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1 IETO&ntefe DAILY EVflin'C flffllO'l WEATHER FORECAST. DAILY EVENING EDITION Number cupllea printed of yeatcrdajr'a Dolly Edition, 2,750 ThSa paper U a me inner or and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Tonight and Tuesday fair and war mer; continued warm Tuesday. ' COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9508 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1918. VOL. 80 GERMAN LOSS IN PICARDY 100,000 HIGH GROUND BERK ROYE CHAULNES, ROYE, LASSIGNY, NOYON E IS CAPTURED VITAL POINTS IiONDOX, Aug. 12. (icrtnan casu alties ou tlio l'lcardy front are nimb ly estimated at over lOo.ultoo. BOCHE GENERALS ARE CHARGED WITH NEGLECT OF DUTY Three Relieved of Command near Monte Didier; Sol diers Court Martialed. AM8TKKUAM. Aug. 12. Three Oerman generals commanding- near Monte Didier have been relieved of their commands said Helglnn dis patches today. They are churned with neglecting their duty. Many sol diers are court martialed charged with high treason. The kaiser Is now at Brussels. First Phase of Fight Puts Amiens 17 Miles From Huns, Paris Railway 16. 41 GERMAN DIVISIONS IDENTIFIED IN BATTLE Tanks' Arrival Silence Ene my Fire; Work of Of ficers Brilliant. Stephens Salient Six Joins Local Automobile Market C. and F. Motor Co. Be comes Representative of Popular Car. The C.' St F. Motor Company has secured through Charles H. Perry. leclal representative of Ahrena A AhrenH. of. Pnokane, distributors for t'regon. Washington, northern Idaho iind Montana, the the Mtephcna lilx Car for Umatilla county. Mr. Clauasenlua, jiresident if the C & F. Motor Company, states that after circfully surveying the car field, with a view to securing a high Jtrade six cylinder car to fill the de mand made by discriminating users of (Continued on page 8.) MAKES BRILLIANT EIGHT DAY RECORD Helps Break Foe Attack, Then Annihilates Crack Troops. (WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS) WITH THE PRITISH ARMIES, Auk. 1 -. Whatever the future may bring, the first phase of fighting Is ended. The Germans at the nearest point are 17 miles from Amiens and 16 miles from the Paris-Amiens rail road, Prisoners from divisions which Just arrived, declare they were or dered to hold at till cost. Captured German officers admit considerable confusion behind the lines. Amer icans with the Hr'itlsh are before Pray. South of Pray the Australian are progressing slowly despite the stiffest resistance. The Canadians ad vanced two and a half miles beyond Chatilness cutting the Chaulnes-ltoye railway. I'nleHS Von' Ler Marwitz's army makes a stand the situation may become critical. Therefore it is sur prising thut the Germans are muss Iiik beyond iry, a mile and a half south of the Homme. I lUgl. (.round Falls. It Is difficult to cross the Homme south of Pray save by built up roads and bridges because the river and the parallel Inn; canal flow throuch broad salt marsh which Is dangerous because of allied artillery and air planes. I witnessed the taking of the laHt high ground before Itoye by the English and French. The hill Is Sua feet above the sea. Across its crest runs the Amlens-Jtuye road. German positions are defended by concrete ''pickle boxes" and machine gun nests local agency fori b Ho Ut r used Uur observation posts. My capturing ineae positions tho allies could control the Uoye en trance and exits. The attack began at, 9:3(1 with half an hour barrage from the Pritlsh heavies. Tho Ger mans replying similarly. The ene my's counter battery work showed he had brought up reserve artillery, but as an officer at my aide remarked. it Is nothing to write home about." Tho French "ioV- began and a light French patrol advanced toward the hill. This frightened the Puch.cs who began burruglng, apparently expect- 1 ing another cavalry charge. Tanks 'came from behind us charging the .woods In plain sight. The tunks 'weren't hit, although all crossed the highway, (lur machine guns Kept pouring bullets Into the wood, the Germans retaliating blindly lreneh Alliance Brilliant. Tha French began advancing up the fhill crossing the road near the wood. I Her?, to steady his men, a French of I fleer walked eooly up and down the road In plain view against white dust : waving them on. Meanwhile the British were approaching Oamery I wood. The tanks were now so close lifted, falling in the wood. . Then a vast mass of If Cities Fall, Germans Last Stand Before Somme Line is Lost; Guns Rapid. WEDGE BETWEEN MAY ROUT OUT OCCUPANTS WESTEDCE ANGLCm . V"ASIIINiTt.". Aug. 12 March njil: "The Italnliow division had It's mmlmi irulnliiir lii ihn f.orr.ilne RPP. lor. i left ihul i.osltl.m for east of. up that Ihe barrage has Ithi.ln.M where on Jlllv 1.1 It helped 1,1 the wood.. In-eMk the Ccrnuin attugk. When the Cermans ran from Ihe north end of Franco-American counter-offensive ; the wood towards the copse east was launched on Ihe Marne sullent the; ward, tlunners never had a finer Ualnhow upepured there. relieving target. All the enemy maehlne guii other unlls. ining stopped. This fighting is tyiilral "In eiKht days of liatlle the Italn- of all rearguard actions nlogug the lowers forced the passage of i hire. ; whole front from Albert to Monte took prisoners from six enemy . dlvi- Didier. sions. met. routed and decimated a track Prussian guards division, a lui j , 41 HIvMnns In lane. varlan division and another rruxsinn Hupprccht Is using fresh reserves Hoard division, uml drove Ihe enemy : swiftly. Since last Thursday lit fjt Imck 16 milometers." fl.KMKNCKAl' KTlNlH-:i OITMKIk. (John IH- (.aioll) PAIUS, Aug. 12. Premier 'lncii- ma return! d from tho front olrthnlsflc. divisions have been identified making a total of 41 divisions used since the WITH start. Prisoners say six of these dl J visions were hurried from the Vesie front. It Is Indicated the t.erman. will make their bisRest effort within most ;the next 4s hours to halt the allies on ithe present line. CHINESE PHEASANTS MA Y BE KILLED BY SPECIAL PERMIT Chinese pheasants may be Killed by I mils may le obtained at any place Hc-curlng permit from the Hint war-where licenses are sold or through den. Permits will be Issued wherev- District Wirden George Tonkin." er licenses are sold and will Ikj ef fev-! iiiio Warden YMia IViidU'toti. tivw during tha first seven ilavs of ; Stato Game Warden Cart I. Shoe Heptemler.. Limit, five male birds Ii maker was In Pendleton Saturday and seven days. -made some statements reKardliig the Mr. shoemaker, ufler a thorough j open seasons for panic that will be Investigation y the Chines pheasant of much interest to th KMrtsmen. The question In this county makes the fal- following m-hedulo is given ami spec lowing statement: I la! attention Is called to the openlnK "On account of the great damage date of the deer season in this district, done to crops and gardens by the .which Is No. 2. Attorney General Enemy Areas Choked ; Bridge Smashing, Re pairing Alternates. PAItltf, Aug. 12- ('baubies, Itoye. LaHslgny, Noyon, these are l he vital points In the general line on which the Germans are desperatly trying to recover the balance to step the on sweeping allies. Ludendnrff is throw Ing In reserves front the ent Ire re gion, but It cannot' be known whethei he has decided to make a real stand on this line or to cover retreat Ing Kims and munitions. Chaulnes and I-ussfgny will probably fall first of the four. Meanwhile Ludendorff is trying to reorganize the divisions hurled back. The allies are now thrusting wedg- ei between these four bulwarks In an i effort to make the cities untenable Present I J no In Iantr. If Chaulnes and Laswigny fall, .the others will probably be captured shortly. Then the Germans will have no line this side of th Somme for a stand- The extraordinary ra pidity with which the French ore bringing up big guns is shown by the heavies frequently firing from posi tions where bayonet fighting was In progress 24 hours before. It rid get Smashed. Between Hani and Pcronne where German new divisions are arriving the allies are Hombing and smashing bridges while the Germans are fran tically trying to repair them. Some bridge are put out of commission and repaired several times daily. Av iators report the enemy back areas to be choked with retreating trans ports and troop columns. PRISONER AIDS IN RED CROSS GARB, FIRES ON BOCHE ENEMY-MORALE SUFFERS, PRESS ADMITS' BLOW i Several. Critics Become Si lent; Withdrawal Laid to Unfaorable Weather. PEOPLE SUGGEST A GENERAL RETREAT OF BRAY IN IERICA NHA ND, mi AND NOYON VIOLENTLY FIRED, PRACTICALLY UNTEMABL GERMANS HEAVILY RESISTING, BUT ; ALLIES PROGRESS ASTRIDE SOMME AND ON 18 MILE AVRE-OISE FRONT IColonge Zeitung Says, "Hits-nnc PIIIAI ITICO Hard In View of Prison- QUu uAUAUIlLU ers, uuns. PARIS, Aug. 12, (John De Gandt) -j. -French artillery is violently shelling AMSTKKI'AM. Aug. li. German morale ha suffered severely from re cent defeat Several critltics are now silent. The people are plonmily suggesting that the army may re treat all along the line- Some evening iiewspapers admitted that Haig had seriously checked the Germans, but explained the with drawal was (Hie to unfavorable weather, a heay& mist giving the al lies an initial d vantage. The Cologne T Volks Zeltur.g said "there is no us hiding the check re ceived south ofthe Somme. It hits us hard in view of the prisoners and guns lost.'' The Cologne Gazette pays, "The reason for the regrettable occurence , is not given. A dense mist enabled J enemy tank squadrons to surprise us j and break eurfront lines.' ' SSIJED TODAY WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. Secre tary Baker today announced 305 cas-ualties. 'both Roye and Noyon, rendering both towns practically uninhabitable. Progress continues in the Lassigny re Igion. The French are within two miles of Lassigny, hav- . . . . i .-i l l 1 1 1 !iL ing penetrated tne wooa wnicn extenas nonnwara wnu in a mile o'f Lassingy. t S Fitrh finer Cnine- Well. "o m"'o a - LENINE AND TROSKY DECLARED TO HAVE FLED FROM MOSCOW CARNIVAL BENEFIT FOR UMATILLA CUUNTY GUARDS NEXT WEEK THREE VESSELS ARE j .SMONE VICTIMS! PARIS. Aug. 12. Dispatches de clare lnine and Trotsky fled today from Moscow- to Kronstadt. 20 miles west of Petrograd. It is a heavily armed fortress. . Xot NeevsHarlly Significant. WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. I-ansing this afternoon said that the Lienine TrotFKy flight' If true does not neces- I warily mean the Bolshevik! govern- NflVV DprnrtniPnt RpllPVP ' n,ent'8 collapse, because the local IXdVy Uipdi LlliexiL Xeiieve& , Soviets are not closely boun to their Cyclops Shifted Own j leader. LONDON, Aug. 12. The French at four this after noon are pushing eastward from Gury southwest "of Lassigny trying to turn the enemy positions on thc heights to the southeast. Fighting is going well. There is heaw firfitiner all alonsr vance agent for the shows is In town,-, MK, ; U for the opening In - -" unc, capxnauj xxi ; Chaulnes and Koye sectors Next week, starting Monday, will be carnival week in Pendleton. Th Bernard! Great Exposition Co-, is the attraction and It will hold forth on tho vacant block on eat Alta atreet owned by the city. H. L- Burton, ad WITH THE AMERICANS ON THIS VE.S1,E. Aug. 12. A German prison er routed, from behind a wall, don dr a Ked Cross k rasarl today and helped carry in the American wound ed. German snipers shot at him. lb; was mad and grab lied a captured ma- c nine gun uml fired where hea knew the snipers were lurking, dropping twe tioclies from a tree. Cargo, Sank. WASHINGTON, Aug. J 2. Tho de struction of three more vessel by Mubuiarines off the Atlantic coast is i officially announced today by the na vy departjiient- Included a re the Hrltish steamship I "en 1st one. tornpe ; doed Auust 11. uu milts off Nan , tucket ; an unnamed schooner ind Swedish steamship. Ijtnieis said the department does not believe Ihe Cy clops was captured off the Virginia coast. The theory Is the shifted her cargo and sank. nrGK iit iioss rxm gkhmaxs. Jt)NrOX, Aug. 12. The air min istry today claimed the destruction of NO ;critian Iwttlc planes and tlie probablo liss of 42 others drivcii clovu out of control. Thirty Tivc BritiMi ers did not rttiirn. A mm i mil ii in stil led Intense air fighting out the wlnde buttle area. MOHE YANKS TO ITALY. IMlMi;. Aug. 12. AsslMunt orr tary of ilio Xaiy ltmseelt tmlav uii- tyclops nouiicf-ti that more American troops i J will lo M iit to Italy. today arranging Pendleton. it. is a, lar larger caniivai i iiu.ii , , ,w . hM i,e-iv i-idtu. .01 a i.me un wnere me vjerinaiis are i.r-(1 There are 250 peuple with the ho. nor to nmtwt imnortant railroads and heights a little Like the carnival that had such a ; longer, successful week In Pendleton earlier-. in the summer this one Is being put iivnov An. 11. Tlo lirlllnli. c-oiitinuins tlirtr advance; are within four inileH of le, ralturins Arman-c-ourt and Tilk-loy. says an uCCii-lai dia kauli " tt T BIUY f lPTl Rll).'- ' AdditkMBiI iiroicmM luw bprn madit atrkio tlio Sunime wlien the tinea witc jiiiwd caiit of Jtlcriraurt and Ktt iiliam. New tvMintcr attatM in tlte (niliT and nmilli of Uhonx wore re imlM'd. It Ih learned authoritatively that tlte America n and llriltth liava taken the western raise of flrmr. and L'O cars are required ta move the outfit. on by the local conipajiies of the!. I'matilla county Knard. The pro ceeds derived by the guards wiil be used in buying unlfo'rnis for the new members. FIRST U. S. FIELD ARMY A REALITY ' TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! w 1 i.j fjpnpral Pprshintr Assumes i "lllCT "01,,,m,st Uliert nd t,,e Utlltldl 1 eifeiuiifc, rt&um-i hmwrtant ilnt on the fionime Personal Command in Battlefield. Mm", -... 4 v Chinese pheasants In I matill.1 county the Fish and (lame Commission will follow the law In such caws provided and will lirant permits to kill a lim ited numlier of mule birds during a limited time only. Per ni lis will be ltued only to persona holding a hunting license ex cept in the ease of farmers who de sire to shoot on tnelr own ploperty. These permits will be good only for seven das. Iiealnnlng Sept. 1 at sun rise and will expire at sunset on Kept. 1. The bag limit will be five male birds in the acven days. Ir- Brown has upheld t he l;iw which sets this d.-ite and the state warden ha Instructed the local district warden to see that It Is ricliilv enforced, (asm Season.. All IMitct liH'liitdvc. Ieer with horns. spt. 1 to Oct. at. Bug limit. 'I tleer In season. Grouse atid native pheasants. Auk 15 to Oct. Jl. Ital limit. r of any such birds In one tiny or lu in an seven consecutive days. Ihicka. greso. and other migratory water fowl. Sept. 16 to llec 31. Hag limit. 3 birds In any seven consecu tive days. u' Aft VA 'V .j. f e-V ! -fcai' I r '-7 I WITIf KIIAXCK. call field army lleneral I'ershlng in !KD FEH(irlX.! THE AMKIilCAXS IX Aug. 12 The first Amerl- is lu.w a reality with personal field Dtiimaml In adtliticn to his duties as cm ma nder-in-chief. GOVERNOR WILL NOT CLOSE DEER SEASON; i OPENS SEPTEMBER 1 liiiverimr Withycombe will the open sea-on f -r deer which begins in St-ptember. the infi-rmution conlainetl ii mt close hunting This is a letter wet of lVroniMS Tlie tmuim are 1 retMirtcd heavily vountcr-ttJMfclnc iM-fore Koye. hut the l-Ye-iich liave ! I,"l-helle. three mlle- west of I tore. ; KKKNcii tiAix nrrrrwiEX avuk ' AND OISK. The l-eiii-h have advanced furtlier on nit is mile front between tlte Am and tlie tWse while tlie tUluatlon be tween lloe and the Smime Im Ma binned by liK-rea-wing vneuay resJat ! ance. The Itrltlsh took IJbons agnin. TIe t reort! tliat 4 ha ill lies and Jtoe.axe ' captured are a yet imvirect. I m ItATTI.K Sl.lVS 1MVV. " ! (WILXrlAM PHIIX1H SIMMS) ! WITH THE BKIT1SH. Aug. 12. The battle has gradually slowed down in the past ?4 hours. Ludendorff s re serves, massed before the key posi tions, unsuccessfully counter attacked. The allTee are maintaining their gains everywhere. received George Tonkin, deputy same warden, from State Warden Carl 1 . Shoemaker. The letter says: "Ve h.'ie the assurance thai the seaon ill remain oien s i rovided by tlte laws of the Mute during the en tire open wasoii, unless lu'er the fiuests should become drv en -ui;h ci eate a fire haxurd. This is nut likely to occur however- At rrsi:i (.knkkai, i;f; oi r:.s A FARMER ALLIED VICTORY BIG BUT FAR FROM END l.oMX.X. Aug- 1. Gettv Hubert Gonch. commander of the British fifth army, which broke and fled l-for tha Iff mans in their flrwt ud vance In I'lcardy March 2 , has taken up farm ing. He 1m awaiting an official inquiry ou hi action. BULLETINS r & 1 KI U KEEN l.ovnoN. Auk. "Stiady. dmi t gbiat yet I-Iod George's adxice also Kood for America. It is grunted this is the greatest allied victory of the war. The enemy Is nut strategized outgeneraled, outsold lered. out flown and out tanked with a force which the lierman press admits i only stightlv superior nimeruall . The enemy temporarily disorvunizt-d and de moralized. Hut the German militur machine is still potent, und capable of indefinite resistance on the defensive, it may een resume the uffeneive. t'AKD .V.STI M 4 HIVHS IT'iTKllx. I'OltTI M. Aug. 12. I'immI Ad iitliiiMrrfior er I.mImv aiiiMHiiM-vd lit- e-tjtHi.lniKul r iIm trew.n I ilea bt card Mem h alexia mnl lo 1'iroiit otHuinv; of siixar. It will tanii n-iK-aier. St K I A I . I VTS 4 o I A I X J N T KI I CHIC AliO. Aug. 2. Kitty MM-tal fct st-iTi-tarlew at a niufm'WT toda t-iied a priH-tHntution bluett v iti deiunlnx allied lnierembu lu ltn--TIN'S Mild Imix-r'atlM or tlie al I iil gtkf-uttMitlH coivlr(l with Khm j-la' obi n-ttlfitc to crui Ik- s-k IUiuNb-an-" AItM 'ATI-:? VI lOtTKIC II- io sIM.TOX. Auk. 12 reliiriMtl IihIui adotaiiug efc-etrl-rtatttn of all AnMrb-aH rnU m Hie -lieN-a ti-MUM'oetal' Htwrr He tatd the lutLkoi K shM fit for thr w mr'n n im iM4al demand. 2C MiMSK iNut TH IT MHi. W MIIXaTIIX. Auk. I 2. Th I h Hear wat and ntt-atM iammiure tt dav .tiled U Im -hI. twrkdaea and oilier fountain pndiMta iwa ernis Ut ea4-h l Tnt ur fnMtlo thereof.