La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 31, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti tiVI nwa in tw tin . Hippcat.. VOLUME XXI LA GRANDE, OREGON, WIOUNMOSDAY, JULY 31, 1918 NUMB Kit 261 UIESSEEK DEATHBLOW 1JOTH ALLIES A.D HIWH HAVE CHANUED THEM ORIGINAL '." PLAN'S. , HUN RETREAT SO RAPID THAT CONTACT IS BROKEN Objective Of Both Armies Is Now Til. Ullllttir lf Au fimt' fl.i.Mi. -.... - - - ....... rf - ' I I 1 1 p I it ft An Possible Little HoK' Of nagging; German Army Be cause .Wings Aro Too Strong. ' , WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31. I By United Pross.) Chlof or Starr March today told the newspaper correspondents that both sides hare now changed thtjlr original objec tives on the bloody .SolBsons-Ueinis line, Their entire cforts aro now bent solely : on trying to . attack each other and killing off as many men as possible. , 1 ! . 'here ' are but light hopes of bagging the' German army,, by out flanking It on' its wing, ns this Is very strong on both the Solssonn and Reims flunks. . .- ' Chief of Staff March said that the Solssons-Reims salient has flattened out . considerably since Saturday.- V t,l .'. The, enemy retirement amounted to rouf; inilos on a 20 mile 'front' and was carried out s rapidly that tlie allied troops got completely ont or touch with the front and caval- ry'liudto bo sent out, -tocatch up with the Cermnns. ' The enemy's extreme west flank In stable, now, while, at the same time, the OornHin have reduced Hid. allies' salient on the extreme, east or the line. "Whatever the German objectives wore at the start," fluid Chier or Staff March, "and whatever. ' our hope was In carrying out the. coun ter ofrensive, it' Is now evident thut both those . alms have been set aside. : -.- ' i "The objective of each army now is the destruction of bis opponont, and both sides now disclose the do. sire to Kill off as many of his op ponents .as possible." EI). COOLIDUK PERSISTENT. Is Making A ' Second Attempt To ct Into Army, H. K. Coblidge, major or the Eastern Oregon, battalion of the Oregon State Guards, and former assistant, cashier of the. La Grande National Bank, is in Portland mak ing a second attempt to ' get Into I he army; Although past-40 years of age, Mr. Coolldgo . is going . to got in the-, service if such a thing is possible. A year ago he-wentlo California and was In line for. a commission when he ns compelled to return.-home on account of. an nf feet Ion In Ills foot. Having .re covered from the physical disabil lly, he has arranged his businoss affairs for tho second attempt. - He served n year in the Philip pines 1th the Utah battery and was later a captuln in the national guard. Mr. Coolldgo was also an occupanffor one term as the heart official or the, Odd Follows or Ore 'gon, so his activities extend oyer many affairs outside or the mili tary. For several years he bus been an arslstant cashier in the La Grande Nutlonnl Bank, and was a j member or the big Tunning con cern, known as the Hill-Coolldge McKenooa company. STA.UAItI)l,EI) LABEL. O. A. C, CORVALLI3, ' July 31. A standardlzP(ir label for forinal- ilehyde containers Is not only be ing used by .Oregon druggists, bill has beon adopted by drugglstB in Callfurniu, according to a iotlcr from W. W. Mucklo of the Univer sity of California, and a .leader In tho cereal smut eradication cam paign lo H.- P. Barss.' plant patho logist In he Oregon Agricultural College, who started tills movehient Standard formulas arc placed on all labels. . ' ELEVEN' HTAKS IN FLAG. Araule Theater HoMk Kmtilrr In dlmting PMtriotlr. Senlrn. t . I . I. s.nn n.itlm.lHnrf In . MM , 1, ' ii i - j the solid background, a service flagi was raised, today by the Arcade theater. "Thli Is ono thing I am proud of." tald - Mrt. Leiter, the Iroprietor. MAJ. GEN. OKSHSMA v. . .h. Ma J. Gen. Kenichl Okshima, J-apan. se minister of army affairs. , Y TO BE UNITED iXVMt SOI.niUlt TO WlvAlt V. s, ONCOLLAII. ItalnlHiiv 'DivUinii-lH' Now; On' Korc eii-Tui'donois lino Tlilrd lil- ; vision lighting At (Herges. ; , Washington, d.c, July si. (By United Press.) Chief d,f Starr March today stated thut alKAmerl- can torces wiilbe unified, and to yiis end both' tbo National Guurd and the National Army will be eli minate. Every . soldier . in future will wear on the collar of his uni form -the letters "U. S.," now re served tor men in . the Regular Army. The Rainbow Division 'is now on the battloline : near Fere-cn-Tarde-nois, having arrived within tho past two .days ror roliirorceniept. The third division Is now at Ciorges, northwest of Fere.en-Tar-denois. - In conclusion. Chief ot Staff March said that .the formation of six new .divisions is progressing OVER MILLION HIGH XEI'TitAL OFI'it'Eli GIVES Ol T HT.USTLING FIGl I1ES . I'Mgures Cover losses Siure -1-'ir.st Givut Offensive Wns Opcncil - -. On .March Slht. "CKNKVA. July 31. (Ily United Press.)- German looses Binco the 21st of March of this yenr, the d.'.to' on which the Germans open ed the first of tho fivo--ofjensives (on the Soimiioj) total nearly one million men. ' Those flguics are given out by a high neutral officer who has just erilvcd-hero from Berlin. HHANf II LINE WliECK. InromluK rnsHrngCrs Delayed Two Hours Yesterday Evening.' The, nirival of passengers f rotii, Joseph was delayed about two hours last night on. account or a wreck nr. ihe steum shovel . near Cabin creek. It 'was necessary lo send lo La Grande for the, wreck ing outfit and also to send '-other coaches down from here ror the purpose or making n transfer of the passengeis. . mail and express. The steam shovel outfit, which lias been employed on rip-rap work in the Wallowa canyon, was being brought up to La Grande. It left the, rails and the track was torn up for a considerable di tance, and necessitating the use of the wrecking crew for clearing the obstructions. There - was no par ticular damage except that of the displacement of the track. Nil ARM HUN LOSSES AMERICANS CAPTURE . m 'Sua. a a aakk Mill I II' ocniHuco ISITTKIt BATTLE WITH ENEMY FOR TOWN LEAVES YANKS ...... VICTORIOUS. -. BA'TTIE CONSTANTLY IN CREASES IN FEROCITY lntivpldlly IHhplnyrd lly Aiiieriruns In Their CliiirgeH Xot Only Wins ' tiround l''oi Tho Allies Itllt In stills I'Vur In Tho Hearts Of The (lerntiins. PARIS, July 31. CBy United Press. ) Tho communlnu Issued here this morning announces that strong. Gorman counter attacks against the new allied positions along a line eastward from Oulchy lo Chateau were repulsed. , .The report rurthor states: ' "Oh tho right bank or the Ourcq, sharp fighting Is announced; ' The vlilago or . Seiingos, north west of 'ore-rai-Tnrdonois, was fin ally captured by tlfo Aniorlcans, after" bitter- fighting." . ,, ' . GHli.MA.NS HAVE STItQXCi LINK Allies Now I0xiect Huns To Mukc - liitter lOffort To Avert Diiutcr. ! WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, July.. 3 1 .The stifr - i o slstance Hp the . advance of the nl- 4 let.-. now,...belug exhibited. ..by - the Germans, indicates that they have now established a strong lino ot defense and are prepared to make a bitter effort to prevent .the allies breaking through their new front. .Prisoners., taken recently v i insist Hint the enCiny will make a most detofniinod stand on the Relms Solssons line, which is practically along the line of the River Alsne. The German retreat towards tha base at .-FIsineB is still progressing and, It must be admitted, In nn or derly manner, , ;.. The battle is constantly Increas ing In - Its ferocity. All day yes terday; Aiuejricnn and German, in fantry units wore engaged In hand to hand conflicts. , YANKS' CHANGES WIX OKOIND Intrepid Unities Also Instil Fear ' 7 " In German-Hearts. ' WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE. July 31. (By United Press. ) Tho intrepidity displayed in the charges of the American in fantry is not only winning ground for the allies, but 3 also Instilling fear In the heart or the German soldiers. " This is clearly establish ed by the, text ot letters takon rrpm German prisoners. WEATHEK STILL HO'IV The local weather Observer stat ed j-esterday artemoon that it was just AS In tho shade, and .predicted that this artornoon thu government glass would- mark upwards or 100. BRITISH GUNNERS WORK STRIPPED TO mMm'j&L . ft I This llrttlth iiindnl pirture InUen somewhere mi Ihe western from show a lirllHh gun crew stripped to the' wiHt lotKlliig nod flrlnit one of the big guns. M P. COPS ARE BUSY They Take Care of Traffic Arrange menu Behind the Lines. . By Frank J. Taylor, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE AM-BIUCAN AHMY AT THE FRONT, July 2, (By Mail) 'They're tho traffic cops of the I army,: ana aarnea -goon ones, too. back in America when the M, l'.'s go, back. ' The officer was alludlng-to the mili tary police, the, organization' tha keeps order in the army, prevents con gestion' on the roads, and does the work that other departments of thi army do not do. Tho military police have taken an important place behind the lines. .It is a distinct organization nnd is made up of picked men fron ffliious units. As soon as a unit ar rives in Franco, tho M. P.'s are orga nized from it and for' it. .- They an always known as the ''M.P.'s" in the army.' -- .'' .:',: '""";''. " j ; ' --.- Until he gets up to tfo front nnc sees things, the average hmn docs not realize that thero is as much traffii through some battered little town be hind the lines as there is on Broadway in New York, or Market street, San Francisco, at least during certain hours.' Often thero are two streams of traffic and the M. P. hus a double job, to prevent congestion ,-' ' .Usually there is an M. P. at evcrj cros3 road, to eVamine pushes and. ser, that pcoplo who do not belong near the front never get there. When yon enter a division's area you are ulways met by one of the M. P.'s who looks over your credentials, and gives you information about roads, dangers, ant sees to it that you have your ga: mask ready before you go in the "gus aierte zone." , ' " . fhe""M. P.'s" lire made up of tht best men in the army and they havi a lot of authority. What is more, they know it which makes them a little disliked by the ordinary "doughboys'.' But everyone agrees the army couldn't' run without the "M.P.'s." HOItTICl'LTllilSTS OltGAMZE. l iist, Anniiiil Meeting jKO. . ,(, August Bill 'lo'-Ofh.'. ' ' v . The first annual meeting of Western Horticulturists will be held at the Oregon Agricultural College, August G to .1. Representative hor tlculturnls from all states west of the Rockies between 30 and 50 of them are expected to attend. C. I. Lewis, ptofes5on or horticul ture In O. A. C. is temporary pre sident. The organization will be periected at . the meeting. - Many questions will be discussed looking towards increased Truit production. Wednesday, August 7th, a trip by train to Salem will be made, where an inspection or orchards, and fruit juice factories will be made. The Salem Fruit Union will provide facilities for seeing the various points of interest. '' . Thursday moinlngi'an Inspection of the experimental . plots '.of the Oregon Experiment Station will be made. ' Thursday at . 1:30 o'clocK Ihe visitors will start on a trip to Mary's Peak, as guests of tho mem bers pf tho division of ' horticulture In the. Oregon Agricultural College who will provide, necessary trans portation, camp equipment and sup plies. ; . - ' , ICE (TIEA.M SOCIAL. ' The Lbyal Sisters of tho Christian church will give an Ice 'cream social this evoning. If the weather per mit's it will be hr.ld on the lawn at 1501 'A Sixth SI roet; if not. it ill be held in the Chrfatlun rhurch. PHill Must be destroyed EX-l-ltE.MIEU MILLERAND DE I'LAItES WHAT l'llANCK IS .FIGHTING FOIL : , AMERICA WILL FIGHT : AGAINST ELUSIVE PEACE Says New World i' Does ?Not 'ris Atlantic And Perform .Miracle For Which French Are Grateful : To Consent To A Tenon-Which Would Be Danger To All. WASHINGTON, IJ.C, July 3I.- (By , United Press.) -? Former French War Minister Mllierand, re viewing the war situation, has sum moned up tho objects for -which France 1s fighting ns follows: "Prussian militarism must bo de stroyed. . '!' '-. M. Mllierand said this uiuuna: Alsace and Lurralno must bo re stored to France! ' The reuniting of the ltulfun Irrei dentin; - : r , Freedom of Riiiuanla: ,- The sennwitnn nf Ti-nnsvlvntiln h Hungary; . . Restotutlon of the kingdom of Ilnlgium The revival of Serbia as n free state; -' ' . ' ' The establishment of an Indopen- doiit Czecho-Siovak state; ' .' Freedom or Poland. s M. Mllierand, referring to Amor- ica'a part in the war, said: ' " " The Ne- World does not cross tho Atlantic,' dally accomplishing miracles at which we are astonish ed and for which we are extremely grateful, ..without having high Idea's. It Is for this reason that we, will continue to right to over come any attempts to' conclude a dastardly and elusive peace which would be i fraught with danger to all." .: . - -; ." ,-? ' ... ... , ! ItAILIIOADEItS IN SESSION. ' Joint Fuel And Safety First .Meet ing To Be' Held Today., This Is the date of the regular monthly safety-first meeting and the occasion Is being made a joint event by tho addition of some dis cussions and demonstrations In re gard to fuel ror railroad operation. The meeting Is being Jheld-at" the Employes' Club rooms' ".."- . Among- the prominent, visitors In attendance- are ; A. W. f"Porloy, the well-known railway fuel expert, of Portland. In addition Is -Mr.. Win. G. Tuwes, representative ot the Lo comotive Supcr-Hoator Company, aud Harry Hale, roprcscntativo or the Galena Oil Company. Both these gontlemen are experts in mut ters pertaining to fuel needs . and appliances. , Tho discussions brought out at tho-- meeting were of a practical and' helprul kind and were appre ciated by the, railway employes In attendance. ' v- THE WAIST ELBERT C. KILPATRICK . Elbert C. Kllpatrlck of San Francis co, has model of what he claim l the aame "energy generator' which Qartbed Giragosaian demonstrated In Boston the other day and on which oommittee of scientists made, an ad verse report. Kllpatrlck declare the Garabed invention was the outcome of confidential Information which ho gave to a government official early In T916, and that hi Invention antedate tho machine of Garabed. I'lELIMIAItSIIAL VOX EICHOItN . IS ASSASSINATED, Gvriniin Adjutant In Also Killed Whon llomlt Of Itevolutlonai'.v Aviator Evplodos. : AMSTIillDAW, July ' (By United . Press.) Flold-Murshal von Elchorn, Oermun dictator In . the Ukraine, hits heop asuasslnutod, says an orflciaj tolegrttm, from .Klofr. . Adjutant-Captain von Dressier was also killed at the sums time..:.; Previous reports stated that both officers 'were scrloualy wounded by the explosion of a bomb thrown, by a revolutionary- aviator,.-.. who was a member of a band of plotters against German control in -J tho Ukraine. '-..:' '' ' DlBpatchcs from Hamburg stata thut wholesale arrests have been, UMidc. those in jail Including mem-, hers of tiief Ukranlatr government nnd tho Hetman. . iijflii SEA'EX MEN' AIIE Itll'lHUO FOH I .MOX CO. Vl'OTA. New Itegisl rants Stity Vidiiuti,er"ljut They Will Xnt Ho Imliicled ; ItJ Drtil'l. ' - A cull luts cotuo lo.. thu Local Hoard in this city for more men lo enter ttio Benson , Polytcchnicu! School at PortliLiid, for training its . auto mechanics, blaclisinit Ua, carpenters, electricians, mitchlnfsU, plumbers and sheet metal worltc.rs.' Seven nxyi aro looinrod lo fill this Itiuota und vnluntueis y 1 1 1 be tic- copied up until August nth. ir' a HtirTlciont number do not present llhemKclves by 'tlliit llmi', men, will ho drafted to rill the quota. The linen aro required to havo had ul" least four years of mhoul educa tion, the, ability to read and write nnd some aptitude for innuhnnlcal work. They will lonve ror PortlunJ on August 15th. Only men ' w ho are qualified ror general military service will ho- accepted,- - Men registered last Juno 5th will RUSSIANS KILL HUN DICTATOR 0 MEGKAN8IS be accepted for volunteers, but will I, wi,jL , , """"""'' not be drafted until nil available, ""'"".T 'B ,U,: men of tho first registration aro ,o0t exhausted.. Orher pauicular, ...ay! . " ", fir8t 1 be obtained at the Loral Board of-!''"vor,0 'l0 '''"' Tl. .- f. was at the steering wheel. . He ' -. made a. good record for "gutting BATTALION' ItEVIEW. .. After - dinner last evoning. when' the weather had rooled off a bit,' the two companies of Oregon Guard! LONG BEACH, Cal.,' July 31. formed In Battalion Review beforoUBy United Press)--Private Charles the officers, and ns they marched IU Mutrry. who enlisted In the arinv ' jiip and down the streets. It struck from Dnkor, Ore.; was arcldentally Ithe onlookers that La Grande ls;kllledv. this morning through tho ac- Swell prepared for defense at home. !clientl dlscliarge of hit rifle. ---',-- . . , - i - i'. :'-.-;,,.-,;,-..' j ' ' mam PROMISES DEGISIDII HIN LEADED. 1'ltETENDS THAT MAII.NE Dim M HAH .NOT BEEN r FAlLtltE. ft- . -'-:-::'VT:'';r Ur: SAYS people must not - . ' los'e.;coni T-MUt-To ?:c)r- uic .CONFIDENCE -IJi-TS SIchU'; uievleniis. Ituf ollj OirnibiM tif b-Ait Of Doun KlIomcterK- fj, IVi'lians, Enouglt PromlseN Drcislvu Blow Against Anglo-Ere nrh. . - M WA8HINCTON. D. C.,. July 31,--'" (By United Press.) Fi -eneli cnhlivt : state that overy newspaper In Gor-' , ' many yesterday published a state- . ment' given out by von Hiitdpnhuig. ' .'- In . this statcmnnt hn ' iirnttwiHn that ' his; latest, drlva to the Marne on hlB . "trip", to Paris, which wan: stopped and broken -up , by tho 5 Franco-American" forcos, lias ,. not ben a failure Forgatting to mnntion .iliat .tiiA Americans participated in the hut. ' ties of 'the Marne-, ho nrnmlsea tn deliver a deelsivo blow against the Anglo-French , armies.- . .. v: Ho concludes by stating that a ' retreat .of the Germans for; Shnni- r. ,a dozen kilometers, - will be "per- haps sufficient ", ror his purpose.- i -Tho newspapers unite In i, calling ' : bn . tho DCODlo of Gm-tnnnv tint .in lose conridence in von Hlodenburg.'' ,' OltDEH CAXh A.M JAIIH NOW, Survey By Department Of Agrleiil- tui'O IndicutRs Need, s : WASHINGTON, B.C., July 31 - Housf(keepeis who have not laid In : ' their canning suppllos should dn so at' once, , advises.: the tjnlted 1' States Department of 1 Agriculture. ) Roports from: the States show that i already some sections ot the conn-' try aro having -difficulty In secur-.. ing. contnlnora for - home cunning,' The shortage ot tin oans, glass Jars' . and' rulibors, coupled with 1 delayed f express shipments, make, IV linper-o atlve to place orders for supplies', should apply at once to their local home demonstration agent,'' the lea-' der -or boys'' and girls' :ollib workf or the county agvlcnlturak agent. DAKEIl . I'lONEEK -, DEAD- . , Curl Allien, W ell-Known Merchant, Expires At Hot Ijlkc. v .-Loo' -Adier,- - accompanied by - hla. mother, Mrs. Curl- Adler,. passed through La Grunilo nt an early hour yesterday morning, accom panying the remains of Mr. Carl Adler, one ot tho pioneer mer-, chants ' or Baker, on tho way to Portland, whoro the romuins of Mr. . jAdler will bo intorred. The deceased was well -known in Baker, . and his . death, which oc curred while, ho was tit Hot Lake, came as a surprise to many. It Is uiidcistood, however, that -Mr. Adler had been tilling of Into, , and tho end was not unexpected by -memburs of the family. (illT TO lilOD CltOSS. - Citizens riolei'llvo Irt-ugiio Turns. Over Diirmniit I'liud. The Hecrutury nf the, Citizens' i'riilerUvo league or Union county turned ovuf tlX.15 to the credit ill the Tied Cross. The secretary' hopes that this will he approved by all members as yin money had been lying Idle in (ho bank the, past threo years doing no good to anyono and the leugue Is a defunct organization. - - '. i- . I'.OOMI.Vl IIOI'SE' FIRE llhi. Put Onl With Clicmirnls With-' Slight Ihish. - At nont it o'clock this morning flrn broke out, In tho Harrlw room-. Ing house, at tho corner of Kdrtlt -Fir and Monroe. , The chemical engine put the fire out, and there,' was no loss except If.nn l,n.l ,.,. ..r..-...l . .1.1 1. there," In no time at all. IIAKEIt HOV IS KILLED. .