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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
PRESS PROMISES
TOHOLD REPORTS
ON us. POLICIES

WASHINGTON. March 24.--An OF.
neial request to the press to refrain
from publishing Information. ru-
ptors or reports. tending to disclose
military and naval policies in Ameri-
"a 4. was submitted by the govern
ment. Secretaries Baker and Daniels,
Counsellor Frank POLK and state de-
partment representatives. the United
Press and other agencies Voluntarily
agreed to observe the regulations and
use their influence TO get the press
throughout the country to observe
them
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24

road track and had hidden under the
trestle. still thinking that the speeder
had stopped at the section house.
Both Had Drawn Guns.
Tn officers were not more than co
yards away when Moran spotted
them and started running. drawins
his gun as he went The officers
gave chase and as they did so. Mason
too. broke from cover and started to
run. He. also. had drawn his gun.
He stumbled and fell and. before he
could get up the sheriff had covered
him. Don't shoot. don't shoot.
yelled Mason at the same time toss
ing his gun away from him Taylor
made "A hasty examination TO see IL
he had another gun on him and in the
meantime Moran was making for a
amining Mason when the first sho.
was. fired from behind the pole
FireS at Hand OF YegE.
The sheriff forced Mason 10 ao-
company him in the direction of the
concealed man. AS he did 50 Moran
leveled his gun and took bead.
Taylor hastily fired at his hand while
Mason threw himself on the ground
AANh AhAANhE GU an tN1nAnEE OF Sh0L&
Mason alternately begging his part
ner not to shoot and the sheriff not
60 shoot Aarhus. meanwhile. had
walked off at an angle to get a shot
az Moran and nred several times
This drew the robbers fire in his di-
rectton. When Moran had emptiea
his gun he broke from cover and
started up the Hill, Calling Aarhus
to take charSe OF Mason. the sheriff 4.
gave chase. Seeing that the reeinE 2
man was reloading as he ran. sheriff
Taylor began to reload his own gun
II was not until then that he discov- /
'red that he had as cartridges FOR a .
1880 revolver The shells could Be y
Inserted part way and one Of them !
became caught In the eiector. Taylor /
however. continued tho chase for .
hree Quarters OF a mile calling ur- I
'n Moran TO stop. The fleeing man I
made no effort tc shoot aenin but
Kept warning the sheriff 60 ro hack d
tCou'inued on Pare Io1
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
MILITIA WILL GUARD
SHIP BUILDING PLANTS
Massachusetts, Governor Calls Two
Regiments; Other States WIN like
~ Follow Suit.

WASHINGTON. March 24.-Two
regiments OF Massachusetts militia
will be called to guard the Fore River
ship building plant and the arsenals,
munitions works and other shipyards.
Governor Mccall Informed Secretary
Baker this morning. He talked with
the president yesterday and decided
10 call the militia. Baker this morn
ing refused to discuss the militia
plans "a is likely the militia Of other
states viii be- called.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
MILITIA CALLED
BY STATE ORDERS

SALEM. March Ex-Governor
withycombe said no orders had been
received from Washington directing
the militia To guard the Columbia and
Willamette bridges. rThe informa-
tion on which was based the action.
the governor said, came from state
sources There is no suspicion of
German-Americans but we wish to
take precautionary measures against
possible acts by semi-irresponsible
persons"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
PORTLAND MAN ON
TORPEDOED SHIP

WASHINGTON. March "a
The sinking OF the Norwegian
steamer Ronald. with George
Goldreimer OF Portland. Oregon.
aboard has been reported to the
state department.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
8 STOCKMEN INJURED
WHEN TRAINS CRASH

TACOMA. March gt.-Three stocE b.
men In a cabuose on an east bound
freight were injured twu probably
fatally when the Spokane GAmited COLI
lided with a freight az Kauasket in
the Cascades this morning Alex
McGreEory of 81. Johns. Ororou and
Robert CLARK % Seattle. may die. 90
r. Miles OF 81. Johns was slightly hurr.
The ca hocsr was demolished The
froieht failed to make a siding before
the limited arrived.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
SUBMARINE BAsE FOUND
RUMOR AT NEW REDFORn
NEW BFDFoRD. March "a

NEW BEDFoRD. March 81
4 mysterious mancuveriuE by
water front police started rtlnlors
that a German submarine has.
had been found off tho coast.
Fishermen rcDOrt n strang,, vcs-
~ and put police ON guard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24

BERLIN, March 24.-Germany
can't see why America should re-
gard the summarizing of the
Healdton as an overt act. .@Thc
sinking OF the HeaIdton possibly
will aggrayate American pressure
ON the president" say newspa-
pers. ''The entente press doubt
less win assert this Is an overt
act. hut constituting the sinking
as a war reason proves that Ana
erica is wilfuIly seeking such an
occasion. 1t was unnecessary for
the HealdtOn TO traverse the
blockade area
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
THURSDAY NAMED
PATRIOTISM DAY.

= The Pendleton branch Of the
. Red Cross society having set
= next Thursdaw evening as the
= time for a patriotic mass meet
= ing at the Oregon threater and
. Governor withycombe having
= designated next week Patriotic
. Week" throughout the state.
= Mayor James A. Best today by
= proclamation made next Thurs
. day Patriotism Day in Pen
. dleton. His proclamation is as
= follows;
. Whereas. each day brings
. nearer to our country the pros 4
= poets of an interruption TO our I
= peaceful pursuits by a declara-
. ton of hostilities against Ger
= many. and.
= Whereas. there Is a realize
, cessity OF arousing all good citi-
, zens to sense OF the impend-
ing danger, and.
, Whereas. the people OF Pen
, dleton are never to be found
, lacking or lagvard in their sup
port Of city. state or nation.
, f"Now, therefore. James a.
Best. mayor Of the City OF Pen 4
dleton. do hereby proclaim
Thursday. May 20 to be Patrio- 4
ptism Day in Pendleton and do 4
, hereby suggest such manifes- 4
tations Of loyalty and patriotism 4
as will prove that our city IS I
prepared to uphold the honor I
Of our flaE"
, Dated this eFth DAY Of March. 4
; 1917.
} JAMES 4. REST. Mayor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
BILLION DOLLAR
GIFT TO FRANCE
IS BEING URGED
Plan Said to Meet With Ap-
prOvaI of Bankers. Business
men and TOiIers Everywhere
MIGHT Be IN LOAN FORM
Carrying Only Enough Interest to
Pay Expenses; Chicago and I'iIiIa-
deIphla Plan Big Patriotic Meet
lngs

NEW YORK, March 24.-FolloW-
ing suggestions of the gift of bill
lion dollars from America to France,
the New York world declared the
plan meets approval everywhere.
Bankers. businessmen and toilers the
World said. registered Unqualified ap-
prevail Should France refuse the
gift its might be made in the form of
loan, carrying only enough inter-
est TO pay expenses. Wall street is
said to be approving the gift.
I'm urging congress to give a bill
lion to France" the World said edi-
torially. THE World IS aware that a
thousand million is a large sum, but
not large as war expenditures go. We
cannot land an army in army in
France except a comparatively small
force of regulars but can supply mon
ey"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
SOCIALIST MAKES
BITTER ATTACK
ON THE KAISER

AMSTERDAM. March "A bit.
ter attack on the Kaiser and Hollweg
featured the Thursday Reichstag de-
hates. The Reichstag president call
ed Sunert TO order. You insult the
fatherland. charged the vice chancei-
Tor. Kunert retorted 7 should be
proud II there were such progress In
Germany as In Russia"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
HnNnE IHloNL EXILE.

PETROGRAD. March 2t.-Ma
dame Brespkofsl<y" the grandmothe:
or the Russian revolution has ar
rived after an exile or a quarter of @
century im Siboriu.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
GERMANY PUTS
APPROVAL ON
TORPEDO|NG OF
THE AEALDTON
Can't See Why America Should
Regard Submaring as Overt
Act; Unnecessary for Vessel
to Traverse Blockade Area
FIRING ON SUBMARINE
WILL Be WAR CAUSE


5 ZURICH. March 24.-German
newspapers say that Germany
will declare war on America
; when the first armed American
merchantmen fires at a subma-
rine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
cI,icago 10 Hogd Meeting.

CHICAGO, March 24.-Gdvernor
Lowden. ex-war Secretary Dickinson
and other officials back the plan for
the biggest patriotic demonstration
i'm Americas history here. The date
Is unsettled. The demonstration is
in reply to the nations call for fight
ing men and resources and for a
cleancut pronouncement of what the
republic stands for.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
BRA 1DT WHITLOCK is
CALLED FROM BELGIUM
BY STATE DEPARTMENT
America WithdraWS From Bel
.gian Relief; Work Turned
Over to Holland and Other
NeutraIS.
FORERUNNER OF ACTUAL WAR

State Department Has ISeen Consid-
ering the Abandonment of Relief
Work Since the Destruction of Re
lief Ships by German Divers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
ONLY THREE OF
4SH|P BUILDERS
PRESENT BIDS
Total Number. of DeStroyerS
Which Corporations Offer to
Build is "a; Fifty Wanted.
no DELIVERY GUARANTEED
All offer THE Greatest Possible EcN-
pediency"; Number OF Recruits Is
Increasing but slowly.
CARL GRoAT.)

WASHINGTON. March 24.-only
three shipbuilders have responded to
the navy departments call for bids for
the construction OF destroyers. The
total number the corporations offered
tn build was twenty four. As the navy
department wants fifty stroyers inn
mediately the bids were a disappoint-
ment Three shipbuilders offer to
build the vessels cost plus ten per
cent profit. None guaranteed deliN-
cry at "a specified time. All offered
the greatest possible expediency.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
Patriotic Meeting Planned.

PHILADELPHIA, March 24-A
tremendous movement has been
launched to hold a huge mass meet
ing in Independence Square as pa
triotic rally.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
Recruiting Is slow.

WASHINGTON. March 24--h-
though the number of recruits during
the week has increased, indications
are that the nation is not aroused to
the imminence of war. The total
strength of the navy is sixty one thou
sand. sixteen thousand more are
reeded. The heaviest enlistments are
in the east. Army recruiting Is In
creasing. The average enlistments.
including the holidays. are over two
Hundred daily. against hundred and
sixty eight average during January.
There IL no noticeable Increase due
to the international crisis.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
TO ADVERTISERS

The East oregonlan has the largest bona
fide and guaranteed paid circulation OF any
paper In Oregon, east OF Portland and By
far the largest circulation IN PeDdleton Of
any newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
Armed American Ship Aztec Sunk by Sub:
Eleven Members of Crew Reported Lost
BRITISH CAPTURE
Thirteen TOWNS
Allies Tighten Iron Rim g
Around St. Quentin, Push
ing Germans Back.
(By the international News service.)

CBy the international News service.)
London, April 2--Thirteen more
French villages were wrested from the
Germans by Gen. Haig's troops as the
British continued today their steam-rol-
Ter assault on the "Hindenburg line"
Meanwhile the French fought on In CO.
operation with their allies for the invest
ment of St Quentin, driving the Germans
before them in the valley Of the Ailletto
River, repulsing their counter attacks in
the Champagne and springing a success
full surprise attack upon them in Alsace.
Throughout the zone of activity in
Northern France something like 200 Ger
man prisoners were taken yesterday, in
dicating heavy losses in dead and wound
ed. Six field guns abandoned point to
the same conclusion.
Along a front of about ten miles the
British captured, according to the official
report, a system of trenches forming
part of the German advanced line be-
tween Arras and the Bapaume-Cambrai
road. Inflicting severe losses on their
stubborn adversaries, the British storm
ed and captured the villages of Doignies,
Noreuil, Longate, Ecoust st.
Nein, and Croiselles. British artillery
fire nipped in the bud an attempted coun-
ter attack.
Deserter Reaches Trenches.
Correspondents at Gen. Haig's head
quarters are making merry over a Ger
man deserter who rolled into the Cana
dian trenches with his most priced
earthly possessions hugged in his arms
These included an extra pair of boots,
safety razor, and a box Of German ci-
gars.
He distributed the cigars among his
new "kamerades' in gratitude for the
good-natured reception they gave him,
and he raised a roar when, in reply to
the question whether he would return to
Germany after the war, he said:
"Nein, / will go to Europe"
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
Chicago Herald.

Strict accountability took on a
deeper significance when President Will
son. in a message which will rank as q
great historic event, went before Con-
gress and asked a declaration that &
Ttate of war exists between this country
and Germany.
That empire long misstook patience for
weakness and forbearance for an in
Unite capacity for suffering insult and
injury on the part of the United States
II must now realize that the oft-re-
peated and oft-fOuted warning that this
country could be expected to omit the
word or act needed to maintain its
honor and its rights were something
more than diplomatic phrases.
In demanding a declaration of a state
Of war, President Wilson was asking
Congress to create no new situation. He
was demanding that it recognize one
that already exists-exists by the acts
Of Germany herself-one that no amount
Of forbearance on our part can palliate
Or disguise. He was asking that it see
the facts and take action which will pro-
tect our country from present and future
dangers
The catalogue of outrages and insults
against the United States for which Ger
many Is responsible has attained pro-
portions which patience can no longer
tolerate.
The nation and the peoples represent
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
MEN in PUBLIC EYE GIVE
ENDORSEMENT TO PRESIDENT

Representative Lever, OF South Car
pIInai
TT was a message that will stir the
world. 1t probably means a world
war We are all for it-solid behind
The President.
Representative Rogers, of the For
sIgn Affairs Committees
The message to me means that ev-
cry man, woman and child in the Unit
ed States can face the future, how
ever portentous IL may be. patriotic
ally and unitedly. 1 thoroughly be-
Have In the main points Of the mes
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
Press Comment of Leading
Papers on Wilson's Speech

atives in Congress will approve the de-
mand. There is no other course. Mo-
mentous may be the consequences-that
no one can deny. But the consequences
Of letting insult and aggression have
their way against us-of submitting to
the violation of law and humanity alike,
would be infinitely more disastrous.
"a War for Democracy"
New York World.)
President Wilson's war address to Con.
gress is more than an expression of a
nations patriotism. 1t rs an appeal to
every instinct, every impulse, every ira
dition of democracy.
We are at war with Germany through
no fault Of our own. We are at war with
Germany in spite of every effort on our
part to avoid war, We have exhausted
all our resources, but, in the words OF
the President. I'VE will not choose the
path of submission
The German government wanted wal
with the United States. The German
government has war with the United
States, and 1t is to be a 100 per cent wal
on our part. Our quarrel is not with the
German people, but with the German
government, and the President rightly
demands that this country must now
exert all its power and employ all il.
resources to bring the government of the
German empire to terms and end the
war"
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
GUNNERS ABOARD
T0RPED0ED SHIP
Twelve U. S. Bluejackets on
Duty When Steamer
Went Down.
EMBASSY GETS REPORT
French Officials Here Receive Dispatch
Giving Details s-Vessel Sunk Off
Coast of France.

Eleven of the crew Of the armed
American steamer Aztec, torpedoed with
out warning Off the French coast, are
missing. according to a dispatch re-
ceived at the French Embassy last night
No complete list of survivors of the
ship was contained in the dispatch.
which was garbled in transmission, and
which mentioned two missing boats,
after referring to the eleven men miss
ing.
The dispatch. as given out by the
French Embassy, read:
''The French ministry of the navy has
given the foreign office the following in
formation:
Text of Dispatch. r
THE American steamer Aztec, $500
tons, armed, bound from New York tc
Havre, has been sunk without warning,
April 1. off Ouessant. The torpedo
struck amidships destroying the wire
less apparatus. and generating great
quantities of asphyxiating gas. The first
boat broke in two while being lowered.
The second boat took off the captain
and lieutenant, William Fuller Gresham,
the naval officer in charge of the ships
guard, and fifteen men of the crew.
THE third boat took off the second
anu tiSHlttI Uiei CieNeH
are missing. The boat with the captain
was sighted by the French catys ship
Sirius and the Sirius took the survivors
aboard. Searching for the other
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said he
had no official information as to the
sinking of the Aztec. but that he would
make public the names of the gun crew
aboard as soon as a complete list of sur
vivors is received. The State Depart
ment has asked for an immediate report
on the sinking.
Lieut.. Graham in Command.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels later an
nounced that the United States naval
officer commanding the protective crew
of twelve American bluejackets aboard
the Aztec was Lieut.. William Fuller
Gresham. ~
Lieut.. Gresham was recently an officer
of the u. s. 8. Dolphin, Secretary DAN
iels' own dispatch boat He is 80 years OF
age, a native of Tennessee, and has seen
eight years Of active sea service. Until
two years ago, when he Joined the DOL
phin, he was attached to the receiving
ship at Puget Sound Navy Yard.
The protective crew of the Aztec was
constituted as follows:
Lieut.. William Fuller Gresham, in
charge.
James A. Blevins. boatswain's mate
CONTINUED PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
PAC|F|STS FAIL
IN FIGHT ON War
Disorder and Near Riot Mark
Closing Scenes of Attack
ON Capital.

Pacihsm's drive against the nations
Capital, launthed in a final, desperate
effort to avert war with Germany. broke
under its owl weight yesterday.
overburdentd with Socialism and taint-
ed with o-dermanism, the peace move.
ment that sotght to keep America out of
the war crun4p piled five successive times as
1t threw its hosts against Congress in ''si-
lent" protest.
The day was marked with rancor and
turmoil. Peace advocate turned peace
fanatic. The shattering blow that eIimi-
mated the peace movement as vital
factor in American affairs came shortly
! after o'clock last night, when a great
throng at Convention Hall was told by its
leaders that war seemed inevitable.
The final chapter in the effort of the
Emergency Peace Federation to stay the
nation in its plunge toward conflict,
staged in the great hall at Fifth and X
streets northwest was everything from
farce to tragedy. Birth-control and
anarchism shared honors with peace at
any price, while one of the strangest
motley assemblages, ever gathered to-
gethered in Washington turned its
thought toward Socialism and the
brotherhood of manswhen it was seen
that Americas leaders were about to
laration of war.
Realize Cause Is Lost
Every event of a stormy day had cli-
NAKED in the meeting at Convention
Hall. where were gathered together Jew
and GENTLE, the high and the low. con-
servative and radical-all tense with the
excitement that thrilled the country as
dark fell upon the land.
Pacitism. however, was a lost cause be-
fore ever the gavel sounded. Young men.
with hate of capital written in their
faces, turned the house of peace into a
den of propa ganda. There were pamph-
lets on this and pamphlets on that, drop
ped steadily and persistently in the laps
of the audience. First, it was an Emma
Goldman lecture announcement on birth
control or anarchism-probab1y both.
Then came men shouting for pennies
the price of a socialist paper they carried.
Last and nearly least came pamphlets
on. Alternatives to War'-dry reading at
best, which were perused with bored.
stolid faces by gentlemen whose counte-
| nance suggested Unter den Linden on a
Sunday afternoon.
Briefly summed up, pacifism did itself
/ to death. Washington, acting for Amer
lea, refused to assimilate its subtle
| flavor of Marks and Won Mach. There
| were some plain, old-fashioned Americans
at the meeting, but they followed meekly
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
Washington Man Aboard :
Torpedoed Vessel Aztec

A Washington man was aboard the ILL
which was sunk without warning off the
coast of France, according to announce
ment made late last night by the Navy
Department. ..
He was John L. Eopolucci, of 649 l
street southeast, relative Of Annie N
Eopolucci. of the same address. He was
a boatswain's mate. FIRST class. and was
member Of the American protective
crew placed aboard the steamer by the
Navy Department when she sailed
Whether Mr.. Eopolucci is among the
lost is not yet known at the Navy De-
partment. rs : - ~
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03

sage and shall use every effort to aid
In passing its recommendations
promptly through Congress"
Representative TilIson, of Connecti-
cut.
Il approve the stand taken by the
President and shall stand by him"
tuckys
1T was lofty and epochaI speech,
measuring up fully to a great and tragic
occasion l agree with the Presidents
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03

expected to pyramid when formal declara-
ton Of a state Of war declared to exist
Last night it, was, stated that the
home guard, which las been erganis-
ing throughout the country and in
cludes those who are not active
enough or are too old to join the reg
ular army or the guard. will be sworn
in at once.
Rush Naval Program.
An order Communicating the ship
yards of the country and rushing
through the naval program is expected
at once.
kilograms poured into the Capitol
last night and literally showed under
the Presidents desk at the White
House. There was every conceivable
offer of support and hundreds of thou
sands of letters and kilograms are on
their way to the members of the House
and Senate.
For the next two or three weeks
Congress is expected to be occupied
entirely with preparation for war. pro-
viding money to carry 1t on, and pro-
viding the means for raising this
money. Everything else will be side
tracked. The nation must be pre-
pared at once-everything else can
wait. That is the slogan in the gov
ernment departments and at the Cap
itoL
The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
PRESIDENTS WORDS CHEERED.

For the Congress- and the who mmed foot of
space the House galleries. ceered and appuded this Cheers
greeted the Presidents of the long line of German Of Amer
ican rights and his declaration that the which followed such
methods we have a friend"
I'VE this where clearly forced to and because
there other defending rights he asserted and Congress
and the galleries once voiced their approval
The lawmakers of the and determined silence
the President laid down of legislation VII be enacted
enable the United States take place the of Germany
eAe