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1 DAILY EVENING EDITION Number copies printed of yesterday's Dally edition 2,650 Tula paper Is a member of and audited bf the Audit Bureau of Circulation. DAILY EVENING EDIMI WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Satur fair. Maximum, S; n, 41; Wind west, gentle; It 4 ther, clear. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICII R VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1917. i AW SENATE WILL PROBE CHARGE OF SEDITION l . - tr Sub-Committee Headed by Porrunerene to Investigate Utterances of LaFollette. Investigation of stone is refused House Committee Begins Preliminary Probe Into Helfin's Charges. f li, ; , . . i . .. . , j MANAGER BARRY AND RED SOX STARS ENLIST IN NA VY !j ;i ' : ;i i WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. The sen Ma will Investigate the charge of MdltlouH utterances against La Fol lette . Pommarene, chairman of the - ale3tlons committee, will appoint a sub-committee to investigate La Fol lette's speech at St. I'aul September Nth and probe the correctness of his statements. t" The sub-committee will report to the full committee the first day of the Ioceniber session. Pommerene will head the sub-committee. The committee refused to Investigate Btons, although Stone asked an Inves tigation. It is reported La Follette wants a thorough Investigation. ill oune Committee Itcglns Probe, t The house committee began a pre liminary Investigation of Helfin's charges that thirteen congressmen acted- suspiciously In connection with the Bernstorff slush fund. I" La Follette said that newspapers garbled his speech. The committee will ask La Follette whether he stat ed that sinking the Lunltanla and oth er acta committed by Germans didn't provide a sufficient cause for the I'nltsd Htates entering -the war. The com mitts will ask If he said the Luh Itania salted In defiance of American law carrying ammunition, and If he said It. where he got his information. J . Kollette refused to comment on the committee' action. . ' More Expulsion Petitions. . Senator Thompson, Kansas, offered a resolution empowering the sub-committee to summon witnesses and de mand books and papers. Hastings of Wisconsin, and Watson of Indians, presented aditlonaLoetitions domand .lng La Follette's expulsion. It de veloped today the senate hadn't pass ed an adjournment resolution because (he leaders desire to alve Kellogg of Minnesota, a chance to renlv to La 1 '" Follette. Ia Follete Indicated he In tends to take the floor at one o'clock tomorrow and hold it until 3, the hour set for adjournment. This wrtct-prevent a' reply. Kellogg pre sented the first set of charges against I41 Follette and has ben selected to answer him. - vl f V'4' : UNITED STATES ESTABLISHES MARVELOUS RECORD FOR WAR WORK IN PAST SIX MONTHS "'lil k'' 8liorton Jack I5arry 'Duffy-' Lewis. Jack Barry, manager and second baseman; "Chick' .Shorten, outfielder, and "Duffy" Lewis, whose bril liant playing won a world championship for the Boston Hed Sox, have enlisted in the navy. This picture shows them in their new uniforms shortly after they had offered their services at the Charlestown Navy Yard to Un cle Earn. " OREGON'S LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA Meager Equipment of April 6th Transformed Into Huge Fighting Machine. FINANCIAL LIFE OF HER ALLIES SAVED w 31 t r skw AMr'IIU'A'l ALTITL:IK ItlXOHD Information Received Today From Secretary of the Treasury. Pacific Coast District Expects to Con tribute $350,000,000 in Place of $210,000,000 Origi nally Announced; Umatilla County $1,125,000. (!) ENGLAND DECIDES TO MAKE REPRISALS jFOR LONDON RAIDS r I-ONm-tV. Oft. .1. General South pro (mi hi y will (llri't Uio reprisal ruitN ior tiernmn dtlea. : Tho wur i-ahlnet Unn decided to re tallnte ffnr lmdon nlr ratds. IMuim are beinir made for a deitnrtmcnt ot rctAllation, orrnnlxed wlely for ier nmn rnlriw.. Tim depdrtment will Ik? bwlependent of other iutIjiI mrvleeM. AlnHnne prodnetlon tn ordentl In c-reftsod. ( i OffleJulfl reullie If a trlet reprisal tiiry Ih adopted nnd a irreut aertui plfetuUvo onnuilxpcl. a icreat immlier of alrplnnes mnnt patrol Kirtlaiul. Hi nprlMnl rldd will practically le an aerial offensive of tremendonta pro portions. lOKTLAXI, t. .5. Circ-Kou's U!- erty Ixmn KiilKcrltioni4 tljls aternHii U)tulcl 9IKN,0."1). A lit flaif iMile with a flas whlc-h will rat. as t lie oiik will feature the i::m- alf?n here. POItTlTAN'D. Oct. 5. (Speeial to the Kust Oreiioniun) OrKuiia ex pected $ 1 6.501,000 quota of the Lib erty l-rMin has bfHMi raised to $24, firtO.OOrt, according to information re ceived today from the secretary of the treasury. Instead of an issue of three billion dollars, which is the minimum amount actually needed, it Is expected that five billion dollars will be sub scribed, and under thiH ex lactation the Pacific coast district is expected to contribute 1350,000,0110 place of $210,000,000 as originally nnonunced. Though official notice has not yet been received hero as to Umatilla countyj quota under the new plan W. Lj. Thompson. Pendleton commit teeman on the liberty loan, esti mates that on the new basis this county will be expected to tako $1, 125.000 In bonds instead of $750,000 as formerly asked for. CONFESSION OF 6 CENT FARE IS REFUSED FLUES DESTROY DWELLING HOUSE MTH CONTENTS Army of Million Raised, Navy Trebled and Billi ons Appropriated. (ROBEHT J. BENDEin WASHINGTON', Oct. 5. Six! months aftr entering the war, the ! United States has made marvelous i records. j April sixth, when the President j signed the declaration of war, the j American army was small, and un- . supplied; the navy short handed; the J railroads unable to meet demands; the merchant marine, a joke among the nations; the army hadn't a dozen airplanes; no laws existed to increase the army or raise money. Today, half year later, a million men are armed; billions have been appropriated; the navy trebled in ships and men and machinery for war built. Twenty Naval Camps. Twenty naval training camps have neen estamisnea; air crait ana pro- t 22.000 feet. The best previous record jectile factories are being built. The t WM made ln CaIiforniai wnere a airplane construction program assures ; avlator reached a height of lt00 the presence of thousands of Amerl- . feet. Bragg was an- hour In the air. can aviators abroad soon. I when he alighted on the spot from The shipipng board has contracted which he had ascended he was numb for 433 ships and plans for three wfth cold. He 5,,, he wouId steel fabricating plants costing thirty ; ,-one higher but he could not stand miiion dollars are completed. ithe cold. Railroads ln line Shane. j Railroads are operating ' as one AIJCTRIAN NVflefT great system. The United States in,"91" "' a short period has saved the financial j ivju,iiiv riUSUriUU life of her allies. Since April sixth L she has advanced two billion five hun- Those Reaching- Switzerland dred and eighteen million lour Hun dred thousand dollars. I' L A 1 7 i 'y '. t A iSbmLM A N. CALEBRR.A3a' I Caleb Bragg, an aviation student with the Signal Corps at Mineola, has broken the American aeroplane alti tude record by flying to a height of NDV PARTY IS PLANNING TO HOLD BALANCE Convention Chairman Says Party Will Have Controll ing Vote in Congress. NO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NAMED Military Authorities Hear Tell of Horrors on Way to Internment Camps. sai;em, Oct. s. The public service j Slight Damage Also Inflict commission dnie,i the l-ortiand nan- e(j on Garage and House way, IJght and Tower coiinan.vs six' , i r n, ! at 502 Calvin. I men's wage increase possible and pre vent strike, the commission tiUKKested a reduced car service and greater ! cooperatinn between city and corn- ; lany regard ini; pavinic and bridge i t(jll. I'OIiTLAXD, Oct. 5. Traffic com-! pany officiula were imioh diaappont- ! ed ut tho public service comniliusion'p ' decision, claiming the commission'? MiiKSi'sttona impractical. . j ADVANCE WARNING ! SIGNS ARE MOVED Public Service Grants Peti-j AIOIIAF, ISOI.ATIOX IS TTAXm- . INti VI'OX CiEltM ANS, MU A Ell. SAYS Through a mistake In phoning in a fire from 9" West Itallroad yester day afternoon the lire department was went to East llaiiroad street instead or west with a consequent loss of wine five minutes time during which '-he fire pot under such headway a IwoUlng house at the above-named address was completely destroyed fvith its contents. The burned place wan owned by J. i vii.XKll. IV Compton and was occiiT)ied D' j Mrs. Amelia Thompson, colored. The tiro was cauvea ny a selective Hue 'nil phe discovered the fire herself. "he reported to the fire chief that the Tine had almost caused a fire on sev eral former occasions but she had nut It out herself. tion Of City in Matter Of a1 loss, the Karate of A. J. Gibson. pA(, . r ext door was damaged, and some laiUtiaa lObbinb. jdanmcre was inflicted on a house at I 502 Calvin. Insurance to the extent News ha been received bv the or s rrei on the rompton T fiVUnV r ... . nn n -r 1 n . ' -' IV'.-, vjui. . ilia ne cur German YV Olkmen 8 Flea , respondent ot the Dally Mail tele- . ; graphs: . "lONDOJf, Oct. 5. Dissatisfied Ger- -I had a talk today with some men man workmen sent to field headquar- who recently have come to Switzer- ters were compelled to lay their com- ' land from Austrian internment camps plaint before General Ludendorff, t at Katzenua. near Linz. 'After many rlaiht before Gen. Ludendorff. Micha- ; hardships,' they declared, our unhap- mil affairs because all his suggestions ' py company some 5.O0O in all, men, nitst be submitted to headquarters. women and children, huddled tofre 7he unrest anions workingmen is de- j ther In cattle trucks with hardly glared growing. j standing room, reached Ksztergom in It is reported the field headouart-1 Hungary. We had to sleep three ts treated the workmen's complaints nights In an open field in the wind like a round robin from rebellious sol- i and cold, for no provision had been diers. Civil authorities are unable toimade for shelter. Some of us had improve conditions. jenamed washing basins and we sat In . : tin-in all night to keep off the wet CAIJFOHX1 A I.Aittm WANTS ground. On the fourth day tents were given to us, but many of the people died especially from dysentery. " 'Then we were ail put into cattle trucks again by this cruel and stupid government and sent far away to Wielandstal. Never shall I forget 1.V IXHXKTTK TO HAVE "1SIGIIT" SACRAMENTO, Oct. 5. California Federation of Labor convention un animously adopted a resolution de manding that LaFolette be given the greatest rfeht of all democracy," to that juurney of five days of misery express His vivws on the war ques-j across Austria crowded together with tion. out food or drink and without sleep. i toonie ot me cnuren were screaming iand many of the people were sick. ! There was no exit at the stopping "AROl-ND WOlM.n IV SO IAYS" MAHWK Si.OGAV PARIS ISLAND. S. p.. Oct. 5. The title "Around the world in eighty fays" haa been .resurrected by United States Marines here, who apply that phrase tc their period of training. There.-are five camps, one on each leg pf tlie Journey, that the recruits must pans through before graduation ka sea-soJdlers. It takes from seventy-seven to eighty days to make the circuit. The Marines Invariably quote the Jules Veijne phrase as characteristic f the trip, even though many of them have never read the fascinating adventures of Fhlneas Fork. READ III COURT Pendleton Woman Declares Statement Was Made Un der Duress. PORTLAND, Oct. fi. The confer slon of Mrs. Kdna CreRory of Pendle ton, who Is being tried In the federal court here on a rhartre of lending prisoned candy through the mail-', was read In the federal court today. Mrs. GreRory declares the coi.fes.slon was made under duresa. The confes plon declared her hustiond helped her r-renare the nncWure for mailing. Ore- IM MTIYnTJis VF,ST Vory la expected to co on tho stand . , j late today and repudiate the ttate- MARQUETTW. Oct. B. The ; mrns conr!,ln- I- A first snow of the middle west ! ivld band writing expert, testl- nv pacKaite was lilenticai wun ivir. Gregory's writing. Chief of Police Roberts testified this morning. The government prot ably will not com plete Its case until tomornow. FIRST SNOW FALL fell her this morn In. weather bureau records showed ! a fall of one-tenth of an Inch. 4 i Kast lregonlan to the effect the pub- . lie Service commission has granted Uhe petition of the city of -Pendleton for relief from the law requiring- ad vance warn In jr pirns at ail railroad crossings, in the infprmatlon receiv ed the request of the city is set forth and the conclusions of the commis sions set forth in the following: It is therefore ordered that the pe tition of the applicant In this matter be and the same is hereby granted and tho City of Pendleton, Oregon. Is hereby relieved from the obligation Imposed by Chapter 429 of the Laws of Oreffon for 1917 of placing and maintaining' advance warning1 signs no the streets and highways and a the crossings designated as follows: i house but the furniture is said to; have been uninsured. I Some ret dogs belonging to Mrs. ! Thompson were burned in tho fire, according to reports. SAYS RUSSIA IS ON BRINK OF REBELLION I'ETROGRAD, Oct. 5. I.eo Trot-i-:y. chief lieutenant of Xieholals I.en. inc. the radical leader, declared ltus 'ia was on the verge of rebellion in a Teech before the democrat congress rejection of the coali Trotsky is a bitter op- -K'nont of Kerensky. r " j Trotsky paid. "OiviJ war appears In ievitnlile. The proletariat is definlte I Ply arrayed jie.ninjt the bourgeoise. , T doubt only whether the assumption ! "'f full power by the council of work - ; places from the locked wagons, no ' lavatories of any kind and no mercy : from anybody. I " 'At Gatxenau at present there are 1 6,000 interned, chiefly Russians. Ital ians and Serbians, and also some Eng jlish. The Italians come from the ; Trentino and are starving and dying-, j The English barracks is damp and ) unhealthy and the wood full of bugs. ' Many of the inmates are ill and doc ' tors are no better than butchers.' " Platform Advocates Women Suffrage and National Prohibition. CHICAGO, Oct. S. John Cargo vice chairman of the new parts con vention, announced the party Intends to hold the balance of power In con gress next year. He said the party did not Intend to nominate presi dential candidate. Representatives of socialists, pro gressives, prohibitionists, Steele tax ers and Independent completed their organization plana. The national committee la beln selected. Head quarters will be opened within 39 days in each state. The Party Platform. -The party's platform advocates' wo men suffrage, national prohibition, single taxation, government owner ship of public utilities, labor reforms, abolition of secret diplomacy, freedom of the seas, extermination of prohibi tory taxes, discriminatory , tariffs or taxes, the creation of an international union to In force peace, adoption of ' Initiative and referendum, . recall by c'ty state and national governments, a Plan for proportional representation whereby congressmen and state legis lators shall be elected at large from the state; absente voter plan, amend ment , to constitution through major ity vote of people, freedom of speech ", and press wtth certain restrictions, prison reform, seats in congress for cabinet members without votes, ex tension of the postal savings banks, shortening of the legal work day, government insurance ' for workers against sickness. Injury, death, feder al child labor laws and federal em ployment bureaus. BRITISH VICTORY YESTERDAY MOST WEIGHTY III WAR Enemy Appears Completely Disorganized; All Ground Captured is Retained. . ) IOWA WANTS I.A FOIXETTR OVSTKD FltOM T1IK SENATE DES MOINES, Oct. 5. The Iowa state dlefense council adopted a reso- : lution this morning demanding the 'expulsion of La Follette declaring his ! German raids failed. BRITISI HEADQUARTERS Oct. 5. Headquarters reports Indicates the complete disorganization of the en emy. Hate's attack yesterday appear ed as the most important British vic tory of the war. - The Germans stopped their hope less counter attacks at the pass In the Chendseie ridge section this mor ning. The British had undisputed control of the great chunk of terl tory won yesterday. v The British are now reorganizing their new "positions, A number ot attitude was disloyal and treasonable beyond a doubt. CANNONADING VIOLENT. PARIS, Oct. 5. Violent canonnad- ing on the east bank of the Meuse, at i German Losses Tranendona. Every German prisoner declared German losses were tremendous. No such barrage as that which the Brit ish guns wove In front of the attack ing Tommies was ever seen in war. It I llozonvaux and Hill 344 is officially , reported. TO KKSTOHE GRRMAX FLEET namely, nt the crossings of the exist- following its lr,g tracks of the Oregon-Vashl!i!r.on ; tion cabinet. Railroad & Navigation Company with Kast Court street, Henefit street Franklin street. College street Main street. Aura street. I.illetb Street. Ann street. Jane street, rhest- fin ulivnt Itnllrrn.l street Weill". Ireet. Court street and Hnle street: ",pn aml soldiers win go beyond tne the American I.uncneon . mo asseneu tk.. ,-.,!-a .r i,n utn t . ' ' : n ico lorms or lane tne torm ui , tbat such moral isomiinri is no uriu troeb. ,.f the Kortliem l'srlflc rail- I wngtilnnry street fiKhting." (matter for a people which have ta- way company with state street. Court ilreet. Fnlon street. Franklin street. Fost street. Market street. Clay street. Mill street, Vincent street. college street. Thompson street. Johnson street. Cottonwood , street. Main street. Garden street. Willow street Cobble street. Aura street, l.illetn street. Ann street and Jane street in said city. T AFT TO SPEAK AT AIEAiORI vr Moral Isolation from the rest of the civilized world is beginning to tell upon the German people, according to L,ord Mltner. minister without port folio In the Ilritish war cabinet. Lord M liner in a speech in London before ' ken so large a part in human inter- was a veritable cloudburst of steel rain, wiping out entire lines of Ger man troops and melting away many trenches. This unprecedented cur tain fire made the work of the troops AMSTERDAM. Oct. 5. Berlin dis- ! ,n reaching the first objectives easy. I patches declared the Reichstag adopt- ; Trie Germans scattered pill Doses. led a bill for the restoration of the containing machine guns, over the German fleet. The bill probably pro- teritory In which the attacks were vides that the government pay snip staged. Some of the most desperate owners full value for all vessels the al- ; fighting was around these positions, lies have seized. ! GERMAN WRITER HELD IN KANSAS Correspondent Bartholme Ar- rested Near Federal Camp Without a Permit. WICHITA. Kun.. Oct. 3. George nanneiem. tortv-elgnt. former cor- for Railroads Prepared For Big War Transportations NORMAL FREIGHT AsTD PAW4EX EJl TRAFFIC MAY BR EI.IM 1XATKI IF NECEN8AKY. course and advancement as have the respondent at Washington rx VEILING Germans. "There are signs. saio. ColoBne. Gazette, is held here today , Milner. "that this aspect of being out-, fr investigation by Federal authorl- TOT'XGSTOWX. Ohio. Oct. 6. Vil- 'side the pate of the civilized commit- ties. A trunk which he had sent to liain H. Taft arrived this morn- nity is beginning to welch upon the tn, station for shipment contained lug to soenk nt the dedication of the spirits of the German people. Tbat Is about 2itt pound of Congressional half million dollar Mi-Klniey memori- why a new party has been called in- records, check stubs and other papers, nl at Nilos, McKinley's birth place, to being in Germany to revive anew Seme of the speeches of Senator I -a Miss Helen McKinley, a -sister, will the waning spirit and preach anew the Follette were mat ked In the Congres iinveil it. j doctrine that might Is right." ; sional Record. Washington. Oct. i. The war the ' department Is preparing railroads for the transportation of millions more men. and billions of dollars more mu nitions and supplies, foreseeing the possibility of a desperate conflict be fore the war Is ended. If necessary normal freight and passenger trafle will be almost eliminated and prae tlcallv nothing move but men and supplies.