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5 5 .fci DAILYC VGEDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION CIRCULATION Number uuplttt printod totl? ' dally itlltlon 2575 Thin paprr In a mranbor of and audited by Uie Audit Ilureau of Circulation. TonlHhl and 3t.V fa ir Maximum. TS: M "e, fall Wind, Wfiif. A", clear. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917. NO. 9224 VOL. 29 & & & fa ife fe $v U. S. STEAMER FLEET BATTLES DIVERS; TWO VESSELSJi Fight Occurs off French Coast Sept. 5; No Loss of Life Reported; Attack Re veals New German Policy of Grouping Submarines; Unknown Whether Ships Were Transport or Supply WASHINGTON. SeiA. II. Si:n-larj IMuiJmIn niiuouitcrd an trrur In trail orlbliur Uie calrfcsTiuti ri-irardinK the milmuuiiiff battle. Olio submarine. In- HUMl Of Hlx MUM Hllllk. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. The navy department an nounced a battle between a fleet of American .steamers and six German submarines off the French coast Septem ber fifth. Two vessels and probably all the submarines were sunk. Tin- 4mirltan mrrrluintninn Yrl wnro rrKrtvl thr hutllt- to tin- navy df'iwrtnii'iit from liirN. The official Hlateiiu'iit did iiirt rt'ttvil wiM-llicr Hi' altiu'kttl wrc lraii-nrt nr Hiitly hlw.. It In Iwllovitl iiMTli-an war rliliH. coiivovliiir the mrrrliunt im'n. fniiulil the HiihninrllloH. The atliwk n'ealH tlHM Mrnuiii- utloltifl ww imiIIcv of irroiiiiliiic nilmiurlni'M. and ikIIiiit litem ni:iilii-t imMips nf ronvitytll liierelltlilllllell. It I Ih' lleed nil lllin were loM. The liallle Ik the mMt Herlenu In rreent iimnthH. M.l, SI HM MIIM'.S SI NK. Tin- offlelal rrHrt fillim: The naty liNin nu-iit ha n-tflvttl a reiiorl from I'arlM whleh male" that thn mi earner WrMniw rviHirted while eruiKlnK with wvival otlier lil llicj wi-re aum'keil by a fortf t "1 unit maiiniw off I tin rtwiM of Franco mi th flrtli of sitemher. thr remilt of thin altiu-k iM-lnit tliat two of the nteanwrH alia-ked were .mink and probably all tuilmiarinrw hint. Tlie deiarlmnt eableirram lefl llttln donlit hut that the delroen HhellH Mink the nlinrlntit. for thr navy H eiHfHully miarded about making claim" of ulnklne mibina rloe. THRILLING COWBOY STUNT IS PLANNED FOR HAPPY CANYON Huppy I'anyon ituilioncoit next week will see a durlliK cowboy stunt, noth liiK more than the leupliiK of it horse and rider off a tliff into the pool which I11M year rei-eived the lllvillK Birls. The pool has been li-imtheiieil una de.'penerl and rniurcU'fl and runway has been built nleim the "niountaln nlcle'' for the hurso whleh la til i-arrj the rliler to safety from pursuing India mi by a leap Into the waters below. Hronehu Hob Hall, winner of third Iilaee In the buiklllK rontest at Hie 1916 Kollnll-1'P. was seleet.d as the cowboy to essay this ilarilm- feat anil h hail been prnetlelnu his horse li jumpltiK It ofr 'he river bank at the bluffs above town. However. Hall was Injured la-t week at the tryoiits and niav be Ineapaill ateil. He ex perts to be out on time for the show but If he Is not Director Hoy Itab y will find another to take his plaee. MKrM AKK KNTl'.IITAIXKII W MirtHI Tlll-n- IX)lliKT TO WltJTK WASHlNtlTO.N. Sept. II. Not having heard from their boys for aeveral weeks, many anxious mothers of marines nerving- at the Philadel phia navy yard have written Major Oennral Harnett "f marine rnrps headnuarters here, asklnit If their wins were dead. 111. or shipped abroad. The aeneral ordered a quiet Investigation to. discover the reaso.i for the filial neglect and found thai tha Quaker 1ty folks have been so lavishly entertaluini; the murines that they haven't had time to write home Private residences and clubs In Philadelphia have been thrown open to the -Soldiers of the Navy." and KlRhteeelnK automobile trips. lec tures, dinner dances and parties have been arranged In their honor. It hsa been Just one round of pleasure for the Philadelphia marine and, as one sea fighter naively put It. "We rtn't write home until the govern ment furnishes us with social secre taries If the supply of nave' oranges is anfflclcnt n nival offense mny soon tie overtaken DISCLOSURE MAY CAUSE LIBERALS TO WIFI ELECTION SUM kll(H-l, sept. The m crniiM'nt Iiiihii ( I'd off Ma! a- -oiiiii of the traiismJhK.011 of tU' trraiiiM mentioned hy the 1'nlted Suite, and thereftire in tumble to as ntinie any Mtitioii In the m'Mter. tt- tii red a foniuil Mutrmcnl Ws; etl ity the foreign olfiei. I.OMMt.V. Sept. 1 l.-"Ainerlrun i -cliirM that the Swedish freln tif fletf wiis a ifii-HKen'er for iifrmnny imh hww'p n Hheral cabinet f nt l'iw-r In Storkholm, S''fUfh ilr.- Jl ltt'h'M Mil 1(1. HttK-kholm difp-itnhea fnilleated tiiitt puhllr feeling W'H I'rofmindlv t irred. Sweden 1h now votiiiK at the i:nrH. ehtlonH The d!eI(ureK are txpeeted to exert a renmrkaide Influ ence anninHt the prenent government al party. All SwedUh dliiatchen re ceh ed here Indicated B Kflneral hc coptanee of th(" truth of the Ameri can ih;irrp and nmazpmonun the vl c'Ktl'Mt of diplomatic tradition. DISTRICT BOARD MEETS TOMORROW Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock In the room. of the Commercial ajao flation will be held a meeting be tween representative of the dlMtrl exemption hoard of Ji fjrande and citizen of I'matilla county, the ob ject being t acquaint the district board with Industrial condition. In thlH county to the end that industrial claim for exemption may be acted upon IntelliKently and fairly The meeting will be an open one and any one having any Information of valuo to the board 1m welcome to attend. ItATK iNt'UKASHS srNlKNIKl. WASHINGTON. Sept. II. The In t create commerce commission h:iw iiH-ndcd until January 31, 1 91 S, the operation of the proponed In creased rates on livestock and fresh meats affecting 1 he principal eas: -ern railroads. The new schedule was slated to become effective rt week from tomorrow. CLAIMED HIS WIFE WAS DEPENDENT ALTHOUGH SHE SUED FOR DIVORCE ON THE GROUNDS OF NON-SUPPORT Lester Ray Stites Loses Ex emption Plea; Seventeen More Men are Call 3d to Re port at American Lake September 19 Though his wile Js suing for a di vorce and alleges non-upport among other grounds. Lester Kay Stites. who works on the McCarty ranch be tween Pendleton anu Iloldinan. did not hesltiUe to claim exemption from the draft on the grounds of having a dependent wife. The board last evening refused his claim and certi fied him up to the district board. The equity docket shows that on June 26 Vila Zetta Stites brought suit against lister Hay Htlten for di vorce. Among other things she al leged that he has grossly failed to support her and that she haa been obliged to hire out to support her self The ruse is mill pending. Tlirw Kemtrd. The hoard last evening a No re fn e,l the claim of J'-"'' Kdward FIGHT BETWEEN RUSS FACTIONS SEEMININT Advancing Groups of Demo crats and Militarists Reach Lugo, 80 Miles From Pet rograd. ENTIRE CABINET RESIGNS WOMKN IlKUIT Tt KIK IXHt KKKKNSKV I'KTKi HlKAli, Sept. 11. llussla's women soldiei-s are willing to die for Kerensky. The legion of death is reotgaii- Ized and ready to fight wher- ever ordered. Madame liuleh kereva. com- nianiler of the legion, declared: "'e must Mhow the worhl we are willing to die for Kussla. We will asweinhle 200 more women, every one ready to die for the liatlon's freedom.'' i ! I 1 IKAK(K.KA1, Sept. II. K"-ian (IKKioiiM, frnirr 11 ruler Komiloff. haw rrvuhcHl t'yriuw. thlrtj -six mrflrn (Tim ltrfurad. IrTrUO;KAI. SolH. 1 1- A drle athn of .MusMiilnuinH sent to plead lth the troop off ihklr ntloiiaitv inart'liliux aniiiHt th' t Iwional Coernment under Kornlloff Hrted tholr erfortH wrh fniitlesH. Kerensky has received a wlrele-- from officers of his staffs that the whole KUHsian Tinltm fleet was plac- t ing themselves at the disposal of the i provisional goernment. I : BKTItOlRAI. Sept. II. News of the first battle between the forces of i democracy and militarism at Lurk, 8R miles from ,'etrograd. Is momen 1 tarily expected tjneral Komiloff 1 revolters have reached KuKa. The f provisional government troops there !re Instructed to stop the further progress of Komiloff. The entire cabinet has resigned to grant Keren sky full freedom of action. The res ignations were not accepted. The ca det party members refused f urther piirtlch ation in the covernment, ex pressing indignation th;it Ketvrwkv hadn't consulted them in preparing to control the Korniioff revolt. Gen eral aselofsky, military governor of I'etrograd. has resiirned Kerensky's su 1 porters expressed confidence. (Continued on Page 4.) Gordon of Athejna, who claimed a dependent wife. The claim of John R i'-arnes of Athena, who has a wife and child, was allowed, affidavits showing they would be deprived of their stde support ahould he be ta ken. The hoard alao granted the claims of two transfers, James Floyd lxper. transferred from Klamath county, and Jesse James Sullivan of Pilot Hock, transferred from 1 Vachutes county Kaeh has a wife und three children. only two more men on the second call list are yet to ae disposed of by the local board. Raymond W Ayers and Charles K. Harrah. The two claims refused last evening make a t'tal of 15 on the second list. 17 More to lie sent. The board this morning received a telegram from Adjutant General White advising that 40 per cent of the first Huota or 17 men must be sent to American I-ake from this county on September 19. The men must assemble here on the 19th and proceed to crimp according to orders to be sent later. The hoard will at once notify the IT men and also four aiihtttuten There are 3S men al ready certified for service, from whom the 17 can he selected. PRESIDENT WILSON HONORS DRAFTED MEN ti 1 " " . - rT" "r i P'K' r-' VQ U H f m l KiJi,. JO-IKS & -5". Ai ' nnrc-ir President Wilson in person led the parade of the drafted men of Wash ingion. The photograph shows the President with William K. ;ud, of the Citizen's Committee, just before the start of the procession. The Pres ident marched the entire route. VIRGINIA SHERIFF, NOW IN CITY, ONE OF SURVIVORS OF ALLEN TRAGEDY liud Kdwards. sheriff of Carroll county. Virginia, who arrived in Pen dleton today to take back Ixtgan Vernon alias J. K- Rufh. wanted there for a murder committed 1 1 years ago. ha- the distinction of be ing one of the few survivors of tho famous Alien tragedy which w:s : nation-wide sensation a few years ago. He has a bullet scar in his leff to remind him of his part in the tragedy. It will be remembered that a few ears ago Floyd Allen, after being convicted of interfering with an offi cer and sentenced to one year in jail, drew a rev o 1 ver and hega n shooting. His brother. Sidney, anl four triemls ills.. organ siummm. The jiulttf. sheriff. pruKecuilns "l- tnriiev anil two Juror we killed in the loiirt room. Edwards, who is hill 2T years old now. was a deputy sheriff then and was ill the cour. I room. He drew his un and Joined in the liattle. He received one hulle. through the leg and several tnroutsn his clothing. When the shooting wsh , over, tie and the county clerk were the only living 1 ergons left in the court room. The county clerk ha 1 taken a Klin from one of the fallen men Kloyd Allen was killed and his brother bounded. tli to Tell Ills Part. Kdwards is very modest in his re cital of this stiirinc episode. mlv alter iiiestloiiliiK did he tell anything of his part in It Asked if eny of hi--own shots took effect, he said. "It Is Keuelally said that I shot Kloyd hut I don t know. I was shootinK at him and maybe some of my bullets took effect." CMie man was electrocuted and one received a life sentence as a result of the shootinc Kdwards was elect ed sheriff two years nuo l.otttrM for Home Tonlthl. He will leave this evening for home with his prisoner, httvitiK already been to Salem for the requisition pu llers Lrf-an. known here as Rash, held a Ions conversation with the of ficer on his arrival, inquirlne about mutual friends He also Inquired whether Virginia still has capital punishment and was told that elec trocution Is the punishment for first deKree murder. I.ottan has already admitted the klllim; but claims extenuatlnB fir cumstances. Sheriff Kdwards states that he has heard different stories of the al'.'ir which wait committed before he was an officer and that he does not know much about it per sonally. IHIK S KXrWWVtaY OlSTItVSTKn. OK Kl SS NKW YORK. Sept II. l'opf Henedlct is so dlftrusttul of IUihsU that the feellnjc amounts to an obtu sion, aocordlnn to an Interview with the pope which the New York Times prints. LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER TO PROVIDE HALF EQUIPMENT U. OF O. ARMY BASE HOSPITAL I'matilla county chapter American Red Cross has offered the entire out - put of its hospital supplies, enough to , . J ... .w equip a naval base hospital, to the Red Cross armv hospital base for I which the I'niversity of Oregon is (supplying the physicians. surueons hind specialists and the offer has been accepted. 1 It will re ni ire S 4 u.ftnrt in money to nj ,his llr,My l,as, h,.s.it.il nd p,,ri nd Chiiptcr Kpii rross has lr(..lliy off,,,.,. , provide half the ,,,ntlv .imi ,..,if the supplies needed, , ( ,.xl.r.tert to have the remain- t!t,r (lf ,np )nnpj and upplies raised jirotn the olher Red Cross chapters of ,,,,, a,.,,,.. However, the I 'mm il la emtmy chapter has sufficient material Hrea,-y on hand to finish supplynm the hospital so it will he this hospital instead of t base hospital. Investment is $HiMH. The hospital supplies now aceuimi COAL SITUATION IS IN CONFUSION j WASHING! OX. Sept. II. l iter ' eonfu-iion exi-ts in the coal imluMry. jit is ofru-iall Mated Threatened with the shutdown of manufacturing plants. IpiihlH utilitlt-i are faelir; a famine " this winter In many ion. t'-al ad ' mlnWtrivtor Garfield faerd a jreneral strike f HH).0OO miner. The sbort 'act of tr and the demand from for Jelmi rtumtrle etmiidUmt--! the situa tion. WWTS IIOKKKK TRKX (jr t:nrtt;o stkkktk CUH'AttO. Sept. 11- Krwin Oreer. president of an automobile concern, asked Mayor Thompson to legialate hrsea froni ChlcaRo streets declar lnr the present era of motor trans portation ha ended the usefulne-s of the horse. Komttc frill Tonluhr. Foth the fVndlfton Reserves aud the Silver Omvn will meet meet this evenimr The former will assemble at the Huppv Can von pavilion at 7:30 and the latter at the Commercial club rooms at the same hour. Poth or raniTHtions will probably hold a short Mii and the Silver fSrava will later narch ! HaOPv ("rinv.n To hold a ;oint meeliiiK with the Keserve ONE 4lMrBMWlVMIfb luted here represent an investment of jj8000 in cash for milterla, alone, the I . . . . . .... Work not being counted at all. Most t of ,hte s00 raised by the ladies ; through various entertainment ef- j forts while some mone was secured' from the Red Cross fund. t j Work Mut IW ltu4ied. 1 Owing to the fact t hat the sup- ' plies for the -hospital may be calleii j for almost any day t he loca I ladies ' ::reanxious to rush their work as fas- j as they can. Accordingly all women of the city, who can spare time for I w..rk. are asked to lend their ajssist- I ince. Work is underway in the audi- tori n in itf t h 1 n .t--i i-x ..... ftari.,,,.r. i and additional help will be appreoi- ated so as to tr.-i the equipment read uiven to for shipment quickly, a naval The offer from the I'matilla ce'in t chapter is the most liberal made bv an organization in the state out side of the Portland chapter. ! FLASHES It I' Molt KKKKNSKV KII.I.KI. ST 'i'KHi '!,M. Sept 11. Tbe jtewpaper A fton Madet this afternoon printed a rumor thm Kerensky w as killed Saturday by ;t Holskevfki as Missin IOti Mt'KXSK l"XttXsTlTl'TIOX- SAI.EM Sept. 11 The court held the doe license constitution-il tecause It's a tial statute made to apply part of the state The law supreme I law up- j criminal to only j provided a diK tax In certain counties and re quired the const. (Me i. collect th tax. AIU.KXT1NK Nt T 11 4 I Ol- l ON NKT SThTf" WITH SW I-lK HrKNtS Alii KS, ept U. --.Vmwn-tin is not determined on the nest step follow tin; The A nor trail rex elii tions of the Swedish legations aetii tie. It is senerally beltexed that erman and Swedish d iplomats w ill be pivpn their passports. The sever ance of relations with either nation i considered extremely doubtful. I .OWTl J vs I.OHTI'J. A IleKinjc that she was deserted In No, ern her. Annie J Iwer has J brooch t suit for a divorce niri:nst jWa'ter A. l-owerv. Thev ere m ir (tied n Indian t in 11.' W i is her .tTrtt. SMH SUNK SWEDEN ADMITS THAT SHE ACTED AS INTERMEDIARY Justifies Position, Claiming She Adopted Same Course Re garding Germany and Other Neutrals. AWES WILL DISCIPLINE STOCKHOLM. Sept. 11. Hweden admitted that she acted as an inter mediary between Germany and Ar gentine. She Justified her position, claiming she adopted the same courw rt earding communications between Germany and other neutrals. The foreign office declared no ap plication was reecived from America or England for the cessation of the ti ansmission of telegrams bp t ween Euonos Aires and Germany. Regard less of German representations, th foreign office stated. Sweden had taken precautions to prevent the re occurrence of the Argentine incident. Cites Incident In 1915. , The Swedish foreign office form ally stated explaining that In 1915 on request of Britain the office discon tinued the t runs mission of telegrams between Germany and North America This was not considered a bar to the continued transmission to and from other neutrals. It stated that Swe den must first confirm whether the contents of the telegrams was as re port -d and then get Germany's ex planation. Sweden has not received an official account of the transmis sion of telegrams. Will DlNTipllne Swedes. WASHINGTON". Sept. 11. The al lies intend to discipline Sweden vigor ously. The exact trend of the disci pline is unknown, though it is gener ally believed it will result in shorten ing rations and a closer tab on ths use of the cables. SENATE PASSES W SHN4;T0N SefH. 1 1. The 1'ieut revenue hill will neronre a law practically a." It assd the siiate. The -hief irevious oponent. Maiorliy U-Hilt-r Kitchln. annoimce! he would npMirt It. exif pt in out purlieu lax. The lMnee nt intent. f(r hiaher war (profits, and imtunc tax' -w 111 vent lt M'K In a verteM of 4'he- warniiuc etHitre-s-s that the leem,htr war tat rniit h-v mi-it hai ilr iinmi hl in-oMiii-- and rtfits. Klichin will In sist that a different bai- Tir fiurlnsj war pmfits In ajlopteil. 1'itder tin 4nate provision. Kltchln roiiteTid. a man making iiily a small rofit la-fort1- the war in taeil more hcnvll than tin man makiiiic hie profits then. altlHOiirh the latter Is better al.le t my the licny ta. W ASH Ii;T N. Sept. 11 The war tax bill - t he largest stuc!e taxai o.n measure in American histor passed tonicht b the senate. I' l'r vides fr a levy somewhat und'-r J. 4 ort tloo .ono as comDared with Si Hi 7. - 1 CTil ililri r,r, w.l tn ihf full : tt IiiinS- ed the house. Ihj Z'i, The vote waa S to 4. S.-nator ' Hi rah. ilnmna, 1 Koh'tte and Nt-rrts betiiK recorded in op posit ion. The ureat bill, nearl v four m -ni in the making will be returned to th house tomorrow and then oe tt. eon-feretit-c with enactment likel tlhtn ten 0aa or two w eeks S- nt or s Si mons. Stone and Williams, de m imth ' und Pcnn'Sf and 1 repubrienn of th finance committee, were ap pointed the senate conferees PK.A V. I1M f Vi W I t M I WASIflNtrTON Vpt I I A h'l peace propaganda is c(rnlnn protuh ly from Swltaerland and working throughout the fritted State th state department declared t after noon, which U trvlnit to erieoarfiK pacifists and dls'oirajte f 7 ri it w I States war preparation hMdti'1 h the hands of thf mate depa rt m-t, ' hts h--n it it en the dep i rt rto-ni f 'il.ti.-e for hi e,f iM-i- n.l t'.-ie : i i rlii.iii.il ' t