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fi DAILY EVEHIIIG EDITI0:r DAILY EVEHIIIG EDITION Xuniber copies primed ol yesterdayf , ..., Unity edition ' .. . 2,648 Thin paper I a manlier of and audited by Iba Audit Bureau of Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST ,.; J Tonlgh" Thursday flA HtXl 4 t 1AL PAPER "COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9279 VOL; 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. J 4. 1917 " I'T-'EareAoiilail) wy ,,, , Tu -i at a " 9 K h i , 5 .1 NVASION OF EN IS Chancellor Law Tells House of Commons War Cabinet . Considers Contingency. TUNNED UNDER THE CHANNEL IS RUMOR jGennans Reported to be Digging Passage for In vasion From Belgium. ; LONDON, Nov. 14. Chancellor of the Exchequer Law told the House of Com jnons the war cabinet is con sidering the possibilities of a ' German invasion. . . Law's statement answered the rumors that Germans . are digging a tunnel under the channel from Belgium ,to England for invasion. iSAr.ir.llES ANXIOUS TO FIG HUNS American Soldiers in France ire Like Care-Free Kids ; -Eager to Battle. AMERTCAtf MEt-b HEADUUAR TBlta.' Nov. 14. American soldiers nxlously desire to fight with the jUermah. The American soldier acts like a carefree American kid, contemptu vim' or shells, gas machine guns and thenar In general. lite aecond detachment of Amerl can Infantrymen left left the front line trenchca and was succeeded by a third detachment. , American aviators participated hh the French In several air raids. ombrng artillery observation ata tlona behind the German lines. The entire American force Ih fight hungry and alert. . Hhelllng cumin ; nes- normal with occasional ga 5 bombs. ENEMY CHECKED AT PIAVE RIVER KOMB. Nov. 14. UniMiiy attempts to cross the Hlavp river at Wumlnna. I'lava, and lntosladura were sup pressed with serious enemy loss. It i , oriclally staled. The enemy pros-ted . through the Italian lines near the " Adriatic, but the advance was check 1 cd without great gains. Blsewhore inemy activities failed. Between ths Brenls and I'lavc riv ers the enemy occupies the front from Tecse to Lamon to Fonzano to Fcl tre. I QUESTIONAIRE FOR NEXT DRAFT PUBLIC List of Questions Form an Exceedingly Searching Personal Inquiry. wAKHixoTON-. xuv. M.-mo ust j reinslnlnf nine million men who reR- ln.red (of ttia draft must fill out 4 w as made pultllo by the , Provost j Marshal: Ueneral today. It Is the' ; most searoWlo personal Inquiry lm-! - .. Kln .h. Bn.a .linn It I. th. , n II. ,u - - 1 t,nlv doAumein !the local ' conscrlp-' ' Hon and ieaehiiitton hoards need to ' -j handle . In i order to put" the Into flvai.ctasses In the order will le -ealled to the colors. The sllteen pagts hooklet of qnes , tlona starts with series f. "(Icnersl ., Questions." all of which reglstran: : must answer. other series Martini: , with II and endina with XII. cover physical fitness; leRlsdatlve, execu- i Hv'- ard ludlclHl officers: minister? . GLAND POSSIBILITY of religion; divinity students; mili tary or naval service; cltlxenshtp; of ficlals. . federal employes, pilots and marine, religious convictions against war; dependency; Industrial occupa- Mtoi, . and agricultural occupation (Continued on Pace KEREN SKY IS ARRESTED SAY SOME REPORTS Others Declare Premier Has Returned to Petrogrdd; Dispatches Confusing. CO PEN 1 Ij GKN, Nov. 14. Knnil toff lias cttitiired Ilin Kremlin wImc UiC Ilolslievlkl tMkL .-.fugo Winvdtim to reliable) rcfMirtH I lie lleTliiigKke Ties I nte pr.iK.d UiiH uIurrtuHHi. Tlu ro vlslonal fore- were vR'torloiut after severe fig h time. It In reported General Kulrdlite, head of VotwkHf llttCf lUlUUtl ldlllr-4'lf liuwdwi premier. : STOCKHOLM. Nov. 1 4. -Kercnsky haii been arrested, according tu u Swedish telegraph agency dispatch from SJeparanda. No details were Riven. All Petroprad dispatches are con fiiMlnRly contradictory. Koine assert ed the provisional government was victorious, others declared the Hob shevlkl inflicted defeat on the Ker-ensky-Korniloff forces, it Ih report ed Leon TrotKky haH ordered the ar i est of KereiiMky and other provision al government officials and announc ed when these officials were arrested they would he tried for complicity In the Kornlloff revolt. Kerens ky n IVtrograil. LONDON. Nov. 14. A Stockholm ulspatch quotliiK the Finnish tele graph agency declared Kerensky had returned to Petrograd and controls the telegraph. It declared the Petro grad garrlnon was deserting the Bol hevlkl. Other apparently authentic mes. fcage declared Kerensky completely controlled Petrograd and Maximalist troops are supporting Kerensky. Hoirthevlkl reports that Kerensky has been arrested are discredited. The Russian Stockholm embassy Announced Petrograd was quiet Thursday evening, shops reopened, and conditions are rapidly resuming normal. Foreigners In various lega tions are fully protected. . A Finnish agency message declar- d Kerenaky's disciplined Cossacks quickly overwhelmed the Bolshevik! Itoasted red guards. RED GROSS XMAS FUND IS RAISED III THREE HOURS Dollars by the hundreds have bcrn j diverted from the pockets of l'en- j dletoiiiaus to the Kcri Cross for the ; purchase of ChrJKtmus presents for -the soldiers and suilofs Unlny. A ' doxen committers this morning made; a throe hour whirlwind campaign and ( In that time secured more thsn tho ' $100n quota HrtslKiiod to this city. I Only srnull amounts, ninging from .ri0 cents to five dollars, were solicited ' and few Indeed were tho deaf esrs 1 turned to the requests for contribu- lions. I'onrilntoirs response was aa J uennrotis and pminpt as it has been ; in the past for war funds. A total or fiver liaoo wus roptrted raised curly this afternoon. KAISKII VISITS ITALIAN' 1KO.NT A41STKHDA M. Nov. 1 if The Ger man emperor arrived Vuiulay at the Italian theater of war. where he met Limperor Charles and Kin? Ferdinand according to a (lorizia dispatch. He congratulated Kmperor Churloa on hi escape from drowning. The tier man emperor continued hlH Journey alung the front. NDIAN KILLED WHEN ES OVER GRADE gam Gaston Dead, William I La Course Bruised in Ac-! cident Jjast Night. , ,. .ji.i...' Sam Caston. a mixed blood ImUun . of the t'matllla reservation. died . shortly after 7 o'clock this morning I men 1 Htt result oi injuries Hutuamva uur the '"ff the night In an automobile accl . dent Jum west of Havana iStatlon William l.a Course of Adams, another Indian and the owner and driver of I the car. escaped with minor Injuries. The two men had been In Peudle- ton yesterday and common report 1 " freely. that they had been drinking They left Pendleton during the day but were evidently returning here about 12:30 this morning when the car went over the 20 foot em bankment just this side of Havana, It was not until one of the Warren Construction Company wagons pass ed along the road this morning that the accident was dlncovered. tiaston , VILLA ATTACKS VILLAGE CLOStE TO THE BORDER Spreads 1200 Troops in Fan Shaped Formation About Oguinaga ; Outposts Killed GOVERNMENT TROOPS RESIST DESPERATELY Many Bullets Fall Across Line; American Troops Patrolling Border, PIUllIO. TtrcuM. Nov. II. Kpreadiiijr liMMi troopn In a riui-slmp-ed forniatii;ii n-lxiut )iiiiiai.. Villa attaekcHl tho elly oiMiU" here. ut Mvts were eujHuifd, killed or forced to retire. Tim govenuiMMit's tttHtn with git its j on tho liouM'toft" reHlHtil cleserate ly. 31 any bullet aro lalltiur aTOHS 1 the line. .American tnxw ure ia IrolUiiK the lorder. From Mission in Kan Antonio, the. I village Is within rifle range of Ojin- I aga, which Villa previously captur ed. A deadly hall of machine gun bullets uoured Into the ranks of the government troops defending -OJin- aga under General Kplsnosu Cordova Villa himself was not seen with the troops. The bandit leudor was reported at Kan Antonio, Mexico. XTRA WAKHINtiTOV. Nov 1 1. Gv nuiiy'H sulunarliio haa fuilod. act-ord iitK to a Hciittlfnal article Uio I tor lintT Taicclilatt ublblHHl. The nWNaier admit tJutt pfrm'y witlwut mercy lias railed, and MnifesNos the ; Koveriiutvnt wroiurly eMIrnatctl the! uf!lMle pllvx-Ot of the siilinuirinv j caiuiHiiKu. PEACE BEFORE END OF 1919 IMPOSSIBLE SAY HIGH OFFICIALS WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 4. iSeoretar' Unkcr uumi will Hiihmil oslinutteH rnvi-rius war runts up to the middle of J m It. Tho close of lftl't roprjcnta the earlieut osttomto (if hii?h iirmy and navy officers as to tho end of the war, many ure skeptical of a conclusion even thn. The war cost program is cont inuottt and bo HliHpfd th hiruKSfo can be fi nanced indefinitely. M-n who predicted a decision the winter if J!tl8 now frankly dfclarn tho RiiKHia i and Italian prnblems, chiefly tho Russian, ntaKe ictiry impiiKHi(le bcfure n not her year. Army men predict Germany is likely souii tu imilio secret peace prujMisjilH. They believe a strict ly military decision is practically ImpoKHible under the present war system, unless the navies under take darihtr attack against HeliKOland, Wilhelmshaven and ZeebruRKe. Russia is likely to drop out of the war aa aho iajo recuperate. AUTO AT was itnroiiM'lonn I ait l.a i Vairse wuj ulltinur bv the wrcrkivi car. Kvident ho iwa boon da.ni by his injurie. una i.un waited an iiikih inr aid ' lather than setting uut in search ol it The two men wtre brousht to St Anlmin,,N Jlosl(itlli nd l)r. T. M Henderson was summoned. Unstnr. died a few minutes after reaching thi- hospital and InveKtigatlon showeu that he hud sustained a fractured skull and Internal Injuries. I -a Course's Injuries consisted i-f br nisei' and eeratches and he was able to kave the hospital soon alter arriving there. Coroner Brown ha.- taken charge of the bedy and probably will not hold an Inquest. The doceuscd Indian was about 4' ears old. Though not an ullotte himself, he was married to Maggie Parr, the widow of Ike Parr wh committed suicide with Jchn Wa latxl a few years ago. and lived or. her allotment. The car. a Chevro let, was pretty badly smashed up. HAVANA ! TO BE OPENED CHRISTMAS MORNING IN THE TRENCHES MlfutTAX ! j ; ..ff;;-r.- . i i j r-.i j J-l-fT -jj - -t a-'-'j .- ' ! - M PFNni FTfliJ r . , .4 y.r., , y iii I MULL lull r: I ) ': r-: I ' - ill nrMAIMOOAP I ' .jfrZV I 111 I' 'Hi ' Mnrwir-f -m Tint- i 1 n-." '-mil m Wnm nriini riM jaajrirftVrtfhiiMrf i i. inniniii'inimirnr-'",l, , & Tho Chrfstinaa jiackct that thus and of boys in the trenches in France will open on Christmaa morning. It answers almost all needs. Tobacco, pipe, chewing sum. layinff cards, r-andkerchiefs, candy and even clothespins are some of the incidentals in this bandana of plenty. HIGH COMMENDATION GIVEN WORK COUNTY RED CROSS CHAPTER Visiting Officials Work is Best of Declare Any In-! spected in this Division. The l.'matilla. County "Chapter Am crican ttni Cross, was most hiKhl! I'commended last eveniiiK by the head of the work the northwest. Josiah Collins, likewise by Mrs. Hilton, head of the women's department and by Miss Ijoomts of the nurses bureau. "This chapter has made the best showing of any chapter inspected," said Mr. Collins. The work carried on was classed as macaificctit and ! praise was also fiiven because all use- ess expenses have ben avoided. The HUpplies sent from this chapter have been invariable correct in specifica tions and have required no changing, j Heavy Work Wanted. j For the coming term t A lee as much work as previously is expected of the i Ited Cross and the county chapter is therefor urged to redouble its ef forts. I n addition to the work now being carried on suggestions were made for a class hi home hygiene teach thn care of sirk in homes. This e.a.ss Is wan'.nd so aa In relieve train ed niirsps who jire needed in the mil itary hospitals. A Civilian Relief bureau is also wanted, this branch lo take care of the waul of soldier : dependents. A .lunior Red Cross or ganization is also contemplated. I let t ion Tonight. The re; liar election of ofrbers by ; t he cmi ni y ehaptr is to occor to- night and last evening a motion wai ' adopted instructing the chair ma e. J Mrs. Hatltry. to nain a- nominat in;: ''onimlUee to suggesL eamlbiates foi i positions on t be boanl of managers. I This hoard is to ho elected tonight and the board will In turn elect an exeru-. tive committee to carry on the ad I mlnist rat ive work of the chapter. I !( re Spy 't r k . In his talk last cvtminic Mr. Collin teveab'd that part of the enemy 1 propaganda has been to spread stories ! that the Red Cross has all abunrlancf of supplies and that some supplies t are being sold privately. There i.- no truth whuteer In the rcunris and all citizens when hearing such a re- . pfrl are askc-d to report the -amr ' immediately to the officers of t belt Red Cross chapter. The In forma tin In turn will he transmitted to t h" northwest office and given to the .-e-; cret service for Invest iat ion. Any : one repeating any such gossip I. Ivld to be doing enemy wr.rk. POPULATION HAS INCREASED 1000 PAST 12 MONTHS Pendleton's population has grown approximately lunt during the pal ear. if the school census just com pleted i io be taken as a ba.M.s. Tne "H18HS just com pi ft ed shows a total of tssj children of school age in the city. being- boys and 9-7 girls. FiRiirhift i be school population as one-fon rt h of the whole pen u lot ion. t his would give Pendleton a popula tion of approximately 8'MMi. Some communities take the school popula tion as one-fifth in which ia.i p,,. . let on's total population would be ever SunO. The census last year shewed ITu.'i but later ? or more were deducted, making the increase this yi'iir about CHRISTMAS KIT. ENTIRE BOARD OF ROUND-UP DIRECTORS IS RE ELECTED The entire 1S17 board of directors. In addition to re-electing- the old of the Uound-L'p wan re-elected last ; directors the stockholders gave them evening at the annual meeting of the I a, rising1 and rousing vote of thanks stockholders of the Northwestern j In appreciation of their splendid ser Fronlier Exhibition Association, vices in making the 1917 Round-Up Formal procedure was suspended and such a huge success In every partlc the old board returned to office by ular. The news that th board went acclamation. Should there.be any through the year without borrowing resignations from the board, the re- 'a. cent and has a balance of several n'a'"l"B directors will- have. ihaY1nousttnd dollars was received with fleeting of their successors. . applause. i The board. Is composed of Presl- ! dent T. D. Taylor. Vice-president ' -' iri. ! v ' , ' - , oiMo.i, uumw oi wiumns, i, an prooaouity ine snow will oe neia. ; Frazier. director of grounds, Sam K. j during the third week In .September, j Thompson. " director of Uuestock, ! The matter of resurfacing the track Claude Renland. director of parade, : to do away with all soft places wax Iean Tatom, director of accomoda- discussed and Frank Frazier was ap ( tions. . pointed to supervise the work. COLORADO MAN MAY BE CHOSEN AS PENDLETON SUPERINTENDENT No election of a city school super intendent was held at t he monthly l'ord meeting last evening but dis cussion of the various candidates for the posh Inn was the most important matter before the board. Judging from the sentiment expressed last evening, it seems very probable that the ch'dce of a, school head for Pen dleton will be Fred F Austin, ut pres- nt city superintendent of ,u Junta, Ci !o.. and former superintendent at Lead vi He. Cob. It 1 1 a aspired at the meet lug last evening that he was one of the half dozen candidates who had received serious consideration and Iba more t ban ordinal y effort had been mad" to investicate bis record, ability ami Kcnernl standing as a school man antl itizrn. All of i he recommendations v ere strongly complimentary. Mr. .UNti' is -tj years of aue and he has t een head of i he I.eartville and I.a Innia schools for 17 years. h If-ft I-ead ille beca use of a higher siiUtry ofei ed at Lh Junta. In both places. GOVT. TAKES CONTROL 0F FOOD PRICES 'ivernno g'li.ttion of the prices of staple foodst u It's has reached Pro d leton. The Peoples Warehouse gro cery department this morning recev e 1 instructions from the food admin istration relaiie to the profits allow ed on such foodstuffs as sugar, flour, dry beans, canned vegetables, canned salmon, butter, cheese, lard and its substitutes, cooking oils. etc. All roe fries having an annual bus iness of more than $100,000 aro class ed as wholesale houses and are sub ject to the regulated prices. Smaller concerns cannot charge more than the large concerns and stay in business so they, too, are automatically regu- bit ed. The government ascertains what the stock on hand cost the gro cer snd permits him add a certain profit regardless nf the prevailing nmi kel quotations. FioaHd to Tlioom iMen. The board .was empowered to se- ;ie me ojim ior me isrs itonna-tp ' , 11 ue" ,ulure" In (the teaching- corp. is larger than In J 1 f nd let on. His present salary Is Jsoo per annum and he is clawed by distinguished educators as one of the strongest school men In Colorado. The school board members have ; been working earnestly to find a ; strong, capable man for the superln : tendency and the board is prepared i to offpr a larger salary than ever 1 prevh uniy paid here. Last evening Mrs. ijowell indicated she favored a loca I man lor the vacancy but the ' male members of the board did not Make up with the suggestion. Mrs. Trowel! also Introduced a res olution asking that a committee of s ven clt'zens be selected to act as an advisory committee with the board in choosing a su perlntendent. The res. Pition was voted down by the other members. i ne i'oam nas received several f d xen applications. The school men i r-clvin; tho mowt ennsideration are 'upt. Am:(Ih. Suj't. Hutherford of Ku-ac;u- S ii't. Hub of McMinnvllle and : 'rinc:;';il t 'annnn tif Portland. SCHOOL BOYS RAISE HALF YMA. FUND IN ONE DAY'S WORK'S Uttr half of the quota of the Y. M. t A. fund assigned to the school boys in ami around Pendleton was raised .he first day of the campaign, when Theodore Heyden, local chairman for the hoys, reported ISO. SO in pledxes itiiii cash this morniius. Of this amount $47.50 was contrib uted yesterday at the hiKh school in cash, with 11.IV0 in pledg-es. Athena came through with L'0.50 and the Adams boys 110. Today and tomorrow the local students committee will vork the seventh and eighth grades of the local school. Hermiston. which is also in the Pendleton district has not been heard from yet. but is expected to contri- hme its share townrds the county's piota of $s:if. llt"" IiILb DESPITE 1 Budget as Adopted by Co. Court Assures Same Bate and Probably Less. ; - CITY TAX WILL NOT BE ABOVE 10 MILLS School Levy About ) Nine Mills; Budget Totals $296,570 ThisxYean In spite of war times and the bleb cost of living. It seems very probabt that Pendleton property owner will not pay any greater mlllace tax than during the year past and may haa less to pay. Thta wm assured wheel . the county court yesterday afternoon adopted lta budget which holds the expenses down to the atz per cent In crease allowed by law and which will In all probability keep' the mlllac tax to 7 1-t mills for state and coun ty purposes, the same as last year.. - The city tax levy will, not be attoe 10 mills and will possibly be lesj osM ins; to the higher assessed valuation ', of Pendleton property due to .iro provements and new construction work during the past j year. The ' school levy 'will not be above nine J mills and may be lees, the school , board having; adopted a budget prac- tlcally equivalent to that? of last year." The total levy on city property will." therefore, at the1 ouside not be 'more, than 28 1-2 mills, the same . as Uutt, year. .. . County Budget i.I70. The budget as. adopted by the coun ty court yesterday ftetHew totala 29.57 as against .: O0.4 last , year. To this must be added IW . tills county's share of. the state tax Which has not yet been determined but which cannot exceed a six per cent Increase. ' This will, prevent the levy from going beyond I 1-2 mills, U is believed. The increase of I2.44. 198 in the assessed Valuation of Uma tilla county property this year will take care of the increase In expenses. A good many of the Items of coun ty expense were Increased the full six per cent over last year while some others were reduced. The following Is a comparison of the Individual terms of the 1(18 and HIT budgets: Item. . County court . Circuit court . .". Justice court Sheriff i... Cleric Recorder Treasurer Coroner School su pt. ... Assessor Fruit Insp Court house Jail Care of poor Insane Indigent Soldiers Widow Pension . Juvenile court . . Sealer of Vta... School library . .. Co. library Watermaster "... Health officer . . Election Public Accounts . Scalp bounty ... H. 8. tuition Tax rebate Co. schools iit ' mr s.soo . J.SOO ' 7.600 7.i0 1.200 ' l.SO. 75 - 7.60 4.770 ' 4.680 J.700 I.eOO' 1.6J0 l.SOO. 0 ' BOO 4,000 4.000 4.770 4.S0O - 200 ' TOO 1,112 2.000 1.(00! l.Q0 .000 .00 ZS0 250 1.(00 l.(00 2.710 2.600 250 260 t ' - -47 0- 740 700 (.000 (.000 2,000 2,010 400 W 7,800 V 60') 500 1.0(0 1.000 t.ooo , ' (.too 100 - ,0 7S.O0O , 72.00,0 1.(00 . 0 1.62S ' 4. 00 County agent Miscellaneous Roads and bridges 124.000 127.000 Total ..2.670 2(0,0 No election Item In budget last year. Cost of primary and general elections two years sgo 27734. Over and above the receipts from taxes It Is estimated there will be an income of 15.00-0 from fees and fines. A balance In the general J fund of ; the year. 21000 will probably begin 1 Few towns In the county aw far ; have reported their elty levies to that . county officials. Athena and Adams . each fixed their levy at 111 The Pendleton city budget . calls for something over 2(1.000. - I jiit year the budget, totaled some-. , thing over 253.000 but the actual amount of money received from tae tax levy was over 297.000 and the sbsi per cent Increase was figured upon the basis of tax receipts. The budget adopted by the local school board. te- tals thi.VSi. , I HIXt-KTOX STVDKNTt UKHOaa Two Ar Ikvwratrd With tbe Yom for lira very. SOISSONHL Franc. Nov. 14. Rob ert Patterson Umont Jr., of Eva Ba ton. III., and Henry Thompson f 1 Greenville. LHI . Princeton studsntJL were decorated today with tho wtr cross with palms for bravery In trskM- porting munitions under heavy bonv bardment In tho recant Frond cT femdve on tho Chemln dea Daraosv