"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
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th.- r.tst irfmin
Itan
h-ai pr !- ttd
i nn High. t U
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