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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL.29
DAILY EAST 0REG0NIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917.
NO. 9263
ALLIES
HEADS
OF
SHIPPING
AND
EMERGENCY
AGAIN
E
NGAG
AGAIN k OPEN ! FLANDERS OFFENSIVE
OF 200 YARDS MADE-
ITALIANS ARE FORCED TO
ABANDON BA1NSIZZA PLATEAU
BOARD
FLEE? ARE
ED IN DISPUTF
Rear Admiral Capps May
, Soon Resign or be Forced
to Quit.
MANNER OF BUILDING
SHIPS IS QUESTION
Officials Admit Delay is
Hampering War Work;
Capp's Health Bad.
BEAN IN MAN'S
EAR 41 YEARS
IS TAKEN OUT
Forty-one years ngo two boys, broth
ers, were amusing each other by pok
tng nesns down one another s ears.
The beans went In easily enough hut
J It was a different matter when It came
to taking them out. One of the beans
could not be reached and was left
j there. It did not Impair the hearing
I nor di(f It aive other troublA and In
WASHINGTON. Oct. ZS. Head Ad- after years was forgotten,
mlral Capps, head of the emergency j Tn,, we)K ,ne mun who had been :,
fleet corporation and successor of j boy 4 1 years ago entered the office of
Oothalfl, probably will aoon reslirn orir. T. M. Henderson and complained
be forced to quit. It U Indicated of having lost the hearing In one ear.
Chairman Hurley, of the United States The doctor made an examination and
shipping board, and Capps are not In discovered that the canal had been
full harmony. Capps" health Is bad, completely -closed with hard wax.. He
due to continuous work. removed the wax In a hall as large as a
Officials admit the shortage of ves- marble and embedded in the center
sla and the delay In construction Is i found the bean.
hampering war work. Capps and j it was perfectly black from absorp
Hurley are not disputing the types of j tion of the wax but still held Its orlg.
vessels, but the manner of construct-j inal shape and BPlit In halves when re-
Ing the ships. -
Capps' Ill-health will probably serve
as a vehicle for his elimination. An
amendment to the shipping saw substi
tuting one board for the emergency
fleet corporation and the United Mates
shipping board a likely. -
Hurley favors conscripting labor to
' hasten construction. Three hundred
to five hundred thousand workers are
needed.
moved. The man then remembered
of the boyhood Incident. Not until
the wax had closed the canal had the
hearing been lost. No his hearing
Is restored.
Dr. Henderson did not lake th
man's name as he paid for the opera
tion at the time, hut he has the bean
and wax as an Interesting exhibit:
COUNTY HOW TRIES
FOR DUB QUOTA
Heroic Effort Being Made
to Bring Liberty Subscrip
tions to $1,800,000.
Pendleton and Umatilla county hav.
In passed their minimum quota of
the Liberty Loan, they are now being
urged to make a heroic effort to reach
the mlxlmum quota. Oregon's mini
mum quota Is II , 000,000 and her
maximum f30.OO0.000. Umatilla
county's minimum Is tl.10O.0O0 and
her maximum fl, 800. 000. Pendleton's
minimum Is 75O,O00 and her maxi
mum 11.250,000.
w. L, Thompson, chairman of the
tocal committee. Is sending cut ap
peals to all of the banks to aid in at
taining the maximum though he real
ises that with but one more day fof
the campaign the task Is a colossal
one. However, all communities are
resnondln'g nobly.
Pendleton's total today at the two
bank was near the 900.ono mark.
Most of the latter subscriptions are
small ones. . Milton reported today
that 1112,000 had been subscribed
there, which is T000 over her mini
mum quota- Milton also reported
that Walla Walla banks have received
subscriptions of t25,Ofln from Milton
residents and have taken credit for
them. ...
Echo Is one of the few towns In the
state to have raised her maximum quo
ta which is $49,000. Kcho reported
more than $60,000 subscribed there to
date., ,
Several of the local committees are
still In the field after subscriptions. In
fact one committee did not start out
until this morning and another began
work yesterday afternoon. They are
picking tip quite a number of small
subscriptions. .
GFOKfiI. TRAINS CRASH.
MACON. Oa., Oct. 20. The Royal
Palm, south bound., side swiped 'the
Kansas Cipr , -special, northbound on
the Southern, railway near here his
morning. Fireman Will Matthews, a
negro, was killed and engineer H. K,
Burgay Painfully injured. HOpsspn
gers were seriously hurt.
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STIiJkN.JFRF.AK MIIK. ' '
feloetric rfoii Hm-iM - Throw t-h Moor'-
What 1 said. .to bo the strangest
freak flro.in. the history of the Day
ton (Ohloi fire department was caus
ed by an electric Iron left on a table
In a drees goods store. It burned Its
way through the table, through the
flooring, through o, ten-Inch joist that
supported the floor, and wis donellna
by Us wires from the celling of the
storeroom below When discovered.
The fire department (Investigated,
but did not throw any water, for the
Iron had not fired' the building. The
only repair necessary ware to rein
force the burned joist nnd ciose the
hole In the celling end floor. '
Germany is derm
OF JllMCRAFT
Official Statement Declares'
Allies Lack Equipment for
Extensive Operations.
BE1U-1N', Oct. 26. The allies can.
not defeat Oermany by brutally bombing-
unfortified German cities, it is of
ficially declared. The entente should
not forget that numerous French cit
ies are within easy reach of German
tombing aircraft.
High officials said the allies couldn't
conduct extensive aerial offensve be
cause of lack of machines.
The authoritative statement de
clared :
"Our enemies hope the lack of raw
material will force us to our knees.
That hope Is fruit lew. W huve solv
ed the problem of substitutes ho well
that the Kngllsh are considering
whether they shouldn't Imitate some
of these substitutes.
"Our raids on 1 ondon are justified.
Lloyd George in June. IS 15, declared
London had become a second Wood
wlch. "Hitherto, whereas our enemies
have increasingly bombed open toVnc
such as Karlsruhe. Frankfort on the
Main, Pnden. Frioburg and Tubingen
the effect of such brutalities on the
population has been the opposite of
that Intended. It has strengthened the
public's determination to hold on."
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"DIGGING IN" AT SPARTANBURG gjyu
t r - ' ' ' ' if-
e ram, Eeiting a touch ot ine on the modern Dattlencld, digging
K. C. l' .
. .
CluurdMmen readv'to do their bit for Unci
trenches at Camp v udsworth, Spurt anburg.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS
MATERIALLY AFFECT
COAL PREVAILING
WILL NOT
PRICES OF
IN CITY NOW
ELKS ROLE CALL IS
PATRIOTIC OCCASION
It. W. UtTXFR PRF-SFTS SKHVICE
VlAG X)NTAIXIXG ST A It TOR
EVERY MEMHKR IV
SHRVICB.
Irlc-c Slay Drop IVw fTenta.
The Pendleton driers have not yet
t-ast night was roll call night at the
Elks lodge and it was made a patrl-
District Attorney Receives!
Copy Of Orders Showing 'conferred with Fred Holmes, who has otic occasion. A service flag, contain
How Dealers Will be Re
quired to Fix Prices.
Coal prices that prevail In Fendle
ton at thl time will not, in all prob
ably, be materially uffected by the
government regulations. 1-istrict At
torney K. I. Keator yesterday receiv
ed from IT. K. llstilct Attorney
Heame a copy of the rcjuilatlonHS
showing: how dealers will be rerpiired
to fix their prices- The Information
sent by Mr. Heumes Is publiMhed
herewith in full.
The dealer is allowed 30 per cent
more profit than In 1915. That is. l
he charged two dollars a ton more for
his coal In 1!15 than he paid for it
he can now chargre $2. fit a ton more.
The difference between the average
cost of coal on his sidetracks nnd the
price ho charges the consumer !
called the retail prows murerin and lb1
denier In allowed the same retui'
prows margin as he bad In l ))!." plus
SO per cent, presumably to cover the
Increased rout In operating'.
charge of the fuel situation In Ore
'Ron. Coal, lump and nut. now cotUs
them $3.50 a ton at the mines and
$4.15 a ton freight, making1 a total
1 of J7.65 on their tracks. Two years
,ago the retail gross margin by one
dealer was $1.75 a ton. Csing1 this
fisuie. the dealer would be allowed
an increase of 30 per cent or about
2 cent a ton, making $2.27 he would
be permitted to add to the cost of the
coal on his tracks. This would make a
i price of $9.92, but thu price is for
coal in the bins, the dealers claim. An
extra dollar a ton must be allowed for
delivery, they claim, which would
make the price $10.92 a ton. This fig
ure Is of course, not official,
j At the present time local dealer?
are selling1 lump and nut coal at $1!
a ton in single tons, $10.75 in two t'
five ton lots and $10.FiO in five or more
; ten lots.
! Sfmrtagp of foal Here.
However, there is very little coal ir
j 'Vndletnn to be bad at any price ow
I 'ne to the car Bhnrlajre. Most of thp
imiied pnpply m hand is inferior coal
Rood deal of it Is Lignite coal which
i Continued on Pago 8. )
WANT LOCAL DELEGATION AT
HERMISTON DAIRY-HOG SHOW
MARSHALL SPELL
RECOMMENDED FOR
1ST LIEUTENANCY
ItKHMISTOX. Oct. 20. Staff C.r
resiondende.)"Herin icon's Dairy and
Hob show bpened today with the lar
gest attendance on record and twice
as much stork on display as during
any, previous year. The shnw this
yeai Is attracting- much Interest and a
Rood delegation of boosters from Pen
dleton Ik expected toniorow.
The judging: work is being- done by
experts frm the Jrepon Agricultural
Cidhtfo and the entries In the hog- di
vision were judsred this forenoon.
Tn adition to the livestock on exhib
it prizes are Mso given for apple, corn
nnd potato-exhibits and for many
1 bin us entered under the ladies fa I
bold In conjunct hm with the mni1
event.
ing: a star, for every member of th
lodge who has gone into some branch
3ff Uncle Para's service, was presented
to the lodge by Roy W. Ritner and In
.he absence of the donor Roy Raley
nade the speech of presentation.
The lodge now has 14 men entitled
o a star on the flag, as follows: Cap-
aln Charles C. Vinier, who Is a Camp
Uwis; Captain Lee Caldwell, Lieuten
ant Marshall Spell and Private "Willie
3reding ff Troop 1; Jas. H. Sturgls
and James R. Eowler of Battery A;
lieutenant Fred A. Lieuallen of the
medical reserve corps;- Harold G.
Blakely and W. X. Rover, enlisted in
he navy; Roy Alexander and Grover
. Floyd, now at Camp Lewis; Ray
mond . Vose and J. C. Sullivan, in
he engineering corps; and Ralph S.
Davis and Arthur Fits Gerald, who j
unlisted in the engineering corps but j
who were honorably discharged for;
Physical disability. In addition Fred- j
?rick Steiwer is now at the officers' j
raining camp. i
ltcrord Attendance.
U. Alexander, as the only parent ;
f an enlisted man who was present,
ore.sided and nuided a r-sponse in be- !
alf of the ledge. Rev. J. E. Snyder i
iho made a short talk. A Hoover j
"eed completed the meeting which
K.ad a record attendance.
Two of the men nrw gone were of-I
"leers of the lode. Captain Vinier j
having bfen esteemed loyal knight and j
Private Fowler having been esteemed
lecturing knight. James H. Estes
vas chosen to complete the term of
'he former and U. P.. Chloupek of the
'atter. Flans were also made last
evening for the annual Thanksgiving
ball.
Pressure of Austro-German Drive Causes
Italians to Withdraw to Mount Mag
grove; Observers Confident Italians will
Eventually Repel Assault; French
Strength Magnificient
LONDON, Oct. 26. The French and British opened
another Flanders offensive this morning. Haigr report
ed the progress satisfactory.
r my five minutes after the British opened the drive.
German pill boxes 2000 yards distant were completely de
stroyed. Half an hour later the British reached Pold-
hoex Chateau, an initial gain of 2000 yards.
Kain was falling last night and today. British cavalry
is active. . ;
British cavalry has been used successfully, indicating
the open nature of the fighting around Cheluvelt and
Paschendaele. This is the second blow the combined Brit
ish and French have struck against Germany's vital spot
in Flanders in five days. As soon as all of Paschendaele
ridge is captured the way will be open for the allied ad-
vance to Roulers, the pivot city in the German communi
cation lines, except for the Flanders mud. 1 ;
The greatest satisfaction is expressed over the magni
ficent evidence of France's military strength. The French
are conducting two major offensives, one '6n the Aisne
front, the others with the British in Flanders. ' - t -
ROME, Oct 2G. The
pressure of the Austro-German
drive has forced the
Italian evacuation of Bain-
sizza Plateau, it is officially
stated. ,
The announcement said
the Italians withdrew to
Mount Maggiore west of
Auzza. .
STATE TOTAL
IN BOND SALE
IS $19,181,450
CAMP OR BEX. Charlotte. X. C.
Oct. 26. Promotion of Second Lieu
tenants Harold R. Klff. Marshall H.
Spell and Alfred J. O'Rrlen to be first
lieutenants, and of Sergeant Major
Will F. Hessian, formerly of the busi
ness staff of the Oreiron Journal, and
Srtreants Kngene P. Walters. John A.
McCleverty. George D. Jtlley nnd Roy
M. Sloan to be second lieutenants was
recommended here Wednesday, other
changes made among Oregon cavalry
nen at,, Camp Greene were the as
signments of Captain Cicero F. Hognn
ofr Trooji A to headquarters company,
nnd Captain Charles J. Gjedsted of
Troop to the supply brigade.
GERMAN AGENTS SAID
TO BE WORKING IN THE
VANCOUVERARMY POST
: BATTLE OF AISNE IS
GERMANY'S GREATEST
DEFEAT THIS YEAR
PORTLAND, Oct. 26. The official
Liberty Bond total was announced at
noon as $19,181,450, well over Ore
gon's minimum quota, while over $10,
000,000 remain to be obtained in just
24 hours to reach the maximum.
The city of Portland with over elev
en millions is well over its maximum,
but the rest of the state with some
few exceptions has fallen lamentably
behind.
Portland has made a wonderful rec
ord. With one-third of the wealth of
the state, it has subscribed nearly two
thirds of the Oregon total, while In
actual number of subscriptions, it has
subscribed 16.400 cut of a total of less
Han 30.000. Moreover, in Portland,
subscriptions made by an employe for
hundreds of employes counts as only
one subscription.
Pendleton's record and Umatilla
county's is one for the state to ad
mire, declare the committee. Based
on the maximum quotas, however.
Lake county heads the state outside of
Portland with 8 3 per cent. Clatsop
jumps to second place with 65 per
cent.
Marshffeld is now beginning to get
its gait. The following towns have at- j
tained their maximum ouota: Bridal ;
Veil. Seaside. Wheeler, West fall. Echo j
and Lafayette. j
SUICIDE THEORY IS
REFUTED BY DOCTORS
Iondon Is OonfldenC
LONDON, Oct. . -Military ob
servers are fully confident the Italians
will bo able to repel eventually the
AustrcGerman drive. Italy la well
supplied with troops and munitions. -Observers
said the Isonxo offensive
showed conclusively the weakness of
the Austrian. German troops, offi
cers, munitions and airplanes are con
ducting the drive. -' '
Realizing the extent of the Italian
unrest, the Kaiser evidently launched
the drive hoping, to break the morale
of the Italian people. '
Kaiser's Judgment Poor.
The Kaiser evidently created an
other grotesque error In Judging the
mental processes of other nations. Tha
Immediate effect of the German offen
sive appears to be criticisms against
the weakness of the present Italian
cabinet, coupled with a demand for a
more belligerently active national pol
30.000 Italians Taken.
BERLIN-. Oct. it. Austro-German
forces on the Italian front have cap
tured 10.000 prisoners and 300 gunS,
it is officially stated.
RESIGNATION ITALY'S
CABINET IMPENDING
Socialists Strength Increas
ing: According to "Semi-Official
Reports.
ROME, Oct. 2fl. The resignation
of the Italian cabinet In impending, ac
cording to semi-official newspaper an
nouncements. Socialist y' Ftrength If
Increasing. The chamber of deputies
dofv-ated a vote of confidence In the
cabinet.
..VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 2fi.
(Jerman agents were evidently
worn Ing in tho army post. A
number of army mules were mys
teriously and severely stabbed
and several killed. It Is believed
, an attempt was made to plant
typhus germs in the water. Col
onel Jones, command:' nt, flatly
dent od the persistent report that
1T00 loaves of bread were found
to contain poison.
The guard anout the nrmy post
has been doubled and every effort
is being made to catch the plot
ters. Jones Insisted the reports cir
culated In Portland nu,d Vancou
ver were greatly enlarged. He
said the activities of the plotters
stopped when the guard was
doubled.
Army authorities closely Inves
tigated the alleged attempt to poi
son the posts drinking water.
Every report was run down in an
effort to catch those responsible.
It is Ren e ru 11 y re port ed here
that a spy was shot while trying
to enter the army bakery and
died later in the hospital. Jones
denied the story.
itrssi.ws apv.wci: itutuku.
PHTItOGRtrt, Oct. 26. The Rus
sians have advn nce,i further in the
Hiua sector. The t'lernians evacuated
a great seetion of territory it is offi
cially stated.
The statement said: "In the Eigund
Manor sector from I-cmnvarden fo the
castle, as f::r as the Kiga Orel rail
way line, we advanced without discov
ering the enemy."
nOn 1SSI E INVALID.
SALEM. Cct. S. The supreme
court found tho $ too.ooo Tillamook
rtKt bond isuc invalid.
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(HENRY WOOD.. j
FRENCH HKAnQVARTKRS. Oct.
26. The Cerman retirement on the j
Aisne front is continuing, following tht
terrific French smash Wednesday and j
Thursday. The Aisne battle is Ger- f
many's greatest defeat this year.
The French penetrated the German
defenses for three miles, German
losses are conservatively estimated at '
tfvOftn, the heaviest losses Germany j
has yet sustained in proportion to the i
size of the battle front.
The victory gives the French dom
ination of the Allette valley.
The Germans are evidently attempt
ing to make a determined stand today.
The new French positions practi
cally render untenable the German
lines clonsr the northern end of th
blond y Chemin Pes Panics toward
Craonne.
The German forces are evidently
aroce-y like a boxer struck a terrific
walbm. The Germans hadn't consid- ;
ered defeat on the Aisne front pos-
ible. considering their positions there!
impregnable. The French captured '
Positions seven miles long, averaging
throe and a half miles deep. 4
Physicians Declare Lieuten
ant McCoy Could Not
Have Killed Himself.
TELEPHONE CONTROVERSY MUST
It EACH SETTLEMENT TOMORROW
SAX FRANCISCO. Oct. 2. UnleM
a settlement of the controversy b
tween the electrical workr union and
the Pacific Telephony and Tleraph
SPARTA Wis.. Oct. 2fi. Phvsielans company is reacned by noon tomorrow
examining the body of Lieutenant un,on officials will telegraph a trlK
Malcomb McCoy, found dead at Van-to a!l coast locals.
conver barracks Saturday, declared he' - --
couldn't have committed suicide, a
the army authorities; announced.
Physicians said a bulb entered the
lower left side of the skull, a place
practically impossible for a man to
have reached himself. Colonel R. B.
McCoy, father of the dead oficer. Is
understood as demanding a military
Investigation. It is alleged the re
volver found beside the body didn't
belong to the lieutenant.
FLY OVFU IOOO MILKS
OX RAID; SO HITCH
si norn srsiKsiov of j
COAL SHIPMKXTS ORPEREP 1
WASHINGTON. O. 2.i Prtiirlty
Plrcttor R. S. lovett ordered a SI
hours su4Hnsbm of prcTerencf ship
nients of bituminous eonl for the
mtrthwTt. bcuHiiniiisr at midnight Oc
tober jsth. This Is done at tlto request
ot Fuel .felmliiMrator tiarfleld to di
icrt rMtl lo Ohio ami Michigan to re
lieve the serious do mo tit short a ire of
those two states.
London. Oct. 3 The Dally
Mail's correspondent with the Ital-
lari armies iaya that latar detailii
received of the areat Cattaro
mark It as an exam pi of rare or- 4
ganliation.
The fourteen Capronlea which
took part In It started together
from near Milan, flew to the Ap-
penlnes in a vale and arrived tn
a body near Rome. There thejr
rested awhile and then flew to
their taking off camp on the Ad-
riatlc shore and thence to Dal-
matfa and Montenegro and home.
The squadron afterward flew
together something like 10OO
miles without failure on the art
of any machine or any hitch.
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