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VOL. 30
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1918
NO. 9373
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SLAVS PLAN
WAR DESPITE
PEACE PACT
FRENCH CHILDREN WEAR GAS MASKS
Treaty Signed Yesterday
Regarded Now as Mere
Scrap of Paper.
E3C
or
SENSATIONAL RUMORS
IN REGARD TO TERMS
Reactionaries Seeking to
Form Alliance to Fight
Allies is Report.
. Krylenko Iimh ordiYcd Um ImI
fthcVlkl troom to rouMi lioKtllftlr
but rt'fiiHhi In thlr prowont imwI
tlOM. . " N
liKHNTl Muroli J. Tho firrman
ItllSSllirl IK'lH-O Ml('t UtIH KlttlH-fl III flvO
p. m. Sunday, uifordlujc to IUtIIii.
(JOSKPir SHaM.EX.)
(Copyright l!ls by tho tTnlitd krcKn)
PKTIKM1KAD, March 3. (Delay
ed.) The peace treaty xlKned at
Hrest-1-.itovnk this afternoon Is now
regarded only an a "scrap of paper."
The highest ejithiiflawm for fighting
prevail, here. The pan-executive
councils have called an extraordinary
session of the noldlers, peasant and
Cojwurk for Momcow March 12th to
1cctde whether to accept peace. This
conference, the result of the Herman
advance, may declare a holy war.
TjiiUlntf parties for defense fluhtinw is
growing. JtUHSinn delegates at
Br?at-Litovsk wired tho "demand to
halt the German advance was dented
no under the circumstances, the trea
ty was simply an ultimatum support
ed hy armed outrage."
Many Humor Afloat.
There are many scnwulional ru
morH In regard to tho treaty terms.
some Ineltidlmc the occupation of
IVtroBrad. J skoff reactionaries are
seeking nn areemetit with Germany
for the formation of
V:
wmyJ), If. 'W jpuini j.h.i. l HMWlWIrWIWW g
: ' a
llHOM
AN r .DtD IN
SHEEP CAMP QUARREL
(fcast Oreironlan Special.)
I ECHO, Ore., .March 4. M. K.
HotchkiHB, Rhreph(;rdr for Claud
SIian, Ih lying near to death at a ho
tel In Kcho whili; Ira Miller, another
ins the Sloan heep from Touchet to
Cold Springs. i
Just how the fight nt.'frted in not
clear but in the melee Miller ntahhed
Hotchklsn neveral times with a kitch
en paring knife. Ho atabhed him
PACKERS SEEK
TO WIN PUBLIC
BY PUBLICITY
herder is held by the sheriff, without j neveral blowa on the body, Home of
a charne of having stabbed ,ne wound being above and below
' r , a &
The soldiers have n corner on the use of a mank. Hero i a grour of French school children cl'.He to the
trenches who wear the gas masks in class, ready to be slipped into place when the gas alarm is sounded.
hail, on a
his fellow worker In
occurred in Juniper
morning
(juarrel that
early
the heart. Tho condition, of Hotch-
kiss is regarded aa critical.
In Justice Scholi a court this morn
ing a hearlrtg was given to Miller and
Heney Charges Millions are
Spent in Trying to Influ
ence Public Opinion.'
CREATES SENTIMENT
AGAINST PROBE
canyon
.Saturday
in.: ioi as received nere is that ho was held without bail. The state
there had been trouble between the was represented by Deputy District Trinmac Trron A.0J nf
two men before and that it came to a Attorney Schmidt while Col J II 1 "OmaS LOgan ACCUSed Of
neau at oreakrast .Saturday morn- , Haley appeared for Miller.
ing. j ne men, with (Jeoree Hard ng :
; accompanying . them. were
:or five miles up Juniper canyon,
Hotchkiss is about 45 years of age I
four and is well known about Kcho. Miller'
trail- Is a man of about 30 years. j
Being Packers Regular
Lobbyist.
BATTLE MOMENTUM IS INCREASING,
WAR COUNCIL IN CONSTANT SESSION
INSURING UNITY BAKER DECLARES
COLD WIND LOWERS GUARD WILL ELECT
TRAPSHOOT SCORESi A LIEUTENANT AND
ESTABLISH COURT
Local Team Gets Bad Start
in Columbia - Willamette
Tournament; 110 Birds.
-
Fighting Between Americans and Germans Fair Sample
of What is Occurring Along Whole West Front Re
port Says; Germans Find Difficulty in Moving
Troops; Moscow Believed to be German Objective
in Russia.
E. P..D0DD COMES OUT'
i EOR REPRESENTATIVE
WASHINGTON-. March 4. Sccre-
itary linker's weekly review sa the
I "momentum of battle 'is increasing.
The enemy continues bringing up
i fresh troops, and the allied war coun
1 ell Is continuously in session, insur-
new Kovern-i I1Ir pfini. !... imiiv ti,. ihini i,i,,nth
.inv i- Hiii-in l" . if relative quicseense has ended dur
fight the allies Germany Is lending lng uhlcn botn ,,,,, ,)avf, RS!V.,-.
lorces lo lipni idissmn s..Meis. !tro,i,8. The fighting betwei
One prevalent rlmior says the tren-i Americans and Hermans is
ty provides for the Herman occupa- Sample ..f what is occurring
tlin of 1'etr.igrad pending the estab- ' llrKcr 8cllic UK tnc v,i,k,
iisnmeiu or a government to j'ciro line."
(trail's liking. The treaty Is reported! TniiisHirtallon It.. (hers Huns. j Elmer V. D.xld. well known realty
to make provision for the surrender The (Jermuns are experiencing diffi- I uian of Hcrmlston. is out for a seat
of the Caucasus district to Turkey, cuHy ,n mov,n(f tn,,ir t,,,,,, their I" the legislature to succeed I;. W.
contrary to the treaty of Merlin, j transport systi m Is not In the best of liitner, who i a candidate for state
which cannot be made until nn Inter- condition atid movements art! slow senator. Mr. Dodd was here Satur
natlonal congress ratifies It. Aniel l- nn,i inhorlous so.,,,. for,., ; dnv and a"Ooiincrd that he had made
!
th.- 'iiiiuum.c itiitutiat v iu
Succeed R. W. Ritner Who ,
vr.Ht Seeks benatorship.
WOMEN MAY GET
PLACES ON THE
FORESTRY FORCE
So deplotod has been flie forestry
service force of the l.'niatilla natioal
forest that Supervisor .rydor is al
ready considering the inaiter of hNr
in women to fill the ranks thinned
hy enlistments. In fact he has al
ready offered the posh ion of f ire :
lookout nn Lookout Mountain, south j
"i Kemhan Si.rinss, to on? woman
Most of the puards in tlie I'matilla
forest have, enlisted inMio army. All
r.f tho.-o frl'-yl ht f?ie eastern dj.'
v Ik ion answered the catr .1 arms and
the uiaUer of filling their places is
no ensy one. The f-nvernntent has
finite rf.M'Miireini'iits for these posi
tions a nd t his com plicntes 1 he situa
tion confronting the supervisor.
COTtCen-
enn. jirmsn and frencn consuls rrom ! WPre i)n)Uht opposite the American
Kleff have, arrived at Moscow. ino durtnir the week. "(Jorman air-
Wur Will Continue. .craft is still btisr over the American
"Kvon with peace HiKned, the war Unca, making active and freiuent in
wIU continue." Agriculture Comml- icursions. American aviators aide.i a
nary Kalaitayeff told the fnlted ; French raids against Germans near
Press. "The sporadic. revolutionary jchemln-des-Unmes." That the !er-
wiir. aireauy oenun inrouffn itussia mans may be intending to
win not end. The country In unable Urate their effort against
in connuci a real war against fier-; Alsace and Verdun wet or is the con
many, but 1 partisan. life or death elusion the statement draws from the
fttrugfrle Is possible against German reports of artillery duelling along the
Junkers and White Ciuardw. It will whole front peculiarly intensive at
be a civil or class war similar to Fin- these points.
lands. Herman occupied provlnowtj Miwim (Irniinn Objective.
are hreadless. and Germany must j The report deducted that Moscow is
feed the Hussion population In these the German objective in UHssia and
as well a the German army. If the;held that the trend of events "has no
Germans occupy Petrograd. they must !doullt modified the German plans as
feed three million Inhabitants, thelregards the west fronts The Turks
same Is true In I'kralne. Therefore ' now hold the region from Vnn Lake
military victories simply tight-, to tho Hlack sea. and are killing Ar
en the noose around the German im-'menians in Uie reoccuplcd territorv.
perialists' necks. More starving!
provinces are occupied, the worse will HIG OltI WCK BASK IX I'lE AXt'K
be the German economic conditions, i VAslll.fT(L Mar li I. Secrc
I'eace can only come. I believe when jtary Maker announced an ordnaiico
German Husslan borders ure no longjba,M titstintr twenty five millions is
er defiled." under construction In laiit Includ.
' insc twelve shop huildiiiK-s ami twenty
lart nurrv Iioiimn anil a hundred
smaller shos. vU
up his mind to seek the republican
nomination for one of the two post-I v
tions In the lower house fmm this
LOCAL MEN SAW
TUSGflKIA SINK
county.'
Ho Is the first to announce defi
nitely his candidacy. in declaring
his intention. Mr. 1mM states that the
v.et end of the county is entitled to
the upper representation in the legislature and
he feels himself rpia lifted by reason
of his long residence and interests
in that section. The proposed bi
partisan ticket I d ea meets with his
approval, he states
It is understood that J. T. Hinkle,
former representative, will not seek
t he senatorial toga doffed by Fred
erick Stelwer as first reported.
Ritner Files Candidacy
SALKM. March 4. Hoy V, Ilitner
of Pendleton today filed his declara
tion of candidacy for the republican
nominal ion for state senator from
I'lnatilia county.
That Troop 1) boys of T'endle
ton, now in the artillery arm .of
the service, were not far from
tho Tnscania when 4 hat ship
was sunk hy pirutieal German
diver, became known here to
day through receipt of a letter
from Tom Thomas,- sergeant
with the troop who in a letter to
a local friend, says he saw the
Tuscan ia sink. His report on
the subject is so meager the full
facts are not understood hut it
is the presumption that the local
boys, or part of them at least,
were on a not her t ransport and
s c re near the T u sc a n ia at the
time the ship was sunk.
Pendleton trapshooters had anoth
er rotten day yesterday, the cold wind
interfering, an ddropped from first
Place in the Inland empire league and
got off to a bad start in the Colum
bia-Willamette tournament The five
high men made but 110 out of a pos
sible 125 which was ll birds behind
the Collax-I'alouse team tn the one
league and one point behind Astoria
In the other.
The five high scores of the Pendle
ton team were as follows: StUlman
-Comts 22. Ingram 22. Farnsworth
22 and shull 21. Pendleton will meet
I leppner next Sun da v in the 'irpunn
league.
j In yesterday's state matches Hepp
j ner defented Aberdeen. 11 to lnh;
1 McCoy defeated. Albany, no to 117;
' Astoria defented Pendleton. 11 1 to"
j U, and Vancouver t'ed with Word-J
j ' -urn. the Inst years champion, tah
club shattering 117 bl.ie rocks out of
! 1 2r.
I Tiy winning from Heppner. U to
ll'i. while Pendleton was losing to
: ' 'olfax-i'alouse. 12 1 to 1 1 n. Kellogg
took the leadership tudav in the In- I
, land Km pi re tra p shuttling
uunt.
Snnnyside won from Spokane, 116
to US; orovHle Iifat Wenatchee. 1 1 J
to in, and Wallace Defeate'd Takl
nm. 1 22 to 1 1 S.
The following are the other scores
made yesterday by
J CHICAGO, March 4. The packer
jare spending hundreds of 'thousands In
(publicity to influence public opinion,
I Francis Heney charged In today's
federal trade commission session. He
said leading packers are seeking In
jthis way to "create public sentiment
against the commission's probe."
(He introduced a letter from Swift
(saying, "Through advertising you
sjertainly get the good will of the pa-
I pers." Heney accused Thomas I
gan of Leslie's Weekly waa the regu
lar lobbyist of the packers and also
Report Ordered by WarJDe--charsed a Prominent Denver stock-
partment Makes Step Ne- i was an official of the American IJve
PP;nrv 'NTniv atock Association after the packers
K-KDOtxiy J.uw. accommodated him with bank loans.
The election of a second lieutenant! ATMXJT7 MDTtr OfTT'iro
and the establishment of a. rt.lln. . - OXlLiIVO
fluency court will be two'of the mat- '. NEVADA SENATORSHIP
ters of business which the I'matilla j
founty aiard will take up tomorrow j WASHUWroX. March 4. MbM
evening after regular drill. The re-; Anne Martin, the siitfraeist artlvc
port ordered by the war department bcre wk, was arrpstetl lor plckotinic
has made these steps necessary-, for j , wi,,e House, has announred her
a full complement of officers and j candidacy for senator from Nevada.
provision for enforcing attendance j slm advocates proteetjon of farm la-
and discipline are required by the nor and transportation hy the Rovcrn-
snvprnment of all home guards work- ment where needed.
ing under the state and federal off i-
"si'nee the ,ienrt, f r. a' t,.. ! Teacher's Dismissal
man the guard has been without a
second lieutenant and this vacancy
has caoW delay in the establishment' SALEM. March 4. The state boari
of a" Ie7iniuency court. Ftules and or education s:.-st;i mo.l th Wam
regulations covering attendance and county school superintendent s dis
alwnee will be adopted. - Those : missal of Edith Kelly, a teacher re
members who enlisted for the dura- j 'moved on charges of misconduct and
tion of the war and who are not at-: incompetenece. but held he acted
tf tiding drill will be given a hearing : hastily and arhirtarily. The girl said
in the delinquency court which will her removal followed her dennncia.
tourna- . " '" aiiuo.rny m post tnem. ineiimn or members of the pro-Merman,
j posting will be equivalent to a dis- i community for failure to display food
nonoratue oiscnarge ; conservation signs.
The government is making every .
provision for the prelection of life j
and property during the coming I
j.rt -ti me presence Ol (srr llL- re.ll.wt r..- ..a.... ..i.ia,..-a
- . . . u .... a.v.vtn kiiivi
Sustained By Board
MF-TII XHS AliE .VKEDKIK
WASHIXGTO.V, .March 4. Secre-
local shooters: i "'Hilary units kept down enemy work mechanics today for ground aition
1. Lnmpkin 7, ut m0!ft of hese Ulllts re now ; work, overseas. He also askert c.ti.
government must re-'ms, r,- r,- i.,..iui .
ly upon state and county guards. 1 iimi additional r-
'Wyrick 13. Snyder
Knight 14. Earl 21. Allen in. Kirknat- I Fra"re and the
rick 19. Sttnders 20. Hostick 12. Rhodes
i. McKinney 19. Hamilton 20, Batmi Sl,cn Kuards must he thoroughly
19, Uespatn 16, Perrett 21, Hamilton "aniKe(i anrl dependable.
19, l'err..tt 23, Bostick 13, Shull 19.'
or-
' j Bowman 21. and Ingram 17
! BRITISH RAIDS OVER
TEXAS HATH'IES IMtOIIIIilTIOV
AI'STIV. Tex.. March 4. The Texas !
I legisliitiirc has ratified federal prohi- j
LONDON-. March 4. British
on a wide front were successful th
Australians killing fifty after enter-
Psf;KI vi ltvin- ,-t-r "lff ,Jermnn "enches at Warneton.
1 AS. l.Nt.KIS M.ll It I-. I T. Iand destroying the dugouts. Ualds at
ASIIINtiTO.V. March I. lUssen-i Gapardz. Holleheke and north of
ger servliv on the t'hieasn-St. lxtliis j Passchendaele were successful. A
road was cut 40 per cent by Secretary German raid south of St. Ouentin n,
liilcrchaiigeuhle tick-j repelled. General Allenby advanced
II marks the begin-' 3u) yards nn a 1 mile from
line Jerusalem-AaUtilus road.
hitioii.
McAtloo ItMlay.
A els arc on sale
'liiiitr of fiirtlier cul
t-owvmATinv TAX rpwri.D.
WASIItXtiTON, March 4. Tho nii
j preme court upheld tlic California.
WinP, FROVT 5TTppF,l7'n i -poratioii (ax law. declarln: the
. ' 1 Ij1J .s,ate can levy a tax on corporation,
I of another state for tho riffht to d
raids business. The l ord comiiaiiv imiikmiI.
100 MOTOR DRIVERS
ARE WANTED AT ONCE
i
LAUNCHING OF FIRST STEEL SHIP BUILT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO
46 ADDITIONAL
MEN CLASSIFIED
'OVER THERE'
Forty six additional classifications
of local registrants have been receiv
ed from the district board us follows:
Earl SHltmarsli 1-c; Jess White 2-e:
Bert O. White 2-c; Dennis McKlency
2-c; Manuel M. Joaqiilng 2-c: Ashley
W. James 2-c; Hiclinrd Thompson
1-e; linrl II. Handy 1-e: Uobert J.
MeCulloMKh I-i; furl Saltninrsh 3-J;
(.'arl J. McKinney 1-e: Hugh ( I.lou-
WAITSBVRG GIRLS
WIN FROM P. H. S.
BY SCORE 20-10
Tho JVn.ileton hlnh Kchuol girl's
1 basket ha II train went down in uVt'rat
I at the hands f WailHhurj; Sat unlay
I night hy a seoro of 2D-10, thereby los
, Iiik all chanced of securing: tin rhani-
alien 4-c i-a; Itoy A. Nnlph 2-d: Client, ' . "
; not having the s'i' iees of their star
forward, Veva t.'ook. She was tnken
along as substitute.
The local girls complained of the
i floor on which they played, saying it
i was so slick they could hanlly keep
tlteir feet. During the latter pari of
tile game, tile referee was inclined to
(favor Wnltshurg. time and again fail-
ling to call fouls on theni.for holding.
nceording to Miss Hailoy, lcndlrtoi
. coach.
, The first half of th,.' game , n,led
with the score t',-7 In Waitsl, org's fa
vor. I hn asiiiimion girls suectMHl
ed in throwing a foul Just as the
whistle blew. In this hair Helen Nel-
W unn., . t., , , . ,, , sou t, ,, nn,, i,m,,s alio .,,c,' iio-
. ' J... , ' "fll hooped one field basket. The
4-c; John Dale Whitman 1-f. , . . ', , ... ,
last half Hoo'H Nelson aiineM'd one
field basket and two fouls.
AMElilTAXS AUK HOXOItEll. j Tlje line-up for I'enilleton was:
PAICIS, March 4. Two American Helen Nelson ami Alice Finni ll. f,,r-
trricTs and ronr wiltliers partlelpat- wards: Edith I.aiug and .l. an K, fsont
Intr In Fridays bottle were given, the centers: Helen Thompson. .Ma !, line
French war cross hy I Vernier tie. Ilurgess, guards.
ineiiccati, who reviewed unil praised Miss Smith of Walla Walla refeiced1
tlio Anurlcuns. tho name. I
I
E. Scott 4-c; Marlln (J. (lardtier 3-J; j
fnrl U. Urutcher 2-c; Louis IE. Han
sen 4-c; Selmar O. Thompson 4-c;
flcorge II. Sheard 4-c; Win. V. Doll
ing 2-c; Karl K. t'hapman 1-e; James,,
D. llarrah 1-e; Marlon (4. Dealy 1-1;
Walter E. Ash 1-e; Harry A. Beathe
l-o: Millard ; rog ran 1-e; Thos. A.
O'Craily 2-r; Hoy II. Hlalt 4e; I.ee
Johnson 4-c; .luck Stockton 1-f;
(Jeorgo M. t'lavston 2-e: John It. Pat-i
ron 1-i; farl I. 'Dean 2-r; Orvillc
Pearson 1-e; Daniel I. Hopkins 4-e;
Frank IT. Krehbs 1-1; Jens Olson 4-e;
Arthur A. Turks 2-c; Claud J. l't it-
ehett 1-f; Hawley J. Mean 3-J; Harvey
D. Ureeno 1-e; Rmtnett J. tlraham
2-c; Win. J. Templeton 1-e: .lames
; Thrilling Story of the War
starts in Today's East
Oregonian ; to Appear
Each Monday. Wednes
day and Saturday Until
Completed.
I '.vor Thorn" a thrilling, grln
I I'ltig talo of tho war hy oreoant
1 Alrxander itccllnttick of loxlnp
t n. Ky., ami tho Canadian army,
is to bo published by tho Kast oro
Konian and the first iiisinllr.wnt of
tho story appoar.s today. Tho
story will npnrar ronlarly on
Monday, Wod nosduy and Saturday
of caoh week.
Sor.iioant lot'lint'irk ha writ
ton what many 1'rrtnounoe th ,
htrt n.viimU yot uivon of tho j
soonos at tho fnnt. H is a ron I '
horo and t lie fact londs lutoi-pst (
his utory. on tho day ho was so- !
voroly wod tided ho wjh so at wit h
n detail of 2." jnon to oaplnro a '
"pill box" with a Uitmiii n ma- J
rhino .LTiin wit bin. i lo ca pt m od
t bo irua but whon t ho doed was j
done ho bad but one man loft. ,
nvitle from himself, out of" i ho 2."i I
with wiiiin ho starltd. :j
Oregon Must Furnish Quota
oy March or Men Will be
Drafted Into Service.
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The Mei'llntock story will he
appreciated hy all who want tn
learn of the first hand experiences
of ( he l,ys at t he I r,,?,t.
Wat-h fer " H, There- oil ;
i,tl,'::s. Wed ih-,I:l Si'iir
eas of each week. . !
Xc
: nd
'if whnte M,!- ;.ian,-:i,d
can gulf c,,;!-, r, , 1;.,. ,,:h,
when the fust si, , l ship ever b,
the v.'li.-lc line of the u ilf e,,!V
l.a. T!
built I"
a Trail-
the
Th,
Alabal
t"
a ken,-. I
en hail.
j PORTLAND, Or.. March 4. Are
; you an expert automobile or jnotor
truck driver? Then volunteer Imnie
i diately and avoid being- drafted, for
j the army needs you.
Oregon must furnish loo volunteer
, chauffeurs or automobile truck driv
ers for the army by Friday, March
S, or that number of men qualified
1 for such service will be Immediately
, inducted into servicec by the vari
ous local boards, acting under rush
orders from the war department.
Oeneral I'ershlng. In France, has
cabled for a large number of skilled
chauffeurs to. drive motor trucks. Hr
tuu.-t have them right away. The
need is s,. orient that the war tle
lartment has atiooii need that unless
the re-ioited number volunteer hy
Mnrrh s thev will be drafted from
the available men in ("lass one.
Oregon's quota. t. he raised either
by volunteers or draft. ha been set
at l'lo men.
The men aer-epted as volunteers
will be inducted int.. the aviation sec
tion of the Signal i',.rps. and sent to
Kelley Field. San Antonio. Texas, pre.
Punitory to going to France.
F. Mowing are ln-truet..ns from tho
ar department lo local druft hoards
relative to these men:
' II. ards may accept applicants for
voluntary Inducltoii who filly- p,,ss...-i
the required ph.xslcul and technical
.i'aUficRtl..ns. It the mil,, ,v ,,r
','eii MIe.l by March ,v vol mixer
1 ' th- l .arils will born. dial...
III.!'!
-I m
: a s.irrieleji
n t.. till ih
s-l-eting
1 II, ell lo .
I.v
r ni,,,,b.
res p..,
from -
.i il
II. .1-
d ..
now a:nl
Is still tliin
If ).
too
do it