La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 23, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnil -Al 1 . ' 1 Al.!iA.-Alfl ' ! .Phone The OtanrW I JfV . II II Tl lYfV IX'liMTlVll!' " tho New. and 1 JJjl JT.'''' M'Jj j YourMW"nt j An Independent Newspaper, PrinU the News the I Day It Happens, VOLUME XXI LA GRANDE, OREGON, 'TUESDAY,- JULY 23, 1918 NUMBER 255 GERMANS MUST RUN GAUNTLET FHANCO-A.MEIUCAX OCXS LEAVE AVION US OK ESCAPE ONLY SEVEN MILES WIDE. AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN THE TOWN OF BUZANCY Inactivity of Gorman Guns Believed To Indicate Their Withdrawal Ti North' Sky Is Aflame As Germans I'lit Torch To Villages In Their .Itclrcat Important - Itlvcr llciitl Is Captured. LONDON, July 2:5. (Hy Culled Press.) Tim Frniico-Aiiicilcnn.s, I: is iumidiiiicciI, have resumed tlic of fensive between the river Ourci and thorlty of Soissons anil ore at tacking fiercely along the whole of u 15 mile front. x .The British hnvo captured Fete Cllamps wood, near Mnl-fall.v, nr twven tlie river .Maine mill the city of lieims. A.MEHICAXS IN NEW ZONE. With 'reiieli They Capture Villages i North Of Mnntdidicr. PARIS, July 23. (By United Tress.) Along the entiro southern section of the Mnrne salient, activi ty last night was confined to ar tillery fire, says the offeinl commu nique issued here. North of Montdidier, the Franco American forces advanced on a three niilo front, capturing three villages and tlireo hundred fcGer mans. HIXS ARE NEARLY TRAPPED Allied (inns Are Shelling Them From Itoth East Anil West. PARIS. July 23. (By United Tress.) DIupalchcB from the frontj decline that the Franeo-Ainerican urtillcry Is now In such a position that it can bombard the Germans both from the east and west in the Rhcims-Solssons salient. At -present tlio shell firo from both points of the compass are within seven miles of meeting, this leaving but a narrow avenue through which the Germans can withdraw. AMERICANS TAKE .IA1LGOXXE. .LONDON, July 23. (Hy United Tress.): The Americans have cap tured the town of .luulgonnc, the north bank or the Maine, anrl about rivo miles northeast of dial- can Thierry. In this action they brought In 300 prisoners. The Froirth hold the entire bend of tho Murne from Churteyos to Treloup, Jaulgonnc, the town taken by the Americans, being between tho two towns. midway The Franco-Ami!! leans repulsed a sharp German countor-attack 'it Vandlers. Between the Aisno and the Oureii the. Franco-American forceB are still making progress. The comparative Inactivity of Ger man artillery in the Itheinis-Sois-sons salient, indicates that the enemy Is withdrawing Ills big guns. Ainericaiis Take Itlljiney. According to reports received here, tlie Americans have captured Buzancy. a town lying oast of the Kolssons-Cliatean Thierry highway Tlio French aro holding the whole or the town oi Oulchy lc Chateau. lll'N IS MARKING HIS TRAIL. True To Form He llliiws His Path Willi t ile In Town And Village. WITH THE AMERICANS IN THE FIELD, July 23. (By United I'ri'ss.) The German retreat north ward from tlie Marno Is marked by n line of burning villages. From Hirson to Soipsons. IJie night sky is aflame with tho reflection of blaz ing towiu and ammunition dumps which no i "-.-i. .... .- ". - toward the esle River line. . Allied aviators teport great con- test Ion of German troops on all roads north of the Vesle river lulles north of tho Marno. 18 , NKGHOLS CALLED TO OLOISS. Fifty ThifC Thousand Are To En train On Ansut ,.tli. WASHINGTON", D.C.. Juiy 2."..-(1U- United Press.) Provost Mnr Fhal. Crowder has l?stied a call !i r.o,:i'.iii negros, who aiu to enlri'.ln evening of July 21, has been -post-on August 5th for service with thejponed indefinitely on account of the colors, i W. FRANK PERSONS w. Frame Persons, director general of the department of civilian relief of the American Red Cross. GIRLS CAN DD its. POTATO, COliX AND UAH HIT CLl IIS I'Ori'IiAlt. What Other lloyN And (j iris Are Doing, Any Boy Or Gill In . Town Or t'ountry Can Do. Assistant Emergency County Agent A.' H. Prince reports thai while in Union last Saturday after noon, inspecting war gardens, A. I. O'Reilly, assistant state club lea der boys and girls clubs of tlio O. A. C., he also hud u look at the puro bred Duioc pftgs of the son3 of McDaniels, the well-known 'stock breeder in that part of ' Union county, and said that it was one of the best, it not the best bunch of piggie had as yet come across, and those young boys, should lie able to carry off blue ribbons at the forthcoming Slate Fair to bo held in Salem in September. Speaking of pig club.3, Mr. Trince said he had on his list of young sters, corn club, potato club and rabbit club boys and girls. For instance, there is 1). Smut'!, out on the road to Hot Lake, just beyond tlio frily limits, who lias corn growing that is now !) feet tall moro than twice the height of the boy himself. Rupert Clark, of Island City, has tlio- best field of potatoes' so far inspected ,thls summer. Hut little Valeria- Swan ' is the girl wliif is making money, and lots jf u, Belgian hares, when about rnur weeks old, are' better than (young chickens for- frying and not so expensive to raise, and can.be oold to consumers at a much less price. inis nine gin nas aireauy con- i, acted for all her output, which (are luss than four weeks old, at 25 ;ccnls (.ilclli having already earned about $30., As these fine lKtlo animals are , ruj,s,,. a, nrc prolific (breeders, hero is a chance Tor good money for any boy or girl who will i lako the trouble to look into the! subject. ' ' . cnion i:i;d 1'iioss ai cnoN. UNION, July 23. Tho Junior Red Cross of Union will hold nn auction, Saturday. July 27. at the bandstand at 7:30 in the eveniiiK. WHAT BOYS AND reported to l0TIcl.n wiM )t) a refreshment booth , the stm,t. T,ts ls Union's first Inaction, and. Nelllo Lemon, secre tary of tho Junior Red Cross sends out tiie call for everyone to come and. help make it a success. PISISONEI! LIST IS TOO LOW One Army Alone Has Captured .More Than l,IOO. PARIS. July 23. (By United Press. ) Cone! pondent Mellot! states that, when all the war pris oners aro counted. it will probably ,.,n ,la3 rapturi-d more than the present, olflelal estimate of 20.000. COOLER WEATHER. The local weather office yesterday reported a big drop in tlic thermom eter, ns it registered only S3 degrees as against 102 a few days ago. SOCIAL !S POSTPONED. The I,. 15. S. Sunday School social which was to have been held on the death of Mrs. X. ,Schofield. AVIATORS StIHHtlU1 HUH BASES MORE THAN ijy,HX POUNDS OF liOMISH ARE DROPPED TOWNS IX FLAM US.' BRITISH NOW EXPECT BIG HUN OFFENSIVE Watchfully Waiting For Mow To lie Struck Against Allied Line On Plainly Front Great Masses Of German Storm Troops Arc In Iteadlness Anil Only Awuit Signal PARIS, July 23. (By United Tress.) Tho Allies have further hampered Gorman attempts to avert disaster by swift withdrawal from their present front by sotting fire to the cities of Fere-en-Tar-denols and Fismes in the Solsxous- Reims sullont, A largo squadiun of Allied aviators have dropped more .than 3J.0OO pounds of uonibs on the two cities, which are now burning furiously. Fere-en-Tardenois and Fismes are the two grout buses from which the Germans have been dir ecting their operations in the drive on the Maine and are very im portant strategical points. The allies are still progressing at several points, while the Germans continue to withdraw toward the River Vesle, on which It is believed their new line of defense la prepar ed. BOMBARD KNEMY LINUS. Nino Enemy Planes Were Drought Down Yesterday. WASHINGTON, July 23. (By United Press.) French cables to official, circles here state that French aviators have dropped more than a ton of explosives on various depots on the enemy lines of com munication and cantonments in the valley of the Vesle! Yoslerday nine enemy noroplanos wore brought down by allied aba tors and untl-aircraft gunfire. FARMERS URGED TO LIST HELP WANTED L COUNTY AGENT SI'lLLMAN RE VIEWS KA KM LABOR qCES TION OFFERS ADVICE. . "I am told that men are passing through La Grande continuously look ing for farm work. They apply at the Y. M. C.A. or the fire station for work, but in case there is no call for help listed, these men invariably pass on, either going west or east, and leave this section with that much less help," says Paul H. Spillman, county agent. Continuing Mr. Spillman says : 'Let these ngencies know your labor wants, but do not wait until the last minute, and expect to run in and pick up a crew. If necessary, Ret your men several days before harvest time and put them to mowing weeds, fix ing fences, or any work. In this way it is probable that considerable help ; may be picked up. ''Let your labor wants be known ahead of time, and you will benefit thereby." ITALIAN TROOPS WHO ARE FIGHTING Msg m JTM.1MS OFflCIAL PHOTO ''1 M " Thee Italian troops havo driven : cross that river. TURKEY PROMISES TO MAKE AMENDS IWII-li IK) HEU DUTY TO IT. S, IF HKH TKOOl'S COMMITTED OUTRAGE AT TAItlil,. WASHINGTON. U.C., July 22. (By United Press.) it Is announc ed here that Turkey bus promised to make full, amends to the United States if It is definitely ascertained that Turkish troops were responsi ble for the anti-American outrage? at Tabriz. '" i .' It will be remembered, that Tur kish soldiers were alleged to have looted and fired tho American con sulate and an American-owned hos pital in Tabriz, Persia, on tlio oc casion of tho occupation of 'the city by Turkish troops. Tho report was confirmed by Spain, and tho Amer ican dispatched a strong note to tho Turkish government. TAKES OVER CANAL. I'-Itoat Monaco On Atlantic Coast In .Met By Government. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23. (By United Press.) Tlio govern ment has taken over Capo Cod canal, which cuts off 70 miles from the sea route between Buzzard'3 Day and Saudwlch, Mass. Tho seizure was .the direct re sult of tho menace offered by the visit of German U-boats to the At lantic coast. . MORE THAN HALF MILLION IN NAVY SHCIiKTAHY DAXllvl.S MAKRS I.MPOKTAXT STATION HNT OF .NAVY'S PHItSONXKL. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23.-, (By Unitod Press.) -Secretary' ot Navy Daniels today announced that tho enlisted personnel of tho navy has now passed the half million mark. ' The total strength of tho armed naval forces is 603, 7!K!, to which are to bo added 1)0,000 laboreiB, mechanics and offico men. VON HINCfENBURG , IS SERIOUSLY ILL HAS NOT HHKX IX COMMAND S1NCM JANl AltV TOO TIIIL'D HVHX TO SP10AK. LONDON, July 23. (By Unlto.1 ross. ) Vnrious dispatches which have arrived hero declare that von Hindenburg has been too ill since as long ago ns January of tbij year to direct military matters. . Ho attendeil the recent Imperial reception only with great ofrort. If he speaks he uulckly becomes tired, and lie lies at Hanover ls a critical condition.. ROOSEVELT SAYS HE WILL NOT RUN DECLARES IIIC IS TOO lll'SY WATCHING WAR TO CON SIDER GOVERNORSHIP NEW YORK, July 23 (By Unit ed Press.) Colonel Roosevelt today announced (bat he Is far to busy j (watching tho conduct and progress of the war in Europe to become u j (candidate for the post of Governor of New York. i buck the Atlstrluus oa the l'iave and are TAKEOVER II TELEPHONES, TELEGRAPHS & wireless to he run iiy ' government. . THE PUBLIC ARE TO OWN ANOTHER UTILITY I I Postmaster-General Announces That Ills .Department Will Extend Value tf Service To l'tililie At Cost Of' Operation Will lllg Improvement. .Mean WASHINGTON, D,C, July 23. (Uy United TresB.j-pi'resldent Wil son toduy signed an executive ordor placing tho nation's lines of com munication under government con trol on July 31st. David J. Lewis will be director of the service un der Tostmaster-Ovueral Burleson. The' government thus takes ovor control of all the telephone, tele graph and wireless systems In the United States from the 31st of tills I month. I Tostmuster-General Burleson to day announced that the post office department will try to run the lines with a much biouder use of the servlco at cost to tho public. He said: "The change will inot affect press leased wires, except to im prove the service wherever possi ble." ,XI!W II I N OFFH.NSIVIi Shock Troops In Lni-u:o XuinbcrN Await Kaiser's Orders. OX THE BRITISH FRONT, July 23. (By United Press.) The Brit ish are watchfully waiting for llfo great offensive against , their lines In Picardy for which they definitely know Princo Rupprocht has been preparing for many weeks, Plans aro complete for tills of fensive and great masses of Gor man shock troops aro held in rejid InesB to bo loosed when tlie signal comes from tho German high com mand. MRS. SCH0FIELD DIED SUDDENLY END COMES WHILE SHE WAS WITH OUTING PARTY IN FOX HILL VICINITY. Mrs. Mary Sehufield, wife of N. W. choficld, died very suddenly at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Schoficld was with a party, Including members of the family- und friends, who had gone up on Fox hill north west of town. She had been walking over the hills v.ml had become ex hausted from the exertion, and with out alarm or warning of any kind, dropped dead. Mrs. Schoficld was about 65 years of age. The family arc well known residents of La tlrnnde and they oc cupy a farm on the foothill road south of town. They have been resi dents of this community for upwards of 20 years, and Mrs. Schofield was known us a wolnan of most exemplary character. ' ' Besides her husband, Mrs. Schofield leaves six children. Ray, the, oldest (Continued on Paire fl.) ON THE PIAVE bu.y constructing a pontoon bridso t ALEXANDER I. K0N0VAL0V Alexander I. Konovalov, minister of commerce and industry during the Kerensky regime, baa arrived In the United States to Inform the adminis tration at Washington of the exact con ditions in Russia and to ask aid for that war-torn country., . (iOVUItN.MUNT SANCTIONS Fll.M SHOWINti V. S. IX WAit.. Public To Have Views Of Thb Country's Activtles Through Offlclul Pictures. . Under the title of "Pet.hlng's Crusaders," a series of niovliu; pic tures liavo been prepared showing actual and authorized scenes of the war. Tho pictures are presented under direction of the United States committee on public information. Everybody wants to know ali they can learn as to what tho govern ment is doing In war work ' and what tho Oioys aro doing "over there." These pictures shoHv It. all They constitute tho greatest o.at eatlonul us well us insp'nitl'.iiai views ovor presented. Tho great features uro being shown to ertwd- ed houses In all tho principal ci les of the east and are now hem? given In " 'Portland. The Arcade Thoator In La Grande has subtree! those films and they will be pihs- onted horn Just as soon as tbey are released from Portland,. In theso views tho United Stiles Government bus mnda. It postible for tho great American public 1 1 bo nn eyewitness to tho vast activities of the army and navy both "'Jvor Hero" and "Over There." Tliroiili the medium of the motion picture you are enabled to seo in the mak ing (ho momentous force which U to end the greatest war of !!io ngas. These official pictures will Hive. the poople of Lu Gramle their 'first opportunity of seeing our Irys In iction in France; to underslaud Jual what these months of preen ration I have brought about In cm ll ruling our common enemy; lo cnub'n the worker in the factory - and office, tho toller In tho field In faU. ev ery man, woman and child who Is doing Ills or her part, to visualize the remit of their labor to tt.e present time. These remarkable pictures vlli show those who- subscribed lo the Liberty Loans, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus, Navy and other campaigns what their money has accomplished. i Every American will bo Inlons dy Interested In seeing tho baking of mountains of bread for tho A'lny, Itlio making of millions of uniforms tho manufacture of tons of guns, the launching of thousands of alr - planes into the air and thousand:,! of ships into the sea. You will sec our Navy and our Army lu act ion ! thrill with a vital pride nt siclit cf i our own erusuders striding in legions on to victory! You will see the first line trendies 'in France, the first balch of Ger- man prisoners caught by the Yan - kees the hundreds of Important und Interesting details of modern warfare. Yon may see your boy. or your neighbor's boy. or vour friend behind the lines at work or marching through the streets of some little French town. You will soe the mighty Perill ing President Poincare of Ffuiu-e, and Secretary of War Baker nn hl recent tour of inspection of our armies in Fiance. In short yon "PERSHING'S CRUSADERS." will see America In tiie war. Thi.iilng. An immense crowd of rela- remarkahlc motion picture, fittingly .entitled "Pershing's Crusaders," wim ipholograpbeil by orriciul goverr- nient cinieramcn, sent with ' ti e jariny and navy fur that purpo.it- I (Continued on Tame Six.) POPULACE JOINS III FAREWELL SELECTED '.MEN OK TWO COUN- TIES WERE Jl'ESTS OF HONOR LAST MUIIT. R. J. GREEN AND J. L. RAND SPEAKERS OF THE EVENING Eloquent Addresses Appeal To Tho . Hearts Of All Stirring Music By Band Women Sing With Fine, ' Effect Dance Closes Evening. "God bless our boys In Frunce ' evory one of them If their blood is shod. It will be splllod for us iuu iui 1 1 uciiuiu, - mm ii . muy loiiiu homo, and I hope they do, we will honor them for ever." Hon. John L. Rund. ' A rousing patriotic demonstration and rarewcll marked the eve oi the .departure of the 91 suloct men of Union county nud (12 from Wal lowa yesterday evening. - ; The master of '.-ceremonies, C. A. Fmahlser, saw to It. that there were no breaks In the program. The band plnyed several patriotic selections before, the Introduction of R. J. Green, who made tho op ening address. ,V. ' i Mr. Green made two points la his address of only a few minutes. He said there were, two cIussob of sol diers those .already In France, and those, like the , men before hlni, who were preparing to go. ., Ope other good' point he mado was the manner In which ho de picted our unprepuredness a year ago, and tho lies the Kaiser told his people and is still tolling them. But tUe Americans tiprlsed not only the Kaiser, but our allies in putting Into France an lmmonno army, completely equipped,' and to day Is leading in crushing the Ocrmnns back. ' ,. "Amoricans aro taught In child hood to bo Independent luen and not machines, dike tlio Germans," he said was the secret of our suc cess. ' . Hon. J. L. Itnnd. ' As 0 fitting prelude to Hho ud lress of tho Hon, John L. Rand, ot Baker, Mrs. P. A. Foley sang tho "Red, White and Blue." The song was followed' by an encore, which wits Insistently demanded by tho audience. - ' . Mr." Rand, having a son in the servlco himself,' was" -particularly well qualified to speak straight to the hearts ot tho sons of his neigh bors. . - FriHii the start to the closo of his 30 mltiuto address, Mr. Rund held his audience to tlio, deepest appreciation of every , word that ho uttered. "One year ago today America ; was wholly unprepared for war- 1 today sho is ono great furnaco of war uellvlty from one ond of tho hind to the other; munitions, arms, and ships aro building with fover- i:0i zeal. We have 1.200,000 men or thereabouts over there now, and 250,000 more on the way, ..with 200,000 on the wustem Trout. If need bo, wu will put C, 00.0, 000 men In tlio field to end Prussian ism." Almost ns u benediction cunie tho last r.cnlcnco3 of tho speukor. Hush- h,ig to intense silence the groat crowd about him: "God bless our boys In Franco . evory ono of them It their blood is shed, it will be splllod for us jHml for' frol!tlom and lr lhcy como hoiue aud I hope they do we will honor theni forever." Immediately following Mr. Rand's able address, came as a fitting close I he song rendered by Mrs, T. J. Scroggln "Up to a Man." If over any bunch of young sol- !'"01"' ,"'fore "vln home, had I "lplr ,,c"rU ,n,(,(l w"h CO"" '' iniieciioii err Loose wnu love ineiii. 'It Is the ones who left this morn ing. I About (en o'clock the bond struck up some dance music and dancing ended nn auspicious evon- lug. Many Sec Hoys Entrain. Tho Union and Wallowa county conllngenls got away on a special train at about 7 o'clock tills uiorn- ; tires and friends were at tho depot ' to give the departing soldiers a final good-byo. .While soum ot the leave-takings wore of Improsslvo sadness tho general air was ono ot (Continued on Pago 4.).