La Grande evening observer., August 27, 1917, Image 3

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GERMAN SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF GRAFTING.
(By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Annies, July 30. (By mail) A veri
table scandal in the German army is revealed in official
documents taken from recently captured prisoners, show
ing that the occasional munition crises and shortages from
which Germany is known to suffer are in part due to the
munitions wasted and stolen and demonstrating the' seri
ousness of the metal shortage which Germany is at all
times facing.
In order that not a single ounce of metal be wasted
premiums were offered by the Minister of War to the
soldiers for returning all used cartridges, shells, and bits
of metal with which every battlefield is covered.
The premiums offered were so attractive that the. sold
iers hit upon the idea of taking the shells, cartridges, and
munitions served them, mutilating or otherwise destroy
ing them and then returning the broken bits as so much
metal picked up in the trenches and on the battlefields.
Full details of the graft and scandal are contained in
an official circular of the German Minister of War, which
reads as follows: "It has come to the knowledge of the
Ministry of War that on many occasions the military au
thorities charged with the supplying of munitions have not
delivered integrally to the respective units the quantities
received at the shipping depot, but have had recourse to
various expedients in order to assure for themselves the
premium offered for the salvage of munitions.
"(a) Cases of cartridges have been broken open, the
ridges returned as having been found and burnea uy u
troops.
"(b) The bands about certain projectiles, that were
perfectly usable, have been torn off, the fuses unscrewed,
the shell thrown away, and the copper bands and fuses re
turned as having been found by the troops.
"(c) Other projectiles thoroughly intact have been
thrown away in order to permit accomplices to find them
and return them for. the recompense given for the salvage
of munitions." - ;
"Copies of this circular furnished to troops at the front
must be destroyed immediately after being read."
Because this last paragraph was not obeyed a number of
these circulars have come into the hands of the French
military authorities from prisoner.
MOVIES ON ALL BRITISH BATTLEFIELDS.
London, July .10. (By mail) (United Press) The
latest films, and good ones at that, instead of the flickery;
eye-straining kind, will be shown to the British sailors in
their long, arduous wait for the German fleet to come out
and fight. Liverpool citizens established a fund which
they placed at the disposal of Admiral Beatty for any pur
pose he might name and the Admiral wrote back: '
"I can serve this intention in no better way than by indi
cating the work of the newly-formed Fleet Cinema Com
mittee, organizing moving-picture entertainments on each
ship. The benefit to the men will be real and lasting and
T know of no better means by which their minds can be
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temporarily withdrawn from' the monotony of their sur
roundings and thereby become refreshed and reinvigorated
to renew their work.
with such remarks as. ''Come on, you
Yankees; let's see what you can do
now that you have joined us."
"Guess we'll put up a fine fight,"
was the humorous retort, (but tho
pitching: . of Stanley, combined with
general all-round good work on the
bases, resulted in the United Statss
side not scoring, with the result that
Canada was two up after the first
SpOlttS , The Soldier Girl de Luxe
DEFEAT II. S- HE
By H. C. HAMILTON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, Aug. 2711 seems that
the United States' has lost the champ
ionship of Canada to Europe. News
papers arriving from London tell all
about it. (It must have been quite a
social function, as the account pub
lished in the Sunday Dispatch, given
below will prove. But the society
reporter who wrote it overlooked one
of the principal entertainers Arlie
Lathan, no loss. Think of it, telling
all about Princess - Louifee and not
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innings.
As time went on Canada increased
their advantage, and at half-time hod
the game well in head. '
When 'time" was called, leaving the
Canadians victors, the scene of enthus
iasm was indescribable. Wounded
men threw their crutches in the air
and caught hats thrown by their com
rades. But the American are truo
"aports" and took their licking lika
"sports". .'
"The game is to worry the 'pitcher'
and he is worried either by the public
or the players so does enthusiasm
prevail," said a Canadian. "We artf
out to win every time. The champ
ion bat of the State lives at Detroit,
and draws more, money every year
than the President of the United
States. But all the same, he is a
real good chap, and all our fellows
appreciate him as much as they do
our own champion."
APPLE WILL TAKE PROM
INENT PLACE ON MENU
New York, Aug. 27. (Special)
Among the objects of food regulation
ana control, tne apple is destined to
take a conspicuous place. Nearly 1,
000 members of the International Ap
ple Shippers' Association, represent
ing all parts of the United States and
Canada, gathered last week at the Ho
tel Astor for the twenty-third annual
convention and massed their forces.
for a 'big drive to add to the popular
ity of the American apple. Besides .
conducting an educational campaign- to
increase the domestic consumption of
the "King of Fruits", as the apple was
designated by its . enthusiastic dis
tributers, the convention formulated a
plan for close co-operation of the ap
ple men with Mr. Hoover in his work
as government food administrator.
Information placed before the con
vention was to tne eiiect tnat tnere
was no likelihood that England would
lift the embargo on importation of ap
ples placed on this fruit last February,
this action .shutting off the American
growers' best foreign market. No
very serious results, it was predicted
would follow the government's action
in restricting exports to Scandinavia.
' the Netherlands and Switzerland un
der the export license plan, as only
about 5 per cent of the domestic ap
ple crop went to those countries in
the fiscal year 1917.
THE movie star Norma Talmndge
is evidently registering her de
light lu the nally uniform she is
wearing, for where is the feminine soul
who doesn't revel in dressing the purt?
Here is a costume severe enough to
answer all demands made upon It by
the sterner duties or a new life we are
entering upon, and yet a cosUinio with
much real beauty to appeal to the eye.
It Is developed lu a khukl-kool, In
what is known ns I lie U. S. A. khaki
color, the exact shade of the uniforms
of the regulars, and gives ns good
service us material intended for the
trenches, while being more attractive
and certainly more feminine.
There Is a skirt wide enough for
comfort and narrow enough for style.
Tlie closely buttoned, well pocketed
soldier jacket takes on the lines of the
cape in the buck, but only when the
fancy dictates, for It Is so cleverly ad
Justed nt the neck In the hack that the
cape appendage may bo added or for
gotten. The cap is a frunk concession
to feminine vanity, for, although inude
of the khakl-kool, it Is built on lines
tending to be becoming rather than
military. ANNA MAY.
Cove Man Wins Commission
Cove, Ore., Aug. 27 (Special)
Miles Belden, mining engineer, a grad
uate of Cove High School and Oregon
Agricultural College, upon receiving
his commission in the regular Army
of First Lieutenant, made a visit to
relatives and friends in Covo. He
returned to duty Tuesday.
Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Silk and son of
Las Vegas, Nevada, who have been
visiting at the R. D. Zweifef home in
Elgin for same time, went on to Port
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mentioning Arlie! He is one of the
United States team herewith des
cribed: Twelve to three, that was the score
in favor of Canada when "time" was
called in tho great baseball game at
Ford's yesterday between Canada and
the United States.
Among the mnny well-known people
present thoro were Pn'ncess Louise
(Dutchess of Argyll.) Mrs. Waldorf
Astor, and Lord Hawke.
Tho "demonstration of tho favorite
outdoor sport of North America was
a high-grade one, and in every depart
ment on this occasion the Canadians
! (who are all active members of the
Dominion Army Contingent) "topped
i the bill". The "Yank3" began well,
but when the pressure came they got
"rattled," and the ball was hurled in
every direction except the right one.
One of the most sensational "stunts"
of the d;'y and thoro were many
was a one-hand catch by "Shorty"
Humphreys, of tho American team
To "Shf-t""-1i 1 oredit of
making the longest hit. Stanley, the
Canadian "pitcher," was the star on
tho Dominion V" "'f h's curves
nd "in-shoots" boii" remarkable.
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