VOLUME 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.
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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 .
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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. ..
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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.
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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.
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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.,
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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.
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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. ''.,.
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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. . ' ;
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