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VOLUME XVL
LA GRANDE, OREGON. ' MONDAY, JULY 23, 1917.
NUMBER 33t.
RUSSIAN JFQRGES IN
GERMAN ADVANCE UNHINDERED
!i4 v ,wy
RETREAT
ON EASTERN
FRONT
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CROWN PRINCE
Herculean Assaults On The French
In Vicinity Of Chemin Des Dames
Result In Heavy Losses Germans
Evidently Planned Victory On West
ern Front To Influence Reichstag
Another Verdun Resulted
ATTACKS. MADE, FRENCH DRIVE ENEMY BACK
- BY HENRY WOOD
"' '. (United Press Correspondent)
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS, July 23. Germany
found the Chemin Des Dames another Verdun.
After five days of continuous and herculean assaults,
ihe Crown Prince's troops have nothing but losses un
equalled since the attack on Vesux, April, nineteen six
teen. There is every indication that the enemy staged the as
sault of Craonne, Californie, Casemates, Ilurtebise, Cerny
and Bray with the idea that the Crown Prince would be
able to telegraph the Reichstag news of a great victory
on the western front. -
German militarists figured the victory report would
strengthen .their power with the German parliament and
cause immediately the passage of the war credit bill. ;
The Germans launched exceptionally violent attacks
around Craonne Jast night. ; The enemy penetrated the
"first line tren'chesj:!.,:iA.,,i,..i:n.i .!-, -.A' .t-;,.LS-..- ',
.French counter attacks later drove them out except a
-small portion on the plateau.
Caandians Charge and Penetrate The German Lines.
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS
(United Press Correspondent)
British Headquarters, July 3 Wearing gas masks, and
moving like specters, the Canadians' penetrated the Ger
man lines to a depth of hive hundred yards on a seven hun
dred yard front east of Avion.
It was the most spectacular local attack of its kind witii
which the British forces have been keeping the Bodies
nervous the past few weeks. '
TO
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CONTROL BILL
Washington, July 23. (United
Press) The congressional conferees
beean their final" drive to draft the
pected to continue at least a week,
Saturday being the earliest day set
by optimistic congressmen for the
disposition, of the measure.
The Smort quor commandeering
resolution, the food - administration
boardr, the Senate's' amendment ap
pointing v joint congressional com
mittee to check over the food ad
ministrators and other war boards:
work are expected to cause much dis
cussion. The Senate refused to reconsider
the measure this morning when Tram
mel, of Florida, attempted to reopen
for consideration the two-dollar wheat
-price.
NO MORE DRAFTED
MEN WILL BE ENLISTED
Washington! July 23. (United
Press) Adjutant General McCain hr.s
ordered recruiting officers to refuse
to enlist any drafted men in any
branch of the service until after they
are summoned for physical examina
tion.' Telegraphic orders lnvo hew
sent every l-ccrul'ilr:;: cf-Irar ::i
United States. ,
The Weather.
Portland. July 23. (United Press)
The U. S. weather forecast: "Fair."
1CHW0I
HE FOOD
MEETS REVERSES
RUSSIAN
EVACUATE A
London, July 23. (United Press)
Russians evacuated a Galician strong
hold without a struggle, it is author
itatively reported.
University of Oiegon Armory.
Eugene, Ore., July 23. (United
Press) The University of Oregon
armory, now under construction, will
be comlpeted before August 10. The
building will cost $4394. It will have
a floor space 84 by 117 feet, and is
being built of wood on a concrete
foundation. The building will include
an office room for the commandant
and the drill hall proper will be con
structed like other modern buildings
of its kind with dirt floor and free
of posts or other obstacles.
The entire cost of the armory is be
ing met by the university, but it is ex
pected that rifles and other equipment
will be furnished by the war depart
ment. Application for such equipment
has already been sent to Washington,
hut no reply has been received.
Military instruction will be given at
the university school in the fall by an
olftcer detailed by the war department.
I Animals Arrive at Camp.
' Tacoma, Wash., July 23. (Special)
' The first carload of 15000 animals
I to be used at the Army cantonment
I when the 46,000 men are in training
arrived last night from Fort Keogh
not far from Miles City, Mont. The
I shipment had been on the road 12
(days.
STRONGHOLD
"SPEED 'EfflUP"
T
DUSTIN FARNHAM OP PORT
LAND IS THE 1917
' SPEED KING
TRACEY HOLLISTER OF LA:
GRANDE IS THE AUTO STAR
Farnham Captures the Far Western
Grand Prize of $250 for the Fifty
Mile Event in 39 Minutes and 17
Seconds and Also the Twenty-Five
Mile Northwest Championship
Event and $200 Purse in 19 Minutes
45 4-5 Seconds Tracey Hollister
Wins the Twenty-Five Mile Auto
Race and $250 Purse Driving a
Mitchell.
The 1917 Speed 'Em Up is now his
tory. Dustin Farnham of Portland is the
1917 speed king. Hef captured' on
Saturday the Far Western grand
prize of $250 and cn Sunday ' the
Northwest Championship. On Sat
urday he made the fifty-mile event in
39 minutes 17 seconds and on Sunday
the twenty-f ivo mile event in 19 min
utes and 45 and 2-5 seconds.
Tracey Hollister, who distinguished
himself last year on the motorcycle,
this year was the star on the auto.
He captured the six mile auto race
Saturday driving a Mitchell, and also
took the six mile auto race Sunday
and the $250 purse in the twenty-five
mile auto race Sunday, driving a
Mitchell. Red Williams of La
Grande-driving a Maxwell took the
twolve mile auto race Saturday.
Big crowds attended the races, both
days. Every arrangement was made
for tho comfort of visitors. They were
transported. to the grounds in speedy
cars. When they got there ample
space was provided in a covered
grandstand. The track was oiled to
prevent dust. Ample space provided
for the parking of autos. Announc
ers and score boards kept them in
formed as to the progress of the races.
And how those boys lid ride. The
motorcyclists went around the one
and a half mile track like greased
lightening. The riders were skilled
and there were no accidents.
The results of Saturday's races were
as follows:
Saturday' Results.
First Race Six miles for motor
cycles. Purse $25.00. .
First $l!) Dustiri Farnham.
iSecond $10 Herbert Epenstien.
Third Harry Cogburn.
Suspended.
Time 4 min. 22 sec.
Second Race Six miles for autos
(less than 300 cu. in). Purse $50.
First $25 Tracey Hollister, of La
Grande, driving a Mitchell (B. C.
Hamilton, owner).
Second S15 H. L. Campbell, of
Walla Walla, driving a Velio.
Third $10 John Quinlan, of Island
City, driving a Packard.
Third Race Trial track record for
motorcycles.
First Albert Williams (Harlcy) of
Boise. 1 min. 5 3-5 sec.
Second Dustin Farnham (Indian)
of Portland. Time 1 min. 5 4-5 sec.
Third E1. Barrieth (Indian) of
Portland. 1 .min. 6 see.
Fourth Race for "motorcycle? -
Purse $50.
First A'bert Williams (Harley) of
l! !re.
Second Dustin Farnham. (Indian)
of Portland.
Third Dewey Swart (Harley) of
Walla Walla.
Time 9 min. 2 4-5 sec. .
Fifth Race Twelve miles for autos
(less than 220 cu. m. displacement)
Purse $100.
First $50 'Red Williams, of La
Grnnde driving a Maxwell.
Second $25 John McGuire, of La
Grande, driving a Ford.
Sixth Race Far Western Grand
Prize for motorcycles 50 miles. Purse
$450.
First $250 Dustin Farnham (In
dian) of Portland. Time 39 min 17
sec.
Second A. Williams (Harley) of
Boise.
Third Dewey Swarta (Harley) of
(Continued on Page 8.)
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THREE INJURED
n WHEGK AT
FREIGHT TRAIN RUNS INTO PAS.
SENGER NO. 17 WAITING
AT SWITCH
BREAKMEN MCALLISTER
AND FIREMAN G00CH HURT
East Bound Freight Had Brakes On
And Was Being Stopped But Over
run Switch No Passengers on 17
Injured Man Stealing a Ride Is
Badly Bruised Wrecker Called Out
and Track Cleared.
THE INJURED.
Brakeman W. D. McAllister; head
injured and right eye badly bruised.
fireman James G. Gooch, right-leg
injured.
George Martin, of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, right leg badly bruised.
At 6:25 a. m. this morning extra
freight train No. 2117 east bound, col
lided with passenger train No. 17 just
east of the west switch at Hindman,
where No. 17 had been waiting. The1
east bound freight had the brakes on
and was endeavoring to stop in order
to take the switch, but overran the
switch and ram into the waiting train.
The freight and equipment was
dumaged $2000 but tho passenger
equipment was not much damagod.
The freight eastbound was in
charge of Conductor O'Brien and En-
cineer J. K. Charlton, and consisted
of thirty loaded ami ten empty coal
cars. Five of the freight cars were
derailed and the engine badly dam
aged.
Brakeman W. D. McAllister on the
extra received injuries on his head and
his rierht eye was badly bruised. 1' ire-
man James G. Gooch of the freight
crew had his right leg injured. George
Martin, a trespasser on No. 17 had
his right leg badly bruised. The in
jured men were moved to Haker. .
No other passengers were uijureu.
No. 17 had orders to wait at Hind-
man, which is east of Bnkcr. The
freight did not stop in time and hit
No. 17 just .back of the switch.
The wrecker left La uramio at
7:45 a. m. No. 4 was delayed at
Baker. The track was clear this af
ternoon at 3:30.
Exemption Board Will
Meet At La Grande
Portland, Ore., Juiy 23. (Special)
Men intending to claim exemption
or discharge from tho draft by reason
of their employment in certain neces
sary industries, including agriculture,
must bear in mind (hat sucn claims
cannot bo made to the local county
exemption boards.
These local boards are strictly for
bidden, under the War Department
regulations, from considering or even
receiving such claims.
Instead, claims for exemption or
discharge on industrial grounds must
be presented to one of the district
boards in the state. In Uregon mere
are three district boards, one at Port
land, one at Eugene and one at La
Grande.
Moreover, these claims cannot be
presented to the district board until
after tho man drafted has been called
before the local exemption board, has
passed his physical examination and
has been certified by the local board as
one who has been called for service
and not exempted or discharged.
It is very important to remember
this procedure, if you plan to ask for
discharge on industrial gruonds. To
sum up:
Remember, first, you cannot make
such claim until you have been actual
ly called up for draft.
. And second, you- cannot make it
then until the local hoard has finished
H HDMAH
with you, has certified you and post
ed your name as called for service and
not exempted or discharged.
Third, and very important, you
must then file your claim, not with the
local board, but with the district
board of tho district in which you are
situated. You must file this claim,
(Continued on Page 8.)
GRAVE CRISIS IN
RUSSIAN
Disaffection Prevails In The Army,
Open Mu tiny Exists Among The
Troops, Pacifist Element Opposes
The Government, Premier Kerensky
Hurries To The Front.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES
London, July 23. (United
crisis is being reached.
Disailection in the army
troops are permitting tho enemy .to advance unhindered.
At home the pacirist elements are conspiring to oppose
the government.
Premier Jverensky has left
Petrograd dispatches. He is alive to the imperative ne
cessity of making the mutinous soldiers reform.
Ibe government has issued
people for unity, declaring the
(ierman troops are established m the suburbs of Tar-
nop-il.
All the ground of General
has been lost.
A steady retreat of -Russian mutineers in other parts
of the Galician front threatens the long established Rus
sian positions. ,
The Kaiser left Berlin for the eastern front to stimulate
the troops.
Berlin announced .the retreat of the Russians along a
front of thirty miles. - ,v ,Jtr - .
Rioters Are Lynched In Streets of Petrograd.
Petrograd, July 23. (United Press) Three occupants
o,f an automobile a (soldier,
.niched m the streets, after
of officers and soldiers.
A score -were wounded by
orof'sky, commanding the Baltic fleet, was arrested on a
charge of communicating a secret government telegram to
the committee of sailors.
Russian Soldiers Mutinous Many Are Deserting.
Petrograd, July 23. (United Press) Russia's army
on the southwest front is in a state of complete disorgani-'.
zation with mutinous soldiers, threatening those who op
pose, tnem, ana long lines of deserters are straggling .to
the rear. The fighters are gone.
By a vote of two hundred and two to thirty-seven, the
Soldiers' and Workmen's Council granted unlimited pow
er to the Provisional government .to reestablish organiza
tion and discipline in the army and take steps against
revolution and ana"my.
Hood River Pioneer Injured.
Hood River, Or., July 23. (Spe
cial ) W. J. Baker, Hood River pio
neer, was . brought here from his '
Summer camp on the headwaters of
the West Fork of Hood River, sufTer- ;
i'ng from a broken rib. His son and ;
another man were with him. i
War Hurts Samoa. j
Victoria, B. C., July 21. (United j
Press) Even the far-off Sumoan '
islands, isolated from the rest of the
world by great stretches of water, 1
suffer from the war. j
This was word brought here today
by Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. Nelson, merch
ants on Snmoon island. The war and
lack of ships has completely disar
ranged the ordinary trade channels.
Products of the islands, chiefly copra
and cocoanut, formerly were sent to
Sydney, New South Wnles, but lately
much of the product has been coming
to the United States.
Nelson will endeavor to develop the
American' trade and will visit San
Francisco to take up the matter with
exporters and importers.
New Zealand's War Cost High.
Wellington, New Zealand, July 23.'
(Special) New Zealand's war ex
penditure to tho end of March was
$110,375,000, of which $22,500,000 had
been paid to the imperial I government ; Press) State Department has ad
for the maintenance of Dominion sei that American tourists are free
troops in the field and for transports-j to enter Canacla witl:out passports.
AFFAIRS
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
Press) Russia's gravest
and open mutiny among the
for the front, according to
a powerful appeal to the
fateful hour has struck. ,
Ivornuoff 's offensive gained
,-
s(ailor and civilian weru
firing three shots into a group
the shots. Admiral Verd-
BIG EXPLOSION
SETS NEW YORK
DOCK ON FIRE
New York, July 23 (United Press)
A terrific explosion occurred under
pier number sixty-four and partly
wrecked the dock and set it on fire
this afternoon. Several men are re
ported injured.
Work at American Lake.
American Lake, Wash., July 23.
(United Press) United States army
engineers stationed here today are
busy improving the camp grounds.
They have built a bridge, using no
, tools other than axes and no material
I except rough boards end wooden pegs,
Sfrom the shore to one of tho islands
in rtinericun xjiiku. iney now are Dusy
on other improvements.
Tourists May Enter Canada.
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