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LA GRANDE, : OREGON, V ! SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918 nuiibeh ( 111 MID ITALIANS ARE STltOXG DRIVE NOIITIIWAItll . ' THROUGH MWUNTAIXH IS, ,v IIIOING MAINTAINED. ALBIANIAN ADVANCE , CONTINUES RAPIDLY AbunduUce Of Wr Material Ik Cap : lured People- Of Heijit. Hail , " The Conquering. Forces As Their laboratory, LONDON. July 13. (By . Uuitcd Press.) French forces .uro . now driving northward in thr,lr Balkan campaign, through the- mountainous territory apparently with the" same speed which t characterized the Albanian-advance during the earlier days. " Front" the position " of ithu forces, it would seem that the Ital ians have slowod, down In order to permit the French 16 straighten out .the line,., .vll;, . .-'.'..H ,., I v- , much booty capi'timid. ROME, 'July 13. (By .United Pi-ossiJv-'The , Albanian advance .is Continuing very rapidly," It is gbnii offlclally . ; announced: ,. heio.s .''The enemy Ib undertaking sporadic,-roav guard actions In- an effort to offer resistance to the pursulnj; forces. .The AuBtrlana abandoned and fa Hod to destroy abundant quantities of war material that thoy had captur ed in previous . battles, i At : Betat the population hnlied our troops as liberators." ' . ' '- : , : ; FKK.VJ.WW.TJBK GAIN. PAJRIS, July 13. (By United Press.) -Another - quick French ..thrust has gained. for tltom a .quar ter .of -a . mile near Portos Farm,, between the Olao and- Montdldier, ' says an official communique. Pri soners were also tali on north of the Verrover. region, ; between the Olse, and the Mnrne, and in . the Champagne. , : '" . UltlTlSIl TROOPS I'OH RUSSIA. LONDON, July; 13.(By ; Uuitod Press. ) Tho British govoriimcnt Is sending, cnnBlderublo niuiibers of troops Into tho Murmnn,- region (west of Archnngnl). following an appeal from the local Muriuan gov ernment,, from which It was loarned authorltallvoly Hint the City-mans have threatened the district. Only & comparatively small ' force . of Americans are with the Allies ' In the Murnian territory. : . HOW U. S. AVIATORS FAILED WITH , FRANCE Press.) THE. i AMERICANH, , IN liilv 'l-illlw TTtiifnfl Exhaustion of their sup- plied of gasolene as a result of hav ing to ace, heavy winds, forced tho f Ivc , Aiuorlcnn aeroplanes,' which Berlfn reported" as captured, -llb' de scend Into Gorman territory. It was announced In Washington that five American aeroplanes which had taken port In u ' raid on Wednes day, had failed to return. , , ; IIRITISII W A It CASUALTIES. I LONDON, July 13. -Clfy, United Press. ) British casualties publish ed during tho Week totalled 14,874, Including 125 officers and '1,934 men killed. ' ' ' ,' ' HINDENEURG PLEASED German Field Marshal Indulges in ' . Savage Satisfaction. .. AMSTERDAM, July 13. Field Marshal von Hindcnburg is reported to have expressed "savage satisfac tion" nt Ahe replacement of Dr. Rich ard von Kuchimann by Admiral von Hintze as foreign minister. ' 'Incident ally, this Is the first time in many o week that Hindcnburg's name haB, been mentioned in dispatches from Berlin. It appears to dispose of the multifarious rumors of the field mar shal being ill in a snnitn-rium, de mented or even dead. Writing- to General Roehl of : tho Fatherland league, Hindcnburg says: 'Things nre going well, but the distinguished chrtmbcr strategists in Berlin should give us time to breathe, which is in- rispenniblc today, when battles last eicht days or more, when one cannot - group the whole army upon a single battlefield, and when two world pow ers havo artilleries that are able to enter into action simultaneously along the whole front In these conditions patience is imperative." LOGGERS ARE NEEDED Another Call for '. Volunteers from , CUw One. A limited or special service call for 70 choker men, 60 head backers, 24 luggers, six general saw mill fore men, and 25 plane turner men for ser vice in the spruce division at Van couver, Wash., to entrain July 29, has been received by Captain J. fc. Cum- son of the selective service. Qualified registrants should present themselves to their local boards lor voluntary induction before July 29, Registrants in Class 1, limited special service, and in Classes 2, 3 and 1, general service.'.may volunteer for this call. All Voluntary enlistments will close July 23, at which time if not enough men havo volunteered to fill the call, the local 'boards will induct men from Class 1, limited or - special service, enough to fill the quota.- Only white men will be accepted. , timiuii BABY SAVING JANS FOU CELEBRATION of . I'll lliUH ISN ' X K Al. Mrs. George T. Cochran To Organ ize County Fur Weighing And Measuring Tests. , . l'luus for the celebration of Chil dren's Year, of which the .saving of 100,000 lives Is one features are boing developed by tho Children's Bureau, in co-operation with .the Child-Welfare Department of tho Woman's Committee of the Council of National1- Defense. " The -'- - safe guarding and protection of children is looked upon as a patriotic duty In view of the unavoidable wastage of human life incident to war. 1 It is expected that tho 6,000 or more local committees of the Chlld-Wol-f'avo Department, of the. Woman'? Committee will be ablo to carry the campaign to every community in tho United States. This Is. look ed upon as essential to the success of thp movement, for in the laBt analysis,: every community riiusl savo its owq babies It they are to he saved at all.-,. State, and Federal agencies, .either official , or volun tary, can make plans and offer ,sug-, geBtlons but each community ' must bear its full sharo. of responsibility lit making the campaign a success. , -The campaign to ;save 100,000 lives of babies and young children in the United States during the se cond year of the war is to be Iut aiiguratCjd by a National 'Weighing and Measuring Test. ' ' ' ..At .the conference of the woman's committee of the Council of De fense at Portland, in June, the county chairman of -Union County, Mrs. Geo,. Cochran, listened . to a very Interesting ropoit-nd sugges tions given by Mrs.. Castnor, tlip) statu chairman, who uttended the conference for women at Washing ton, D.C. Mrs. Cochran.- Is organix. Ing the county for.; . the , Nationul Weighing and. Measuring Test, de tails of which, and local committees will be announced later.;, : 5AOilJ AliJLi XO inVLtUUniJ Work or Fight Rules Being Applied . . to National Game. " By H, C. HAMILTON"'1'1' (nited- UPrcss Staff Correspondent.' ; NEW YORK. July 13. The work or fight order seema. certain to hit major league baseball. . And if jt does, base ball apparently would be flying in the face of fate if it continued. , That locul boards ure Interpreting Provost Marshal General Crowder's order as applying to professional base ball is demonstrated by the recent ab dication pf Player Parnham of the Baltimore club of the new Interna tional league. He was ordered by his local board to seek a new occupation, and he proceeded to comply at once. Two men already have left the Brooklyn National league club as a di rect result of order. Both Zach Wheat and Hi Myers own farms. ; Myers al ready has gone to his while Wheat ex pects to go within a few days. Minor leagues probably will be hit first and hardest, for most of their, men are younger. But thore is no in clination in baseball to sacrifice ' the little fellows for the biggeY ones. It would bo possible ' to guther enough men nndcr and over the ages included in the order to make n show ing, hut such an aggregation1 would supply such A joke combination of baseball that the public would become disgusted and stay away. A leaning to this plan is already apparent on the part of several big league magnates. Tommy Leach, for instance, has been ( taken back into the big league fold, land is playing as a regular with Pitts- 'burg. Joe Finncran has been adopted by the Yankees, as has Ham Hyatt, In Boston the entire outfield of the Boston Braves, consisting of Kelly. Powell nnd Rchg, an excellent com bination, has enlisted in the nnvy. PIMM P Ufll TWEfJTY FIVE REGISTRArlTS OUT OK 102 -RECENTLY TEAKS OK AGE 21 Ordered for Physical Examination by Dr. 1111 Today and v , ', Monday That there is to be no time lost filtino- for .ervir. thn In'-! nn h roMntlu r.,r.i.,f..-,l - kan 'J I VABHtO of age sinco one year ago last June is evidenced bv the fact that ahont 8K ,.. ,-.,. j today and Monday for physical exam ination by Dr. Hall. ' The names of these first twenty- five follow Max Malcolm Grant ' Willie Miles Pltzgcrulf ; John Guy Miller Walter Leon Mnltery Levi Gault Murray . Charles Franklin Gordon . s Word lAnderson fimb - . Edward 'Harmon Thomas Clancy Sturns -Roy Mclvin Bwult .. .- , William Hobart Bruntle Frank Ellsworth Brown . Charles Wesley Walker Francis Louis Thompson . Walker Andrew Bishop .' Edgar Guy Davis . James Benj. Lamm , ; Carl C. Leslor' . Walter Ingerson " 1 - I Dale Franklin Hnwkins (: : James Richard Knifjht yictor Hugh 'Knnpp George Washington Hyde ' . ''. - ; - q . ' " "' NA8H TRUCK IN DEMAND.' Cull for - IjqtiipineiH - Increasing : ' Right Along, Trucks," and. , inoro trucks,' Is the cry of tho season, and-wo are doing , our best to supply the de mand, which is -increasing all the time,." says . B.. C. Hamilton, of Hamilton Garage, . distributors of Nash cars, and trucks here. The. Nash lino Includes, models for- every' purimso, from the lordly NaBh 'Quad, which steers and drives on all .four wlieojB. to the one-ton trupk , which Is used", f oj' .light loads that are '-.taken .easily and quickly from one place to another. ,'.'.V: ' "Wo .-have, ':. been selling - : Nash equipment to many firms who .for merly used librsos, " The" high price of horse feed and tho Increased, of J flclency of 'motor - trucks ; make' these, mon realize that there l a reason for ' the demand fo . motor trucks td displace horses. ' ' "One Nasli one-ton" truck will; in most casus, replace six horses and do better and faster work; A truck i fcan work . 24 lmiirs a ,day. while a horse must have rcBt. When n truck is not in use it is not eating but a horse cats whether it works or not. "Millions or acres In the country that formerly rcw- hay and ,horao feud are, being used this year, to grow human food. . i;. "Men.': are . buying Nash trucks here because they need them and find (that, thoso trucks solve , the transportation problems with . tho maximum efficiency and the . mint- muni. .cost,'..; . . . . 1 CHERRIES FOR THE EAST . ' There - passed through. La Grande,, froni the orchards near Cove late last night, three large trucks., piled high with cherries, the bulk, of .them, .con signed to Libby, McNeil & .-Libbyy.-a Chicago firm. These consignments destined to their receiving station at The Dalles. BRITISH HOWITZERS IN ACTION AT CORNER OF A WOOD iiii Ti """"" Mi I "TV"; I I lli II 1 1 n :i : -; '-! .':-. ''.-. -. - fan I t v " ' ' , ' . S ' ' ' t; . li A battery of Ktitlh howltsers is ground Is a motor dispatch rider ALL SINGERS ' SHOULD ATTEND PKOK. EDWARD' ADVISES FULL ' , A HK.UAN K AT t'HOIlt 8 . SUNDAY ICVKNIKM With regard to the inentltig called for all .singers of the city to ' meet with the community chorus at 7.30 o'clock Monday evening In the Pres byterian church, word has boen re ceived, from Professor Edwards as follows: ; ",', '.'I ". '.'. .,',-. - "All aingora who miss being pres. ont next Monday night will hiIbs in!8" olucldatiou as important as the "i lna tree, or a foundation a noble : structure. There may !be other nights, but next Monday wm ner reulrn-so wn ijieifi will lose that -night that will bo lost." : ' "' -'. ' ' ' V;' ; . Professor MoBsman desires it uu tderstood that this Is to be a chor- l"s. by the people, .for the people i and for too benefit, of the city, not to mention the value of the train ing to Its members. If interested In such a move,merit no one should hesitate. to bo present this Is their invltatipu to be. there. a "... . MtKOBNCirvV' pi TIIIH NEWS t AlSb- MIC EOT It ISM. Demise Of Tho. Gorman ' General ' Said To Have Followed Stormy ; - lutei'view With KuiKcr. . AMSTERDAM,.,: July ..... 13 (By United Press.) Rumors of tho death of von. Hindenburg are again revived in Belgian newspapers. One Journal Bays .that the ' rumored death of the German militarist wns tho resuit of a stroke of paralysis. which followed a stormy Interview between the Kuice'r and von Hin denburg . regarding1 the conduct of the' offensive against ; Paris. '''' MIMHCNBVnfJ' IS HATIHI'IKD AMSTERDAM,' July 18, (By United i Press.) The' ; Koelnlsohe Settling' says' that von ' Hindenburg has written to General von Rocht informing him that. "Things - are going we'll.' Ho also wrote that he thought -the arm-chair strategists might, allow the generals a breath ing, spell, which aire considered in dispensable when battles laBt eight days or more. . SQUABBLE OVER ; INTERVENTION POINDEM'KIl SAYS DIG MISTAKE WII,li HE MADE IN GIVING AID TO RUSSIA, ; : WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13. (By '.United- Press..) A ' spirited controversy over the, . Adnilulstia. tlon's Russian policy has started today In Senate. ... .... Senator Poindexter ' declared that the administration would make a Berioua mistake If it diverted , Its man power and other reserves to Russia for the use of the Bolshe- vlki.: J'oindexter . declare that "Neither men nor material that w 'may send Bolahevlkl will over he ued against Germany." HiNDENBUBG'S DEATH REPORTED si-en nt the corner of a wood hurling shells at the distant Huns. In the fors rendy to carry messages to. hesilqiinrters. , . ..... ifJSTRUCTIOfJS TO BED GBOSS ritOCOKEU CHANOKS IN WOltfi . v SUT OUT IN ClKCl'LAK. i One Of The Iinirai-taut Matters Securing Of MittmialH From 1 " "The Headquni lers. As the local Red Cross chanter of Grande Is making almost su-' Iporhuiuab efforts to fill its orders now - on hand for necessaiy ; arti cles to go "over there.-', it w per tinent at this time to quoin a few paragraphs from a letter from Dl. vision Manager C. D. Stihu-,1. The letter ' says: -H-'v- ;:..-.::;'-:. ; "We are not attempting in .'. is letter to cover jthe' situation with respect ; i to ' many . important : Red Cross aotlvitiesf, of the : Cii'Vpturs, the- Home Sorvlco and the Canteen Son-lee,!'' and c work'-'bt tho , actual administrative' affairs of Ole" Chap ters,- neither, have we made, any attempt-to' forecast souio of the newer forms-' of activity, suctv a roclauiatlon of soldiers' :. clotliinj. While all of these ; nlatteis ars of first Importance ', we are confiiijicg ourselves in this letter to Chautv production.' ,' , . v i. "Your chapter will- be ;askel by this office to produce 'definite qunn titlestof certain articles, TtieM- nl lotme'nts, will bo changed from, tlu i to time as we rccolve farther cti, mates 'of rcquirementg t rbni i Na tlonal i Hbadqiiarters,1 and. Joit ' are, urged' on all Recounts , ; to confine your p'roduotion ,to . theuo ;.' deflnlt,o allotniontB and to sccuib your ma. terlals through our divlslouul supply- warehouse. , . liVou- are particularly requested not to.purchuBO : through ' OiitBlde sources any of the ..materials we, carry in stock, , even though you may at times be able to get more expeditious deliveries thereby. Tho reason" for-this request Is that the Government has agreed to allow us to participate In purchase , of gauze, , cotton, outing flannel and such staple, ' materials at the prices paid by the Government and on practically ; the same terms of rt livery, only with the specitlc ' unr deistaudliig that chapters would ''re frain, fr.oni outside purchasoB bf these materials. .. .Thlo cohdltlon ia ImpiSsed because such purchases tend to , demoralize - market Condi, tlons and make ' more dlffcult thy goveirnment , task ' of regulating the manufacture and marlceting of those staple materials.' . - 1 .' . "We are confident that : evory loyal member of the Red Cross will do the utmost to promote the effi ciency of the organization so that we nvay cntlnue to be the greatest relief agoncy oporalng In-the war." Russian; refugees arrive , 1 1' Reach Victoria ' Aboard V a Steamer uvm jspan , VANCOUVER,' B, C:,:;i July 13 Sixteeii Russian refugees arrived here yesterday aboard a steamer from Japan, bringing grim' tales of horror and famine in Russia, gruesome stor ies of war, civil conflict and wholesale murders by the Germans, Samuel Hgrry Tornoff.an 18-year-old student and one of the'refugees, said he fled from Odessa the day before' the Ger mans occupied he city, his flight be1 ing hastened by. the fact, that the Germans were killing every - young man who looked as.ff he might become a soldier if he lived a few years. "Most of the Russians expressed a desire to come to Seattle, and the others were undecided as to - where thev would go." . WALLOWA BOT ON SHIP liawrence Mathey Was Gunner On , Preshlens IJiralu, . ; " Vpu asked about the . Red Cross writes Lawrence Mutneny or Enter prise, In a letter to his father, Jos. lyn Matbeny; t(dlpg of t.he..Blnklng or uie u. B. 8.' president Lincoln of which he was second class fire man, "I don't, think anybody ever tried to sell any of the sweaters or, anything," he , continues, "for 1 gat two fest winter for nothing, but lost both of them on the ship. When we got back we all receivod a comiort kit wnicn we needed bad for we lost everything we had. But t guess we will get a new bag of clothes . from the government. 1 I had something over $100 worth of clothes, IS In money, besides some souvenirs I bought in France." MR. KELLY FRANCE COVE YOUNG MAN IN FIELD AR TILLERY SUCCCMBS,. DeceaBtd Was Son of Mrs. May Kelly , and In Service Over . .- ' - . '.. Year i. ..;-.' .' IL . .. ; Another Union county young man has made the supreme sacrifice in the service of his country in France. ' Ho is John R. Kelly. He wns born and reared In Cove and his mother is Mrs. May Kelly of that place. Ho also" leaves four sisters and one brother. ' "Word of her son's death, which re sulted front illness, was received by Mt8. Kelly today and the family will receive' the spontaneous sympathy of all patriotic people In the sad iriessage received. " , ' ' John R. Kelly enlisted In the ser vice a year , ago last April, being among the very first from this county to enroll his name- in his . country's cause. He arrived in 'France on the 31st day of last August, He was wltn the field artillery and since his ar rival in France has no doubt -seen much service, His father was the late. t.. F. Kelly, whose, death . oc curred several' years ago. '- WILL W0RBYW,ILHELM Department - of Agriculture Advises Foodstuffs to Be Canned. WASHINGTON, July 111. (By United Press) Fivequarta of home cunnedfruits and '. vegetables per month for all winter for every Amer ican isn't a bad wartime proBpect, is it? ';.-."" That's the program the department of agriculture is fostering in its ''can-the-food" propaganda. Three thou sand demonstrators are in the field, all over the producing districts, showing men, women and children how to can and dry the surplus summer food, to the, end that 1,600,000,000 quarts may be put up at home this summer. i:!;1-;'- O- ':'-'f '.'.' , i PAID IN INSTALLMENTS Beneficiaries of Soldiers Insurance , - Get Monthly Payments. .? WASHINGTON, ;, July . 13.--Widc-spread impression that insurance of men in the military, service is paid in lump sum after their death led . the war department to make the an nouncement today that payments of benefits under the war, risk insurance act are made over a period of, 20 years, tho insurance is payable, on the death of the insured, on tho bests of J5-75 per month for each S1000 of insurance for ,240 monthly . install ments. For the maximum of $10,000 tho beneficiary would receive a pay mcnt of ?57.D0 per month for 20 years. - , , o '' CLEAVINGEK BUYS TRUCK Bert Hamilton , has sold to Frank Clcavinger, the transfer man, a. two ton Nash truck. 1 -.- JULIAN NORVAL DEAD Was Former Well Known Grande . Ronde Resident. Mrs. C. J. Norval received a toll gram Saturday afternoon conveying the sad news of the death of her son Julian, at Waterloo, Mont., at '11:30 that day. Mrs. Norval nnd niece, m f T. . 1 1 1 - .1 -,l . Vi ... num. ."", -itr 1.:: h..,j ii.-f....r- ,,i ,,,Kini. if in iirtiitrht. h.1,1 Mon - ul, which it is thought was held Mon day afternoon. . ' ' Deceased was well known - In this county, having been born neur Suin mcrville 61 years ago, and where he was educated and grew to manhood. He moved to Montana about 25 years ago. A few years latter he was mar ried to Miss Ollie Townsend, who with one son, Hugh, mourns his death. In addition he leaves his mother and one brother, Ray Norval, of fSummrrvllle Being without help on his farm and unable to secure a man, Ray Norval, brother of the dorcssed, was unable to attend the funeral. Elgin lltcconlcr. DIED aooiiio:: TO FOB ; IIIFI.I TOTAIj OF 1.100.000 VN1TKD STATKS TUOOI8 HAVB ; GONK ACROtW. -! - i OTHER DRAFT CALLS HAVE BEEN KA8! Three Hnmlred Thousand Wm' Itequlretl In , August Many Others , Wlio Are Needed For Special Training. WASHINGTON. D.C.. July 11-,. (By United ' Press.) United States troops .In France now, total 1,100.-000,-. Chief of .iiwtu March ' told the .Senate military ..affairs committee today, Two army corps of from '325,000 to 250,009 men,, have been, organised,. ' The first, corps is comocsed of. two regular divisions and four na tional guard divisions, Including 4lt 42nd and Rainbow divisions frpm many : BtateB, under Major-General. Menoher. and 31st and Sunset divl- slon from the Pacific' Coast State. trained at Camp Groono, wlilch was originally under General Liggett,' who is now a temporary corps eom- mander. ' -,'' Chief of Staff March - said : there . are now 331,000 on tho firing line,' and the remainder : have- reached that - stage of training that. will , make, them available almost at once In an extreme emergency. .) More -than 260. airplanes were- shlpped to France on July 6tb ' F Ol'HEIt CALLS MADE. WASHINGTON, D.C, July .'19. ( By .- United - Press. ) Provost War. , -shal Crowder . has Issued a aew draft call for the first of August,.-, ummonlng -12,1 3 -men- for- special ; technical training. The eighth call for 300,000 will be made in August ' HKLGIAN : l'KAHANTS KILLED, AMSTERDAM, July 13.. (By United Press.) Five Belgian pei ants wore, killed and fifteen others wounded by Gorman soldiers dur ing a -day's rioting which followed the requisitioning . or supplies - of vegetables by German officers.' ?: ANOTIIKH Ufa ,VAB LOAN COPENHAGEN. July ' 13. (By United Pross.) The nialn commit tee of the Rolchstag has adooled the" program for a new- war' loan of 16,000,000.000 mark. ' The Inde pendent Socialist and Polish ineui-' bars did not vote on the measure, ' KUEHLMANN SICK OF IT : AMSTERDAM, July 13. ( (J. P.) Dr. Richard Kuchimann, former tier man foreign minister, will go to Switzerland 'soon for a long vacation, a Berlin dispatch stated today. ' - -1 will be glud to get a bit of fresh air," ho was quoted as saying to u' friend, "i am sick of It all." : ' LIBE11ALSACCEPT HINTZE ' -CdPENHAGEN, July 13, U. P.) The German liberals are willing to . give Admiral von Hints 'a trial" as foreign minister, the Vossiche Zeitung says. i i . Philip Scheidemann and other So cialist leaders accepted Von Hlntte'a appointment "with certain reserva tions." .. , .. -..,;',. . .... , b LARGE INDEMNITY ASKED COPENHAGEN, July 13. (U. P.) Tho newspaper Nashe Slovo de clared todny that Germany has asked a war indemnity of 7 billion rubles ($:i,ti0fi,00n,0vh) from Russia.' o , -,: ' IS I'KOIIAItLY ALIVE." '- WASHINGTON, D.C, July, 13.- (Br United Press.) -"Tickers" on !'1" Vthsi.go carry the rumor ; that von Hindenburg is dead. Of- : flcluls, ' however, are extremely skeptical brcauso (hero have, boen nwny such reports recently. CAR OF MAXWELLS ..... , John E. Anderson considers himself fortunate on account of the arrival i the week of , a carload of Maxwell touring cats. i ' .' ' : - t - O i WEATHER FORECAST . July lftrr-For toniirht and tomorrow fnlr. ' . , , , K mm win, m't i-r'