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VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, VEINK8DAY," FEBRUARY 13, 1918.
NUMBER 149
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SWITZERLAND
MAY BE INVADED
BYGERMANY
GUN. VOX IIIM)i:.MU It(i .MAY
PLANNING ANOTHER DKS.
I'lOliAT;- STROKE
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GERMANS BOAST THEY
COULD SMASH SWISS ARMY
Hlndciibiirg; Is itcpi-ted .Mussing
Troops mid Huns Could Turn the
French Flunk J!y Crossing Swit
zerland. Uy William Philip Simms
(Copyright 1918 United Press.)
ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 13.
After Belgium, is Switzerland next?
General von llindenburg Is massing
troops and vast stores and guns
against the French flank.
Germans here are openly boasting
that General Ludendorff could
smash the Swiss army in fifty hours
and could occupy Zurich the first
day, declaring Switzerland's ord
nance are insufficient to cause
trouble.
Concensus of opinion is that if
General Von Hindenhurg does not
attempt to cross Switzerland In
seeking to turn the French flank, It
will be because ho thinks it strait"
gically unwise.
It Is reported the Germans have ,
all details of the invasion planned.
A Revolving Fund
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (Special.)
, To provide a revolving fund with
which to buy Liberty Bonds that may I
be offered for sale at less than par, j
Congressman Henry Z. Osborne ofl
California has introduced a bill appro
priating $100,000,000. The fund is to
be placed in the custody of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, and such bonds
us aro bought with jt are to be resold
at not less than par. In that way Mr.
Osborne claims the price of the bonds
will be maintained at their original
figure, and the depressing effect of
the numerous recent sulcs that have
been made will be offset. '
IT'S HARD TO BLOW
TAPS FOR YOUR PAL
Tiy J. W. PEGLER
(United Tress Staff Correspondent)
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI
TIONARY ARMY. France, Jan. 1. ,
(By MniDSometimcs a grown manl,he leading onnonent. withdrew and
will bust right out and cry like a kid j nominated Hays who has proved
even a full-grown, hard-swearing; himself an efficient organizer in
bugler of sixteen. And it helps a fcl-j Indiana. Fred L'pham, or Chicago,
low regain control of the bawl if a'WUS chosen the committee's treas
motherly woman puts her arm around 1 Mrer.
the fellow's shoulder and says "there, j 0
there, little son," just as his own gray-1
haired mother would if he were i,acI: i G G T ITl 3 ll DCStTOVefS
home in Clarinda, Iowa. ' J
Of course, a soldier is supposed i-p i-it if fin PriMCP
never to cry. But suppose you wer;, QIC UUl VII jl UI5C
just sixteen and -1.000 miles away from j
home in the holiday season. And sup-j (United Press)
pose your best pal in the world was COPENHAGEN, Feb. 13 A miiii
anothcr man of sixteen. Well, your,)f.r ,)f ,nr(,c ,jostrveis, supposedly
pal gets sick with pneumonia dui mc j an, nlltll mss,.,i Mandel. Norway,
11 long march through the bliz-aru.s. s,.(,(jng westward. Many submar
He gets taken away to tho husp'lal. , jnra nave .c, in tho vicinity of
Next thing you hear is that he failed Si.1(,(,r;ik Illt,,iy,
to rally- in the crisis and passed out !
last niirhl the fellow you enlisted :
rJlh. ith evur 8lncc ycui
You are the bugler told off to pin to
the base hospital and blow "taps" over j
your own bunkie. !
There are two young Ameiiian
nurses at the grave-side, standing j
knee deep in snow, the wind whipping;
thcir'rcd-lined rapes evory which way.!
They arc dabbing at their red eyes
with knotted handkerchiefs. They
nursed your bunkie those Inst few;
days and called him "The Child."
One of them subs out loud. i
. Nothing gets on the nerves of a
sixtcn-ycar-old man so much as hear j
ing a woman sob. j
The chaplain winds up his store-;
typed talk and you plain the bugle to
your tip. You play taps as you never
played it before. But the bliz'aid .
hoivls down the clear quivering note
and drowns out the struggling echoes. ;
We saw the little boy from Clarinda
as he came marching back into 'he
hnsnital grounds still a soldier, chin
up, eyes front, shoulders squared, lie
dropped from the parade and went
straight to the office of the head nnifc
to thank her for the care his best p"1
had received.
Those kindly blue eyes of hers
seemed to melt right through the stern
soldier "front" of the sixteen-year-olo
soldier. She called him "sonny
,vhiih
put him at a
lisadvantage right off.
Exactly what was said in the r-ext
fifteen minutes is between Sammy -rnd
the gray-haired, motherly head rmi?.
He came out of her office snvling
through his tears of loneliness, a flab
of Christmas pudding in one hand and
the shiny brass bugle in the other.
The head nurse say's it's nothing un-
Usual for grown soldier men to cry
jjven men much older than sixteen.
War Savings Stamps
Sell Well In County
War Savings and . Thrift
Stamps aro selling rapidly at
the postoffice. Orders come
iu from all parts of the coun
ty as well as being sold over
the counter at La Grande.
Postmaster Bragg reports that
there were sold stamps as
follows:
December
January
$3,085.62
7,807.80
4,158.00
jvcoruary
.. Total to
dale $15,CS1.42
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IS OBJECT OF
" SENATE BILL
CHAIRMAN GOItE OF SENATE
AGItKTIri lSAI, COMMITTEE
SAYS INCKEASK IS
NECESSARY
(United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. A bill
increasing this year'B wheat price
from $2.00 to $2.50 a bushel In the
local markets, was introduced by
Chairman Gore of tho Senate Agri
culture Committee. He said the in-
crease In price was necessary to in-
sure production of wheat already in
prospect. The winter crop will be
short otherwise, for the farmers will
plow it up and plant corn. The
bill would make $2.50 the minimum
and empower President Wilson to
raise It If necessary.
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WILL I HAYS
S REPUBL
GHA
(United Press.)
LOUIS, Feb. 13.-
ST.
Hays,
-Will H.
of Indiana, waa unanimously j
elected chairman of the Republican
National Committee. John Adams.
Exchange of Prisoners
Is Begun By Russia
( United Press)
HCUN'K. Switzerland, Feb. 13.
Kxrhanue nf rtussiiiti and German
prir -niiei-H h;is Ijoti started, :icford
inj: to Ccrlin. A thousand GcrniutiH
in Warsaw arc enroute to IJcrlin.
Tho prospect of th - HimlmibiirK of
fensive i rauKine alarm and indig
nation nnumr: Gorman civilians und
troops, a:iordiii to repoi ti.
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British Raids are
Reported Successful;
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(United Pl(.';i:,. I
I.ONIiO.V. Feb. 13. Ilrilish raids
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Eni'iiiy
suffrrc
a ('.In,'
Ypres,
i.M".'isi ')i:it were successful.
paiiois southeast of Lens
1 casualties. Hostile cannon-j
near I.phcy, northeast or
Is rt-p'ii tid.
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PRISONERS OF W.'.R
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (Special.)
The condition of American iirison-
eis who may be sent to German prison
camps is occupying the attention of
Reuresentative Stuart h. Reed of
West Virginia. He is making inquiry
as to what extent Germany is likely to i
co - operate in letting the United States,
or prisoners' friends in this country,
alleviate their condition. Any steps
that the government may take to com-
pel proper treatment of our men in
(ivi many will receive the hearty sup-
port of Mr. Reed.
2.50F0RIEAT
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RaVI AN
RUMANIANS
10 SURVIVE
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M'O.N'SE TO TECTONIC HE
MAXI):l FOIt PEACE
ON ONE SIDE TEUTONS, ON
THE OTHER B0LSHEVIKI
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Isolated From Friendly Forces, the
UuniaiiiiiiiH Are Fighting Harder
Than Ever liefore Occupy All of
Hessariihiii.
( United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Ru
mania "disdainfully Ignored" , Ger-;
ninny's ultimatum for immediate
peace and will "survive or perish
with the allied cause," according to
a message from Jassy to the Ru
manian minister hero. ' I
With the Teutons on one side and j
the llolshcvikl on tho other, isolat-.
ed from friendly forces, tho Ru-l
nianians aro fighting harder than I
ever before.- j
Tho Rumanians have crossed the I
Rivor Pruth and now occupy all (,f j
Dessarabia. . . I
TEXAS WOMAN'S PICTURES
TEMPT NATION TO HOOVEUIZE
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 3. Tne
niece of Colonel House and the daugh
ter 01 a tormer 1 exas governor, is ;
now me i a year picture woman lor;
Hoovers eood Administration
She is Mrs, Ellis Allen, chief of the ,
photographic division of the Food Ad
ministration. She is the author of the
uppetito tempting pictures of griddle
cakes, applo pies and Hoovei's :.r
bread.
The photographic division of tho
Food Administration gives photograph j
service to newspapers and other pub
lications to tempt tho peopla to adopt
tho food recipes recommended by the
Food Administration.
Civil Rights Bill Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (Special.)
... u,u,.,3 u.,u ..v "K"iEnt8rpl.i(10gcnt wor,l t0 the La fjram,e
bill, of so much moment to our boys 1 , , . ,, .... ,. , . .
at the front, has been passed by the
Senate after a favorable report from
the Senate Judiciary Committee, where
it has been ever sine it passed the
House on November 2. Amendments
were made to the measure by the
Senate committee designed to protect
the bondsmen or other secondarily li
able for the performance of any act
primarily undertaken by a man absent
with the colors. However if he sol-
uic: was HUjuugtMi uaiiKiupL uuiui v me
commencement of his military service
no relief can be asked by his sureties.
Various other minor changes in the
fanguage of the bill were made, in
cluding a change in the title to the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act.
Redmond will conduct a school
of irrigation this month.
Our
RED CROSS PREPARED
FOR ANY EPIDEMIC
t United Press.)
J. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
J. Four I'ullninn coaches, spec
J lally fitted with medical and
! surgical equipment, chomic-
nil; and manned by a staff of
( skilled surgeonfe and physlc
ians ready to jbe rushed In
. stantly to any military camp
in the United States for fight-
Ing epidemics "are maintained
'h by tho American Red Cross,
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It was announced today.
Theso cars are stationed ut
strategic points with bacter
iologists and pK mists in at
tendance ready for Instant
dispatch at the outbreak of a
eei-inua entileiuif nmttv lTnite.l
States soldiers. . i;ight hijrhly
:
skilled medical specialists in
epidemics are nsslgncd to each
car. Hundreds of lives would
be saved In case of a danger
ous epidemic jby these ears,
medical authorities believe.
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VISITING HERDS
OF MOOSEARE
ENTERTAINED!
TWO HUNDRED GUESTS FROM
JOSEPH, ENTERPRISE AND .
PENDLETON ARE GIVEN
ROYAL RECEPTION
Great! You couVtn't have done
uettcr
if you had taken a year in
preparation!" This was the unanimous
expression of the over two hundred!
visiting members anil the adilitionnl
concourse of upwards of seven huu
dred local members and their families
and guests as they departed from the
Moose festivities anywhere between 1 !
0 clock, lust night and 4 o clock this j
morning, when the Enterprise and Jo
seph special train with two hundred
visitors finally got imdor way on the
return trip, conveying to their homes
on the branch line the noisiest, most!
enthusiastic and "bully" bunch of ,
Moose that had scaled the walls ot the
nome pasture lor years.
When the local lodges of Joseph and
enough to think of making a pilgrim
age to see new sights and "rub noses"
with their brethren of the outside, and
were -coming en masse to see how tho
much famed La Grande Initiatory and fd cnlry on the Publlc lantls of
Degree teams made new members of i United States. The entryman must
the tribe, the home Moose approached!1"5 ,,lunllf,Hl 'n every other way to
the subject of their reception and
tertainment with much fear and trc-1""
ag fc ,
know
me wni short and '
they didn't know just what kind of
forage the brothers from over the
mountains were used to browsing on.
But the different committees did their
work well, and the visiting brothers
went back over the hills with wonder
ful reports of what the outside world,
and La Grande in particular, revealed
to the Monse who possessed the
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Great American Home
y COME rt&Re, I ' fWMWt .
J&ll t lid
AMERICAN
ARTILLERY
WIN DUEL
rilll MPIIAXT A FT Fit AI,I..K;HT
Dl Kl. WITH OPPOS
ING I'OltfKS
BOMBARDMENT ACCOMPLISH
ES OBJECTS TO BE ATTAINED
No Man's I, anil Was UUo Daylight,
(lie (,'eimaus. I'sliijr IlliiinlnntliiR
llninbs In I'Var of Infantry Attack
Ity J. W. IV-Klor.
(United Press Correspondent.)
ON THE AMERICAN FRONT IN
FRANCE, Feb. 1 2. (Delayed. )
I ho American artillery was triumph
ant In an all night duel.
I uin not yet permitted to an
nounce the objective but the bom-
liaidnient entirely acconiplishod its
purpose.
No-Man's Land was like daylight.
ns using Illuminated
tlclpation of an I n fa 11-
ment.
iood weather has brought out
numerous HyoiB and aerial bnttlos
are frequent.
Land Consolidation Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (Special.)
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah has
secured the approval af the Commit
tee on Public Lands to the bill intro
duced by him some months ago pro
viding for the consolidation of public
lands mid privately owned lands in
the vicinity of public reservations so
as to form compact and single bodies.
Following the action of the commit
tee, Senator Smoot reported the meas-
jure to tho Semite, and it probably will
be taken up for serious consideration
nnd passage in tho near future. It
furnishes a means whereby exchanges
of land may bo made between tne
government and privnte holders near
oil and cool reservations, etc., so ial
both parties may secure moro corn-
pact areas instead of the scattered
holdings that are now found at many
'points.
Landed Proprietors at 18
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (Special.)
A bill has passed the Senate, with
unanimous approval of the Repub
licans of that body, permitting minors
over 18 years of age to make home-
en-i'""KB Bnu muf "W wlln
'"i""v."Um o. u.e
laws regarding cultivation oi tne lanci
entered. Patent to the land is not to
be issued until the claimant has at
tained the ago of 21.
Death of Mat Anderson.'
Mat Anderson, who has been re
siding east of Island City, died at
his homo this morning at 7:30. He
was N8 years of age and has been a
resldiuit of Union County since 18H8.
The funeral notice will appear later.
Summerville Girls
Go Over the Top
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j- union county school child
J. ron are responding rapidly to 4.
tho Thrift Stamp and War !
pavings Stamp campaign In- 4
Y auKuraien in mis county by .1.
J County School Supf rtm .(fent
V mrs. j. u. jvannoe. carol
4 Glenu and Catherine ffiirr,
' two girls of the SumniAvllle
4. school, went over the top and
J- qualified as members of the
J. Rainbow Division by each soll-
Ing $50 worth of stamps. W.
! L. Starr Is teacher of the Suni-
J. iiiorvillo school and he great-
J. ly encouraged his pupils. In
tne thrift work. (
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PltKSIDF.XT WILSON'S SPEECH
' IS SAID TO XOl'HISH '1H10
l'KK SEED
(U i!cd Tross)
ROME. Fe , 13. The Popo wel
comes Proslii'-jit Wilson's latest ad
dross as "nc- :tshlng the peace seed
which is ali-rjdy sprouting," accord
ing to Vatican circlos.
Ho believes tho responsibility Is
put squarely up to German militar
ism, which must answer. President
Wilson. i ."
The Popo Is confident that the
Toutoni nd especially Foreign Mln-
Istijlr -i.arnln must make an early
rcpfj
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HITCIIINSOX, TltEASLKUIt,
AXD. H. Iv. XK)I,IDCIE,
SECHETARY
Tho Uulon County Advisory War
Board Is now fully organized.
After the luncheon yesterday the
La Grande committee held a meet
ing and elected G. L. Larlson as
delegato to tho county meeting and
chairman of the La Grande district.
Tho other district chairmen were
elected by tho visiting delegates as
follows:
Medical Springs, Dunham Wright.
Telocaset L. D. Hlntt.
North Powder C. H. Mays.
Imblor S. L. Brooks.
Alicel John Wells.
Union ,f. F. Hutchinson.
Klgin V. E. Smith.
Hllgard John Scott.
Kaiiiela Frank Hanlon.
Siinimorvllle H. E. Hull.
The chairmen of tho various dele
gations then met and organized the
County Advisory War Board by
electing G. L. Larlson as chairman,
.1. F. llulchlnion, ot Union ns treas
urer and II. E. Coolldge, of La
Grande as secretary. Tho meeting
was spirited and enthusiastic und
it was believed and stated that a
new epoch had arrived In Union
county patriotic work. The War
Board will supervise tho various
drives in this county.
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New Capita! at Dell
(Associated Press.)
LONDON. Jan. 28. (By .
According to Parliamcntary
ail. )
pa peri.
l,7!)3,0O0 has already been expend
ed on permanent work in connec
tion with the new capital at Delhi,
India.
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ARE KILLED '
(United Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 13. Three civilians
were killed and five Injured when
five i German airplanes bombed
Nancy. Mutual artillerylnx oc
curred northwest of Rhelms. F.lse
where raiders were active.
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LAS TMESSAG
UN ON
COUNTY
WR
BOARD
OHGAN ZED
NANCY BOMBED
THREE CIVILIANS
SHIP SPACE
TO BE
HEItEAKT Kit LITTLE BPACK
AVAILAIILE KXCEIT I'Oll
WAR MATERIALS
PEOPLE must change
IDEA OF NECESSITIES
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'America Must I'liderMnnd," Says
Ship Toiiiiago Kviwrt "That There
Will He Itoom Only for Vital
Needs." "'
- (United Tress.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Ameri
can business mon were warned by
Prof. E. F. Gay, the now ship ton
nage expert, that horcafter there
would be little ship spaco for any
thing but war materials and that
the people's conception of "neces
sities" would change greatly as the
war proceeds. .
This statement follows Gay's work
with business and shipping experts
developing plans for limiting im
ports. "America must understand there
will be room only for vital needs.
Necessary is not a- strong enough
word.
"We will use every means to
avoid unexpected upsots to busi
ness, but will not make any prom
ises. 'England has cut Imports from
fifty-four million tons yearly to
twenty-six million tons yearly the
later mostly war materials.
"The great bulk ot needed ton
nnge must come from thinning trade
in allied owned ships.
'America -should think now not -
ot what the other fellow will furn
ish but what we can furnish. . To
this end the people's conception of
necessities must chango greatly- as
the war proceeds."
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NEW YORK GREEK IS
HONORED BY FRENCH
Veteran of Many Terrific Battles Ls
Mentioned In Army Orders Now
Wants to Join Americans, y''
Ity V. S. Forrest.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
WITH THE FRENCH t ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, Jan. 'i.r(hr Mail)
Nick Kornles, 24, today the'most
honored and decorated living Amer
ican volunteer In the famous French
Foreign Legion; an unscathed vet
eran of alL the Legion's terrific bat
tles during the past three yeare and
a half, has made up his mind he
wants to continue the struggle with
tho American army.
Of Oreek parents, but born in
New York and on American citizen,
Kornles was seen by New Yorkers
selling bananas at the corner of
East 23d Street ana Avenue B when
the great world war began.
There was blood of the ancient
Crooks In tho veins of the dark
hulrod young banana seller for all
the wrath of his uncle and all the
love of a black eyed maiden In the
Greek colony couldn't stop him from
making his way to Franco whore
ho joined the Foreign Legion in
August, 1914.
Personally modest and timid, but
an ardent fighter, tho . youthful
Greek-American has covered him
self with glory every time tho Leg
Ion has passed to tho attack. His
latest citation, won at Verdun, Is a
document probably more eulogistic
than any honoring an American vol
unteer in tho big war. Here given
for the rh'Ht time. It reads:
"Kornles (Nick) Leglonairro,. .
..11th Company de Marche, For-.,
elgn Legion elite grenadier;
2 ll th August, 1917, won the
admiration of all his comrades
by his courugo and contempt
for danger. Led his comrades
to the comiuest of a trench
which was defended with ener
gy nnd which was captured
niong a distance of 1.500 yards
after several hourB or bloody
combat: took single handed
numerous prisoners; already
twice cited In Army Orders."
Stinting out In une above attack
with his comrades of a bombing
Huuad, Kornles saw them all killed
or wounded around him. Undaunt-
icd even by this, he crawled torwaiu
rom shell hole to sneii "o.v,
-ached the trench, hurlel;iits grex-
ailcs among the liernuui ti"
and forced tho remainder to take
refuge In a deep dugout. Ho Im
mediately blocked the entrance so
that when other soldiers of the at
tack came up they captured about
luo Germans, survivors of the en
tire company which had held tho
position. Ab the result of this feat
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