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DAILY EVENING EDITIO'I
DAILY EVENING EDITION
Number copied printed of yesterday'
Dally Fditlou
2,774
This paper ts a member of and audited
by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
WEATHER FORECAST
TnniKht ntl Saturday fair.
Maximum, 68; Minimum, 34: Itaftk.
foil, 0; Wind, northwest; Weather,
partly cloudy.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
DAILY E Y 5 ONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918.
NO. 9371
VOL. 30
ro)
DECISION ON
JAPAN'S FNTRY
EXPECTED SOON
GERMAN ANTI-TANK (
PTURED BY NEW ZEALANDERS
Cabinet Meeting Held This
Afternoon to Discuss the
Action in Siberia,
DEPENDS LARGELY ON
GERMAN INVASION
If This Stops President May
Decide Move is Unnecessary.
PAIIIM. March 1. Tim hauls for
iTiiUiihhr intervention In sllx'rlu has
htfu decided,'- MijH lye 1'etlt Jour
nul. -Tlie I nlloil sailed Imih rmi
nlzcd Its ullllty mill only details it
uuilii to lie Nclilcd,"
WAfilH.VriTOX, March 1. To date
President Wilson and Heeretur I.nns
InK are open minded roKnrdirif? Japa
nese intervention In Siberia, but are
likely-to answer tho Japanese siiKKes
lion soon an the alllCH are pressing
for an answer. They have left it up
to American decision whether Japan
will act alone, cooperate with Amer
ica or not act now, America's decis
ion depends larRcly upon the present
Merman Invasion. If this stops, Wil
son may decide the Siberian move is
unnecessary and likely to cause the
Hussian, factions to misinterpret the
motives. Hussian diplomats suggest t
a lone Japanese movo would cause
trouble, and any action should he
Joint, with a full statement of aims in
advance. The allies favor Japan.
May let .Inimn Act Aloiie.
In some iiuarters there's a tendency
to let Japan act alone without involv
ing America or the allies. Jupan
contends tho munitions In Siberia and
the possibility of German domination
of part of Siberia makj?s some drastic
move' mandatory. It Is reported in
Tokyo that escaped German anil Aus
trian war prisoners armed them
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O.S. ARTILLERY
REPELLS HEAVY
GERMANATTACK
DRIVEN FROM CANADA; nr nniTinit
ur uttiiiuflL
FUEL. TIE-UP
Summarily Dismissed on the,
Ground Their Work is i
I . Enemy -Propaganda. j
j The Internationa Bible -'tudents"
organization.' agents of which were
Driven Back.
HEAVY CANNONADING
OVER A WIDE FRONT
Civil Hospital at Rheims is
Systematically Bombarded.
' ; organization, asenm "i which wrii , - j
Organized Onset Near Butte ! warned to (jet out of Pendleton on xW-U voUSC A III caiClll-u
! Du Mesnil is Completely :nL Jan. 15, Congressman De-
that their work Is enemy propaganda, j
The Christian Science Monilor of j
February i'l carries the following I
story of the Canadian action against .
the alleged "Students":
OTTAWA, Ont . March 1 The
Chief Press .Censor for Canada, Col. ' t
k. j. chambers, has stopped whatjClogged Transportation
v uuiu aiMJPar 10 u. iriosi jitfrmaoua
paciist propaganda which has been j
carried on under the cloak of rell-
glous publications. From the head-
'juartprs of "fastor'' Russell's Bible;
Students' Asso'ciation, Brooklyn, X.
V., have been poured forth all over ;
Canada In their hundreds of thou- j WASHINGTON'. March 1 Defend
snnds the "Bible students- Monthly" m Fuel Administrator Garfield, Con
as well as large quantities ft Pastor gressman Kainey declared that th
ftussell s book "Studies in the Scrip-!'u' ituatim was BO rtou V
tl.re,--The Finished Mystery," which niea caU8e wa9 threatened January
Is described as the author's Interpre-! 1 ",h- when American line, of commu
. ... ..... ... .. nir?ation with France were absolute-
Littion or tne iinie, nut wnion ine au-
I LONDON". March 1. Thfre were
j riritish raids north of the Ypres-Sta-:
den railway and mutual artlllerying
: east of y pres. nar Vac(pierif.
. French nnd A merican artillery re-
t'lled an organized enemy attack
I aout heast of Hutte-Du-Mesnil.
dares Defending: Garfield
COMMUNICATION UNES
ENTIRELY DESTROYED
System Immediately Re
medied by Fuelless
Order.
Paris report the enemy made anjthorUjes decar(S ,H" pro-Oerman prop-!1' destroyed,'- owing to the closed
jcoal or steel to reach the steamship.
extremely heavy attack with two col
umns east of Chavignea.
j completely checked. There is heavy ! enljlifl(j
fl irn nrln. Aunt hfr mi hi Ira t inn to rnmp
,.-v . , uruier the censor s notice was a hook
i cunnonattfhg' over a wide front
'PENMAN "ANBJANKifiUri CAPTURED. BY ANZACS
This was the dondly weapon cap
tured by New Zoa landers on the Urit-
ish front in a recent assault on the large gun on a battleship.
; Germans there. It is an
gun, turreted and anchored
antita nJ
like a
It was im-
PARI.S, March 1. There a sharp
pervious to the cartridges used on the fifihting at several pointsincluding a
"Nature Suffrage."
G. O.P. LOVEFEAST
HELD IN HONOR OF
CHAIRMAN HAYS
YANKEES AVENGE
HUN GAS ATTACK
tank guns, but the New Zealanders ' vloIent nand-to-nana encounter east ciusion max xne puoncaxions were 01
manueed to take it with the tlermans of 'havfgnon. The enemy, after vi-' a most dangerous and objectionable
who had. manned it.
repelled with heavy losses,
- ' 1 " 11 i violent artillerying at
Rheims, Champagne, Argon ne and
-The sudden fuelless order was imper-
The . i oca Mil
monthly was kept under observation V? ' IT- .w
and the books closely examined, with He the railroad t.e-up lowered
the re8ult that Colonel Chambers had Projectile and steel shipment forty five
no hesitation fn coming to the con- pf r ce"u Smce the fuelless order sup-
He says there was nothing
France.
;the matter with
the coal but trans-
BAKER TEAM TO
! MEET PENDLETON
QUINTET TONIGHT H
l 1 r-i r artillcrvinir .iltidbcd Iham kiiH .f1tlir ttrtltlfflv .'inli.Uiir DTirmalv
There is anarchistic and anil-British. That .'. Blush for Shame.
German propaganda, there was little;
room for doubt, especially when lUis
borne in mind that the distribution
J Woerve districts also.
The Rheims civil hospital is syste
matically bombarded and set afire.
in Argonne we raided enemy posi-
ions and took nrismir-r.s. Thn fnpmv 1
violently bombarded the first lines MU,ie nanasonie omainss.
of the literature was In great quanti- j
ties and absolutely free, even to the
"Our lines of communication with
France were, about January 15th, ab
solutely destroyed, not by submarines
but because our transportation sys-
f N rcv YiiRK. March. 1. Former
progressives and the old guard are !
Joining In greeting R.-publUan Na- , . .
Itlnnal 'Committee Chairman Hays Trench Fl0ni V HlClf BOniDS
! today. At a dinner tendered him oy ,
former Chairman Wlllcox today. ;
j muny notable leaders on both Hide
- .. .. ... ! i . ..i.i uii PIK)i.H il uiU- To.
seivea wnn part 'oi inv-iinii - ne " mri.t. .. - - .
allies sent Siberia. j night. Hays goes to New Haven to
Calilnet Meets TtMlay. j eo Taft. Today Hays and Johnson
Th nnhinet mPfltii thin nftpmnnn. of California expect H meet ana xaih
Issued Is
Levelled by U. S. Fire.
and it la believed will dlacua the mat
ter. Some officials fear many Hub-
Hays Ik makinic it a point to talk
(with every Man .1 pat and progressive 1
Ulan will Join the nermann if Japan losUle. He went to tne nospirai ;
enters Siberia, xaylnir the German and talked with Itoosevelt. The:
Ilerlln-Tokyn route Is a hohgohblin to j fame day he mil ami talked with'
cause Japan to enter Siberia and aplit j HunheK and followed this with a Irip ,
the RuMtinna. After the British am-! to Washington, where he met many1
hassador conferred with Secretary ! senators nnd reiireaentat Ives. j
IjinsJnc, UaiiMingr conferred with the
I'resldent.
BRITAIN HAS ONLY
150.000 MORE MEN
DECLARES FOSTER ! f
Lectures Chairman Denies
Report She Can Raise an
Additional 2 Million.
NKYV VtiltIC, March 1. Sir John
Fraser Foster, chnlrman of the Brit
ish lectures committee, speakliiK here
t'enles the reports that Jtrltnln can
raise an additional two million men
lie says she can't put more than
three iiimrters of a million more In
the field. He expressed confidence
the German west offensive would he
most siinKulnarlly repulsed.
147 ADDITIONAL
VTtack The Rumor'
Will Be Campaign
Started This.Week
I-AI.SK KTOIHKS CIIdITEl
AltIO Tlt.'KI TO (iFIIM.W
Mi f:ts.
t!eglnnlnK today nn effort Is to be
made to eliminate the "rumor" In tne
war situation.
Since the boys began to go Into the
training camps, Oregon, as well, ns
ether states, has been flooded with
stories concerning harsh and brutnl
treatment meted out to the men, and
the government has definitely ascer
tained that the oriKln of most of these
stories has been In the German prop
Uganda which Is at work to under
mine rhe spirit of Americans.
The month of March-Is to tie devot
ed to educating the people of this
state to disregard Idle vaporing of
that kind. - " j
lCnxland and France had to put j
over a similar campaign of education i
before the people h-arned that Ger- j
man agents were behind the stories, j
A favorite story 1m the one concern- j
Inff the private who was sentenced to
a term of five yeara In prison for re- j
fusing to allow the army surgeons to,
perform a minor surgical operation, j
.Newspapers have endeavored to con- j
firm numerous stories of that kind.
and have registered a failure each (
I The following are 4 7 additional
! classlf Icatlnns received from the dis
trict board:
John M. Huchamin l!-c. Clamlo H.
Harris 2-c. 1'lnk Dixon ;!-c. Clifford
A. Kinney 2-c. Sylvester 1 Sams 2-c,
ohn II. Swaney 1-a, fail Palmer 1-e,
Earl Dudley 4-c, Lewis c. lleriievln
-a, 2-c, Archie A. DeMarls 1-a 2-c.
F.lmer 1 Nichols 1-a 2-c, Delhert V.
Malcolm 1-1, Glen K. lloKeis 1-a 2-c.
Kdward T. Canfleld 2-c. Austin V
Witherite 2-c l,.tir T. sltafcr 3-J
Kottert H. Shaw 3-J. Isaac llarpe 1-a.
STlerman P.. Smith 2-l, Sam K. Iloth
n.ck 3-J Itobert ". Mills 1-f. Vestal
Jolnes 1-e 1-a. John I . Owen 1-a. 2-
Chris Marshall 1-a 2-c. Glen 1..
Shull 1-f 3-h. Arthur C. Lewis 1-e. j
Frank M. Robinson 2-r. Philip 1.. iJty ,
2-c, William Saretnal 1-f 1-a. lxliny
Omnhtindra 1-f 1-a. Hay 1. Slelu r ,
1-f 1-a. Wad.' K. . Privett 1-f. Lester,
A. Cummins 1-f. William Mitchell 1-f.
William H. LiiIiik 1-f. Itobert .1. Vlck
1-f, Walter s Itennicr 2-c, Koy lira
den 1-e. .Gentle J. I'eti rson 2-e. Tloy
K. Grimes 2-c. Arthur L. Wyniuis 2-c ,
James H. While 1-e. Prailes 10. La
Hue 1-e. 'alter If. P. Herman l-'.
Alton K. Vostwick 1-e, Claude P. lOv
erett 1-e. Jess K. l:"erott 1-e.
AMF.RICAN FHUNT. March 1.
American artillery Inst night
avenged the gas uttack by level
ing the trench from which the
g;is bombs Issued. French avia
tors (TW-eeted the fire, which com
pletely destroyed the trench bat
teries and trenches The rain
coot inues.
There was an additional death
today ns a result of rhe pas at
tack, making the total casualties
for that affair six di'ud and TS in
the hospital. There has been no
new attack In this sector. There
may be one more death among
the gas victims, hut the majority
of the others are Improving. The
slightly injured are anxious to
return to the trenches. saying
they know how to met I the next at
tack.
Everything is in readiness for the
.big rame with the liaker high school
boys' basketball team at the local
high school gymnasium tonight. This
Completely is the first time that Baker has ever
come to Pendleton to play basketball.
The local boys rtefoated Baker when
they went over there, and that team
is expected to come here with the in
'tention of evening up scores. The
'Pendleton boys know they will have
'a scrap on their hands and it is diffi
cult to tell how the game will come
; out.
! Those who will probably play on
the. local five according to Coach
Jones are: Heller, Casey, Strahorn,
Hudson. Fitzgerald and Tharp. The
.team will be handicapped by the ab
sence of liaiph Kyle, forward, who
has left school.
I ,
near Mont-Suippe. -
The trend
tern was clogged. The whole utory
cannot be told. When it is there'll bs
members of this house who'd be glad
to expunge their criticisms of the coal
HONOR'S CONFERRED
ON MAJOR EDWARDS
'CANADIAN OKFICKH FINDS TVO
;- DIX'OHATIONS VAlTINj HIM
IN VKTOIJ1A, U. C.
When Major Edwards of the Cana
dian army returned to Victoria. B. C.
after his month's trip through Ore
gon, explaining the needs of the war.
of all the writings was a thorough : j . . . , , , .
- 'oruer. r.vei dnio hi umi ii i uui i.au
condemnation of the. war. readers be- ; bee bunkered and waa ready to Ba
ng urged to refuse to take un arms within a week after the order. Since
even under pain of death. ,then jt has bee posgible tb load and
Acting under the advice of the COal 480 ships carrying two million
Chief Press Censor for Canada, the ; tons of food and war supplies and the
.Secretary of state forbade the clrcu- supplies so necessary for winning the
lotion of the literature In the Domin- war now are being distributed to our
, icn.. which makes the possession of armies and the armies of our allies. I
!any one of the publications a crim- undertake to say in the history of
punishable by a very 'America no man was ever subjected
Inal offense.
heavy fine or a term of imprisonment
not exceeding five years.
At once, the police all over the Do
minion became busy and domicllarv
to more unreasonable or anjust en- .
ticism than Garfield. The task con
fronting him is greater than that ever'
undertaken by any executive officer
t-lfi.u n.an ... u , . nrioi to the War.
ha f,.nrwl ., i.-t, O . 1,1. ! l' Ilinuc VIIVIVKI 11 Vk a S "
XTRA
..NKYV VOIEK. lareli l. The An
chor liner Tiheria was sunk ly a Ger-
uhmarltio WtMltiesday uc(i.n(l- nieeting-s
inan
tiix to iiiforniaiion tiKlay.
RAILROAD Bill IN
CONFEREES HANDS.
PASSED Of HOUSED BULLETINS
Two Years Fixed as Period
After War for Which'
Government Holds Roads.
I-
:.iti.i:ss .ii;l is m di-:
l AHSII l.
1
"if,?1 ,
f ten
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WASHINGTON. March 1. Follow
ing its passase In the house late last
night, the railroad control bill is in
tlie bauds of senate and house cou
, ferers today 'with every prospect for
a speedy agreement on the differ
ences betwetn the bill as passed by
the two houses. It is believed cer
tain the bill will reach President Wil
son next Week
WASHINGTON, March 1. . The
house last night by a vote of 337 to i
passed the administration railroad
illt fixing two years ns the period aft
er the war for which the roads may
'be held by the government and leav
, ing the supreme rate making power
with the president.
Despite t,he overwhelming vote on
the passage of the bill Itself, admiu
'istrntion forces staved off amenil
. ments hleh would have completely
'modified the measure, only by the
min-owest margins.
An amendment by lleprcsentntive
Sweet of Iowa retaining rate making
pn er in the interstate commerce
comni isslon was at once adopted.
I
Jlll.l, FAVOKAItl.Y HKI'OHTKD j
W SHIGTON. .vlarcli 1. The sen-
ale- military conimillce favorably ro
Mr1ciI the bill r.uttiii' lac nation's
ImnlM'r prodiu'tlon In President Wil
son's liamls. The appropriations
committee i-oportod tin-, executive and
judicial appropriation hill to the. 1
house. It carries several million. 1
,11111,1) Momns ill.
M: T1I.F.. Man-li t. Supreme
.luiluc iciryx Morris is criticully ill.
ajid was ruslieil lit re from olympia
anil operated iihii this moiiiiiiu for
what is ht'lu-irtl to b - intesliiKll cancer.
hontirs. The first was his formal dec
oration with the Russian orde of St.
Stanislaus, with crossed swords and
bow. I
The second was his appointment
to be governor of Resthaven Military I
Convalescent hospital at Sidney. B. !
C. which takes care of wounded Ca-
nadlan soldiers.
! The inforation is contained In a
: letter to his friend. Major J. Mcl.
! Wood of Portland, who was with the
Canadian party much during Its stay
in Portland.
Major Edwards was in Oregon dur
I lug the month of January In com
i Pany with Captain Hook, and their
in Pendleton made a deep
impression.
"While Major FAlwards is ton mod
est to say so." Major Wood sai'd. the
decoration conferred upon him by the
czar two years ago and only just now
formally presented, undoubtedly' was
for bravery in action, and the good
friends he made in Portland congrat
ulate this distinguished and deserving
soldier on the honor conferid."
or believed that the literature
I was kept, with the result that police
I re urt proceedings are being instituted
( in a nupiber of cities from coast to
: coast.
It Is generally believed that Colonel
t-hambers has rendered an unusual
service to the country in exposing
j what Is believed in official circles to
I le unquestionably another phase of ;
the anti-war crusade ' which is being
j financed by enemy money. I
BIG FIGHT EXPECTED
ON THE ORSHA FRONT
MAY USE RYE FOR
WHEAT SUBSTITUTE
PREMIER Of FRANCE IS A DEMOCRAT
Hun Forces Concentrate
300 Miles South of Petro
grad; Slavs Prepare Stand
I-ONDON. March I. An exchange
ALL DURING MARCH : ,,,e-'h ,'iis.,a1,. from ''"'T?11
WASHINGTON. March 1. Food Wntrar' ",,rs
Controller Hoover explained that! rETROORAI. March 1. The en
bakers may use rye flour as a wheat ' emy today threw large forces against
substitute all this month. The diffi- ' ,ne Orsha front. 3'b). miles south of
culty of obtaining other substitutes i Fetrugrad. Thousands of armed work
rrts caused an extension of time from r,e"' rushing there from Moscow.
March third. .Near beer makers are threw up trenches, behind Orsha and
limited to TO per cent of the grain a bis battl? is expected. The Bol
and fpod stuffs used last year, the shevikl last night issued a statement
same as breweries. " ' saying the German offensive had
' stopped, owing to Russian revolutlon-
' ists' resistance. Soviets in the larger
cities are demanding a holy war
against Germany, advocate arniltr;
the entire Russian population.
CAPTl l!Fl.
-(Via London)
time The government says
German agents start them.
tlOLA
Miss Anderson is the first womar
that deputy Fulled States marshal and sht
Smuts Mentioned To
Succeed Lloyd G corse
Declares Miss liurke
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1. Gen
eral Jan Christan Smuts, once leadet
of the Roers against Knslund. Is the
'doesn't know the meaning of the man most frequently mentioned In
! word fear. I .awbrcukers in Colorado,
.MOONKY lH'N'IFO l-KTIllAT. where she's to work, might do well to
SAN' l'HANist, March 1. The 'move or ehanae their wnjs. ,-ho is a
MiiirrniP court today denied Moonoy Denver girl, tho daughter of Kdwari
it retrial Only Jrcldciit Wilson or Anderson, secretary of the
llic BO.cnior van save his II.P. , , Federation of Labor.
Knuland as a successor ! I.loyd-
Oconre. should the I :i lt Isli cabinet
t'.iM. according to Kathleen Lnrkc. ot
the Scottish war hospitals. who I-
Colorado here from a visit to the British.
French and Italian fronts.
Ti : AM I 'll ICANN
I1FR1.1N. March 1.-
At Movor. ll)( miles seilltll "f
liiisk. the Germans capttntHl the
Filial Flolilla. The (.Clllialls have
lvnclicil Dnieper on the north :
I'kraltie front, i-apturing: IS jctschi.i
al't(-r a hot I'iuht near t'liaviiiuon. Ten
AiiH-ricaiis wcii- captured.
ASK I I ISDINAVD To gl IT.
AMNTlliD M 'larch I. Ir'lllicr
tztH-nhi has dcmatidiil thai lUng; Fcr
tlinand ir Itiilgaria. abdicate ami his
hrotlier. illlain. smiii'd. ni-esirdini: '
jlw Berlin.
(iiOWX t l NCIl. ttNVKI'.l.
W ASHIVtiTON. March I. The'
kaiser lias comnked the c-rown rincc
rcprcsciitiiiK all the rciiinliut: faiuilii-s
at the yreat luNidtpiurtci-s, it Is offi
cially learned.
MFST FIRST SIGN l'FAFK.
I ONIION. 'an ll I. (.ciioall le1e-irati-s
informed the Russians at Itrest-
Litmsk hostllittcs wouiil not cciim1
until pcatc N slnetl. uccordlnjc to
FelrtKirad w Irt-It-sst".
I i .-fx ; 1
I . . t J'
V'lT?.. ,Tjw .- . . ?' -
WILL INVESTIGATE
FALSE STATEMENTS
IN QUESTIONNAIRES
Acting upon the advice f the diHt
trtet board at Iji tIrande. District At
torney Keator is prepurintc to refer to
tho I. S. district attorney the cases of
a number ( I'mittilhi county younis
men who. (t is alUuetl. have falatfjfd
their luestionnaires in an effort to.
e vatic the draft law.
Pisi rict A ttirney Keutm- ap)t'iited
numbers of cms- to hf diiru-t botd
and that hoard. af!r considrrtnK the
evidence, can it to th rotiof untun that
a number of rcuistrai'tM were trjin
to esca pe cimcriptton b in-mrepr-scntation.
ijmtf a few of these mn,
it i; said, claimed deferred claift
cation on the KroumN of having de
pendents w hereas a n luveatijration
show cd that t he nevt-r had rontnb-ut-d
iiiivthini; to the vuipport of their
aliened dependents.
AUSTRIA USES ARMS
IN UKRAINE REPORT
FROM ZURICH SAYS
PKtUIEK OF f kANC C
Ik n I'r.
V auce pocs o
the wr.r 'v
it to the
he .ccl,
t t see how
a dcr.ioci ;tt.
Here he is shown -it t in si on a pile of
lumber while ho eatu his lunch whh
French ufHcer-. His plain ways are era t -on- rf to l.uc
t ne reas n f r his Kreut popularity. i-rtlaj-
XI KM II. Man U I u-4Ha-1lun
i;:tr dM-lariie H 14 jM-tiiijr on ll rt
iue"l of I krahu. 1m liiteretiinir mJII-
tat-lly iht-rf, li K nMrif4. T hn of
ttuun ye