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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 29
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917.
NO. 9206
GREATEST UNITED DRIVE YET
DIRECTED AGAINST GERMANY
IS SET IN FULL SWING TODAY
PAY INCREASE
ENGLAND ME
L
West Front From Belgian Coast to BRITISH LABORITES
Switzerland Une Uigantic battle With
French, British, Belgian and Portuegese
Troops Attacking; Roumanians Also
Fight Stubbornly.
INIXN, Auk. 21. Ilalg reported
thai Hrlt.sh fire rHiiulHHd the third
and moat powerful of the Germnn
counter-attacks to reuain the ground
outheaHt of Epehy. The atisauli was
made after violent artillery prep;ira
tlon. Iiehlnd a vaat ahcet of rlnmi'
Tht fiKhtlnjc wa of the most violent
character. England. FYance. Italy
and Helfium today Jollied in the
jrreuteHt united offensive yet directed
nirainflt ;ermany. Kvery move Is
trrUeielcally timed and corilinated.
On the "est front from the Hclirian
ooaHt to Swilwr ani Ih one glgantlc
battle with rTenrh, Hritlsh. Helitlan"
and l'ortuuee troopH attucklnK.
Rusaia alone of the crral iillled pow
ers Is not participating Kven Itou-man-a
through her reoruanlred. re
viled army is ninkinir a stubborn op
position 10 the great Teutonic attempt
at encroachment on the frairment of
Koumanla left In he allien handB.
(BY 11K.NRV WOOD.)
WITH FRENCH AKMY. Aug 21.
The world greatest battle in being
fought today.
From the neacoast to tm' Swiss
frontier, over 435 Itl'lea. the allied
forced are fighting practically a con
tinuous offensive. The French ax
Hault at Verdun completed the chain
of battle, welded Into one gigantic
action unprecedented in extent and
power. The combined French and
(lertran artillery form probably the
greatest concentration of
PREDICTS PORK CHOPS
WILL SOON RETAIL AT
FIFTY CENTS A POUND
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. Pork
chops will hooii be GOc u pound
retail and ham and bacon will
be avert higher. Meat is gradu-
ully going up. Huover's fear of
a world meat famine is not
ty enstimated- These ?onclu-
s:ons witc drawn for the Unit-
d Pickm by Hubert Miller.
prenident of the Chicago Retail
(irocers Association.
WILL TAKE PART IN
STOCKHOLM MEETING
UiXDOX, Aug. 2I.--Hy a vote of
1,234.000 to l,231.oo the fabor party
decided to participate in the .stock
holm peace conference.
The vote was made by card. Th
scant majority of only 3000 was a sur
prise. The labor party will ask the
government for passportn for its representatives.
WILL PREVENT
SHIP SHE
Government Recognizes That
Cost of Living Warrants
Higher Wages; Final Decis
ion Left With Commission
IFIFTY-THREE CERTIFIED
! OP FIRST fid CAI.IF.n
IN UMATILLA COUNT Y GIVE CAREFUL
i Local Exemption Board Com
pletes Passing Upon All
Claims Presented by Those
on First Draft.
I. A rXl,I.FTTK DKC I. A R KS
I'EOPIyK WONT STAND
mil IlKillKlt TAXATION
SEPTEMBER WHEAT
$2.10 AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO. Autc- 21. --(Special to
the Ka-st OreKonmn i -ItanKes of pri
ces ttidity:
Open. IliKh. Iw. Close.
S4pt. $.7 $LM0 .07 $J.10
I orUn nd.
POKTLAM. Auk. 21. -(.Special)
Club KM5; bliiestein 2.'(i.
by the government. In the first clash
with orpanlztd labor the United
States will reeoKnize that the increased
cost of Uvintr warrants higher wages.
f- inal decision was left with a com
miKRion of three members, appointed
by the President, ' iompcrs and the
shipping board.
Demand? Will be Granted.
officials of the government and
union controlling the boilermakers,
WAsm yctov Mat "i Th. ow- i'Tiuers. Bnipsmiinn, moiuers ana prac-
nle of th.' I'nitod sM:itPH will n.,t tni- 1 1 ical!" v'ry employe on steel ship
erate funher tax'aiion of life's neces- j""". indicated there is no doubt but
sitien. Semtior I .a Follette told the!1" nmamis or tne men win ne
ennte in a speech flav inu the bov- I granted. The new scale of advance
eminent' war finance policv. He dn- i iR fi"' cents ay in Bomo Tnp
clared if an attempt was made thet,;ii," Wil of theR nien ttil 6
niaRK nf ne.mle will lose eonfiflenfe in Ian,J upwards.
the war. He urged immediate con
scription of big inconiM and nr pro-
No. on First CflU 6
No. Certifi'd S3
No. Knitted 10
No. Hejecfc-d Physically M
No. Kempted 6
No. Transfers Not KcikmUnI. . . 3
When, the local exemption board
yeHtertfay afternoon completed pass
ing upon all claims presented by those
on the first call, 03 of the S6 had been
certified to the district board. Only
six of the entire number were granted
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. A nation (exemption and. as four of these were
wide strike in the steel shipyards j aliens, the board only granted two
working on government contracts will claims made on grounds of depend-
te prevented by wage increases paid ncy.
NEW SCALE GIVES ADVANCE
OF 50C DAILY IN SOME CASES
fits, to make wealth share the cost.
He predicted the war expenditures at
the present rate will reach thirty to
forty billion dollars next year alone.
.i:kmny win, awoinck
!KISlOX ON ALSACIAN
AlrONOMY THIS AITKHNOON
y.I'lEK'li. Aug. 21. (iTmnn Chan-
weapon , .,.ior Mi.-liarli. u MI anmuuire ier-
for a single attack the whole war ha anyH de-iMon lo grant autonomy to
seen. Immi l-orraitie at this afti'rnoon's
HundrodM ff ie'rtiuinM i'Mrt. I mmnitm of the m!n 'tiehHtag cxm-
Oernian prisoners r"jorted that
hundre.ls deserted the Certmtn irno
daily btau.se of the prea-sure of al
lletl artillery. Picked ;erman troops
were flung violently an.l va nlv
aKainst the four points of the Frem h
front last nipht. Alt r'reneh ground
wan held
A perff-ct, ctonli(inte'l st r:teny uti
derlies the Kngllsh and KTenrh at
tacks, all times to convert all the
fighting into one great attack The
battles around Iens, Arras, St Quen
tm and along the Aisne continued
with unatiati'i) in t nsitv.
;(rnumy xn: ;aliiH.
HKUI-IN. Aug. 21 French as
HattltH around ViT'luii failed to make
any impression on the ijerman lines,
the war of ice announced. I,ike the
Knglish assaults, the French at Ver
dun found that despite, the reckless
uhg of men they were unable to
bren U the Serin an f iuttt tng force.
From Avocourt to Oaurieres th
French converted our p sition into i
wide, desolate crnter f "11 before the
attack. When they penetrated, the
enemy hwt heavily
m it tor. uiitinling to a. K"'laJ ayrnr
ilfsjMitch.
VVKIMA MAltI HFIIOCTS
60 KXKMITION CKA1MS
NOHTH YAIKMA. Wash.. Auv. '
out of 150 cla ms for discharge from
the draft on account of dependents,
the Yakima local board has reeefd
60 and allowed 90.
IHXJS HIT UO MARK.
CHICAGO. Aug. si. Hogs sold at
S2o a hitndnxlw4ght.
HW;S 10KO AT KANSAS CITI.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 21. HoBs
reached f!9.Sti.
W'Ihh Agn-mentM Expire.
i An increase "vi" be. granted in in-
dividual yard when the present union
j-KTeements expire. Where no joint
agreement is now in effect, the crtst
will be submitted to a proposed com
mission. The unions are turning atten
tion to th Pacific coast before turn
irg full attention to the Atlantic sea-
eoard. The agreement with San i
Francisco and Portland yards expire Rhnuv'' that hnl fiIed a declara
September 15. The Seattle yards . tlon of intention of becoming a citi
mav iret the, first waee increase, as ' z"n and hafl Riven his nationality at
the shipbuilders there put a new wase
t-cale squarely before the shipping
board.
fourteen of the initial list were re
jected for physical disability and 10
of the number enlisted previously to
being called. No report has yet been
made upon three of the number. These
three, Millard Clyde McLpnnan, Floyd
S. Wray and Robert James Vick,
were transferred to the jurisdiction
of other boards who have not yet re
ported. The board turned down 28 depen
dency claims and one claim for ex-
eir ;nion based upon the holding of a
state office. Of these 119 turned down
ten have appealed to the district
board from the decision of the local
board. The tenth appeal filed was by
Harrison Clifford Kirk of Athena The
local board has no record of how man
of the 53 certified are making claims
to district board on occupaf ional
grounds.
Seven More Certified.
The local board fast evening certi
fied to seven more men. One of them,
Kdward Ledke of Meacham had not
claimed exemption but, inasmuch as
he had registered as a Herman, his
case was investigated. Investigation
Second Iit I (court. I
Physical examination of the second )
Hat of 35, called in case the (Uota of I
'43 is not secured from the 53 certi-
fied men, waa commenced this morn
ing. Nine were examined this morn
ing and of that number two or three
will be re-examined. Those report
ing for examination thu morning
were Fred feo Buchanan of Kcho,
Claude Yelvin P.eale of Freewater,
Raymond W. Ayera of Pendleton.
Willard It. Campbell of Holdman. I
Jamea Edward McCready of Hermis
ton. Ralph Rewr of Walla Walla, R.
F. D.; Harry Mountain of Pendleton,
Edward Albert Fanshier of Pendleton
and Stanley Bevitt Sanderson of
Free water.
A new claim for exemption waa
sprung on the board this morning
when Ralph Reser filed a claim in
which he alleges he is subject to peri
odical sunstroke. Four other claims
for exemption were filed this morn
ing as follows: Art J. Mansfield, de
pendent sister and child; Fred Bu
chanan, married; Claude Beale, mar
ried, and Paul I Kreft. wife and
child.
CONSIDERATION
GUN EXPLODES IN
MAN'S HANDS BUT
HE ESCAPES HARM
that time as a Russian. Another of
the seven is Grover Powles who is now
living in Montana. He did not claim
i rjt in piion on ueitnuency urnunas out
THREE SPYS SHOT
NEAR KAMELA IS
TALE NOW AFLOAT
R. H. Home, local insurance man.
went out after grouse yesterday and
he came near being a victim of his
own hunt When he attempted to bag
one of the ruffed birds, his gun ex
ploded and was literally b!own to
pieces. Home was knocked down by
the force of the explosion but suffer
ed not a scratch.
What caused the explosion will
probably never be known. He was
carrying a 16 gauge, double-barreled
gun. When he fired the explosion
tore both barrels from the stock,
bent and twisted the barrels and
shattered the stock. Had the shell
been loaded with dynamite the explo
slon would have hardly done more
damage. The most remarkable part
of the accident was the fact Mr.
Home escaped without any injury
whatever.
TO POPPS NOTE
Promises to Examine Plan in
Benevolent, Serious Spirit;
First of Belligerents to
Answer Suggestion.
RESPONSE IS HIGHLY
GRATIFYING TO VATICAN
RKITAIN GETS 50 MILLION
MOUK FROM V. S. TKEASI'RY
SIX MEMBERS TROOP D
FAIL TO PASS SECOND
PHYSICAL EXAMINA TION
! Claire Gulliford, Lester Hayes,
Roy Stubblefield,
Swaney and Joseph Rash.
DRAFTED MEN ARE
FORBIDDEN TRUNKS
(SAMl'El, F. STAIlIt.)
CAMP WITH YCOM UK, Clackamas
i Ore., Aug 1 9.- The second physical
'. examination "got" a number of the
Troop D members. The eliminations
by this process has reduced the troor
! to its regulation strength. Anions i
those rejected by the physicians and
wht will have to return home are
' Privates Claire (iuiiiford, lester
; Hayes. Hutchinson. "Scoop" Martin,
j Uoy Stubblefield, Frank Swaney and
; Joseph K. Hash.
j Friday evening Troop I) entertain-
j One of the wildest and wierdest
I tales th it has 3 et grown out of the
j war situation in these parts is now in
' cireuh'.t ion in Pendleton and has been
for a number of days. To sum it up
j in a lew words, the story t-.-lls of the
j divover of a Oernian wireless st.t -j
t i. in near Kamela in charge of three
jOerinans and the summary execution
and burial of the three.
( At lem pts tti trace the story to its
I .source place the responsibility on a
j cert a in Walla Walla resilient who is
sa'd to be in the emplo of the pnv
(irnirent secret service. Just what the
1 basis for it is or whether it has an
p I wishes to thank the peo- i mi mm.
Pie of pend'eton for the kin ines ex- f T1'' stry ivlates h w the govern -tended
toward them during the'r en- ' ni,m- bectiming convinced that there
campnient there. Those who loaned lVus a sr't wireless station aonm-
beddin? which was not returned will
lit is understood he will make an oc
jcupnTiona! claim. The other five
! whose claims were refused are as fol
, lows: Arthur Bayard Keenan of Pen
1 diet on. dependent wife; Cornelius
i-.nrl 1me of Holdman. dependent WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. The
i wife and child: Steve Franklin Hamm I treasury department loaned Britain
I of Pendleton, wife e.nd child: Ora M. fifty million dollars, making the total
Shicley of Athena, wife and two chil-j i ilied loans a billion nine hundred
dren; W. J. McCarriyle of Pendleton, j sixty si xmithon four hundred thou
wife and child. sand.
LONDON', Aug. 21. England, the
first belligerent answering the pope's
peace suggestions, sent the Vatican a
note dec aring h r plan would be to
examine in a benevolent and serious
spirit Cardinal Gasparri, papal sec
retary of state, expressed gratifica
tion at the response.
The cardinal said he hoped all bel
ligerents could admit of an agreement
on the four fundamental principles
which, he declared, were already ap
proved by England. France, Russia.
Germany and Austr a. He declared
President Wilson's peace note last
December implied all that is contain
ed in the Pope's program.
ITALIANS TAKE
10.000 CAPTIVES
SHE'S A MAYOR. BUT DISLIKES THE JOB
j Ttooiik Now Have llin"s.
Tht- troopers are now armed with
. rll'h's and the boys are husily eniruK-
Hutchinson, "Scoop" Martin, ! ZZTi:""1 ;!
Fran! 'd dri 1 hart et h,en executed
1 ui in
Tm
nnrt It at Penland Bros, transfer office
WASHINGTON. Aug. JM . - --Irving
mothers, sweet hearts, and kind
friends must not load down the draft
ed men with clothes or comforts
when they start to camp September
I d the other troops and companies
with some vaudeville at the camp Y.
M C A. Corporal Laync sang his
! two favorite songs, "Take Me !ia k
! to old -Montana." "Oood-bye, Good
I.uck, God Gless Tou, and gave
Fint 'lu.s rivats Mimed.
The follow ng change has been
made in the rank of pr: vines: W. I.
( "Ione!t V. M. Cole, F. E. Barnes
W. it Belts, J. v. Breding. t T
Greenwood, Omar Hutchison. Earl H.
Abbot, Samuel F. Starr, H. F. Stoner.
J. F. Urnnn, Alvin I'enedlct. J. h )1
lins. Harry B. Keller. J. K- Randolph,
and C. D. Whitehead to be fiit class
privates
Private J C. Condon has been
. transferred to another troop and left
1 Clackamas last e-enlng to jo n his
1 regiment.
Private MeCubbins says the life of
j where in these parts, rent out investi-
gators who located the plant on a
I hi'h. lonesome point in the mnin
; t:iins near Kamela. Three Germans
were in charge, so the story goes, and
: clear was the evidence against
' them that they were lined up and
shot, their bodies being buried where
l they fell.
I The story is repeated for what it is
1 worth and will make a good running
j mate for the one abouf the mysteri
1 oiifl : emplanes that have been cirel
. intr over Meacham and Katrteln a,
j night.
MIAMI COPPPH MIXES
Ti PK ON' WKI)M SIY
, a soldier is "the life," but being use !
, few dramatic readings which were- to skinning mules, he is inclined to
fifth, the provost marshal general real 4,mg time" stuff. halt at the command "Ho." instead of
ruled. Trunks are forbidden. Suit Private Knutsou gave some artist r march.
cases and hand hags are frowned up
on. The war department recommend
that the men bring i.nly the necessary
toilet articles and one change of line
en and underclot htng. in n neat, small
bundle.
This is because strict attention is
to be given the mil tary appearance
of the boys from the moment they
report at the headquarters of the lo
en 1 ho The department wishe
juggling of guns an 1 performed many
tricks which mystified as well aa
startled those present. Private Gul
liford gave rope spinning and ora
tions, lie was cn lied back several
times. McCuhhtns also offered s
trick with the lariat. Sergeint Walt
er Gi 1 gave an imitation of a light
opera stiir and made quite a h t. C.
A. Mansfield gave more recitations
which were excellent "Prince' Louis
it understood its as necessary lor the Albert sang a distinguished Italian
boys to bring certain articles needed grand opera number and being the
as it th bring noth ng more. Ac- only man from Italy with Troop D
cordlnir to regulations nil any m.m j he wft heartily welcomed by th
can take Is a tooth brush, piece of spectators. The program was con
soap, collapsible drinking cup. tow e' j eluded by a spectacular Indian war
1 few handkerchiefs. tra sh rt, col (dance by various members of the
Hir. mil nf undrwvir nnri 1 air rtro..p. Privito Cnthernian also gav
wl" 'i i oi it ..1 high merit.
IIM1. Aria.. Aug. 21. Tltc Miami1
Copper Company ml IN will resume j
Vdnodav morning, it W autltetttical- I
Iv rrMiriol. IJetitcnant Colomd .etrgc
htie. commanding. annouiMttl the '
govrnuiciit Is anxioiiN that work inn :
: conditions in the- mining district hi1
j reiiniil. I!r iliflaml public mtri-
ina' are em-ijlcrtl detriiiHiital to
law and order mid will not be rmlt
t. d.
Iast evening while on duty. lieut. !
Spell declared he would sleep in the !
guard house as officer of the day
during the absence of the major.
Sergeant Wa ter Gill Is learning to
be a poet and in now writing- "Take
Mo Back, to Pendleton.'
Private Dan o'Donnell has been
appointed to the position of branding
tools for Pendleton's cavalry troop.
Troop D has the dist nguiahed titl
of having one of the cleanest troop
streets in camp.
Hides Bucking Mule.
Private MeCubbins donned his
chaps and spurs, cowboy hat and n
swe'l forked . s-id Me and proceed .l
this morning to scratch the rough oft
of the so called unri-lable mule wh oh
is an extraerdiuar twist, r nii'iiUon t war w .rk.
PEACE DISCUSSION
POSTPONED TO GIVE
TIME TO WAR WORK
1
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1IOMK. Aug;. 31. The capture of
well organized enemy defenses be
tween Corite Selo near the rortrew
Sbrilokia in officially announced.
ROME, Aug. 21. Italy's prisoners
in the greatest Italian drive have
reached 10r000. It. is semiofficially
j estimated that Austrian losses in
I dead and wounded are 10.000. Ital-
ian airmen reported desperate at
tempts of the enemy to reinforc
breaches in the line. Prisoners de
clare urgent calls were sent to Prus
Isja for help. The unprecedented fury
; of the Italian attacks is believed to
j be undermining the morale of th.
A ust rians.
Mrs, George Ilorwlts of Moore-
, haven, Fla.. and Philadelphia. ha?
' been elected mayor of the former city
WASHINGTON". Aiurasl SI. Tbe but sh does not think she likes the
IresideiH has pitoneil th dlseu- Job, and she frankly admits h
slon with tle cahinoc of the Piii doesn't know much about the d'ltie.
j :-hc fo'imi she was tn.itr jnj umuII
I have to sit as magistrate in the p--;
lice court, she realized it was sen
ous business. Therefore shf went to
New YorK City to get some ad ice
from police court magistrates
Since the court work is part of
my dutv " .aid she "1 m g-oini: to
fr in) -el; f-r it
POSTED STREAMS TO
BE CUT OFF FROM
FISH REPLENISHING
Posted streams will nut be replen
ished with fish at state expense.
This policy, so far tin CniMttiii
count is concerned, was anon u need
today by Deputy Warden Geor-te Ton
kin who is arranging for the distri
bution of six more carload, of trout
fry from the Bonneville hatcheries.
The section of the county Ut which
this policy is aimed is the district
about L'kiah, inasmuch as the land
owners along Camas Creek fur a good
many miles have posted their phtre
and refuse to permit fishing. Inas
much as the anglers pa,v the -xpenKe
of maintaining hatcheries. Warded
Tonkin does not believe it is fair to
plant fish from thee huteh.-rie in
Private p rese r v es
Three carload ol fish h-rnT.
will hr planted in the south end if th
county, according to Mr Tonkin. The
will h liberated in Huia w.-n ere,.k
and In th streams nbout Ihman
Springs The Pilot Itork iport-triien
will assist in distribuf tug rlicm
ne car of fish was recently planted
in Meat-ham creek and 1 second w til
nrrlve 011 A uk ut 2 7. atM-ording to
word re-rtved this mornmir This ear
will be t.iken to 1 ribbon wher uutos
meet it snd enve th cans up
the river toward Mingh.tm Sprin for
distribution.
The CmatilTj. Countv finh snd
Onmf asstctation hai Vfduntrd to
superintend the distribution and f
quetN all aiito onT dtlnng to sn
r to have their cars nt 'Jlbbon n
the n-ornintr of th- 27th N'otiew
h.uid L-u.-n Prenident John Vm
Khjto or Seretsr W l f ttrnphrrir
in ad anie