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VOL. 29
DAILY EAST O REG ONI AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1917.
NO. 9316
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First Steo Will be Removal ! JELLICO FREED TO
nisi oiep niu ae ivemovai rIV MnnR TitP.
and Elimination of AH
Non-essential Traffic.
IIDPCO nilXDJIMTInIC
GIVE MORE TIME TO UnULO UUflliHIl I HlL
COMPLEX PROBLEMS
.Audobon, Iowa, (Citizens At-
4 ..J 4.. I ..L. 11 'I
and Young Farmer.
TEUTONS OFFER OVERTURES
OF "NO ANNEXATIONS AND NO
INDEMNITIES" TO LURE SLA VS
Condition Made That Other Belligerents Pledge Same
Policies; Essential Element of Wilson and Eng
land, the Elimination of Hohenzollernism Lacking;
Move considered One of Germany's Cleverest Pieces
of Strategy to Embarass Allies.
FINANCIAL AMERICA
APPROVES OF MOVE
Labor is IJehind Wilson De
clares A. B. Garretson of
the Brotherhoods.
ON SOCIAL DISEASES
LONDON', Pec. 21. Authurltittlve
information says Jelllcoe'H retlie-
ment an the flrnt sea lord Is the re- I ,
Hull of a ileclHlon to let younger men j T T, T , ,, I
try their h.indn. The Hrltih press Letter f roill John McCOUl't
MEN SAID TO HAVE
BEEN UNPATRIOTIC
eulogize Jelllcoe's work but welcome
the change uh freeing Jcllicue from
routine and allowing him to she
more time to complex iiroljleniH.
is Read to City Council at
Meeting Last Night.
Wife's Pleadings Delay Ac
tion Until Sheriff Ar
rives on Scene.
(DI'KXH -Mili.V. pec. 27. In a
formal reply to the Hiiblan Keparau?
hbcc. overtures, Vienna .Nay the cen
tral powora am willing to make a
general pvatf on the. tmsin of uo an
nexations and no IndrmnlMpa. They
ask only that the otlier lclliflerenm
pledge tlio Hamo pollcloH.
ANTI-PICKETING LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SAYS SUPREME COURT:!
WASHINGTON'. lHv. 27. Net-rotary
McAdoo it to retain tlic trea.mir
rrnlilp, eailliuf upon rcu-tlcal rallwuy
men lo aid in the work and allowing
nutting organisation to ooiitiiuie for
the present. Tlio railroad will re
ceive comenMatlon on a basin of the
avcrajca three yearn -arnliucH ending
June 30th last. Actual otx-rafloii of
the railroads bcitinx January flrnt
thus avoiding cxmfuNlon la aceount
liilC It meaim tint n-dut'liiR of non
ewMMitlal trainx will be taken up.
The auumption of railroad control
ineane that the United States practi
cally controls every industry and every
business of Its citizens through Its
hold on the vital arteries of com
merce.
Wages Considered, Today.
The matter of railway waxes will be j Proclamation Fixes
I
8AI..M, One. 27. The mi
pretnc court today held the Port
land aiiti-iilcketini? ordinance to
be unconstitutional. It declared
It nought lo prevent Mtrlkcx.
walkouts and tycotts and 0held
no state can cuuitel workmen to
forgo their right to j u it work if
they want to.
in conference with the brotherhoods
chiefs. Simultaneously. McAdoo con- !
f era with the railroad executives re- !
gardlng railroads operation. If uu- j
able to reach an agreement on earn-1
lugs In this way, a separate tribunal
will have to be called, as the President I
and congress cannot arbitrarily fix ,
compensation. Systems, terminals,
equipment and revenue will be pooled.
Klimlnate Xun-KKwutlulN.
An Imiulry will be titarted Immedi
ately to eliminate non-essenlial traffic.
The I'resident is to devote the roads
primarily to actual war service, only
equipment not so needed will be uti
lized, for other purposes,
Harrison, prosldent of the railroad's
war board is expected to become Mc
Adoo's permanent assiHtanl. McAdoo
Is to remain on the commerce com
mission In an advisory capacity to as
sist in adjustment of conditions. It is
'expected Hit Immediate acceleration of
men and supplies to the seaboard will
be the result of proclamation. These
have been delayed by the railroads for
lack of power. Hailroad presidents
everywhere are telegraphing Presi
dent Wilson assurances of their full
approval and cooperation In the
movement.
NEW YOltK, Dec. 27. Financial
America approved today the govern
ment operating of railroad. The stock
exchange sajs this Is the best news In
years. Advances In railroad stocks
were generally maintained. The
move seems to have restored confi
dence to the whole list. Financiers
say the move will stabilize monetary
and Investment conditions. McAdoo
as director Is universally approved.
Kdltorlal comment approves the plan.
It Is expected dining and club cars
will be the next to go in the work of
getting the last ounce of efficiency
from the roads. A move has started
to curtail race horso transportation.
Theatricals- may be forced to use the
regular trains.
Hoard Of nircctom.
McAdoo Is to select the board of di
rectors Including the railroad war
board, the commerce commission and
other agencies helping to direct trans
portation. A. It. tiarrcttson, spokes
man for the brotherhoods says labor
is behind Wilson and prophesied the
eventual federal ownership of rail
roads. Officials confidentially admit
ted this is a possibility.
Prices of Mill Feeds
' John Mel.'ourt. former I'cnd leloii
! lawyer und now a member
commission on training camp uctivl
1 ties, would have Pendleton declare a
quarantine ngainnt social diseases
both as a protection for the soldiers
1 assing through this city and for the
residents of the community. Such
n ordinance has been passed by
ortland and many other cities In the
cou fitly In response lo a. re'iue.sl
from the military authorities.
A letter from Mr. Mcl'ourt was
rood to the city council last night
and he submitted a copy of the Port
land ordinance. The council refer
red the matter lo the cily attorney
and health committee.
Mr. Mct'ouit proposes that the city
' should have the power to Isolate per
sons afflicted with social diseases
: w henever necessary for the protec- '
Hon of others. He declares that the(
I Prltlsh and French armies have
ft und these diseases a real menace
AI'DOIiON, Iowa, Dec. 27. A mob
of angry citizens attempted to lynch
Hev. W. A. Ktarck. fii-iinan l.ulh.ran
of the preacher, and Fred Tentiegkh, a joung
farmer owing to their ullr ged unpa
triotic utterances and failure to sup
port patriotic, activities. Tennegklt
was dragged through the street with
a, rope around his neck. The sheriff
arrived and saved him as I he mob was
getting the other end of the rope over
u tree branch. The pleadings of his
wife anrl unother preacher caused a
delay of the mobs action at the min
ister's house until the sheriff reached
there. Iloth men had a hearing be
fore the local branch of the state de
fense council yesterday for alleged
unpatriotic remarks and refusal to
support war activities.
tlever Piece strategy.
(ED U KEEN.)
LONDON, Dec. 27. Germany Is
trying to persuade the Kusslans that
only the allies stand in the way of
peace. The peace terms announced
by Count Czernln at the Brest-Llto
vsk conference pledging- Teutonic ad
herence to the "no annexations and
no Indemnities" principle Is only on
condition that England and her al
lies agree to the same policy. The
terms seemingly conceded to the
Russian demands on other peace
alms, but the stipulation that Russia
Halt to KiiMfchuis. . must secure the entente adoption of
WASHINGTON. Dee. 27. If the ! all of Germany's principles appears
central powers' overtures to Kussia I for the obvious purpose of attempting
are true they still lack the essential '. to convince the Russians the entente
AMSTERDAM. Iec. 27. The
lrest-I.ltovsk peace conferences be
tween Russia and and Germany were
resumed today. Jt was previously
reiKrted the meeting vecro post-Mucd.
element Iresident Wilson and Eng
land depand the elimination of Ho
henzollernism. The blanket formula
'no annexations and no indemnities"
does not cover all necessary In the
settlement. It leaves Relgian re
storation and kindred vital problems
out. The overtures are considered
largely as a halt to the Russians.
Ik delaying peace. The move here Is
considered one of Germany's clever
est pieces of strategy to embarass the
allies. No mention is made of any
German damages for firing In Bel
gian und France, the Poland devas
tation, or future guarantee of world
peace. Both these are essential to
the allies.
JAMAICA 31 A V LIMIT IMPORTS.
WILL SUBPOENA ALL
CLOTH CONTRACTORS
I Jan Would J'crit l on-imi .Huimlirs to I
(o to the Armies. t
PORTLAND. Pec. 'JT. Follow Iiik
the announcement, flxlnw th jirlcos
of niUlfeedH by Mllliiifr Cinnmlxsinn
er T. H. Wilcnx, the following' tte
nient wan niudo laM nishi by Federal
Food AImlnlntrntor W. It. Ayei :
'AII deHlern In ni lllfnedH ure t ha
licensed. They should address the
Fnlted Mates food mlmiiifMmt Inn,
law department. llmenHc division,
Washington. P. C. without delay.
The following: Interpret!, t hn of the
general rules will govern nit wales.
"The dealer sales of feed in g ht uf f
Hhiill tnUi no more t hiin it reason-
Fairfax I aDje .,rnfjt over the average cost of
his stock, on hand or under cont rol.
not contracted to le sold. The rule
applies to all mill feeds, such hp bran,
shorts, midlines, outs, corn and pro
pared feeds."
KINiJSTOX, Jamaica, Iec. 27. A
to efficiency and he pjotes some , special session of the legislature e
alarming statistics as to the preval-' Kan yesterday. The governor an
ence and effects of the disease. ' nounced a plan for limiting the irn-
1 WASHINGTON'. Dec. 27. The
senate military committee ha re-
quested that suhpoenaes be sent to
I the heads of woolen mills and army
t cloth contractors. It Is determined
purtatinn of foodstuffs to induce the j Ut RO thoroughly Intu the clothing i
UKRAINIANS CAPTURE
a MAXIMALIST FORCES
natives to cultivate food so as to per
mit foreign suppV-y to go to the fighting-
a:iiic!.
j The council voted i.uun pounds
supply matters.: Oeneral L.Ittlo, in
charge of cantonment construction,
and several of his assistants, wilt he
called to tell details of cantonment
riiTIMMiltAn. IHM-. '27. I kraln
iuit iievtsptiiHT iiiiuouiH-fs thai the
Itiimaiiiaii front headtuitrlers of the
I tin rt tt and Mfflith armies, captured
MaiiiutfiL forcs and disarmed
them. I it lit i tic ut Toni"k ft vtllli !-t-rnatiii
Mines.-. The Cossacks and
Cadets are opKifiir I he hoshP iki.
Trotsky teleut-a plied tin hoMievikl
commander In chief urg,' lilm to
(i (KM to the Halifax sufferers and 19,-J construction.
(100 ion nds 9!)j,U("i) to the Jamaira i M
hurricane sufferers.
RAILROAD SHARES
NKW VIHiK, Iec L'7. The niar
het Is strong in railroad shares showing-
a decided advance us the result
come to terms Immediately with tlio of tho government control announce
I kruliduus so they i-ould Join force i ment. Tho advances ranged from
and cu toff Kulccllnos. two to eleven and five-eighths points.
ITIANOs MAKKS HEXUU
Pl-7THH.n.l, lec. 27. Ameri
can Ambassadn- l-Yamis published n
n... .1,. ...... ... . I . ... ... l.... . . .1,
ADVANCE AT NEWS ' that he and the American I ted Cross
j soiuiht to aid K a led! nes against the
holslievlkl. Me asserts the supplies
were en route to Jassy, not llobtoff.
MI SH EIGHT Mir.KS
AT THIRTY BKIjOW TO
KXLIST AS AVIATOHS
SKATTLE, Dec. 27. Deter
mined to become army flyers
George and italph Keyes
mushed along the Fairbanks
Valdez trail for eight days in
50 below weather. They arrived
here only to learn they cant en-
list unless they obtain perm is-
sion of their local draft board.
The boys have weighty letters of
recommendation. Army offl-
cers aud civilians interested in
the case sent many telegrams to
Washington in behalf of tho 4
boys.
GOT BIG SHIP
CONTRACTS; NO!
CAPITAL PAID
WEST WIIJj COOPERATE.
SAX FRAWISOO, Dec. 27.f The
western department of the railroad
v.-ar board, comprising the S. P. and
Oregon-Washington railway officials
stated It will cooperate with McAdoo
at ail times.
CITY WILL CONTINUE
TO GET COAL FROM
UTAH AND WYOMING
Pendleton will still continue to re
ceive t'tah and Wyoming coal. Thh
city ha been made tho western ter
minal for such coal according to
new zone regulations established
yesterday by Kuel Administrator .
Holmes. Word to this effect was re
ceived In Pendleton this morning.
The old ruling made j r.ramlc
the western terminal but Pendleton
promptly made a protest because ot
the fact I hut this city has for years
med coal from ltah ami Wyoming -almost
exclusively. I'nder the new
ruling nil pfdnl west of Pendleton
will be served with Washington coal.
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I "SWEAR OFF? THUNDER! THERE'S NOTHING I CAN AFFORD!"
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nrHRKIIS HhTV $,o4H.
WHITF3 HBAK. Minn., Iec. 2 7.
Four bandits this afternoon robbed
the first state bank of $.",000. They
drove to the bank and escaped from
there in an auto.
For the privilege of free speech
tho holslievlkl were willing to kill
governors, and now that they are the
srovernors they are willing to kill their
critics.
IS. FRANKIE KILGORE FILES
SENSATIONAL CROSS COMPLAINT
Not only will Frankie F. Kllgoie
fight the efforts of her hustrand, ,
Simeon ( Kllkore. to obtain a di
vorce and a third of her valuable
land but she will seek a divorce her- '
self and try to gel from her husband
IH.OnO which she alleges he h;is
"held out on her."' To this end she ,
fled today an answer and cross-corn-,
pbiint to his recent sensational com-,
plaint and t his answer and cross- '
complaint Is just as sensat Ion a I and ,
puts a different face on the domestic j
difficulties of the well known con- '.
Pie.
.Mrs. Kilgore denes h linos t In en
tirety her husband's charges upon;
which he seeks a divorce. The cruel
ty, she alleges, was altogether on the
ot her si lie and was so pronounced
that she has had no affection for
him to be alienated since a year and
a half after their marriage. As for
having deserted him for .1, W. Sum
ner, whom lie is suing: separately for
$;M."ini damages. sh stoutly denies
having bad any relations with Sum
ner other than of m business ami so
cial nature and declares (hat her
husband well U new the reason id it?
whs iii emu pa ny with Sum ner in
; Montana. Washington and this statP
'and knew that -lie was acting with
' him and her huband in the sale of
tanning lands in Montana.
1 Keferring to t tie fharge made i
'her husband that Harvey Thomas,
i who worked for them, first alienat- .
ed her 'affections several ears as". '
I rhe denies his charge and declares
i the only reason her husband dis
j thai i;ed him was because of a tpiar
: re I over a team of horses. Relative
I to her alleged affair with Sumner.
I she states that she purchased a sec
tion of land and her husband two,
and a half sect ions in Montana
through Stunner, and that, thereaft
er they accepted a proposition to as
siM him in getting acquainted with
ot her X "mat ilia county residents and
In selling Montana lands. They act
ed in this capacity for several weeks
she alleges, helped make a number
of a les a nd received cash cumin Is
s'ons. They traveled back and forth
jnith Sumner and were with him a
great deal, introducing him to man)
people, she alleges, and, while he
was in Umatilla county, he was a
guest at the home of Mr. Kilgorc's
parents in Athena. The only time
she traveled with Sumner without
being accom pan led by her husband,
she did so at his special request. She
denies that she ever behaved in a
Fcandalotis manner with Sumner or
that her conduct was other than
perfectly proper.
In her cross-coni plaint she tells a
t-tory of alleeed cruelties and indig
nities to which her husband subject
ed her at various times, she charg
es him with responsibility for the
death of their first born by his In
human treatment of her, accusing
him of criminal acts. Also she
charges that, while she was confined
to her bed shortly after the birth of
another child, their hired girl taunt
ed her w it h tales of her alleged re
la t Ions wit h defendant's husland.
She denies that her husband ha
any right to any of the lain! she in
herited. She a lieges that he with
held from her one-third of the unn
ey rec
tarm
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Manager Emergency Fleet
Admits Powerful Inter
ests Were Set up Free, i
BEST WAY TO KEEP !
UP OUTPUT HE SATS
Senate Probers Turn Firi
on Sloane Corporation
of Seattle. ' 4
WASHINGTON". Dec". 27 AactaUot
Manager Bowles, of the emergency
fleet admitted to the shipping prob
ers that some of the most powerful
financial interests were set tip In the
shipbuilding; business by the' govern
ment free. He said several received
large contracts without putting up
capital. Bowles said only through
such a form agency contract could sh
large standardized ship output ' b
maintained. " ' - - "v
Bowles said the International Shin- .
building company of New York receiv
ed a $160,000,000 contract without put
ting up any capital. The government
established the company's yards . on
the Delaware at Philadelphia, at cost
of twenty one million, paid practically
all the superintendents, foremen.' em
ployes and furnished materials and
payrolls. The company furnished the
site. ' . .
The senate probers also ' directed
their fire on the Sloan Shipbuilding
Corporation of Seattle conoernlng
whose contracts Senator Jones 'said
there -were ugly rumors. Bowie
said he was familiar with the row of
tms iirm as it obtained Its contract as
this before his time. He promised to
furnish the committee; full Betalla. v
$5000 VOTED TO BUY
RED GROSS SUPPLIES
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Five thousand dollars -was voted
yesterday for supplies by the board
of directors of the Umatilla County
Red Cross chapter at the annual
monthly meeting. The chapter has
been asked to concentrate during; the
year on the making; of seven' differ-. '
ent hospital garments and the sup
Plies of cloth and gauze wilt be pur
chased at once. -
An electric cutting machine, which
will cut out the garments was order
ed purchased at a cost of 11000 ap
proximately and this will enable ail t
of the garments to be cut out at
headquarters and sent to the various
auxiliaries.
Two more members were aded to
the executive board at the meeting
yesterday. Mrs. Henry G. Thompson
ws chosen to lake charge of home
instruction in nursing and James
H. Gwimi was chosen to take charge
of the publicity work. Mr. Qwtnn
was chairman of the publicity com
mittee during the membership drive..
Mrs. K. A. Schiffler and Mrs. H- H.
Hattery. two of the members of the
executive board, are now visiting the
Portland and Seattle chapter in er
der to note the methods used the rev
TKXAS FI,YFJt COM1VU HOMJK
Scr gt, Hal -de y , Sev ere y Wo u nded,
Wilis I r ai.se In Frenob Citation,
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
Dee. 2 7. Sergt. Clyde Baisley of San
Antonio. Tex. one of the early Am
erican volunteers In the French avia
tion corps, has a month's leave of b-,
sence. He has sailed for New York
and will visit his mother In the Lone
'titr state.
Paisley joined the Lafayette squad-
ion at the Verdun front noon after
that famous unit whu formed". He
Hed from the sale of their J u,t" n",,, ",,n,"B n
utfit to Sheldon, Taylor, and 1 mn "(dosive bnllet and suffered uu-
owes her for rental and borrowed ' ,l American ami-
monev. all in the sum of fn.mirt. I Ui,, ny months. He was dee
Sim ,.k for tho n.stodv of hot h I l,ritletl i! h lm' reneh rr crw
children, alleKintr her husband is not
fit to have their custnrv. She atlcees
that nho made arrangements for their! "Horace Clyde Mnlsley. volunteer
daughter t- enter the sisters" school ' 11 r thft wars duration: a young pilot
und military medal, with the follow
citation :
in t bis city but t hat her husband
lather refused to permit her to go
and has kept her at their home and
perm it ted her. though only i years
obi, to associate with Improper per
s us. She asks for an immediate
order ta kinif t he custody of this
daughter from the elder Kilgores,
asks thai a divorce lie given her. for
the return of her maiden name, oirle
f.r judgment for $ 1 4. mm, and for
clear t it It t all the property in her
rame. Uak-y and Haley are her at
torneys. Sumner. bo M es in Spokane and
who has a w ife and flv children, has
not yet filed an answer i the dam
ese suit but expect" t. fUht It to a
finish, it is stated.
iuu or enthusiasm and courage; on
May ! i. I9i. attacked several enemy
chasing aeroplanes In their line and
was very seriously wounded In the
course of the combat, but succeeded
in britiKing his aeroplane back with
in the French line.
Trtelease from the French army ha
been offered Sergt. Halley, because
his wound left him lame. He refuted
to take ff the honored uniform and
declares that he will again faoe th
t'ermans at the front In the same ca
pacity. Lieut. Haoul Lufbery. the tlUr
ace of the Lafayette group, has been
sent to a great French aviation schoel
to Instruct young flyer In marksmanship.
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