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I jjjjffl f ; 'J 5 ! DAILY EVENING EDITION j QjtF CITY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EVENING EDITION Number cojln printnl of ycetcrday'a Daily Edition 2,764 This paper I a member of and audited by the Audit Bureau o( Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918. NO. 9365 AIM'S HEALTH MUCH IMPROVED lLI UI1IU UIIUII a, Death Rate .Lowest .Since November According to the Surgeon General. ALL SLACKERS TO BE DRAFTED AT ONCE Jails Are Crowded in Many Places and Relief is Imperative. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Oi'lieral health conditions in the army are lin Iirovpd. according to reports to the surgeon Kuneral The death rate Is the luweHt since, November, with fewer caxen of meningitis and pneu monia. The juHtlce department Is plannltiK the Immediate draftiiiK of all Hluc;kri Into service. JoIIh in many places are crowded Willi them and relief In Imperative. GAS ENGINES CLASS -WILL START MONDAY Active Work in Shop to Be Commenced Under tion of Mr. Veburg, Commenced Under The cloBS in gas engine work at the high HChool, coming under the Rmlth-HugheH vocational Federal aid I plan, will begin active work in the Bhop Monday. Mr. Veburg, Instruc- tor. who took the Holt Caterpillar course at Spokane, is now able to London, Feb. 22. The bolshevl teach this subject. There are a nuin- j ,j ministry Issued a proclamation de ber of students who have studied en- j daring they agreed to peace with the glnes, but there ore some who wave l had no practical experience. Thin , will Klve them an opportunity to t ! lut ion from ruin. Delayed Petrograd I Hrltlah line now extends from the able to go out In the harvest fields j dispatches state, they are accepting North Mea to the OI.se river, with the next summer and run an engine, ac- - the terms "until the German revolu- I exception of small French and Bel cordimr to Mr, Veburg. : tion changes them." The ministry ginn sectors. Halg recently took over , At present the complete course, ns,suys Germany Is not hastening its re-j part of the French front south of St. required by the federal law will not i ,,y bpenuse "evidently it wants to I yuentln. be given, but enough will be offered ; take an many Inlportant positions as! to satisfy the requirements of the possible." Ministers declare their!,. Mute Board of Vocational Kducatlon, which outhorlsied the giving of thlsjiise UKalnst any attempt to stirie the course at the I'endleton high school, i Kusnian revolution. The proclama after on Investigation several weeks tion concludes. "The Soviets and ar- ago. SEEKING FUNDS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AID Mrs. Robert Tate Meeting With Newly Organized Central Committee Today To lay before the newly organized rTo lay before the newly organised central committee on war relief and other benevolences a request to so licit funiin In Pendleton and Uma tilla counly for the Hoys' jind Aid Society. Mrs. Hubert "ll. flirls' Tate, rhntrnian of the child welfare com- ; senate touay rojectcn me rminn m- nimiuii.oi, in.- s.-nhh- . n.-...- mlsslon of Oregon, secretary of the tempt to shorten the h-nalli of fed-; ily to leave In the bill nut horiznt Ion Hoys' nnd tilrls Aid and honorary I era I control or the railroads, defeat-j for the president kil purchase of rail 1iresident of the Oregon Congress of ' ed the amendment reMUiinuK emigres- road stocks and bonds. Several splr l,.ih.,rU is here todav. She will pre- slonal authority for orders affecting Ited debates were occasioned by the sent her cause, to the committee at lis meetlnir this afternoon. I m...- thai tlila la the I first time lif the ,12 years of the so- el.iv'. uraiinlzatlon that It has felt . kn i ..,l.i n o-i.nrul en ni OH lirn ' IIUIIK' H 11 inline n -- for funds. Heallr.ing that tlie people are being asked to give to many warj relief funds, she states tnai tne ex ecutive board of the society was re lurtant to start a drive but that the need Is Imperative. "While we are taking care of the children of other countries we must not overlook our own." she said this morning. Airs. Tate was asked to raise $.riiio j In I'endleton and $500 In the balance of the county. TERRY McGOVERN IS CLAIMED BY DEATH NEW YORK, Feb. 22. Terry Mc Ooveriiinent. the ex-feal herwelght champion, died in lirooklyn today. He was thirty-eight years old. Ho lost the title to Young Corhett. His death was due to Hrlght's dis ease. He had been ill several months. Ha tiled poor. In the last few years he had been living mainly on the pension given by an early day fight promoter. More Than 600 Medical Officers Are Released WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Surgeim generals today released over 6 medical officers from the army. These have been found either phy- Kically deficient or unfitted fur the This 1 work they nre performing another step fop greater efficiency. GERMANS OCCUPY ENTIRE NORTHERN FRONT; RELIABLE SOURCES ADVISE U. S. SLAVS. WILL MAKE A STAND May Not Be Immediate and May Be as Far Back as Si beria But Certain. EXPECT NEW LEADER WILL COME TO FRONT Russia Will Eventually Be Split Into Small Repub lics is Belief. IX)!IK)N, Feb. 22. Vmifsn Krjlcnko, L'OiiuiiaiKli-r or llio ItuHHiun forms, proclaimed today a "rpvoliilloiiary mobilization" to dt-reat tlio Germans. "If the Germans ri'fiiw imim a life and dcuth striijfK'" In tint alternative." wild the culiiinuiulcr piNN'liiiiialloii. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. 1U-1 la bia diplomatic sources advlHe the United .states thut Himsla will form fighting unit and reslut the !er- man invasion. The Bland muy noi be Immediate and nilKht be iih far back uk Siberia, but bo Hiiroly a the German drive continues, bo surely will the ItuBBlans resist. It is be lieved likely a new leader will arise when the food situation becomes acute to dowp Ienine .nd Trotnky and resist the invaders. Reports state H n,.i l,ll.v,1 Russia will be Hub- sia again but instead will be Bjillt In-! to small republics. Germany maybe I controlliiiD- nart of the Balkan urov- luces. Direc-Bolsheviki Trust German Revolution j T0 Stop SlaV ROUt j IOXDONT. Feb. 22. I'etrograd re-j . .,,, r;rn1u,n demanded tlie i '1M,..)Unu f IVIrogrud and a tlilrly- )ear trlulo ujtr.n.t s a liart of , ,, .rw , central powers to save the country friim fntt exhaustion and the revn-! confidence the (ierman workers will my organizations should deter theiiw efforts in recreating the army.' A dlnpatch to the News Kays It was Leon Trotsky's vote which decided the ministry deadlock for peace. An In dignation meeting 01 ine doihiipvikii fi.llowed to protest Trotsky'H attitude. lie may resign I HOST OF AMENDMENTS DELAY RAILROAD BILL WASIflNnTOX. Feb. 22. Hopes j provision authorizing the President (of the railroad bill passing the house ' to set aside conflicting laws It ad 'thls week vanished (when the lead- ; opted an amendment putting all short j ers of both parties announced a host lines under federal .control and guar- I of nmemlnients were waiting until (tlie end of the general debute. The j railroad control and retained the : BEWARE OF GERMAN PEACE OFFERS WARNS MONTANA MAN JUST BACK FROM THE FIGHTs "Ueware of German peace offers! Beware of this trumped-up talk of (Ierman strikes! Don't think iff true. Itemetnber Kipling's warning 'Make yet no pence with Adam-Zud. the bear that walks like u man. ' This was the message brought MtralKht from the French front to America yesterday by James Mci'ul luch. a inlnintc eiiRlneer of liutte. .Montana, who went over to Kurope tn fiKht as soon after the tiermans j had marched Into Belgium as he jci.uld get there. lie sailed from New I York on August 1, 1914, nine days j after Knuland declared war. He has I fought ever since, exc Tt when he lay won ii u u in i iic iui.t'iit i. i I'TU-veii Dead In Flanders. j Fourteen Americans went over with ( him to take a hand in thins. Kleven ! of them lie dead in Flanders. One ! of them was sent home- disabled ! months nfio yid mo. between life and death. Is In a hospital In Aldershot , James McCnlloch Is th Inst nffhati little group of offhand Idealists, cEiorAV DiirvK Tiiiioi!r;u KVIT,KIUAM EXi'KCTKli NEW YORK, Feb. 22. A German drive through Switzer land to obtain the electric pow er there, much needed by the Germans, Is predicted as a pos sibility by Will Irwin, the writ er, who is Just here from the west, front and Switzerland. He says he believes Hlndenburff will strike to eliminate Franco from the war, or strike to cap ture French Beaports, maybe driving through Switzerland, which nntlon will not be able to fight as hard us Belgium did. BULLETINS AMERICANS IWND IltNS. AMERICAN I'llO.NT, Feb. 22. Tile heavy artillery excThuiuce. continues. This afternoon the Americana polintl nl German iHisitions, tlcHtroyiiis; en tanxInni'iitH unl dunwgtmr rear Ma iling. American aviators arc dircel Ing the sliellfire. MAY EXFHANCIIISE WOMEN, HALIFAX. Feb. 22. Opening the 1 provincial legislataure. Liit. Gover- nor Grant announced a measure would be presented for enfranchising women. He also extended the thanks of the province to the united Ktat. s ior iaid In the Halifax disaster V . ... virdk.n. iiis. eb. 22 -Four mi- ner were killed when a powder la- den motor train exploded in the west mine of the itoyal Collier company. i FFIK.UAI.S ARK R rTTI C r.A I I Xi. j TAMPK , ret). i tne ieuerais under General lmkucz are retreatlng a.fter sustaining heavy losses in a battle with the rebels. j ItltlTlSn FIIOXT I.OXti. j HRIT1SH FHO.NT. Feb. 22. The 'lUUal IVIglUIJ1 IIIIUIIC Victory Bread Orders WASHINGTON", Feb. 22 -Herbert Hoover telegraphed all state admin iRtrators for a rigid enforcement of the twenty per cent wheat flour Hub-jFiires this basis nf payment. Htltnte in bread after Sunday. Hon- .Such a concession means an aver- dredH of bakers wired Hoover their! age saving to the farmer on a bnsh- customers enthusiastically "Victory bread.'- receive anteed them compensation. Continuing the support, of the ad- amendments. Half fin hour after his ship docked in New York he was in the Interna tional Y nil tiff Men's Christ inn Asso ciation at 124 Fast Twenly-eiKht h street. " "I panto right here," he said. "We fighting men turn to the 'Y for ev erything We get the habit. When I was released from the hospital this last time, f couldn't get permission to return to America. I went to the Young Men's 'Christian Assoclat Ion and t hey f iyed It up for me In two days.' Ho hnd brought a letter to C. A". Tllhnrd. associate general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation who turned him over to John F. Moore. International railroad sec retary of the association. Arrange ments were made for sending him on to his home In the west, nnd Jas. McCulloch sighed with relief.. He will be glad to get home again. He has come back from the war hrol.cn in hotly but not in spirit. Continued on Page 8. Slavs Are Retreating in Dis order; Pskoff and Polotsk Are Evacuated. AUSTRIANS CAPTURE LUTZK AND DUMNO Fall of Minsk i Endangers Food Supplies of Near By Towns. lirnUN, Feb. 22. The f.or man.s capture Ilapsal awl l-'.s-thoiiia. Pslay. The first 1-MhonJ-an regiment In im milr .er uiun command. Jjttonia in hii prcssec ImmoihI KoNitehiirg. Wol- mar, JCioritzu and jKihhmI. Minsk Ih raptured, t.erniaii unit I'fc raiim forces off:!! a juncture at XovofiradvoHiLsk. litis is a front of WMi mil cm. Ilaifc-oil Ik on tin; Rot sound fifty llllles belOW lti'Val. llS cajttirC means the f.critiu-nMrflnti.'tuite the entire .nlf of HfKiti -1 PKTIlO;RAI. l-eu. 22. The Ger muns x.'iiiy the entire northern front. The Kiisslun are retrtnttiiK in I disorder. Jtussian, cavalry Ih liolns rushed northward. The bnMievlki ; ortlennl Knsstiin lroos to pvai-uuic I Inland and prepare to meet tne in- vaslon. The Russians are evaeuating j INkolf and l'irtotsk. The former Is 150 miles from Petrograd. The cap- lure or .vnnsK ciiuaiigcrs ffHMl snp- Plies In nearby towns. The Austrian liuve taken Lutsk ami llumno. FARMERS ASSURED OF CHICAGO PRICES will He Paid luisic IThv at Coast Terminals: Delevaiim Aiivni- lillslics lUolls. Definite word that the farmers oi i this county and of the whole Pacific ! northwest are to be paid for their ; wheat of the 1918 crop on a basis of i Chicago prices at const terminals was 1 received this morning by the Com ) mercial association from the Spokane I Chamber of Commerce. Tne letter j states that the delegation from the i Farmers Union, the Grange and northwest commercial interests, i which recently left Spokane for Washington, had with the aid of ! northwest senators and representa j tives secured a concession which as- cl of wheat of 21 cents, the letter slates. imat ins the J91s crop of the coast at 6 n.mio flan teush!s, this means a saving of $ I 2,60'i."HA. The expenses of the delegates to Washington were borne by them selves but a movement has been started to reimburse them. The Far mers' I'nion and (Irange are taking care of the expenses of six ami I'ma tfla county has been asked to con tribute $10fl .as bor share of the ex penses of the others. STATEWIDE POISON PLOT ISDISCOVRED San Francisco Post Office Holding Scores of Tack- SAX FUASClSin Feb. 22. It is learned the postoffico here Is bidding scores f packages of randy, bread, suiar, etc.. sent through the mail, following an analysis showing it to contain round ginMM. The senders have bcfn traced fr several weeks. Early arrests are expected. It is belk-vcd to be a statewide pint. i:miuyi:s ;i t .sks.v.m ykaklv. ClIHWtU). IVb. Packing house employes of the throe big Ittenl lilauts rtHvivc SS2.". 17 annually, ac cording to the mclvcrs statement sub provineial legislature, l.ieut. Oover Jleceiiti.v. eeoiunnic MrtM testified $1177 is tlie lsolun nilniiiitnn wai-e on which a, family of five can ie coin lortahly. U. S. Is Not Winning The War at Present Says President Ilibben NKW YiMtK. Feb. 22. "At present, Germany is winning the war. President 1'ibben of Princeton told the American In- stttute of Mining Kngineers. We a re not winning the w a r . nnd might as well confess it. We tnust mobilize the country's in- telligence. especially the seien- tific intelligence ns this is a war in w b icli seiem if ic k nowteilge inu.st turn the balance." NEXT SIXTY DAYS CRITICAL Hi FOOD WZA UNITED STATES DECLAKlJ AjOVER America Far Short on Promised Food Supplies to the Al lies; Lamb and Mutton May be Eaten on Meatless Days Until April First; Railroads Blamed for Situ ation; Anxious Messages Come From Britain and Italy. WA.sHLwrrox, i-w. 22. Foii OontrolH'r Hoover nrmnmt ('I th.it lamb and mutton could be -a(cn on nieatk'HH days, until A uril f jthi, nw in.! to the sn p V. 'ut. t hen; is no raiKe ,on xhb h--t and jiork Ttan. J I o sas America is yinl in k t!m allies only five j.cr r nt -f ii-; t-ln nh-r tl oicai pnd th- ;HI(s' mt-iii ratioiuc are low en 'ipl; to ti ml to dirtiini'-i: thir morale ami 1 . sistance. He said t he Ituitit.n was alarmf fiLf Jart-ly as a result 01' t he 1 1 an spun at ion o!i'ba.-l".-Th 1 cxt sixty ,'jiys will lit- the most critical in uir lond hi;-t.ry. Thi: v.'cek v. p arc f; rty five million hush els hliort -f the cereals we j .roin ied the i:llitr. Ife Kiys the moveiTicnL of RED CROSS MONTHLY REPORT SHOWS MUCH WORK COMPLETED' Showing something of the magni tude of the work being carried on by the L'matiila County Chapter of the lied Cross is the monthly report from the surgical dressing department sub mitted to the executive board yester day by Mrs. H. II Hattcry who is su pervising this department. Her reports show that during the past month the various surgical dressing classes have made S4 20 gauze compresses 4x4, 9S'( gauze com presses ftxu. l.ri0 gauze sponges. 304 4-taIled bandages, 12 many-tailed bandages, 13J oakum absorbent pads, t ? rntton-filled absorbent Dads. 22 Ir rigation pads 12x19, 21 irrigation pails 16x24, five paper back irrigation pads. 30 gauze rolls 3 yds by 4 1 In. and HO folded gauze strips 0x3, addition the county Red Cross has made a large number of hospit- After 40 years n nes activity in l auder, prominent i morrow rTiht reliti management at Alexanders, turning them over t" a oi.ujier genera t lor. OI business men. store wi'l close tomorrow nltfht not to reopen for a v.eek during which time preparations will he n;at!o fef re.-penii; u:d "r the com rol of the eor;oiu:oti which v.a recently orva ulzeJ. Mr. Alexander is I'endleton oui- I RETIRING AFTER 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS i 'i. I . v- ". v. - " . ,f'v s r I" c.Mi: imi.-M luisi- r-'t "' ! -n.'.nt t-..in a .m!l.-t..!i. II. Al.y-'"'1-11"1'"1'- in ... i-. .-;i''U i" ret ire as "''vb:ml. nl '- . .u,.v ,,.,., ,.. ,nU tlu- ri'in ' K,M Uii- I'.-l.irs TO Bt Ml? 1 f oo'l -1 u f f over the railroad to the! ex 1 lufsion of ther coninierc Is the only 1 oriK-dy. J luor-r s Ktateinent Is believed In- tended 10 spur Hhijtpin, the railroadw niiii 1 he 1 euple to ct hehint! the food! aominiM ration and push through food! to v- iii the war. Some juarters be lieve Ifoover is also- aiming at con-j-.i es in ai. efftirl to stop the propoR 'fit ie;i'-i;u Inn in increase the price of I wh"-ai w tiieli. p Ih ela imed would ornj.!ciel' uiwM the food program Tiie itare(iieji foUown most anxiou: liir-f-sajre.'- lp-n Britain and Italy. Kamh n nd mutton are not export- j ! ,v,. meatless davs tends to save beef al garments. ' sweaters and other ar ticles the reports on which have not j yet been submitted. j rapidly is the work being turn- ; ed out that the chapter has difficulty j in keeping sufficient materials on j hand. Mrs. Hattery was authorized J yesterday to purchase an additional ; Mei.ti worth of gauze. Yarn Is knit-1 ted up almost as fast as it can be sup- ; plied. All these materials cost mon-! ey and provision wil have to be made frr more funds. The chapter has just, received a check for $182. IT, from School District No. 93 In Despaln C ulch which recently netted that amount from basket social. SPANISH STKAMKII SUNK. I l)l!ll. IVb. 22. It is annminc- ed the Soanish iteanuT Mar-Caspio link by a submarine. was shelled and standpoint of this eity His caused by his answering the IhirinK recent t a rs the son h;oi assumed many of do hurti ik of the Pushiest and his t part ut'w for (tie army derided hi nher to sliii't the entire management f the la rue st.ro i unaer snoiu- ers. 4'ail iv,.,.. who has h head years. touKkeei'er at tlie store for 1 will tuKo the position of man SAYS ALLIES MUST SPURN FALSE PEACE Jusserand Delivers Wash ington Anniversary Ad dress to S. A. R. PRAISES WILSON FOR WONDERFUL ABILITY Says Seeds of Justice Will Spriner From Blood Soaked Trenches. W A HTH NGTON. ' Feb. '22. French Ambassador Jusserand, delivering the Washington "anniversary adUresa to the sons and daughters of the revo lution said: "The alfiea must beware of a patched up, bastard peace. I Washing never considered such a juMit'e win uprinjf up iruin niw uiuuu soaked Kuropean trenches. France and America must get on together, sowing- the seeds of bet ter days We shall bow through the right until the rising In the east of the son of lasting, peace.' He praised President Wilson aa "Washington's successor'" for his de cisive, prophetic words on the war. .PENDLETON TEAM MEETS WA1TSBURG QUINTET TONIGHT The Pendleton high acbooi girls' basketball team; which will claah with the Waltsburg five on the local floor tonight. A good crowd Is ex pected at the . game, as the tickets have been, selling rapidly. - The Waitsburg team Is expected to he one of the strongest .teams that the girls will play this year, accord ' '"s to Mi'a Bailey, Pendleton coach, j The Pendleton girls will be handicap ped because of Veva Cook,- star tor ! ward, being out of the game on ac count of an Injury-which she sus tained last week. Helen Nelson, guard, will In all probably take the place of Veva cook at forward. The others who have been notified to report for practice, and will probably play are Alice Fin nell, Marjorle Ireland, Madeline' Bur gess, Mamie Hartnett. Helen Thomp son, Cdith Lalng and Jean Folsom. HUN UNITS MUTINY; OFFICERS ARE SHOT Amsterdam, Feb. 22. It la re ported German units at Beverloo and , Belgium mntined and shot several of ficers after an officer sabered a sol dier. A number of the mutineers ; were courtmartialed and shot. It is also reported the kaiser Is to go to Hevak, Warsaw. It Is also reported j Kunianiaa-Teutonic peace negotiati ons will start at Bucharest tomorrow. Nearly Two and Half Million In Gass I WASHINGTON, Feb. 22- Provost Marshal Crowder reports that nearly two million and a half mert, perfect- nd p. fit will be listed in Class I. This Is half a million over the ordinal es timates. The tHal In Class 1 Is ap proximately three million, a hundred thousand. The 'percental of dis qualification Is estimated at twenty per cent or less, owing to the recent lowering of physical ' requirements. 1 here are about fntr million men each in classes two and four. Class five has about a million, class three, seven hundred and fifty thousand. STItlKK TmtlTATFXK HOSTO.V 1JOSTOV. FVh. 2J. Tlie entire street railway system. Im-liMlimr the -urrace, leare ami suhway. N threatemxl hy n strfkr. Sewn tlioiiKiiml cmployeM votetl ti Mrlke ltulay tmle.-H higher taiceM and liutHl tai-s art tfraiiliiL. VAl.l'AIII.K NKW 1MrsTHY IN SKillT hU (HF4XiN CTintwIns castor leuriH may soon hp-ct-im' an important Industry in r I'.on. if investiathm now bid n if rnud the I'nlvnrNity school nf com merce lead to successful conclusions. astor hems now have a tremend ous commercial value because the nil which is extracted from them Is used for ItricntiuK' airplane motors- Th oil Is hard to obtain nnd the bean can be nmwn only In the wurna-r climates in n hi nip atmosphere. tlovernrnent offlrliilM and renreMfn tativen of ih sehool ,f r,,mrni,rre le- l!e-e that certain parta ff wptern and somhern Oregon are well adapt ed to this purpose On account of the cert a In tv that airplane will play an Important part fn the cornmorrlal development of t h mtntrp after the wnr the rimnnd f'-r castor nil nnd henee for cantor han "A ill le permanent.