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&" fc fe a ..,rjSiy fi.nri rim !! W DAILY EVENING EblflON DAILY EVENING EDITION CIRCULATION Number copies prtiiu-d today' daily edition 2550 Thin pai"r la a number of and audited by the Audit Hureau of lllrculatloti. WEATHKR Tonight and Thursday fair Maximum temperature. s ; mini mum 44; min'all. 0; w ml south Ht, light; weather, clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 WAR PROFITS Declares That He Favors Very Heavily Graduated Tax on Excess Wealth Due to War Conditions. SCORES ADVOCATES OF PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY CHATHAM. N. Y.. Sept. t.-Theo- Core Roosevelt In speaking here to- day demanded conscription of war j profits. lit? declared he favored u very heavily Rraduated tax on excess profits due to war condition, a 'ax tin heavv aH l-:ritain now imported. The Colonel attacked as enemies "f the lulled Slates the war nrofiteors. wnrkingmen. refusing first class work for firsi class wanes. pro-Herman, professional pacifists. advocates of peace without vlrtorv, Industrie workers and the socialist party ma chine. He declared lli-nnlll langu age papers were scandalously dis loyal. He said Herman warfare w:i? hideous beyond belief, obscene cruel, brutal :nul unspcul;ably foul. l-asht-s rnM-oiuri-diiess. Those demanding pence cxci pt reuce of complete victory over tin brutalized. Prussianized Germany of Horn n-ii. Hern's was denounced. The Colonel verbally lashed "shilly-shallying" In" war preparations anil Ameri ca's uripreparodness "It took Germany less Ihun seven months to conquer France In 1ST".'' be declared. "Now after these seven months of war preparations, were still nothing like ns formidable as Helglum or RoU ntania Small Should Also lleneflL "In the purchases this government makes, prices nUKht to be high en ough to enable not merely bite manu facturers, but smaller, less advantngc ouslv situated rivals to secure gen erous living profits. This means a big manufacturer would have excess proflm and the proper way to reach these, is by taxing them heavily. If the government falls to follow such action. If It follows a course of Inde cision and delay, the result will tie had as It has already proved in the matter of building ships." WASIllNCTON. Sept. S Kndeav orlng to offset the menacing possi bilities of the liuaslan situation and foreo Ocrmany Into peace more rap idly, the allies will probably soon un dertake a new anti-Austrian tarn jiaiKn Strong pressure Is being ex erted to have the I nited States de clare war on Austria and then help down her. Kflfclals withhold as a . .... . .. .. nalfl- military secret me new an activities. It is expected that the allies win aio ion. drive. Itcadjiistnicnt of Map. This shows how some allied diplo mats would readjust the Kuropean map at a peace conference. The com plete restoration of Ilelglum. Monte negro Serbia and Uoumania. Alsact-1-orralne restored to France. France and Kng!and given Herman colonies Kngland control of Mesopotamia and the Slnl peninsula. Russia given control of Armenia under an autonomous form of govern ment. Germany to evacuate Hnssla.i Poland and the Halt In provinces nil well as Serbia. I'elgltini and northern France. rtaly to have Trieste. Istran pen insula. Inlmatian islands and the eastern roast of the Adriatic. Serbia to have nornln, Nerxegnvlna. a Jugoslav state to be formed from the Jugoslav provinces In Austria. The formation of free Poland, a free. Oxecho Slav state, and the liber ation of the Arabs from the Turka IXCKFFD W1IMAK1N1WS FOIUX'ASTF.D THIS WKF.K I-N-WN, Hep. 5. An Increased number of British wrt waa sal. manned the past week. It Is author! -tatlvclv forecasted. I R. DEMANDS CONSCRIPTION i U. S. URGED TO DECLARt WAR ON AUSTRIANS Mi IH H DAILY AVING ON WILD HORSE HIGHWAY. Top at Je't, putting "hot stuff" on the i . n . n. -.ii: n,.i;r tYr navement: lower, left, view ol I!-- .., j iJLk' bottom v:ew, acer.e from steel RAIN ARRANRFR TO RT4 - I .-L:Z0ZZ' XifH! liufi I -II" ' urn.. "J ionrniAi i orLu HL I BREAKING ROUND-UP CROWDS' The trail, service local, special an i There will be five extra caches on extra lor the Rvund-fp. as arranged the Wal.a Walla tra n each Jay. one. - Mr . W,n. McMurray. general pas- . In Picked up at Athena and one senger agent of the O.-W. K & N.. at Adams, coming on regular sehe..- Traveling I'a.senger Agent Hicks a., I ule. and on Saturday there wi , be ileal Agent O Hrien and the hoar i a special train f , -on, W alia a la of T d reV-fors of the Hound I'p at a seen coaches. . in t he Spokane tr ,1 special conference th .s morning there will hr one extra coa.-h on all makes anangements to take euro of three day, the largest crowd of People ever at- M" Train rnr ending the Pendleton show. Ix.pit Thursday. Friday and sa.t rla ; heav, mevemeiu of troops the a u..m tr:.:., w 1, ,) W H & N will provide more the motor between Pendleton and trains and more coaches for the I'matilla running on the regiLar toundPp ctt.ndance than ever be- schedule. On Saturday night .. spe. fore Thl- is demanded by the Pres- :1 wi 1 leave IVn l.cton at 1 1 o clock tore. ,,.,., a- ,t Thnr-d.i Frl la-- and Sitnr tay ent heavy ana iiiii-inr -.( - mand for seats an 1 transportation. Hie pilot trani ... e.y .... The Pig trains are the Jn.rnal a, ,2 o'clock. ..! a. spec al from Portlnii.l. the Merchants roads for pa-sen'e, n s. turd .c-al from Spokane and .lie Hill n Bin a special Ira n will leave 1 en Special from St Paul. These will al' .Melon at 11:15 o clock, be parked In ! local yard. and on W.'.HlVip there wll be t nanVled under th- usual cmd'tlons. -w., .-caches in from Portland on No 1H -arrov 1-vtra Coachi-.. So. in. No. IS will earrv two extra coach I On Saturday a special train w,P es from 1-a Oran.ie and ISaker on I lea- e P.,ke, at 5 a. ..... arriving here each of the three d:.v. on Sunday j at 10.30 in IW for the parade Rv morning No 17 will carry two extra turning a spec..-,' trill. will leave ".aches to Portland Poth No 17 Pendleton at HV.1 Saturday nlh and No. IK will stop at a" .-"" I Thursday Fr'd .y and SH'.rday No. .. . . ...,.ir,,.ir.r, ,.n will carry two extra coaches fr.m all three davs. running the same as I caN on Thi.-sday and Friday No. lis will he held in Pendleton until V'fO P m and on Ssturd- y nlu-ht N . lis will go ...it on sche-lule time an 1 f..i,,,Ml li i ' -1 ' a special leaving all I n "r tns ai.ao.;. nn 1 .a arai.de. The litis will bave Penil e. on on Saturdy Un la nniu 1 1 a . n nil o'clock on rneh of the three night' and on Situ-dav nlcht n spec'nl will follow the regn ar trait, out at 10 45 .m Li.-.. ,.1 SHEEPMAN SAVED FROM DEATH BY HUNCH ABOUT TRAIN WRECK III.! some nivslle powi r give J. C llosklns naming of the wreck Sun day night In which Prakem in Walter Puller of train No. 255 wna killed nnu then cremated? The story of Hoi. ii...- i... .. ,i inr.... men with nim es caped harm sounds like a story from ..(,!.. n,.v..l Though the run down the moiintair was made at nighttime and it as very - - " cold Ilosltlns refused to o .mo me caboose to rest nor would he let nis men do so. insie-iu us'i - .nit on Ion OI .Ie loin. - .. s . , sheep ting down and watching the when the train stopped. According to Hoskins he had sense of Impending anus and at limes tried to l-o'' back no The .ra -e but "wing tlu carves he c.ld se EAST OHEGONIAnTpKNDLETON. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, .. -ic-h;. the Wild Hers cut after being paved; bridge at south n end of highway. Iiwt'v 4 SERVICE IS HANDLE RECORO - , . , .,., ,Ha,-.. I The Dalles to Peli.l el. ... On Sunday there will a special j train operate 1 direct to Heppnernnd I Condon, in connection w ll. the local train at :3S a. m. n Thl To 'WS: I 1 1 I " ' " , ,. . ... ,., .... ,, 1.- Oral. ami Pnker 10:30; a 1 . j Walla. 10:45: Pma-'lln U- Porth.n l (Special. 11:16: Journal Special. 11 -SO. nothing. The train broke in two twice during the night and on an other time had to Btop m cool a wheel. These incidents served to increase his anxixety and l.ccp hiu. out of the ca t'oose. Owing to the coldness of the night the other men were at first disposed : . : . . to criticise tne.r en.iiocr tor seep 111K them up bill after the wreck tney , wt r rree m tmiiiking nim tor nsvniK ; saved their lives b. caus.- if they naa i "e. u ... . ... ... .... :.,. r u : s.i.io ii ine w.'ui". . been killed us was Pull h An inquest is nenig neio nerc mis a 1 :;ftern.M.n to a certain the cp.use ol ,,,. ir,.ck and Fuller's death It is : . vo.n,..-d on Page .. , rr- WASCO COUNTY ASKS THREE BILES PAVING EAST OF TIE DALLES Wasco cuiily ha asked the state b!ahy.-a: commission for three miles .' ( a viti .-. this season n the Colum bia highway e usi of The Dalles and assurances llmt the commission U accept and p ive the road to be im prove. 1 by the county between M osier and The Dal es. It also requested that the state agree to cooperate with th. county on the road south of The Dalles o Anteloupe. tor which the county has bonded itself to the extent of 1S5.000. The road is a post road on which state and federal government can co operate. The Sherman county delegation i-i nterested in the location of the Co lumbia river between Higgs and Ar lington. It is de-iired that the road he rout -e.I l.y way of W asco instead of aloni; the river. A preliminary survey of the two routes l.y the state h ghway cng neer shews that the est of construction from Sherman to Quinton along the river wouid be $i:iti. uvo. H way i. Wa-cu the route would lie seven mi'es louder. Put the cosi would only be $1 19. oilll. While this is J 1 7.000 I', favor of the Wasco route, the ad vantage would le in favor of the riv er ...uie out-.. -. . seven miles difference is taken intojj v-onsid. ration i A prelimin try estimate of the cost 1 of constructing the highway along the r.ver irmn Sherman to the I'n.a tilla county line is $227.'''. This In - 1 eludes I ri iges. The toial distance is . 7 5 n iles From ijaunton to Ar Inglon the es tlmate is .':i.oio; from Arlington to the laiatilla i nty line. fn4.0"0 l-f nlte Action Take... The commission took no definite action on the requests bin promised I giye them serious cons deration and to slgnif ts policy al a later date. Th.. Miate highway commission I'uesda:. awarde 1 a contract for eight miles of bituliihc pavement In Cluck- an. as county between Oregon it and Canhy m the oreeon Hasssim laviii company. Kased on the en gineers' es. nil ale of quantities th bid t. tats J145 721 If Clackamas county will turn sh rock at the bunker for Jl a Sard, th remtraotor agreed to reduce his unit rock price from 2.37 to $2. Is per yard. i n:s n.ii.ii" ..c....- i uilv o lh, mmi, contractor foi n,ii, between Hubbard and Cai.by n(J was cancelled owing to the inabil tv f ,ne contractor to get ran . fTui.scor. itlon for his rock a-ft- ( er he had installed his plant at an e . . v I w 1 1 r 1 ,! ' new contract are of the cancelled i ne. SEPTEMBER 5, 1917 MANS PREPARE TO AGAIN I FLANDERS; CAPTURE Action Will Release 225 Miles Belgian Territory Clearing Western Flanders East of Ypres. MAY OPEN DYKES AND CANALS LONDON, Sept. 5. Allied aviators reported the Germans were prepar ing another strategic retreat, clear ing western Flanders east of Ypres and Dixmude as far as the line be tween opurtrai and Thourout. The ,uir.i is einected to release 225 miles of Belgian territory. May Open Flood Dyke. Military experts believe the Ger mans are preparing to open the a..i...... -,n.i ennuis, flooding the entire ' territory. The water might read. the present British line. Many trenches are below the sea level. Pet rogra.i reported the Russians are vigorously op posing the advance of the Hermans north of Riga. Ai.Mr.ai.s Are llein forced. Swiss dispatches declared in ans wer to frantic pleas from the Austri j an staff, that Germany nao mspaicn ed two Bavarian divisions to rein force the Austrlans. ! Portuguese troops on the western ! front successfully beat back German i raiders last night. Ha g reported. cho ririiiwh near Armentleres repuls ed a raid. Herman artillery is active in the I, ens sector. Submarine Homos ScfloroiuTh. LONDON. Sept. 5. A German sub marine bombarded Scarborough last night. Lord French announced Three were killed and five injured. Slight material damage was done. The submarine fired thirty rounds. As far as is known Scarborough is utterly unfortified. HERE'S THE WAY TO INFORM THEM ABOUT ROUND-UP If you want your friends and relat ves to learn of Pendleton and the Round Pp place your order lor P.ound-1'p East ore gonians to be sent to them As usual the papers for the three .lavs will be sold for 25 cents, al wrapped, addressed and postage p repaid by the paper. The Round I'p numbers this year will e on a par with the splendid papers published last year and in many respects will be an improvement over all former efforts. There w 11 be three sections in the Souvenir number in addition to the news section, thus making a total of 32 pages published each day New material and new II ustra tions will be used each day. Pla.'e your order at once for Round I'p papers. Phone Main 1 EAST OREGONIAN CIRCULATION AIiniTFTl RY AR. C: IS ACID TEST FOR SUBSCRIPTION LIST The Past oregonlan has qualified for membership in the Audit Hureuu ,i.,ii.,ns a nation-wide organ- j ... ih siiriltinar of the circulation books of newspapers and other publ cations. It is intended pri.onri y tor the protection or ior- -ign advertisers by providing mem with an authenticated, uno.asea an., truthful clrculat on statement. The Fast Oregonlan is the nrsi newspaper In eastern Oregon to Join .l . .. .- unH t.-ibe the audit which me ... v ...... ill journalistic c rcles means the acid test on the subject ot circulation. Since the A. P.. C came Into existence a few years ago the demand for au dited circulation, statements has been so strong that well informed adver tisers no longer give credence to old time unaudited statements. The East Oregonlans circulation HE SI GABRIEL THIRD OPTIMA! RAID I THItV.R hAVK KII,1! NINE IV lX.MK)?f LONDON, Sept. 5. The third German air raid In aa many days last night killed nine and injured 4 9 in London, Lord French announced. One raider was downed. German raiders have killed 117 and injured 141 since Sunday. T ,.ed Frenrh stated 20 planes 4 participated, flying In small groups. About 40 bombs were dropped GOES TO PORTLAND EOS LOCAL RESERVE Representing the Pendleton Re serves and the Silver Grays. M. H. Chessman, city editor of the East Oreg. n. left for Portland last night to consult with Adjutant General White and others in reference to se curing guna for equipping a local re serve company. It is planned to merge the local reservists into one command and to maintain a home guard com puny that will be subject to the ea'l of the sheriff or the governor In tho event trouble of any character should arise. It is understood that the govern ment will provide the company with guns, ammunition, belts, canteens and haversacks. The companies already have uniforms and have been drill ing for months past, hence are all ready for service If equipped. It was to secure further details . to affairs that Mr. Chessman was sent to Portland. EIRST CONSCRIPTS REACH CAMP LEWIS CAMP I.I-'W IS, Anirrk-nn like. Sept. 5. The first conscripts readied ean.o this morning. They included 93 men from Se attle snil t:l from various imrts or Washington. T-nty five hiindr.-d men from all parts of ll.e western dopartnwnt wll Hie here curly next week. Ii Is es-tlmated two days will be- required tei or ganize the skeleton e-oniM..les. t (...scripts with s.ifficie-nt mili tary knowloelse will he apisilm ed no-eonuitsion'd e.ffievrs as soon as possible. r:l.ur warren iof, or ..eff.-r-o,. .omitv ore.mn Is the first eonse-rlpt rtiiinu linj. ii. i reffistcrins he-re. American troops are In England cs well as In France and i: Is suspected that thev will soon be in Germany. was audited early in the summer and the final reports have just been received. The ru es of the A B. C. 1 are severe and call for thorough work. Th auditor not only- check! over every name on the circulation books and each cash receipt taker in. but also Inspects the press run. the purchase of print paper, hills of lad ne cancelled checks, the exact amount of news print used. etc.. sh. as to get at tne trutn in an unques tionable manner. The A. B. C. Is open to any news paper desiring to Join and willing to pay the fee covering the audit. Mem bership calls for keeping special rec ords and a record book showing the exact circulation status at all times and the East Oregon'an's record book Is open at oil times f.-r The in spection of patrons. NO. 9219 RETREAT ITALIANS Austrlans Entirely Enflanked; Enemy Holds Out Until They are Completely Sur rounded. LAST DEFENSE ON BIG PLATEAU ROME, Sept. 5. The war office announced the capture of Monte San Gatr el, enab Ing the Italians to en flank the Austrians. With Mont a. Kuk and Vidice. San Gabrie constituted a (treat chain of peaks defending the Austrian line east of Isonzo. All except Gabriel fell in the preliminary stages of th Italian offensive, permitting the Ital ians to advance across the Bainsizza plateau. Gabriel held out until com p'etely surrounded. Bombing I Admitted. BERLIN'. Sept. 5 Day and nifrht vigorous aerial bomb njr is official! V announced. German aircraft dropped explosives over Dover. B orne and Calais. DISTRICT BOARD EXCUSES!) MORE Five more Umatilla county men have been exempted by the district draft board at La Grande, presumably findings have not yet arrived. The : men excused from service are Fred Blinn. Daniel Ira Hopkins, John Dale ! Whitman. Frank Michaels Jr., and ' Grover Bowles. With the exception of Whitman who is a harness maker at Freewater all the men are farmers lor stockmen. Blinn had not yet been Certified by the district board but all j the other men had. j The action of the district board to ;iKas,. (t.rliato a tanHanmr fn . I ,"1' cuse hads of families on dependency claims and others on occupational grounds whTe the facts seem to war rant. j Two Men Go Tonitfhu ! JeFse Say lor Arnold of Echo and ; Trunk St.-venson Greaham. of Pendle ton will be the first two men from j 'nv.tilki coi:nt to respond tn the i c:s.l for service at American Iake Thev will ltive toninht. Joininr other eastern . reRon men enroute to th ' Cfilllp. HEADQUARTERS 7. W. W. RAIDED i mtY;o. st'pc &. ;o.Tiiront operatives this au-moon raided the I I i oi u I .,l hi sa I m trb M till- tlonal headquarters, selling literature records. Adolph t;ermer. exeesutlve sesrre- wiallst nartv. was) pres. ent i.e-n the officers raided. William llaywooel saw 1.1s offie-e- wll. 11 1 -re we-re no arrests. SKATTI.F, Sept. 5. F.-elerul agvntl ami police rald.Hl ll.e lndu.-trUill-f l.eail.uartei-e. s-Ulng ai-r and otlH-r prowrt. ltlliTI..M. Ssin. ,V A prlnmig I press, literature and cerrepinu-ii was ci-d when deputy sheriffs and . ile al agents ralcl.il tlw rnnu-ir vork-rs tM-aelquaricrs. t rl 1 Inker who esM.ldn't give nn aewunt or hlm--lf was arrestixl. MIXNKAI1HJS. l- Tin ihns. rn.il ffl.-es of the Indus tnul Witrki-r malnllUWel here were raided by go i-riinn-e.t oriveo. ui" Hftemm. Ille-rature- -t'cl and mem bership honks eemflHeateet. IlKWUlt. .'"t. 1 Flsl.-rml ml late lhl afterw rakleel the lilus tHa Worker. .rffli-es. omflscallni Llerwiur.-. Thesre acre no artsa. IMXIHU- the- snne.urs-emem no mr rests pnilil rs- mndc. lla.ir.od " tuken from the- building In an auto mobile In itwioilv of two HN-rallrs. The whole affair will he a matter or rreorel eehen we sre ihroub I n til then we inn nolh'n" !'. trrr...-t . n-'le -abl - i d nlul would luilts-n lo Harw. al.