La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 17, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textf 1 1 1 : v -newspajaer .' i Trim tha Kiwi tlw . 1? I Happen. . 4 'WIS..; , . LA GRANJUETOHEGON, : SATURDAY, A'CGtST nWlS1 , VOLUME XVII i ; " MAJ. PAUL T. DESSEZ ; -:'.',.:- v--. . -r- ' - . . rfO ''; '"'.'' -"""':.: .-.;.' ,.':, ;" -,7.. -.7. r BOVS ADUPT 'yillFORf I mid mat TIGHTENS OlII I llul. AUGUST27 1: I; If ft 5 V w American Bombs ' Germany Big decision is Won ; ' by.The CzecKb-Slovaks PARIS. Aufea7--(By;United Press.)-The French are iffitWaiitiUe pf both Roye fured Camp Decaiya mile west of Roye, Midian trench and PieWiBdebye;4esa ilia a'mile southwest of Issigny, and mtinX prisoners in'd. a' great Quantity of materials 'have l'entiTDenemy-is reported -'tcC be preparing to Ittempt an evacuation of the entire Roye-Laasigny-Noyon auent. uernsns are repurieu w ue uuueti uvuug uow fefA'PRESSURfi GROWING HARDER. ' iWoib ihe enemy noirth of Roye arid north of the Ancre continues,-' said Marshal Haig's report today;: "Progress fraifaade in both sectors';. v -' ' '-'u - if " : ' TiLLERY FIRE HEAVY. '.J - - - -f PARISlAug; 17.( at'arwUeify fire is" under way T- South of the Avre, the French continue to make satisfactory progress, reaching the eastern borders of Loges Wood," reads the official com,. ': mufliqUe today. i , CZECHO SLOVAKS WIN; HlNOtQtf; :Au '-itBy . United PressiThc i trooi)k;'th(idupartJneiit; lias hkinounced, . The victoVf . arc oj'tuiiiiiiif k croyeinuuent. Tho? captured oti Irkutsk 'oiei)s Railway coi;iliiimi(;atiohs wa'twiird iti .$an.i$ra, but;:ttje .tbrnugli Jta. JdxiSKOvt i iiii elosfcd. . fliiring the battle 250 CzeehSlmT.,kS weire' itilk'fl aud 1000 vei'e vunde(l. The new Siberian gbveriir iiieut," with; lieadfiiiartei. at Untek,- wilt disregard tlie fiiiCst-Litoilsktl'caty and "favor -war with Oerlnanvj v. ;r,, . :- ; . ' " - - - , s; . GERMANS FALLING BAQK lA;ug.!l7.B:tFii after., iibbiiiit is tat jE?il .. of f 1 cinll y tluit'tbe allies have advanced jjiithc) rt'gfoii; uf "the Mohtdidier-St. uis' roads a V-bpord:taft6i' fthfe ''fit'recst- Icind of house-top flgfiifel'' IcMriiiiJH kre of ftriii fori liidable, defense. 4 .jHd,;6gw;;WMl,lkli)ij.: Geriiian ' forces - were pushed Back (bebiiiif the KoyerLassiyjiV road, ; '; . : ' . i ffliSl .'lVESLE FIGHTING HEAVY. L: .WjVI'gl THE AMIMgAN?' WlielS, Au- l7.(By tol.Pre.KgKt iiig 'a long tlie Vesle yesterday and Hi&t.' flight was livplyVv6t,J3uab.;H'ight;ljibai,djncuts were tvujuiied at all hbhrs; attempting to gas tlie "Aiiierienlisl Ainiieii :havc bombed Aisne bridges effectively -V I GERMANS TAKE KRONSTADT. ' ' ' ..VJ!i.lllfif Aug. lTFinlandi'iuiioin declare Oennai luivo seized ICi-oUstadt, a Russian naval base on the Gulf u? Fiu ,,l;iild, . where, Leniiic aiid Trotsky. have recently nsteblislied a Soviet govemnient. . . -.. . . : . " ; ; . , ti 'jf , . ,.!. . . . ' ; ' : s ! BRITISH CASUALTIES HEAVY: ! i-ONDOX, Aug. 17.r-Bi-itish easualties published dur ingfUv jveek, total 7151 men. .. ;iy am V.PARI, Aug.' 17-(By'Uiiited Press) Ai iiei'icai:.liOnib hig planes 'seored 18 direct' hits on the switclmig Ira'-ks, aild itoi) on the roundhouse at Oonflans Fridav. All Mia eliines retiifned safely, although eoutinually attacked by ciioinj' ail-plain's. . ZEEBRUOOiB SUFFERS much. - , ONDps Aug. 17, (By United Press;) The eom-en-trated efforts on the Zeebriigge 'submarine base by British aintors,-Vorking with the navy department, sjv 00 tnis of bombs .usetl during the week. Tlnv also bombed Os teud. The British airmen destroyed 16 enemy machines aid drove. 15 others down. ; l.HI KITI.NO KIIOH. - .' ' . - .. - . . , County Agent Paul H. Hplllman. ac'nipanled by Krank L. Dallird. of the O. , A. C, supervisor in the ! cttr.milon department of county agents, visited . several ranches In the North Powder district nosier day afternoon. Among others wai the' welt known Carncs ranch. Here w.ia found a home-made silo, pat terned after Hie un at Ihs East ern" Oregon experimental station at Union. At thn . Rllh4.rl lOllkprRnn rnnrh the- alio Inspected a stave silo. ' Do Great Damage in and Iigny. ; They have cap favorable to. tlie allies, 8PKCIA1, ItKU I'ltOSH HAUKH. Next Thursday will be. "Special Sales". daV at the lied Cross shop. Donations consisting of aprons. caps, tea towels, and Infants cloth Ing. will be thankfully received- No personal solicitations will he made, but those -who wish to help will be given an opportunity In this way. Please Irave, donations at the shop In the new Koley building. Come and he'p make this a big dsy. ' The nalry" will be mido from two until S o'clock in the- after- 7 fhe 'splendid work o .' MJ, J'uKT. the FftheH frortt, ,hu. oceMloned nit1 lt Kveiilng Mwunrw to poem itory oouv pirn . from on of the correspondent In ' the wr-one. Wounded' American, and 'French.1 ol dlr.,oovero he, floor of . barij, (n which he 'wa. working, and .during the Height or hi, labor he w burled by hollflre.' gigging himaelf 'out,'he went right on operating. J .' . , . ' ryK'','V FOR WAR USES TO MAKE NO LOANS n6t. NES- ... t; sAKy,To, wiNNiNij yt,w, . I ; ,.' 1',. ! Other i j'iqUlly"i ImiKiinnt .1 ltcsolu- .'tlims f Moiilcntito NoJ limcst. ! , . ,.; F. L. Meyers Attends.' Jr. '! ' V '"--- '-'''. J' v ik..".,, " i iCashicr Fred L. Mevers. of the La Gfranuif .National , Bank...who. wjib ,ppe ofj the delegates chosen to. represent Eastern- Oregon' bariks'',at the recent confererice-i t. banters,; helij tir-Bair Fj-ancisco, rcturtfeffridayi"- ' ;v !ln, speaking' of this conforene'e, 'fit iucuitt aaiu, ucmuefi ?H58Uig,B XCHU1U-. tion to make no loans; except,1 what might aid in 'the' winning of the, war, other ' mutters were : taken uil 'and (liscussed,r resulting iff sTInie-'of the fqllowihg:. resblutlorisr-A v: ' ', .''- j Banks I'kdgeJ to.Tatc puota.i. vWhereas, we sis i represtmtatlve bankers, of -the sevan-atatea compris ing the Twelfth Federal . District, have baen called in conference" jay ihe' gover nor pi o Federal Reserve 'Bank for the pur'poBe'Bf discussing the general rdlationB of. the. banks td thegovenl- ment war iinancmg proDicm, ana ae termining the best ways and meAns'pf selling United States treasury' ceVtifi cates of indebtedness,"and r, . ? . ; ' p iWhereas, our-government .has. to quested the banks, of -this '.district to purchase certificates, iVp, ' 't -;'. .. Therefore, be It' resolveu.sthat. pie members .of thia-CoHference,-scverally and collectively, pledge their banks to purchase their designated quota of the certificates of current 'iind, future of ferings and to make up any arrears of subscriptions. to previous issues, so far, as- tlipy may do so.v ., .. . V . Many other equally important; rcso- lutlons were passed at this convention, ai' showing that , the banks, of the Twelfth Federal Reserve seven states in. the Union, have pledged therr re- sources to the government for the: du- ration of the war! ; GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN BY ', This (ivriunn seaplnae, a Frlederlchscliufeu machluo, was brought itown AIJ, 1M)YH ' IN 1XM A1. blUll W HOOli 1 K(iKl IX) DKKKIl - eiAiiiiiNu ruiiniAShH. ;i . UNIFORM tD BE WORNv ' DURING SCHOOL HOURS KcuiMimy ,Ih One Aim if (lie Hute lie nikrn lllllniy Hlvliw. to Itp I'ikxI In lliei' t'nirrinii' Cut. ' A- . Aioeting in' a iiro-sciiooi-aay scb. nnn. tlm ntiiiiitt lwiHv nf (ha hlirh 'Bchbol held an Important cession last 'e!re!nc which ' 7 in'auftuarted sbveral.' nbw', Ibaturoa ' portalnlDK to Ihe' cijiuitiy ; a(. large) and .the boys of tho ,l)lh achooi In parUojrlar.' ,. !One' ot .tlie moBt importunf mat ters to come up was the discussion of tlio , unicornis .for niouibflra of the JljfU ..echpol" cadol corps., , Tlio bdya Tjlectodto subattuts a regular liiilfoini Jnateaci of the usual school clothing ; j .;; ,'! ,,- i i y ; . ;-. The l esult is that school clothing will , ho obtained at. big-tot prices arid the- boys will all , be dressed alikethat part of them at" least which makes use of the military." brancli of the curriculum. . Just, 'lmt .kind of cloth will bo udoptoO la .no: finally determined, but- it will, bejas near the military tinge aud ; outt as . is posible under tlie) law, aud thia uniform, the boys will Wear .Ins school. ;. , , 1" ' rttiKlentx (ilven Advice. ?--'-' All hoy students who go to' high school this year are, urged by, the student body 4 to not - purchase sciiool '' "suits i 9ti til school' opens at which lime theso suits will be luea surod, i, This ruling Is jnade fo-.-. jsuch os cannot afford to buy (wo outfit '. , , , . r V' ' : BOYS STEAL"BIKS. H Mm IN)THE JAIL UKI'UlliNT WORK IIV t'HIHF OI' l"OI,M MASKI) A I IMJKiHT i XltAI.V TO GliT HIS MAX. . Boiue.lwo weeks ago two bicycles wore ttolou . from Id front of the Areade . theatre, biit no clue - was found i nlill one . whool was found south .cf Island City,, whoro It .had been left in a broken condition. , ; ; Night befoio, lust John Hanuinu, a farmer living near town : came Into Chief of Police Rayburn's oP-' flee, ami- began telling hi in about' two boys hoi had .recently hired to Work for Mill, .t! One !hud stolen a pair of loathor lucelns belonging to his. son, and the other had left a bicycle which ho asked Hamaiin to. sell Tor hliu,iwhlle hp was away, Rayblirif. at onto told- Hniutin the' wheel had been stoen, and to bring It; In with himi 'lhei next Ume ho rdmo Into town. . - " .-' - ri ' He was arrested and fined $25, is ' ,'. (Continued on Pago 3) ; i SENATOR WH.NNQ-; " ' ;" I If &$Zh pi V. .. . -ilii-' jTltlMllll illlllliSS . Sontor W. H.'KIng of Utah; protest ed vehemently against Senator .Lew,! r inmwm tfMi .ii.u III, 19 wyiiyrB- Idnal Record , petition', asking - eon gross and the administration fo Insist on Jhe.lmiheoHat Independence of Ire land.': Mr.'nina eald It wa art aitemRt to Insult ahe of our allies." ';S . ( ,. :-s, (. ,i', . .-.i FIVE LONG TRAINS,' FILLED WITH ; ; SOLDIERS; 'PASS THROUGH, x Four -Trains, Loaded With O. ft J i Veterans, Bound For Portland ' ; ' 5- i .Trobpa .Oolrur-West. 'j . -.if ' -f '" . n, iifi'tV ?y ' ; jif?. : H, .. .. . . .' ; Train -after 4rain ' passed through La; Grande today," averaging ""twelve cars, each, ifi three s'ectipns 'of No. '19 and twp'sertlpns-pf; NQ.-4ffwftKo$i;. ti-aihs lp follow later in thP .Hay. ,,:';f ; . ppe'of,the .first "trains .that stloppe,'d here liatllab'out.'aOO sdliiiersV on.thp'ii- Lway, frora eastf r.n. training (jampsj and bound .hj. training-.campswe.sti of ,,L( Grandev probably , some going to (.Van couver, sWashlngtoni and: others,, ,to CqmpLewis; as,, destinations of troop traihs are nevef divulged: . ' (t '. If was ' adifficult' matter1 for 'the loca,l 'hotels arid restaurants'' to' f obd' these hungry men, outfit was .managed' all right,' for La:Grande always has a wr'm'spot in her' heart 'foi kbldle'ni, 'j . Not 'to1' lie ' outdone by , the 'soldiers now making reudy. fbr,' tlie' war '.in France, there passed through, this .city seyeral trains of. civil,' war, veteran's, and' it also becanie. a question ot eed Injf. these ;ve.crans of , the Jciyjt fwar, bujt it was managed iii thd' course of. . ic old G. A, R. iman; whenrseim outsiderPfi.a- 'ircataurant,. dnd ' asked wHerehe-camerfrPmtreplied, ','INcver yo'u mind; or anything .'else; my -train leaves inj few minutes. 1 nro. hungry." The grizzled old veteran not only look ed' 1 itj' '' but word'' '''mariy-- medals from attcmlinit many grand army meetings' In- the post.' lie golf his breakfast, all right. " ,J '' ' ' I'hcse' old veteran! Ihe ' heroes ;if mohy battles1 in' the past, ' hi "doubt, looked'with envy 'on the young 'men nyir oh -their -to" tight" tor. the liberty of the-world, which had so We'll been preserved by "the men of til ." ' '.'''" BRITISH GUNS 1nj ihtl Niirtli sn by' British gtuiuert. I GENERAL' MAKCH TELLS COM' M1TTEB OP RAPID SlUPf , MENT OP TROOPS. ' FACILITIES IMPROVED 1 U RECENTLY IT 1$ FOUND Chief of Staff Reiterates His Belief That Nearly- Four Million Will Be In -rrance By June of the Coming Year British Steamer Sunk By a Submarine Off Cape Hatteras. ' WASHINGTON, D. C, . Aug. :i7. Chief of Staff March today told the members of the -Senate Military com mittee that the total Americans in Europe and en reute' now numbers 1,450,000. ! . He reiterated tho" hope ax pressed, yesterday that he would bo able to report 3,300,000 men in France by next Junev ,' .' , ". : .. . . General March, wont on. to.&U the committee thrtf : improved ' facilities have again -increased - the speed of troop shipments to the war apne. . . . - - Rest Is Required. :, : General March told-the correspond ents that a number of high American officers, including major generals, are being returned home for rest, because of savere fighting, ' . . . ' Americans Not Treated Worse. ' " He warned the public that the casu alties will bo heavy and such must be expected.: He denied American pris oners are signalled 'out by Germans for harsh treatment. All .?t the same consideration' from the Germans, he said.: ;v : -'V.,., i, . .--' ' ' The senators concluded, from ' Gen eral March's , talk,- that' the present drive is slowing down, and that Gen oral Foeh- may '.start a.Tiew'.dHvo .on, another front., 1 .' y ' i,l ;, ,ti.'' ; .. . ;-t .-',. ;' i ' 'MORE' ATLANTIC i ATTACKS British Steamer Sinks Off Cape Hat . teres'. Yesterday. V . .. i WASHINGTON,' Aug. 17 The'navy department announces that the British steamer, Mrl6,..6700 'tons,, was sunk' off Cape Hatteras yesterday. It Was probably, torpedoed;" " ."", '" '" . .;. , "Nine of the crew, had not landed ai noort today, i The vessef carried a car go Of gasoline. o. J 'f, FRENCII CRUISER SUNK. , ." PAIUS.'Aug. 17. The French curis: er, Dcputit Thoussards, has been tor pedoed and sunk. - Thisteeiu perished. An American ' destroyer rescued tho survivors... ."..'',. ' ' '"'' . The normal 'complement of the de stroyed vessel Is 540 men. ' BONDS RESELL WELL.: j ,: ' NEW V0HK,.Augv17-( By .United Press.) 'Liberty bonds', of the three and a half nor . rent iMRiie. mild nt .lOO'o'-io. .' This' is th high record. " ' SUBMARINE STOPS LINER.; , AN ATLANTIC POR'IJ, Aug. 17.- (By United Press.) A neutral liner arriving here,' reporta.it was stopped by a German submarine off the Nor wegian coast. It was stopped, her papers examined, and then allowed to pass. On tho way here Spanish in fluence broke out, killing five Dutch negroes, who were buried at sea. One Hollander declared he lost GO pounds, because of the butch food shortage. i i . .'. M;V YAlt.V SHI I'M UN T IHOUU. iA largo, quantity nf yarn has ar rived for Red Cross knitting forees. RED CRfSStSALVAG E SHOP, i : , The focal gi Cross Shop and sal vage department, through the efforts of the ladies' in charge, took in $313.30 being the proceeds from the second month a business. Tho sources of rev enue were as follows; , , . Lucky Thirteen Club ,t 13.25 Catholic Ladies 04.21 Neighbors Of Woodcraft ..... At shop ' .' Apron Sale .Z, At "Salvage Department 104.00 j8.or, Rummage Sale 34.05 Sale of articles donated and sal I vage. 90.10 . , . ' $313.30 To date the Salvage Department and j Red Cross Shop has turned over to inn rtca iross treasurer, Jessie uooa due, the sum of $583.85. If you have salvage and no way to deliver It, ' please call Red 3192 or Main 725. Shop is open every day from 0 to 12 and from 1 to 5 o'clock. .. '' ' Tl: : .. .... '. ONE CONTINGENT GOES TO M'DOWELL, OTHER TO CAMP LEWIS.' ' FT. MCDOWELL GROUP IS TO FILL UP VACAXC: Orders to Meet at War Boar Off' On August 26V Sent to 20 at ( Group and Larger Number- Go : to Fill the Vacancies in the Ar ' lery Department, . ' . With its usual -prompt actiet),: t La Grande local war hoard la now pr -pared to send forward its quota f ; twenty Soldiers, being part) of the du thousand men called from Oregon by the . President's proclamation, issued -ori August 5th,, as well as filling the. Vacancies' caused recently by rejec; , tipns, , on account of physical diaabik. - ity of ono nature or another, . ;:.-; At: 11:00 'a. m.' on August 26;: thw following men,: choson, to fill vecan. cies caaecd by -rejections, will tneet at "the office of the war board.-for final instructions and will entrain, eat- the 27th wod Fort McDowell, CaH-j fornia: ; Roswell Dell Miller, Imbler. -' ' George C'l'de Brown, Oswego. : -' Joseph Bovelle Talbot, Portland"' " Jrving Michael Dolan, La Grande r ' Merrill Dudley Spencer, Portland, rv Wilbur Salisbury, La Grande. . ' 'Oren Lovan, Cpve. v . - ... Robert IV Williams. Gleichen.; AI- berta, Canada. . " ' y Franca H. Carbine, 1a Grande. , : Vltangelo CollonoTelocaset '.''. 'Fred Wiseman, Portland. , -; .'. 'Oiii. ."lirli Increment ; -';' v' r';At,10 o'clock 'in the morning of ' August. 26, the fdllowing twenty Men called ; by the. President's procUma' tion, will meet at the war board .of fice, for final instructions, and wilt , ala'o 'intrulniion. the 27th of August, for Camp Lewis: ! , Kiwis Kansom Cross", limonv .1-. ' Albert' Raymond Squire, lmblcr. - 1 . Elmer Jerry, Wies, Elgin. , ' Francis Louis Thompson Union. , ' Ira Lorenza Howell, La Grande. I ' Everott Irwin Moss, Alice!. . J Frank Marquis, L Garnde. ' -1 f ' Harvey Edwanl Kuckman, Alicel-- :. 'Frederick Eugene White, Alice. ? : '. Roy Edward Ncal, La'Grande. . ' ; : , Charles' Franklin Gordon, Summer. ; Walter Ingerson, La Grande. : 1 Hughsie Spencef Bell, Union... : "' i . Clarence Walter Green, Union. : Harry Dean Olson, North Powder. John VcrnoniLloyd, La Grande. ' , Rpy M.iWells, Altcel- . 1 : iioy nnurcw nius, union, , : Willie Miles Fitzgerald, La Grande. ' :-..ClnuJe' M.' Kiyes, La Grande. 1 . . 1 1 1 . ' y HIJ.M Al)lil;?i TO'l(UE. ' : Hit. Wll' in CotvlHiy Mael'-Kaufil , "(f-.'l'aa PniHlo T,lll ' 'J ' Alien. f ' PENDLETON. Aug. 17. An aj- pliant for. the honors of enauipkjr). ship ut tho Pcndloton KouDd-Op,'' Slim Allen arrived In l'endletoa this morning from Canada, Where ho took part lu tho Medicine Hat and Lelhbrldge, shows, winning considerable prize money at Doth shows. ' Allen Is 6110 of the beat known' rough riding cowboys la A'-'isnna and this Is his first ithn In Pendleton. , Ho . Is conferring with Itoiind-lTp directors to tnforai HllliHolr rir tlm . nurufl. Anil .nrnll . lions of tho contests here. . ' i. With Alluh. will come hls;'wll; who Is known Irt cowboy land ,'jut.'.' Pmlrlu Lilly Allen. She,,, too. , .. hronc riUqr .and expocta to 'enter I tho Round Up contosts next mints provdlng that a fractured i wrli ' which she iecuived In . Canada' ii Healed by that time. . t-'.-i 'f i Alli-ii took third . mpney. at V;'tSb'.;: lliiuls at Lethbrldge and two Rrthi in th day : mouey.1. Dave Whits, . l,n v..... lllt.'rl at tl... mill 0p got uway with first money , , the Lethbrldge show. . Allen ;brlnf the news that White and ai Bum- liAr nf IIia n I h hp . lmua m.i. -t. ... -' - " . mi j, b , been showing In Canada, are row ' nig aown lor mo nouna-Up. : Alln hm tlf.vnr vnl Ka i ,k. ' Pandlntnn nnnnH-tTvt ll.n.t!. . .. won iiiuuex in many 01 trie ihotrs j over tho west.' He rides bioncs ;; bull dogs, ropes . and In 'additiol Is a professional announcer' Ho c ; pects 10 remain . here for a day f two belore going north te loin s i wife. : ' ' ' . . . r . -. ', , , Jl.. r .vsr.-.-.?-.-; a s.;t. t. (-ti.