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PAGES 7-12 ! Phae The Aa Iadcpendcat J Newspaper I J Print the News the J .Day It Happens. .. J I the New. uU Tear Waat A4e, I M.I. 7 VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21J 1918 ' NUMBER 306 MILITARY MEDAL GOVERNOR WANTS FOOD FOR THE EAGLE IS WON BY WOMEN AN INVESTIGATION SECTION TWO (Shestwt wnxm LONDON. Aug. 20. (United Press By Mail.) The highest honor. English war women nave won is the Military medal. The soldiers' silver medal ''for bra very in the field" has now been con ferred on nearly a hundred plucky British women. : Among many wonderful examples of courage recorded in the official citations are these: Sister Charlotte Lillian Annie' Rob inson. . "Vor conspicuous devotion to duty and courage when, a stationary hos pital was struck by four bombs from an enemy aeroplane and one wing was practically cut in two, many patients being buried . in the debris. . Sister Robinson at very great personal risk went in among1 the ruins to assist in recovering the patients, quite regard less of danger, her one thought being to rescue the patients. .She displayed magnificent coolness and resource." -; Sister Nellie Galvin. ''For bravery and devotion to duty during an enemy, air raid when four enemy bombs were -dropped on the building occupied by the hospital, causing much damage to the ward in . which Sister Galvin was on night duty, jshe remained m the. ward at tending to the sick, several of whom were , severely wounded and car ried on her -work as if nothing had happened. iShe displayed the greatest coolness and devotion to duty." Staff Nurse Beatrice Dascombe. "For gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy air raid when her ward, being destroyed by a bomb and herself wounded,' sho insisted on re maining at ner post ana attending to the wounded." Sister Mary Ellen Davis. . 1 "For gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy air raid, when the SiBters' quarters were wrecked and bombs were falling, she showed a fine example and assisted materially in controlling the situation and attending to the Sisters who were wounded." MiBS- Katherine Margaret Fresh field. "For gallantry and devotion to duty during an air raid. Tho ward in which she was' working was destroyed by a bomb, but She continued to at tend to her patients, and' was herself 1 l-wl ' very- bbvciwj . Commandant -Winifred Eleanor Sar ah Mount Batten. "For gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy air raid. She super intended tho work of the convoy, drove an ambulance car herself during the raid, and by hor coolness and disre gard for her own safety ensured the prompt removal of the wounded to the hospital." Nurse Mary Gwynnedd Campbell. "For gallantry and devotion to duty during nn enemy air yiid, when build ings were set on fire. She moved about in full glare regardless of im minent danger, taking patients to safety, and inspiring confidence in all.'' Following is the citation, of the French army conferring the Croix de Guerre on Miss Annia Mackinnon, British nurse attached to the French Flag Nursing corp: ''A nurse who, under the difficult circumstances of the withdrawal of the ambulance under enemy fire, con tinued to attend the sick and wounded up to the last minute, with, remark .able courage and sang-froid, thus dem onstrating the qualities which all her chiefs have recognized in her during the three years thut she has devoted herself to the French soldiers." SHIPMENTS Cl'UTAll.KD. ( Kmbui'go On Lumber 'Movements KnHt Of Ohio. AUorncY-Ueucrnl Directed To Make . Complete Invent igution. SALEM Ore., Sept. ' 19. In a letter written to Attorney Goneral Brown tonight, Governor Withy- (oinbe requests ' that officials make a thorough Investigation of the al leged practice by prison officials of extorting monoy from convicts at i he state penitentiary. It has boen alleged thut paroles were provided for a - monetary consideration. The Governor's letter Instructs Mr. Brown to sift conditions from ton, to bottom 'without uny partlcu liir officials In mind, the Intention of the ojtr,cutive being to allow no t.ullty man to escape, it any orn rial la guilty, the attorney general is granted authority to.., question nnyone-at the prison. THE FAMOUS KORAN r- HAS BEEN STOLEN ST. LOUIS, Sept. 19. An em burgo against the Bhipment or vir tually all. kinds of lumber from any point in the United Stntes or Canada to any points east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio ' nivnr, excepting shipments for war - nnAnnnai1 tnrlnV lit purposes, ou.i..u.. -- the. St. Louis office of the Rail way Administration. The order contains a clause, how evor. which permits such shipments for commercial purposes, when tho consignee can produce evidence vhicli the administration considers sufficient to warrant tho issuance of a permit. The order Is effect ive as on last Sunday. It stutes 11, at shipments In transit will be iiooeptcd, ' lly Joseph Sltnplon, (United Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, Sept. 19. One of the victims of the Russian rovolu tinn is the most famous copy of tho Koran In the' world. It was 'Stolon from the public library In Petro- grad and Its whoreabouts Is ' now an "absolute mystery. Speaking of tills volume of the Koran, the cele. biu tod Russian scholar, Prof. S. F. Oldenburg said: . . "The stolen Koran Is unquestion ably one of the most famous vol umes of Its kind. By Mussulmans throughout the world. It was . ro parded as very holy. I, personally have seen hundreds of worshippers ot Allah walk in Into the public library and tbow before the book. A beautiful "legend surrounds this volume: the blood spots on Its cov ers are said to be those of Ma l.omot himself. I don't, know tho motive that " may have Impelled those who stole It. I do not be lieve - the story that Turks have r.tolon It, as the soviet govornmen.t tilieady has promised to return It to any properly designated body representing. Ilia. Mahommedan church." i Photographic copies of the vol ume are to be found at the library. The volume came originally from Turkey, where it was presented to a .number of Russian scholars as a gift to the Petrograd public lib. rary. . ... A fow days before tho'' theft, 1 a number of American collectors of- fc-ied 1,000,000 for it. AVIATOR IS KILLED. BEHIND FOE LINES 1 SwP Jf LIKE JOUST, OF OLD. WAS BAYONET FIGHT' ' By Frank J, Taylor, .. (United Press Staff. Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICANS EAST OF IlIIEMS, Aug. 10. (By Mall.) It is not often that trench war. faro permits a gUdtatoYlaTcoBTost! in which both sides look on. This is a tale of a fight . which telouged to the olden days. .In a southern regiment one dare- rievll ot tho Infantry, perfectly sune and sobor, suddenly told his com panions, , "I want me a bocbo. I want to moot -him single-handed, fight him, whip him, get a souvenir from Jilm, and'como back with him. '. .-:'.':', ' ('''. They tried to persuade him not to go out, but no luck. ' , . ; He followed his stroifg southern will across No. Man's Land, scour ing carefully until he came'" to a clump of buuhos, one of the few shrubs left In the wuil sliellod area. ' 1 ' Thon, by some clianco, he canio face to face with a German, who had evidently seen the approach of the American. The boche was a Prussian, and a good man physic ally. -.-.'-.. With bayonets they went at each other, spurring, feinting, jabbing, the Americans looking on through I'liboi vatlon musses and holes. Pro bably tho Germans wore doing so tco, though tboy did not shoot, probably toarlng thoy would lilt rriiclr own man. ' -v-T' .--..- After some minutes of fighting lila Buddies saw tho Anierlcarir drive his bayonot Into tho Gorman who fali, evidontly killed. The American stooped ovei tho Prussian, true to his word thut he would bring in souvenirs. Then he Dturtod back for' his own trenclie.i. .Instantly a rain of bullets came a'lor- him and he fell. His com rades thought ho had been killed, unJ were going ovor after tl.j C"r iiiuns In revenge. A cool-beuded nlficer restrained thorn,1 1 Thon tltcy saw their gloiilnloi' (.ihwling to tho tranches wounded. IV rgctting risks, u couple of his I alb rushed . out und brougn; 1)1 in Inio the trenches, where llie I oimd lip bis wound, not a seri ous one. . "Well, I got my bocho," ho said, but ho almost got me, and then SIDNEY Tl. DREV ' Corporal Sidney IRankin Drew, of tho Franco-American Air Corps, re ported shot down behind tHo German lines a few weeks ago, waB killed in that action, according to word from Paris. He was the son of Sidney Drew, tqp film comedian, and a nephew by adoption of John Drew. NOTICE. Those desiring a cous-; In Typo writing, Shorthand and Tc'igraph)' ate requested to apply nt nnce at Y.M.C.A.. Monday, Wcdntrday and Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. -V. E.. Devcns'.. 9-20-3tp Bv Twelve OI7DI TM A Bottle, of JTILIXllV Greatest Human Vitalizer "During the wlntr of 1S9T onl 18f8, I tu so badlr altllctcd with catarrh of the heiid and thouirht I must surely die from it. Alter trrlaK miT door and all other recommended rem edies made known to me, I wna Induced to use Peruna. , I waa eared entirely by ualnir twelve bottles of l'eruoa and one bolUe of Manalin. . t Since that time, I havd never been without Peruna. 1 use it for rtda Bad aa a a-evera! fonle dariair Iprina- aad Fall anaatba and And It the greatest human I Was Entirely Cured ok A. Hartai an n, !17H 8. BeApnd Hu, Muskogee, Oklahoma, thusdescrlbes hia case. Read bis letter. N ew Machinery We have installed ,$(j(V)0.6o worth of new machinery; we. make bread ready fo tile oven, IS loaves a minute. Complete lino of JlomVirlade Pies, Cakes; Doughnuts, Snails, Coffee Cakes an fi'ookics. All made according to government regulatioin DUTLI k BAKERY 317 NORTH. FIR ST. V JUST ACROSS THE TRACK. I boy did, the cowards. Got some touvenlrs, too." Ho produced the Gorman's watch nnd dagger. : .' XOTU'K. V It is nossilllo to havn thn nnrrml. nnd best drinking water ..' In the world right hore in I Grande, For'jiiVft'fculars call '' It- A.- WEST, t .: -Ai'toslan Well Drillor. . ri.ono Red 372. 9-l!)-3t pd ' Special Pri(es on all our lovely J. C. C. and College Girl Corseta, at the WallinW' Millinery. 0-10tf TOlOiat PATRONS. The. P. H. p. Co. has moved to Room 10, OlcJm Hotel Buildi"". He- pot street. 11 9-Hli Men Mel Tired, Too. While much it said about tired wo men it must be remembered thut men also pay the penally iof overwork. When the kidnuys are monk, inactive n onoTeels tired out acks fhergy and am' or sluggish, whi and miserable, bition. Foley and strengthen! Spnnglicld, Oh no relief from discovered Fole; am in A 1 sh and surely. Si i J lie, Pills are tonic H. Clark riles: "I found y trouble until 1 ncy Pills; Now I " They act quickl . everywhere. Adv. Coming: ghtlng 111 Duncan. 9.18-4t Diem. Prints Quick Work, Good Printing of Films all do no iho day you leave Unlurglng of all kinds of at Silvoi thorn's. Dally 0-10-tf 1 Quinine Pills or Capsules Quiniiio is a handy thing to have in the home and. it is often lacking just when needed. , We(?ave quinine pills and capsules of variousizes put up in bottles of one hundredV " ' ' Why notiavc A bottle and have tho remedy always handy? , :. Put up in thVs v ay quinine is in tlio' most eonveniejiK ftlnn for taking and, of coui'sereniainVju perfect condition fur years. La Grande Pharmacy Quick Delivery Phone Main 40 La Qrande, Oregon ANNUAL MEETING. The regular annual meeting of La Grande Chapter, American Red Cross will be held at the city hall, La Grande, OregonWednesday, Septem ber 25, at 7:30 p. m., for the purposes of receiving reports of the officers and electing an executive committee for the ensuing year. All members requested to be present. . ' , DR. M. K. HALL", 9-ll-10t. , Chairman. ' A completo line of the new, stylish full Veils, at the Walling Millinery. 9-lltlf FAMILY DRUB STORE LA gPANOLORieON, Evefy spoonful a delicious cupful SHERRY THEATRE THE HOUSE OF QUALITY. " 'l . a - TODAY ONLY A 'Mastot Artist, in. a Master Play' -Winiaui Fox presents William Farnum 'A Si -iln er s uatn The 1918 Version of . Also a Mutt and Jeff Cartoon. TOMORROW EDITH STOREY in "THE DEMON." Saaa1a1asa1aa1 . Practically Everythg Has Raised But Telephone Service X New Fall Shoes Ladies' New Fall Shoes in. Greys, Browns anil Field Mouse, in both high and low heels; priced .. ,...... . ..' $5.50 to $10 Men's New Fall Shoes in Browns and Black, both English and Hound Toe lasts; priced . .i $5.00 to $10 T r ' - Children's New Shoes in all styles and all prices; many styles to select from. ...........................a...... .-a........................ S One lot of Ladies' Patent Kid ! . and Gun Metal Button Slfoes, up ' -I T' ! to $3 'values, old pi'i'; sizes . 2Jf 3, 3'A -l, 41, f I I onl v; SPECIAL QC J : piuce P aVu !...... ...L...L..I L. J. French One Lot Ladies' Patent Leather ' Cloth Top, Button Shoes, values j up to $(, old price; all sizes to fit you. . SPECIAL 49 QC i PIUCE . yUVO j Shoe Co. Vttallaer Said Ever j waere I.lauld or Tablet Pom
