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IF DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Thursday fair. Maximum 49. minimum 30. rain 0. wind, west light, weather clear. Number copies printed of yestcrday'ii Daily Kdlllou 2,776 This papor la a member of and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1918. NO. 9369 DAILY EVENING EDmI , , n ., - , riiVup ,.'.,- SPRUCE MILLS IN NORTHWEST U1MMANDERED RUSSIANS HURL BACK GERMANS; PSKOFF IS HELD AFTER ALL NIGHT FIGHT; ENTHUSIASM TO DEFEND NATION GROWS HOURLY; MEN STREAM TO FRONT v Oregon and Washington Factories Taken Over to Speed Production. AIRCRAFTWORK IS BEING HURRIED UP Moscow Sends 70,000 Men; Large Detachment Halts Huns at Luga; Executive Committee Issues Procla mation Declaring Heroic Defense of Russia is Im perative; German Brest - Litovsk? Representatives Say Advance Must Continue; if Petrograd is Cap tured Capital Will be Moved to Moscow. Training of Flyers and Ship ping of Airplanes Also Hastened. ' WASHINGTON" Feb. ;. It Is an nounced the,, -ivornment has com mandeered Hpruce lumber supplies and mlll.s in the northwest, particu larly In Oregon' (ind Washington to Bpced ulrcraft production. It Is also acting to wpoed construction, the training of flyers and shipment of uirplunt-H, to give the allies uerlul su periority. To eliminate airplane collisions at training camps, the government Is re aorvlng tracts us landing stations within a ten mile radius of the fly ing field. The need for all possible speed In the air program Is shown by the declaration that allied and tier man air forces will bo evenly bal anced In a few months and the race for supremacy will be won largely by America's speeding. FARMERS HAVE PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATION I'KTI.OttltAO. IVh. 27. An all niuJit bailie fur J'skorr was won by the KussiaiiK, vim Imvo re moved att stores to Ihe Interior. Jtevul was captured hy the C ! maiH only nrter u hitter battle. KiithiiNlu.Mii for he defense or itussia ".rows hourly. .Men are Mrrainimc toward the front. A hly; force wuh scut to halt the ii-r-niuiiM at hundred miles south of FetroKrud. i i Pin'lUMilEAD. leh. 2. The executive committee today Ksfictl a prH'luinatlou paying "DesiHte our readiness to sinn a eniiuu IK-aee of usurpation, the enemy continues to advance1. (German imKriaJi."tH do not desire ix-aco but the Htraiitilimr of the work men mid pleasant h' revolution. Itruve, herole, dtilwH resistance becomes Ihe revolutions tatk. The occupation of even I'elrourad can not ch'eide the revolution's fate. We iiiiiM interose all obstacles in tho way to ivtrorad and if the city is raptured, move the capital to .Moscow." (JOSi:i'lt NIIAM.KX.) VKTIMxatAI. IVh. '27. The Ger mans lmve been hurled hack ut Vite bed. :t0( miles south of lelrorrad. where the Kits-dans made their first stand for Ihe defense of IVtrorud aft- ayiu tne (.erimiu u.i ant e 10 MRS. HUTCHISON OF PILOT ROCK TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Sarah Hutchinson died laHt night at the homo of her Hon, Ernest j 1-2. Hutchinson, in Pilot Hock. Her, home was in Hardy, Nebraska, to which place the body will be taken -for burial. Mrs. Hutchinson, who wan 72 years' trT, was the wife cif H. C Hutchinson, brother of hJ. P. Hutchhison of this city. Her husband died several years i ao. She came' to 1'ilot Hock lust 1 summer to visit her sons, fcrnest and , Will Hutchinson. , Two other sons, Arthur of Otis, Colo., and Kd of Florida, survive her. ' Her body will be accompanied to Ne braska by Krneat Hutchinson. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 2:30 ut. the Urown chapel and the body will be taken east on No. is tomorrow, it was announced late this afternoon. M'NARY CONFIRMS NEWS REGARDING NEW WHEAT PRICE MIIJJON !. I. All AVAItlTIONSi; I'lCOl'OSAI, Wild, NOT AF FIXT 1AH 'AUA. SI'OKA.VK, Mush., Feb. Plans for the consolidation of the farmers' unions ot uxniiiKmn, orfnon una j nmi taano. to iorm a cooperative grain- i a.(t.p(N Kace, nHuuimg- company capitalized ui t f 0 . 0 0 " were announced last nisht by A. A. KImore, president of the "WuHhlnston and Norfli Idaho Farm ers' I'nion. In a letter to W. V. Harrah, S. na tor Charles I McNary says in relation I irlnc ItorNsoff, forty miles north- to the new. northwest wheat price: eu-l or Minsk, the German advaneiMtj ..j f(,e, ,nat mU(.h has heon aL.cum towanls Osha. The Itussians made a!plh?nt.d witn reslect to the wheat crop ortlo mid heat' toe t.ernians puck is of ,mH ytar Yestnday afternoon fi nal arrangements were made whereby the growers were nuuranteed a pri mary mar-ket for thia year's wheat mites from the city, then orderly eaeuated and dentroyed the lrldj;e out the Iicreseitia. whyc aindeon lost heavily in his iimHiiun, The enniiit eommand apprtaehio'r 1et- Informed the itusshuix had j , ! ' 4,- LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF NEWEST AMERICAN PRINCESS '! I . wimu Jiiiiiinijr 1 I . " L"-1 nr-"- ii i in mi ' , 3 '. . ' f ill :!INCH GAS ATTACKS m AMERICAN SECTOR KILLING 5 AND GASSING 61 30 LOST WHEN TUG FOUNDERS Naval Tug Carrying 40 Of ficers and Men Goes Down Off Atlantic Coast. . -a Victims Include Men From Washington, New Eng land, Indiana and South ern States. SUFFERINGS OF MEN ARE HEARTRENDING W.ASIIIXIiTOX, Fi-I. 27. Sci'M' iuvy OuiiU'ls Hiiiiounf-ed Uiat rnhti lily nn-11 WW lt when the Am triau itutul tr iicr4kc foil ilflered uff the Allnnllr -mMt yf.UTtla,v. II cuiiTic'il 10 iiI'l'U-ci uiul men and only It'll mcw luiidcil. l-iur ImmIIch were rutin rrrd l'.v steamers. Delay in Getting on Masks Results in 'Fatalities. Gas HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK, VICTIMS RESCUED BY AMERICAN DESTROYER crop. In a sinned statement Mr. Hurley made a rate of $3.fi per ton iiiti wheat troni i'aenic roam lermi- uueried their Urest-; na Ia t(, Atlantic ports, thereby con- ,ltosk ri'preM'i:taUes. who suid Hie !formntf to the food administration's ud wince must eontlnue. tla (.crman plun wMinliifily helmc to eupture I'et rorad mid lnhite it from the south. Ten detachments revrdulionur.v troos let hy the executive commit teemen sluruil for Iskdf. Moscow sent 70HHl trMrs to the front. BULLETINS The above outlined plan will not uffeet the local situation. accordiriK to . W. Hurrah, prominent leader In the Farmers I'nion and Tri-State Terminal company. The raln a'-ncy here opei ales t hrouph t he Tri-state Terminal com pany, some stock of which company It holds. This nr riinainient will hold for the present thotiKh at some time in t-he future it t miKht be decided to mew with the. t STA l FALLS. (KM) IlK proposed million dollar company. WANlllVt.TOX, 27. Seretar.v Al this lime the local union men Lansing advise,! oer MM were . killed are very busy with affairs perm hilm: l(. the uramlstund eollafMl hi the to the erection of their new eh vatoi s ummal nice meetimr at Horn; Koiih:. at IMlot KocU and Athena. Trices on; some of the machinery were received: Si KS. .TM l I S 1II'S, today. WASIII.Nt. ION, t h. H7. The scn- - 1 " - !t" iiiljourneil this ufteriHMMi so mem- ' Ik-i-s (fitdrl attend the funeral scries for the wife of Senator Cumiuiiis. who die I here this morning. The body !tfi-s to IM'oines for burial. promise to give the farmers a Chi cago price." Messrs Nelson and I'ooth, farmers union representatives who were at Washington, were here niht before last, and both confirmed the reports of the arraiiKenient whereby north west men will obtain the Chicago price this year. This latest photograph of Ameri i ca's newest princess ha just reached : the Vnlted States from London. Bo - fore her ma it km e t 1 w-n-c hrit" pher f ( ireeee ( younjfer brother .f 'ex-Kincr fonstantine th. ' was Jlr NanQ' Steward ton Leeds, formerly princess 'iriiiinri- f Cleveland, and New Yrk. She was the widow ot William If. Ieeds. Cleveland tin-plate millionaire. Christopher is related to many Kuropean royalties and by her inarriace in Switxerland recont ly. the rincess ber(mes a cousin of Kin Ceore of Knjrland and Queen Victoria of Spain, and an aunt of King Alexander of dreeee. TELEPHONE TO TAKE PLACE OF TELEGRAPH 0-W. R. & N. Offices Are Equipped for New Service as Result of Y ar. ATTEMPT TO WRECK SHIPYARD IS FOILED NKWBl'ItC.K. N. Y.. Feb. 27 An attempt to dynamite the compressor ; iti the local shipyards was frustrated ; when William Ilofian. fcuard, was hit on the head and knocked senseless ; by a man tampering with the com- pressor. TiecoveririK he found the ' bu mile and hurled it away. It ex- ; p.lodrd, shattering windows, etc. ; RETAIL FOOD PRICES ADVANCE 2 PER CENT HENRY ROSENBERG HOME WAS BURNED WITH $5000 LOSS ATHLETIC CLUB IS FORMALLY ORGANIZED Meeting Held Last Night When Organization is Finally Perfected. lCKN'MltV I'lltK LOSS IIKAVV. WIWII'I;, leh. I'T. sewn hun dred and fifty thousand bushels of heat have hecu delroetl with a (troperty diuna;v of half million be sides the train loss the result of recent Ineendfnry fires in t'auailiaii eletois, underwriters reMrt. Barlholdt Will Appear Before Probe Committee AVASIflNCTi-N. Feb. bor department annount prices increased i wo pel month endintr .lanuary the preceding month, buron and eornineal per cent, inns inere;i con: r.us ami v four and beef tw... year ihe pi 'ice .f l' vanceil 2." per cei l'T The la d retail food r cent lor the fifteenth over Flour. lard, lecreased one cased eight per ;ot-s six; butter I n the preceding I as a whole ad- Fire last nijrht destroyed the home of Herman Uogenberg on his ranch 16, miles southwest of I 'end let on. causing a dam- age that , is' estimated at SaOiot. The house was on the old 1'edro place now owned by Mr. Mosen- beri; and was a la ri;e house. The house and tiaram- adjoin- ins were hot h burned but a cur in the panie was saved. Ue- ports received indicate that the house with m.-t f the con- tents were entirely destroyed a numbel HvallbiR them- Forinal oranizalbn of an athletic r.ii.4. t., fiver the armory ef the I'ltwiiilhi County C.uard was perfi rd last evening following the renular drill ff the Kuards It starts with membership of about 4. The luem i i.t.. ,,,.t limited to members of the county uunnl and iuH if i.iimHh-ss men are Helves of the opportunity for regular physica I exercises. The club last evening elected -Merle It. Chessman as president ami i . - MeKlnnev as secretary-treasurer hroMi,!,.,,! t.Kbi v mi noli need polntment of X . Woodwotth, L. P Drake Harry M. Chambers. C. Ulnehart and .lames S. members of the board and Joe Moyd, KuRtne Harrv iAiedy. Snmtiel C Arteburn as mem i M Y Iti: Tit A I KOIUilK. SKA'PI LF. Feb. 117. The ptee to- . j day are inclined to doubt w hot her llarr ln((hcws, ulias W ade. nrret cd in the hlimo erjidc is the man implicated in the rohlrcry of the (real Northern train near suiiiih. Wash.. In llt I. when three pa-senuvrs went Killed, t'hicnuo -' t i it de M'riptitiis tiilly. V.SIII.V,TbN. Fell. "7. Former Congressman Itartholdt. of Missouri.' lns been asked to appear Saturday be fore the senate committee investiwat hiK t he ierman-A ni erica n alliance. I 'art hold t is eharued by one wit ness with nnikina a speech urnin the election of candidates favortnn iJer inanism at a meet in w: of t he derma n societies in St. lxjuis. I'art holdt tie nies makiiiK the speech. (Fred E. Ferguson) AMERICAN FRONT, Feb. 27. Sixty one Ameri can Soldiers, gas victims are in a hospital today after a night of horrors.. Five oth ers were killed as the result of a gas attack yesterday. The attack came suddenly after an all day rain. There was a huge flare from the German trenches as the imine workers were dis- I.OMMl.V. lib. 27. Ail -Xnuricanj u J VlPn thp ?hpll? lfstryrr timuaht in the survivors of iCnargea, Men Hie MlClItj the iiospitai siiip ik-n- a.st(o. sunk iniburst spreading the gas. the liri.M. .-hanm-i yesterda y hrm j Three men were killed and boatlojuls of Minivors are Mill adrift.) . . , . The boat earried no patients. She inine OVerCOHie thrOUgh their was outiKmnd witn lights burniii. UlowTipss in adiustini? their masks and were carried helpless . to the hospital, where they lay gasping. Oxygen was furnished- Struggles Are Pitiful. The struggles of the men for breath were pitiable, stirring all against the Bochea. Some acted like drowning, every breath a groan, and their face- blue. The Boches gaa attackedtwlct. throwing 75 chlorine and phosgene gas shells and high explosives, with the mlneworkers firing them simul taneously. A severed wire delayed the American barrage forty minutes. This checked Jhe attack. The Ger mans gas shells had time fuses so aa to explode over the American lines The victims Included men from AVasftUitjrton, New Fiijrfand, Indian and the southern states. IneludinK some artillerymen who were over come hy the fumes. Whole Army "Sees Hod." During the first gas attack three officers ran into a dugout and closed the door so tightly they narrowly es caped asphyxiation from the fumes of their charcoal fire. The Ameri cans have gas equipment and will it as occasion demands, tout for self defense. The Germans' first use of gas against Americans stlrre l the whole army to "seeing red." The doctors working tirelessly curse the Boches for the terriblessufferlng Im posed on the men whose agonies are heartrending as they foam at the mouth, fingers , extended, stiffen and they die. Indications are that the telegraph will give way to the telephone at o. VV. R. & N. offices as a result of the war. 'Yesterday telephone workers arrived in the city and installed tele phonic headpieces in the local office of the O.-W. It. & X. and proceeded on to equip other offices along the line similarly. The telephones themselves and special telephone wires had been put in some time ago and an order to conduct the com pany's wire business by telephone in stead of telegraph is expected any day. The war h;is cut the supply of tel egraphers down to a point where the ruilroads can no longer fill their needs. Many telegraphers have en listed In the radio and wireless ser vices of the army and navy and oth ers have joined the colors in other ca pacities. It is estimated that the next draft will take is telegraphers from this division of the n.-V. GERMAN PRISONERS WORK FOR UNCLE SAM Tin- tho ai- JullIlH IIS nf dirotiors lilaiK'hrtt. WiWlit and 1. ihi-rs f tl ttnllst' committee which will P"' ""' "'" nuBlimi in ehnpe t.ir tin The Kvin Is ulreaily e.iiil'il with locker. HhowerH. iliesMni; rooms, ilmnhella. Indian clubs, parallel liars. hnrlxonlul har. stall liars, iiiinrnm lino- nl.ilforms wall exercisers nihor pHtiimiicnt and the will linrcliase ImixIHK Rlovcf. punch in .l.nirs. medicine hull and such other paraphernalia ns considered necessary. line hody of the members will prolialdy oruanlze a class to w.u It out at fi In the cvenlnif three or four times a week while others will meet In the evening. The Kymnusium. which is now rented hy the Knlnhts of I'olmnhus will he taken over by the club .iurch 1. The liilil racks of the count', 'guard will remain there and regular drill will lie held there on Tuesday UVClllllg. H AI.MI SI I K( i l:ll I'OI! liOMIIl. V .SI11;T). I I I). I raol. I". WalstL. I'tleral tralik collitnissii mer. uan selected hy lalMir leaders As their mouther of the federal waye olanninu hoard. The hoard now is complete, mid mcelM next Wednesday to Ik'kIo work. JAPAN" II. I. At T. l.tlN'IMJN. I'eh. 7. "Should the i:iis-.ian-i;ctinall M'a' la actually 'concluded, it kk's Wthoiit saying that Japan sill take most decided steps." l-'orcinn Minister lotono is reported ti hae toltl tin Japanese hoiie tir reprcscntntii.es. "The I'ull csl undcrstaudhtv: c!-t with I'.nu- ' land, America and tin other allies." CONGRESS WORRIED . : OVER : MONEY WASTE Salaries of Some Federal Officials Declared to be Way in Excess. Mi;Xll. HAMHTS ;i:T Si;umn. 1 ornici Held i i Ml liaiiih l".mploes I'HymaMcr.. ( 'A MIX H ( Feb. -2 7. Tw. ca ns, frmerly em ployed by a ra ncn ca in n com i-any near bet e, early to day held ufi and roldod the pay-mu.sti-r of the ranch and a Mcxirall- I i To pk.wi-: com i:i;i;m i: l.() DUN, l i b, J7. llallour told Ihe house of eomuifiiis the "1'iHc of oc cupied liiixsia would bo decided tit a polirvnmn ii-tiiih a nylng him and es uoncral pence itml'crenci regardless of enped with $:h-a(t. , posse is bunt any Itussiiiu ir Kumaiiian ii'catfo." ing for the robbers. a nd ouiniitli-e basKetball is CANNED VEGETABLES WILL BE HELD FOR WAR PURPOSES Ganners Notified to Retain; All Peas, Corn, Tomatoes, String Beans and Salmon. W A Tt . Ke b. 2 7.- The food administration notified all ra nners to retain for war purpos toes, string beans and salmon and cm all canned corn, peas. toma rcpi 1 1 the miantittfs on hand a1 soon iim possible. The Mirpltis stocks w ill be released by t he Ko eminent as soon as the war needs are contracted. L'V"v'' w --' - V",ylfcrS. .v.. .. r CV1 VZ - i V" ' -'- .." . "V . 1 N. . 1 VA.HIX;TOX. Fell. iT. Cull .aress is wurried aluuit money and wants "criminal waste- eliminated from the war government . "Itilltuns tor ictor and not one cent for waste" is a suggested slogan. A num ber of senators announced they'll crse the appropriation committee to ttre the strictest economy on Kiivt'nmioiit bureaus. Senator Kln proposes a hill 'tatHliirdiin; federal salaries. I'en :itor ilalliuKcr charnies some men are KettiiiK gipiiin yiariv couldn't eui Ti $ I Tool elsewhere. The attitude i- "that the jtiivernment ileinanils that the people sacrifice liy lmyiri I.ihertv li.inds. etc.. s,. the Kovern ment must see that this money Koes t" win the war and not enrich people earnimr less in private life than they ask of l"ncle Sum. 14 4 POTATOES ROTTING FOR LACK OF CARS T. 1'Al l.. Feb. . hn bu.-beN of potatot iniu-sota a re doomed ears are provldetl to i Tblrieen loll s In northern to rot. Iinlesn rime th-m to market, according; to Mil uppf! the : Minnesota public safety coiiimUsbm (sent to ITesident WHson. M. ..f the co leruiati prisoners 1 si.uud of i o i in.v.i pi ,m.-n labor in the i.ml.Mi u" war, wt iriiin j; u nder . onci'-s under a i A mi i tn s it I t Aiuer - riiee was perlorniet I'l":. Thl- fiCIMie h' 'iUH"'. t.uuieiitalM It AkuIii Mm ken. SAN SALVAPok. Uepubllc of Sal- abr. Keb. .' 7. Tclvvrnphir imo municMtion with the Interior of i; int erna hi is in term ptul a a r-n ir of earth-pia! shocks of a ;1.-nf ctmr ; o i'-r.