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ftl fca fci ' tea fcfc fel .tea DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILYiVENlNGiDlTlON WEATIIKR Pair tonight and Wednesday. Tb ADVERTISERS Tbe Raat Oregon Ian has tbe largest born, fids sod guarauteed paid circulation of auy paper lo Oregon, vast of 1'ortiaad aod by far tbe largest circulation lo Peudtetoa of an j newspaper. ' Maximum tempe rat tire, ; mini mum, 46; rainfall, 0; wind, north, east, auntie; weather, clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2G, 1917 NO. 9158 1 ..... ... s.JJ v. NEUTRALS WHO DESIRE U. S. EXPORTS MUST SEND THEIR OWN SHIPS SAYS PRESIDENT CHAUTAUQUA SIGNERS I ASKED TO BUY TICKETS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Card Pledge i Satisfied if Ticket Are Purchased From i Any Local Canvassers. I Will Also be on Shortsr Ra tions Than for Many Months; Exports Council to do Ut most to Stop German Leak age. SUPPLIES APPORTIONED ACCORDING TO THE NEED C'IMIJKKN ;ivk HHCLS AIONKY TO KFI CROSS WASHINGTON. June Neutrals nTafter will tw on ahorter rations than for , months. The export council ht-arted by trie President, will appor tion the supplies, determining the i ational needs, anient if (rally butted on import flu tires covering a period ot ears Thy will do their utmost to ko.-p the supplies f n in leaking Into ' Jermany. The council will tell the neutrils fhitlv thin if ilH-y want fond t hfv 'sin send ihclt own ships after. Carl and Gretchen Rlnehart, little children of Mr. and Mrs. C. o. Ulnehart, were given 60 centa by their father yesterday to pay for their admission to the Barnes circus. inKtead they came down town and voluntar- Hy turned the money over to the Red Oross, stating they would rather be members of the Ited CroM than see the clrcua. RED CROSS GETS GOLD FLOOD FROM EASTERN OREGON A meeting of the Chautauqua guar, anion lam evening at the Cummer- ' cial Association rooms wan attended ! by a fair repreHentatlon of the men I .. .n who are standing behind the local organization. Judge Ala Jon ey pre- EVBTV COUntV- G.VCS aided and the subject of the Hale of tickets was discussed, it was decid- i ed to axle the people who signed the ' card pledges a year ago Immediately to purchase tbjplr tickets either at the ' Tall man Drug Store, the Pendleton . Drug Btore or of one of the people , who Jtre selling tickets in different ' The card pledge is satisfied if tick. NATION IS NOW STARTING Zn: GREAT OYER-SUBSCRIPTION ucneuj Yin guaranteed " me guar antors when Chautuuo.ua closed in li16. and these men expect that the' Much Larger Sum Than Was Al lotted in Original' Apportionment. lectured: "Tho direct exports In NO STATE LINE WHEN GAME LAW IS VIOLATED It. V. Kdwards, resident of Walla Walla county yenterduy found that the state line as a measure of protec tion for a violator of the finh and game law Ik a myth, pure end simple. After having been caught by flame Warden Tonkin with fish under the lefcal Mine in his possession Kdwards t mi? red to appear Wfore the jiiHtice of the pesee in Milton so was allowed to tetiirn to his home across the line. He failed to appear tn court on sched ule time and the service of the Walla Walla .ouuty sheriff vim Invoked with the result Mr. Edwards soon appeared. He was fined $25 and costs, the lat ter belmr increased to the extent tu Th. President whb- object is ti siieh a way that they will go first and by r reference where they are most Tieedf-d arid to temporarily withhold i hem. if necessary, where they can best be spared. '"The primary duty In the matteriof foots! uffs and like necessities is to see -hat the people associated with tis get K?f genervMas a proportion as po'it1e of our surplus, but it will si- appear on time. L.. I Kennedy of ! people will now purchase the tickets ! and thus relieve them of liability. Any person who Intends to attend the entertainment this year can now secure tickets for the full Chautau qua week at $2.50. After Thursday evening of this week, the local com mittee has no further authority and the price will go immediately to $ 1. The following are the contributions by eastern Oregon counties as report ed to the Kast Oregonlan this after noon by wire from Portland: CLUB $2.32 IN PORTLAND TODAY rilii'Ailo, Jim i'fl. Hit Kant Ori'KmiWin wht'ut pi-ire today: l p-n. HtKh. Low. July 12.10 J2.1U 12.(1 Mi'lM. tl.K7 II. US l SM-cinl UltliKe JJ.0SI 1.S4 Crmnty Amu Blvn Quota 1-iHkrr 1'7. 1 0 1 :0.ciC irant 5 X71 front 9.600 5.000 Liem-hutcH ..... 12.000 10.000 :llliuin 12.601! 7.600 Whw-lfr 4,ono Harnoy 7. son T.r.oo Hood Kiver 5.SD4 4.000 Jrff-nill 700 7,500 Ijike M0 3,600 Malheur 11.000 7.500 Morrow 10.S20 10.000 ShlTllian - Waxen S.!00 1 Ti.000 I niatllla 4S.OO0 30,000 I nlon 35.000 16. 500 Wallowa IS. 7.00 7.500 fc our wiiih nnd purpoar tn supply lb. nation hiiM people depend up on u. for pirh uppltMi aa nearly In prrtlon to their needs aa the am. .iint to be divided prnilta." ' ANNAPOLIS-WEST POINT GAMES ARE CANCELLED WASHINOTON. June 1 Tha fa i.i .U-. AnnnpnluaVeat Point annual foottiall -ramea were cancelled for the duration of the war. The war depart -ni.nl ordered all Wtrt Point content -with nittalde sohoola discontinued. Milton waa alan fined 126 and coat for the Riinie offence, of catchlnjt fiah under the legal limit. In the oaae of one of the men the. amall fiah were found hy the warden in the violator's trousers pocketa. Port lit nil. POKTT.A.NU. ore., June 26. (Special I Portland wheat quotation un a baaia of actual saU-s are: Club $2 10 to 12 32: tilueatem 12. 3i to 2.4t. The Merchants Kxt'hailse la still closed. IU NS1AX SITUATION fJHAVF DFXTARK8 IKA MOTIKKK WASHIVtJTON, lluneJan altuatloa irrmvo. Amha.Msulur the amtatn. Tlie ultimate ouu-o mc. hi d-flarcd. waa crrtaln lo br rnTorabl' to dentortra;-r'M cause. VEIMZELOS TO FORM NEW GREEK CABINET June !2. Ttie. Is ercee-linglf , I nlticaUon of All f-ctiont Is K Ilakajnotioff told i prc-d. Fallowing Fmuil An n'unewnt of King AlcxaiMlcr. Oregon ;lvrs Ovcr fl.(MM.0O0 POHTUND, June Totals com piled at noon today showed -Oregon has raised well over a million in lied Cross funds. Portland alone sub scribed $406,000 and the rest of the state $602,000. Twenty sight coun ties gave more than asked. Several counties have not reported. Although the campaign formally ended last night, the money is still coming. Nation Begins New Drive. WASHINGTON. June 2. With tha hundred million dollar goal passed, jthe country has started a great over subscription to the Red Cross "war lund. At noon reports showed a total of a hundred and one million. BRIKSH WIN AIR BA TTLE Ten German Planes, Starting on Raid, Successfully Fought by Three British Machines Over Roules; One Enemy Craft Brought Down in Flames; Two Others Maybe Destroyed; Fight Lasts 16 Minutes; English Craft Unharmed British navi plTnee82foughthten J S M fl fl T H RRA FTP R Germans over Roulers. down-J U I II Ullnl I Lit injj one in flames and probably destroying two others, the ad miralty statement said. The British machines were patrol ing the air, and the Germans were apparently starting on a raid. The fight lasted 15 min utes. Thick clouds prevented the verification of the enemy loss, except the one plane known set afire. All the Brit ish machines were unhurt. TAKES TOLL OF LIQUOR LOVERS FROM BRIDGE FALLS 50 FEET LANDS ON SAND IS ONLY SLIGHfLY INJURED BAR FIREMAN ATHKNS, June . King Alexan der has formally announced that he ban entrusted ex-Premier Veniselos with the tnk of forming a new cab inet. Venizelos Is expected tu unite all factions Venizelos, w'ho b-ft Athens ami fmuided a provisional government at Kalnniki. is expected to reach A'theuF shortly. RATK H1AJUX-S ARK TO BFX.IV OX .fri.Y NIX Til &AI.KM. June S. The public arr vlcr iinmir4.ofi announced the he-M-Ingv (n Um aimllcaulon of the rail. roads for the 15 per cvnt iixvease hi Intra -tat fncht rates wHild b-ifjd In iortlaHt .K'l 9. Tim hcarlnjr will bo held later In Basier. F'idleion, I Tend 'I lie uIIcm and Am or la. PARia Jone 26. Suddenly assum ing the offensive over a wide front northwest of HurteMse, the French last night captured the front line trenches and completely attained all objectives, the war office announced t British .rtp on Imm Tightens. I SIMMS PRITIH HRAOQl'ARTERS j June 2. Slowly but surely the Brlt i ish grip on Lens. France'r coal metro- polls has tightened. British patrols pushed forward toward Mort Court. outh of Ijktm. forcing back the Prussians. After Sunday's capture of Fob be Ravine and three German trenches west of hill 6. the patrols today found an abandoned hill a well as a number of trenches in that nei ghborhood. British outposts are pushing further forward. Near Res ervof) Hill, almost in the suburb of Lens itself, the British are advancing eastward, driving the enemy ahead. North of Lens where yesterday and Saturday the British raided German lines almost incessant ly the enemy army is ex t raord ina rily nervous. A p parently the Germans expected a lirit ifh attack in force at any moiute. Imminent ixa-al Business Men said to Iae 1-aJlen for 8tranvr lt lnnniMs to leller 10 Quarts of Whiske), Bay in Advaiare. G0CCH1 CONFESSED SLAYING TO PRIEST RECEIVED$225,000 HEART BALM Gus Blythe, Riding on Running Board of Engine Loses Foot ing Just as Bridge Near Campbell is Reached. only the fact that there Is a aand t'.tr tieneat h the bridge across t he l'matiila river a mile east of Camp bell station saved the life this morn ing of 1-1 reman Gus Blythe who fell jr. ,m the running board of the engine l ex i nt freight train as It was crowing the bridge and dropped 40 or io feet tu the river bed below. His tiij'trien at first thought serious, will probably not Incapacitate him long un. lvs it develops that he wus hurt more internally than the firat exam ination revealed. Klthc, whose home la at Rteth. was riding on ttie running board of j imp viiKiut ho mi i a:aT) inia muriiiiiH and lort his footing just aa the bridge wan reached. He fell to the river be low and struck on a wind bar. One of tne ornpany M gaardsmen who was guarding the bridge saw him fall and w ailed the river to reach him. The train crew did not mine him for some time. ( The fall rendered the man uncon scious for an hour. He was placed aboard No. by the guardsmen and brought to Pendleton to 8t, Anthony's hoHpttnl. Drs. Boyden examined him and found that his left ankle had been sprained, tha right side of his abdominal wall jnmnied, his nose and rhtn cut and there were small sea hi w o inula. No bones were broken. Iithe Is a non-ln-law of Mis. I. C f-iTfl of Kiel h. having leen Mttrritd tnit a nbort tone wince to M in !, ' Crawford. rTuu rl nf NEW SINKING BRINGS ARGENTINE NEAR WAR Snlmwiriiiina; of steamer Turn li lie lint txn-fullj and r"ull lnvr-4l-tati'M hy ArKititinc MinUu-r at . Mailrid. 1IL EN08 Ailliy. Juge 21! The nuninarinuis; or tne Argentine .learn er Tnm it 1 nrflrlallv admitted tin lrotmht Arsentlne very clone to a severance nf relatlnna with (lernmn. Six oiriclala leiared the Torn 'Inking wns.nf anrh character to make necemary a firm aland hy the Argentine Kovernment. There la no cloud on the utrlctly lesltlniHle char, acter of the Toro's Arireiitlne real" tr. n han been on one or two re cent sinkings. The veieel. Iw-ointl from fltlenu Aires to Italy whs sunk off Gibral tar. The Argentine tnlninter at Mad. rid requested full offlcUl details of the atlsck and treatment of the Ar renline 'rew aboard the Toro and af flilavits from survivors. I SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IS RECORDED Seismograph at St. Ignatius College Shows Temblor j Was 5000 Miles Away. j I'l.KVKUNn. June 2 An ex tremely severe earthquake shock at a distance of between 4000 and Mtift miles was recorded hy the sclsmo vraph at St Ignatius cotleue. Knth:i- Iji !iltn!ach s:iid th- iiu.-tke mluht be In fhlie J a 1 n t ;: .. I 1 ! ' I i I $ I 1 ' . . ! S .! -.. .. v i I NK VV Y l:K. Jiim Crug-r in ard.T m si Itiirn with th- smr.mi j r'r.tnd jury of Fath'-r an Italian priest, who A stranger walked up to a promi nent business man a week or more ago. a man who has the reputation of one w ho likes his nip of liquor, and whispered In his ear that he could deliver him ten quarts of whiskey for $41. The business man with a glad light in his eye, promptly accepted the bargain. The stranger tolj him that he was taking a good many risks and ought to be protected,. -1 could deliver you tha boose and you could refuse to pay me for it. and I wouldn't be in a position to squeal." he said. The axgrumant sounded good and tha bust, neaa man wrote him out a check for thev $4X- However, tha check was da tad one day ahead of tha time ot delivery, as a protection. The day of delivery c&m but brought no ten quarts. Thereupon the business man telephoned to the bank and stopped payment on th check. The check came in the next day from another business house. The stranger had promptly cashed it there soon after he had received it. the second merchant looking only .it the signature and not at the date. He had cashed it In good faith and ! the man who wrote the check hsd t ; stand the loss. j The above is the sulstance of a f tale that is i reing told aiout the city about a shrewd grafter who played ; upon the appetite of eertain litior j lovers. t is said he carried away a : substantial sum of mney through hi4 : clever game. WAR USED AS A PRETEXT TO BILKPUBLIC American Coal Operators- De clared.to be Gouging Large Sums of Money Daily Under Cover of War Conditions C. M. MODERWELL TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, June Ameri can cal operators are bilking con. m timers of great sums of money dally under the cover of war conditions, i the statement of C. M. Doderwell. of Chicago, a member of the coal com mittee of the council of national de fense and until recently associated with the V'nited coal company of Illinois, before the senate finance committee. He declared in Illinois the cost of producing c.al has increased an av. erage of fifty cents a. ton. Operators have increased prices from two to eight dollars.. He said the mines were producing only sixty per cent of their capacity. . Co m ha t tl n g coa I p ri tea the f o rest service announced campaign to In duce every -one to use wood wherever possible, especially In tha weet. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR State Board Mandamused t Issue Bonds Under Bean Barrett Law as Required. The liuth ry took a new ) iiihiK !"-fore the HI TTK MINI-Its To TKK r..r Morattu j sTICIKK VOTK TO-MOKKOW admitted to the ; authorities that Alfredo I'lw-rbi con- Itl'TTK. .Ittiiei 2. Mar-tilnbo.. ilcsetl Just before ocapir.: to Italy. , IsdlcmiakerM. hlakmJth arm hip ! IMsltict Attorney Swanii announced cr In al! miitCM wore mllest out at be expt-'l-d to have definite evidence niKtn. Tlx tfurinccr dcHttcd tit take ; showing the ioh,-- made a determined ! a strike lo tomorrow nicht. If the effort lo 1.1 c'occhi, and side-track . rwtners as nut tho nin win 4.w the invcMtiuation. 1 lmmlfiatcl. SAI.KM. June s. Tter entire rumt to match tlir ferierml a.it'irur'fiallou fmler the Srtacklerortl act mill h rab-cl In Orcj-on by bonds nntler the l-an-IUtmtt bowline Nil. acrordlnz to tltf oinlon of the Miirenie conrt. 1 1 dH-Kion wwm riMtred tn a rrsmd ly suit of the Male hictiwsv romniv. hn siirainst toe hosiril of control. 'rhe ourt niaiKfaniued itw cixiirtd hoarfl to bonds In -.ucli amount a are rcu,Hirrl. 1 I BATTLE OF SAN JUAN TO BE REPRODUCED JULY FOURTH S Fireworks Display Will be Best 1 or more fireworks numbers as f-l r c r.. r ' h: Contractor Arrives Today, i Fireworks uih as have never Iweu i seen in eastern Oregon wilt mark the! celebration of the Fourth of July mi 4. rU HOH0RA MAY U.r. W I r The above photograph how M i llonont May o'ltrien. a pretty nieiv, ra pber. of Uitlgewood. I I., and It M.i n til tig a wealt h N' Y banker whom he sued for br.t. h of i pri'mise. claiming $ 1 OiHi iota ium. aei. she re etved iJJS.Odii. J ( Min tt'Hrien 1m still in her tk v h'ie r. Manntng ? over r tweuti. w 1 eighty. J l-Viulleton next week, lu addition to ; . realist i r.-irtduction tf the liattie ,tii hi bo inlis. electric geser. burst. ! ina sliflN and a a: rand llluminat ion. I ii. J. .'rest-cot t of Portland. to v. In m a gi-n the contract for the tire works, .rrived this morning aiui j toutpb-ied arransement with the j general committee. The fireworks j "' will be held at Kound-l p Park bc KinnitiK at S o cKk k. All of tbe Met pieces aiui bomlts will be made rieht here in I - itilletoti. The 1 battle of San Juan w ill ! trulx Mpm-t acuta r Mr. l'res-Mtt is shipping his equipment here for buildiiiK a hill t SO feet long. On this hill will be built a Spanish blockhouse and tb.- battle will how no Idler rbarKinit up the hill in the fare of the fire from the Mockhoue It will end with the tearing down of the Spanish fl i and the raising of old I' ll. 14. I if. 1 in. It-, tn. Ir Foib-airg the battle ther.- be tirand illumination of grounds. Flight of fireworks balloons. Ascent of three 13 in. night bombhe!!, red. w hite an I blue. Tevice; motto "Wekum . I'nion buttery. Adcent of four shells. Kire picture of I'ncle Sam. Plight of atrial ireysera. nine and gdd hatte-ry. ix 12 in night b.-inih sort.-d. I device. liierty Hell. Three 1 in weepim; w til shells. F-gin biittery. Motto. July 4. KT-. Aerial lUmquet. Klectric spreader battery Kire picture ot fr Wilsun. r iignt or four repewting assorted b.inbs. Fire picture of old i Iran, 1 batterv. luaplay of J ten forming an neri.i 'od night. addition to thee ilurr. mill b- ie-e- fbiu,,f iit mg bron h nf .-. it w ,r The above nev of the supreme ourt's d'-eivj,,!! waa reeeived with rratiftcatiott today by V. I. Thinip Mn. eastern Oregon nirmlfr of th rMtM'iuiinn. The decuibm means the commiN.-'ion is unhld in it stand by the supreme court auid Mr. Thomp son. "'Al.., that the commission will have approximate a quarter of a, million dollar? more money eaeh r- This ts from the quarter mill I tax. A matters now ninnd the con- mtteion will have ue of the turn mil dollar bond mony in accordance h the law. of the auto ii--n , money, about Iroa.aeit ;ir 1 h.- j quarter mill tax. n-tttnr I.'-", j year and of additional IxmiN to b 1 sold under the Hean- Harrett law t j meet the requirement of the Shark 1 - ford Uw. The dectriion w lit be of trt help in carr lng out hiah w a work Mr Th"riit!Min reeeived word to da that the authoritie at Washing ton have approved the Oregon tom "liwn'i fttrvptt rjd bndt. civr ing TiM'"-l work for the n-xi t tir--varn. In thi b'jU- $,a.iooi pro id.l f..r th roa'l betw-sn fVmln 'on ; iil l-n ;rct. :nd l. ii.niHi for tb-r.-M.t f. in 1'jl. t C . -k T.i 1'riiirii- f TRIED TO SINK SHIP IN ORDER TO BLOCK CANAL 1 ;lor. inch sh-li. boi.iit R wTt V. T-x . Jmimp Z ILaJph MoWie-r, rmtaln of Um w hleb-k 4.iwr Ftv-rfM-srt Kul4iiir. Ihb twen arreM-d. inred with (itHiraM-v t -Jnk htw -ship In th iMsin -slop wU in fMPiItT ai hioti. iraITW it Nmane knfown tht mtwrmmm. 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