La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 10, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text,, ,.,.,,. ' .. ., - , ' ' ' m I . Newspaper,, ' J Mala the News tk Day It Happoaa, . s ... VOLUME xvn LA GRANDE, OHEGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918 NUMBER 27. l:.,- ;v.v : ,:'V: ' ::v';F ,v-'rv'i'ofi'v v't Sir . '4- ' i , 'TREMENDOUS GAIN TvJADE BY:ALUESEVERWHERE MONTOIDIER DOOMED 10 BE TAKEN ';.V;;.;V vrri'v -r'r:-:-'!,:. NEW AMERICAN ... TROOPS .GET BAPTISM OF FIRE IN THE PICARDY SMASH: ' CAPTURED LIST NOW. , , - OVER 24,000 GERMANS Montdidier Surrounded and Supply Itailroad in Great Danger Fall Al ready Reported In France Gains . Everywhere Remarkably Big The . Americans Uphold Tradition. . f LONDON, Aug. 10. (United ' Tress. ) Montdidier will have . fallen before, night; if it has not '' already , collapsed. Although there are few Germans in Mont didier, it is npw, clear that the total; captures since August 8 '. will reach' 30,000 men. ' i The German losses in wound ed and killed, and prisoners, will total fifty percent of themeilren gaged. 'l The rout is a most com plete) one.'..Three hun'dred Cannon IvaVe been captured. " : ; 1 TheGermah base at Chaulnes cannot how be used by thein, and : rctircinent to the canal between Noyon and Nesle Is expected mo- ' mentarily.' Noyon is' 19 miles southeast of Montdidier. . LWNDON, Aug. .10. (By United Press.) Americans are fighting in the Picardy .sector. General Haig,has announced co opsration with the British has resulted in the capture of Mor- . Inn court, and that point is in all probability the most " difficult feat accomplished, in this great ioffeiisive;:' - ,1' i,'..'4 .. , Ge'iieral 'Haig.; -(lcclared - that 24,000 prisoners ha ve been cap tured since August 8- . , The coinntunique says: 1 "yesterday afternoon and ev ening the allied' advance 'contin ued on the whole front, south ward from Montdidier to Ancre. South, off Anciieandthe'manhas South of Montidier the French captured Letronquoy, Lefret'oy, Assainvillicrs - and threatened Montdidier from the southeast. "Canadians and Australians took Bouchoir, Meharicort and Lihons, entering Baincourt and Proyard. Angle-Americans took all their objectives, including Morlancourt ' 'and ' the high ground to the southeast." MONTDIDIER IN DANGER ! PARIS', Aug. 10. Suddenly attacking south of Montdidier, French have t practically sur rc unded the city. The official communique indicated that the French forces have penetrated fcur miles on a three-mile front, between Ayencourt and Lefreto, and advanced to Faverolles, or three miles directly east ofi Montdidier. It is rumored here tonight that Montdidier has al ready fallen. , ' ... AMERICANS POUNDING . WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES. Aug. 10. (By United : Pre?s.) Americans continue to : : pound incessantly with (he. Ger man'' center north of the Vesle, while the wings of .both sides of Fismes are comparatively quiet. YANKEES SHOW COLOR. '.WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES, Aug.10. (By United Press.) United States troops sprang into, action alongside of the British in the great Picardy battle, after waiting in reserve since' the fight began, v ? K They , took their baptism of fire like veterans, the men eager ly storming and defending their positions well, taking their ob jectives within fifty minutes. NEW DRIVE BEGINS. LONDON, Aug. 10 (United Press. )ir-It is learned today tliat French, in a new drive southeast of Montdidier, have reached the outskirts of Ressonsurmetz, an important center. The line of the new French attack extends from Faverrelles southward through the outskirts of Pienncs, Rollot, Cuvilli, Ressoiss and Venmont. The Germans are- in, full re treat, 'and French papers say the prisoners now total tens of thousands.-" Late ftiis af tcrnoon it is learn ed the French have surrounded Montdidier. ,. FRENCH ADVANCING. ' WITH THE FRENCH -AR- MIES, Aug.. 10. (By United lpress.)--Huinlert's armyi which struck on a wide front southeast of Montdidier this morning, is still advancing this evening GRAY DIGGERS NOW SCARCE. O. A. C, CORVAiLLHS, Aug, 9. Thousands of dollars have been 3avbd tho farmers of Douglas county by a Gray digger campaign waged this summer under the direction of C. J. purd, county agent. It is now pos sible to travel for several miles with out seeing a squirrel, whereas a year ago the fields were fairly alive with them, he writes to Paul V. Maris, state leader of county agents, at the college, ... MAILING YOURSELF MONEY. Every time you stick a Thrift or War Savings Stamp on your card you are mailing money to yourself to be received later with interest- Cashing in these stamps is' going to be better than "getting money from home," for with the money comes the remainder that you contributed to the great vic tory which then will have been com pletely won, .' MRS. EDWARD TUCK FRENCH Lillian M. Harrlnaton, a telephone petitor of Manchester; N. K, reoent ly eloped with and became the wife d Edward Tuck French, sen ef the w w J?"!thymM Tuek Fnmeh ,f New'rabbiU were reported killed. It is York and Newport Since then she has i ,imj ,u. .. , ,, left her, husband twice, and now he ! iiMiincea that his romance la ended. GALL SENT TO II 1A OiHA.VDKItft, - AI.IU.ADV liOUEll, GIVIi.N OP- rOlWt'NITV. t'uinruillilcalln With . Alilliorillos Asked by Tlioso ln!ro(ed In ., ' , Call. Henry Du Dots, enrollment agont for the United Slates rubric Ser vice Reserve here, has lecelved no I location that Union county men enrolled with that branch, and, In the ' metal trades divlflon ' of that branch, are now beln called . into service. ' All such should' consult with Mr. DuBois at onco, and get Into communication with ' Wlltred F. Smith, of S47 Oavls street, Portland, likewise.: ;v ' ': : These .enrollment ' wore oaacted some time, ago and have been call ed in from time to time. ; It iB to be noted that only ine:al trades are called' for r IIC HOIIOR ROLL 1'DOING THKIK plT" I OK I NtXK BAM IX MAXY rLACES.' MlNniiiireliViiNlun . of CoiidllloiiH Should t.'eie- War, Conditions Jlave Ueploted Mvnibcraliip. . "If there1 are any illand men in the city who would Mite to Join, tho baud cheerfully extends an Invita tion to them to do bo." , in the face of seemingly unsur uiouniable obstacles, tho La Grande. iiDtablo obstacles, the . La ' Grahdo Home .Guard band continues to functiion. Inroads on , the band ivo bf,sn sevore, but In spite of Jie handicaps, the Institution con tinues to performs Its duty, and genarously, too. , That fitct Is ap prclated ' by the . public. Anyone who thlnto the band Isn't quite up to standard has another ': guess cbniins for1 ll is bottor than .'.most bands under tho conditions. Under the diroctlon of J. David Haines, the Institution hangs oh In the face of difficulties, ; and the, loader Is one of the versatile . fellow ; who can fllay any Instrument nd ;pty i we, II. ... i,; ; ' .. ; i , ;" Honor l'.oll of the Home (iuurd. - '. .l Hand. . 1 ''iti'i"ln kre the .ntamben of "d who havo enlisted In tho Na ' Army, some , of .whom, arn n France. - , - :: Joss Graves, Clarinet; Snapp McMannUB, 'Cornet; L. ..A. . I'res- cott, Alto; W. L. Strlngp&ui, Trom bone; M. E. Homme Tuba;' O. ti. Humphroys, Baritone; ' Frank Ro binson, Trombone; Kenneth Cek ler. Clarionet. .. , Tho following in e in burs aro doing tflcfr bit walking In the shipyards and playing In the Shipyard Unnd; John Latimer, Trombone.; .Bert Russell, Tuba. ' The public' should lay asldo ad verse critlsm until the war Is over and then , you can see a band of fifty pieces Instead of 1? or 16 as we now have, for one vlll find no where In the Country . 12 men who could put on the) ceremony of re treat and review as done Thursday evening and get by with It any bet ter than dd the Hmq Cuard Band. KILLED 50,000 SAGE RATS War Waged Against I'ests in Crook and Deschutes Counties. O. A. C, Corvallis, Aug. 9. The result sof a war waged on sage rats and pack .rabbits in Crook and Des chutes counties in June are now in evidence, according to a report from the county agent, R. A. Ward, to Paul V. Maris, state leader of county agent work at the college. It is estimated that the campaign saved nearly $00,000 worth of crotw. Fifty thousand sage rats and 6000 . . - , - toto ui iiiuic Ulan fi in a season. METAL WORKERS unn GUARD nui REGISTRATIONS A HUE TASK ORKGOMAns 'pAt'K A TITA.Mf L.NDHltTAKI.Vfi. 11 nui(ol NU-nlic'r WUn Will -.-t nMcr WIIJ lie .About'.' J(M,(M). -I'OHTtAND. Oi'e., Aug: 10. In1 tho next fow days It will bo nccoa- sary to bogln in Oregon"-, another '.nvcnslve publicity campaign to ac. qmint the general public with re quirements of , the draft law,; : This tima tho! ocenssion is tho lowuilng' and raising of , the drurt age llml'.B to Include inrfa from IS o 20, Inclusive,,', and. from 32 ,. to ii years of age, Inclusive , Approximately ' 100,000. , . Orogon hion will be .-affected by. tho , new law. All i.thftse mei . will', be. re quired to reglstor on as day, pro bably early , In September, to -be proclaimed by . the.,' President as soon -as Congrtis's. passes the bill. As you will ijeadily .cee,. this will roquli-e', an ; "Uniiiense ' .amount ' 'of educational publicity work, through-' out the wholo fitate, in .orde,r that every .one, of these wen subject, to registration, will know that he must register, ;,;when ,? he . must , register, whore he must 'register,' penalty for failure to register, etc. : .; , In faot,, the iir.dei-taking Is ;a much larger one (than, was the case when th .'original t roglstrntlon - of men from 21 to 30 years wa3 held. The number of men '.o .be reached and , acquainted with their, duties under the new !lw Is much lnrgor. Only by. the si me patriotic co operation that , we .have enjoyed from the press before, can this big task be accomplished in tho very short time,' allowed for it. i This ofl Ice desires now to express again it deep: appreciation of the im portant work (bat h.ui been done by the newspaper editors of tho state in the. 'publication of news sent out to, educato tho public to the reauUemejts; ot the first - &1&IHLUU11 u. itr- H(joi niui'u irocuiuiy of the registration of the 21-yar old men, and from tint'), to time of other - information of: importance, We realize tho many calls mndu upon-tho newspapers to nid in war publicity. ' Wo therefoi", as- heforo, will condno news articles sent out to essential faotB and to tho brief est ipaee posalble."'.; " 4' , IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, WAR TIME INTERESTING MATTERS UNDER DISCUSSION AT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. " WASHINGTON, D, C, Aug. 10. (Bpecial Correspondence. ) Congress man J. Hampton Moore, of : Pcnnsyl: vania, is following cloBoly the'discus sion of the census bill, If the new ccnsuB is to include nn investigation of the manufacturing industries of the country he insists that it should embrace them nil, and not be limited t3 special fields of production, as rue; ommended by the census: committee. Mr. Moore believes, also, that the re ports of the census should contain statistics showini? how manv indus tries have itLti put out of business oc account of the war. ''Our laws ought to be uniform," pertinently suggests ,dr. Moore, "and our procedure1 againft the industries or In favor of them should be general." Cramton's I'rohi Resolution, jf : Information of value to these en gaged in the fight for prohibition will be Bvnilnhlc if the house agrees tb a resolution presented to it by Repre sentative Louis C. Cramton, of Mich- f)an. It directs the fuel administra tion to report to the house what, if any, order has been issued restrict ing the supply of coal to those en gaged in the production of intoxirat. fng liquors, and to what extent. It is the contention of Mr. Cramton and other friends of prohibition that the saving of coal, even without consider ityg the economy in grain consumption, is sufficient reason for nation-wide prohibition at this time, and it is ther purpose to make the use of the information secured from the fuel ad ministration in furtherance of that end. , Put "Em to Wo,k. Congressman ' Sherman E Bur roughs, of New Hampshire, stands ready to support any legislation hav ing for its object the putting to work of the large numbers of alien enemies and disloyal American citizens in terned in this country. Mr. Bur roughs and the people of his district take tha position that the obligation of such persons to the country of their chosen residence does not cease with their internment, and in the present ! ciisis they should be compelled to ren-1 ..(Continued on Page 3) . ' HUNTING SEASON OPENS ALTOJUST 15 FOLLOWING ARE TIIE ; GAME ; LAWS. TAKEN FROM DIS. . . TRICT NUMBER TWO. , As tho. hunting ( season will open August IB, we are requested to print tho law which relates to district No. 2, which comprises the territory cast of the Cascade range. The following are the game laws taken from the 1017-18 statute and. printed. in nam phlet form by the game commission: '- District No. 2. , . The open season on game animals and game birds in District No. 2 of tho state of Oregon shall be as follows Game animals Deer with horns, open season lrom ' Soptemmber. 1 to October 31 of each ycur. . Bag limit of such deer, two during any one season, except in Klamath, Malheur and Har ney counties the open season for deer with horns shall be from August 15 to October 16 of each year. Bag limit of such deer, two during any one sea son.. ; ' -' ..,...'.''; ' ,: , ..!.',' 'Game Birds. Ducks, ' geese, rails, coots and shore birds. ., Open season from October 1 to January 15 of the following year. Bag UmiH 30 of such birds' in any seven consecutive days. Provided that in Malheur, . Harney, Lake and rant counties the openjiea- son Bhall be from September 15 to December 81 of each year. Sage Hens Open season from Aug ust I to August 31' of each year. Prairie chickens, open season in Union, Wasco and Sherman counties, October l' to October. IB of each year. Bag limit, five of any or all such birds in any day or Urn- In nny seven con- liKecutlve days. .Open season in Mal heur und Harnoy counties on sage hen, Augut ; 1 to;, -September-15 of each year. -JBugi limit, . 15Vtn 'any seven consecutive days, ' f ,v t' .',' Blue or iodty grouse, ruffed grouse or native pheasant, open season from August' .18 to October 31 of. each year. iBag'limit'; five of any or all such birds during any one day or ten in any seven consecutive days.' :y, " ; ":',-,. There shlll be no open season for moiintain'or plumed, California orval. icy quail, except in Kiamam county, where the open season shalV.be from October 1 to Octobeji 10., Bag llrnit, ten fli ,auci) 'Jbjra Jn any consecutive daysi .'''..". '.".".''' ! ''''.'''"'-.'':",..'' Doves, open season from September to October 31 of each year. Bag limit, ten of such birds in any one day or" 20, in any' seven' consecutive days. 'Open. season ;in -Malheur and Harney counties, .August 1 to 'September 30 of ench year. , :'.X :.' ' :, There shall be no, ppen season on Chinese pheasants , in Game, .District No. 2 of the state of, Oregon, except in Union, county, in which county the onenvseason for Chinese pheasants shall extend from October 1 to October 10 pf each year. , Bag limit, fivo of such birds during apy oiw day, or ton during any seven consccutiv! days; provided, that no female Chinese pheasant shall be killed at any time; and .except that in the county of Hood River there shall bo an, open season from the first day of October to tholj0 tenth day of October in each year on mole Chinese pheasants, during which time the bag limit shall bo-three male birds in any ono day, and not to ex ceed ten male birds during the entire open season, ' ; i'ri l.'.v.i ; It shall be unlawful 'at any time for any person within tho state of Oregon, after having killed any deer, to muti late or have in possession; the car cass or skirt thereof in any manner so as to disguise the sex and prevent the BRme from being ascertained or determined;' and it shall be unlawful for any person to have in possession the plucked carcass hi manner so as to disguise the species or kind of any e-amo bird while in the field or forest. or while upon any highway train, car, boat, or other conveyance 'vhon return ing from any hunting trip with gun or other hunting equipment. Itj shall bo unlawful within the state of Oregon for any person, at any time, to have in possession more than 40 pounds of any dried, smoked, evap orated or jerked venison or deer meat. 'HOIK' TO 8IXG AGAIX. '.'omniunity ( liorus Will Pai'tlct)Jite In Kcrvlco Tiimmiirimv Evening. At tho request of Interested par tial, ntMiiely the Council Of Dcrenw. tho Community Choir has conen ed to assist In the services tomor row evening when Dr. John Boyd i of Portland comes here to deliver his famous lecture "Unmasking Germany." The con-fees, will be held at the Mothndist church 3t S o'clock but the choir has been call ed togeter at 4 p. ni , Sunday, to run over, the numbers and become acquainted with the oriran and seal luiv orrnngemenlH. The choir will prol.n4)ly occupy oeatrt In the gal lery and bo directed fiom the or gan. . SAWM1IJ. DESTKOVEI) BY FIRU. KLAifATH FAM,S, Aug. fl.John Robhins' sawmill at Swan Lake valley has been destroyed by fire with a loss of over 10,000, the blaze having been caused from a spark on the roof of tht mill building. , .' "' - ----- ; .-. T I A A t II aa .' lsKtn m w w: HONORED III CB1I11:. PUBLIC W BlteO COMMUNITY TO OIISIvttVK AX- MVKUSAKY Ol' HOY'S DKI'AKTl'HE. i SPECIAL SEATS FOR THE PARENTS OF THE LADS Diipnrturo (if HKsptaf unit A Ycur Ago Xcxt Wcdncsdnf to be Pro perly OIhoi'vi1 in Informal Vn gnim, Xntiiro of" Which to ' l .Mailn , Public MouduyXo Col lection Tuken. .'....,' k i :-, 3utttible aiiiitverssury ce(remenles to: commemorate the first year the La Grando Hospital Mnll has been' In service, will be" hold next Wed nesday evoulng lit the, Methodist church. The precise nature of tho program will be .announced Monday but It da Inlundod to be a com munity alTalr., One year ago Wod nasduy tho Lu tiinudo Hospital unit le,f t for Clackamas and soon after departed" for . Franca, having 'been overseas .most of the time in the lnltiul year. ' - , , The public Is 'Invited to ' attend' and there will be no collections of admlaslon fe,os., Parents of Uioin havo seats reserved for them, and have' eata roerved 1 for . them, ;. and the piogiiam will be one eulted- for the occasslon. ' :,.,,'. Final announcements of the pro' gmni will be made) new. week, but In the meantime, 'the community should, keep the dute In mind and hiave. an overfhiw audience present to let the boys abroad Know we remember ! the idato i if ; their de piuturer ' 1 ( , , A. li. IN XATIOXAV , , liXCAMPMEN'f HERE i r . ; ..... Gicut interest Is being manifest ed throughout t the iiJtlonal.. .Em GvandVAiini of th Js to be held in ed throughout the Northwest ' l Encampment of the the Republic which Portland, Oregon, August 10 to 24. : It will be: the first Ertcampment ever held in. the PrcIIIc Northwest and undoubtedly tho . last time the old soldiers of 1801-05 will nevor couin to tlio Pa cific Coast. Portland expects thou sands of people from Washington, Idaho . and Oregon to be prosont wal' t", toras: and to do them liomagft. Thoy aie tho aires and grandslruH of tho onys or toduy who aro Ilgthing In Fiance for the name oternnl principles. . . Members of tho Grand Army, tho Woman's Rf.Ucf Corpj, Ladies, of the G. A. It., Sons and Dnugthurs of Votornns and tholr Inmilles, cun purchase tickets at ono cunt nor Iniilo by securing a certificate from Iho Commander of tho noarosl G. A. II. Post. . ' Portland will onte'rlaln' tho Grand Army; in magiilllclcnt stylo. The great parade is to bo held Tuesday, August 20lh. '' MARLBOROUGH CHURCHILL Col. Marlborough Churchill, head of the military intelligence section of the oenir.il stiff, U. 3. A., will hereafter assume the duties of chief - military censor, succeeding Ms J. Gen. Frank Mclntyre. It is expected that Colonel Churchill will soon be promoted te the rank f brigadier general. ..( V v- I..." iTTTl TThV 1 1 liillllli iiiTri II I Illu i IMIHWItlWHaf II f ' I . ' FOCK .VYlLli NOT L Elf UP 1J;K PRESENT TACTICS, 'SAT? ' GENERAL MARCH.-. AMERICA'S FINAL' TEST ' '..' , t iai i sm si a m a ftNiurM ' -1 " n, , ..... . :."..: . .j ... ... :.' ...j . Hammer Hard .and Long Is Now tha '-,.- : . Attitude Taken B)t,U Wtfs Depart- , .mentGucaalnf 8Ut !WkH Gtf manjf Is In, Has Proren Big Adras tagef to the Allied Force. ! WASHINGTON; Au& 10. Chief of Staff General Macrh;-" today in his weekly interview . witb 'correspondents," said that . the tune has come for America's . gi'eatest effort. ' He wont on' to say that the hour has arrived when this coinv- ' try must hit hard and keep hit ting J General March indicated that Chief Commander Foch will not delay his driving tactics. Ho said the allies jiow have the en- , emy guessing, s which, he de clared, was a great 'advantage, and one that comes only. to tho offensive array. General March disclosod that British camps cannot hold the prisoners now being taken. 1I confirmed the capture of a Ger man general and his staff, and said the advance east of Amiens : had ormed a new pocket similar' t(,,that on tho Soissons-Rhciins -' line and said tho railroad run ning south froiu Chaltunea, over whidn the Germans in Montdi dier obtained their supplies, hod been put under a heavy fire by allied artillery, and that the cap-; ture of this important railroad' will force a Gorman retirement ftom Montdidier. ' DEHYDRATING PLANT PROJECT LETTEK KKCEIVEl FROM POBT- CHAMUEit ov commence; , BY MR, M'KENNON. ' That "it pays to Rdvertise"Vis xivll illustrated this morning, whan J. ?i. McKennon, chairman of the committee in charge of the project for the eatab- llshment in La Grande of a dohydart- ing plant, on tho free site offered - some time ago by Mr. McKennon, Who received -this morning the following- letter from the Portland Chamber of Commerce:- . , Portland, Or., Aug. 8. 1018. Mr. J. D. McKennon, La Lrande, Oregon, Dear sir: Your letter of August fl received. , We do . not know whether you arc acting in harmony with your commercial club, but we are takinir it . that you are, and with that assumption on our part we have written the club today tor information as to acreage at and near your city now raising vege- 1 tnbles and fruit that could be used by a canning, or dehydrating plant. . . ! IWe trust our action in writing the 'club will meet with your approval, and that with a combined effort there will Ibe' established a factory in your city that will be a credit to any town. Yours very truly. Portland Chamber of Commerce, Oregon Development, by George Quayle, Secretary.. Mr. McKennon stated that this let ter will be taken up at once, by the La Grande Commercial club for action. ROOSEVELT ENDS OUTING. DARK HARBOR, Me., Aug. 9. for mer President Roosevelt brough t his vacation on the Maine coast to a close today, after a visit of two weeks with his daughter, Mrs. Richard Derby. , With 'Mrs. Roosevelt, he left for New York. ' '.. -,r'":