare) this was the fimt time in
Ireland's history he had been asked
to settle a prl'lm of sovernnient fr
nerm-u. lie was c- riain an p im'iw
'"n the Island anl all factions uu.t
Participate to the conference,
JULY DOWN SEVEN
CENTS AT CLOSING
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