La Grande evening observer., February 20, 1918, Image 3

LA GRANDE EVENING GUkSKRVER
PAIIE -TilUiSeJ
News From at Home
and Abroad
(By Associated Press)
urphy of Wallowa Has
Been Reported Safe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The war department tonight
announced the lames of forty-four additional soldiers who were
rescued from the torpedoed Tuscania and that of one other man
reported as missing, but who, it has developed, was not on the
ship. Eight of Item had been previously reported as saved.
' Those not previously accounted for are Hans M., Erickson,
Beaverton, Oregon, and Henry C. Murphy of Wallowa.
Besides the thirty-seven new names of survivors contained
in dispatches, thirty-seven other men,' previously missing, were
fcund to be survivors when the Associated Press list of Tuscania
mis:ing was checked against all available official records, leaving
a total of only seventy-four American soldiers unaccounted for.
Included in that-number are the thirty-three unidentified dead,
buried on the Scotish coast. Among the additional thirty-seven
reported safe are Edward J. Burgeis, Noli, Oregon; Okirles L.
Hall, Vancouver, Wash.;' Guy W. Jameson, Portland, Oregon;
Anton B. Olson, Milan, Wash.; Arthur M. Root, Seattle; Phillip
Richtor, San Francisco, and James W. Salee, Hot Springs, Mont.
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Russia Re-capitulates
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The Russian Bolsheviki government has capitulated and an
nounced its readiness, although protestingly, to sign a peace pact
under the hard terms imposed by Germany. Notwithstanding
this fact, Teutonic troops are advancing eastward into Russia
over a front of four hundred mlies, froni Riga' in the north to Lutsk
a scant fifty miles from the East Galician' border on the south.
Apparently thus far the operation has met with no opposition.
The northern reuches of the Dvina river have been crossed by
the enemy; the important railroad town of Dvinsk, whence roads
run northeastward to Petrograd and eastward to Smolensk, has
been captured, and Lutek, one of the famous fortresses of the Vol
hynian' triangle and forming the gateway leading eastward to
Kiev, has been entered without the Russians attempting to stay
the march.
The only indication that the enemy will meet with hindrance
comes in an r.nnounceemnt from Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheviki
commander-in-chief. In his order he instructs the Russians when
they encounter German troops to endeavor to persuade them to
refrain from hostility. "If the Germans refuse," he adds, "then
you must offer them every possible resistance."
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German Offensive Expected
West Front
Claims Wages Paid are Fair
(Associated Press) ,
CHICAGO, Feb" .19. Nelson Morris, the 20-year-old chair
man of the board of directors of Morris & Co., was the principal
witness before the stockyards arbitration proceeding today and
denied the charge of ftrganized labor that packing house employes
are not paid a fair living wage. Ho gaid the packers paid as
high wages as men of the same class-received in 'other industries'
aud that Jiving conditions in the district adjacent to the yards j
was not nearly as bad as pictured by. witnesses called by repre
sentatives, of the employes. He said lie favored equal pay for
men and women nerforminir the same amount of work. The
ten-hour day, he said, was better suited to tlw needs of the
packing industry than tho eight-hour' standard, and he said it'
would be a mistake to change the system. at present, while the!
country is -at war. He said, however,, he. was willing for the
arbitrator to, decide the eight-hour question after Ira had listened
to the testimony and arguments on both sides.
Draft Laws Fixed
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WASHINGTON, ,Fob. 10. Treaties between the United
States and Great Britain and tho United States and Canada to
govern the application of the army -draft to citizens of each
country, residing in the other, was sent to the Senate today by
Secretaiy Lansing. , They were signed by Lansing and Earl
Reading, who affixKl his signature to the document as his first
official action in trie capacity of British" High Commissioner and
Special Ambassador to the United States. Under the treaties
the United .Spates 'may apply the draft law to British subjects
and Canadianellving in this country between tho ages of 25 and
45 years the" British draft limits while Great Britain and
Canada may draft residents of the United States from 21 to 31.
Dayton Piirmorn' Union doollr.os
to afflllutfi wliK Non-lartb:t!i
League. ;
When Yon Hnve n Cold.
It Is when you have a severe cold
that you appreclnto the good quali
ties of Chambeiliilu'n Cough Ram
dy. Mrs. Frunk Crocker, Vuna. 111.,
-writes: "Our flve-inr-o!d son Paul
caught a severe cold last winter that
settled on his lungs nnd he had ter
rible coughing spells. Wo wpio
greatly worried about him as tho
medicine we gave him did not help
him In the leant. A neighbor spoke
bo highly of Chiiinhcrliiln'B Cough
Remedy that I got a bottlo of It. The
first dose benefitted him so much
that I continued giving It to him un
til he was cured." Adv.
Oregon Prohibitionists to Meet
PORTLAND, Feb. 19 A special convention of the Oregon
Prohibition party has been called to infect in Portland February
23 to take action on consolidating with the new National party,
which holds its first national convention in Chicago March 5.
Delegates to the national convention will be named and in
structed. '. ,'
Kit-a-M
eans a
Montana Ratifies Dry Law
HELENA, Feb. 19. The Montana1 legislature ratified the
federal prohibition amendment today when' the senate concurred I
in the Kimmis resolution from the house. '..
STRIKERS STILL UNSATISFIED ' . ' "
' : WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Although the strikes of carpen
ters in Eastern shipyards was at an end today after intervention
by President Wilson, the government and Carpenters' Brother
hood leaders were apparently far 'apart, tonight on arrangements!
to prevent, future trouble. William Hutchinson, president ' of
the brotherhood, m a conference wit!) Chairman Hurley of the
Shipping Board, Charles Piez, general manager of the.Emergeney
Fleet Corporation, Samuel Gompers and members of the Ship
building Labor Adjusting Board, insisted the closed shop principle
should be enforced, and declined to leave it to the bonrd. A
further conference -between Hutchinson and Ids aide will be held
tomorrow.
GILL RUNNING POOR THIRD
SEATTLE, Feb. 19 Early incomplete returns from Seattle
municipal primary election, Ole Hanson was leading the candi
dates for mayor. James E. Bradord was second. Mayor Gill
was third or fourth on the list. Two candidates are to be named.
LONDON, Feb. 19. In France and Belgium the military
leaders with their armies ready, are expecting the Germans to
launch their mueh-talkcd-of offensive, but there still is no out
ward sign of its near approach. Artillery duels and raiding opera
tions and offensive aerial activity continue to feature the fight
ing. Three successful raids against the Germans have been carried
out by the British in Flanders and near Lens and around Arras
in Northern France. In Flanders the raid, which was carried out
south of Houtholst Wood, resulted in the British penetrating the
German positions on a wide front, the infliction of numerous
casualties anil, tho taking of prisoners.
Sixteen German aeroplanes were accounted, for Sunday in
aerial fighting by British aeroplanes, and in addition German
towns and military positions behind tho battle front were bombed.
British naval air men also paitl a visit to the German nayal base
at Zeebrugge, which was bombed, and they drove down 8three
German machines that attempted to give battle.
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Allied Central Authority to Be Set Up
LONDON, Feb. 19. Tho tense political situation in Great
Britain arising from rise secrecy surrounding the supreme war
council at Versailles and the retirement of General Robertson as
chief of the British imperial staff has been bridged. Premier
Lloyd George announced that it had been decided to set up a
central authority to co-ordinate the strategy of allies, and the
plans submitted by the Americans, which put the case for the
present proposal, was one of the ablest documents ever submitted
to a military conference. The plan was adopted witlv minor
changes.
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Government Ownership of Railroads
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Congress today spent itself al
most exclusively toward expediting the administration bill to
govern federal operation of railroads.
Debate was begun in the House and continued in the Senate,
wit'lv leaders of both parties planning its disposition before the
end of the week. The Senate agreed to begin voting on amend
ments Thursday, expecting passage of the bill late that night or
Fridav. In the House it is planned to close the debate lhursday
and pass the measure at least before Saturday. Considerable
amendments of both drafts before1 final action was forecasted by
today's discussion. The principal addresses in the Senate today
were by Senators Johnson of California and Townsend of Michi
gan (Republicans), botli of whom opposed the measure as now
drawn. In the House, Representatives Sims of Tennessee and
Stephens of Nebraska (Democrats) championed the draft of the
House committee. Government ownership of railroads was advo
cated by Johnson and Stephens.
AMERICANS ROUT GERMANS
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 19.
A German patrol, ready to ambush an American patrol, was
discovered, early this morning by a sentry, who gave the alarm
by a rifle shot; then the American machine guns riddled the
enemy. The German fled, carrying their casualties with them,
but the ground where they had been was later, found to be cov
ered with toll-tale red stains.' The sentry saw to Germans near
the parapet and moved to the listening post for a better view.
He then challenged and a shot in his direction was the reply.
The sentry fired at the enemy and heard a German shout as the
bullet probably hit its mark. Germans then appeared to grow
out of the ground all-around and started throwing grenades in
the direction of the American trenches. Machine guns and rifles
went into action, sending a hail of bullets into the' enemy, who
retired on the run. There was no casualties among the Americans.
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STRIKERS SHOW LOYALTY
SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 19. Eight hundred delegates from
all shipbuilding unions from Duluth and Superior, meeting to
night to consider a strike, turned the conference into a loyalty
meeting, agreeing to bring to an end 'all petty quarrels and work
in the future in harmony with the shipbuilding program.
500 Dozen Going
at
25
Per Dozen
Call Main 35
HUG'S GROCERY
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Every man, woman and child in this city can help keep one of our boys
at the front supplied with cigarets and tobacco by setting aside one cent a day
. for each working day. '
Just think what this little sum will do! For 25 cents we will enter your
name on our Tobacco Fund list and will send 45 cents worth of smoking to
bacco and cigarets to our boys in France. In the kit will be a postal card
stamped and addressed to you, and on the kit will be a request to the soldier
asking him to write a message to you on the postal and mail it.
The Red Cross takes charge of these kits of smoking , material aud dis
tributes them; the French government sends back the postal bearing a, one
cent United States stamp and admits the tobacco free of duty.
Surely if as busy an organization s the Red Cross Society and as pre
occupied" officials as those of the French government will do these things to
see that our soldiers get a chance to smoke, it isn't asking much to ask you
to set aside one cent a day for the purpose.
Send in your contributions of any amount 25 cents, $1.00, $5.00, or more.
For every 25 cents that you give, a separate postal bearing your name goes
to the front.
Here's 45 cents worth of tobacco which is sent for your
quarter:
A package of Tuxedo tobacco and four books of cigaret papers.
Three pouches of Bull Durham Tobacco and three books of
papers.
Two packages of Lucky Strike cigarets, twenty cigarets in
each package.
A return postal card addressed to the contributor on which
the soldier will pen his appreciation and gratitude for the gift.
THE OBSERVER TOBACCO FUND
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