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fca.'fca. fci fc.fc.fca . .fea-fei fei fe fc te DAILY EVENINjEDrTION V" 1 Tonight and fair. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVHHTI8EK8 Tht Rut Ori'ionlan ha the larsaM hon. Maximum. . . 4f: Ftoliv fid and guaranteed paid circulation of an? ST fall. 0; wind. w-. partly cloudy, thr Weather. V ir id urt-Kim, run or romana ana oj it the Urinwt tlnuUtloo Id l-cndlstoo of of newspaper. COUNTY OFF Yt7APBB CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 NO. 9182 DAILY EAST O REG ONI AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917. PRESIDENT WIPES OUT OLD SHIPPING BOARD AND NAMES NEW MEN RECENT PHOTO OF FRENCH ACTRESS Sweeping Steps Taken to End Delay in BuildingGreat Merchant Fleet; Goethal's and White's Resignations Acceptedf Deriman Asked to Resign; Hurley, Ad miral Capps and Bainbridge Colby Ap pointed as Successors. WASHINGTON. .Inly 24. 'Sw-rpiDir step wnre ta.k-n by tho It-wltfcut to end the delay In the IhiIIiIIuit or the great merchant fleet, rlie roslKnatlotis of tiener al CioetlialH. manager of the em erscency fleet corporation and t'aptaili White, nienilier of the lilplns board, ween accepted. Chairman IM-uman wan asked to nwlfrn. ltemnan Immediately cm hlH reicnatlou. The ITeRl . dent Uien announced the appoint ' mcnt of Kdwin K. Hurley of t'lil-aro a chairman of the ship, luic board, and Admiral ap. naval constructor, iccneral man ager of the emergency fleet cor poration. lUOnbrldse Colby of New York wax named Whiten miccewor. "We will -Htart with a tlean heet"' the ITrsldent wrote CSar. thala. In accepting his resigna tion. It la evident from the Presl- . dent'a promptness Utat the houae . cleaning have been considered for Heveral day. "I found both you and Qoethals ready to serve the public at personal anerlflra." tho President write Den man. "RealiUng that tho only man ner In which the way may be com pletely cleared for harmonious, ef fective action i to carry the shipbuild ing plana forward from this point throuKh new aKencirs, tloethals has put hia resignation In my handa. I adopted it in the anma apirit it waa tendered, not an deciding between two men I respect and admire, but to make Inctdlous decisions unnecessary and let the work be developed with out further discussion." mores Iteninan of Confidence. "I am taking the liberty of writing to tell you this In confidence that you will be Kind to take the name disinter ested self-forgetting course Ooothal has taken. When you have done as he has done. I am sure you may count with the utmost confidence upon the ultimate verdict of the people of the country with regard to your magnl mous. unselfish view of public duty and iiDon winning in retrospect the same admiration and confidence have learned to feel for you." Writing Ooethals, the President said. "With deep appreciation of your generous attitude and with genuine admiration for what you have been able to accomplish, I accept your lenlgnatlon and feel that in doing so I am acting upon your own best Judgment as well aa mv own. KxmctA Just Judgment. "I hope you will feel the people of this country for whom you rendered so great services, will Judge you Just lv and generously in this. Thnt all personal misunderstandings and mis judgments that rhuy have been cre ated will pass in a short time entire ly away." Hurley until recently was chairman of the federal trade commission but resigned to take charge of business interests in Illinois. Bainbridge Colby, progressive. Is a Prominent businessman in New York. He was very active on behalf of Wil son's candidacy last election. Admiral Capps is a well known na val constructor, chief of the bureau of construction in the navy for many years. U. S. MUST HELP RUSSIA AT ONCE SAYS OFFICIAL NBW TORK, July 34. "The allied countries, especially the Cnited Statn. who are fighting with Russia for a common cause, must help Rus sia and help immediately. A moment now lout cannot perhaps be made up in ye.." A. J. Back, director of the official Russian Information bureau, wh is thoroughly aware of Russia's present situation, voiced thin appeal to the world democracies in a special state ment written for the United Pres. TROOP 0 FOR MOBILIZATION. RANKS ABOUT FULL Member of Troop D are gathering In Pendleton for the mobilization to morrow. Fully "5 of the member of the local cavalry troop are already in the city and It Is expected that nearly all of those enlisted will be on hand by noon tomorrow when their real service aa troopers be Kins. Under Instructions from Adjutant General White, who Is acting; under orders from Washington, all units of the Oregon National Ouard will be mobilized tomorrow. Captain Cnld. well has been called to Portland t meet with other company command ers In arranging the final details of mobilization. Lieutenants Cooke and .Spell will have charge of the troop during; his absence. Troop I will assemble In Pendle ton, and, it Is anticipated, will be held here for a short time before en training; for Clackamas where all units of the guard except the coast artillery, will mobilize. The ultimate training; camp will be at Palo Alto. California, but the guardsmen will not go there until they have been equipped and outfitted at Clackamas. After tomorrow the troopers will be In regular training and the offt. cers will put them through strenuous drill periods every They will not receive their uniforms and camp equipment until they get to Camp Withycombe at Clackamas and will not he provided with horses until they reach the California camp. The troop Is now within a few men i of full war strength and expects to leave for Clackamas with ranks fill ed. Several of the members have not yet reported for physical examination. DOCTOR ALLOWS HOPELESSLY DEFORMED BABY TO DIE SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH CHICAGO, July 24. Society was relieved of Haby Meter this afternoon. Ur. Harry Haiselden's verdict that death was due to the in fant's hopeless Imperfections was allowed to stand. No doctor in tervened. Anticipating an investiga tion from the coroner's office lr. Hiselden, who remained with the child until death, declared if it was humane to ta take the life of a crippled horse it was also humane to let the baby die. The child was born hopelessly deformed, with Ita. neck missing, the top of its skull lacking and other deformities'. When the child was born, the attending physician directed that Dr. Halselden be called. He said he woul abide by Haiselden's de cision. Halselden examined the child and his decision was for death. Halselden allowed the Bollinger baby to ie. The child's upper skull cap was missing. Its dtmunitlve brain was covered only by a thin, transparent membrane. The eyes bulged from the sockets. Both ears were misshapen, the arms were witho'ut muscles or tendons, and incapable of functioning. "The baby could be saved," Halselden said- ; ' This could be achieved by cutting a patch of skin from the bck and grafting it over the exposed brain. But t twon't do this. No surgeon is justified in prolonging an abso lutely worthless life.' GILLIAM CROP IS ESTIMATED AT 7 BUSHELS TO ACRE Umatilla county crops are fa vorable as compared with most other sections of eastern Ore won according to expert and disinterested advi received here today. In Gilliam county one of the heat authorities there asserts the average yield this year will not be over seven bushels of wheat per acre. Mor- row county Is better off, par- tlcularly in the lone section but the crop of the county as a whole is disappointing. In Wasco county the wheat yield is estimated at half a mil- lion bushels whereas the yield last year was a million bushels. In Sherman county the yield is estimated at one half the pro- ductlon last year. In Union county the yields will not be up to standard and there Is a great diversity In conditions, sometimes on ad- j Joining ranches. NINE HARVESTERS SENT IN ONE DAY FROM LOCAL PLANT 100 SUBMITS BIG WAR BUDGET WASHINGTON, July 24. Secre tary of the Treasury McAdojo sub. mltted to congress a new five billion dollar war budget five minutes before Chairman Simmons of the senate fi nance committee was scheduled to Introduce the billion, six hundred and seventy-two million dollars w-ar reve nue bill. It Is expected the bill will be in definitely delayed. The treasury de partment states the money asked cov ers the new war department esti mates. America's war will approach twen ty billion dollars the first year. Sen ator Smoot, a membwr of the finance committee told the senate. To date. pproximately ten Billion has been appropriated. With the treasury department's war budget appropriated, the total appropriations of this congress have Increased to fourteen billion nine hundred and twenty -two million dol lars, smoot declared. KAII.ItOXnK MI'ST STOP IOWKHING IrONU HAl'li K ATKK VASllITOX. July S4. The Interstate commerce commb-Nlon has ordered railroad to cease charging proportionately lower freight rates from Pftftrrn elt les lo t he laclf Ic ina-st than from enMtem HtJen to the j nuu-eomiiit'iH pomu. WORK IS STARTED ON $15,000 RIETH SCHOOL Work has been commencedon the JlB.OO'L building which is to house the schools of Rteth. The ground has been broken and actual construc tion work win start at once, rne ui- rectors oi ne a i si net are putting up Nine harvesters from the Blewett Harvester company, in this city are being shipped to patrTons today and by evening there will be only a few machines left out of a total of St manufactured by the company during the past year. ' Of thoso not jt ship ped six machines are held up by a de lay in the arrival of motors. The Blewett company is now em ploying 60 men in its crew and at one time this season had 110 men at work. As soon as the output for the eeanon is fully assembled the force will be reduced to 20 or 25 men. Within a short time the company will commence the manufacture of fanning mills it turns out during the slow season. Last year six of these mills were manufactured and found a ready sale because of strong superior ity of the product over other makes. This year It is the intention to man ufacture 25 mills. After the harvester output for thi season had been sold, the company turned down 19 additional orders, ac corlng to A R- Blewett, president and manager. 18)... -- - t ' 1 ZS $1 iff?' J' -r II jr. rV t :;. ; 1 . ; Y H a . .i 1 : T-nrTiiirTiiaamTir-,,,',r -imrf..--i i: GERMAN PLOT 10 OVERTHROW SLAV GOVT. IS FULLY PROVFN Huge Sums of Money Expend ed in Effort to Incite Count er Revolution; Operations Continued for Months MUTINOUS SOLDIERS ARE . TO BE SHOT ON SIGHT Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, who (or j wai to be iciven a medal by the Amer munths has been recovering in New I lean Fund for French Wounded, a York City from a serious operation ' medal like those presented to General pi ned for this picture in her NewfJoffre, President Poincare and form York home. It was Just before she I er Premier Viviani. DUNGAN DAMAGE SUIT BEING TRIED TODAY FAILURE TO GIVE WARNING CAUSES DEATH OF LABORER George Kokorus of Umatilla Caught Between Drawheads gets to Warn Men. PET HOG RAD. July , 24. "We're eetkint? to defend the state a gainst anarchy and save the army," declared Premier Kerens ky in an Interview pub lished here today. The social ist leader defended the principle of concentration of power "Xobotly oughtto take advan tage of the present situation in an effort to restore conditions Uk that before the revolution. "The provisional government will do its duty by enlarging and strengthen ins; the sains achieved by the revolution and stopping the criminal activity of mad traitors. We must check the retreat, stop the econom ic disorder and restore our finan ces. The people must forget their personal interests and put the state over alt "The front situation is serious and demands heroic measures. "I am convinced the organi sation of the-state is now suffi ciently vigorous for a pure and impartial adm in iat ration." down across the rail but the car stop ped before the wheels reached him. Korkorous was working on a bulk head and was between two cars. The switch engine was backing- in to take Of TWO CarS; Foreman F0r-!the switch, failed to warn the men wofkios on me cars. rwmrouu Qke meaSure8 to stop tne rout of the reRtifipri that this was n.irt nf his du- . .. The L'0,000 damage suit brought by J. K. Dungan anainst the O-W. R. & a modern, up-to-date building with an N- t o. for personal injuries allesred to eye toward permanency. The build- I have been sustainea ny nun as a re liiK is to be of concrete and will be I suit of the necliBence and careless equipped with the latest furnishings. J "" of h" company is on trial today The contract was let recently to A. J. I in the circuit court. The Jury was se Olbson of this city. The building lected und the case stated this morn used last year as a school was burned ! 'nif and the taking- of testimony was to the ground during the latter part! begun this afternoon, of the term. The new building; will DunRan. who was a brakeman in provide room for the needs of the the employ of the company, allegvs district for some years to come. , that he was injured in a fall between two freight cars at North rowaer caused by one end of a handiron on top of the car giving way. His in juries kept him confined to the hos pital for a long time, he alleges. He Is represented by Frederick Steiwer while f. K. Cochran and ". H. Carter represent the defendant. The Jury selected is composed of E. U Mol'room. If. J. Taylor. Oeorffe D. Feebler. Charles Mct'ee. A. T. Par kins. J. B. Kennedy. E. I.. I-ongmeler. F. E. Welch. C. E. riritman. Virgil F. Moore. Jim l-illK and Fred Marsh. SEPT.-BIDS AT $233 TODAY CHICAGO, July. 2 4. (Special to the East Oregonian ) Hange of wheat today: Open. High. Low. Close. July 2.S7 $2,59 12. S4 2.54 Sept. $3.3m 2.33 $2.25 $2.2!i Portland. POKTI-ANl. Ore.. July 24. (Spe clal Club 12.15; hhiestem $2 20. SEVEN OIL TANKERS ARE REQUISITIONED BY NAVY W A SHIN iiTt N . July 24 . The nuvv dDartsnrnt reuuiMtloned seven oil tankcru and ordered them to re- i wniriMlrd thl niomtiut In a small bat. Georse Kokoroua, a Greek car re pairer for the O.-W. R. A N". at Uma tilla, was fatally injured about 5 o' clock last evening when he wus caught between the drawheads of two cars. He died while being brought to Pendleton last evening. A coroner's Jury which last even ing and this morning investigated the fatal accident, held in its verdict that his death was caused by the negli go nee of Mr. Thomas Ford due to not warning said George Kokorous before removing a derail." Ford was in charge of the repair track at Uma tilla and. according- to the evidence at the inquest, failed to warn the re pair men when he opened the switch and let a switch engine aback into the cars on which the men were working. Clyde T. Smith, .another repair man. had a narrow escape from in jury or death at the same time tnat his fellow laborer was hurt. He was underneath one of the cars working upon it when the switch engine back. ed into the cars. He was knocked SHEPHERD, PETROGRAD. July 24. Representatives ,of all Russia lata last night unanimously approved the delegation of supreme authority to the provisional government. Con. firamtion of all measures the social ist coalition cabinet has taken to stop mutiny, was given. Russia will shoot as traitors muti neers in the armies and German spies in cities. Clot her with unlimited power the people's cabinet is preparing to in- tles and Ford is said to have admit, ted that he forgot all about the warn ing. Korkorous was pinched between the couplings of the car and injured internally. He was brought at once to this city but died before arriving. The body will be shipped to Portland. The coroner's jury was composed of J. K. Thonvpson, E. F. G rat tan. K W. Vogt. J. ML Heathman. S. T. Moore and J. E. Ireland". ENGLAND DESIRES NEW WAR CREDIT IXVDOST. July -4. A vote of cred it for six hundred and fifty million pounds was introduced in tbe house of comniona by Chancellor of tin' Kxcheqnrr Iaw. With today's bud. grc KnjriamTs total expenditures since the hcsrtnnlne of war totals twenty-five billion, seven hundred and nineteen million, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. SPOKANE COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL COME TO ROUND-UP IN A SPECIAL PULLMAN TRAIN ONK Kll l-KO. TWO vm XPKI. iv hatti.f. of stkikfhs niniio. a niirry mrlker. w fttantly fci..M nd Frank Kndertln and an unidentified man scrimisljr port at Atlantic and Iaciflo ports to meet the navy'a urgent fuel oil nerds. FOHKST FIKFS TAKF TOWN: I. V. W. CAMP IS XKA1C H OQ C I A M . July 21 . A lobs, a sawmill town wont of here. Is heliev tl dMmed to a forest fire which Is raging rurininly. t. V. W. jungle cani are UM-ated near the fire. tt n-hli4i started when hlernti oiwned fire on a grp strike1!- gnUiered about Uie Pmtt l.owe pr. servlna Cnnumny's lant. SantA Clara nIlce and firemen dtHrMed the drikerst. Kntlrrlln derlarew the rtr k'X ap proaived him threatenlnirly and he milled hln gnu In j1f dfene. ne mid. The strikers and Kndorlln cx cHanxM eer shots. The. Spokane Commercial Club is coming to th Round-Cp fn Pendleton September 20, 21 and 22. in a special Pullman train. Word to this effect was received this morning by Secre tary C. H. Marsh from Wm. McMur ray. general passenger agent of the O-W. R. A N. in Portland who has bten working for some time on this special train. At present the Indications are that there will te about 75 of the most prominent business men of Spokane makimr up the special train but with two months yet to work in It may be possible to net two trains out of k:me for this occasion. The train is primarily a Round-Cp train but the business men on their return trip will convert it into a trade excursion visiting the merchants along the line at Starbuck, Pomeroy. Day ton. Wattsburg and Walla Walla. While the Round-Cp officials have no definite Information to give out at the present time yet the indications are favorable for another special train from the Seattle and Tacoma Commer cial clubs this year. In fact it now looks like there would be more spe cial Pullman trains to the Hound-l'p this year than ever before, the only limitation being the ability of the rail- po- roads to furn ish the e-iuipnivnt and 'tilririki cur service. southeast army and clean out the nests of German pro voca tors throughout the nation. Premier Ke re risky, arriving at th front today, is expected to order the loyal troops to shoot mutineers. Kxlstenee of Plot Proved. The existence of a huge German plot to overthrow the new democracy by a counter revolution has been de finitely proved. Wholesale arrests were made here. The rigorous policy of repression of traitors and German sympathisers is the people's own plan. The all Russi an workmen's, soldiers' and peasants' ctngress formally approve it. A pro clamation declaring that all disobey ing the provisional government's bat tle orders were regarded us t ra itors and cowards and would be fhown no mercy was issued. Hope ft New Minu-le. Ptrograd Is hoping Kerensy will again perform a miracle at the front. With Tarnopol gone, the Teutonic ar mies ar? pushing forward on a front of 40 miles. The whole great KuMsian line as far north as Pinsk is menaced The turning of the Russian flank may be attempted. The German counter revolution plot must have been forming for months. Millions were spent in hatch ing the scheme. Among the several hundred anarchist and revolution aries of (cant mans wtth no incurii s-ized today the authorities f'mnd large sums of money. N'.mc had le than $150 and many carried several thousand. KKKF WICTIO KK KICFT. SALKM, July ll. The co mic tion of Jowph it. Keep In Mm It now tnnh county for alleged obtaining of money under fale iretenr wa reversed In the opinion of the snpretn- court handed down tnlnv. The vmr was remanded for further prnwding. The court declared tle tUimm. wm wholly tmairru-ient to Ju-UTy hi com let km. Tle aINged crime wa eonimltte-l li enne--um with Kef'i rlivllriiro In prnrt liiir lartre lrrigatln prJr-t In W a- county.