La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 30, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFWlIM fettlte lEtttto tepti?J. the Nw aJ Twf T'i Aix 1 volume xvn LA GRANDE, OREGON, I TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1918 NUMBER 185 ALLIED LINES HELD INTACT; GERMAN RUSH BREAKING DOWN , i r : 77- Enemy Completely Halted on the Flanders Front Both British and French Prove Ability ,v. to StayRage - ., -,i . By William Philip Sinims, . (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, April 30. Hinden Jburg has had one of his worst days since the offensive commenced. After repeated onslaughts throughout yes terday and far into the night, the allied lines remain in tact. Only between Mont Rouge and Scherpcnberg is the situation somewhat obscure. 1 y ' - German Attacks Breaking Down. As this is cabled, it is doubtful whether the Germans are holding the cross-road captured Monday, because a magnificent French counter attack near Loere has placed ' the enemy in a hasty pocket. Attacks and counter attacks are occurring with hellish regularity in the Ypres hills and valleys.; Last night German artillery '.roared from Ypres to 'Meteren,' but low-flying aviators reported the attack less runous tlian m the wave broke down. , x British and French The German high command the hills from Kemmel to Mount Des Cats at -all costs, a'nd iiKewise tne capture ot 1'pres, but the British and French have not yielded,' despite the most furious onslaught. ENEMY COMPLETELY HALTED ' IN FLANDERS. LONDON, April 30. (By United Press.) The Ger mans arc comnletelv halted in thnir rlpsnevntn flft.sicl.-s mi a wide Flanders front, designed to force the evacuation or x prcsi"-. Jimg reported.-the. northern battle front is "Comparatively quiet, following a heavy repulse of the enemy yesterday and last night. The enemy is appar ently exhausted. The French successfully counter at tacked near.Locre, restoring all their positions." The British pushed the Germans back in Picardy, near Villerbretonneux, and the French hold th'e Loere sector entire. Flanders Defeat Compels Let-Up. The German Flanders, defeat -has compelled another ."breathing spell." Germans on a ten-mile frou4 between Metereu and Zillibeke,. in mass attacked the British and French far in the night-.' The British are mowing down the advancing waves and have refused to give an inch. - ''The allies apparently retain the initiative in Picardv, holding Villers Brctonneux sector,- which has changed hands eight times. : CHECK BEFORE FLANDERS DECISIVE. NEW YORK, April 30. (By United Press.) The Ger man check before Ypres is the most decisive Von Hinden burg has suffered since the beginning of the Flanders offensive. It has demonstrated the ability of the allies to withstand massed attacks without using reserves. Uin denburg will try several times to break through. The quick termination of yesterday's assaults demonstrates more than any occurrence in the past five weeks that Hin denburg fears exhaustion of his offensive powers. MUSTER THIS EVENING Public Invited To Ceremonies At School Grounds This Evcning.- Last evening the " La Grande Home .guard band went through its paces preparatory to the part it- is to play in tonight's review and re treat in connection with the formal ceremony of mustering in the . La Grande Homo Guard. Manager J. David Haines is as familiar with re view and retreat music as he is with his three meals a day, and the band will have its part letter perfect this evening. The ceremony begins at 7:15 at the high school grounds and will be over in about a half-hour's time. The muster follows at the armory In Rex Hall, and to both of these functions the public is invited. The men and officers in uniform tonight will be the biggest number of uniformed soldiers assembled in La Grande In many years If not for all time, as the total of 120 uniforms will be occupied, equally divided bytween two companies. The Home Guard supply company will not appear In the parade. It Is not to' be mustered into service, but will retain Its old home guard Status, j . of the Huns morning, when wave after Will Not Yield. had ordered fhe .capture of BOYS JOIN RESERVES Good Reports Itecelvcil Ity County School Superintendent. Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, county school superintendent of Union county,' rccehep" word from Sum merville this morning that tho fol lowing boys have joined the boys working reserve: Francis Ott.i Ray mond Monroe, Donald Oswald, Charles Myers, Fritzie Ott, Welling ton Hamilton, Archie McKenzIc, Ray Vermillion and Lloyd' Woodell. Also that 11)8 members have sign ed up for the war saving society in 24 hours from the time the pledgo cards wore received. Pleas ant Grove and Dry Creek have com bined their efforts with Summervllle and they expect to enlist 250 or more in this society. North Powder sends in their list of boysthat have signed up In the Doys Working Reserve as follows: Fred Gllklnson, Alfred llolilnger, Dean Bldwell, Durward Hill, Ches ter Llnley, Carey Talley, Ralph Hutchinson, Allen Wicks, George Hill, Herschel Leadbetter. Torrill Heff, Leland' Ilcff and Ralph York. WKATHER HKTOIIT. PORTLAND, April 30. (Dy Uni ted Press.) Fair. DRAFT QUOTA - for ir IS INCREASED WASHINGTON, April 30. (By United Press.) it isearnod that tho draft quota for May will be in creased: Probably three hundred thousand will be called. ' Tho ori ginal intention was to call only two hundred thousand. -. o LACK OF HALF BILLION Four Jfbi-e Days In Which Xo Coin. pleto Third Loan. Washington, April 30 (D Uni ted Press.) The Liberty loan total reached $2,413,442,000 this nam ing, There are four ' more days left In which to complete tho Third Liberty loan. CONGRESSMAN HURT Representative Johnson Knocked Down By Auto. WASHINGTON, April 30. Repre sentative Albert Johnson, ot the state of Washington, was severely but not seriously bruised, when lie was knocked down by an autoniQ bilo before the White House. Ho will be confined to his room tfor several days. Many Unemployed Russians PARIS, April 30. (By United Press.) The "'journal's Botrograd correspondent reports that three hundred and fifty thousand unem ployed are thronging the streets of Petrograd. KEEP ON. Search the South and sweep the North, . Scour- the East and spoil the West; No matter what you go to see Tho Senior play is always best. OTTLE t ... , ....... EMBARGO FL PORTLAND, April JO. (By Uni ted PreBB.) Food , ,. J Commissioner W. B. Aycr has pla(vd embargoes against all flour fqr Tillamook county! Ho faind .that several re tailers had stored big stocks and has forced them to bell to other retailers at reguhir wholasalo prices. The embargo; will save freight on further flour shipments to Tillamook. - ' PARIS AGAIN GETS LONG RANGE FIRE PARIS, April 30. (By United Press.) The bombardment of this city with long range guns Ws been resumed. ' '' 1 ' o 1 PROVIDING FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS Disabled AmericiuiH Aro To lie Sent . To Knglunil. LONDON, April 30.1-A11 wounded Americans r henceforth, will be brought to England; to the three thousand bed hospital established at Liverpool. - . : FOR ARM Y . INCREASE Two JIooNiires Aro Introduced It : Tito Senute, WASHINGTON, April 30. (By United Press.) Senator Toindcxlor introduced a bill today providing for a million five hundred tiuu'.and additional men for tho na'lraal army. , ' . Senator Reed Introduced a hill authorizing tho Increase of tho A- merican armies by three mlUion, Mr. Starkweather Here. Hurvey G. Snrrkweather, . Demo cratic candidate' for the nomination for governor, is a visitor in our city. Mr. Starkweather is no stranger in our city, as he at one timo was super intendent of public schools here REDj RIDING OUR FOR TILLAMOOK T i rnuii F MEMBER OF THE LA GRANDE HOSPITAL UNIT TELLS ' EXPERIENCE. Ono ot th' 'iiombors of tho hos pital unit, in., ritlng home, tells or a little oxpern'oco .they had i the other day as follows: ' "We will probably make another move soon. In leaving 'our other position the other day we had quite an experience. : We were on a main road back of tho line, 1-aiiibllng' along in our trucks when a. iholl burst up ahead , of us a few ' hundred yards. It seemed to. cniisosVmBtd- erable confusion, naturall, , up ahead. A fow soldiers and civilians came running back. One civilian, driving a wagon, had a very. trd wound on his head arid his face was covdi-J with blood, his horses running u i -id . gallop. -We stopped ot . . and hearl an other Bhell . ,ig which broke near by. . Tho it -id In front of ub was. covered by so it was ne cessary for us t,back up, which we did in record time. Wo took a different road and fooled-them. It was qulto funny taugh,- being that none ' of us wero hurt. ; Our first oxpetleuco undor shell fire, and there was some study in ex pressions, also actions. - Tho town we had just loft was shelled the Bame afternoon. It loqks like thoj big German offensive has caused a chango in plans." JOINT SOCIAL EVENT Plus Ultra And Kpwoilh League To Join In Function Tomorrow; The Plus Ultra Sunday school class of tho Methodist church, which had arranged a big social affair last week and then postponed It for various reasons, lis Joined hands with the Epworth -League In KtiiHiag. a social evont foV tomorrow night that promises to bo ono of the most elaborate affairs either instituted or ha3 been undertaken. It will be held at tho homo of Miss Miami Cooper, 910 B St. All those who rocoived verbal or written invitations to the pro posed Plus Ultra class are cordially Invited to come to this event. Listed For Commission. ' In the list ot names of students attending tho officers' training camp at Camp Lewis, who nre recom mended for commissions, - appeurs that of JamoB O. Wilson, of North Powder. ' - - ''i HOOD D EG rnnM !R RON GERMANS F SENTENCED SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (By United Press.) Franz Bopp, Gor man consul, Erlo von Schaack and Lieutenant von Brlncken, wore sen tenced, to two yeaiu in tho federal prison, and ten tho. v nnrt Hnllnra fine each,': for consprjucsji; In tho Hindu revolt. if " - Judge van Fleet said: Tho i, Inl ty is entirely too email," 2 Twenty-six .. others wore given smaller torma of ImprlBonmont to gether with fines. '. , ALL ARE ATHLETES Soldiers From Camp' Lowis Make Btop At Lu (Jrundo. This morning, a troop train car rying a thousand or more Boldiors from Camp Lewis eastward made a stop of several minutes , in La Grande. While here the boya wero given the yjpportunlty to parade through the streets and go through some of the manual exorcises. Was A (jiruml 8lht. Everyone ot theso ; troops' is trained right up to the minuto. Everyone Is an athlete. Their movements, ; their ': faces and : the whole atmosphere showed them to bo of the best stuff of which the world is capable. The boys sang, for this is an accomplishment that now goes with soldiering. And thoy looked, too, llko thoy were fired with the desire .to get busy at tho front. Another ; soldier train possed through today for tho west. ThlB was filled with rocruits' who are bound! for Cnmp- Lowls to go thru thci.samo course . ;thatwthose who wont east have undertaken. ; Tho total number of soldiers which passed through tho city was 2,200 men. Eleven hundred from Camp Lewis are proceeding to Fort Logan to further training, . while the other eleven hundred men who are proceeded to Camp Lewis, have recently vacated their camp at Fort Logan. . ' .. . .. , .. . , (ilven Frco Show. An act of grace worthy of men- lion was that of Meyer and Letter who. Immediately tho boys appeared on tho street, ' rounded ; up their movio operator and put on a two reel comedy. All soldiers were in vited Into the" Arcade free of charge, and several hundreds enjoy ed the show. Shortly before 1 o'clock, tho mili tary police sounded tho recall, and the soldiers returned to the train, mighty well ploasod with their Bhort stay in La Grande. i CATTLIi MAItKKT FIRM, j PORTLAND, April 20. Cattlo receipts today, 1,000. Cattlo ro- colpts aro approximately twice as largo ' as they havo bocn for the luHt two weekB. Today's trade In dicates that shippers are ruthcr an xious to get In on a high, price level. A bunch of prime " steors sold today at $15 straight up, indi cating nn advance of at leaBt-7S cents in the market since a week ago. SA RANGISO RSS IS PREPARING TO RE-ENTER THE CONFLICT ' !-.,. . .iwj:..'....I By James Shaplcn, , . . '(Uiiitod Press Stuff Coi'rcspondont.)' PJ5TROORAD, Ajnil 30. Russia is seriously prcpur in to re-enter the war. The Pan-Executivo council at Moscow, after receiving Germany's "fofty-seeond ultima tiini," lias adopted Trotsky's universal military training plan for all men between the atfes of 1(5 and 40. Thoro will be conscription of all workers and peasants. Old military specialists and the best general officers are called. The army's elective cuimitteo system lias been abolish' d. The new plan is exn ted to ten months. , The opposition charges that tho Soviet government is thus aiming fit self-preservation instead of making a bona fido attempt to defend Russia. MANY VISITING c L MANY NOTABLE PEOPLE PHESV ENT AT THE ASSEMBLAGE TODAY NOON.- . Affair Waa of Military and Naval Aspect, With Patriotism the Foremost Topic , v Many notable personase.1 graced the gathering of the business men bf. La Gtv.ude for luncheon today 4'"n. It was announced by Mr. A , " oIbou, chairman, that the event tfjl-. Ti (icof a .military and naval clu . .S.r rfid this aspect was Xur- its H -"- ;'.$M'Qt. goulash ana uea-cis, cq- . After invocfci:.. ing by ,Dr. Pli. proceeded to . ini. guished guests In .' ""'t. Messy u v - list Included: .'. t. Col. WHIInms, Lieu.. -Capt. Falrchllds of tho I(:r Home Guard, county -clerk. m- Attorney Dan Boyd, and Kj SPEAKERS AR ATLUHGREOII Rinohart of Enterprise; J. T. P.I .- -kle,- of . Umatilla : county; Prof. Ar- :. ant, principal of Union high school; N ' Hugh McCall,. banker; of Cove; Paul.,. -V. Maris, E. L. Potter, director animal husbandry, , O. A. C, Maa Hoke, county agent, Wallowa coun- ty; O, M. Nelson, sheopman of O, A. C.;'M. S. Shrock, county agont, . Umatilla county; Fred Brwn, coun ty, agont, Morrow county; Henry Twee, county agent,'- Baker; Mr. , Dutton, of tho Forest service, R. A. , Ward,, county . agent Cook county; . : Ensign Delanty, Lieut. Dr.- BriReas.'-:-Petty Off lcor Allgood, all. of the- . Navy; H. Q. Starkweather, candi f date for gubernatorial' nomination; s S. L. - Brooks, lapnor, and Qeurg ,; Huntington Cunoy, editor Malheur Enterprise. r This Introduction was followed by a chorus of men picked up for the occasion who rendered "Over There" and had hard work to escapo re sponse to a vlgoroussencore. . . Col. Williams led off in the speech-making. He is tho officer, who will havo charge, of the Home Guard Induction into the state mili tia this evoning. His talk was ... largely on the lines ot the neces- slty of winning the war -and right off the reel comment on the duty , of all in this perilous hour, with a special hint to those who may be lukewarm ou the subject. Harvey 0. . Starkweather, of Oregon City, also spoke of the Bplendid spirit, - which permeates tho whole country In the giant contest, and paid a fine tribute to Uncle Sam's fighting forces "over there." . - Walter Piorce followed with a .. brief, but earnestly touching trl buto to the navy. Ensign Dolnnty told of what tho navy does for the Improvement of Its enlisted men, and Lieut. Nowhall gave some interesting and humorous . Incidents coming under his person al notice. In his department. Dan Boyd, of Enterprise, spoke briefly but earnestly of the Homo Guards. " : ' . ' Reports from organizations wore received. Mr. Fred Meyers Btated (Continued on Pago Three.) provide a large army within