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VOLUME xvn
BRITISH TAKE A BIG BITE OUT
OF HUNS IN MQRtllHB ATTACK
UNDER THE COVER OF FOG AND MIST ENGLISH
TROOPS SWOOP DOWN ON GERMANS AND
DRIVE THEM BACK SIX MILES.
Noyon Is Being Squeezed By Both British and Brench
Right Wing- of Allied Army In Soissons Sector
Makes Slight Advance Germans Expected
Attack But Were Unable to Resist.
WITH THE 131UTLSH AH MY, August 21 (Uy United
press) Striking the Germans on a ten-mile front between
Arras and Albert shortly before 5 o'clock this morning,
General Iiyiig's army made great headway and captured
Moyenviller, Courcelles Employ, Ablainzeville, Achiet
Leptit and leaucourt-Sur-Ancre. . ' "
The attack was made during a heavy fog, which acted as
a screen for the British troops and excellent progress was
made. At 9 o'clock the sun suddenly broke through the
clouds, but British had burst in upon the Germans through
the camaflouge of mist which hung closely to the ragged,
shell-worn battlefield, while the tanks, cavalry and infan
try pushed over and around the trenches and entangle
ments. The hoche was cleared from most of the points on this
side of the high embankments of the Arras-Albert railway.
So well organized were the British for this attack that
with one'single artillery crash the whole attack was on in
full swing on the wide front. .
The big guns of the British had been concealed for sev
eral davs. They let loose at 5:20 o'clock and the troops
swung into action. By G o'clock ten parts of the old lines
were passed. " ,
At Movonville, where resistance was not strong, capture
was made at (:'() o'clock. The prisoners' taken there said
they bad expected the British the first of the week, but
preparations'' were insufficient to stop the onrush of the
troops.. The British suffered few casualties.
- HAIG REPORTS ON ATTACK. -
LONDON, Aug.'21. (l!v United Press.) General Ilaig
announced that the British had attacked on a wide front
north of Ancre this morning, 'and that "satisfactory pro
gress had been made."
GERMANS OFFER NO COUNTER ATTACK.
P VH1S ug 21. (Bv United Press.) The . offifcial
communique said today the French troops had continued
to make progress on the whole front between the Oise anr
the Aisne and last night captured Outs and tarlepont. llic
Germans) to the surpirse of the French, offered no counter
attack.
. FRENCH APPLYING THE PRESSURE.
rVRIS, Aim'. 21. (Bv United Press.) Tlie French are
outl'lankiiiL' tile enemy and a point near Kchanips forest
has heen reached. This is near Pontoise and less than tour
miles southeast of Xoyon. ' - '
Novon is now threatened more from the southeast than
the southwest. Pressure, is now methodically, applied by
the French forces toward Lnssigny and Noyon.
(iciieral Minikin's army has advanced more than six
miles, and besides gaining three and a half miles in the.
Oise vallev has penetrated to within a mile and a half of
Xoyon. The right wing of Mangiivs army near Soissons
has made a slight advance. v
CHAS. NASH, MEETS
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
( HAS. NASH I'.Ur.AKS A1!M IH'li-
l.(i
liOCKSS Oh' CltANK.
I.N(i .MAlillXK.
Vi'hlle cranking his auto this
morning.
....... -,r.. I,., v In m.'iklnt? lil -
usual rounus, ciumio iasu. "',,. nf ..Krmlnlc." tho child won
for til-! Valley Creamery Co., waHjdcr elocutionist at an early dat'
unfortunate enough to havo
his
right forearm broken by the han
dle nt the. crank slipping from his
grap In some manner, which he
sieni'd unalilo to avoid.
Iln wan immediately taken to the
hospital for treatment, but it Ie
feaicd be will be laid up for uumy
weeks at least.
This accident comes, too, on top
nf the fact that young Nash was
only released ftom tho Jiospltal last
June, whore he was operated
for appendicitis.
on
ARRAIGNED FOR Ml'RDER.
Walter B. McFall was arraigned yes
terday nfternoon in the circuit court,
charged with the murder last Novem
lier of n man by the nam of Wm. H.
Moore, at l'crry.
He will plead in court on August 29.
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR ERMINIE
HII. II
IN
AltTIST IS TO AI'l'F.AI
I.A i;i:t.vni l NioAlt
1'iTi.iti;.
Tho ladles of the Army and
:'v,,J
Auxiliary arc making cxton-
In La Grande. Tho exact date
nnunccd In last night's Observer
may undergo a slight change lie-
cause of conflicting dates and the
time will be announced soon.
''Krminle" recently gave, a recital
In Baker and the people of that
city wore charmed with her won
derful talent which is not the work
of training but purely natural
Judge Anderson of the circu
court of Iiaker, says she Is the j
most marvelous child he has ever
seen and all who heard her voice
the samo praise.
The Army and Navy Auxiliary
request everyone to keep in
that this extraordinary child
'"inti
is to
appear In La Grando and arrange jvbo are In the Untied States tor. Armory and a women's bnllding.'he cotnpellcd to take dastlc. mens
to attend. ivlre.- They are up-to-date chapsifor each of which $100,000 is-usc In the matter.
E. G. Citmmlngs and wife
Enterprise, are visiting friends
tho city.
LA.
GEN. TASKER H. BLISS
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, American rep.
rcsentatlve at the supreme war coun.
ell, has been given the Grand Cross of
the Order of St. Michael and St
George by the British government.
FOIU'IO NUHDIil) TO OFFSET
GUI! MAX PI tOPAG AX DI8TS
Oregon tiiiard l.c.s.s Tim" l''ift' I
Cunt or What Jt Should ltu
In Numbers.
That the Oregon Guard needs
recruits from .among tho bustnoss
men of La Grande, Union, Cove,
Elgin, and all other towns in
this county, as well as in other
counties oi .il o.y, ...
dent from the very fact that all the
companies in this pant of the stato
are short in tho numbers each com
pany should have today, all tha
younger men having already enter
ed the service in the regular army,
navy, or marines.
Carl Stackland, an orchardist ot
the Cove, district, while In the ctty
a' few hours late yesterday after-'
noon, in a short interview on the
street urged sharp and quick
work along recruiting lines in La
Grande, as well as In his home
itown, where there should be a
good local company organized at
once. 'i ' 1 j "; ,
' "You see; it is just like this," he
said, "all., our younger members
havo already gone Into one or an
other branch of the sej-vlce, ana
In 1 the September, draft, we are
bound to lose another fifty per cent
of wlin,'. members we have left.
Older men, like you and I should
join at once, if for no other rea
son that I can think of now, to
guard our home communities
against 1. V. W.'s and German
propagandists generally.
'Only a short time, ago, I saw in
ono or the aispatcncs in mo ure
gonla.n,, 1 .h ink, whore an old Inoffensive-looking
German, was
visiting the wheat fields near Sal
em, Just about dusk In the evening
and was seen digging In , the
ground with something, one even
ing afto,r another. Ut . developed
after ho had. left ithol country, that
he had put some kind of stuTf in
the soil that made those . wheat
fields almost f.rll .to produce a
crop.
'Now I won't say that aphis was
planted in many of tho fields near
Cove, but It Is very Htrango that,
shortly after some men were seen
riding through the country In nu
los, that many of the fields wore
discovered .to be, In voy bad shape.
there had licet no Indications
Of this pest earlier In the season.
"That is why, I say, we need to
recruit our Oregon Guard compan
ies to full war strength at once,
for we iiPivor can tell what kind or
onltln will be in our midst from
one day to another."
WOULD
regit
OREGON
GUARD
MISTAKE OF REPORTER!""" 'or 'V'.""" ' '"l T" .It
Mistii!dcrMood
Mb Itvaii On The
I!ed Cross Work.
W.
Cowgill
Miaervor. inlsunde.rsiiiod Miss Ityan
f the Hed Cross Canteen, and
yesiero.iy s ui.sorver uuoico ncr 11s
jtiylng tha the Canteen was forbid not care to attempt any deii- papers and farm Journal adver
jthe purpose of srjllng things to nite ui'llon and field out for an ad- Itlsements that dairymen Increnso
I.jlhe soldiers, when as a mailer of
ibci, 11 is 1101 a commercial propn-1 The university 01 Oregon is (ti 'diminish them, becauso It has al
Hltlon but feeds tho boys as they .(aitst to send in ItB bill or est inu ready comniandered upwards of
come through without coinpensa-lates. The university places Its re- (jn per cent or the output or 1011
tlon. In asking ror magazine and jiiulrements at $!i9Mn. Since densarles, It Is' understood, both
DOriodirals It is not desired thatiilit rnHmirfeji ate r,R7..r,r,.'t.:M. the Inr nrmv mitt nuvv linn. IhtiB rnl-
,! he given but the late
jcurrcnt numbers, for old Issues are
nf little value to the class of bnvs
nnd havp read tho older Issues,
o'j.and what is desired is late works
inino that some benefit will be do-
irived from them.
GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21; 1918
AMERICAN RED
CROSS ARRIVES
SEVERAL UNITS APPEAR IN SI
BERIAN CITY OK VLADI
VOSTOK TODAY.
LONDON, Aug. 21. (By United
Press.). Several American Bed Cross
units have arrived in Vladivostok from
Tokio,' bringing seventy thousand
pounds of hospital supplies and a largo
quantity of provisions.
OUTSIDE PEOPLE WED
Guy Tulley and Ethel Mitchell .Mar
ried in La Grande.
Last evening at the Methodist par-
uinnmi !Rnv ('- U Pian nf Ikn trirat
MrtWK.t hh i!,Ji th B.iii,!t0d'Jr DV Ambassador Lord Road
' " "
Mr. Guy G. Tullcy and Miss Ethel N.
Mitchell, two of tho town of Wallowa's
most popular young people. Only
closo friends of tho interested outs
were present. Today they left for
their future home in Wallowa.,
J. GARFIELD KING ,
ARRIVES IN FRANCE
' A letter from Mrs. J. Garfield King
written from Sisson, California, stales
that she has received a wire from tho
official headquarters in New York in
forming her that her husband, J. Gar
field King, formerly head of the Y. M.
C. A. of La Grande, has landed safely
overseas.
PREPARING STOCK
FOR STATE FAIR
Hutchinson & .Sherman, ns well
as W. W. Green & Sons, brscdurs
of Shorthorn cattlo. when seen on
Sunday aftornoon at their' ranches
near Union, stated that they are
thinking strongly of getting a
bunch of fat cattle and prizo win
, , , condition for another
. ,, ,. , , . ...
exhibit at the Stute Fair, to be hold
In Salem in September.
As both these firms ore breedors
of 8horthorn ca'.tlo, and havo fre
quently carried off first and sec
ond prize money, no doubt, If.thay
decide to exhibit again this fall,
other premiums will fall into their
basket of trophies already won.
TAX DEMANDS
STAT I
CO.M.UISStONHrtS (JltOAX
I'.NDKIl THIS LOAD.
Stnto's Itcveiiucji Provided Are
Hxcccded Ry 3,MMMMM (iov.
ei'nor Favors 1 Mill Tax.
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 21. Unable
to luako progress with the mass
of figures that lmvo Jjecn submitted
by stute Institutions, stato orfiews
and other organizations having
state aid, 4he Tax Commission re
cently adjourned its meellng, after
Betting Friday, August 2:1, as tie
date for another session. The com
mission mot for tho purpose of at
tempting to nrrlvo nt Iho state's
needs in excesH of tho l per 'cent
tnx limitation. In tho meantime
Tax Commissioner Galloway will
total the amount asked for. Some
minor institutions have not yet re
ported. In genr.ial it Is otflimatud lhal
the renueslH received total upward
of 111,1)00,000, or about $:i.i)n,
000 in excess of tho available re
venues for the next biennlum.
Governor Withycontbn . holds out
for nllowlng a 1 mill tax, if tho
people a 10 agreeable, nt the next
election, which would amount to
about one-third of the eKcess
.amount that has been rouestcd.
Thls would piovido
about (2. 0110,-1
j llltllllll Mill, lllll initial nn 1
I proposed fund bill to be Iniiated
for the Mivnnipnr ejecton ran make
provision for only one year.
Aflc a glance at the' columns
STAGGERING
reporter for thC;of. figures which filled several
ipages of typewritten tdieets, Secte
Iniiary of Sta'e Olcott and Slai1
Troasu'er hay il-cldeii mat ilmyiull the means In its power news-
joinned session.
nsilma'cd amount to be provided
Is Hlli,l3ii,(. Important among
Itie tirimnaeil tiunrnvpnieiils are an
j nsked) For the iatlnr $100. One:
Is avall'ble from outside sources,
contingent upon nn equnl uppro-i
Iprlatlon by the sta'e. '
E
CA
WILL
SAVE THE DAY
A.MllASSADOIt Mlt! HKADI.Ml
HXPlUiSHKS- APPHKtiATION
Says TIiIh Country Far Exceeds All
livieclaOoiiB Whiclv Wore
field lly Englund
LONDON, August 21. (By Unit
ed Press.) That America will
savo tho day and filially bring vic
tory to Allied arms ii tho fooling
all ovor' England and was expressed
tnr trt 1 1. n 1 1 ... 1 tr 1 11 mI n-
' ,7, , , '
a spooch ho delivered, at a lunch.
oo n of one of the clubs:
"America ontering tho wiar re
moved all dotiht and fears and
assured a certain victory for tho
Allied arms, but we novor iiiiaglnod
that America could roach audi
splendid efficiency and tako such a
prominent' part In this war in so
short a time."
TO PAY TAX
McAIXIO WANTS l.VCO.MK TAX
TO HHACI1 KVKItYONU. J.
Now Itcvciiuo Hill Authorizes A
lllllion Dollar Drive On l'rotits.
WASHINGTON, August 21. (By
United Press.) Tho now revonue
bill will authorize a billion dollar
drive on incomea and excess profits
and will include, stringent measures
for tho slacker who tries to dodgo
future taxes.
McAdoo has asked congress for
authority to force every person A
tho country to pay income tax.
LYAL STRINGHAM
IS
UNION COUNTY BOY HIT BY HUN
SHELLS IN FRANCE.
Severe Skull F'racture and His Arm
Broken letter States He
la Recovering.
A letter received today by his par
entsnt Imbler tells of Lyal Stringham
suffering from severe wounds in bat
tle in France on July 15. He was shot
in the arm, which was broken and
German shellfire pierced his skull,
causing physicians to remove slivers
of the bone which left an open wound
in the head. Besides this, shrapnel
entered Lyal's leg in many places.
He laid for five days in the hospital
011 the front lines and then was re
moved to the base hospital. The letter
was written on July 25 and he ex
presses not a murmur but insists that
everything is all right and that ho is
getting along fine. He did not con
sider tho shrapnel wounds in his legs
worth while mentioning.
CONDENSED MILK
SHOOTS UPWARDS
t;oVl;itMK.NT DKMANDS
AD-
VAM'IO PHH'IIS
IIUillKST I
TO Til K
Hil'lIK.
1 Manager C. I). Kinahlsnr. of the
'Oregon Grocery Co., slated today
'that there hail been a sharp ad-
ivance, in the nrlces of condensed
milk, the advance being as great
jas fifi cents on the case.
'I nun ine kiivih anient iiii;iiik
jtholr herds of cattlo rather than
Knir iho rlvlllun iiKers down to the
minimum. It seems, without any
xtinenrluliln nffot nn fur II mltrhl
.yr. Kmihlser staled that, so far
as ho know, this Is the highest
price condensed milk hngi reached
in ntr.ny years. ,
EVERY PERSON
WOUNDED
CHRISTIAN GIRL
fin
1 ... EfiMjBMku
Christian Girl, whose name hat been
a fertile subject for piragraphert, l
one of the many civilians who are qui
etly fitting Into the war department1!
strenuous work. It Is Mr. Girl's job
to see that the army gets all. the mo.
tortruckt it need. v
" ' - -' " '
SN THE ATLANTIC
81 HMAItlNU ( It l:V TAKIO THAW.
Milt AND I'ltUV ON SHIPS .
Three Keliooncrx Havo Alroady
, Hook Destroyed lly
Pirates.
A CANADIAN POINT,' August 21
(By United Press.) The stoam
trawlor Triumph lias been seized
by u submarine crow and is now
armed with guns and manned by
a crow of 16 Germans, who are
raiding the fishing vessels on the
North Atlantic coast. This inform
ation is brought In by survivors of
boats that have been sunk. fFhree
schooners have already been der
stroyed by bombs from tho out
laws. . In each case the crews
leached the shore. . f ...
i3KlUJttH3':J-'
At tho Red Cross Shop In the
Foley Office Dulldlng there will be
a special sale, of aiprons and baby
articles on Thursday from 2 to 5
p.m. This Is also rummage day
and the Red Cross people are mak
ing it an event of .importance. . s5
COl'NtTL MKKTS TONIGHT.
At the regular meeting of the
City Commissioners to be held at
7 : HO this evening, besides the re
gular routine work, there will pro
bably come up for consideration
matters of more than rodinary In
tel est and possible there may be a
surprise In the statement to be' is
sued by City Manager Fred B.
Currey, which will show th,it La
Grundo is financially stronger than
it has been for some time past.
WHEAT HAS BEEN
BADLY BLEACHED
(In a short Interview this morn
ing with Manager Owsley, of Korr,
Giffoid & Co., ho stated they are
shipping wheat all tho time, but
tlioso last rainy days had bleached
much of tho wlif.it In the shocks,
so that It has lost in weight, as
well as quality, to some extent. .
Ill weighing nut somo samples
his morning, ono lot tested by the
government scales pounds to
tho bush'1,!, Instuad of tho nvorag?
of 110 pounds, but that, ho stated,
will probably make little dirfurenco
In tho prices as fixed by tho gov
ernment.
YOUNG PEOPLE WED
llellvaii ablioi .Married To .Mlsi
Nellie Itryiiut.
Mr. Delhvin Waltlrnp and Miss
Nellie Bryant were married Tuo!i
day at Iho homo or tho bride's
sister, Mis. Jesse Kerr, In La
Grande. Rev. Smith of the South
M. E. Church was the officiating
minister. The bride wore a dainty
dress of while silk and was unat
tended. Only inininillito friends of
the young couple were present. The
young roupln have many friends t
hero who wish for tbeni the hup
plniMS and piosperity that they lie
servo.
WITH THE COLORS.
Recruiting Officer Sergeant Henry,
of the Marines, this morning received
a post card from Clyde Kiddle, now
at the Mare Island training camp,
The card reads:
I "Am trying hard to he a marine,
I and want also to say the treatment
I we get is fine, our nuartcrs good and
i 'chow' A No. 1. With kind regards,
I CLYDE KIDDLE.
GERMAN
RAIDED
NUMBEK 27!)
SPAIN TAKES
'IS
TOLL OP SPANISH CRAFT SUB
MA KINKS IS REPLACED
BY THF.SE VESSELS. ,
TOLL OF SPANISH CRAFT
BY SUBMARINES REPLACED
The Honor and Dignity of Ihe Nation
Will No Longer Permit the Gfrman
Program On the Sen, Declares Min
ister Believes Germany Will Agree
to Demands of Spanish Government.
MADRID, Spain, Aug. ' 21. (By
United Press.) The Minister cf tho
Interior of Spain has sent a note to
Germany declaring that Spain will 1
temporarily replace all future subma
rine sinkings of Spanish boats from
Gorman ships interned in the harbors
ot Spain, . ' , v -
Denial is made by the minister that
Germany has brokon off diplomatic '
relations with Spain, and he. stated
that the decision of the Spanish gov-;
eminent to replace losses ot the sub
marine vvjth German shipa fc b it the
natural course to pursue, and accord
ing to the' Spanish official, resolves
itself into "obligatory defense of our
essential interests."
'We cannot risk further prejudicing
of our nntional dignity, life an! henr
and we feel assured that Germany will
recognize our decision and agree that
it is right and proper," tho official 1?
quoted as saying, and then ho adds,
"The. final status of the commandeered
vessels will be settled when po-.co is
declared." i
32
WORLD J SCOVUHI) ! OK SHIPS
TO THANSPOHT TROOPS.
America Is Now Playing A Very -Clrcat
Part On Tho BuUlo '
Fields Of Kunmc.
WAHINGTON, August 31. (By
United Press.) General March
todiy annbunced that 32 complete
divisions of American troops 11.ro
now on French soil. He said to
accomplish this remarkublo feat It
had heen necessary to scour tho
world for ships to transport Amorl.
can troops acrosB tho Atlantic. .
He also called attention to tho
fact that lu maintain the present
rata of progress and achieve tho
projected four million overseas
would ,meun tho garlioring of Btlll .
more shirs.
RURAL SCHOOLS -NOW
OPENING
MILS. IVANHOE THINKS WILL BE
FEWER PUPILS THIS YEAR,
HUE TO THE WAR. '
Not a few of the rural schools of
Union county have already opened fur
the fall term.
County School Superintendent Mrs.
A E. Ivanhoe announced this morning
that School District No. 53 opened on
tho ldth, with Miss' Jennie Nashliy as
teacher.
District No. !14 opened on August
0, with Miss Lydin Saler In charge.
District No. (il, at Hot Luke, op
ened for business this last week, Miss
Princess Bond being in charge.
There arc (il organized school dis
tricts in Union county, all reporting
to Mrs. Ivanhoe, who says she had
no difficulty this year in finding com
petent teachers for all schools, so
far. There are 150 teachers in tho
rural schools of this county.
Other schools will open the 2nd,
llth nnd ltith of September. Mrs.
Ivanhoe added that she did not expect
so large an atendance this fall, as peo
ple have removed from the county on
account of war demands. -
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson
nfIdaho, were In La Grando yes
terday to attend tho funeral ot
Mrs. Connway.
DIVISIONS
NOWI
FRANCE