Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1918)
5 " V'. 9 M V. V" 1 was"'., a VOL. 30 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918 NO. 9443 ' I DAILY EVENING EDlTloFI ' cw-:.'"iff5g'' ' p-H ' 0 (C ' - I TW.pi.perH, member of and audited I , VD mLJtBStiS z SyiJ LwrrVlvS fSNV XSg CL 1 (n , fair, bjr the Audit Burma of Circulations. ' t,,, - , , , mim m,,.,.,!, -SSST-iss 'm'r .. j ' , COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER '0 """"" - ' GERMAN ORDERS 1,000 FACE Division Refuses to Leave East Front Says Russian -.Wireless. 60 MEN SHOT DOWN, OTHERS IMPRISONED Trouble at Divnsk According to Message to State De partment. WASHINGTON. May 24, r State department mes sages declare that mutiny has broken out among Ger man soldiers on the Eastern front The Russian wireless said a German division ma tined when it was ordered to leave Divnsk on May 17 for the west front. Sixty soldi ers wore shot and more than 1,000 yere imprisoned await ing court martial. Others made demonHtrations analiiKt the action of the German commander. The flfty-alxth Infantry rmlment at Jcnenlers; andt other fierman reKlmentn organised for meeting" to protest agulnxt the war' continuance. IS OVER THE TOP; STILL GOING $19 Surplus in Hands of Committee by Last Night WORK REQUIRES MORE THAN NATION'S QUOTA Drive Will Continue, as $100,000,000 is U. S. Minimum. Lent evening at the close of check ing of return from committee II was found that Pendleton was $1 ovelr the top In the Ked Cro drive. Having reached the quota doe not mean that there Is going to be any let up In the work. It remain now to we that everybody hu had a chance to contribute to the caua. There yet remain a number of po tential contributor who have not been eeen. as well as a few that have been interviewed and failed to come through as they should. In falrnew to those that have contributed all these should be Interviewed and should do their part. With this pur pose moppers-up committees will be on the streets tomorrow and every man who does not have a Ked Cross badge wllll bo given an opportunity to explain the reason and make hit donation. While one hundred million dollars Is the sum asked 'by the American lied Cross for the year ahead. It should not he understood that this Is all that will e reciulred. This sum was set a the minimum to meet the needs. Telegrams and letters from national headquarters stnte that $100,000,000 will fall far short of l Ing all that will be required. For this reason It Is urged thnt there shall l.e no let up In the, drive until every community has been thoroughly romhed find everybody hus helped In the great work. ROBBERY MAY BE MOTIVE OF KELSO MURDER SEATTLE, May 24. William Hr- nor nutnmohtle wan found thU tiiornlns in a North Hend garage by KK.-r-iff sttrinRcr. Jnnt after Stringer had learned that the woman killed with two children at Kelno had ro.,.ff.rro(l nrnnerty to Horner for S40A0 May 13. Thla points to a hurv motive. The automobile rob waa left Monday. KKL". May 24- Sheriff Sttideba Itrr left fr Lake Chelan, Washing ton convinced that Homer Ih headed for hi ranch there. Studehaker waa Informed that Horner had Inatructed the North Hend garage to nell hie Ford and wire the money .to his ranch. PENDLETON SOLDIERS MUTINYW TO WEST FRONT; OVER COURT MARTIAL THE WORLD ALLIANCE ES A campaign of education through tho churches to quicken the spirit-of America in support of the president's policies in prosecuting the war for democracy. International justice and a league of nations Is being carried on throughout the country today, and in this connection of June 12th In Pen dleton, under the oimplces of the :hurches of the city, two speakers of national reputation will address Pen Jleton people. There will be two meeting on that day. One probably at Happy Canyon and In the evening at one of the churches. This campaign Is being conducted in conjunction with the speaking divi sion of the committee of public Infor mation appointed toy President Wil son, and conducted by the Church Peace Union and the league to En force Peace with the co-operation of the commission on intenratlonal Jus tice and good will of the federal council of Christ In America and the world alliance of International friend ship throughout the churchea The work deaJs with the morul alms of the war. To win the war against autocracy; to make the world ia fe for democracy and democracy safe for the world; to secure for na tions small and great Hafety. justice and equal econlmlc opportunity; to establish a league of notions. The speakers to be In I'nedlcton ore Dr. Sidney L Giillek. wlm was a missionary for a number of years to Japan, and Is seeking to promote underxtandtng between America and Japan. The other speaker will be! George W. Nasmlth. Dr. Nasmlth. during his- travels has met personally j many of the lenders In the labor and Uleral movement of Furope, In the tali of 1914 after the beginning of the wrp he traveled - throw gkrHemmny England and other countries, and he has kept In close touch with the social and political developments In the Kuropean nations throughout the war. It should prove a rare treat to the people of Pendleton to hear these two talented gentlemen. XTRA SIOSCOW". Slay 21. Itefusln to Jiced the tiernian ultimatum onlerlng it disarming, within 24 iiotm the Nfcoud imiiKli army neve liatllo near Kicff, fiftn-n tlKHisanil soldiers arc ensaired. mixer: op wai-ks WRixxntEn. KOMfci Jlay 24. The .Prince of Walca arrived today from tho Italian front to nartlHimlo In tlio patriotlo cTlrhralion of Italy' entrance in the war. Thousand of Kchnolhoy (rave lilm a mamilflcent flag waviiiK wel- come. SCHOOL BUDGET $81,375 PERMITTING SALARY ADVANCES; GERMAN DROPPED A special meeting of the Tendleton 1 arhool hoard was held at the office of Clerk it. K. Dicker with the full membership of the hoard. Chairman E. 1. Smith. Q. M. Ulce. Mrs. 8. A. Lowell. M. Kriedley and C. IV Strain present. The meeting was called for the purpose of adopting a budwet of the achool expenwa for next year and looking nftw other matters usual with the completion of the work of the school year. The firat matter considered was making up and adopting the budget A finally adopted this calls for a to tal of $81,375. f this amount $lf, 000 will .be received from the county and state school funds, leaving $62. 375 to be rained by taxation for main tenance of the schools during the year. The budget for last year called for $73,392. The Increase In the new budget la accounted for in two items. One the Increase of teachers' salar ies, and the other Improvements In the manual training department to meet the requirement of what is knn as the Smith-Hughe act. Salary Increases will call for $."ooft additional In this Item of the budget over lant year In connection with the adoption of the salary increase fr teachers a schedule or graduated scale of salaries was adopted. Ac cording to this the teacher's salary will be regulated according to the training of the teacher and the length of time employed In the I'endleton schools. By the schedule the lowest salary to be p. Id will be $7a a month ihrugh for Hit t'.icher? now employ ed the h weM will be $. and from this amount tanvc up to $ia a :ivnth. It Is fo!t by the board thnt by this graduated ccalr there will be an Incentive tor the teacher to ptoc. AMERICANS BEARING GAS TANKS THEY CAPTURED FROM THE B0CHE A&2 - sms. -. J These four Americans sold nrs proud to show the was tanks they took from Huns whose trenches they GERMANS, THEMSELVES, ON PLANS FOR RESUMPTION OF WEST OFFENSIVE; CALM PRE VA ILS (WILI-JAM PHILMP SIMMS) AT THE BRITISH FUONT, May 4. The Herman thomselveB dis agree on the timo and place of the of fensives resumption. Homo prisoners Ray the aHunultwlll le in the .north with Culai as its objective. Other say Amiens and others the Itheime area, while. Bt ill others sav the com bination of all three. All apreo thnt Uaekomm 1 Hi"' "chame." " ft?wS say recruits from the Interior lire told they Will only work behind the lines, but the drafters no sooner reach the battlefields than they are split and di Th., vided to fill army vacancies. broiling sun Is hidden and clouds threaten rain, but a wind drove the clouds off leaviwc the eun, but cooler. For the first time since May 1.1 the air is comparatively free of planes. During the week ending; May 21 the British alone felled nearly 200 Ger mans while bombinff planes dropped 240 tons of hish explosives. . PARIS. May 24. The repulse of German surprise attacks and success- i ful French raids with intermittent ar-I tillerylng are officially communlqued. The French peneterated the German ; lines southeast of Coucy In Cham-, pagne taking 15 prisoners. : LONDON, May 24. Hnig today re ported bomburdments in various sec tors and continued raiding operations. The British captured prisoners In a successful raid southwest of La Bassee and in patrol action near the Vpres- Comtnes canal. i FOR YEAR IS herself for tho nnrk by getting the Pest pustil'le ncmal training, and that ty tcin plv.n an Increase each year thre is nti added Incentive for the teacher U 1 (n hor metal at all times uttd Ke'T' Uft-to-duie in the wisrk. This uflM'on of school salar ies Is let-in Jrg uu imimrtant one ;vlth school lii-urds. All the cities In c-aKiern t rctrm, are Increasing salar ies -notably I. a Orande, where a 12 h t cent Incrci-se 1 us been, made so that It Is felt thnt If the standard of I'endleton schools Is maintained, Increases will have to be made hce. The other Items of Increase In the Im.k'Pi l nnp of tr.Otio to be Invested in the manual training department. This amount It Is estimated will be dvessnry to purchase required ma chinery and equipment to place this department of the school In position to take advantage of what Is known :s the Smith-Hughes act. liy this the federal government assumes super s isien of the manual training depart it. -nt. one-hilf of the salary of the Instructor la lng aid by th govern ment. It 1 found that in tJ-.e item of fuel n- t r.-. re than on-thlrd the amount purchased last year Hvtll be required he coming year. The mild winter was a fortunate iiim for cnnvii -of fuel at least. M Ish Ktlen Itrechen. commercial department if the hlh school, and ictor Strang, manual training, wood work, were re-elected for the coming year. Mr. 1 truer of Salem, will have i barge of tho new manual training depart ment. I'y unanimous vote It was decided to discontinue the instruction of Her man. Those who have been Ink In? German will b given credits In this subject ao far attained. p m (v, rv was infant fr the ( raidfrl. Tlio as hut when i l ho test of ! AnierW'ans, I ..', .he Koche ran and left i his tunks to the lnvliilers or nu T liOXDOX May 24 The Gorman war office deciarea tniu inree Am erican airplanes were rouea eones? day on the Lys fcattlofi W. This is accepted as Indicating ; thnt' Ameri can uvlutors are in considerable force in Flanders. . (FRED FERfiriT FRED FI3Rlrin".J . 1 ' TH KAMF.RICAXS fcC lay Ui-TT-lt f 'me -" uiey aro apparently re'J WITH TH CA1UJY M move bur gathering wind after their artillery j pounding was received. This is the third day of "suspicious stillness. Am - erican olwervers could easily see German' working parties. Dus, clouds told or enemy movements nut guns ; UUl Wile Ul oou nuns. on both sides are silent. ' . The enemy is so jealously Kuarding j PARIS, May 24. An American air against nlKht raids that It gives an squadron is cooperatinc; for the Paris unusually nervous impression. The defense, it Is officially announced. Of curving salient around Monte Didier :l ficrman irtanes attacking Wednes and Cantlgnv after sunset was mark- day only one reached tho city so por ed bT a constant flare of German tett was the defense. This one droo- rockets alighting No-Man's land. They, are sending a new flare consisting of four ba,ls which float slowly down- "". uiawn A low mist hung last night and clouds shaded the moon, hindering the airplanes. I walked for an hour along a road through shelled pocked fiels hearing only a dozen gunshots ! and one shrapnel nurst. 1 ne quiel ' r.ess. encouraged the stouthearted j French farmers to venture forth to j jwork in the fields where shell had i I fallen terrifically recently. ' WORLD'S LARGEST TAX BILL TO BE PASSED AT SESSION WASfllNCITON, May ing a MoAdoo-Wilson 2 4. Follow conferonce. Kitchen received word the tax bill must bo forced throiwih thla session. Kitchen said tho bill would total cinht billions. It is the largest in the world's history. Kitchen first said he had not seen McAtloo but believed it was now im possible to avert the nuMMirt's pass age. ir the bill is actually passed it Will to because the I 'resnlent stands unqualifiedly brhind McAdoo v.no laid aM the fads before the President today. Tho decision would mean that congressmen home fr th be delayed in g- lttnp ir campaigns which is largely responsible f"r the hitter op position. MAY 24 IS ITALY'S DAY "May 2 1. 1 i." -;iys : rtrtteu.ent by President Wilson, "inar'-s the third anniversary -f lt:il"s durante into the Krent iu-. The President call th Hiteniinn of hi feliow citlrtns to tho burden which Italv h.-i-t borno so hcroclully urine these thre e;ir; to the no Iosm v t, al iiim siniK -le of her civil inn population; to hT fort it tidb it, defeat and her moderation in victor:-, lit tfntests that on thl anni versary the people in the Putted States by the display of lUilian fl i-ts en pub lic nnd private build ins, by meet liiK--and, demonstrations and nil other ap propriate means. hiV tin ;r devotion to their great-hearted comrade in arms nnd their gratitude f.r her ser vices In tho cause of universal demo j cracy." trenches. The tanks n strapped on the back and from each runs a long Pipe and nuzzle, wllh which the Hun couiu niiacK nis DISAGREE AMERICAN AIR ' I 'clfln;j nrncn Ptnolti AH V oon lod nninna Kimnp one anu wounnnig 12. The Kcho de Paris says the Brit ish are nt-ginlnng a carefully conceived air offensive and that France's turn will come next.' OUR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE MAY VOTE WASHINGTON. May 24. In reply to questions. Secretary of War Ba ker said that American soldiers In France will be permitted to vote In the fall elections, provided their re ar ectlve states adopt practicable measures to make voting possible. Gen. Pershing Is understood to j have discouraged the Idea of having j men in the expeditionary force vote, on the ground that it would interfere with military work. Discussing the i matter. Mr. Baker said: "The question of having the sil- : diers vote is a difficult one. but every body Is anxious to have It done if possible. j lf states provide machinery which Is practicable we will do our it t mo ft to enable them to work It. If some plans are practicable and rome im- i practicable, we will not punish those; slates whose plans are practicable -because of the impracticability mf . others. "If It Is possible to work out a plan It will apply to the American expe dil ionary forces-" v ! .cmiAnPHM im itiiuununun in PARIS GUARD! CIRCUS TICKET CONTEST GOES BAD FOR KAISER, BELIEVE ME like ducks ffidns t ater the school children have responded to the Kast Oregon ian's offer of n Itarnes cirrus ticket f'r the bet thrift stump sellt; in Mitti room of the crude school. f the eitv. This Iihs been the final week of school and therefore the rlos !nrr days of thrift stamp sellinc and the i;ist trt Ionian contest ha- pro vided Just the spur needed to plve a fit: bin: close to the campaign. Hundreds of dollars worth of stamp have been sold by those anx ious to win a circus ticket for work 'n the cause of Pncie n. ivbus have the touchers been in handing cut thrift stamps to the pupils that one Instructor food nam redly com plained she has had no time for her port a she has been Pesleiied by children wanting more stamps to sell durinc the last few days.. one little pirl yesterday sold $l worth of stamps after. the close of school. A small boy proudly re ported ha bad sold 93 itamp ltif tho contest prlx mmm I i cnrcnc on orccuo uAIN ON SUBS. IE GUARD WILL GET CARNIVAL COIN Twenty Five Per Cent of Re ceipts Next Week for uniforms. Tuesday begins 'Joy week' In Pen dleton. For nix whole days, beslnnlng with the ftrt of the circus parade the sec ond day of the vjpek, It will be play time In the city ' There will be something- doing; ev ery afternoon and evening and on Tuesday there will be penty doing; all day. Arrangements have been completed by the Pendleton company, of th Umatilla County Ouard lo tiring; here, for an entire week, the carnival com pany which played for four days In the city last year for the benefit of, the Honor Ouard Girls. The purpose to which, the funds ac quired by the giard company will be devoted Is the purchase of uniforms for its 70 members. In nearly every other county In the state the local military organizations - have been equipped with uniforms and outfit ted at the'eipense of the city, county or state. Xtrt so with the Pendleton men. Already the company has acquired and Is paying for It own quarter, and has offered their use to the pla toon of state police which may be quartered here this summer. It has leen furnished guns without expense to the city or the county and now !t proposes to earn the money with which it may be able to purchase uni forms with which it oan make a cred itable showing; beside any military or. ganlxation in the country outside the regular forces.'' -'- -- It will be possible to do this under the arrangements which have been made with the carnival compatry with the support of the people of the city. The government is permitting; a cer tain number of carnivals and circuses to operate even during; the war. un doubtedly in the belief that all work and no play Is not a good thing for any people. This is the reason the company has been able to secure the appearance of the carnival compan here. I'nder the agreement which ha been made, the company will have 25 per cnt of the gross receipts of the business In Pendleton. This t is be lieved, will pay a laree part of the expense which the purchase of unl formswill entail. The company played here a year ago to good business. It has had a cuccessful season this year so far. There will be all sorts of amusements something alike for young and old. 'or man, women and children. We're out for fun. Just to make a "breathing spell and, at the same time, help along a good cause. DEFENDANTS TESTIMONY CONCLUDED WAUKESHA, May it. Grace Lusk today concluded her dramatic story of shooting Mrs. Mary Roberts by declaring Mrs. Roberts reviled her for intimaces with Roberts. Court room weepers were numerous. She said Mrs. Roberts told her Roberts called her the damnedest fool ever. AXOTIIKIt SITi BASE 11AIDED. HOMK -May i I A Hrltis hair qtilrii MHxvmfully hombod au Austrian submarine and seaplane bae at tttlam yesterday, writing the piers anil luirrai ks afire. It Is com munlqued. Full figures are not available at yet but it is known that xealous work has been done by the children not only during the contest but all through the thrift stamp selling pe riod. At the Lincoln school, where Miss Delia Hush Is principal, the total sales of stamps have aggregat ed over I "irtrt. The Washington school, M iss Kb ra. sha principal. has sold stamps to the amount of fjSSj.r.n. The Hawthorne has also been In the frame. Krom the Field school where but two grades could sell stamps, a total of $674-50 la re ported by lis Neva 1-ane, principal. f this amount. was sold dur- constantlyinir the Kast Oregoninn contest. t The circus tickets are to he given the children tomorrow morntny and the unty essential will be for the winning pupil to present fo tho Kast Oregorinn office a statement from , his or her teacher shoeing the bear j 4er U tho winner. hindenburg and im. tuc ai i ire ur; mL hlulu GERMANY ON MEN Allied Launching Exceed Sinkings ; Han Losses Out weigh Output. OFFENSIVE ADMITS FAILURE OF SUBS U. S. So Far Has Made Up One Fifth of Boche East Front Troop Gain. ITDIXBURG, May 24. 'The next few weeks will be a race between Hindenburg and Wilson." IJoyd Oeorge declared in a speech her to day. "The Germans are straining every muscle to reach their goal before American help is available. - This is no time to organize cam paign to harrass men In charge of the destinies of nation. . There should be a truce in such campaign. at least until the offensive la over. I can honestly say the British gov ernment has neglected no poeaioe mean of ascertaining whether there is any honorable outlet from . war. We are dealing with ruthless Prus sian despotism which 1 out for plunJ der and pillage. Their latest treaties restrain Germany as little today as when they invaded Belgium. Tho submarine still 1 a menace but I no . longer a peril. It cannot determine the war's result-" . The premier said the allies are building ships faster than submarines can sink them, while allied navies are sinking submarines faster than Germany is rebuilding them. He said the admiralty report showed s record of destruction of submarines established In April, while In the same month the shipping output ex ceeded the loases for the first tims since tmresfrtrtwl " etitaOEHnlns; : was begun. 1 Llbyd-Qeorge declared the allied sailors have pursued submarines re lentlessly day and night until the "pest has been conquered." Also they have harried the submarine r.ests until two. Ostend and Zee- burgge. are blocked. "The Germans recognize the fail ure of submarine warfare and there fore are conducting the offeniv on the western front. They were driv en Into It as a last resort for victory. The premier said America' en trance has not yet equalised Russia's collapse. America's Intervention has given the allies only about a fifth of the number of men Germany was able to add to their western lines through withdrawals from the eastern front. "But on the eve of a great Ger man attack those best acquainted with the prospects are the most con fident of the results. General Foch Is one of the most brilliant strategists of the age. He is a man of dynamlo energy and profound knowledge and experience, commanding respect, ad miration, confidence and affection of all allied soldiers- "We tried repeatedly to achieve this command unity. It 1 really In credible we were compelled to fight or month every Inch of the way for this unity which has added mightily " to our fighting strength. AIR MAIL SERVICE WllUjEJOUBLED Two Deliveries Daily; Two Machines to Insure Schedule Arrival. WASHINGTON, May 2. Plans are In preparation at tho Post Offtco Department for two deliveries a day by air mall service between Wash- j lngton and New York, and a doti I hling of planes to Insure prompt ar 1 rivals. The plans provide for two ! mails each way a day and tho d. ! spatch of two machines with each f mail- If one plane falls the other will go 1 m with the mails- In addition to j (his, two planes serve to prevent tho I student aviators who are running tho j mail roHtte4 from losing- their way. Mulls from Washington have been 1 lelayed twice by the pilot losing hlo I direction. Officials believe that -two malls each way a day tmnediatly would popularize the mail among business men of the Kast. It would permit the exchange of business letters lh same day between Washington and New York. 44 CASUALTIES LISTED TODAY WASHINGTON. May 4. Forty four casualties are announced Includ- In 4 killed wound and ln action, nlno dead of II MToroly wounded.