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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXI . Lai GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1918 NUMBTTJi 242 AimCMIS SURPRISE THE FflEtlCH 'they are 4 fink lot, tm TOLD," IS MMU MllNlill'S euijOuy. A FIFTY MILE ARTILLERY BATTLE IS IN PROGRESS Ten Hundred And Fifty l'lisoners Taken On Kallun Front Smaller Actions Willi 'J Fierce, Fighting Marked Saturday. : WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE SOMME.'july 8. (By United Pross.) 'It has been revealed to me when I didn't quite expect it. They are veteran niep, who have gouo across this battlefield an though drilling on the pafado ground. Really, thoy're fine. I'm told that they are even better than Gen. -March said they were." yLord Mllner told a United. Press . representative, after the War Min ister had loviewed ' tho American regiment which had helped to cap. turo llanicl. r ARTILLERY BATTLE. PARIS, . July 8. (By United Press.) An artillery battle, is now proceeding on a fifty mile front, between Villera-CuttqrotB forest and the rlror Marne, says an official communique. ...'.'- '. ITALIANS TAKE PRISONERS ROME, July (8. (By United Press.) Detachments of the enemy which were reconnoitring on . the Asiago plateau and north of Monte Valbollu wore driven back. In small actions In the Orappa region on Saturday we , gained some ground, ami took prisoners north of Massif. Our troops also advanc ed at Coll Rlple. Wq have taken 1U50 prisoners. , irni)i;it may uk costly. STOCKHOLM, ; July , 8. (By United Press.) It Is now learned through diplomatic sources that German will demand the fight to occupy Petrograd and Moscow, as a reprisal for the murder of Count von Mirbach, her ambassador to Russia. ' , GERMANY lll,A.Mi;S ENTENTE. AMSTERDAW, July 8. (By United Press.) A Berlin dispatch says: An offlciul inquiry into tho death of Cdunt von Mirbach, Insti tuted by the Germun government, permits of the assumption that the entente allies are Implicated in the assassination. Several social revo lutionaries who wore arrested at Moscow, has confessed their com plicity In the murder. HUMAN POWER Womn' Arc the Industrial Slaves Throughout Germany " ' We read much of man power these days; human power is a better term, because it emphasizes the fact that the women and children also consti tuc u great-factor in this war. In the fitnl victory every man, woman and child in America can and should kavc H part. ' i In comparing tho man power of Germany with that of the United Slates it must be borne in mind that n much larger proportion of the man ual labor of the man power of the Nation as performed, is exerted by the German women than by the women of America. It is said that in peace times tho women constituted 42 per cent of the agricultural and industrial labor of Germany. They work in the fields, in the factories, in the mines, nt tho very hardest and most labori ous tasks, doing the work only done by men in this country. With a great oroportion of tho German men in tne army, it is not improbable that women now constitute by far the larger half of German manus' labor. ' The women of the United States are noblv. unselfishly, manfully, one may say, bearing their share of the burdens of war. By the grace of God and the power and courage of America the fate of the German women is not and will never be theirs. But it will lie with their assistance and coopera tion and their full assumption of the burdens and duties of the day that the United "States is to exert its full power In ridding the world of that in tolerable German kultur which makes brute sordiers of the men and slaves of the women. . , LOUS, AND 10IIS OF CHERRIES BTACKI.AND IlltOS.. OF 1 COVE, MARK SMALL FORTUNE. Toiw Are Sliliied To Eastern Mux- kots At A I'ront Altitude. Is , Whut, Counts. t .. f Not many people in La Grande know that a real fortune U being nade In growing and shipping high ,1'fliio chorrios (o the i-ustorn mar kets from Oregon orcbafds,1 . but such is tne case, and it u easy to explain the matter. , i Hood rlvo,r is - famous for ' her apples nnd strawberries,: which are shipped to all parts, of the United States, and before the war went to Europe. - Just so it I with the cherries raised by C. M : and O. G. Stack. land, whose orchard r some 15 acres all told, is situate I a couple of miles out irom Cove, and the orotners nave now si. tut me only lot of pickers to be had in this pr.rt; of the valley, al loswr. ;: ". This, orchard .' is most favorably situated, lying trs it does on tie sfde of quite a 'iin hill, beyond the I each of tho floats wltlc.i ohm ear ly In the spring. Wnl'.s ' the ur chards lying lowjr down In the val ley, like the o-ti:ards ner lmblor. u few miles .-Vsrani'rVliicli suffer ed so severely that the cherries there were frozen when 'the fruit had reached tin size of garden peas or even larger. In an interview with G. O. Staok- land at the oreiti.rd yesterday after noon that gontlcm.iu said la puit: 'Yes;., It tal; '5 tome time and tiouble, besides the actual labor involved, In g'itiiif a good-sized orchard baarlnr, from a wide com. mercial standpn'rit. ' We planted our old orchard abut 24 years ago, in" i, of course, we keep adding now trees every year. . Our bearing or chard this year covers nine or more acres, and while this year we arc short of the normal' production, still I estimate we will have up wards of 60 tonsof shipping cher ries, and we will begin shipping at once.' ' "'.' "... ,' " . '.'..." . ',' Jr Our best varloties are :. the. 'Bing,' 'Royal Ann,' . 'Centennial,' Black Oregon,' 'Lambert' and a new variety that wo have 'not nam ed, as yet, although In color,' It somewhat resembles the 'Bing,' and this I consider our very best can ning cherry. 'Our principal markets are Min neapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, and some, points In the Dakotas. We get on the farm here, an aver age of 35 cents a gallon, or about seven centB per pound, and buyers, or shippers, pay all express charg- os.i Under normal conditions, we ship about 75 tons, besides supplying a few of our neighbors in Cove and La Grande." Next year, Mr. Stackland . said they, would have about 14 acres In bearing trees, and with a favorable season might ship as many as 100 tons of cherries. The) orchards themselves are kept In a high state of cultivation, and have a few irrigation ditches run ning through them, but,' for the most part, It is the altitude of the orchard that . makes for Its great success. ' . ' LA iltANDH W)Y PHOMOTKD. Dean Siniili ApiioliitcU Aviation In. striiclor In Illinois. x Mrs. J. T. .Harvey, of this city, Is in receipt of a letter from her grandson. Dean Smith, in which the young niaii states that his ex pected trip to France has been de layed by reason of the fact that he has been designated as an Instruc- rur in aviation ana noias tne com. mission of a second lieutenant. Dean was at Sau Antonio for a long period and was lately trans ferred to Belleville, . Illinois. From that place he expected to be soon ready for the trip across, but his appointment will delay participa tion on tne other side of the water for .some time. .' i Dean Smith Is n native of La Grande but his very early child hood was spent In Nicaragua, whore his fathor, tho lato . J. C. "(Cul) Smith, was engaged In mahognay contracts. The most or . his youth was spent in La Grande, and he Is not yet twenty years or ago. From all reports he Is one among the niany La Grande boys who aro I making good. CAR OK DODGES RECEIVED A carload of Dodge 'Brotheni' carr, five of them, arrived yesterday for L C. Smith, local distributor. The ship ment was wholly unexpected as Mr Smith had no advance information of their coming, and,, none being expect ed, the shipment is gratefully re ceived. , . ; SHOCK TROOPS TO HELP THE FARMERS WASHINGTON. D.C.July S. "Shock troops? are busy la Ameri can wheat fields, as well as ou tne western . battle front. When. l!i German war lords command an ad. vonce at any cost,, shock troop arc sent lorwara to buy yards or ground with thousands of lives, but the American ' agricultural "shock troops" advance, In a different man ner. ' They are town men wh.i have volunteered to help - farmers cut and Bhock their wheat, and thus are doing their part In niaKlag the battle lino firm. Here are two Instances) reported to the United State Department of Agriculture, of how towns and cit ies are helping to meet tho nrcd for harvest workers ' on American farms: . "-.''.' '.. -' .'r; . '.'.-' A South. Dakota county tuj or ganized all its towns. When labor Is needed all business placcj close early and the town men go In au tomobiles to every, quarter of the county. When they come to fields cut but not shocked, they get, out and shock, v and then procoed to other fields needing them., - Thoy don't talk about pay or who. ii do ing tho work. "If the farmer wants to donate - the 'money which he would spend for labor to. Ibe Red Cross that Is his business," rays a letter from South Dakota, " and I think that Is where r.ioat of the money will go." " 'Shock troons" are cultlne and shocking wheat In Warrick County. Ind. also. Volunteer business men, clcy-ks and laborers In the ' towns finish th.ji'r town work and then are takeu I., automobiles to help the .farmery. In one evening .forty men shocked more than eight acres of (.heat. . , .-. ' These f .'cs have been organized through co -operation of furn. help specialists cf the United States De partment r of Agriculture, county agents, county counoils of defense, and other bodies.. ., THE FIRE SUNDAY AT MIDNIGHT MYSTERY Just at midnight Sunday fire broke out in a store building at the corner of S avenue and Monroe street, appar ently without any warning. The ; fire ' department- responded quickly, and soon had the first under control, but . the roof ". was badly burned and the building otherwise in jured. ' ' . i v - - Only Saturduy afternoon Joe Busch had leased the premises with the in tention of storing a surplus stock of goods in it today. The building is the property of Bloss Bros, of Wallowa. A careful examination of the prem ises made immediately after the fire revealed the presence of a large pot of grease and other inflammable mat ter, just beneath the window where a match would do the work. It is thought, by some that the city has been visited by firebugs others are in clined to believe that it was simply a case of spontaneous combustion, - At any rate the police are on the lookout for strangers in the city, who cannot give a good account of, themselves. : O White Pine Men Hold Big Meeting At a late hour last Saturday there was held an important meeting of the principal lumber mills of eastern Ore gon, at the instance of the ' govern-. ment of White Pine lumbermen with imprompt results: The lumbermen spent the entire day discussing matters of vital interest to the Government's output. The divi sion unanimously adopted a resolution pledging its complete obedience to whatsoever Colonel Disque asks. A delegation of Eastern rOegon lumber men will leave tomorrow night for Portland to hold conference with the spruce generals. . The committee is composed of Vin cent Palmer and W. M. Nichols, Grande Ronde Lumber company, La Grande; J, H. Mimnaugh, Grande Ronde j,umber company of Perry and Wallowa j Oscar Spear, East Oregon Lumber company, Enterprise; Jot Stoddard and Frank Gardiner, of the Baker mills. SUNSHINE IN CLOUDS. The people of Cove were very much disappointed that the La Grande Sun shine society members did not show up. "The Cove people desire that it be thoroughly understood they were in hearty sympathy with this move ment," said Rev. G. L. Hall, the Col porter, of the American Baptist Pub lication Society of Philadelphia. Resolution passed last night in Cove regretting the fact that the meeting was hot held after seats had been taken to the park. A meeting was finally held in the Baptist church in Cove. ACROSS THE COIIIEIIT SUPERIOR JUtXJE UAKC'll TAKES THIS NOVEL METHOD FOR HIS OUTING. AVERAGES TWO HUNDRED MILES A DAY ON THE ROAD All For the Fun of Bringing Ilia Wife and Daughter Back With Him Trip Will Take About Six Weeks Hopes to See All the Sights In Chicago While On the Journey. "The longest way ; around is the shortest way home"-1 sometimes. : :' At least that is what Superior Jauge William T. Darch said yester day, as he pussed through La Grande, on his way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his wife and daughter are now, waiting for him to bring them heme in his .7-passenger touring car,' a ChandionSix, which he suid he pur chased less than ona year ago, and it had already made nearly 8,000 miles, without any. repairs . having been made, worth mentioning. , , . . 'You sec,it is like this," said the julge as I climbed aboard his car "last year I only had few days' va cation at home, . because there were a good many important cases to try and so I made up my mind to tako a full vacation ; this summer "and ne my wife and daughter had - al ready gone to Milwaukee to visit rel atives, I promised to go after them in my car. You see it is equipped with everything needful for camping .by the way, if need be, a bed and mat tress folded up in the back, with some cooking utensils, and ' I carry fresh eggs and bacon, and get bread and other, things on. the road. expect to ones through Baker may stop there over night, but I think; as I am aver aging about 200 miles a day, I can get over into Welser,' Idaho, for the night. It will take me only about three weeks to get to Milwaukee and I intend to go by way of Chicago, and see all the sights, while I am about it.- . v ;' ,'H.:',; !', .'V will write you a letter from Mil waukee and tell you all about my trip if you like and how many-miles my car will have traveled by the :i.ne I get to Milwaukee and other items of interest en route. ; ' , "My nephew, a young man named Sidney iWlard, is in the 18th Engineers now in France, and I think in Co. E, of that' eclobruted regiment. Will write you his ' permanent address as soon as I see my wife, and then may-, be you can get him to write you sonic news direct from I' ranee. 'Well good-bye and be sure to write ire before I get back at my Go'dcn dalc address, as I will be sure to ge it there." . V . -o . UNION OPERATORS ARE LOCKED OUT I.MMKOIATIi UHPOIIT O.N M'.V ATE KKKOMITION. OKDUUUD. Action Of Telegraph Company Pic- clpilates Moicmcnt For I'Vdiriil , , ' - Control. , 1 ' ATLANTA, July X (By United Pross.). The local tologruph union officials have issued a statement, blaming the Western Union for the lockout of 150 telegraph operators hero. , ' ' : :''. Tho president or tho union, Mr. Joynor, said: "Wo held a mass meeting yestordny nnd openly de clared the amilatlon of our-union with the national body., An fast as the names of the members reached Western Union officials, our mem bers wero discharged from' the em ploy of tho company.!' I'DDKItAL CONTROL HASTENED NEW YORK. July 8. (By Unit ed Press.) The Senate - Interstate Commerce Cnmmitteo this afternoon ordered an Immediate report, with out any recommendation of a re solution 10 that effect, empower ing the President to take over the telegraphs and telephones. This will do nvfay with the necessity of any hearing and will 'bring qulckor action on the. main issue the trou ble between the Western Union and I Its employees. . NINETY-ONE MEN WILL LEAVE JULY23 Ninetv-ninn men vnrv nn nt fhn selected men will leave La Grando the SUrd for a training camp. - , As this cleans out all the selected men from this countv a new roiriufi.ii. tion will probably be made in the near luture. -. . .. ' - . -The full ll.l t IU nonin. r knu. last selected men will be published as son as the locul war office has the time to complete tho list nroliablv In n day or two. .. ; -. ' ' iiO'i'i. i i ':.:.' PEVELOPING RESOURCES OF s ITALY Intensive prospecting in Italy for mineral deposits for use In war Indus tries as well as to form a basis for the industrial development of Italy after the war has succeededSin locating con siderable deposits of lignite coal. Tho great need of Italy Is coal and while no deposits of. anthracite have as yet been discovered, mineralogists still have hope that such will be found. Offsetting this lack of fuel, there has been during the past two years a tre mendous Increase in the development and use of water , power which is abundant on the pcnisula.- So abund ant is the water power of tho country that it has been known as "white coal,' -. HUNS LOOTING KOUMAMA All Food Removed by Germans for Home Consumption. PAIUS, July 8. Dr. Breckcnridg Bainc, of Washington, has arrived at Berne from Bucharest where, for sev eral years, he had charge of a Rou manian hospital. Be declares that Germany is tak ing all food supplies from that coun try for home consumption- ' For ex ample, he said, the Germans have left only one cow on every tenth farm. RIOT CREATED IN MOSCOW .COPENHAGEN, July 8.-.(By United ProsB.)-r A Borlous counter revolution has started in Moscow today, says- an official report-sent out by the Wolff Bureau.. Street fighting Is proceeding between the Bolshevlki and the socjal revolu tionaries, - with the former winning. HltNISST VlOHItS HOME I .a Uriinde Young Man Completes , v Pharmacy Course. Ernest E. Vehrs, well-kn'iwn La Grand young man, arrived home this morning direct from Philadel phia, where he completed the full coudse in the Philadelphia ddlegn of Pharmacy, and coming out. Vlth practically . a clean score on all branches of the subject. Mr Vi'hrs will now become a permanent re sident of La Grande. LOST WOMAN FOUND ' , , Word has been received that Mrs. Bullion who was lost in the mountains near itaki " wus found today. . Prominent Oregon Men Are Drowned BEND, July 8. Vernon Forbes, Re publican leader In the last session of the legislature, and Ralph Poindexter, a druggist of Benr, were drowned yes terduy at Crescent Lake while fish ing- - - , Vernon Forbes was a member of the legislature from Ciook county and ir, a well known lawyer and politician of Bend. Poindexter is also a well known busincs man of this place. HUGH McCALL HOME ReporUt Rousing Meeting of the Re publicans in Portland. Hugh McCall, cashier of the Cove Stale bank, arrived home today from Portland where ho attended the meet ing of tho Republican State Central committee. Ho brings back the report that the meeting was largely attended and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. McCall is a member of the state committee for, Union county. j. o C. P. GALBRAITH'DEAD Word is received in La'Grande of the death of C. P. Galbraith at Jo seph. .While the deceased has been making his home in the Wallowa coun ty the past few months he is quite well known in I -a Grande ,nnd is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the , Eagles' lodge of La Grande. The funeral will be held in Joseph tomorrow. Machinery has been invented for shredding waste paper into an ac ceptable substitute for excelsior. . PORTLAND NEED OF HELP Itlit'ltl I TS WANTED FOH KIBE ; AND POMl'K HI! It EACH. ; ItepivsenliUlveH Will Bo lu liii uruiido Wednesday To Secure The Needed Addition. A recruiting ''mission," composed of Chlof of Police N. F. Johnson and O. C. Bortimeyor, secretary of mo. Municipal Civil Service Boar 'I of Portland will bo In La- Grande, Wednesday, July 10, Jor the pur poso of securing applicants for tho police, and flro bureaus. The novel plan ot entering East. orn Oregon In search of proper ma terial ror the recruiting of these two departments resulted . because of tho Inability to secure sufficient men In Portland and Its environs. No effort will be made to enlist men; who are; now working In tno pollco and fire departments of -La Grande, but men who are physic ally fit and morally competent, wlm are not engaged in war -work will be . sought. , American cltlnens be tween 25 'and 48 are, eligible for tno police bureau and between 1 and 37 years of age In the fire bureau. ; ' " ' - ;" "'. r-.- - Shipbuilding and other -war " in. duBtrles, located In - Portland, - has Increased the scope e work In both departments. Men Vrom the police bureau are needed to protect the war Industries from alien enemies and the fire department must bt kept fully maintained n man pjwer in oraer to at all times, be pi cr pared to fight fires, not only 1c any part of the city,, but :; especially along the waterfront where ihe war industries, in tho main, are located. . The two representatives, sent by the Portland City Council, will maintain headquarters during tielr Btay in La Grande at the, Foley Hotel, where they will be glid to discuss appointments with any per sons interested. - ' - '. - LOOK OUT FOR FIRE Dry Season .Calls for-Extra JPrerauv tlon of the People. Tho forest fire danger season hav ing arrived for. this season the Union nnd Wallowo Countios Fire associa tion asks that the public bo especially careful. Every fire that takes labor and supplies detracts that much from the nation's war energies. Wardens have strict instructions not to over look any careless, or other unneces sary breaking of the forest laws. Citizens aro expected to do every thing possible to prevent - fires and keep them from spreading. ; Fires should be reported to the Secretary at Williamson's land office, in the New Foley Building, or to the Union Coun ty Warden, L. H. Russell.. Wallowa county fires sholud be re ported to Joner Trump, County War den, Promise, Ore. The association is always glad to pay the phone ex pense " ''' " ; -" ' -;"" ':' ' Forest officials hope that it will not Iw necessary to ask that the hunting season be closed this year in' order to curtail tho additional fire risk. The use of the mountains for recreation purposes by the public is desired by all officials; but in order to make this possible tho closest co-operation is im perative. Patriotism should make every citi zen feel his responsibility as to forest firse, says Lowell Williamson, Sec. -f- ITALIAN WOMEN KOUM ANTI- (iEKMAN l.KAUl'E. An antl-Geriuun league of pro minent women - teachers, , "writors and artists has been .organized In Rome, - Italy. Before adjourning tho CougroBS -voted to meet next year at Udlno, now In tho hands ot the enemy,- but which Italians firm ly boHnvo will soon be retaken by tho Italian army. -' Resolutions adopted by tho Con KiOHS declared that tho Indignation of tho Italian people against Teu tonic barbarity and cunning would for a long tlnio guide Italian pub lic opinion In Its attltudo toward the Germans and Austrlans. , ' FIVE HONS l.V SERVICE. La Urundo Woman Has A Distin guished Part In War. 1 Mrs. R.' E. Plorson, of 702 Adams avenue, will be entitled to carry five stars In the mothers service badge as that Is the number of nel sons who are either now or soon will be righting for -liberty. The oldest, son, Irwin, Is 3? and Is a sergeant; Ray, aged 27, Is at pres ent In a shipyard at Portland, but in a few days will enlist. The other three Warren, Gorrold and Howard, aged 23. 21 and 19, respectively, are all. In the service., Kl 1 15 SETTLED AH 4MJ WILL I'ltOIIAIILY LEND A-HAND JAPAN MAY 1IU ' INCLUDED. MUCH WORRY IN WASHING TON HAS COME TO END rershliig Will Have A Mlllon Men On The ,WHt Front 890,000 Now On Lines. Do Nat Include Those Ilrlguilul With Allies. -'' ' '- . '' ' :' V - 'y' - i"-'-V '.- "V-V-:' WASHINGTON. D.C. July g.-i (By United Press.)J The expedition of trado and business experts, to be supported by a suitable force of police, or Interallied troops, will lie son t to Russia to aid In- restor ing order. The Dnitod Stalest Is seeking to learn tho attitude '. ot Russia regarding the allies' luten. ttons, 'but It Is now possible to state that the above outlined' pro gram has boon definitely determine ed upon and will booh, bo put Into olfect. : President Wilson has been asked by: Secretaries : Wilson, w Houston, v Redtleld and Lane to submit .a list of men tomorrow - who would con stitute suitable experts for the mis sion to Russia. .The President will announce the personnel of the com mission within a week. . JAPAN MAV COMPLY. TOKYO, July 8. (By United Preps.) After two weeks' negotia tions over the request of tlid Euro- : penn allies that Japan Intervene on behalf of the allies in Slberlc, It Is now asserted that Japan will not : consider Intervention until the United States joins the European bllles In a' reqiiest' for"Jap'anose In tervention. In view of tho changed attitude . of the United States It Is now be lieved that Japan will comply with the request of the . allies. ., I1I ARMY IN FRANCE. WASHINGTON. July 8. (By United Pross.) With a month' or even sooner General" Pershing will . have more than half a million men under his direction on the, westorn front,' the. Senate Military .. Affairs committee has been informed. . General March today . said , that the 251,000 Americans now on the firing line do not . Include - tho Americans who aro brigaded with tho ' British .nnd . French ? forces. Additional to these, all troops-sent over during the month of June are still In training, and nearly 300,000 of these will bb ready for battle by August.. '-.,... '.v..- . . HUN PRACTICE EXPOSED Germans at Front HavcOn American Uniform. BUFFALO, N. Y.,v July 8. That German soldiers who lived in the United States before the war, thus be ing able to speak the American lan- , guuge fluently, are being jent to the front Clad in -American uniforms, is the startling' Information conveyed to Mr, John L Tour, of this city by bis brother, James Donohue, private in tho U. S. Marine corps and the first American prisoner to escape from a German prison camp and successfully make his way pack to the American , lines. ' . ' 1 . . - I saw a number of German soldiers in American uniforms," wrote Dono hue, "and all of them could speak English fluently. One .of them asked me where I was from and when I told him Buffalo, he laughed and said he had been a waiter in a restaurant there at one time." ', Donohuo was ' captured when knocked scnselcs by a Boche rifle butt and after being made to work night and day digging graves for dead Ger- , mans and being spit upon' while at work by German officers, ho made his : way back to the American linos, living on some bread nnd water ha took off a German Red Cross dog. He suc cessfully pnssed through an American barrage while on his way to the Amer ican lines. ''.,. ' 0 . CARLTON MARKS STATEMENT. NKW YORK, July 8. (Ry Unit ed Press.) Newcomb Carlton, pre sident of the Western Union, today announced that there are only OS union men now In the employ of the Western Union in the entire country. . ' ; UK 111 1 1 If i a. . 21 ! .i i '"J; l r 1 fi if: