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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1917)
"I cannot leave Oregon without emphatically expressing my profound interest in the good roads bond issue which is to be voted on next Monday. The people of this state will be performing a great vv tt 1 1 - 4. J From an interview in ihe Oregon Journal Ma 30, bt, Senator Ce oatriotic duty it they carry tne Dona issue oy an overwneimin vuie. . . ChamBerlam. Chairman Senate Committee on Military Again. 0X.EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION rv .'.I'EATHEH ht with heavy front. TO ADVEHTIBKR8 Sunt. r . Wii rmw. Tha Raat OrrfimlM hu the largsst boo fid. sad guaraslsed paid circulation ol any paper la Oregon. eat of Portland aod by far th lanrmt circulation la fendlaton of any aewapapar. Maximum. S; minimum, lit; rain foil. 0: weather, partly rtloudy; wind, went, brisk. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 U.S. MILITIA OF 5 DIVISIONS IS CONTEMPLATED Plans are Not Yet Complete But They Include Little Training in American Camps General Staff fn Favor. TRANSPORTATION IS PROBLEM ASHINfiTOW. Juiw Je-Hl dl Tlxkma of national cuardHmrn, abont ISA.oeo nwn. will he In Kunirx- b Klnler, If tte army aetirral staff plan am adopU'd. Anion on hee irtatw la eMTted today or rarlr nrat wcr. Tin Man l uMh-rHUMHi t favor the plan. I hour h thrre" dlfflouliy In transport Iik Kuch a In me number of tnra before- fall. Kveu a fairly Unre trana IM.rt rouhl aromunodatr awwll over two llioujirKi. While the piano are ltKimw, tlx y ronirmnlstr little tralnlnit In iwerhwn rampt. IrwtrrnK the real hurw UiKtiMlve wnrfc to the firlilxh cnntonmetito and l-Yrncti training 'lawa. The war efcfiarlJiwnl pmnosr to liit-a the hr trained (manlm-ti for (he rrtlir. If the trnnspurts lire secured there t prictlcally no qu.titlon about send-Ir-B tne men abroad before winter, so they might be aeaaoned and trained in tine to Bel Into the Autumn drive. (M ItlvMon "A lrop In Buckr." In making plana, the war depart ini nt la conaldenng the fact that a Kinrle divlaion la only a "drop In ths tucket" whereaa five diviaiona aup-1-lementing one. could make a real imtrt-aaion on the western front. tt'a the army offlcnrs Idea to re. tain the bulk of the regular army in the I'nlted mates to train the seiec live aervlce army. I'lnna for Bending the militia abrond knowing them definitely, are a ur prise here. It waa supposed America ".mid not aend troops to Kurope. ex ptln the F.TKhlng division, in lew th.-in a year. MAY RAINFALL TWICE NORMAL It was a wet old May and nM) around here's King to deny it. Mumul iivhtaty. however. ! so forsi-tful ol th.- damp days that unhappily arc fiill with us. the official weather 'r-c-i idsahow conclusively that more than twite the normal precipitation una r..'iv-d during the merry month of M-iy. The normal for the month i I II inchea whereas 2.7a Inc-hra fell Tin unseasonable rainfall completed lukin-c up the deficiency of the early winter montha and then some. The normal for the wet season up t June 1 is 12.25 inches twth us 12.&S. and we have hnd DISPATCH RITNER SHOWS UP ERRORS IN ROAD ARGUMENTS BY STRAIN Pendleton, ore.. June 2. Kdtror Fast Ore con I an : In a pamphlet labeled 'The Peo ple's legislature' and which is the product of the prolific pen of C. P. si rain, county assessor, and sel'g an- .nt-d custodian of the civic virtue of I mat ilia count. the following liter-im-v g-m is found: M'ustrattve of how things are ma fiuoii:ited at the Htnte Capital: A rPb n.liri road bill had been prepared in advance of the convenlna of the U-gis.ature. This had been done by ii committee representing nine of the l.tolina non-official organisations of he state including the Htate Tax pay- ljaaue. the Ktste league of Com tvw.ihI Assirclntioiia. the tlranae. the Krtiiers" I'nion and the Federation of 1..tt.. . Tlie bill adopted by this mm nnttf hd been dul lntrodued and Vio- un i(H h) totturd p.isaKe Ith DAILY U. S. Message to iteia Disappeared Exposition of War Aims Designed to Quiet Separate Peace Propaganda and Quiet Slavs Evidently Not Delivered; German Agents Suspected. WASIII.VOTON-. June 5 The atate department ha aked cable companiea to Investigate what hap pened to tha government's recent war alma message which wa aent to Russia to quiet the separate peaca propaganda and aolidlfy the Blava. The mesaage waa evidently not deliv ered. The ataie department recevlrd the lam word from Ambaaxador Francl May 2. The m-annge waa not men tinned. The note waa aent In a Hpe clal code, probably one already In Herman hands. The department l not fully ad vised a to the mam' route. It la believed It waa aent via Britain and Archangel, thua obviating pas sage through Oerman handa. unless the oerman employed cable offi ces. It la suggested tlerman agents bribed the cable company employes. The lost message is conpidered high ly important. (Serman agents are auapected. SHOMI TTIAIMJM! CAMPS TO OPKX AKil ST 17 WASIIIfiTX. .Iun" i. The r. ond serUn of officers training camps will bo ofiencdl Auarust 17 at tne rampa now opn. The men In the second series of nan will command tlhC sroond Increment of a half' mil linn men. Ill At Hospital. Miss Kllen Elchnor of Pilot Hook is at St. Anthony's hospital recovcr- Irg from an operation perform her yesterday. mI on Suit to l-oredoHp. The Western Ijind & Irrigation Co. this nfternoon brouaht suit airalnM Theo Hanson to declare a contraet for land forfeited. To Frm In Montana. Kertrand 8. Jerard, prominent young Pendleton newspaperman and musician, will leave Monday for lllngham. Montana, near which pluce his father. C. S Jerard. has purchiied 720 acres of farm land. City Want Uln-rt v I in ml. Not only are hcnl indivldnnls sub scribing liberally tit the Liberty Ponds but the city government is plnnning to take $ltto worth of bonds thrnuuh use of money from one of the sink ing funds. It la understood the Com mercial Assoeiution may also take rome tw.nris as an investment, thus showing the loyalty of thut nrKaniza- tiot, war. to the Kovcniment during tha ros' pri'Kpreti of success. A Port land "ipeeji.l" arrived on the wvnc at the Cnpitnl at this Juncture. This committee bill ahi proti,ptl knocked ut. The HndinK bond measure was ruhstitutcd ami a specinl elictlon was ca I led at a c- st e t i n i a t ed t i ex coed one hundr-d thoiiSHtTd dollars.; Some Truth: Much F1cim.ii. This statement Is n cneoct(oii of a small amount of truth and a larg amount of fiction. The truth In the statement is that a new state h ten way code was submitted about the third Week of the session by a committee composed of representative from some f the organisations above men tioned. The State league of Com mercial Aa4clatlons. if there be such an organisation, was not represented Two other hlghwsy rod" were sub- Contlnued on P.-"ge 1 EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON, SATURDAY, IS TO BE IN EUROPE BY WINTER FLORAL SHOW WILL BE HELD THIS YFAR ImMok Mill W Announced In Near l-litnm, -l-ty Iteisd'N at Mert. iluc ls4 .Night; N'-w (frl-ni I Son!. Another floral th"w U to be held In tVi.tlleton this 'ar. the derision win reached lust cveniiiK at a meet, injr of the Pendleton Floral Society, which haN (.tatted pant nh nwn. Anoth er met-1 in k ia to be held next Friday evenitiK in the city hall for the de- termination of the time and place. Hecauxe of the lateness of the sea koii thia year it is believed that a much more creditable floral show can be held this year than heretofore inasmuch as there will be no con ,. flicting; occasions. Generally htirh school commencement and Me morial Day make auch heavy de mands upon the flower gardens that the floral exhibits are robbed of their beat fruits. The flower season is really just be ginning In Pendleton. Purina; the past week the first roses bloomed out and within the next two weeks the roses will be at their beat. Therefore, it is very probable that the floral show will be held within! ihe very near future. The society last evening re-elected Ir I l Temple president and Mrs. a ...... ...,..., .-v- ir t.ideon I.ruwn was chosen vice pres ident and Miss Crace Oliver treasur er The meeting was attended by a number of enthusiastic men as well us ladles last evenfng. HATRED OF GERMAN AIRMEN IS FOCUSED ON FLYERS OF U. S. PARIS, June 2. Oerman aviators are concentrating their hate on Am erican flyers in the LaFayette esca drille. No machine flying an Ameri can flair la given a fair chance In single combat. The enemy tries to overwhelm with the number of their righting planes. Dr. 13dm ond Grog, chief organizer of the famous corps, made this state ment in appealing for thfe support of Americana to give the Kacadrllla moral and material support. Thirst for itevcture. "When American aviators appear in the sky It's a signal for the en emy to attack in force he declared. "The American flag and Indian head the squadron's emblem hae one meaning to the enemy and that's revenge. Our aviators aren't given a chance to fight an equal fight. They must fight against several and they're doing It with a bravery" that ought to be better known in the United Htate. "These men are upholding Ameri ca's honor with their Uvea and most ly on funds scraped together by in terested Americana "The war department hasn't even sent uniforms.' BONDS OFFER REAL CHANCE FOR THIS CO. W. L Thompson Answers Ob jections Raised by Barney Anderson as to Funds. SURFACE FOR MACADAM ROAD Vendleton, Ore., June 2. Kditor Knat UreKonlJ.n: The article appearing in your imue of ality Slat, by our County Commia-ioiit-r. Barney Anderaon, is ao mia ltttdinK 1 fel it incumbent on me, as a lnninber of the fitale Highway 'oni nialon, tn correct the impr-fusion hiv Ktaieinenta miKht create. Of Military Valm. Ilia statement that xhe extension of the Columbia Highway through EaBt irn oreaou han no military value, be citUM' it i in proximity of the Colum bia river, it. liicorrecu The War le uurirfifni hnx recosnized the Import' nr.ee of the railway line runtiing alone 1 that river b, placing soldier, at every biidtte and tunnel, -thereby emphasis in the Importance: of 'keeping open m-an of traneportalion between the Metropolis Portland and eastern Ore con, the (treat productive area of the Ftate. As a commissioner of this county, his statement that thia road is not an agricultural road ia erroneous. How can any one contradict the fact that a road through Wasco. Sherman, Gil liam. Morrow. Cmatilla, I'nion and Baker counties is an agricultural toad? It is true that government and . . . . J hi Hie aiu tunniu utr uiwu i"i ., roads, except as they are part of the through roads of the state and why should the state and nation be Inter ested in building local roads? The basic principle underlying all state and Federal aid Is that all tax moneys should be expended for the greatest good of the greatest number. Mr. Anderson's statement that one mile of rond in. Hood Kiver county will cost $275,000, is so ridiculous as to merit no answer. Purely no reaa- onahle mind would believe such a I .viatement. The facts are patent that th.- bonds carry, the county of I'matillA stands to be relieved of a h.rvt proportitm of the burden of caring for its trunk roads. Wttat Are We To Io? 1 would ak the Commissioner what he expects the county will be up against on the road from Pendleton through Adams, Athena, Weston, Mil ton and Freewater to the State line If the bonds fail. Will the people of these communities be content to let this road remain in Its present con dition? Is it unreasonable to expect that this road connecting 70 per cent of the people f the county and with 70 per cent of its valuation tributary to it will be imediately put in condi tion by the County Court. What will that Improvement be ? If you, Mr." Anderson, and your fel low Commissioner improve that road, what will you do to it? How much money will you expend on It? What other roads will suffer by rea son of what you do and what you (Continued on Page .) TROOP D WILL DRILL SUNDAY Troop lf Oregon National guard will drill for the tirst time tomor. row afternoon and those desiring to do ao may see Pendleton's rough riders take initiatory work st sol diering. The following orders for the drill were published today by iwptaln lee Caldwell: Headquarters Troop l, Oregon Na tional -Uuard, Pendleton. Oregon. June t, 11 7. tieneral Orders No. 1. All members of Troop p. Secon-1 Squadron Cwvalry. Oregon National Guard, are ordered to report f-r driil on Sunday afternoon. June 3lrd. at Ilsppy Canyon pavilion. Pendle ton. First call 5:20; assembly J:J II y order of OA IT A IN I.KK CAI.nWKTJ. Commanding JUNE 2, 1917. NEED OF NORMAL SCHOOLS SHOWN Kvidencing the need of fur ther normal school facilities In Oregon was the departure of ten young ladles of Umatilla county yesterday for Bellingham. Wash., to attend the summer session of the normal school in that city. All of the ten are teachers and some of them attended the Oregon State Normal School last summer. but because of the crowded conditions there, decided to go to Washington this year. The party consisted of Mrs. Paul Kerrlck. Miss Juanita Friedley. Miss Cladys Simpson and Miss Leota Wagner of Pendle- ton. Miss Vivian Brinker. Miss Beulah Campbell. (Miss Merle Williams and Miss Ooldie Oroth of Free water. Mias Ruth Williams of Milton and Miss Lji Porter of Weston. SPANISH WAR VETS FAVOR ROAD BONDS Hy action of Malnbon Camp. Spanish War Veterans of Pendleton, the proposed six million dollar bond iHMie for ftood roads ia endorsed on tw. orllnrl tha m i t i t II Iv- arli'MTIInrA , from - con- mruction. The action of the camp was taken without the knowledge of t he local road workers a mi waa a t the liiHtanre of Kcout Youmr Camp of Portland, which organization had passed resolutions endorsing the bond iKsue. This resolution set forth fscts from a letter from Secretary of War Raker showing the government desires the Improvement of roads in the Pacific coast states, Oregon be ing specifically named. Other regions where such work ia asked for in clude certain Atlantic states, the ter ritory tributary to the great lakes and he Mexican border. f Court Fight Over Child. A rather bitter fight with a pretty little eight or nine year old girl a the bone of contention has been occu pying the attention of the circuit court during the past two days. Cor nelius Depuy, from whom his wife. Maud, secured a divorce last fall, is trying to secure a modification of the decree so that he can have the cus tcdy of the little girl. His former wife has married again and this is one of the reasons upon which he hast his court effort. He is bein 1 1 presented by Frederick Jteiwer while the mother of the child is be it.g represented by Fee aV Fee. WILL START BIG RED CROSS DRIVE rOKTLAXD. June 2. At the ur gent request of the president, repre sentatives of northwestern states gather here Monday to outline a campaign for a great Ued Cros campaign. lreeident Wilson named F. I Mevera as a delegate to attend the Portland Ited IToks conference Mon day. J. F. Robinson. I eon Cohen and Harry chambers of the Smythe-loo- ergan Co. will represent Pendleton at the conference Mr. RoWnwn left today b auto for Portland. Of -era led On. S. N. Shahan. whose tome is near the Furnish dim. Is recoerinir from an appendicitis operation which he recently underwent at .St. Anthony hospital. Miens Neck 4 ltisrn4iip. Of the five alien lorn residents of this conntv sho filed petition in the lotI court to become American cltl sens during the month of Mav. four were natives of the countries oppoeed to the Vnited Stste and one of the allied countries. The names of hoe t ime their first pnper. the land ol their nativity, their present residence and the year In which they came te thut country are as follows- Kdward A ron Paum, Austrian. Pendleton, lttl; Km II Adoli h Ovhaefer. Or pmnv. Pendleton le. lleinrlch Matlhin MitT, Uermany, HermlMon. 110. Frank Hack. ierman. Pen dleton. IMS. Jtthn Joseph ira. Ire l.nJ. w. CHAOS REIGNS IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL; ANARCHISTS URGE PEOPLE TO DATE OF STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL ADVANCED Humid WcstUMr Iatlowliie Cold IlAina Caiura Milum trait to Ripen Marlirr nian Ys Expected. MILTON. June I. Milton Straw berry-Red cross day Is advanced nine days earlier than was officially announced last week, the change be ins; necessitated by the sudden hu mid weather following so quickly after the long- cold rains. The (r rowers and fruit men advised the executive committee of the Red Cross to advance the date to Tues day. June U. 117. The day will be filled with pleas ure from beginning to end. A Riant parade, a good dinner, an afternoon program, more than twelve sporting events. Including; Bonor Guard First Aid work and military formation, dancing, shooting gallery. merry-go-round and many other features will occupy the day. The Red Cross members are asked to register at Red Cross headquar ters and the Honor Guard will prob ably establish headquarters for their out of town, guests. PENDLETON PLANS BIG CELEBRATION ON JULY FOURTH Pendleton will celebrate the Fourth of July this year as never before. This decision was reached this morning by business men who were approached on the subject by Mayor 1 test and a meeting Is to be held sometime next week to appoint com mittees and begin plans for a great observance of the nation's birthday. The city council and the Commercial association will co-operate as last year. Hecause of the war in which the I'm ted Htates is engaged, the merch ants are unaniniouly of the opinion that it would be a sinful neglect of Patriotic duty for Pendleton not to hold a Fourth of July celebration. The whole county will be invited to attend and all entertainment will be free. 1 ieut IMMriet Mtorney. F K. Schmidt. who tauieli tb eighth grade in the Stan-field, schMls during the past year. ha come to Pemllfton to accpt the position of deput district attorney. He ha hd considerable legal tramme mid form erly pcacticed in The !alles. ALL STARS GET NEW SHORT STOP I inri..iH :.tik w.H.nDKMkMi k- dttton or linm-nk lirom. M ajiacet f pvnland lis by er. I tlre.ttty strensthening the infield of Met ...mule's All Stars. which WiM im-et the Indians of the reservation tt.inorroM aftermn at Hound -I P Park, is the add it ion of Proa nie ; n fs. mana eer f the Pa by H-a vers iu Port land. r-!s i on the rnd now and Ihvs over in Pendleton three Sundays out of four He w ill play shortstop tomorrow. Frits I.umiMrmn will le on second, ilunner Peteriwn il t htrd. I till 4re on first and lWns Hayes b'hind the b. mnk iitic a speedy combination. The Indians have not he-n defeat eti this seawn and number some r-l plaa-r on their team. The game prom is-s to be wet I north seeing. If the fans give the new lVndltn t--;i"i pr-er snprart Man ait Mc- 1 a 1 1 'k le iTilemi tritu'tnc in m-- i t- f'.;rri-li ii COUNTY OFFICIAL PA FEB NO. 9138 LOOT AND KILL P"!,ors0irJ3 Criminals are Beginning Re volution; Clerks on Strike. KKOYQLOFF, MASTER OF COMMERCE RESIGNS POST PETROGRAD, June 2. Anarchists paraded the Nev sky Prospect, bearing; banners, "Down with Authority, Long Live the Social Revolution." Speakers urged the people to loot banks. Soldiers and sailors joined in the demonstra-' tion. The arrest of the parad ers was not attempted. v The workmen's and soldiers' coun cil adopted a resolution appro-ring the ram-oval of the tx-mr .from his palace to the fortress "of Peter and Paul - Crime W Sweeps City. Russian criminals, released at the beginning; of the revolution are mak ing petrograd unsafe. A wave of robberies and violent crimes Is sweeping; the dry. The millionaire merchant. Oreltortoff. was killed at his home by three mem. , Minister of Commerce Knoroloff resigned oa account of differences with the minister of labor. Six thousand Petrograd clerks have struck, demanding the double wage which ha been retroactive since the beginning of the war. ' Ckmfl-tetftoa of property. The provisional government will endeavor to obtain a revocation of the rote of the council of workmen and soldiers yesterday. Tt Is assum ing control of the fortress K roa st ad t, Pefrorra d pri n ct pal de f ense. The Journal of workmen and sol diers delegates announced the con fiscation of property may be neces sary owing to the slow process in ob taining subscript mn to the liberty loan. PIONEER RESIDENT CLAIMED BY DEATH TtMtnta K. Ikelauet. Sucmmlf lo pa ralxire Stroke fter an IIIispw f More Than a Year. Thomas K. Delanev. wrll knos n pioneer resident of Pendlton. auc- I cumbed this morning at 7 o'clock a paralytic stroke after an lllne? of more than a year The funeral is to be held at the Prown chapel on Tus day afternoon at 5:30 under the au pics of the Red men lodge. Mr. Ieiane was 3 year aid. hat ing hen born In Jj.nr count. Mln eourl. Nov. 29. l3. When a m.tit toy he croeeed the plains to ('alifor ih his parent-. His father died in 1S1 and his moth- tater H came to T'mutilla count v in an eurlv day and from up antil the titii of hi l Illness f..(l the shp nhf-urtng btinea. He in survtMl b a Wlf- an-1 1 year ld daughter of this nr. ..ml two tr'th-rs, I land 1 N'Janev of Spo : -ne i rot S -.tt I. Ij'. of ir--rt.. He was a nn-nibtr of ih ''iiiiiifi chur-h SEPT. OPTIONS UP NINECTS. AT CLOSE riliC ;o, June ( M-ei th.- r.tst irfmin Itan h-ai pr !- ttd i nn High. t U Julv I.' so Ii li S. p I I j II. U si t I t SrtUsMl l"i.TI Mv ' r J . !