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DAILY EVEliliiG EBiTIO.'l Kuinber coplles printed of rcatcrdaj'l Daily Edition. - . . . I ' 2,759 This paper I member of and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. WEATHKK FORE CAST. Tonight ' and Wed nesday fair. coOnter MWiim Pliiffiv all ci lost isll - COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER f , XXjpa3 . - ; M ' ' 1 - 1 - - -' '- - - - - y " " " ' - - - ' VOL. SO DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918. . , J FA ; . NO. 9446 . DAY FURIOUS FIGHTING CONTINUES HEAVY GAS ATTACK AMERICANS 500 Shells in Lorraine Sector Discharged Simultaneous Jy by Electricity. RESULT UNKNOWN; MEN PORE-WORNED PEASANTS ARE FIRING CROPS UKRANIA ALONG AISNE AND FLANDERS Uprising Throughout Coun try Reported; Forests and Machinery Destroyed. NO TIME FOR SIDE SHOWS GERMAN ARTILLERY TURNED ON TOWN Three U. S. Flyers Adminis ster Spectacular Defeat to Four Huns. . ' (PRANK J, TAYLOR.) WITH THB AMERICANS IN LOR RAINB, May IS. The Clermnnn made a heavy Kan attack In the Lnrrale nee- tor yesterday, loosing; 500 large phos gene aas shells, each containing; three Kallona of liquid phosgene. The shells were all discharged simultaneously by electricity. The attacks result Is un known. The projectiles used were re cently brought to this sector and are1 believed to be part of an outfit used against Toul on May 8. American of ficers had warned their troops to ex pect the attack. " WITH THB AMERICANS IN' LOR RAINB. May 2. Three American aviators defeated four German air men In a spectacular battle over the lines, destroying one enemy and driv ing the others back. Tho fight ruged 15 minutes, the machines constantly maneuvering brilliantly. Just before the Hermans fled the wings of one Oerman were entirely shot away. The body dropped like a plummet. - HUN DYING A SLOW DEATH IS Inhabitants of Mirgored Use Artillery and Defeat Enemy. MOSCOW, May 28. Peasants are reported to bo uprising throughout Ukralnla, burning crops, forests and machinery. Oerman artillery shelled towns In Duren, Kremtchung. Epriatlne and Mirgored. The' latter's inhabitants defeated the Germans, using artillery and machine guns. RAILROAD MEN NOT SATISFIED WITH RAISE Pendleton Boy Writes En couraging News From Camp in France. "I wish I was back on the farm. With a milk pall under my arm. Or Just to follow the plow and forget about chow. To eat some pie and chickens and let reveille go to the dickens.' "o mimes Wayne Kchrock. eon of Mr. and Mrs. M. X Hrhrnck, who Is over In France with company A. 182- nd Infantry getting ready for a crack at the Huns. An interesting letter Just received from the young man fol lows: "Dear Dad and Mother: Am feel ing fine and have gained a little in weight. We can't kick at what we have had to do so fur or about our food and quarters. We have the Y. M. C. A. to go to and that's about all Most of the people wear wooden shoea France is behind the V. 8- In a great ninny ways but of course the war has made It worse. "We are at a training camp and will soon be out at the front raising hell. Some of the stunts we get at the training camp would make a pet son wonder how a person could think of such tricks. That's the main thing now. play a trick on the Hun and trap him. A well trained Yankee can't be beat. I have seen quite a few Huns and every Frits Is a fairly good sired white-headed awkward slow fellow. That's why they can't use a bayonet. They lack the pep and spirit of an allied soldier. The To mm let and French soldier have the spirit and pep but we can beat them. The Hun Is becoming a poorer marksman with his cannon every day of the war. While the French are wonders with their artillery, so are we. It takes brains and mathematics to shoot 'em. Frltsy shoots so many guns he is bound to be lucky with one of them, but he Is dying a slow death and I going to crack on of these days. "Am going to send a package home tomorrow. It contains some silk souvenirs for mother and Gladys. The ring I sent to Dal didn't cost much out Is the- kind so many of us wear. (The ring Is made of aluminum from a Oerman Eeppllln. with the Imprint of an American enttbi in hronicl. "Bo far ther has not been a real test for us but when It does come, I am ready. I have a good stomach and two lungs that can't' be beat. I'll run any man In the company n race for an long distance as he wlnhrs. I am taking good care of myself. 1 am thinking of home and my folks and wife, but right now my duty In over here and don't worry If I don't gel t write often, I may be too busy later on- With lots of love, your son, WAVN'E. . SEW PR FT AFTKIt JI'SK 5. WASinV'iTOV, May 3H It Is Irarnrd fliat fro wrier ittam a largo draft linnM-tllatrly following the Juue fith registration. Claim It Means Little or No Increase Over Present t r ' wages. While late newspaper stories, con cerning the rls given railroad men look good on the face, It is said that local employes are very much dis satisfied, declaring that tho Increase, will umount to little or nothing. Tills Is because all Increases now ordered will be determined according to a per- centage scale based on pay received in Ieeember, 1915, and any increases which have been allowed within that time will be deducted. In many cases, rises in pay In, the last two and one half years are &hut equal to the In creases now approved, and conse quently, these employes will, get little or no more. Hirwcver, one of. the principal duties of the new watte board is to correct j lust such situations and it Is hoped a better arrangement will be made. The new board's creation was suggested by j the railroad wage commission. In no cases are wages to be reduced. j There will probably be a number of j employes to get bona fide Increases. I and for many of these there will be ! back pay since January 1. There are over 2H0 men affected here and at Rlcth. i T" "WE ARB NOT TO BE DIVERTED." PRESIDENTWJXSON. LIGHTNING STRIKES L PLANT KAISER USES CONVICTS NOW AS SOLDIERS WILMINGTON. May 28 Lightning WASHINGTON. May 2. A an In ; dlcatlon of the effort being made b I Germany to meet the. strain on het man-power, convict battalions are be ing formed, according to a dispatch received by the State Department to day, quoting a neutral. newspaper. Other drastic, measures. Including struck a nltro-glycerlne mill at the the strlnnins- or munition factories Repanno chemical plant. Three tons' men and the substitution of women, of nltro-glycerlne exploded, tnormg j children and prisoners, and the mov a hugef rater In the ground. The mill i ing of troops from the garrison along was not in operation and .mine wera ! the Dutch frontier and from the Injured. Feveral buildings were de- I Rumanian front to the west have been stroyed. The loss was 175.000. Inaugurated. JOT ASHES CAUSE OF FIRE AT HEPPNER Government Will Pay Tax on WTieat Held For Account March 1 ENEMY REPULSED NORTH AISNE LINE DRAWS !EI BACK UNI IN R MENTS REACH L FRONT Taxes will be collected by thi county on wheat held in warehouse for the government on March 1 and if Flames in Business District WltT h" u.h Causes Loss of $25,000. l W. W. GREEN, OF ECHO NAMED' AS COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, YOUNG GOING TO PORTLAND W. W. Q re en, superintendent of the schools at Kcho, maa been named tut county superintendent to succeed Superintendent 1. K Toting who froea to I-nrtland to engage in the realty busineiis. Mr. Green Is now at the county superintendent's office but his appointment does not fa Into effect until Saturday. Mr. Young will leav for V(rt-wnt o s to enter upon his duties there June 15:. lie will hav an offlc In the Northwestern Fank KtiMdlntr. Mr. Oreen, new superintendent. Is a school mun of much experience. He Is 3 years old. He was elucated In the public schools of Indiana, tuklnK two years of collcKlHte work at Hun- ver. Jle afterwards gradumted from th University of Oklahoma and on , coming to Oregon took post grndu ate work at tho University of Oregon j He taught for eight years in Wash- InKton and has been teaching for six years in Umatilla county, three year I as superintendent at Kcho and three j yearsi at Tum-a-lum. Mr. (ireen It a married man but they have no chll idren. j in resigning as county uperhi j tendent. Mr. Young quits the teach ) ing profession after a career iif 2B years In that work. His friends gen erally retrret his rent cniit Ion and In tended departure. Mft Oreen wa recommendi'd us successor and the appointment was made by the county STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED IN AUSTRO-H NGARIAN HEPPXER, Or.. May 2S. Damage amounting to approximately was caused here yesterday . afternoon by fire which started from a box of hoi ashes In the rear of the Opera house building. Dick Johns, of Monument, who recently en waged in the garage busi ness Id this city, was badly burned about tjie face and head and Is in a serious condition- It. G SfRS'ace. who conducted a photograph stutii.i in (lit second floor of the opera house and Oscar Otto music store proprietor, vere in the studio when the I ire started and wore cut off from the -tt air way. They were rescued from the high window with difficulty. They sustained slight burns and were al most overcome by heat and smoke. A wind storm prevailed during the tire and had ihe wind not changed trom the nonhwest into the east the i entire town probably would have been wiped out. Losses, as nenrly as cun be estimat ed, follow: opera Hmi, $5u; Ml-: nor &' Company t warehouse. JlTttMt; City Hall, library and hose house. $2r00; M. & -V. building, restaurant; and lodging, $K0m; Clyde Weirs, pnvi rage an d wa re h o 1 1 se, $ 1 " oo ; Fra n k Roberts, nkating rink, used as ware house. W. T. Mc Hubert. s l-'i't; Henry Sec h wart, lain iuid icehouse. $."00; I.ut her Huston, residence, $2.- ' 8 a a j Mrs. Maratt. residence. $2'b"'i; i Claude t'l JUps. residence. f l."iii; ' !Shell Haldwin. residence, $LiuO. j The property, was only rt hilly I insured. Frank Uoltns, w ho form j erly owned the skating rink btjildintt. ; ' sd dit lat Saturday and the deen 'was read to be lellered this even ting. He had no im-urance. i iount will be returned. i Mr. strain, assessor, Is sending out j notices to farmers having wheat .asking them to report as to who hold 'the wheat March 1. . In the letter he reprints a letter he sent to M. H. 1 Houser. making Inquiry as to who 'shall iay the taxes and gives also j Mr. Houser's reply. in his answet Mr. Houser says he instructed the firms holding wheat for the govern ment account to pay tho taxes, tak ing receipts showing the money to have been paid on government ac count. This was done in Washington io prevent delays some assessors vere causing In the shipment of whea ton which taxes had not been ;aid. FHJIITKF-V KIT I PS Ut'XCHFI AYASlUMaTOX, May 2K. Kirtcvn stcW ships and three wooden with a total of J OH. TOO tons wore launched for tho week ending May 2." says the shilling hoard. The May total Is SO stcvl ui:d 25 wooden sliiiwt. (William Phillip Simras) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, May 28. British and French troops are counter attacking southwest of Ypresr. The fighting is still underway. When this was cabled the Franco-British forces had already retaken practically all of the ground won by the enemy yesterday. There is stupenduou? gas shelling. Ihe Germans are delivering a perfect storm of these shells, thus creating pockets of heavy vapor which require only occasional methodical "feeding." They have smothered considerable area by this method, but a proof of its failure was given when the French retook practically all the territory lost yesterday, when the Germans wedged past Dickenbusch lake through two woods. The counter attack captured both woods with a ridge which the Germans overran. A group of German machine gunners on this ridge refused to surrender, fighting devil ishly all day long until the French sormed them toward a j a A evening, lieavy gassing occurs also in me Amiens region and along the Aisne height where there is heavy fighting. . LONDON, May 28. The Germans are still pressing ; their offensive today on both the Aisne ,andk Flanders fronts. ": ' : " ' , After forcing their way across the -Aisne at . various points on a 14 mile sector between Vailly and Berry-au- Hac last night, the enemy was attacking furiously along the entire Aisne front this morning. - The French war office declared the Franco-British are greatly outnumbered on the Aisne front, but reserves are arriving behind the Aisne plateau. - . On the Flanders front the fighting is centering east of Dickenbusch lake where the French repulsed the Germans yesterday. -.r - Haig said: "The enemy exerted continuous pressure against the British on the Aisne front throughout -yesterday. Severe fighting is still continuing. On the right the twenty first division, maintaining contact with, the French held its battle position all day long. On the center and left, the eighth, fifteenth and twenty fifth divisions, in determined resistance, maintained the second hne until a late hour." The French war office said: "The Germans, aided by the arrival of new forces, have crossed the Aisne between Vailly and Berry-au-Bac. The Franco-British are facing very superior numbers but are drawing back progres sively." Correspondent WTood reported that American troops which have occupied the Chemin-des-Dames sector recent ly are replaced by British. He said the offensive has not developed sufficiently to determine whether the attack btween Soissons and Rheims is the principal attack or a covering operation for a real attack farther north. WASHINGTON, May 28. h-",rr".r c- im- Allied reserves arriving at against a i-ibv mr,i orrf-nat the Soissons front were n,,t ,ho -,n9 l 1101 "uMtom ti n. T till 11 UilA 1111111, UlltlOil officials are informed. (V. .1. T. MASON.) NKW YORK. May "R. lly liuf til' AlMie along tlHb AmthcrH 60 LIONS AND TIGERS WITH BARNES SHOW THIS SEASON PROVINCES I i: u mum ki:i. ; PVKIS. May S. Ai.oilter ul(iop i od Nlr raid hpt l';iri was nppsrent- ' ly blocked ty gMid rtoroiko I.iio la-t ' nit: lit. 1 he nbirnt was snundtxl at HOMK. May K. TIm sltitatlon in declare- Austrian diswlHien. Thry re, : .v - ll rirar" was MMimled an Hoheniia ami otln-r Slavonic iMirtlons orl a state of alrgv declanxl tn sx-ver- In.ur lat-r. No airHanes ikw! ocr AuMrO'Hungarr la gating wvrc; al provUicca. , iho city. , of AI O- Hnrnes' big four ring wild animal circus arrived In Pcndlettn tday In 4 cars.. It is probably the greatest aggre . gallon of wild animal talent kn-wn to the circus world. . There are lions and tigers with the H:rnes show; worrs of top:Lrds and pa tit hers, elephants and camels, a I brained to takr part In nets of ti efr nwh. Tho parade this morning was ni re than a mile long. The trainer-, most ly women, some of them mere girls, i ri'de In the ru.'K with their beast. ' " The afternoon prfrnmnee of the e'rcu- wan rejdete with thrills. There were 6 j aets. erles on Serb of s n-t-atlnnHt surpri-es- An atstapting feature of the show van the work of a woman animal trainer. Miss Venus Fashion who en ters a den of 30 Hons and placed , her head In one of their mouths. ' Another was the work of Miss Ma hj Stark with n group of royal ben gal tikier. She wrestled one of them ti r.arnii -d. Mi-s Martha Florin-, who was lad Iv torn by hr leopards in Oklahoma last )r is wtrKing ihe .same group this y-ar. Parties has secured the services of Ms Ver.i Ksrle. former star of the I tost u otKra mjany. known in thr circus world as the prima donna of the white tops. Col. Frederick Cummins of Califor . nio, last of the government's famous Indian scouts and frontier fighters, is with the show this year. The wild animal acts are Ft aired In a steel barred arena, in the center of 'the circus blar top. Another performance will be given tonight. The doors to xhe big top nUl on at 7 o'clock to permit th public of Fendleton to visit tha big menageries of the circus. t safety could rciinauisb long territory Kirrtcltes n this t-xtor lu excrinjro Tor heavy (Jcrmau cwsualtte. Thar allkx can in-tter afford to kwe thli , crtmnd than the (-Tniaiw can Iomb llieir niriT. Mvcl!e lost his mst as chief cum niandcr lHre altlHHigli .his ofrc-nsivq gained uii.ro grotuul than the ier- ; nui ns Itavc won. Ttio reason was tho Front h thought Mxellc mll too hhdi ly In casualties nr his gxtnA. TIm French rmoed tlM-Ir hef for what : Hliidenhunr ex-Mt.H to Miy In Iron cms.. i Tito fact that Hiiulcobnrg at tack In great forcr tlorn not rstab ll-h for a certainty that a noajor orJ : b n-Ue with full weight tuts heen InuiietHtl In I lie AJ-avo drive. He may bo tryltur to eniieo h!i Into motlitag tle riowcr fiff the allkxl ircr9 Into the AWne wet or Uww siuhlcnly rUilfs by utu4 kiiijt; Hie Amiens, lluibruek, anil pre sci-torsa MITH TIIK flKITISH AltAIIKX, May 2H. The allies wtKuUte moro tliuti l tNi diisiorM of frrdi or com imratltHy frth rrrxm am rrady. TIh fact that Hie orr-n-4ve 14 re-ium ert at three uttlcly MW4terrl potnt Is re-jm r.Jl igniifh'aiu. ThruMs alon the Aisne and the hilU mtathweit nt i pre- made some n-rrM, but tha attack In the Maine iMdk-v reiffi were stopiwHl wliltont truubte, "The Monte IHdlcr attarh" aM-ar (Continued on page