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V ta" ta'ta ta ita..tata ta ta ta J ta .ta ta ta ta v ,' ' A.p fei DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS The Rut Orgonlmi baa the lanreat bona ride and guaranlwd paid elnulalloo of 107 paper Id Ortiipm. eaat of I'ortlaDd and br far the largmit circulation la i'eadleton of anj newapaper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL" 29 SOCIALISTS OF PEACE TERMS Program, Probably Agreeable to German Government Pro vides no Indemnity for Bel gium Owing to Difficulty in Fixing Responsibility. MILITARY AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE INSISTED AMSTKItDAM, June 16. A major ity tf the Herman socialists here out li ttf the follow. it peace program, probably agreeable to the ierman government. There Ik no Indemnity for Belgium bet a use tt is difficult to determine uhlrh of the belligerents Ik. respon sible. The return of Herman colonies, under socialistic doctrine Is not n iiexatlonN, nor is the German reten tion "f ANace-I,orraine because the .are nine-tenth fierman. The Herman socialists insist on complete politt h1 and military Inde pendent e for nil nations poHrd and Finland's future Is lefi to the deter mination of those province t he wi se! v s. Herman socialists extend the threat. eM svmpathv to rireece, Ireland. Kcvpt. Korea. Tripoli. Morocco and Thtb t and declare the return of Alsace-Lorraine in France w..u Id be annexation. t-uor JnUviuUliMtal ArbHraUnu . After the return cf peace the Her run on favor International arbitration and disarmament, eirept for defen sive measures ami short enlistment f.ir a police army In listing Hon" for the future international laws the Oermnn socialists require. No porta lion of munition by neutrals. No prices ta ken at sea No merchant men armed. ax.al. strait and sea ronton In ter national iaed. Food and nothing held no: contra band. No censorship of letter :-etwen belligerent nnd nentral. No trade warfare ul! freedom of the sepa. No protective tariff. c ferret diplomacy. I km I (re aiise of i-roeiH War. German socialist urged th zen eral socialist conference to der'arn thev -.ere not wlllinv to discuss re sponsibility for the present w.r un less the entente delegate Insisted ASTORIA DENTIST KILLED DY FALL FROM 4111 FLOOR Ir. .1. Howard MHrr tTJiUien fiom Ulndoiv tn Mortan ISnlhlin In urtland tn W ili n it Stn I ; May Have lire i siiiciilc. PORTLAND. .fun- 1? -Ir. J. Howard Miller, prominent Astoria dentist, fell from the fourth floor of the Morgan building th Washing ton street tdew.i'k mil diej n few m.niti later In the hospital thi mrn n The polio found no sui cide motive. It a l ello.'c I Milhr w h suddenly seoud with an attack ot acutt indigent' m went lo the n-n-ilow for air and fell. He wa tn he off.ee t.f Dr. J. 8. THinii''. mother dentist The office was emptv When Mill-r fell. The e.m iub of Miller's pex ' et were found In the o'fice giv in strength to the suicide thearv. Mr-; M.'ler Is prs. v d MiM-r .! about 50 years old. Automobile Hrni I p. A eemid hand Ftudebaker Six. owned by the Allen-Knight Co.. was burned up yesterday afternoon near the Manning place on McKay creek. Jack Allen had driven It out on fuhing trip. The csr had given him some trouble en route and, soon after he t o p ped . flame T u rut out and shot up ten feet In the air The bat teries had been removed snd It Is believed that the generator became nverhented or that the wires short circuited Kvervt hing Inflammable rtleoil the car was burned The loss I. ft tall v C" -red M Insura tn e 6ERMANYNAME DAILY INTENSE HEAT CAUSES FLOOD 3MM XT.M.V SXOWS SIKIJ A.VI AT NKI;iM,I N. SAN HKUNAliTMN't . June 1 H. Half a dozen houses In the low Imids of Need b'a were HAN H K IIS A li I i I N . June 1 H. Half a dozen houe In the low IHiidn of Need lea were d e t r e when the Y I ora d u river left it bank. It la fear ed aeveral are drad. The flood i now the worwt Tn history. The Odorado la etlli riwiritf. yn UHiinl heat In the mountain melted the nwi and caused the flood The heat is IntenHe. The mercury registered 117 yenterday. No relief It In lght. d e t ro e when the 'o I ra d o EVERYBODY ASKED TO AID RED CROSS t.reMi IM-iw fir f.MMMMi llitiri Start oiHLrt; ;iot (Mk All He. The drive for the nmall contribu- tiinn to rmatillM. count y'a "'mi tied Crnwi fund Lk to tf started Mon- two million dollar for administering day by the committees. Alt week 'the food control it too hiuh. An the varioUR cummitteea have been i agreement will be reached Iminedi juletly tteouring the larger upst rip- atejy to reduce the sum. tioiis but to clone tip the amount j otherwise the bill will be pushed many one dollar, five and ten dollar j on tM. f,,r (,f the whiite an it was donations are neede$. j introdiicetl in the house. Senator The committee realizing that there , Hardwick immediate! yafter the mea are many who can only afford to j ait re was reported declared he would give unall amount. T Mr-king that rHine the cottKtitut i-.nal point that the theee pernonn not wait to be ap proached personally but cat! at the Kel cpHft "heado:utirtern on Main atieet and turn in their contributions. A nu ni her of the Tend let on com mittees are out working today an 1 are meeting mtth jnicoees -PWtt Hock telephoned In this morning, "hnn t Fend any i'aker out here. We have our $200 raised and in the bank." The committee raised the full amount In few hour. Helix ban almost closed ItJ rampaigu and Htmilarly encouraging Teport are re- eeived from the other rommiinft lea j Miimi nf the money subscribed far lii Pendleton i in amounts rang ing from iV0 to $lono hut the com mittee feel that the smaller contri bution are Just as necetwary and that clerks, day laborer and other per Hon of limited mean are Just as willing to give according to their ra pacity aa the "big fellow. TO RECRUIT FOR CANADIAN ARMY AT OFFICE HERE (iM.i'Kit tiov nfrmvr"i-:x r. AV AI.IJKS SHOWN BY ItrVKXT (Htli:it. Showing the coojeralioii between the I'nited Htute and her allies, Cor poral Frank Harvey of t he local t . army recruiting office this morn- ing received instructions to recruit j for the Canadian army as well as for years. His real name ts Oilbert the 1'. army, of course only sub- j jones and hit home address Kvan. Jeets of King C.eorge can be recruit- ( Vlle. Ind. Prior to his admission to d for the Canadian army. j the Iowa prison, he admitted having He is instructed to enlist any Ca- (swindled l different banks. h was nadinns for the duration of the war formerly employed by the Bell tele- and six months more. Free passage hack to the Pnited Ptaes aill be giv en nfter the war. Applicants must be between 18 and 4'-. l"eTv eilis! ed mnn will receive a minimum of one dollar a day and ten cents a day field allowance However, a compul orv assignment of at lease half soldier's pny Is made If he h:t dependants. RED CROSS PART OE FIGHTING -FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES The Ked 'ross is a part of the fightim; forces of the o .rimicut and must be supported a such. There are five branches - the Army and Navy, the munitions detri ment. fod control, the liberty bonds and the Red Cross. Kaeb nml eer branch must be given unflinching support if America in to win this war. Our Army and Nav represent the aill of the American tropin, our Ited Cross n-pres-nts the American heart. Its duty is primarily to re lieve suffering and restore to health and strength the jck and wound ed; that is :avital purf"in winning this war. The Hed Cross has actuall turned the Nmn of eer aar sime the Crimea. The success of the I'nited State in this crWjw depend? on the support Riven the Ited Cro. This support will be eusy enough to get -when the support is to lnte. l t the toll of one battle mount t p -as It often do-s -to JS.M'ia men or more. With the hospitals overcrowd d and our own men dying for mant of attention the response ti the lied T'w call will roll in fast eti..ush but then tt will e too late. EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, FOOD BILL IS RFPORTED OUT Br COMMulE X Initial Fight on Measure is Up to the Senate; Advocates Think Administering Appro - priation is to High. INTENSIVE OPPOSITION PLANNED BY SENATORS WASH IN ToX. June US. The senate ugricultural committee report ed out the Iever food Oont rol bill, puttim: the initial fiuht on the mea- t",Mllr tn. la. Ih H.-nata. The bill uU sent out of the committee without recommendation and will come up for debate eariv next week. Ad orate ltf the hill think the ap- : propriatfon of a hundred and fifty measure could not originate in the senate. Hardwick, Smith and Fteed plan Intensive up posit ion. GRANGE IS AGAINST PROTECTION OF GAME Abolition of Fish and Game ' Commission Asked for at 1 Convention. ! lt- renolutlon adopted eterday the state r;ani;e wants the r(sh ar)( Kumo department of th- state abolished. The position of the grange is set forth in the following: "Whereas, one-third of the time of a session of the legislature is taken up In a general squabble over the fish and game laws and the creton of a large number of minor of rices; nnd. Whereas, the fish and ga ni laws are no more sacred tn their oniorce ment than other criirviua I l s and can s fely be left to the sher'ffs of the counties; "It Is therefore resolved tint th legislative committee of th State (range in hereby empowered to ini tiate a bill abolishing the fish and game commission." Whm Parolo Tola. or. Sheriff Taylor toda reeled word that the man wht recently iasse,J bad .check? on the Herrniston and Pasco ' hank and who has been taken back j to Idaho to answer a similar charge lis a parole violator from the low t Reformatory where he served four phone svstem whose drafts he used and also by the Victor Talking Ma chine Co. raln Axrncy M'rctlnir. The annual business meeting of the Farmers t'nion drain Agency is being held this afternoon at the Farmers I'nlon headquarters at the corner of Court snd Cottnnwod street. v e j e I ; e j e : J j I MISSION FROM i BELGIUM HERE HAS ICKII,I . l S. ltl!T IMl H'll.l. itKAi'll ' K;TO. TOXNiHT. W'ASm.VIJTOX, June U Ifelgium'H miasjon lo the I'nited Stated arrived In nri American port today. It . will reach Washington t'Htiorrow. The pernoiinel inciud- fortner Minister to the I'nited Ktatea M. Meneher. f leneral Ieckleero, I'fdoiie) Durdeii, Jeati Mertena, and Sector ''artier. it J '? PILOT ROCK RAISES $2500 FOR RED CROSS Swift Work Shown by Commit tee, Alt of Fund Secured in 15 Hour. I'lIXT KfH'K. June 16 . iSpeciaM As usual Pilot It of k take front rank in any effort Undertaken In I f. hours the town rsiised 12500 for i he Hed f'roHH Natamal Fund. . committee of three. Kenneth Warner, chairma n ; Herb rt Iii len and Fred Moes. made the puccrshful drive. All are justly proud of their accomplish ment. Harry Chambers of Pendleton will nddrisi ;m open air meeting on Ked Proas Needs and Aims tonight. The Fourth ot July celebration ha; been turned over to the "Red t'rosn Women." They plan an unique pro :ram in fact a regular "jamboree." in which fun will refgn supreme. Rev. Snyder f Pemlletim. will giv- the addreas of the day. JAPANESE STEAMER SUNK: 58 DROWNED! T'KI. June lfi - The J . panes- ,teamer Makakl was submarined in n.rtaiicc of yesterday sudden drive . Wua oroken und PClllt,.rts, for a dis-As-oria he Mediterranean It is officially an- f northeaT f llullecourt- More of llw. of (?n while lhe pole wa- ! nounced Ftuir officers and fifty four 'men perched. DECLINE SHOWN f7 UWFA T TCrA Vln' irtMip -.wept forward in another J1 ' "nLi 1 1 ULJt I tHful anh UtdHr rm,.t of AdM. illo. -upluriiuc tlie Mtnnc1 fortified HH'At. June lfi the Fast orceoman r S'necial Range wheat frii toda : pen. High. Iw. : .luix $- i s j.ept lift l.:n; Ji.94 $1.5 s ; Portland. j P "HTI.AXI. re., June lfi. -tSpe-j ciali Club. 2.4v bluestein 12. ."2. REAL BASEBALL HERE TOMORROW, Pcndleton-Pilot Rock to Mix : With Touchet-W.lla Walla Aggregation. ! A real baseball game is to be play- ; ed in Pendleton tomorrow afternoon and interest In the national pastime . is growing locally a a result. The combined Tend let on-Pilot Rock team I to meet the crack Touchet team which ha been fortified with play er from Walla Walla. Ifnrlan Pibd Rock's Speed artist. mill probably be on the mound for J the P.-P. It. bunch with Ounnar IV. terson or Roone Hayes behind the i bat. MeOarrlhlc will probabjv plav ) first and the balance of the Infield j will le chosen from Tlckett. Rover j nnd Gilbert of pilot Rock and I .und- j strum of Pendleton. For the out- ; field Slan. flumm and Carev available besides the men not be used on the Infield. who will Man Killed In Mine kimhii Ilerschel tPati Henderson. who was one of the victim of the Ruttr I mine disaster last week, had man friends in Pendleton. His home tn In Mtlton and during the past few years he ha been a prominent Whit- ( man College student. He has vis't- ed in Pendleton a number of tin with Stanley Sa res nnd played sev eral games of baselall here, having been pitcher and captain of th Whitman team Purine the pat j year ne was presiiicm or tne stinient AjbiHly there Intending to enlist this fa! and wishing to pay all debts he quit college before the term was out and went to Hutte. H began work In the Mine on Thursday and wa killed KTolav The runeral will be held totnorrow afternoon at Milton and Stanley Sx res w tR be among the pallbearers. The entire chai'ter Ret a Theia Pi and other students o' Whitman will attend Some of the coiiinoncement fesiuties at Whit- msn have le u el.mniat t !ec iu- i ..f his death ' JUNE 16, 1917. JAPAN AND BRITAIN REFUSE TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES IN JOINT ACTION ON CHINESE SITUATION ! ELEVEN MILLION OREGON WOOL PORTLAND, June 16 Special iool ia being aold around 57 cent. It i estimated that eleven million j There were numerous transactions tat pounds of this year' Oregon wool clip .week in Oregon and Idaho at from 5 la Hold. The entire crop is estimated to 56 cents. Prices are expected to ad at nineteen million pounds, compared j vance as long as the war lasts or until with eighteen million five hundred , the government takes control of th thousand pounds lat year. Montana market. FARMERS NOT EXEMPT FROM CONSCRIPTlONl WASHINGTON. June 16. Kar nicr are not exempt from mili tary MfYtce. HnnoM larJial (.cticral t'nuulit rcUratctl that onl tin fiuliMnsntlc t men of any IndnMry an; exempted. h'A er man lio can wrve his nation iMfter a Mldier than In hN present ocYuHUion ta call ed to the colors uitleH it Mxrka an actual liardiip on Ills- de IM'iifkntH IMOHK IIINUKNIM lUi 1.IK FALLS j I.OMM). June IS. llritlMh fonw j holding the poslHms wrested Thur I day from tlie terman south of ; Vpri's m-re hotl attacked. IlaUr ri--I lMnd. Ilea y artillery wax manned counter offenie. The few imT- Niiecenliiur la penetrMilmt the -h curtain fire. Tewchcvt llritish trend- ihii were inimeuuiici antra out. The entire attack a repulsed. i nm mtn. ciliary- iik- cront (H-altH enlarge tue im-IMiffianc- of ycMerday snddn drive ; iiinaciimira? nm lakt-u. iiipjpm and broken at the huse. The t.erman ainiy are pmu-aumiiK " break ttic HritlHii grip. COKN AV VACKNTO T VkKN. ROM K. Jii ne 1 S. .eneral Cador- t( pi oil kn of (uriHiia Vaceuto. It Is of ol t ficiallv n'ported. Ii'mnant of the 1 A-trinn garriui. 75 gun- were cap- ttireil. St IKMiM K i TT.t'Krn III T I-4TIHI-S SAVK HI .It KLIZAItKTII. !. J- Jm 1. A t-nldcgrum antiouniiiifr the toenedtviru; off Uw Anna Hc4l rlttcr. a four-masted shooner carrlm; tiling, haw been nNi-ii-i-d. She huh attacked off tihraltar and a-cd from linking hy the limt-lv arrival or IYcnh and lu-irlsh patroK, which timM hoe to port. Tlie esNtH arricrt a kwid of lumber to HHa and left ;ita for Havana with tillnir. I wilt stick to mi "hip until vl pbm under.- Captain Tisia wrote a short rimo before- the stibTnarine attmk. VESSEL ESCAPES DIVER'S ATTACK ASHI Vt;TtV. June ta. A sub marine attacked and damaced trv Amrrhsn s hooncr Rlticr. the 4ac detian ment mfornwM. A It hoiueli , badly shattered, the ship did not sink The wtate d)1arunent did not dis- J Hose the date of the attack or wheth. I ' (Y anv of the crew was Iiijimd ir Ml led. T1m state dpartnMt an- , jnowniNl M tlie crew of ilie Hrole , had lwe -avtd. Tte mlsin men . lw landtM ftafely. i . SCHOOL ELECTION OUTCOME OF IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY All ot ing for the school elect ion will be held st the citx hall, the elec tion will be held between the hour of two and T o'clock snd all local citt. ens are entitled to' vote for director irresocT-ve of Sex or PfoiH-rt quail fications. For the budget, which will j he upon a separate ballot, only ta j papers rv.av xote. Two to e l"t. For director two are to be cbts n ; r and there ;.re four candidate, hi the t t field The official b:,io- read fol- t low i; : Manuel rrledlv .1 ti.. s Joh. j POUNDS OF HAS BEN SOLD AUTO COLLIDES ii DRIVER IS HURT IC. r Padiha'k Sliuhll) CHlh'd Uhro Maeliltie I'rav-fM Ilnad-on Willi t'unn striH-t lk- Ijtu- Nielil. It. K. Paddock, well known Walla WaJla traveling hardware salesman, is slightly crippeled. his Mitchell ix runabout is a wrck and one of the recently erected Court street flagpoles is badly bent a a result of a head on charge made by the car and which the pole abruptly ended. The col lision happened sometime after mid- night when Paddock was start Ins for his ttotn . ' x ." - . Tmp rxr 9truck lnw fagJMd sMUarelv Jnd witn HUth fttm th.t fne concrete f nh t men, Wn ich was hardly dry i whole front end of the t-ar wa wreck j ed. the force of the shock even forc- ing the engine back on the frame, j The windshield was shattered and a j fragment struck the driver on the j fa, making a wund. He also was cut ouite badlv on the leg and had to Ihav the woi..d itch-d up !, no ..n- H.- in the car with h.m. The Pole i in the i-enter of the in - 1 t.-rw.-tion ..f i-ourt and folleKe Btreeta Und' the tr:.. k of the car aho trmt ine auto wax nwerva nn.i i wie .n,,,!,, totol a.vala Me becm--enter of the Btr-et h,,..t 40 Jlw. r.T.o-n from xauUIrr town, .re west or rne pole mid men nrauen j straight at the pole us If the driver could not see it. It is said that the! machine was traveling at a men rate of sfeed. The poje has been Straight- ned and fixed with supporting wires. ! MM't to. tms. ! J K pott ha- brought suit in the j circuit court against Hans It. I.oren ! seen to foreclose on a mortgage e ; curing a note upon which there Is j.lb -jed to be due $ll:tJ.15 and Inter j est. The mortgaged property was -rd t C. H. Hrown. now deceased, j and his heirs have been unable to : pay the balance on the note, it is al ! lege!. W. M. Peterson Is attorney I for plaintiff. antt In SHkane. officer from SrsKane is extet- S arrive ttnlav to take into cus- R Rogers and Car! Carlson bert Cox. wanted in Spokane charge of robbing another man. Sheriff Taylor arrested them at the depot Thursdav eventng us they were passing through- h I n INteri Trip to III ire U J I., puchanan and A K New - man of Los Angeles arrived in Pen- dbton yesterday having driven all the way In a F-uM runabout. The ) are en route to Illinois Tev r iort but little difficulty rn mak.ng the Jtrip M -i. M Ru-e 1 -Klla Terpenmng III Comrol iard. Much interest is being taken in the etion N-caus' the two new director tog.-ther with one old member will be abi. nes cr-trol the board In buat- nesi circles and with manv women thtre is a stronc sentiment f.-r b'ii ne-wmen on the board m a, to .Into r ;.t- t .irmt'il an J injure pr-in-r i,p , rds S-c'iriHg the prop. . ,1 . bo .1 f. r iVndV. .-r.- lt "t.-. - the ' I I ilf DAILY EVENING EDITION U K ITHHK Tonight arwl Smrday partly rtmdy. Mux. mum. 1.9; minimum, rain full. (K wind, west, brisk; weather, clear. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB NO. 9150 Japan. Apparently Somewhat Embittered Because Ameri ca Has Not Consulted Her; Britian's Reasons Withheld. DEVELOPMENTS EMBARASS AMERICAN PEACE EFFORTS WASHINGTON. june- 1. Japan has refused America's request that she Join the I'nited States In the re cent advice to China to compose her internal difficulties. This develop ed officially following the receipt of advices shorn Ing that Britain Uo has spurned the American suggestion for Joint action on the Chinese situ ation. Jaiin In KmMuered. Japan apparently Is sensitive and some hat embittered because the I'nited State has not consulted he about the Chinese situation. Japan's paramount Interests in China evt denly Influenced, her to withhold her sup poet of the Amerrcan position. Britain's refusal perplexes author! -ties. Britain's official reasons ar not given. The I'nited State secret ly asked the allied powers to Join In advice to China after the note was dispatched. Officiant attempted to minimise the importance of these re f ileal They declared they will probably embarrass further the Am erican effort to compoee Chinese in- ernal difficulties. Authorities reru to discuss the Japan angle. Recent 'development are not encouraging. Japan is apparently resentful over , America's course. LIBERTHOAN RUSH STtYArJPS TABULATORS Minute ui-crlpffon ter mlHlm Trewury iH-nartment : Infinite- rresult Middle of Next We-k. i RTM$ni I.0Jmp4ta- mttwwom mrd ltMt ,mwll - . ubntr lMn .uhwrlpwow j , ,,.7, .o. t will probably bo thft ,,,1 t mrpfc Wrr l -til' iiHuuHcte. WASII1 X:To.N. June lfi The June is. The last I minute ru-h of l.llerty loan sub j seribers nver whelmed the treasurj' department. The department asked ! its tabulators to continue work all 'tonight and Sunday In an effort to de termine tile uiilUllt of the oversub scription. It is indicated the definite j fesult will not be know n b-fore thw , middle of next week. Keforts indi j outeil the subscriptions will probabl v ' exi ecd 2.ho aa,i'M i ifricial ie . jlieve three billion Liberty loan but f tons will be reyuirtd. j Knlisted men and officer of th ' army and navv sub-u-ribed three ojuil- lion iloi;trs to the liberty loan, ac cirding to reM-rts the war und n.tvv department have rcei et SiT'tr' tanie(s learned at noon toa that the application totaled tw million six huntlre! nl thlrt nine th"us;ni. snd more are coniing in. RobTt W. WioUey. publtctn direc tor. declard the loan was a great suc cess, lie refused to estimate th oversubscription, saving It was im possible. I lonti-losure suit t-llcrf. Suit to foreclose en a mortgage ha been brought In the circuit court b Kate Mil'er sgainst pearl A'spach The action is brought on a not- for I Sort made to Arch McKinnon and ! to raint,fr A I ' II Uintlfrfl attoPflv strongen for sack of onions 1 This in a 1 1 r T i - tale r b'rfh .!.u a t.tle of war profits and "te t if niches the low'y and dnplad uni-.n look hke mi inot or gold 'reorre Hamilton, stanf - ;d fw-e-er who firnirrP liv-i br. pufh ed a Mill ef onion. fa.l Kar rnr 1150 He ate O'lt of the a. tl winter hfiirr hi atttt- f iriei to Hitch str ing tbmg ..nions Tb'S "piitit; h p;arite. etiou it h "f b r 'O tll.ief vipplv bin trie r II aflg M.fli-' for th 1. rt is