La Grande evening observer., July 03, 1918, Image 1

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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918
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"SOLIGITORSUl
"SERVICE" IJFf
HELD AT PARK J ULY 4TH. PARflD E
WAR MESSAGE
COMPLETE GERMAN ItlXllMUNT
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACK RE'
.SULT3 IN VICTORY FOR AMER
ICANS IN NEW POSITIONS
COMMITTER FOFR THE FOURTH I WASHINGTON AND LA r-'AYETTE
MISS KAYBUUN RECEIVES 1,320,'
ADDRESS OP - DIt. WIRT WAS
U7A f rtllvntKi tiiirn u a tDi ciA -
ANNIHILATED 1000 IAHDS
ADVANCE.
HAS SPENT MONEY AS WELL
DAYS TO UK IIECALLKD.
000 VOTES MISS STELLA
D ESI LET IS SECOND ,
. FILLED WITH OPTIMISM.
UCITATION OF FREIGHT
UNDESinABLE, .
AS TIME
HOT
W8
n
YANKS UTTERLY
FIIIA
DETAILS
DELIA RAYBURIJ
LIBERTY PEN
SO
PRISONERS
DESTROY HUNS
Heavy Counter Attacks Arc Com
pletely llcpuised With Heuvy
Jineiny Losses Prisoners
Total Over l'JOO. .
WASHINGTON, D.Ci, July S.
(By United Press.) General Per
- shiug reports that GOO prisoners
have been captured and a complote
German regiment virtually annihil
ated, with the caiituru of great
military, booty as the, result or the
American advance nev : Chateau
.Thlorry. ,'
The Americans, lii capturing
Vaux, advanced ono thomaiid yards
on a mile and a halt front. Heavy
enemy counter uttacks were com
pletely repulsed.
American aviators participated
brilliantly, but three failed to re
turn. . '..
. 1200 Prisoners At Toul. .
. It is said that the number of
Ccrmuns taken prisoner In the vic
inity of Toul during the ' past
month number nearly 120U.
"The enemy regiment holding tl:-j
sector attacked offered obstinate
resistance and was practically iiu
lilhllutcd. Our losses ., wora really
Blight." ;. ' .
MILLIONS GO FltAXCKWAIll).-
WASHINGTON, D.C.July r,
War department officials hope to
maintain, for at least oiu or two
months, the great troop shipmouts,
whereby 1,019,000 Americans will
, go to France. It depends mainly,
on how long the British can spare
apecdy transports for American use,.
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,NKW OFI'EXHIVK.
Italians Guin 2,000 To 3,000 Yards
On Eight Mile Front.
LONDON, July 3'. (lly United
1'ress.) It , is lenrned authorita
tively that thn Italians have under
taken a new offensive on the Lower
Piuve rtror, advancing 20(U to 3500
yards on anlght mile 'front'
GERMAN lAKi; GAIN'S.
LONDON, July 3. (By Unlt.-d
Press.) Th Columns' last night
recaptured most of the, ground lout
,to the British on Sunday northwest
'of 'Albert, raports Field-Marsh-il
Halg today. '
ITALIAN'S TAKU 1'ltlSOXKltS.
ROME. July 3. (By . United
Press.) An official report Issued
here Bays: "At the head of the San
' to Lorenzo valley we withstood the
enemy counter attack and took six
hundred and twenty prisoners and
much material. On the Aslafco
plateau the, French, In a surprise
attack, captured many prisoners.
On the lower Plave rlvor, we car
ried out thrusts into the enemy
Hues. Northwest of Mont Grappa,
we captured 1900 Austrians and
many machine guns,"
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lll'S AIH PLANKS DESTROYED
LONDON, July 3. (lly United
Press. )-' Forty-throe Gorman'' air
planes and three observation bal
loons were destroyed Monday and
Tuesday, says un official aviation
communique.
Eight British pianos aro missing.)!
More than ilS tons of bombs were
dropped on enemy positions.
GERMANS GA1X POINT.
lirili.-li Forced ItiK'k Along Old
, Front Liue Of Last Sluing. ;
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, WITH THE BRITISH AFIELD,
July 3. (By United Press.) The
British are back along the old front
lino established when the German
drive stopped last spring following
tho Germans retaking yesterday thB
ridge northwest of Albert. Apparent
ly tho Gern.ans considered the Brit
ish position menacing Albert and
Aveluy, and these being Important
points,' it was determined to take
the ridge at all costs. On tho
fourth counter attack the Germans
succeeded in occupying the ridge.
SACK OF FLOUR SELLS HIGH
Mystic Shriners of Oklahoma Break
Record With $86,675.
SAN FRANCISCO," July 2. For
one sack of flour $80,676. That is
the price paid by the Mystic Shriners
of Oklahoma for the Shriners" Red
Cross sack of flour, according to Po
tentate John D. McGilvary, of Islam
Temple, San Francisco, who has just
returned here. ''.'
The sack has been sold 21 times and
the total sales to date are $137,500,
which has been turned over to the
Red Cross.
Ninety-Seven, Prisoners Captured Af
ter Terrific Karaite Fire, Follow
ing Mm bine (iiiu Fight 00
Guns Taken.
' . BY LOWELL MALLET
'WITH THE AMERICANS AT
MARNE, July 8. The Americans ut
terly demolished the entire German
counter attack on the American new
positions west of Chateau, Thierry
yesterday, taking ninety-seven pris
oners. . -
The American artillery deliverey
terrific barrage entirely cutting off
the attacking force while the American
machine gun rifle ' fire annihilated
them. ' . v,
Several more machines were cap
tured raising the total captured since
Monday to over sixty. The total num
ber of prisoners is over six hundred.
During the counter attack American
airmen engaged nine boche airmen de
stroying four of them at. nine thou
sand foot height.
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KILLED IN EXPLOSION .,:(
Many Victims of Accident In a Sy'ra
. cuse Factory
SYRACUSE, July 3. Forty-eight
are dead' at the county morgue and
some are believed to bo still-m the
ruins of the Split Rock T. N. T. plant
as a result of last night's explosion.
More than sixty are injured. T. N.
T." is a powerbul explosiye used in
munitions. The fire started in the
pulverizer where the T. N. T. is placed
in a solid state in water and heated.
The loss is $75,000.
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ItKV. GIIIHS TO RESIGN.
Episcopal t'lcigymim Will Leave
Pulpit For Newspaper. Field.
Rev. Upton H. Glbbs returned to
day from Portland, where he has
been on business. He will present
his resignation Jo tho vestry of St.
Potor's Church at their next meet
ing, to take effect August 1st. He
will move to Estacada, where he
has negotiated for tho purchase of
tho Eastorn Clackamas ' News. Be
fore studying for the ministry Mr,
Glbbs worked in a nowspaper of
flco. '
SENATOR TILLMAN DEAD
WASHINGTON, July 3. Senator
Tillman died this morning of par-
DlOlilt HIDES RECOVERED.'
Game Warden Wnldcn flakes Haul
In Imnuliu Section. '
J. W. Walden, deputy game war-
don, has returned from the brakes
of tho Snake in the Imnalia section
wheye iio traced up a traffic be
tween the deor slayers and the In
dians and, as a result, twenty of
tho deer hides were taken, by the of
ficial. A nifmber or arrests will
follow in a lew days.
Mr. Walden says that campers
and people who go out fishing
should use extra precaution in the
matter of making fires. There
should be no chances taken, and if
there are any cases of damage re
sulting It Is a certainty that the
game season will be closed by pro
clamation as it has been heretofore.
It is a matter of great importance
and all should heed .the warning.
New Double Track
"... Now Being Laid
Carrying out- plans formulated
some time ago, Assistant Superin
tendent W. Bol Ions and Division En
gineer H. L. Lyons, are just now en-,
gaged in putting through the new
double track in the Kamela district.
This year this new track will be
completed for about two and one-half
miles over that part of the mountain,
making it that much easier to get
trains across than formerly. Event
ually, of course, plans call for many
more miles of double track, but the of
ficials themselves in Portland do not
know just to what extent they will be
allowed to go in the matter of better
'merits, on account of the war. The
IMcAdoo administration of their rail-
, roads has made many changes in
j plans, but the one big idea is "safety
first."
I It is reasonable to presume that the
government with its millions of tons
I of supplies to move, besides thousands
and thousands of troop trains, will
leave nothing undone to facilitate
I these tremendous projects, and track
facilities come first
The Great Hayro and other Free At
tractions Free Coffee and
Milk
The great bir; free attraction at the
park on the day of the Fourth will bo
one for everybody to remember when
they get old enough to have grand
children to whom to relate the tale.
The committee in charge has ar
ranged for these various attractions
to be pulled off between the hours of
4 and 5 o'clock tomorrow , afternoon
and it may be said in passing that the
committee of ladies has arranged 'for
free coffee and cream 'bring your
own sugar, and the Red Cross com
mittee wil serve luncheons to those
who may be unfortunate to have no
home of their own or do not care to
bother with taking a lunch with them.
The great Hayco, the world's fam
ous "hand cuff king, will present one
of the most sesnational acts ever wit
nessed. It cost the committee a lot
of money to bring this famous man
here, but it will cost you nothing to
see him. ' The newspapers throughout
the country speak most highly of him.
In one of his "stuntn' he will use
a straight jacket, which was former
ly used in Matteawan, the insane
asylum in New York. This special
fact will bo worth tho price, and al
ways Commands the wonder of as
tonished crowds of Jieople. ,
WELL-KNOWN HliltK.
Mildred Leo Clemens, Chautauqua
Speaker, A Former Visitor.
Mildred Leo Clemens, the young
woman who appears on the chau
tauqua program at the park this
Cjvenlng, Is quite well known In La
Grande. Ten years ago, when she
was engagod in newspaper work In
Portland, she visited this section
of the country; ' and partly on ac
count of the fact that she Is a sec
ond cousin of Samuel L. Clemens,
but primarily because the title
seemed apt and appropriate, sho
was known as the "Oregon Mark
Twain."
The lecture this evening will be
"Rambles Through Paradise' based
on extensive travels in Hawaii. The
Tecture is Illustrated and will with
out doubt be presented in a manner
that will be interesting.
LORD RHONDDA DEAD
British Food Administrator Succumbs
to Overwork. .
LONDON, July 3. Lord Rhondda,
tho British food controller, died this
morning. His death was due to over
work. . ; v
WEATHER FOKECAST.
July 3. Fair.
"An Evening in Hawaii" at
' "Rambling Through Paradise" with Mildred
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ran j : ( Eur tyrei
It Is bard to Itnnclno a program
Evening In Hawaii." Mildred Leo Clemens, author and lecturer, cousin of
Rambling Through Paradise," accompanied by wonderful dissolving views of the Islnnds. The Royal Ilnwullan
Qulnlet will present a full concert of the enchanting melodies of their native land. This group of Hawaiian players
and singers Is one of the host brought Into this country in many years, Including among its members Joseph Kckuku,
originator of the steel method of guitar playing. .
"Four W Will Have A Division
Of Their Own History Mak.
. tag h'veiuj In East Oregon
Hear ye. hear ye, all ye good
'people of Union County, the Fourth
of July celebration that will go
down into the history of Eastern
Oregon will be the one that will be
staged to-morrow to have missed
it, will be to have; added a life
long .regret. '
The distinctive foutu re, of the day
will be the Oregon Guard division,
followed by drafted men Rod Cross
nurses from the hospital real
nurses, soon to seel active service
in Franco. :'".'-. . "
Franco Will Celebrate.
With tho adoption by the French
nation of the . Fourth of July as
Its National- holiday, the day In
Paris will bo celebrated by Ameri
cans and French alike. The Stars
and StrJpes and tho Tul-Colorcd
flags will float froiUj buildings, and
will lead . American . . and French;
troops commemorating the days
when General Washington and La
Fayette gave to the world that
freedom from slavery, preserved by
Lincoln and being celebrated now
with a determlnoHlon and patriotic
fervor to be nppeased only with' the,
crucifixion of the "Boast of Ber
lin.". - .' ', , ,.
The "Four L'n" lii Kvideitcc.
Working like Trojans, every mem
ber of the committee feels as It the
success of the nfftr i-psta on his
or her shoulders alone, and It is
that kind of hard,', unremitting work
that will win, and while it Is always
the few that can bp, depended on,
as is the never-falling case, yet
others are going to. take' hold to
morrow, aiid will add a distinctive
feature to the program, which will
be not only a novelty, , but will
show the home people as well' as
the visiting public what an Immense
manufacturing concern wo have in
ourj midst, with a payroll that bus
no equal in, this part of the state,
at least. s ' . ' -
I am speaking now of the em
ployes of the. Palmer Lumber Com
pany, -who as monihora of the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Luinbeiinen,
have arranged to place it wo large
floats in tho parade, Indicative of
their calling. u .
In an lntervlev- yesterday uftor-
noon with John C. McEwfii, secre
tary of the local chapter of the
"Four L's" that gentleman said
that one of tho floats will represent
the saw mill end of the lumber
business, and will have on display
a few of the large hand hhwb used
by tho company, attended by men
on the float from 4hat department.
The otber -float will have on
board tlio wagon a display of large,
logs, just- brought In from ' the!
camp, properly trimmed, and will
ne in charge of a bunch of "Um
ber-jacks," 'Whose brawn and mus-
(Contlnuod on Page Two)
of irrenter charm than the one which
Closing Hours of the Queen Contest
were most r.xciting Several
' Would-Bc Queens Work Hard
-Miss Dclln Ravburn.' Htminlrrnnhnr
for tho Island ;ilv M A M
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will bo Liberty Queen for the La
Grande section of tho Fourth of July
parade. ' '
Thi.' fact was determined last even
ing whon Judge Thomas H. Crawford
and Judge C. II.. Finn, after, spending
several hours counting the votes in
the contest which decided who s'nauld
have the honor of being queen, an-'
nonncel that MIhh Ruvhnrn Wt "t-n-
ceived 1,320,000 votes and her near
est oponent, Miss Stella Desilct, had
received 720,000 votes. ' v
Closing Hours Exciting
; The closing hours of the queen con
teat were very exciting and friends of
several of the young Indies worked
with a will, but Miss Rayl urn's lead
was too great to be overcome by vig
orous work at the finish.
Queen-; All Named for Pnrade,
. Different ircalities throuahout the
county have named their queens and
with the choosing of La Grande's Lib
erty queen last evening the list Was
completed for the. big parade on July
4th as follows:
La Grande Mbs Delia Rayburn.
Cove Jlrs. Hugh McCall. .
Alicel Miss Margarot Taylor.
Union Miss Margaret Phy.
North Powder Miss Janette
Haynes. '
Hot Lake Hed Cross Float
Summervlllo Iren Wagner,
Perry Esther Johnson. ; ,
Ladd Canyon Etta Bantori. .
Elgin Veda Patton.
ARMY TITLE! IS SPURNED
Preston Gibson Enlists as Private in
U. S. Marine Corps. ,
(NEW YORK, July 2. Preston Gib
son, nephew of Chief Jtistico White,
an author and playwright, has refused
an army commission . to enlist as a
private in the Marine Corps. Ho has
notified Colonel E. Lester Jones, at
headquarters of the Signal Corps -in
Washington..
, Mr, Gibson joined the French army
as a voluntoor last August and was
twice cited for bravery. He returned
to the United States and spoke for
the last liberty loan. . , .
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SUFFRAGE MOTION FAILS
Senator Full, of New Mexico, Ruled
. ; Out of Order.
WASHINGTON,July 3, An effort
by Senator Fall,' of New , Mexico, to
bring up the woman suffrage resolu
tion failed in the Senate today, the
Vice President ruling tho Senator out
of order.
Chautauqua
Leo Clemens
will close Chnutnuntia this vpnr.
An f
Mark Twain, will present a travelogue,!!-
Clinutauqun lVofrram Tonight Will
rertaln To Hawaii, Paradise Of
-.i Tho Pacific.
Llterarlly a classic, patriotically
filled with flro. and all In all a
gem from any point of view the au
ditor wlBhEyd to assume. , tho lec
ture by Dr. Lincoln Wirt,' official
government war observer, delivered
at the Chautauqua last ' evening
stands out jUBt as It was predicted
tno great, big, powerful oratori
cal effort of tho week. Space for
bids-a full reprint of Dr. Wirt's
story, but no other speoch of a.
war kind delivered in La Grande-
ling so stirred an audience or left
the effect. .. v
To begin with,' Dr. Wirt was' In
La Grande two years ago a rank
pacifist. Now he Is a virulent
fiery patriot who realises the crying
need of protection. , , ..
His message was primarily this:
. The woman who doesn't give her
full possible help to the Red Cross,
the woman who sits on her hus
band's coat tall or her son's or
her brother's, will, bo cursed by
that husband, son or brother when
the O rand . Army of the Republic
goes marching by In' future years
and that man can't be a participant.
Anyone who criticizes the govern
ment shows his ignorance; Dr. Wirt
was one of these until he wus sont
by the government to Franco and
learned what . the governmnt had
done'without making any ado ibout
It; he said he asked hundreds of
thousands at soldiers If any essen
tial thing tor their comfort was
lacking not a. single ; caso was
found, he dcclarod; ho declared he
didn't see a single drunk American
soldier; he found the Americans m
France ted better than . anyone gIbb;
he found the Red Cross doing Us
ton fold work wonderfully well; he
went a Republican and came home
an: American; ho went a Congroga-
tionallst and canio homo a Christ
ian. In ;bort, the government has
performed the miracle of the ages
In the amount of preparation It iar
done In ono -year it has done In
one year just half of what Ger
many 'has done In forty.
All who heard Dr. Wirt are but
ter citizens today than yesterday;
no man who heard him will hero-
after ciitlclzo the government for
not doing its part In time. '
In short Dr. Wirt has a wonder
ful message.
The whole program yesterday In
cluding the morning lecture by the
woman health expert, and last ev
ening's preludo by the quartet of
girls made a delightful day.
The program closes tonight upon
a vory successful week. ; ; "; '
The Hawallons and the. children's
pageant aro tho big number) this
evening. The Hawallans aro clovor
and bring with 'them some fine pic
tures of Hawaii In addition to
their music and song. .
In connection with the other Ha
waiian coloring for this evening,
thero will be an illustrated lecture
"Rambling Through Paradise," by
Mildred Leo Clomens. Tho lecture
Is descriptive of the Hawaiian coun
try and is dolivered by Mildred
Leo Clemens, a young woman who
has muny acquaintance) In La
Grando. . ' , ' : . ' '
'Germany Denies
Sinking Llandovery
AMSTERDAM, July 3. Germany
has denied sinking the Canadian hos
pital ship, the Lladovery Castle, in a
semi-official statement issued from
Rcrlin today. The statement said:
"Like similar British admiralty asser
tions, it is probably incorrect that
tho submarine was responsible. Ap
parently no one observed the subma
rine and it may be attributable to a
British mine."
j The statement says that several of
tho survivors were taken aboard the
! submarine.
0
OK8 TO 8HIPVAUDS.
Alvln P. 8nap, well-known drug
gist at tho Lcvy-Vogcl store; has
resigned his position and expects
to leave, the cud of tho week for
Portland, where ho will enter the
sorvlce of one of the shipyards.
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HOI.DIIOIt MOTH F.ltH
ARM WANTED.
There seems to be some
misunderstanding as to who
aro entitled to ride In the,
mother's section tomorrow.
The division Is open to the
mother or wlfo of any man
who is in sorvice, in any
department.
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U
M.
One Time Traveling Freight Agents
now Cover Line To See Ship.
pen Get Can And Service.
"How aro you, Mr. Poulterer, are
you lost up hero In the moun
tains?" " y -;;
' "No, not exactly, you see I make :
this trip once a week,: just to gee
that tho. Union Pacific System is
giving lta patrons as good service
now- as when wo solicitors were can
vasslng, tho 'territory for routing :
orders' ,
This statement was made yester
day by Henry K. Poulterer, travel
ing freight agent for tho Union Pac
ific System, .with headquarters In
Portland. An . ho explained, things
aro different since Secretary '. Me- ' '
Adoo tolc over all the railroads of
the country, and most of the offi
cials of Mr., Poulterer's rank wef e .
dismissed from tho service,- and
their offices closod, unless, they
could bo used in other branches
of the service. - . .
As traveling freight agent for
his company, Mr. Poulterer is kept .
busy looking after the service end
for the benefit of the patrons of
theVine, and In fact, it Is the very
best way to solicit the routing qf
freight shipments, for, all things
being equal, a Blilpper will patron
ize that through line, .which . gets
hlB goods at destination the quick
est and furnishes .cars when wanted.
Speaking of crop conditions, Mr.
Poulterer satd that throughout the '
Irrigated , sections of Irrigon and
Hermlston tho tanners have cut the
second crop of alfalfa, and the first
crop harvested, went about 80 per
cent of a normal crop,- which Is-
not bad, considering the continued
dry we,ather, which, of course, has
some little effect, even in Irrigated
soctlona, - ...
"Wheat is a bettor and somewhat '
larger crop this year than it was last
last year in. all parts of Eastern
Oregon, the wheut Is badly gone, on
account of frost and cold, weather
in tne early-part of the season.
"Umatilla county will have. .60 ,
per cent of a normal crop, and
there has beta a fairly good hay -
crop..-' : ,. .... ; ,
"As to the car situation, 'Will ssy .
that we have, a plentiful, supply of
cars on hand, and aim to keep a
large supply, but the future is a
blank, as no one knows how many
the government may want to use,
just the time -shippers may need
cars the worst way in the world.
It Is good advice to shippers to uso
cars when they can get them,, es
pecially In the matter of laying in
wintefr fuel. .
"Every manufacturing plant in
tho country, (hat I know anything
about, Is now running to full capa
city, and will continue to do so dur
ing the war period." ..
MOVE MORE THAN A MILLION
V,;:.;: ' .
Figures Regarding Troop Movements ;
,. Arc Given Out '
WASHINGTON, July 2,-Americnn
troops sent overseas numbered 1,019,-.
155 on July 1.
This was made known by President
Wilson, who gave to the public a letter
from Secretary Baker disclosing a rec
ord of achievement which the Presi
dent said "must cause universal satis-
fiction," and which "will give addi
tional zest to our National celebration
of tho Fourth of July." . ' .
The four units non-combatant left
American shores on. May 8, 1917.
General Pershing followed 12 days
later, and at the end of the month 1718
m?n had started for the battlefields
of Frunco. . .. .
Steady Stream Started.
June saw this number increase by
12,2'Jl, and thereafter khaki-clud "cru
saders" from the Western 'Republic
flowed overseas in a steady stream un
til upwards of, 300,000-had departed,
when the great German thrust began
Hut March. '
President Wilson's determination to
meet Germany's supreme effort with
tho utmost of America's available
manpower to assist the desperately re
sisting French and British nrm'es -s
sharply reflected In the movement of
trorps: during the last three months.
The March sailings of 83,811 weio
increased in April to 117,212. May
saw another 24l,345 men embark, and
iast month 27(1,372 were sent away,
making a total for the threo minths
of 037,929. This, Secretary Baker
said later, put tho troop movement ti.-t
incnths ahead of the original program.
CALL FOR BANK STATEMENTS
WASHINGTON," July 3. The
comptroller of the currency has called
for statements of tho condition of the
National banks at the closs of business
June 29. ,. ,