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DAILY EVENING EDITION Number copies printed Saturday 2,799 This paper 1m a member of njid audited by tho Audit Iiurcau of Circulations. DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST " TonlKht and Tuesday rain or snow, warmer tonltfht. Maximum, 49; Minimum, 2S; Itnln fall 0; Wind, west, lh;ht; Weather, cloudy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1918. NO. 9367 RUSSIA ACCEPTS GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS ji- ' ..... . t.i,v . EMPIRE IS IN HANDS OF HUNS Pan Soviet Executive Committee. Agrees by Big Vote; Austria Signifies Willing ness to Conclude Separate Peace With Slavs; Face of Europe Changed hy Treaty; German Force Reach Jitomir PETROGRAD, Feb. 25. The Pan-Soviet executive committee agreed today to accept German peace by a big vote. The bolsheviki occupied Bostoff, the Cossack stronghold, and street fighting continues. Austria Willing for Slav Peace. PARIS, Feb. 25. According to radio messages from Switzerland, Foreign Minister Czernin wired Leon Trot sky, -"Austria, with her allies is w illing to conclude a se parate peace with Russia," replying to Trotsky's recent query regarding this. Russia Impotent in Huns Hands 1 (By Ed L. Keen) LONDON, Feb. 25. Russia's acceptance of Germany's peace terms changes the face of Europe. It cuts 381,000 square miles of territory and fifty million population from Russia, and cuts her off from the Baltic, leaving her impotent in Germany's power both economically and physically. Some papers are insisting the move is the result of treachery but all agree that Russia was worsted in the bargain. Helpless Hefore ficrmuny. rKTIC:illAI. l'c'i. '-" 'When the world- iiroletarlat iranin to itr Mhi. Wll reiH-w the fight. Wo ore IvplpImM, (jrrnwiiy'H fciiejn are on our j client." I.rnlno tohl tlie 1'iin-Htivlel. I urging the net vptniifo of rinlii ; terms. The 0iMisltion liettl the lit ttluiHX woulll nuike Hn-slil tier- ; niany's vuhkuI. The nuirtliiK last four j hours. I .Iltmiilr Is Occupied. Ilerllll. I'eh. 25. The (iermiul forces hae reai heil .litiiiulr, the prin LOCAL ODD FELLOWS BEST DEGREE TEAM; Integrity Lodge No. 29 Cap tures Prize at the Dist rict Convention. Integrity Jidge No. !ii captured tho prl.e for having the best degree team In the county Saturday at the district convention In Stanrield which was attended by 50 odd 1'VHows. In competition with the teams from Freewater. Weston, Adams and Stau fleld the local team exemplified the llnltlatory work In n way that won u decision from tho. judges. Inci dents as a part of the fruits of vic tory the team w ill Set a trip to Walla Walla for the Washington . grand lodge session in June. I'ast Grand Master Kellogg making the an nouncement Just before the drill. Individual prliTs were awarded as follows: Unit noble grand. Adams Indite: best past grand. Integrity Indite. Pendleton; best Freewater: best warden best chaplain. Stunfielil. conductor. Weston; I Milton wan selected as the place for the 1!U convention which will proh- j Hbly lie held In Freewater McKwen of that city president with It. 1" wateri vlco-presldoiif. wa elected j Itean of Free- , J. VI. ileum of j I'endleton and Joe Uailey of Kcho were re-elected secretary and treas urer, respectively. The convention lasted from 111 a. in. Saturday to 5 a. m. Sunday and there was "something doing" every minute of the time. The Slnnrield "dd Fellows proved themselves splen did hosts. In the evening they pro vided a IKioverized banuuet which was served In one of the big fruit warehouues with apple boxes as chairs. i Orand Master Ceorge W. Trctren and Orand Secretary K. K. Sharon ; were both present and all lodges ot ! the county were well represented. AMERICANS KILLED BY MEXICAN BANDITS WSAH1NOTON. Febv2.". One Am-1 erlcan was killed and two wounded , by Mcxlcun bandits attacklnv a pay- hr.Jt en route to Tampieo. They were oil company employes. The state department has asked Carranza to in vest (gale, IMPOTENT clpal city of Viilhyniu. At lEoviio. all the Mwlal Itiissiiun army's wneral staff hut the eoniiiiaiitler wen; rap tured. lVriiuil on the tinlr of Itlga Is otfiipittl. ' IKopnl ami IWHMI prison ers wrni taUen hy storm trtmiis. Tht t-ertiuiiis lime t'litfrttl Verkuus, l-'lll-IiiikI. after 1 1ntent fighting. ts Costly Ieaee. AMSTBItDAM. Kel). I'.'.. The Vi enna Zeitung says the Itusslan separ ate peace is a cosily victory as the I other allies will now war to the bitter i end. Knslgn Kryklcnkn was shot In the neck by a socialist. The wound I i-i not dangerous. SURVIVORS STILL .' ARE IN HOSPITALS Northwest Boys on Tusca- i nia Under Care of Doctors i in Foreign Ports. ... , mvi -tov I.-..K "-. e:vtv. .. I. ,.f ll. lr.n.nrl Tns- cania. sunk by a Herman submarine February fi. still ale In Irish hospls als. uccording to the war departinent last niKht. None of the men Is in serious con dition and It Is expected that all of them will he discharged from the hospitals within u short time. I-orty of the wounded and sick men are at l,ondnnderry. 1H at Larhe three at Helfast und one at Dublin. Those at Londonderry Include: William H. Curtis, Marshfield. r. Charles W. Melntoch. JU'llinghain. Wash. l'lwurd J. J'rterman, Itend, Or. Lester U Smith, (lalico. ore. ieorge A. Klelrlln, Kerndale. Wash. Rex C Orser, KoosUia, Idaho ljiureueo X. Kiley. Seattle. Wash. Harrison F. Hates, ruyallup. Wash. Wallle M. Ho.ealton. Oohnrg. 're. (ins Johnsoh. Ueedspurt. tr, Wilhtdm I'hrlstensen, an Francis co. Roy O. Houston. Redding. Oil. Ktull L. .Johnson, Mendocino, Oil. Those at Lame Include: Karl I. Ilinkley. (iobel. Wash. William ii. Lee. t'hico, Cal. Clarence c. Norgren, R. F. 1. N.x ti, Vancouver. Wash. Warren A. liiacknian, Oliver (Julch Mont. Lewis C. J 'ereii a. La mi Inal is. Oil. Harry A. Benedict Mount Vernon. Wash. Louis C. Rllm. Duftir. n. John L. InHiie, Portland, Or. 1(H) AFTO.MOUILKS Rl'ISX. rjolOXTdX, Alia.. Vvh. huiHlretl ami ten quests escaiM'd ilowti flreiiM-n's ladileix w hen th New lnr hind hotel hiirnc this morning. A Kara ire adjoining- uhs ilestroet and 1(H) ttutonioldles hurnetl. l'KK NICHOLAS TO UK TRII.R. .MUCH. .y. .V Cirand Riikc ,.ioln, imele of the e-eir ami former coimiiniidcr f ilit Russian annii's. is t Im Irlrd by the liolsheiiki OM rt harv of high lirtisim. Itreslau ii'Hrts. four Governors Will Meet in the Chicago Congress 7 1?sw jF -it il I RANK O LOWUfiN, ILL. COV RICHARD I.MflNNING.SCAR OOV.J A A BUNQUI5T, MINN.' OWjCrlARLU 5.WH1I MAN, N.A At least fo go rl-liors f import ant states will be among the dele gates to the National Service t'on- !t,Ti'UH to be held in Chicago next week uimer ino auspic under tho auspices of the National Security Lea mi e. Resides ; over nor Lowden of Illinois, ihere will ho Gov ernor Richard 1. Miinninu of South Carolina, Jovernor John A. A. 1 li r,n quist of M innesota. ami Charles S. Whitman of New York. LAYETTE WORKERS MEET WEDNESDAY The first meet ing o! ers will be held Wedm at two o'eloek In the loum of (he high sehn lavette work sday afternoon Dtmieslie Art d. All parent tt achers jicojile and ot he rs ale urged to attend Tin are for the relief of Re French refugees a nd t he i gent. iut erestcd garments uian and ecu is ur- HAVE UNTIL APRIL 1 TO MAKE RETURNS Portland, ore.. Feb. RUs. I'M it or Hast ( u-egon la 11 : I I would be glad if von would an nounce In your paper that the time for filing income tax returns has luen extended from March I to April 1 . RMS. This applies to the returns of hid iv id it a Is as w ell as com Tat ions. In a con vernal ion wit h some Cm at il- la county residents today I was in-, formed that the impression pic vail- ! there that the extension applied- only' to corporal ions. While it is desirable, of course, that all returns be filed with a- little de lay as pos-Ude, this extension of time may be taken advantage of by those who are unable to make their returns 1 on account of not having received their blanks as promptly as nsanl. Thanking- you for our consider; -t ion. and wit h regards and 1'vM w ishes. I am Sincerely yours, MILTON A. MI1.I.KR. GERMANS PLAN UPRISING OF Feels it Would Create Dan- r-j.. i 4 X gei'OUS oltUatlOn tO IveaiV of Allies in the West. ! PROPAGANDA LETTER IS MADE PUBLIC ; I -GOldman and Jtferkman KjO- W i operating With Hun Spies Abroad. i MOW VOHK, IVh. 25. ,h,lm 1H--i Voyt former editor of Ih? ,jh Im -m-frkan dircftod the tiei-man ct' forts to laiiiirh a revolution in Ireland a-oi'(l-Jiik to letters lie wrote, it in aiinoiiiieed Krtay. lie cluinis all the eredit for tlm uiisiut-esslul urins shipment to Ireland, saying Sir Jlouer t'a-seinent had no more to do with it than the "man in the moon." lie deserilx-d the hi" J'einii means of eoininiiiilea- tion and fold how an intereeled jneHsjiHi.' from llerlin lKtray'd the 4erniin landing; of urins in Ireland. He blames Casment for the reliellion s failure and says ;ermuiiy furiifshetl a Hood sum of money for the work. i (ROBERT J- IJKXIjKR.) AVAHINGTOX, Feb. G.-niiuny haw launrhof a determined effort to rjiu.se a Spanish upriKinir unt swin; the Spaniwh army to the Ti-utmis, now that Russia is t-Iiminatt-'l. i-ici'inu ny feels this will create a dHnuer.UK situ aliun to the I'fur of the allies in the west. American military offieers to day permit the publication of a pro paganda letter (lennany is circulat ing in the Spanish armies. In nddi tmii, flcrmaii asrnt.s lire Roekinti" to .split, the army and commercial men. letters show John Ievoy. former el ltr .f the suppressed Jaelic-Ameri-ctm directed tlic ;erman attempt to ship arms to the Sinn-Feiners. lOmnui fioldman and Uerkman are apparently- coitperatinsr Ith the (b-rman sides ahroaad. The letter to t he Spanish troops pan tiers their vanity, and seeks to show it is ignoble to re main in the barnu-ks while ot her armies are winning flory. It hints the (lernian officers are ready to as sist in war preparation. IxMter f ound hi California. i I evo 's letter was found on the premises of Lawrence Dclacey when .the latter was arrested in California for conspiring to free the interned tierman Consul Ueneral riopp. It : blamed America for the failure of the : plot through giving England the in formation received in raiding Igels of j fiee at New York. It said Germany 'ordered him to deal directly with the Germans in America m engineering" the rebellion. The letters involving Uerkman and CoMman were from a Hindu now in 1'erlin seeking- to oraa- nize a Hindu revolt in collaboration with .the German loieign ouiec. ii as us i ii'i h mil ii ii n .'nil it in i "i i iv- movement and supplied a code for cabling purposes. r.KITlNH AR M I LI Ai "i i i ; Lt NIi 'N. in iimr ra ids ImP. on Hi There were I'.ritish front. 'u the French f ut. ar;illeiy Is active where the America n a i mm no i a iui i e. nviv i m- .-a ii i vi iv .i ii Tanners are aiding the 1-rencn: also in th" Chanipanne region and upper ANace. Flench laids were success- ful north id' Ailetie. The liritish in Moopotamia occupied Khana-lhi- i'ayat. are tmw within ten miles of Hit. ou the Muphraies west if Hag- tlad. SPANISH ARMY AMERICAN STARTING OUT TO PHOTOGRAPH ENEMY LINES d' the aeroplane bod is ; o-s to phot, uraph them f ns are r. Kularly e I mg o rutan A men PARITY P $10,000,0 FOR UM..HLLA COUNTY The wheat jjrice for the comlnKlwa prohibitive, and assisted in mar- harvest has been fixed at the came flKure us lu.vt year, $2.-0 per bushel Chicago and the I.'nlted Stales ship- -(flowers who were penalized in pin? board has granted such a rate freight rates because they live far ! by water from northwest points to away from the places named as pri New York that inland empire farmers mary markets, after the ships upon win virtually oe on a parity v.im those lining Chicago as a terminal, The water rate fixad is $3.50 per; ton and it is estimated that this ar- rangenient will make a price of S:'.11 at Portland or Seattle. I-ocal farm- ers will be charged with the local rate to tidewater, eight and a half cents per bushel and other charges of ; various natures. At the Farmers Union office today ! trw1!i-t,ti...l ..-oil .... nr.,-,.,.-,. t I, .ni? farmers will receive IT cents more for their wheat than they did last year. The local price is fixed at something like $2.04. Ten Million I-ossible. fin a basis of a five million bushel crop the price fixed would mean over it was roughly estimated that our crop, or considerable more than dou- ide the normal price received for the crop of the county. The I'ortland Journal's "Washing - ton corresponoeni gives neriiert ten million dollars for Umatilla's price granted the northwest, with Hnni(, lira se also for Senator .Mc.Narv and none for Julius liarnes, head of the grain corporation. The Journal correspondent says: "Wheat growers of the northwest, successful at last in securing a mar- ket on an equality w ith growers In other parts of the country, have Food Administrator Herbert C Hoover es - pecially tod thank for the recogn!- tion they have gained. Mr. Hoover earnestly took up their cause after the shipping board had named an ocean freight rale w.h it'll WASHIN-C.TO.V, Feb. Urging PROFITEERING IS THROTTLING NATION DECLARES MTlfBER the passage of his "labor conscrip- mobilization. Three fourths of it is1 -i rpi U'n r-ny tion" bill. Senator Jlefumher declar- I being wasted now." He said over six SUSpeCteCl. 1 lie Snip Car ed "Capital and labor and the bolshe- million men in the United States ' rie(J 136. viki of America, the profiteers." are I were not doing remunerative labor: rp ' r 1- Kcirro n nf threatening the nation in its hour of (and (Jiiii.i)nii mors should be obtained! I IlG TCSCUe WOTK Degan dt trouble. This profiteering is "en- I by substituting women in certain lines rlnwn fishinpr Craft. Sailors government." He warned the Amer- jean iieojile would lie heard from if j the evil is not corrected. He cited Hop Island as a capitalist ic bolshe vi kism and the attitude of the shipyard labor, especially on the Raciffc coast which he charged is '"shamefully and disgracefully slack iiiK"' as an ex ample of working mens bolshevik ism. lie charged iompers is unable t handle the laboring men who are in the grasp of unscrupulous leaders.! i, , ... The bill requires the registration of 1,,Mth ,itM ,l,K,,t hrouiht l" "ll pnd ;in males IS to Si ears old; it classi- the Ilft "f J"hn 11 hmS time resi- fies them by occupatiins; authorizes jdent of Fnuitilia and once one of he railing any class into war work with 'best known anil mot prosperous iiieral pay; dees not require drill or u in i ((miis. mm noes inn i u len ere on employment and riuht to contract for labor. Neel For Sliips Imperative. "Never before have we so needert ships. Never before has the cause of demoeraev. the cause of these very la borers needed ships as today. Tho very life of t he cause depeVids upon ship construct inn. Rut what's union i in uur oomg in mis ia n ic 4 in 1 no snip- y;trds its slacking shamefully. After th Hog- Island site was purchased by capital and the foundation laid on graft, is it natural Urn the super- structure should be ot the same fab- rie. Fvery act. eontraci and expen iliture has been wildly extniwit: t. We have human energy to win th ii -an piio'omap f li.1 A tcerie 1 ) ANS : cA r crop ' xhalinir the facts which showed the; Justice of the contention of those; h men iney orumaiiiy uriirnu i": been taken by the government. ! "Chairman Hurley of the shipping, beard comes In for a share of thanks, j also, because when the whole matter 1 was laid before him he took a broad ; view of it. a nd readily agreed to apply j the remdy In the form of a reduced j freight rate. It was a new question (n him and it develops that whm he letter first sent .Senator Mc.Nary ii. .; .... til r.H frAii-hl rutA Via had not been fully apprised as to what this involved. "He had been told that this Just about covered the cost of carrying ; the wheat to the Atlantic seaboard, SI, J OxlI o, fCD. 11 IS ' and he naturally supposed that in Kplipyed todaV that 102 DF offering to carry it at cost he was UC1IC cu tuuaj ? making a fair offer. When he learn- lSneu. , ed later on that such a rate meant ScenS Of indeSCrlbablC ' that no wheat would be shipped by . . . . - - . ; water; that the railroads would thus tierOlSm in We taCe Ot SeFIOUS i be given a burden thy ought not toQflflc Continued to &rriVC 3S , war; mat norinwesi 3fiwers wouia be diseribinated against to the extent- of the freight rate if the ships are not used for wheat: and when It wua pointed out that the ships and wheat ihoth owned by the government, the: ! logical thing to tlo is to put the wheat j ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. i in the ships and send them across or TPnH'V 51 1 Tvi Vfl rS Wfrf . the water to meet the war needs of - 1 0 0"iVUI& wcic the nation, Mr. Hurley saw the point, removed frOHl the Wrecked "Senator Charles L. McNary also ! f mo- Trinyiol ti,-rior if Vlif 1 plays an imitt.rtant part in this little .Steamer r lOI , VUlCIl It Hit drama of the wheat. The Oregon the TOCKS near Cape KaCe senator was a schoolmate of Herbert ,. orrln V Thp l'PllPrl 1T1- I'. Hoover at Salem. Ore., and they , , , ? ' , . covu?" met last year in Washington on the ClUded the Captain and IirSt basis of old chums.'' jofficerS Several bodies i war and win quickly, hut it needs 'form. DEATH TAKES AGED UMATILLA RESIDENT: , " sm.(1J He die. at tho county hosjtital wliere he had been for sever al ears. His t-xin't ae is not known but he was near Twenty-f i vt- ears or more ao he owned Und .-o;:t h of I'endleton and was rngag'd in the sheep business c-x-teilsi el . He was e. united w ell-to-do in those tlas but ia'er he met with -erses vliM li stripped him of alt ius j , j- i-perty. He is survi who live m .-'; thi Taker funeral arr.ii; made, . T, .. r, ,ii;y t an. I i:ii;;:t 1 ,1 b; t n The Pari ha vi daughters body is at rs and r.o et been Ik, t 11" i" stated around I'ther iiian lift--. .s 1 ti 1. 1 "-T"imirV.lfctT r w ith h:; Ida r-' ho! 1 l.HMI'I.I n; d ' w m on a of th- TREACHERY IS SUSPECTED IN VESSEL'SWRECK Hun Agents Believed to Have Fixed Compass Throwing Ship off Course FORTY SURVIVORS ARE REMOVED TODAY Steamer Hits Rocks Near Cape Race Yesterday During Gale. fishermen battle the moun tainous waves in small dor- I washed ashore. Ireacnery aboard the Florizel is be llieved to have caused the ! wreck, as it seems impos sible that Captain Martin, one of the best known navi gators, would take his ship , 15 miles off the course. It is believed the compass was "fivorl " dot-mrm ncrpntI nrp &LLU. aiXC ectvcio joining in the seemingly impossible I task of getting the survivors !ashore. UNFAIR COMPETITION 13 CHARGED AGAINST 38 MID WEST FIRMS Federal Trade Commission Files Complaint; Bribery Methods Used. WASHINGTON. I eh. 2r. The fed eral trade commission inlay filed complaints against iiH middle west comvriw.' alleging unfair cominHUloii methods.. They charge the firm-- with -ti fling: and Mipirefsin:r tinniH.-lUion through the laxish entertainment of competitor-' employes, secret pay ment or money u eiitItes o-f cn-o-iiihs ulm might thrlM. hny geKls from the enmtiie- finite, and in one li;-tainv. with the adulteration of iho 'in pel i tors" chkIs. SPRING DRIVE IS NEEDED IN AMERICA t FKKI (;. FKRG1S -N 1 AMI'.IIli "A N FK'tST, Feb. America need-; a spring drive .tr hm to aid the army put over the p'.n. '1 she must give German... lb r oil;, w . and nun are m-t vaoio mg a bo n tb Germans. The r- learning -ill in wartime t ricks. i ut from here. -.."ea S"e;iii l l-'Ser to the tM'il. h s than tho trenches seem fo the M!. erica ns at home. Its evident. ben that war 111 u! no-a n as nun !i to l h. . H.lg'-S PI A ! I I f ! e l it 1 file ;1 I lg S I '1 Frane,. the ,Mii , ; f r'efe n.-e b-iti.; th.it the former are spared the .l.iri.;. r of raids and demolition. Holding a freight car in the nmiitrv village of Ameriea today tu i be refleet-'d in the front line trero-hen tomorrow , w hen the men of that village tint v ( standing on the firing1 st-. Freight conK"Mion home mean d bt . ,1,4 suppins shipp.d h-re. The imI short a e 1 d.-l j 1 riir the ... i no ,f suppl ships.