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.1 r T An Independent Mm Newspaper. J rl I f T V Prlnd the Newi the ! Ill I Day It Happens ! Phone The Obaenrw - J the Newa and i Your Want Ada. ! Main 87 a i i ( I., t - - . ....... VOLUME xvn E HELP TO RAISE THEIR CROPS APPOINTMENT OF EMERGENCY CHOP COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDED FINANCIAL APPROPRIATION ALSO SAID TO BE NEEDED America's Entry Into War Causes ljll0r Shortage Seed Klllmlv Is Diminished ami farmers Aro Overburdened Financially. (United Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Ameri can furmors, facing the. danger of a short crop this year, and the grue some spectacle ot a national food shortage, are demanding that the Government take necessary Bteps to prevent this catastrophe. Over two million farmers, repre sented at the gathering of the Fed eral Board . of Farm Organization here today, are demanding the crea tion of a national emergency crop committee, with sufficient power . nnd financial appropriation to aid ,' them In raising this year's crops. , Representatives of seven national farm organizations comprising the Federal Board of Farm Organiza tion are planning to go before Pres ident Wilson to plead for the in stitution of a national farm pro- gram that will assure a supply of j farm labor to meet tho emergency With over two million mechanics and laborers taken from the farms since America entered the war, and facing danger of a crop shortage this year, the farmers painted a gloomy picture today declaring im mediate government action Is im perative. Not only will the food supply be Short, should the necessary aid to tho farmers be lacking, but endangered, farmers declared today.. "UuIcbs sufficient government ac tion Is, taken, tho country will face tne greatest folid ' I hoi'tage' over," they said. ''Labor has drifted to me inuustriai ee.iiu.s 10 FARM RS URGE niBiier wages, rami uiacmiieiy ; rnctH aliMp fl.om tlm statement that scarce. The seed supply Is greatly i ,ccrtaln ,nt(.rl,alionaI ar,.anKemcnts' diminished and farmers are over- j wml(, ni,p tl.allspol.t thc tI.oopR. burdened financially: :Thjs ,3 hpiivyeil to nieiin arranK0- They declared that "even if H'! lllenlg wi,, Enf!ian(1. constitution must be riyped to; pieces." the government must adopt; a policy that will prevent the dan- ail I I Apn DlPC ger of a crop shortago by distribut-j IVil O JUIIII nllCll LMcS ing monoy, labor and supplies to r-) ' in,.m! the farmer. The hands of the food BOISe OT PneUITIOnia administration and the Department of Agriculture are tied as power to aid the fanners materially has not been granted them by Cong ress. Ulnhni. n(r.na tirwl U I'H tlirPIlt- ,.,.., ,.y0 ened should there be a crop short-1 '" w age this vear, it was said. - Price j morrow morning ontrain No. 17. fixing is not favored. Thc farmer's ! Mrs. Allen was a well-known rcsi only demand is that thc government i dent of La ttranda, and her husbands allow them a sufficient profit. j family also; her parents are old time With the wheat production in residents, well known in the city and France fifty per cent normal the county. Mrs. Allen was ill with pneu- necessity of shipping more wheal I nhrnnrl fa filtlv reilll'od l)V the AlH- orican farmers, who patriotically ; wish to raise more than a normal American cr.op. Farm organizations will demand representation among various gov ernment bodies engaged in war work. O.-W. R. & N. CO. TO HAVE BIG SERVICE FLAG STABS WILL BE SEWN IN THE FLAG BY THE WIVES AND SISTERS OF MEN WHO ENLISTED The 0. W. R. & N. Co. will have a' service flag for all the employes who have enlisted in the service of their; country. It will be one of thc pret-' ticst flags in the country. The stars have already been sewn on thc flag, for those who enlisted in Portland, bv the womnn employes 1 of the General Office in Portland. j Within thc next 10 days this flag will be sent to La Grande for mothers'. wh'es and sisters of thoss who have; enlisted from tne second division iu .. e '. .. ,ha ! prepare me suiis ii suwnu m, v.. . flag. The stars and embroidery have; aircadV OCCn receivtu nnvi ' to various employes' hnmoi to be pre-. pared for placing on tne nag. ; A meeting for this purpose will be helH in some hall in the city in the near future and all mothers, wives and sisters will be invited to attend. Time and place not yet derided on but will be oublished later. i Refreshments will be served by me office employes of the railroad comp- any. In case where mothers', wives ' or sisters'' will not be abl? to attend be -mbroi''"-y and stars will be sent to them with directions lor the PMtiMs on im s n. win iiiimo (...... i&nrtMiriw ... t-.i i ft ... division, have been placed on the, Fame. I BAKER MOVING 1 T COMPLETE REORGANIZATION OK MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES GENERAL GORGAS TO ACT FOR ARMY AND NAVY Disclosures of Sickness nnd Neglect in Army Camps Prompted Action Half a Million Men Will Be in France Soon. WASHINGTON, Feb. G. A com plcte reorganization, bringing the army nnd navy medical department and public health service under the general direction of Surgeon-General Gorgas, its contemplated, Secretary Baker told the Senate military com mittee. Secretary linker favors the plan, which the surgeons-general of the army and navy endorse. It is believed startling disclosures! of sickness and neglect throughout! the army nnd national guard camps; prompted the co-ordination. The statement was brought out byr Senator Frelinghuysen's questioning. The latter charged there was wide-i spread'" apprehension over the possi-! bility of miliaria and other epidemics in the southern camps if the sunrpci'! was hot. Secretary Baker said this had been prepared for. He said thero would be half a million men in France soon, a million more during the year if ship ping were available. He said national guard battery units in the cnnf nn. lents were 411 tier ee-it WARD NEW ARmi REFORMS j supplied with artillery; the national! shlp-iarmy js getting siifficits- guns for clothed; he said he-was not sure thero were too many restrictions in army work, owing to the tremendous sums involved. . The llc.,,.jnf, dvoloped few new Mrs. .Mm Allen, formerly a Miss Edna Holm, nnd wife of John Allen, a R. K. engineer at Barber, Idaho, died in Boise last night. The remains are . monia ine ,uh wu u w-, tnar. snc was mucn imoroveti, mm ucr' death came as a groat shock to her many friends here. 1 FIRST WOMAN CJOOIC IN -NAVAL RESERVtf V aYt. y ifijf' vf Krtvf , n3lf r j Fjr r Lwa4 HELEN C.' HOERLQ jnrjc Tare seldom complain )about tbtlr meals they're pretty I I . , , ... thero are .........gg whtrh women fix that i well men Just don't. So all the cava, men ar hopn ,hat thl : i g,rl neon c Hoerl9i thc Btco,lcct am, evacuate the suffering i .nmfln nok nnrnlled in the naval nuu'nn ... wll1,ea:,V0Ckin.ar.0Unhd'Mciicnl Corp, stretcher bearers hav, -; LA GRANDE, Our MIUIE.-CWT. understand whv Me. H0OVEG. 02. ' Do Wou CAU ThaTWAshims $$111. Wourself ,MouNtf mam Never- w jjjljttw. ... jf U5IM? A BIT OF SOAP ? NOW -s-y I I f Vgl SOO COMB RIGHT DACK HERB P iA,jr fix cShowJ Voo How "jo , i X ' VASH AMD WASH PtCTHT - 1 A v Look AT That towpl.-M "V ANO PECMRE SOME'SoAPlESS PAVS ALLIES ARE SITUATION NEED NOT CAI'ttK WORRY, 8AYH OENKItAL ' MAIHICK LONDON, Feb. General Maurice doclarcs the Germans are stronger than ever before on the west front, out numerically Inrerior to tlio Franco-British forces. "The Hltua- j mm nceu iiul CHUbt; worry, sum Ceneral Maurice. He said thoj nnmhiii nt ivnnna In Vnirlanil nl- ways exceeded a million. Ho said the British casualties were over a million last year. Fallen Sammies Will SUPERIOR TO THE GERMANS be Buried in hrance:fetrli!"sr,- ,iu h. ' CAMPAIGN TO BRING BODIES HnMP WfiBRlPU tup AflMY HOME WORRIES THE ARMY """ Plan of the Purnlc Cross Is Itcirarded ,n,0r city in which he lives . Dangerous Work. By J. W. PEGLER (United Press Staff Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICAN EXPE- DITIONARY ARMY, France, Jan. 15. (By Mail.) Someone who knows should have lipped off the Purplo Cross that it can't be done. The cam- Wilson's alien eo-my iinirlnmnticwi is paign of that organization, aiming to internment for the peiiod of the'war, transport 1ack home the bodies of sol- but if a po'iev nn'irest.c'1 bv high jrov diers killed in action, is causing noth-' ernmcnt officials is pursued, there will inir bat regret in the nrmy. be a revision of the law in order to The Sammy, the backbone and sub- make th': niinishmerit more dri"stie. stance of thc army, is sorry the grue-; Before the clock striken midnight, some side nf this fierce war business' Saturday, every one of the German has been shown in such cruel detail to : aliens jn jn;K c,,untry not including his family back home. Mother and women or children unde:- the age of I I dad are worried enough anyway. years must have rrgist"rcd or will be The absolute proven futility of Hip considered a liiing -ioos oersoii end will proposition makes army people offi- be interned. The registration does not ccra and men rather impatient at the apply to Aur triims or Hungarians. i well-meant propaganda of thc Purple o I Cross. ' ANCIENT ROMANCE REVEALED . The working plan is understood to, . i be this: To provide a corps of m?nM (United Piess) physically unfit for fighting but brave CHICAGO. Feb. (! -Chief .lawlowa-' enough to face shell fire, who will col- y f,. j Ve with Lucv I'nlstaff, lect thc dead from hell-swept battle" , ibuii'hter of one of the em !i-st selt'crs fields and from No Man's Land. To the western shore of lake Mirh cnbulm the bodies and send them home VKn, married her. nd took her to live; without cost to tho individual families. j ,vjt), his tribe. The color line was. U is understood that the Purple ; ,jrawn th,.v were ostracized. A. Cross wants cither a government uh-. trilial court de: reed that tbi v should! sidy or permission to raise a fund np sca)(., Up in a tomb nnd left to die. i such as the Y. M. C. A. fund. Also: This sentence was carried out. the organization wants official urmyj Laborers razing an old stone struc-! rank for its officers. I turo on the estate of I). S. Bovnlon, in The subsidy or fund and thc rank ' Hiirhlar.d Park, recently found the for officers would come anyway if the . Plan 01 lne ' L" V"-':.,' "ad died in earn .mier s emnrnrr. ogniied. But the 3chemc looks like aj jmPS . .skinner, rtudent of Indian loser if sentiment among the pcop'c'v.rc. derlarcs t-::s was the t'.mb and most concerned in its operation V'llI i have any weight in the matter. First of aI it j, a terrible task to In the British army thci wnunr pn (Continued on Page Five.) OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918 Great American Congress Asked to Appropriate Two Billion (United,Pre.ss) WASHINGTON, Kel. fi. The hirK est urgent tleficieucy ttppropriation ever nsked of Congress is about com pleted for presentation tomorrow or Friday. It isT understood it carries about two billion dollars and provides a largo additional amount for aircraft, shipping programs and other war needs so that the work will not slacken. - ti U G F ITl cl fl S If! I HIS . mm i r " J. COU tltrV aVI USt Reff ISteT WASHINGTON, Feb. Detailed information, including personal hulrts, and business relations of every Ger man, together with his photograph and finger prints, will be taken by the De nnrtminf. nf .lustipe 111 ii mii.innii reir- j has been registered, must lie carried ; nt timcs tho IM"rs"" "f ic,'m,nnl laliens, and he may not change his, , pacc of resi(on(.c without fil.st nti. j f ving nnd obtaining the permission of. the police or postmaster of lllo towir , r.. ,1... , Earlier nlans for the irnduul regis- tration of Germans in tho United "States, with those in the Eastern sec tion to. come first, were libandoned whcn it "was hit it-'d that. s"iine Ger- nians 'might avoid registration by moving from one district to another. The present pewdty for violations of anv of the provisions of President skeletons of a nuin and u woman who (ut fi, regains of .liiwlowahoo and Lucy Falstaff. Geoice W. Hi.'(so of La Grande father of Rov W. Hedges, of the' Crawford ft ll-dges Furn'nne C of Pendleton, is visiting Mr. and ( Mrs. Hedges and family. Home AMERICA HAS UNIQUE ANTI U BOAT DEVICE (United Prons.) LONDON, Fob, 6. It Is1 author' itatlvely elated that America has adopted a unique nntl-submnrlno campaign which Is successfully sweeping the divers from th. soa. The U. S. Navy Is also utilizing guns and torpcodes. The nature of these new devices is a military ace ret. Thc use of torpedoes against submarines, however, may refer to the Hammond wireless controlled torpedo. Major Graham is Back With the Boys CO.MMA.VDDIt OF HOSPITAL L'NIT WltlTKS .1. .1. C'AHK . Hits Keen On Special Duty Since October 2:1 Spent Three Weeks nt .(be . Front Heard .Hliells Whistling lly. Saw Them Hurst FRANCE, Jan. , 1018. Mr. J. J. Curr, La Graildn, Oregon. Dear Joe: Was glad to get your letter and glad to get back to the boys again. I have been away since October 23, on some special work and had some intercstinc experiences. Spent three weeks at tho front and have seen everything from tho front line trench back In the base. I know just how It feels to hear shells go whistling by or sec them burst, just closo enough. Yon will have to let your Imaginatinu run away for awhile and imagine thc rest. Cn't describe, it without telling things, but surely Sherman didn' mean what he said, or else he was describing a Sunday school picnic. When I returned I found the boys bad been moved from our Old locution. I went, around and visited them In their ipiarters and not. one bud a word of complaint to make. They are good so'dlers. You can Imagine living In a cold, damp cli imit like they have in this coun try Is not. like living nt home by any means nnd the people at homo can't do too much for them. We sllll have a little of our fund left and I want to say that not a penny lis been spent or will be but what every one of the boys In the company benefits thereby. We keep a careful account of all money spent, and the records are carefully preserved. We bnre our difficul ties In using it, but do the best wo can under the circumstances. I would suggest, in view of that fact, when possible send what you can from the I.'. S. I have taken the iiuestlon up with the boys and each one Is to suggest to uie what Is wanted, and I will try to let you know as far as I am aide. Now Joe, scratch your bead and think of some iiuestions to ask me. I know how to say yes and no, but (Continued on Page 6.) AMERICANS ESCAPE FROM THEIR OWN FIRE HANDKl'L OK HOI.DlKIifi ABB TKAPPKD IJY II Alt It AO R FIHK FHOM AUTILLKflY EXCURSION INTO NO MAN'S LAND PROVES DANGEROUS Whllo Insectlng Damage Done By Kiiiulay's Uombnnlment They Hlg unl for Itarrago and Then Hodge Through Khells. By J. W. l'EGLKR , (United Press Correspondent.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 6. Facing death from their own artillery, a handful of Americans, trapped by an Amer ican barrage near the Boche line. dashod through a rain of shells to the Bafety of the American lines, They nearly became the victims of the occasional necessity of sacrific ing a few to save many. They formed a patrol, Investlgat- ItllF llnrlni tnvn nt ilnflmu, IkJ damage Sunday's bombardment had caused the German trench entangle ments. Whllo in No-Man's Land adjac ent to an American trench they sig nalled for a barrage, and a rain of shells started Immediately. The men resolved to make a dash for safety. In open formation, dodging and ducking they reached thoir trenchos uninjured. Loaves of Bread Advance to Ten Cents (United Press) POBTT A M.n a a n l - v..tunnii i cu. u. 'oiiiuii moves nt romA rntnilinn Cl J u J a cont as the result of the Coast food administrators establishing, an eight cent maximum nripn fni n .IvfnnM. onnra loaf to. wtailer. ,18 onta .for ki s4-ounco loai. ihe bakeries came up to the maximum nnd urn avriAitfnri ao it eisewncro on the Coast. BASTKItN OREGON SCHOOL . HEADS TO SI KKT HKKK The Superintendents and Princi pals' Association of Eastern Oregon 111 be held In the high school building at La Grande, February 9. at 0:00 o'clock a.m. The program for tho meeting follows: ; "The Oregon Plan for the Organ ization and Administration of the Smith-Hughes Act," State' Supt. J. A. Churchill, Salem: Discussion, nupi. A. u. Hampton, La Grande, Prof. O. A. McNeil, La Grande.; "What Can Bo Done to Reduce Retardation In the Gradet. ' Biipt. A. C. Strange, Baker; Discussion, Supt, H. M. James, Enterprise, Prln. A. H. Prince, La Grande. "The School Fair." Supt. Roynl Al ton, Cove; Discussion, County Superlntondont Mrs. A. K. IVan hoe, La Grnndo. Report of Delegate to Stato Teach ers' Association by Supt. E. E. Arant, Union; Discussion, Cotlnty Superintendent Miss Elmotta Bai ley, linker. Hound Table, led by Supt. J. K. Conley, Enterprise. o Mrs. C. J. Wood, of Lu Clrnhdc, was registered at the Geisjr In Bak er, Monday. . n WORVSCH SLATED TO LEAD HUN SPRING DRIVE (ieneral von Worysch First. nboi.otrrMob hi reach t.hi cotiri. try of Field .Marshal von Worysch, who, it is authoritatively stated, will lead tho German spring offensive In the tfest. The Hun leader was the principal figure of the German Inva sion of Poland in 1015. ; .V? NUMBER 143 ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA MAY RE TEUTON PLAH GERMANY 18 SAID TO FAVOIt , NOTIFICATION' TO THK MAXIMALISTS IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE . OF PEACE TERMS WANTED Belief Is Expressed In piplomatlo Circles That If Russia Refuses, Germans Will Advance Toward Petrogrnd. (United Press.) . ZURICH, Feb. 6. Germany fav ors Issuing an ultimatum to the Russian. Maximalists demanding Im mediate acceptance of tha Teutonic peace terms. In caBe of a refusal Germany will advance toward Petro grad, according to views expressed in diplomatic circles here. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WILL , RESIST GERMAN PEACE (United Press) " PETROGRAD, Feb. 6. The Russian soldiers' section of the Moscow workmen-soldiers' committee at a huge mass meeting decided that the German terms were unacceptable, and asked Pctrograd authorities immediately to form a volunteer Socialist army to continue resistance. Fire Auto Crashes Into Montesano Bank (United Press) , - MONTESANO. Feb. 6. Five vol unteer firemen were injured as result of an auto transporting them to a fire becoming unmanagable and' crashing down a hill into the Montesano State bank. None were fatally hurt AERIAL MAIL SERVICE W,' . ' ENGLAND AFTER THE WAR ' (United Press) LONDON, Jan. 10. (By Mall.) ( Europe will soon have aerial mail service. "As soon as the military sit uation will admit, international aerial posts between London and the prin cipal cities of Europe will be institut ed," Albert Illingworth, postmaster general, announced. o MORATORIUM FOR SOLDIERS ANiD SAILORS IS PLANNED (United Pross) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The Sen ate unnnimously passed tho morator ium bill to protect soldiers and sailors' civil right in wartime. It goes to con ference on minor points. ' CONGESTED TERMINALS ARE (United Press) . WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. A traffic investigation committee has been ap pointed by Director-General McAdoo to divert freight from the congested to nncnhirestcd noints. This will di vert much from east to southern ports so that tho Now York terminols may clear up. , - ACTIVITIES ON WEST FRONT (United Press) i A.mnht 1. R lr.nnmir nctivl- ljei I'vn, i ku. " -."-. "j -- tics at Mericourt and Avion were de feated. Mutual artillerying occurred at Hargincourt and Lens. ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL LEN1NE UWOKltu (United Press) LONDON. Feb. 6. Pctrograd an- r.n..nce that another attempt was made to kill Lenine Saturday. An rmed student was mobbed before He could reach Lcnino's office. Asked to SMd t'l. WASHINGTON, Fob. 6. An ap l in President Wilson to speed on trovernmcntal machinery In old nf nrnH action In such manner as to relieve the anxiety of farmers as to labor supply, credit facilities, seca shortage, and other vital questions was made last Tuesday wnen me Federal Board of Farm Organizations presented a memorial to him In be half ot more than 2,000,000 organ ized farmers. ' ro Iowa Murder Is Confessed. ot tAiii. Fell. fi. Ralph L. Crosby, who confessed recently the murder of John Bell and his wue in Red Oak, la., in August, 1914, will be taken to Iowa for trial. THE WEATHER .1- ' 4. PORTLAND. Feb. 8. The 4. U.S. weather forecast: "Rain." 4 .J. .j. .j. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. .j. 4. 4. 4. 4- 4 If y tin 1
