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.... . V 1 f DAILY EVEIiliiG EDITIOH Number oopllcs printed of yesterday's Dally Edition 2,881 Thla paper la a member of and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. WEATHER FOnU CAST. ' HI Tonight and Wad-. nesday fair. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST O REG ONI AN, PENDLETON, OKEGON, TUESDAY, JUNE yf&'JJ J : . . . . z JPjhrzz&'s. - : ' . r - -74: J0. 9452 VOL. 30 OW AT MARNE AMERICANS STRIKE FIRS 'A T'fl SUB TOLL REPORTED TO 1I.ROAT CAPTURED SAYS j U-BOA T CAPTURED SAYS RUMOR; LIFE BOAT, IS DELIBERATELY SHELLED 40 Naval Planes Sweep At lantic; Hun Work Fails to Win Desired Effect. NEW YORK .ORDERS LIGHTS OUT TONIGHT Hospital Ship and Fleet of Small Craft Ready to Dash Out. rr..n ron ixcomixg ijxfjrs. ATLAXTH! POKT, Juno 4 Three Important liner are duo lioro today They Include two big transAtlanUe ship and one roaster. One rarriea over SOO iwweniimi. Anxiety Is fett for tliolr safety. sin cAPTniro nEiMitTKn. Forty naval planes are sweeping the .Atlantic between tape May and Fire Island, nalroMiuc often 60 miles out. hunting submarines and their victim. It Is persistently reported that one submarine was raptured off Boston, towed Into New York harbor and the ttvw Imprisoned in the Brooklyn navy yard. It Is not con firmed.' Prisoners are said to have i been brought into tho harbor on a patrol boat which signalled that pris oners were aboard when It was stop ped by a warship.' " ' 1ICV PLAX A FAILURE. (Curl I. Groat.) WASHINGTON'. Juno 4. Germany has railed to gain any military ad vantage from her speetaeulur suhma-r-me mlil.. if she Intended to terror ise Ameriea she likewise railed. These r-r tnnd in hold - rctK"f. Hhe -nlcl all cargo ships and transports. Keeretary Daniels declared America's naval strength abroad will not be di verted homeward and he hinted that (WniDi manned to weaaen rtmw ran navallsts abroad prearatry to a naval offensive against Hie ishum.. 11 VF.SSFJ.S. 400 PF.KSOXS MISS I NO- KRW- YOltK, June 4. Germany's submarine raid on American shipping the Atlantic roast has destroyed probaMy II vessels inriudlng two tinw Uian 400 person are missingaccording to the best Infor mation. Nineteen survivors of tlie steamer Carolina were uind-d at IA"wes, .hi morning by the Brltlse steamer Appleby which found them at aea. There were is men, lira ira men and one of the crew. The Savannah liner rH of Colum bus, reported sunk, arrived sarely at Vineyard llaven. HOSPITAL-SHIP READY. XFW YOHKj J" A w"lal ship anchored off qaaranUne with a fleet oT smaller craft Is ready to dosli out If patrolling airplanes report drifting llfelssits. Xf AXXOI XCKMENT YKT. WVHIGTOX Juno 4. lanlels Mld tills morning tliat no new sink ings reports hod reached tlio dcart menl.. llo sold lie had no Informa tion eomTTtilng tlie reporte.1 captnre of a submarine, but ho declared the department will not now announce wlM-ther a I'.boat Is eaimired or sunk htiwuKi It might aid tlio enemy, Following Is thc"7nler IssueiU "Tlie display of lights, advertising signs or similar Illuminations In the city ln ehTdlng the sehore, will tinned until further orders. This will .?i..h itv liahts or llghls In dwellings and office buildings when iMc. rihades In these will be drawn whenever ossllle.,' ' pSSF.XGF.RS SA-KT. x-rw vnltK. June 4. ITaetlcallf II the Carolina's passengers were Hived. The rolln was sunk by a siibinarlne Kimday, Passengers said. MIXK IX TUB WAKIIINGTOX, J'""" T,,c n",T , , .nmuincrd that a mine tho Delaware lias Keen Ihckcu i- "r by a minesweeper. It vH probably sowed lr a siinmnriiH. XFW )llK. June 4. As the first Carol'tn. " rl " tie oity tho H.rlner.' haml IHajed Tho W-r Kp.Vlcd "ZlJZ l l ,1k, crowd uncovered and d.ocrcd for tho victims. VICTIMS ClIBFJirn. ASKF.O FOK ENGlJSH. NEW YOltK, Juno -"If there are any FngU-hmcn on board weve going to rut their throats.- do -la red an under officer of a German sibma. rine lsarl!ng tlio steamhlp Wlnne rono off ai May on May 88, say survivors. (Continued from pats .) N UB MATE E OF U. S. TELLS PLANS Boatswain of Divered Schoo ner Informed by Captor of Atlantic Coast Raid. TORPEDOES INTENDED FOR TROOP VESSELS Voyage of Fleet Made in Route Where Cyclops Disappeared. NEW YORK. - June 4. Germany has established a submarine blockade off the American count. Within short time a IT-boat fleet capable of operating asolnwt every Important Atlantic port will be here, according to the mate of tho submarine U-161 This mate, who served five years In the United status navy, made thla statement to Knos- Hocker. a boats wain of the schooner F.dna. When ths FMna was destroyed. Itocker and oth- pr. of ths crew were imprisoned In tho submarine over a week. The mate told Rocker the present submarine fleet left Kiel seven weeks aao. setting a tremendous send-off. He displayed photographs of the cele. bratlon. The vboyage was made via the West Indies where the collier Cvclons mysteriously disappeared. U' btiats In this patrol are S25 feet long, carrying five Inch guns. Thla Is ths largest submarine known. It's number Indicates that it was recently built. The male said the present squad ron was only an advance guard. Kach has a crew of IS. They carried six months' supplies. The mate said they would not use torpedoes on any thing but troop ships. The mate refused to give his name but said he hod lived In New York for eight years and was engaged to a Philadelphia girl, whose photograph he showed. He said the men.ror tne blockade of the American coast are being drafted from sailors formerly In the merchant marine and who are familiar with American ports. The submarines now patrolling ex pect to stay a year by taking provis ions and fuel from her vlctlois. The Germans took 10 days supplies from the Edna and also 100 cases of oil. Oerman prisoners are' fed black oreaa, canncu imu um Jnm. Itocker saw the tools marked "IT-l&l." The Americans carried their pho nographs with them and traded rec ords with the Ocrmans who are win ing to play anything except America. The submarine officers wore regula tion navy uniforms, hot the crew wor leather Jumpers. They carried sou venirs from ships sunk Including the United States flag from the Kdna. which the German commander haul ed down. WHEAT FLOUR TILL AFJERJARVESl Grocers From Entire Coun ty, in Meeting Here, Make Decision, Umatilla county grocers will sell no more wheat flour until after har vest, which means July 15 or Aug- ONC list 1, It was decided at a meeting j drives. The quota for I mntllla eoun of the Retail oncers' association herelty $iso.ll0. This Is eight times yesterday afternoon. The sssocistion was organised In Pendleton about two weeks ago. Us sole purpose be- lng better and more harmonious en - , . . t . .i uin rnndith.i an.ni. I mill he necessary I in-a At yesterday's meeting, represents, tlves were present from practically every grocery store In the county, and the Grocers' sssoclatlon was mads a count Instead of a city organiza- drive there were single subscriptions : from Pendleton."' public work which can be deferred The case Involved a commission ton, ; of tin. U00 and more. ; ) for the time being. It Is a time when claimed by Wade for the sale of a Irr. Wilson D. McNnry, county food rtev. Alfred Ixickwood has been se-: WOMKX hll.l.F.lt IX HOMlllXVJ all non-i ssentlnl projects should horsnch. In the circuit court Wade se admlnlstrator. was the' principal 1 lected as chairman for Pendleton.! UIMXIV. June 4. Nine mcniliers deferred and when the cost of gov- cured a Judgment Tor 1 son and son-.c speaker of the meeting, his them and Is taking hold of the work with of the women' auxiliary automonilcl ernment should be reduced to the interest from the appellant. The fa belnr the fond laws and how more a spirit that Insures success for this corns were killed III recent huniltiiul minimum in order that all energies lem report says the case ia reversed hnrmonv could be cotten in their en- furcemenL BE 11 VESSELS ID ; this map shows new battle zone; - a OB&Y& . coNrr&y MOTSITDIDIER NOTABLE SPEAKERS WILL TELL OF WAR AIMS HERE JUNE 1 1 A great war mass meeting will be held In Pendleton. Tuesday, June 11th at g o'clock In the Happy Canyon pavilion. The meeting is under the auspices of the Ministerial Union of Pendleton, and is part of a nation wide campaign, conducted by the na tional committee on the moral alms of the war. In conjunction with the speakers division of the committee on public Information appointed by President Wilson. The purpose of the campaign Is to build up the mo rale of the country In the support of the war. by keeping the moral aim of the war before the people, and to create public sentr nent In favor of President Wilson's proposal for a EVERY DISTRICT IN' DRIVE FOR SALE Of SAVINGS STAMPS lfiM ,w,f,, I OOUniry Allotment Four Times Size of Red Cross Quota, Doubly Difficult At the Federal building yesterrtny hi the War SavinKs meeting every dis trict in the county wns represented. The meeting was called by County Chairman H. T. Ttlshop for the pur- , Telegraph company. pone of outlining plans for puttins officials declare that calls for the over the War Savings drive, and was ,lrno wrr0 go numerous, that the or al the direct instigation of the na- arr was necessary to conserve time tlonal war savings committee. Presl- anJ tffor(. The elimination of this dent Wilson's proclamation designat- accommodation will mean the im Ing June 28th as the day for opening provement of general servl- it is the campaign and requesting special for it nas found to work out that effort be put forth In every commu- way in Eastern cities where the rule nlty ln'th United States to complete was nmde effective several months quotas will he issued in a few days. aKo. ' In Umatilla county Mr. Bishop has his organisation that has been carry ing on the war savings work and. Jointly, with the assistance of the patrlotla service league, the coming drive will ho put over tho top for Umatilla county as every other pre vious drive has been put over. In tho War Savings, drive it will ba necessary to create the same senti ment as that required to make up the o.uolna of the Liberty Loan larger than the lted cross ortve jus closed and 4T. per cent of the amount comfort hag nil o. K. and I am sure raised In tho county In the Third iy plensed with it and I wish to thank 1 liberty Pond drive. In making up iiret ,nnv more subscribers than was'oiher olares nsk ne where 1 got the' required for the Liberty I.rian. One! comfort nK and when I told them thousand dollars Is the largest snb-ithey said. 'They are surely treating ncrlptton that can be received for war yoii boys swell.- Thanking you nil once ' aavln.s stamps, w hile in the bond asain. I am one of the happy bunch ulace- He will have his assistants ful. . ly organised by ths :sth. " " 0 PiCBOKITB .STQOEITTIK league of nations as the ultimate goal of the war. , There will be three prominent speakers for the mass meeting: Dr. George W. Nasmyth, Dr. Frank J. Klingberg and Dr. Benjamin J. Bat ten. Dr. Nasmyth will speak on "The Final Goal for Which We Fight:-' .Dr. Patten, "The Churches of Europe and the War;" and Dr. Eling berg on "The Moral Aims of the War." Dr. Nasmyth has been executive secretary to Dr. Garfield, federal fu el administrator, ever since the fuel administration was organized. He Is (Continued on Page 4.) 40 AMERICANS IN CASUALTIES WASHINGTON, June 4. General Pervhlng today announced 40 casual ties Including three killed In action, six dead from disease. IS from acci dents. elKht wounded severely and one slightly. PI.'VTn A T WflVT riVl? ',hat the uePe are called upon to re LJtilNlKALl iVUJN 1 UlVJti tl.rl, evcn Bnlan amounts, is proof OUT TIME ANY MORE ,hat the wheat flour is badly needed , for the men In France, and all Uma- I am sorrv but we don't give out ' county people are urgently that information any more." This Is called upon to answerthe appeal, what subscribers ore hearing nowa- Kteh family should return the flour days, when they ask 'Ventral for tho time. The new rule became ef-1 fective Saturday and applies to all sta- tions of the Pacific Telephone ifnd Comfort Kit From Pendleton Pleases OMIFOKT Kl.T FKOM ... KlIItOL O. v.. White, who left this county some time sro to don his country's uniform, has written from Camp Lew is to tell of his pleasure at receiving one of the lied cross comfort kits filled by the local Honor Guard girls some time ac. Private White s note is ss follows: I wish to say that I received the : the Honor Guard clrls for Its con- . . - i hmi several novs ironi 'of itritMi lu-aduiiartcrs behind the lines, it Is announced today. 400 PERSONS; SURVIVORS ARRIVE m france ' YANKEES JOIN FRENCH; f - GROCERS WILL TAKE BACK WHITE FLOUR Even Small Amounts Want ed; Will Be Sent to Men in France.. Umatilla, county grocer completed plans yesterday for tho taking back of any amount of white flour their customers will return, down to as low as one pint. H. G. Blydenstein has voluntarily offered to take all broken lots to hts feed and chop mill'and re sack them free of charge. After the flouria assembled and enough is gotten for a shipment, it given a sight draft on the state food Istration In Portland from where it will be billed directly for France, In some counties. It is said, there have been as high as four and five carloads of flour returned. - In payment for the flour which they bring back, customers "will be given a sight draft on the statee food administration, the same price being given as was paid for It. The fact that a high price is being paid, and to its own grocer. CITY IS ADVISED T NEEDLESS EXPENSE As chalrmnn of the federal reserve j board at San Francisco John Perrin has written to Mayor Vaushan and members of the city council earnest ly advising ns to the necessity ot economy and asainst the undertak ing of any work that can be deferred until after the war. ) The letter from the reserve bank ( applies particularly to public fill-: provements, but it Is beinti Interpre- I ted by many ss of such nature as to have a bearing on the commission f government proposal her'. It beiun ' contended that the commission plan proposal should be withheld until aft-' , er the war owing to the increased ex- ! pense it would invilve If adopted. The letter from Mr- I'errln says in I r'" ,: ''No German propaganda could be more insidious nor more harmful than one for undertaking at this time ; may be concentrated In the one vi - tal effort of winning ths war." HURL BACK CROSS TO DONATION, ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, MADE R. C. Secretary Roosevelt of the Umatilla Red Cross chapter's headquarters here, yesterday re- cetved a notice of such a large sum of money's being deposited In the Kcho bank for the lied Cross that he had no idea the amount was a donation, but thought it a turnover from the war fund. The amount la $743.7, and came from the little Tllomson school, 11 miles southwest of Echo, on Butter creek. The donation Is the proceeds from a basket social and enter- talnment given at the close of school last week. Allen Thom- Bon was aucHioneer and' an- 4 nounced that he could not bid while acting in such capacity. but that he would make a gift equalling the highest bid. One man bought several baskets, his bill coming to $80, and he call- ed on Mr. Thomson to make good, and the latter promptly 41 came through with a check for like amount. At the close of the evening, the sum of about 1625 was found to have been realized and Thomas Boss declared It should be made $700, so gave a check for $75. The r sub-committees brought In the balance later, making the total $743. 7S. MAY UTILIZE WOMEN FOR FOREST SERVICE Men Badly Needed for Fire Patrols and Cannot be Secured. The war may open upanother en tirely new field for women of east ern Oregon, according to C. C. Scott, state district fire warden, who is conferring here today with W. W. Cryder, supervisor of the Umatilla forest reserve. Mr. Scott states that more patrols than for a long period are needed In the forests Just now because of the extremely dry season early In the year, but that It is al most impossible to get men. Quite a large number of women have ap plied for Jobs and Mr. Scott states that his office is seriously consider ing using a few of them as primary lookouts on the western Bide of the mountains. - The work should be easy enough for a woman who Is used to the country, and who knows some thing of woodcraft. The range is drier at present In Grant. Umatilla. Wheeler and Mor row counties than he has seen it at this season for a number of years. Mr. scott said. Water Is low, and some sections are drying up fast Summer range In the forest reserves have almost all been thrown open early In an attempt to help give the stockmen, suitable grazing lands for their sheep. ' Mr. Scott's headquarters are at Snraw In Wheeler county and he -pent today In Pendleton on his way to Grant count y. PAM.IAMKXT MKMBKIl FOUND NOT GUILTY 1.0PO, June 4. Xoel Perober- tnn-HilliiiS. member of parliament m ,,. , , vigilante charged with libeling tlio dancer. Maude Al len, was found not guilty. Other in dictments were dropped. Members of the audience were ejected for their demonstration. WADE-PETERS CASE REVISED BY COURT SIU'.M, Juue 4. The supreme court hap mined and remand ed the cave of F- T. Wade against Herman Peters, tlie appellant Ap pealed from Umatilla cot en?. Tlie a4ilon was by a real estate deal to rccoicr commissions. 'and remanded, hence titers niay be .further litigation her. HUNS -WHO SOUTH BANK Magnificent Counter Attack Breaks Blow Toward South, and Routs Hun. ' AIRMEN CHARGE ON FOE LIKE CAVALRY, German' Slight Advances Overcome; Vilages Change Hands. (Fred Ferguson.) -WITH THE AMERI CANS ON THE MARNE, June 4. American troops, since they - entered the Marne' line, have brilliantly repulsed four German at tacks and have delivered several successful counter, attacks. ' It was the 'Americans fighting with the French who stopped the Germans at Chateau Thierry-- They have greatly stabilized the situation. Infantry, artil lery and all branches of the service are engaged in fight-. ing on both sides"" Of the Marne. PARIS, June 4. American troops have struck their first blow hi the Marne battle. lighting with ' the French, they hurled back a German, force which reached the southern bank of the river. This to the first time the Marne has been crossed since early In the war. Germans crossed the Blame south of Jsulgonno midway between Chateau Thierry and Dormans, Franco-American force too 10O prisoners and destroyed the bridge after hurling; the Boches back. An American force also stopped a German advance before Neullly Wood. hurling the Huns back with a ma-4 niflcent counter-attack. In the most violent flghtirur. vll. logos were taken and retaken. The communique added. "In heavy flght- Ing south of Ourcq. the Germans, aided by heavy artillery concentre Hon, carried Mostoy, Torcy, BoareM cbes and Neullly lporterie. The French retook Mostoy and Xeuillj Laporterie by counter-attacking;- The communique declared that afan American force stopped the Germans attempting; to reach Neotlly wood. By a magnificent counter-attack they hurled the Germans back north, of the wood." Further south the Germans realis ed no gain on the Marne front. One German battalion which reached the left bank near Jaulgonne was hurled back by a Franco-AnMriran counter attack with heavy loss. The bridge was destroyed and prisoners taken. The Germans are held without pro gress by the French between lite Olse and Aisno. . . "Between the Alsne and Ourcq river the battle la continuing; with the greatest violence- Violent attacks were made In the Pernant region-". , (I1EXRV MTIOD.) ! W IT If TUB FUKXC1I A FT FT. IX The French have regained complete air mastery and dropped M tons of homhs on German troop concentm- : k..ki K.ttl-ne4(l. The prinrliial attacks were directed 'agatna blvoaat'a and manmnr troops In the concentration regions of Flames iand Uouh-hjr l e Chautcau. One i squadron ommamlr sent more thee j So machlnoM against a column of I marching Teutons three miles lone, 'charging caialry-l'ke. the airmen de. jm-ended within SS reel of the ground raining boint-s and mas-hliie-gunnlna; until tlie column wa completely routed- liurliur tlie firs week of the j Marne drive tlie Frencli downed tt ' llun airplane and six sausages. C. A. Johns Takes Seat On the Bench Today PORTLAND. June 4. It Is stated that Charles A. Johns, former wail known Paker lawyer and recent re publican nominee for supreme Judca,' will take his seat on ths supreme bench Tuesday. June 4. On th-t Oats Justice Wallace McCamsnt will re sign and Mr. Johns will simultaneoajte ly he alpointrd by ioennr Wlthy. conihe to take thjt plsea vacated h-r LJustire Mit amuiL. Mr. Johns will t return to. his horns In Portland. t 1