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DAILY EVEIil'i'G EDITIOfl Mutator copllea printed of yeterdart Dally Edition. 2,805 XW paper is a momocr ot ana audited br tba Audit Bureau of ClroulaUona, DAILY EVEIIi'.'S EDITION WEATHErt FOttKCAST. Increasing- cloudiness tonight fid Wednesday, ARMIES AT GRIP 111 50TlFSTiCT ) tL rlS rrlSEMi-vvEKLy 1V ns: p tU'V cr sj e...,- , .-,,; - -..m -s-. rf tw "-- .r-- rrrrrrrrrsrs?rrrTr i i COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' - -t T . COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER t VOL. 80 , . - ' . DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY- .918. '' . NO. 9498 - GERMANY'SBACK DOOR IN DANGER OF TURK'S FUSS Reports of Breaking of Re lations Between Countries Not Yet Confirmed. LIKELY TURKEY FIRST WOULD SEEK ALLIES Dispatches Show That Greed ' for Territory Peeves Germany. WA8HIXCJTO.V, July 30. lteporis declaring Turkey has broken with Germany, although not confirmed, In create the evidence that Germany's back door Is In a bad condition. Official dispatches show that Tur key la greedy for territory which la poevlng Germany. It In believed Tur key would try to strike a bargain with tha allies before breaking with (3 or many. The stute department cautioned that MT is not wise to place too much credence on the reported break. They recalled many reports of Turkish dis satisfaction with German domination. XJkely some of the Turkish governing group Is anti-German, but It is doubt ful whether this predominates. DEPRESSION SEIZES GERMAN POPULACE ROMK, July SO. A Hern dispatch ays the went front disaster has cann ed a, Ocrnmn dejireaalon similar to the past r tuns' depression following the Pi tt ve disaster. PARIS, July 30 The Uernwn re treat, becoming known In Berlin yes terday, caused extraordinary nervous ness anions the population, says a Zurich dispatch. Newspaper declared the ground lost was not Important. AUSTRALIANS WIN IN ' SURPRISE ATTACK (WIIXIAM I'HILL.IP HIM MS) I1UITIKH FRONT, July Sit. The Australians ruptured Herrls by u sur- .. 1. St. I . M..r.l..t TU ,. l irj u r - r nun iuui uinn. t ne. j tUiCKiy surrnunueu ine viuuKe, ciear Ins; the Roches out after a few minute. fir l n i nnftlinn nmtf imi . MM ..t mtMiv. 1 iCAR3 u S 1 . ARABIAN DESERT (CALi O Wlt.tS Above are shown the three battle- fronts In Aslutle Turkey v and Persia which. It was thought, would be con-! sotldatcd by a Turkish offensive In ; the autumn. Reports of the breaking! of her reluttons with Germany leave aj policy. Ileluw Is the scene of the bombing of the-American consulate and hospital at Tabrla, I'ersia, respou siblllty for which Turkey Is now anx ious to meet with "full duty." 250 U. S. WARSHIPS IN FOREIGN STATIONS! LONDON" July 2 250 American warships have permanent base. n Kufopenn waters. Assistant Sec retary of the .Navy ltoosevelt an nounced In a speech yesterday. Roose- elt paid tribute to the British for for aid In transporting Americans. First Ixird of the Admiralty. Geddens re sponded enthusiastically, reclprocat Ing for American aid. ORTA - . -ALKPfO V 13 1 V Arabian 'rl DESERT JUAB. .mw v . . l rua -fc THROW IN CRACK DIVISIONS TO BE CRUSHED BY AMERICANS; LINE SWAYS -AS VILLAGES REPEATEDLY CHANGE HANDS H9 CZEGHO-SLOIIAKSTAKE BLACK SEA CRUISERS: (Lowell Mellet) . WITH THE FRENCH AFIELD, July 30. The Germans this afternoon continue desperate resistance along the whole new line established by their retreat. It is impos- eihlo vt in tfU u,-fiAhor this in iht linp rhospn for their nPINRTniVuRnFRANPr(and or whther they are sacrificing a great number of UWIIU I UllnllUI llnllUL men merely to save vast quantities of material. The hardest fighting is around Beugneu behind which there is an elevation from which Fismes is visible 12 miles distant May Mean Union With Brit ish in Mesopotamia, Im portant'Point Neared. WASHINGTON, July 32. Szeeho-Slovak troops have penetrated to the Black Sea In southeastern Rus sia and have seized two Kussian cruis ers In the Novorostok harbor, say of ficial advices. This Is the first report of Czecho slovaks being so far south In Russia and it Is believed they are detached Czech hands feeling their w-ay south ward, attempting to reach Francs- The dispatch is believed Important he- LONDON, July 30. (Received 2 o'clock) It is learned that the French captured Romigny southwest of Ville-en-Tardenois. Elsewhere there is little change. AMERICANS CRUSH iTardenois and the Ourcq. In Ardre Valley, east of Ville-en-Tardenois, the French have advanced to Aubilly, miles southwest ",pf COUNTER BLOW (Fred Ferguson) , WITH THE AMERI CANS IN FRANCE, July 30six cause the fighters may join the nits- ine crown prince today j Kheims. sians battling the Turks In Trans- L....1.J t- t-iU p1.oc:- ItU IIIV X lUA Lit M. M. USOWll , m . ..... .,., Caucasia forming- a union wUh Brit- ftihers In Mesopotamia, Advices mate that gun on guards, one of Germany's j PARIS. July ao.- MILirt. VX&UtUvK of untt crulers were turned on the Bolshevik ,""'' '"'''' '"isual violence was reMimrd today on garrison at Novorostok. Another dls- rugged American farmers at ;U whole (Sotssons-ltiieUns front ae rate!! stated that an armed steamer in Cpt.ffV ;n afiamnt in rhfrlc corain's batUcfront disAtpim. olca river was seized by the Czechs. . . " , j A communique merely aaya "Thcro The fall of Vlarka. an Important meil advance, DUl ine xlTlcr- ts nothing new to report north of Uta point on the Siberian rail- Spans thl'PW thpm hark !Marne. . ,. ... lieved imminent before the , , , . , I ItciioHs tiulKte the Germans are Cmsnea ana DrOKCn acrOSS Htre.nit at some points on Urn the Ourcu. The farmers v'eera i'ie sai4-ot hiio aiiiea REVENUE PROVISION hold Sergy and ground be-;:. -TAXtio AMliIl.MEi rS iVOnd. ' "-- itnmU..rutAmnUmmm wliMrcv I' The full Junction i way Ih hei ; advancing g Czechs. DUES, MABE TOBACCO i .Ck-rgcs and the rYrweij at Ucsnnix. WASHINGTON-, July LONDON, July 30. It is jnntivG it a vnxri?T learnea mat me uermans FOE CASUALTIES DECLARED 28.000 ,.I.OMM)X, July 30. CorrcJiMHid ents In tlMi Itliplms-KoiHNontt salient do Ham tlici iermans have lost Stt.tMMI lirisoners ami SAO.OOO' other casualties In mint oSTtlons. REPORT MADE ON NEW BATTLE LINE EIGHTEEN CARLOADS NORTHWEST SOLDIERS OF POWDER EXPLODE IN ! ARE NAMED ON LIST JAPAN SHIP LOADING! OE NEW CASUALTIES SO.T-Tht house ways and means committee de cided on a double tax on admission to have launched a heaVV COUI1- nmusemonts and on club dues in a i-ii, il ,.U1 0; new revenue bill. The committee si- ter attack On the Whole S01S- so favored treblinp the rate on cigar. SOnS-Oui'CCj front. tobacco and cigarettes, believing half ! rni AmpnVnn5 UWP rJn'v !a billion should come from this source. I Ane ,1;. Were ariV- ufacturers and dealers from exces- ! nufVipocf nf FVrP-PTl-Tjl rrlp. i siveiy boosting the price on the plea .souweast oi rere-en-1 arae- of new taxes will be considered. jnOlS and the french With er 1 - j v! drew from Begneu. i New Demand Made ; The French have advanc-1 t or Air Ministry in !erj to the crest of the Dlateau WOUNDED YANKS WITH THE AMERICANS AFIELD. July 30. In a village taken and re taken several times, and finally re maining in American hands, cur boys -found several comrades who had been bayonetted and killed by Huns as tiler lay wounded and helpless. - ' L ha rge oi Program between the Ourcq rivers Kerensky Declared Already in America CHICAGO. July 30 Private mea- CHINA MAY NOW RECEIVE LOANS WASHIN'OTOX. July 30. The utate department hu announced an agreement with American Bankers whereby china will receive loans. The battle line yesterday afternoon wan reported from Jthelms to Houllly. westward thrnuKh Kouthern outskirts of Chambrecy to the southern out8kirt!j of VHLB-en-Turdemtlft, southwestword j to HH1 2ft northeant of nllsy, west-) ward to Vlllers-Agron, southwentward I to Iloncheres. northward to Clerffes. Northwestward to Rency. northward t Xesle, wantward through ft point ryrth of Fere-en-Tardenol to Olry balle. northward to a point nortfe ot Orand Rowy. westward to a point eat of Ije-IMaiwleer-Htileu and northward without change to the Alsne. f TOKTO, July 30. Eighteen car- loauit tf powder and uomoa expuxieu WASHIXOTOX, July 30. A new demand for the air ministry to man- age the aircraft program appeared to day when Senator Keed demanded the creation of a cabinet position. Other members of the senate air craft investigating committee agreed itk -i V eSie . anJ;ageH here declare Kerensky Is In Am- ;ni.thpAQf nf;erica Gunners Mate John Hagi-erty Rheims. The enemy is rushing 852,- wired the editor of a trade paper that ( Kerensky wan on his ship during; a l-boat battle- He said Kerensky was nnn. At , , .-im inrougnoui. ne was iravenns; OOQmen on this front, bring-! incognito. ing 10 divisions from Prince WASHINGTON. July SO. Casual- tlen aiuiounced today included J. II. at Shlmonoseki while they were being! Miller of Lacey. Wahingtont and C". i i loaded on a ship. Thirty are known I M. Summers of Ashland. Oregon.' to be dead and 50 Injured while j killed In action, and J. Fhares of WaJ- 1 neighboring houses were flattened. j la Walla and J- L. Hothle of Yale. J The ship was practically wrecked. A i Idaho, severely wounded ! pausing passenger train wafl badly i t damaged Five trains of passengers were killed. The cause Is unknown. wi,h Heed. The allesed failure of the j KUppreCtlt S gl0Up. I AMSTERDAM. Jul, M.'-A .-f. De Havilund airplane (praised by Oil. TU ; U V, : ri,j.i ......... . . . .:.. f iehtino- between Ville-en- "'"T"1 drMlroJrd brf"rc w 11&11t"'o ucinccil V llie-eil- ,pred our rrtlremr-nl lo pnsittnMr ! nearer tVrne-cn-Tardemils and V ille- cn-Tardtnols. liiciue In his lettt spired lleeii. last Tuesday! In- i Must of the killed were stevedores en gaged In loading the ship. liri.H CllrXTiS IIHKWIXG. WASHINGTON. July 30 Tlw food adiulnlstratJon today iHNiirl a rule lirohllHtliur tlie iiurcliaso of (train for multliur puiiNiHrH la-fore Ch-tolicr 1. It Is dcaijrucd to prevent hrewltur greater suiily than tlw country usch. "V. M. " WAR SECRETARY MA Y BE STATIONED IN THIS COUNTY T'matilla roiinty may have a T. M. C. A. secretary in the near future, ac cording to Dr. David Hill who return- ed Hundny ffrom Heaback, Washington, where he spent his vacation acquaint ing himself with T. M. C. X. ork. The association, says Dr. Hill. Inntends placing a secretary in each county for the purpose of keeping men interested In the home work neces sary for the winning of the war, such as farm work and other useful occu rations. Dr. Hill praised the training given the men who will go to France as sec retaries. He says that one ot Gen eral Pershing's men who Investigat ed V. M. C. A. work reported to Pe-r mng mSl II nf wmnru luuv mtrii ivr army duly and had to choose between llliirt who had never been connected with ths Y- M. and 00 who had. he would chote the 0Q iinu.iietlnuah!V' tne of the speakers Dr. H'U heard Jimmy Taylor, the veteran Kng llsh soldier of SJ who bus Ivii In the army since he whs 17. Ir. Illil quotes the following tribute puld to the Am erican army by Taylor. "I have seen all the armies, Belgian, French. Kng- BRITISH AND UNITED STATES RECRUITING IS BEING SETTLED TODAY The exchange of ratlftcattonH of the recru It Ing convent ions bet ween t h GAS FILLS VALLEYS; j GUNNING TERRIFIC TOO DESPERATE CRIMINALS ESCAPE FROM SALEM i PRISON KTKIKKS XKAIt CmXHiXK. I A-MSTKItHAM. July 30. Ttw rk-o jde Mrlse d-lared that macliliir-gwm j Miureed strikes In Kalk near 0l i otrne- Te lenders srrr arretel aud mIIit dlspt-i-d l lie crowds. (UHVKLI, MF.I.LET.I WITH TUli FRENCH AFIELD. July 28. The Hermans are frantical ly flKhtlng to retard the Franco-Am-j erlcans on the ourcq. Itepeated at-: tack on SerR.v last night and this morning caused the village to change: hands four times remaining !n French possession. North of Sergy a Merman ' guard attarki'd the Americans who J firmly held the line. Inflicting enor-; SALEM. July 30 Dennett Thump-'clue on the time of escape nor the di- I son and Fred Thurlier. most desperate rectton. All peace officers within criminals, escaped today from prison. Thompson mutilated and murdered Mrs. Jennincs of Washington county. j Alltl'I.ANK FLA UK PF.KFKCTKn I WASHINGTON. July SO. General ,A Illinois, chief of ordnance lodnjr in. iMHincrd I lie p-rrrrln of an alrtHsn. flare haviiur the nrllllam-y of loo.uott candle Hwcr. Winn hanging front m lairssHiute 2KM fee up H will llgtit m field one ami a half mile In dtanMtcr. has Air resistance' sets 11m fuse uMt-hauini brow n Fulled Slates, Great Illltaln nnndimous losses. In newly won French Canada. Is taking place In London to- : IMaaseslons north of Fere-en-Tarde-. ..... t . . nols the French captured much ma- unions ana iHnnumni oeiwern 21 and Stl years of age. hoth Inclusive, will commence on July 31st and ex pires on September 2Nth. nrltous and I Canadians of 20 years of age and thoss ial. Including big guns, l.oth ar tilleries are cnunslng in terrific duels along the southern end of the salient. The Germans are dropping huge quantities of gas into the Marne and Ardre valleys. between the ages of 31 and 44 both Inclusive will be required to register llsh but the American army surpass- nn . (lute to lie fixed bv proclamation ea them all for bravery and worth." iby the president. This date will prob- Another speaker at Sealieck was Mr. j .iv bout August 311th. and 3D: Toole, member of the New Zealand dnya after registration men of those rarllament. who told how New S5ea- ages will be liable to service in the j land has sen! is per cent of her popu- Cnlted States army. In. short alii latlon to the army. Of this percent- unions and Canadians between the! age. 16.000 are burled In France and ages of so and 44. both Inclusive. In 23.000 are cripled. If the Cnlted the Cnlted Stales will be liable for! Staes sends a number propnrtlnate to draft on and after September 2tn t l'e Sale Records Smashed that ot New Zealand. Mr. Poole stated. ! unlesn they have enlisted, nr been' T 0., XTin-il-... All l'cl-llK. IUU7C1 K' .S.S. CASH RECEIPTS PASS HALF MILLION two years n ;o Thurher. nent frtm rtuatilla county, electa red to Ih a typical "pris-m hird wa pcnccnced for roMcry. ThomiiK4n killed a taxi driver who, took hhn to the Jennincs home, then attucked the wmimn. lie told a broth- , er convict he would not serve nmre j than two years of a life sentence.! Their means and direction of escape! are unknown- Therefore iu posse ; has been organised. ; Thompson threatened to pit" th iiffirials causlnq; his liiiprisminent. It Is believed he mav ronsimiiiialp th threat. t " '". the human The body of the taxi driver wu later J Wav- prlnby found hiddt'ii in the ItcisIi by the route t France- ralside, w htle Mrs. Jt-nnlntrs' limit- ' ": many miles' radius have been asked to. watch. Thompson had served two terms for rohbery. Thompson ..r oron na.r and bmwn eyre anJ mwUn). mn It U droed frum bomb. Is of medium hulbf. Thurher has ii m..M m........ . 4i aim iikol uromn eyes. allowing tMnibtra to HtooM bwiMltjui). CORNELISON SEES THINGS IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK Itev. . ations mrn disiinrt ! M. rornelisn maktw obser. . Y..rkers to and ft work in New ork from the hich- In. .ka.i... . w. st. the V..iu..rth h..iiHi.. ... . . iani In the Rub- The endlesj. ceuM-lew, niuhl and now on the sea i! traffic simply stasen one. on His ltf'ier foi- Imitilry I found that at Oduni bus (tr- ' ( lr or uiiiNro. mn !; f..t..t nw a tMitMi iHMiy mas tonmi in her hnni. ; r- wrnnian: ; centty Thompstn had been a fr-ijueiiT visitor! r r lends in I matillu 4o. I might' for We tl'Olllil Knd V A ntlA nim nirn 1 ma.l IK- HU.tMt o r nnaa i thn t-nt. ' Thf canteen work was given spec- ctu It Ing depots of the Hrltish and Ca- W 6t?Iv5. Ial attention at tTie conference. All nadinn recrtiltlna mission leftre that' details of duties of secretaries were date. i IV ASHINiTO, Jul explained. Mhfiwlng how th 1. M- C. , trensurv depnrtu et.t tinJ) A. provides food and recreation fori IU' llTIOS At.AIV t IT tht cash receipts from the wen soldier and help" keep up th; A M VT:it l M. July o. Iimt. li- War Savings Ssipa ha morale of the army Just as the I ted dot-tare tlat (r'-nnan nosl tathmns half billion mark. Ktv Toss cares for the sick and wounden will l rliMTtf . irrsmms weekly br- the stttex have fallen in fixe unroe men In the service. 1 1 lining AwguM 2- -week. at the Jennimrs houe. W hen Thoiop- : head this as some olmervatlons son was coniineti im rne v asmnKton i tk inai nave impressed me. rouut jail afte r he had teen Ktvcn a ; The miuht not Impresw any other ob life sentence he made his boast lo an- 'server. admit that some of dher prisoner that h mould escape ( ihem are at least, 'hl"h" obscrrations. Inside of two ears un.t thul m hen he . If" nt by a ver- hih authority, for not out he mould ef Sheriff lleews they mere taken from the top of th of Washington county. Ivputy a'lenff w '! it h ttuibltnc. which Is the Hob J'hllhps if Multnomah, ai.d the hiihet In the m-.irKl. others mlt-h district attorney, te three m ho tuos j called elevated ob-eratb.ns. for .,. The a leading part in his conviction, t-ffi-ithe reason that I picked them up unnotim-ed rials of the pemtentiurv In-Iie. e hlle rUlu.it n the elevated railmay. the sale of Thompson is sufficiently desperate MilUfver, the ontv ihlmi von K- ve passed the attempt to carry out the threat. Hot.i Ur on the snbmav "y men e rMM.rds in mere employed hi th pri-un boiler, i hae ralltna it the midmirin! Ive The escape mas" so rlevertv exe nied j are the jam of human befnm,espe-1 'that officials have not the slightest ! eially hen a million or two New' made of all vehicles i-asalna ten hours', as well as at other it) points. At this point, mhfch is Just a fern blocks below our hotel, alno-st an even 4.0 ehlcles passed, or per hour. do not doubt It at all. it surpasses anythtn yet ountel In the mt.rld so t mas tld. Yet In ths f-w f all t hat I have never aeen sue hi laxity of traffic lams. have aeefi motors of ail sixes and inv plara left runriinc m ft h no one about Harm seen men turn anvwhere and hack an distance and turn anvmhrrm eteept at a eroMM street iMhsrwt-e ths traffi "cops' are mivhtr careful f pd- trlans- heard one flow a call' t Continued en pmf .)