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VOLUME XXI
LA GRANDE, OREGON, - MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1918
NUMBER 205.
"IV
; AMERICANS
CAPTURE BIG
111 BASE
1'1HMIT FALLS TO PEHKHIMU'S
MEN WHO GATHER Fit l ITS
OF VICTORY.
8,400 PRISONERS AND
138 GUNS ARE SPOILS
Operations Opened on July 18 Now
Kind Tile Germans Driven Clour
Across Vesle River Big Snciitlco
Of Men Fails To Stop Advance
Of Victorious Yank.
WASHINGTON, August 5. (By
United ..press:) Allied troops In
the Aisne-Marne ' . sallont reaped
'; "the full fruits of victory" on aSt
urday "when the enemy who met
i Jits second groat! defeat on1 the
: Murne was driven In confusion beJ
yond the line of the Vesle,'' Gener
al Porshlng reported In his com
munique for Saturday, received
'Sunday by the War Department.
American troops alone,' have captur.
ed HAdfi prisoners and 133 guns.
The text or tho statement follows:
"Section A The full fruits or
; victory in the counter offensive be
gan so gloriously by Franco-American
troops on July 18 were reaped
Saturday, when tho enemy met hla
second defeat on . the Marne and
was driven in confusion beyond
the line of the Vesle.
"The enemy, In spite of suffering
the se,vcrost losses, has proved In
capable of stemming the onslaught
of our troops fighting side by side
with French, British and Italian
, veterans, ' In the course of the op
orations S.400 prisoners and '133
guns have been captured by our
. man alone., . , - -;
"Our troops have taken Flames
-' by assault and hold the south bank
of the Vesle In this section," says
General . rorshlng'a communique
covering Sunday's fighting, as , re
ceived Sunday night by the war
department.
FLEEING' FOE HALTS
Flooded River end Assaulting Forces
Form Death Trap. 1 ,
PARIS, Aug. 5. The number of
prisoners captured by the allies during
tho last two days will thrill tho allied
world when announced. -
The Vesle river, which was flooded
owing to the recent heavy rains; (tam
pered the German rear-guards, which
were unable to ford the stream. Most
" of those Germans were killed and the
rest were made prisoners.
Allied forces in pursuit of the Ger
mans have passed through veritable
charnel houses.
Bodies of men and horses are
mingled with broken down vehicles
alongside ammunition dumps, some
exploded and others intact. .
'Bodies of Germans found in clusters
beyond the range of the allied artil
lery indicate that sever punishment
was inflicted on the fleeing columns
by the a4!ied aviators. "
PARIS IXDHH ltOll!Ai:i)Mi:XT.
Germans Asulii Shell C'tly With
Long Itnngc lim.
PARIS, August C. (By Urjted
Press.) Tho long range.' bombard
ment of Paris by German artillery
lias been resumed. :
DISSOl VE BIG COMBINE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Under an
ngrccment between the government
and the Intcrnatinoai Harvester com
pany, federal court decrees declaring
the so-called harvester trust to be an
unlawful combination and ordering its
dissolution, are to be carried into
effect at once. "
The company's appeal pending in
the supreme court since 1015 is to he
dismissed and an order issued provid
ing for the sale of certain machinery
lines controlled by the company, to
gether with its plants in Springfield,
Ohio, and Auburn, New York. The
terms of the agreement have been
made , public by the department of
justice. .
BETTER CROre IN SIGHT.
County Agent P. H. Spillman,' who
returned to the city thin morning from
a two days' outing, stated that wher
ever he went, the crops of potatoes
promise to be good much better than
at first was predicted. The rains a
few days ago helped the crop very
mu-h. Winter wheat is not panning
out so well, and there will be only a
small crop f apples. He estimates
that the potato crop. will be about 50
per cent of last year's crop. .
LOUIS ORR
Louie Orr, an American artist, Is the
first artist of any nationality to have
a picture acquired by the Louvre In
Paris (luring the artist's lifetime. His
etching Is of the Pont Neuf, the oldest
bridge In Paris. The original plate
la now In permanent possession of the
Louvre and a copy of It iriir the Lux
embourg museum along with Mr. Orr
famous etohings of Reims cathedral.
ARE 350,000
FAILIlttC OK CROWN PRINCK'S
DlilVIO NOW , AFPARHXT
Losses Include About Forty Thous
and PrisonersAllied losses
'.': Arc Much Smaller.
LONDON, August 4 (By United
Press.) Germun losses since July
15th,' when tho Crown Prince be
gan his last drive, are unofficial
ly, estimated at 350,000 killed, In?
jured end prlaonors,' the total of
tho latter now being in the neigh
borhood of 40,000. .
There Is every reason to believe
hat thj alllel losses- are certainly
a long way below the German total.
BIG CATCH OF FISH.
Postmaster E. E. Bragg was at his
desk aain this morning, much re
freshed by a couple of days' outing on
Sheep Creek, where, with the aid of ;
Clerk E. O. Payton and County Agent I
Spillman, they caught nearly the limit
of fish, which was string of 220 trout,
none less than eight inches in length.
Mr. Bragg said they drove their
Ford up Fly Creek hill, the first car,
he says, that ever Succeeded in mak-
ine; the climb. .. ; - .
DESPAIR SWEEPS
OVER HUNLAND
(jioh.mAn pdoi-i.i; are now
UTTHRIiV DISCOritAGMI) :
AND DOWNHEARTED
BERNE, Switzerland, August 5.
(By United Press.) The Tagrj
Watt declares :
" Mai-ne, defeat h3 produced un -
speakiblo. scenes of despair in Ber -
cum uulu, -
couragement and idownheartedness
have never before been witnessed.'
!erg jn this most romantic phase of
HUNS ADMIT EETREATlthe great war. ' ,
. .. ' I "Rickenbacker Is America's head
... . . , iglmper," writes Frank J. Taylor,
Official Teuton Statement Endeavors ; . - - Cor..ei.Dondent.
to Soften Blow.
' BERLIN, Aug. 5. The Germans on
both sides of Albert have retreated
irom ine western to ine eastern uanK
of the Ancre river, according to the;
German official communication issued
yesterday. The statement says the ; newcomers, called "eggs." He re
withdrawal was made with opposi-i veals, as has never beforo . been
tion told, tho real spirit and romance
The text of the statement follows: of the -American aviators.
"During the night there was a re-
viving of artillery activity, wnicn in-
creased to great intensity at times
souin or ipres aim on uum siuva ui
the Somme. i Mall.) "So yon want some 'glm- j Francisco, Friday, at 10 o'clock III
On both sides of Albert we with-; per,"' said Eddie, Rickenbacker, nllthe morning of AugtiHt nth, or re
drew, without enemy interference, our , American ace and. former speed preventative bankers from each
positions on the west of the Ancre to iking on the automobile racing state n the Twelfth district, to de
the eastern bank of the river. jworld today. Ucrmlne the best ways and moans
"In successful fore-field engage- j "We'll call a bunch of the 'glm- of selling United States Ccrlifleates
ments south of Luse Brook and to the ; pens' in and thore will soon bolof Indebtedness and lo discuss the
southwest of Montdidier, we captured plenty or 'gliupcr" talk. But you'll 'general relations of banks to tho
prisoners, ;have to translate It or the people government war finance..
"There have been no fighting opera-: back homo will never understand! .JAMES K. LYNCH,
tions on the Atsnc north and east of
Soisson. On the Vesle we are in
fighting contact with the enemy."
WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, August 6. Fair...
2 BRIDGES
ARE 1HRQWM
OVER VESLE
ALLIICH NOW I'HICPARK TO
DIUVK KNKMY 'STILL FA It.
TH Kit TO THK NORTH.
GERMANS ABANDON
.1,500,000 SHELLS
German laisses licMiltlng From
Capture Of FIniiios Are As Severe
An Any During Kntlre History
Of Itvtrent From Manic Hhi
denburg . Had 1,044,000 Men.
PARIS, August 6. (By Unltod
Press. ) -The allies have , now es
tablished , and hold two strong
bridges across the River Vesle and
have also built a bridgehead. -One
bridge is .located at Basoches,
throe miles west of Flsmcis, and
the other at Joncherry-sur-Veslo,
six miles oast of Fismes. '
The German losses . when the
Americans captured Flsmos, were
as severe as at any point In tho
whole of the retreat - from tho
Marne. ' '. . ."
The allies have captured nniaji
material, Including baout 1,500,000
shells' of 77 millimeters calibre.
' Since July 15 von Hindenbu.rg
has had engaged in battle 87 divi
sions, totalling 1,044,000 men, in
cluding 47 divisions . which wore,
engaged in the Ma.-no pocket.
GIvltMANS GINS AGAIN ACT1VK
lnillcatloiis Are That Huns Will
Mnko DHernto ItosMnnce.
. WITH. THE. AMERICANS. IN
THE FIELD, August 5. (German
hoavy artillery and. machine guns,
which were silent for a while, have
again come into action, and' ai'o
vigorously shelling the, American
lines. A hoivy bombardment of
(ho railroads In 'the Flsmcs region
is also proceeding and this Is' taken
to Indicate that tho Germans pos
sibly plan to make a desperate
resistance to any further allied ad
vance. :
Today a number of American
patrols crossed tho Vesle river.
AIR FIGHTING
: SI
iHUiilKS OF AIITICI.HS RELATING
TO AVIATION li.M'KKIKXC'KS
,, )ik
kciibni'ker, American Ace I
Anil Former Speed Demon,
Tells His Adventures.
Lieut. Eddie Rickenbacker, fam
I.
ous American ace and former utilo-
j mobile speed king, tolls the story
I of the life and adventures of Am
Ierlcan nvlators at the front In a
!,A,la nf tnn aHtnlna in nn mill.
iliancd ' t(e obo beginning
1 10 jay 1 i
Tno Amo,.ican aviators In France
ihay() ovolycd & bran(, now .,
... , ... . ...
"Clnipor," In the now aviation lan -
gunge, means "a bird who won't
Jqult." '
kickciiuuckcc iuiis ui iiic uiulius
in tho air and Intimate life of the
ORiES TOLD
Ibird man and the experiences of, tho"'11' .0"n- ,.Vb,ln !"J'U'
(Copyright, 1918, by
the United
Press.)
j WITH THE AMERICAN AIR-
'MEN IN FRANCE, July 10. (By
ithlr aviation dialect we have devel-
'oped over hore."
Rickenbacker, who downed
his
two.
i five Germans In less than
months, and bocamo the second all-
American trained ace. Is a tall, ton bank, the two' representing the
(Continued from page two). , .'banks of Eastern Oregon. ,
MORE CASUALTIES
SENT BY PERSHING
LATKST LIST COXt
A1NS 407
AMKK HIT FFJ
V AUK :
1'HOM KORTHW
I.ST.
WASHINGTON; D.C.5 August' B.
(By United Press.)! The , war
department tcday made, public u
new casualty, list . containing . 407
names. The .department stated
that .299 names would be ready tor
the morning papers. ., t
It was also stated that many
more names had arrived, but they
are being withheld us customary
for fifteen hours, in O'ller that tho
relatives of -the men killed or .In
jured might , be first notified by
the department that their men folk
had taken part In the big drive.
Very few men front tho North
west are' named In the new list.'
i This makes 706 casualties ready
for announcement.
Today's list Includes: .
- Killed In action 203.
Died, of wounds: 37. .
Wounded severely: 48.
YANK CASUALTIES
AMAZINGLY LIGHT
DOCTOR) SAY. THKHK HASN'T
IHOKX A IIATTLK FOR TWO
..-.' DAYSj'Jl'ST A MARCH. "
WITH THE AMERICANS IN
THE FIELD, August 5. -(By Unit
ed Press.) The American casual
ties during the past 43 hours have
been amazingly light,; considering
the depth of their advance. So few
Is the number of me-p? wounded In
the fighting during , the past two
days that one advancing dressing
station " wbb entirely ' empty, and
both tho doctors and tho ambul
ance workers wore rusting. .
They nil said: V: j'Thoro hasn't
boen a hatllo for ;the past two
days. It has bcon just n murch.
U-BOAT IS STILL
ACTIVE OFfvCOAST
FOl'HTHHX MICNiAHIi l,OST 1JY
TORI'WIOING OF TANKHIt -OI'F
ATLANTIC COAST.
WASHINGTON, D.C, August 8.
(By Unltod Press.) Thirty survi
vors of tho disaster to the, Ameri
can : tanker . Jennings, which wis
sunk on Sunday one hundred miles
off the coast of Virginia by a U
boat, have reached Norfolk.
Tho navy department announces
that the captain and thirteen mem
bers of. the crow are missing.
ADVANCU IX A I, II A MA.
Austriuns Admit llovei-scs At HiiikIs
; Of lUiliuns.
VIENNA, August 6. (By Wire
less.) The following statement
was Issued, by the war ornco on
Sunday:
"The enemy penetrated Into por
tions of our. positions on Dosso
Alto.
"The enemy has reoecupiod the
Fleri-Berat line In Albania.!';
FEDERAL RESERVE
BANKERS TO MEET
'. I,. MEYERS AND . M. RICE
CALLED TO SAX FRANCISCO
OX OFFICIAL liCSINESS.
A very Important -meeting of all
jlho bankers In tho Twelfth Fodor-
I at Reserve Banking District, which
c0,nprlBes the states of Montana,
Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, ;Callfor.
Saturday by Cashier F. 'L. Meyers,
of La Grande National . Bank, the
mr,ssago reading as follows:
San Francisco, Calir., Aug. 3.
You are Invited and requested to
attend a very Important one-day
conference In Fairmont Hotel. San
Governor. Reserve Bank, Han Fran-
Cisco, California.
Mr. Meyers will bo necompanled
lb San Francisco by Mr. G. M.
nice, vice-president of the Penillo
HIS OV
ALOIIG RIVER
FHEXCH l'ATHOUS WHO CROSS
It lilt) RT LAIIi: I'OltC'KS
OF ENEMY TROOPS.
VIOLENT FIGHTING NOW
REPORTED AT RHEMS
I'leilcll l''orro GeimalH ., Acloss
River 'esl At Slilli'l) Ariel' Hot
llatdo Ciormim Al tiller l Now
Actively ' Hni'.-a.slii' Adviuivins
Allied Troops.
WITH THiJ FHllNCIt IN -THE
i'lELD, V Aug lid'. ,'.-( liy Uililed
ross.) German roilfitauc wes )v-
E fried to ie; stlt?.iu!iw this .aftiT
.jon 'alon'x. th' '. ii pi the Ironi
on tho River Vej. m
French patrol.', w'w crossod the
river at several poUHs with tlmlr
machine guns :r.ij 4. hvrge supply
of hand grouaaes, reported that
thore ai'e-inany laosalloni: that the
enemy , still , lia:: Ihwo forces on
the north bank of tho river.
Gorman artillery also appears tu
bo concentrated and Is now active
ly harrasslng allied troops. '
A very hot buttlo raged at Mill-
zon, five miles wost of Rutins, but
eventually, the French pushud tho
Gormans out of - the town and
crossod the river. '
Violent fighting was also report
ed betwoen Fronch and ttorniun
forces at Vautior farm, near Reims
but tho Germans wore eventually
defeatod. ' ' '".. ' ,
The Oornians mined the country
round . Lu Grange : farm, north of
the Voslo With uilhos. . ' .! ,'i . .
REPAIRING BUILDING.
' 4 . ; v
. The Pln3s building, which was par
tially destoyed by fire several weeks
ago, is being repaired and put in com
mercial condition aorain. It is located
on Fir street across the railroad track.
"TASK 15 ONLY
HAKKR WARNS PEOPLE XOT
TO 1K TOO OFTI.MISTIO
Allied Offenslvo Is Very Important
Because It leun They Cull
ChiKise Own Battlefields.
KANSAS CITY, August 6. (By
United Press.) Secreiry of War
Baker, who passed through here on
his way to Fort Leavenworth "on
official buslnoss," Bald:.
"It Is tremendously Important
and vital that the allies have takon
all this offensive power from the
Germans, beciuse, It now means
that the allies can choose their own
ground for fighting.'.' ;
He cautioned the public against
over-optlmlsm. Baying "our task Is
only Just beginning." . ,
MAN IS FATALLY HURT
Automobile Goes Over Grade Near
Baker, Pinning Man Underneath.
BAKER, Aug. 5. John Bnllweg, for
more than 26 years a merchant here,
was fatally injured In an automobile
accident yesterday afternoon on Up
per Burnt river. The car went off a
gradoafrinning Ballweg and others un
derneath, but the others were not so
badly hurt.
Mr. Bnllweg was about (5 years old
and with his son conducts a shoe store
here. He was on a fishing trip with
a party of friends.
SUCCEEDS AT PIG RAISING.
EUGENE, Aug. 5. Gifrord Che
shire, aged lit, of Cheshire, is mnkinic
money as a pig raiser. He delivered
two hogs to a buyer in Junction City
this week. The sale of the animals
realized $87.97. Tho boy says he ex
pects to Invest his money in War Sav
ings stamps and more pigs.
CARLOAD OK MELONS.
A carload of watermelons has been
handled in a Grande since Saturday
by W. B. Glafke Co. They were ship
ped into La Grande from California.
BEGINNING
MRS. CATHERINE HART
V i I
Mrs. Catherine Wolf Hart la the
eighteen-year-old bride of James Har
vey Hart, : a wealthy retired; Jeweler
of Brooklyn, N. Y., elghty-slx years
old. The elderly bridegroom met hie
bride while she was employed as. a
manicure In a Brooklyn barber shop.
Mr, Hart's children threatened td have
the marriage annulled, - .
REGISTRANTS
COUNTY AVAR COI XCIL TO 1110
HELD THURSDAY.
It Is Specially Hermcstad Tlml All
Hegisinred Men or The
C'liiinly Ho Pifwent.
Tho big Union coiinly wur coun
cil will ho held ut the Tabornacln
in Ln Grandu next Thursday even
ing, August . 8. , The, local , war
board especially, re'luoBts tho atten
dance of all rcgiHterqd men .within
tho county, us there will. be. a num
ber of mutlpis bofuro tho mooting
in which the registrants uro espec
ially . Interested. For. this reason It
Is Important Hint ovory registered
man within tho. comity, rogardlos.3
of his classification, be, present. -
Officials of the stnto war board
as wall as all members of the coun
ty war hourd will be In nttondance.
In addition to the purely busl-
iioss side of the meeting the occa
sion will be nindo one of a patriot
ic demonstration, so the attendance
need not be limited to the, draft
registrants, bu o ho entire ctizens
ship aa well, In thet expectation Of
a 'large, crowd at tho meeting the
Tabornaclo has been secured as the,
most suitable, and ndeqiiuto place
for the war council gathering. .
SHORT HORNS ARE
ON EXHIBITION
EXHIBIT OF CATTLE THAT ARE
TO GO TO TH E STATE FA 1 R .
DURING SEPTEMBER.
Over nt Union Sunday afternoon
was held an exhibition-of purebred
Shorthorns, that will be prize-winners
at the coming State Fair, to be held
in Salem in September. 1
. One held, 00 all told, Is the property
of 'W. W. Green and sons, and at the
head of tho fine bun 'h of cattle stands
General Hampton, four-year-old, who
against the field, is the grand cham
pion bull, of Oregon.
In the same herd is a pair of twin
beauties, ycarlings thnt Mr. Green
calls his pets, as they arc about as
tamo as two largo Kittens..
'In an adjoining pasture is the herd
of Sherman & Hutchinson, in the same
class of Shorthorns, about tho same
number in the herd, headed' by the
famous Radiator,, another prii.e-win-ning
animal,
That Eastern Oregon enn produce
the best beef cattle on earth, is the
aim of these two cattle breeders, and
their boast is not unfounded.
Captain Hutchinson, who for ycurs
lias been tho cashier of the bunk at
Union, resigned his position to enter
the service of Uncle Sam, and has just
returned from the triiining camp at
Eugene, and is' now awaiting further
orders from tho government.
HOY lll'IST I1Y AITO. .
While driving his car - III from
Cavo this morning, Mr. B. F. Bull
accidentally iqn down a small boy,
who dnrled acroan the ulroet Just
In time to get a bump. . The boy'a
iiniun is Robert Hullivan, und when
he was taken lo tho hospital his
Injures proved to be only slight
oues, easily imyided. :.,,
chamiii;hlai: hays opposi
tion WILL IH SLIGHT IN .
SENATE.
GENERAL REGISTRATION ,
EXPECTED ON SEPT. 5
Chairman Dent, Of House Commit
tee Thinks . Action Improbable
Before House Ito-couvoncs Aug.
10 Senuto Military Committee
Already Discussing 1)111. . r
WASHINGTON, D.C Augustr 6.
-(By United Press.) The great
man power bill, which provides for
an extension of the -draft ages to
Include all men betwoen the, ages
of 18 arid 45, was Introduced sim
ultaneously In tho .House and Sen- '
ate today.
Immediately after Its v Introduc
tion In. the House of .Representa
tives It; was inferred to the Mili
tary Affairs committee. . 1 i:
Chairman Dent' said It was im
probable that the 'bill would ro- :
celve any consideration beforo the
House .reconvenes for: regular sos'
sions on August 19th,
Chairman ' of the, senate Military
Affairs' committee .announced- that
his committee would begin work
on the new man poweyf bill imme
diately, and said it would probably
havo Its report on the bill ready In '
a few days. - ,.-. - " .
It is generally - believed that tUH
bill will most with slight opposi
tion.
September 5th next will bo regis
tration day for more than 13,000.
000 Americana between tho ages
or. 1,8 and il and be,twoon 32 vd
4R If congress heeds VrovustiMar. .'
shal Crowdor's urgent 'plea for 'the
passago ot me man power mil. .- ; .
Provost Marshal Crowdor issued
a warning to. tho effect thai the
now registration must not be de
layed if the October, November and
December calls are to be filled with
Class 1 men. . - ' '
It Is conjectured tluft Congress
may reconvene Monday to puss the
bill.
ALL ASKED TO COMM.
Choir Solicited To Join National
:.. Chorul liuugiie. " j
In view of the part on (lie pro-'
gram to be taken by the voiumun-
Ity ehorus In the patriotic meeting
next Thursday night, everybody in
terested, whether members or not
are requested to be nt" the rehear
sal tonight at- the Presbyterian
church at 7:30 -o'clock-.
The secretary of the -chorus has
received, . communications from the
leaders, ot ' the, National Choral
League of America, congratulating
La Grando on the enterprise of Its
citizens In being among tho first
to join this movement for a ''sine
tug America," and solicit their at-
fllatlon with that National move
ment. The Choral League is fos
tering the "community singing' in
connection w,lth Its ' other work.'
Further details of these' communi
cations will bo given to tho chorus
this evening.
COAL AND CAR SHORTAGE.
Labor, Curs Ami Coal Will He Lira-
. Red Next Winter.
In order 1 to help out tho situa
tion, ho far us fuel shortage Is con
cerned, the Sawyer-Holmes Co. Is
now laying In a largo supply that
they may be able to help the, pub.
He la tlmo of need.
Ono ot the firm stated this morn
ing that only a lew days ago, W.
R. Hunt, ol the Utah Fuel Co..
stopped In La Grande on his way
hack from Chicago, whore ho at- -tended
a meeting' of miners and.
dealers, and stated that the labor
situation In very serious-short a-
long all linos, and that It had just
cost him, including his own ex
penses, about -17,600 to send out
miliars to his Utah mlnos, and they
were' hard to secure at any price.
With the government urging all
patriotic people to lay In their fuel
fiipply now, nils firm states It Is .
of tho utmost importuneo that these
nf-'repnatod warnings 6f tho govern
ment bo observed
'Tho tlmo 1b soon coming," he
Hald, "when tho government will
use all tho care In tho country for
the transportation nf troops and
supplies, and when It is ton late to
be mended, there will be a coal
famine" - . . - . 1