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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB
VOL. 29
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917.
NO. 9101
' ' eeMneaeaeleSe
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER ; : -Vi'V-- ' S
FORTY THOUSAND GERMANS ARE WIPED OUT
E
ATTACK
FRENCH
REGAIN
SQUAR
E MILES IN THE LAST
SEVENTY
FIVE DAYS
SIGN THE PLEDGE
ANO DO YOUR BIT
Haig Strikes Against Cambrai
Last Night; Gains Ground in
the Neighborhood of Villers
Cuislain; Demoralization is
Spreading Among German
Officers and Men.
FREKCH STRATEGY MARVELOUS
IXjnXN, April 20. tHr nought
.Hats; Mtruuk sgaJitat . CSmbml Bawl
night and RaJmad around la (lie
oU9bortiood of VlUers CiiMhIii. It
is reported.
(HKNRY WOOD.)
WJTH THE FRENCH AF1KU.
Auril . Seventy square' miles of
territory have been regained front
Ovrmany in the last five days, N Welle
hu progressed over a front of forty
miles, in depth from three quarters to
four miles. A score of village and
towns were captured. German loss
es are staggering. Two complete di
visions of forty thousand men were
literally wiped out In a counter at
tack on Juvincuurt. Demoralisation
t preadlng anions; the Germans, ev
en among the officers. Great manses
of reinforcements hurrtdly rushed
to the line failed to atop the French
ail vunce.
f-Teiwh Are Calm
"The battle-- is-- fn-TMrreea.ng favor
itbl " la -the calm way the French
military chiefs regard the offensive.
"liejiiilts exceed expectations. The
French officers reward the advance
W-tween f ste and lourtecamp ' as
having reached the proportions Jf
greut success. The utmost strategic
importance la attached to formidable
loMUins raptured 4 here.
It is a battle of snows raging ovrr
f'Hiy miles nf front. French artiller
fire turns the battle fields Into oosy
nmd, with red spattered patterns.
HtnU'jcy I' .Marvelous
I mw a marvelous bit of French
strategy. The French established
line near an abandoned battery. The
(iermans attempted a recapture. The
hors were hltrhed hurriedly to the
Kiins Then the French machine guns
sudd nly opened All except thirty
Ormmiv were killed. From a name
less hill I saw an endless maxe of
XMTnan trenches acroes the Cham
i an-, plains. They represented thre
ean work of millions of men
Countless tons of barbed wire, num-1-erlea
carloads of steel plates and
T11 ilea nf concrete fortifications mark,
ed it. Many trench were fitted with
electrical plants, the moat modern
hii'l cosily conveniences.
WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE
MORE GUARDS BEING
PLACED AT BRIDGES
O.-W. II. X. v. lias rCvory Timm I
and HUrh Trrstln As W-H rarofnlly
Watched hf Armed ' len.
rj i
"As an American citizen I
hereby pledge mywlf to the per.
form a nee of any duty, civil or
military, for which 1 am merit -
ally or physically equipped,
which I may be called by
public .In this crii of its
and I heartily endorse the res
olutions heretofore at this
meeting adopted.''
The above pledge, signed by
-th men at the mass meeting; in
DRAF
TAKES
LEAD
the city ball Wednesday rven-
ins. together with copies of the
resolution! adopted at that
meeting; are bring- circulated In
Pendleton today and throughout
the county Thy axe being left
In every business house by o. I.
La. Dow. who has been desurnat-
ed to take charge of this branch
of the mobilization work, and
citizens are asked to present
themselves and sum voluntarily. 4
This Is one way local people
have of showing their patriot-
Ism. of preparing to do their
bit. of taking a stand behind the
president and the couuntry. It is
not necessary that all men en-
Hit and shoulder a musket but
the time may come when each
will be called upon to do mere-
Ice for the country. Umatilla
county wants to be in a position
to offer her entire citizenship.
rhd; re0.:1 Senate Whips Fear Opposition to Spy and
s life; y-, , . -
ensoTsmp measures may dlocr Ul
Other War Legislation so Selective Con
scription is Shoved Ahead of Everything
ROOSEVELT DIVISION IDEA IS UDERAUCE
GERMAN UPRISING
III BRAZIL' GROWS
BRITAIN WILL
DISPLAY ALL
CARDS OF AR
WASHINGTON. April 20. Because
of the possibility of opposition to the
administration's spy and censorship
bills might block all other war legis
lation, senate leaders suddenly switch,
ed their plans and announced that
consideration of the president's elec
tive conscription measure will be
shoved ahead of everything.
Espionage legislation, the ' most
drastic ever proposed, held the spot
light in' congress.
The senate entered Its third day of
bitter debate. Influential senators aru
bitterly attacking the bill.
.ooxeveH Divltson popular.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Despite
all administration attempts to anni
hilate it the Roosevelt division idea
Is holding its own. Its the most for
midable obstacle in the path of con
scription. Although seml-ofncially
stated that the war department would
prevent the Koosevelt division, bet
ting favored the Idea that Roosevelt
would get into the trenches with his
volunteers weeks before the first
American conscription division gets
into shrapnel fire. The president
Certorthip A lit t IM1 t But admitted he strongly opposed the d
aO J. HF DArU.sa K..nV .
Report of Fighting.
Arrow I) points in the Hritlsh ad
vance north of the Vlmy ridre and
beyond Uivecnhy. Arrow J shown
where the ('anartiana look a mile of
German trenches. ArnSw (S Indi
cates the bitter fighting around
Monchy-le-Preux. Arrow (4) shown
where the British are auevefcttfullv
siraightenliiK their line on the Ov1iil
river.
KAISER WAS CRUEL DESPOT
WHILE STILL VERY YOUNG
PROPHETIC SKETCH SHO WS
Kl'ENOfl AIUKS April 20
With an air tight Hrasilian cen
sorship, t'raguayan reports Indi
cate the German revolt in Brazil
is growing. Refugees who are
pouring Into I'raguay report
fighting between the government
troops and armed Germans. It.
Is reported conditions are serious
in at least three provinces. . Vra
guay has hurried her troops to
the frontier to prevent a viola,
tioti of neutrality. ,
Rio I.h Janeiro dispatches
ouoie the mimater of war as
denying that Brazil would send a
commission to the fnited States
to cooperate with , the allies
against Germany.
Politic Take a Hand.
Friends of the colonel insist Pres
ident Wilson's objection is predicated
upon the political possibility likely to
ensue "when Teddy comes marching
home."
Administraion backers ridicule the
Idea and say Roosevelt Is doing more
to block conscription by his talk of
a volunteer division than by any oth
er single factor. They admit Roose
velt could smash all records in rais
ing a division. Many congressmen
strongly support the Roosevelt idea.
Anxioos fur Action.
"It begins to look like the presi
dent is running patriotism into a po
tato patch, that we are going to hang
old glory on a hoe handle' said an
old line republican. "It's all right
destroying golf courses for gardens,
but the United States wants to see
Americans destroying German trench-
es."
What tlic Division is
NEW YORK. April 20. If the war
department accepts Roosevelt's offer
to lead a division to the European
front, here's what It can do;
It can have a completely organised I
division of twenty-three thousand, in- j
ciuamg inruntry. cavairy. smuery. j
irD nosra rnttihlnA.arlll rial mtfhnan t '
Intends 4o Present Problems
Fully and Frankly When
Commissioners Meet Heads
of U. S. Government.
SCOPE IS L'UCH EKliKSED
General osestlon of MUlusrf ass H
Sancis4 Ooopeswtiosj IS Fotusarmt
Probies Ajnone; Hoot of Other
Subjects.
(GROAT.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Britain
intends to lay all her war earda on
the table when the commissioners
meet the American government
heads. She will present fully and
frankly all her problems. It will
cover a wider scope than heretofore
announced. The general question of
military and financial cooperation, is
the foremost problem. Other sub
jects are diplomatic questions such
as the ultimate peace terms, muni
tions, wheat, general transportation,
the blockade of Germany, communi
cations, aviation and anti-submarine
work
XTRA
(Continued on page six.)
More men
the .-W K.
are belnr employed b
N. o. to guard the'r
hi i-lsv
a triri
Inge, high trestle or tunnel in the
( eoiinry that is not protected by men
with guns as any pedestiisft along the
track has occasion to learn when he
a 1 1 em pis to pass.
A number of men have been hired
In the past few days and have been
ssstsnrd to posts. The attempts t
blow up bridges In various parts of
(he country by enemies has caused all
railroad companies to take added pre
cautions. . These special guards. It
they are not members of the militia
or regular army, have the authority
of deputy sheriffs
WHEAT IS DOWN
IcAT PORTLAND
I'lllCMM. April 1. Kt or
Bonian Mecll The range of vyheat
1 nets here tiwla were as follows:
Open. Hlvh. Iw, Close.
M..V UV44 IMS 14
.Tin- it ; nnv, inn
Portlasal.
1'ullTl.lM). 1i.. A.ril 20. Se
. t:il I I'ltlh w hcul here toilsv lit iitifil
.1 .it l'..2T himI llulen at $:.3I.
TTie fullowiiiB description of th.
kaiser, written 19 yenrs ago by th
firiKii correepitndent of a Colorado
paper. t"lla Hiiat was lliuwilllt oi VVil
helm before he became the Orman
HKK1.1.N. March 1, laSS. A man
of S9 yesra. ere. I. square-shouldered.
lithe, powerful and auslere. strade
out of tho rsllway atallon yesterday
sfier aecina; a hatch of roynl Kui-atj
depart. He hud a stronsr, hesvlly lin
ed anil moody face. The guards pre-Ki-nted
arms, and a hrilllnnt retinuu
of generals fiitinwed after the muster.
ltil-lHikliiK Herman. It was the
rrown prince who will sn beonmu
enipenir of the nation of warriors.
The waiting- multitude at elsht of him
Save a ainule yell that came from
Ihi'ir hearts. The prinre turned to
ward the sea of faces and looked In
tenlly ut the people. Ills moody.
surly eyes turned rapidly from far to
fare. Then he politely touched hla
cap Cheer after cheer runs, wildly
In quirk, succession and with paaeton
ate fervor.' Tha prlncw listened with
a Klad look, then threw bark hla head
with a sudden motion snd showed his
teeth in a smile of savaite exultation.
The action was almost thealrii-al. The
people fousht to set another look at
him and he was whirled away amid
the hoarse and frantic, shouts of his
worshipers. The fierce Hunt that beats
snout the Herman throne leaves the
dnmo snd singly monsrch In the
shadow, plodding slowly on toward
do the Herman people. They detest
Ihetr prenent KiikUhIi empress be
cause she makes her children talk
KntcliKh and has prevailed upon th
emperor to have an Enaiish physi
clan.
They have tried to mob Mackenzie
and they look coldly at Frederick II
because he spends the last hours f
his waning- life ennobling men of
Semitic blood. They -adore the very
name of the coming ruler, who has
all their prejudices. intensified a
thourandfold. His aversion to the
hnsllsh extends to hi own mother.
lien he was ordered to Kan Keino
by the late emtieror to visit his In
valid father the royal party started
to walk to church, and I'rinca Wil
liam's Knglish mother, the present
empress attempted to take his arm.
He shook her off roughly In the pres
ence of the crowd.
"I represent the person of the em
peror." ha said haughtily. "I walk
alone."
Ills mother was obliged to follow In
his footsteps His first English irov
erness. Miss Shippa. who bad charge
of him aa a boy, when asked reoently
what sort of a man he waa, said: -'He
is a man whom nothing can ever stay
once his anger Is aroused."
Von Moltke. the SK-year-old field
marshal, has a shrewd, brilliant and
ambitious assistant. Count Waldersee.
a hater of the Kngllsh. who la only
40 years old, but a tactician, strategist
and general In whom the great Her
man army places absolute confidence.
... ...... .... "... in, tllln . i. t rt rva nMUm
it throwns the Crown ITInce Wllhelm I warm friend.. n .he. .r. ....
mi wiiii i hi Niminnniiw. in i
name of the coming emieror Is heard
In the councils of all the sovereign
d diplomats of Europe. Not sine
the first Napoleon has a young man
wielded such tremendous power ss
will fall to the lot of this headstrong,
violent and revengeful prince. He
a ill have .. san men and J.Ot-O.ftO.
mtifket nt his back. Tie hates th.
Krtahh and be hnte the J. Ho
gather the ministers whisper that mis
chief Is brewing. When one Is em
peror he will make the other field
marahal. Both are schemers and
their power will be tremendoua
.Hence rulers snd diplomats all over
Europ mateh Berlin with weary eves
and when William 1 1 asoends the
throne the map-makers may gt ready
TURKISH ARMY
CORPS ROUTED
FRTIIKU AIVAN-KS MAIR
M KSOptrTAM I A. r.RXFRAf.
MAITK ItOtniTS.
IN
IjONDON. April 20. The complete
route of the Turkish tnghteenth arm
corps and further advances In Me
sopottimlA are reported officially.
General Maude reported the capture
of Shatt-al-Adham.
General Murray has resumed hi
march toward yJerusjtlem and defea
ed the Turks again. "We captured a
Turkish position on a front of six
and s half miles," the report reads.
The official statements show Haig
Is driving a steel wall closer to war. 1
Omhral and the St. Quentin line of
com munlcatlon.
SOCIALIST PEACE
MOVE IS DENIED
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ASKS DRASTIC GOVERNMENTAL
REGULATION OF NATION'S FOOD
Bt'KNOS AIILKS. April JO-
1 Sfwiish legaUon at ltio Ie
j rcinrived cpier inMiAage dWAariiuf
mat ttusmav aira enssa' um aa;w
ed an armisticet. aonordtnar to a di-st-h
here from Rio 1e Janriro.
Tfie ruundahout romor of a at arsni.
ttce between oermany and Ravdss U
S vanish dUIokatic ehanneis Is not
taken sctu4t. It waa sftixgrssetii It
might nave oriiited through cer
tain Htnmgr German innuenorM la Rk
Ie Janeiro, known to be f4oHy In
towh with the pro-German party In
Spain.
WASHINGTON. April 20. Tle de
fsurtntent of agriculture has anked an.
tltorlty for placing; the connurv's food
snpidv under the r-trkteNt government
regulation. Betsidcs a natlon-vride in
ve4lguiion of tle fHd market, ttte
dciairtmetit av-ldNI aiithorlty to l.
wuse and suisrie the Ofterations of
all plants, mills, packing' houses, can
neriea. . ola iighur-houe . breweric-.
diatillcriea, storage houses and all
oiImt eptablit,menta In whk-h fond.
ftNxis acrtciltiiral tnulemenia, m
chincry, fertJU'Tcrs. iitH-ti'idcH. c-
rtims. toxins or any otlter place whpn
artli'lfH for agriculture purpose sr-j ,
t nuuiufaccured, prefarcd or kept for
! sale or di4ribution.
I fhf antnorlEacion requested Is th
HKH sweeping in the history of Uie
country It Is more drastic than ani
power asked by the Kuropeen IxHlii
erents elt, p.eibly rniany. Aft
cr a thorough luveNtlgaUtm. tlie de
l-artnient wants to ejalkiti grsdtM
and stamlarda for farm products. (
wants to oficrste iilants, to atiM'rit'v
tlie Itan-l inr of all crp and to d'!
In food and mipinirs n tlie fmrriftiw ).
ATHENA STRQflG
FOR BOHO ISSUE
Fracthwlly -ery rerMoa at Mi
.Meeting 1m Night r.udar9ea l"ro
ptat Measure.
IsrONlsON, April 10. A German
wireleaa report d-'talletl that Germs
socialists were sent to Stockholm by
Chancellor Hollweg and Imitated tha:
there were no negotiations between
Herman and Russian socialists for a
separate peace.
The Oerman deni.il comes after the
confirmation of a peace Intrigue be-
en th sorlallstn Because the
Oermans had not suddenly denied
backing the socialistic peace move
officials believe the separate peace
n trig ue completely collapsed.
(Continued on Page .)
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO
. BLOW UP OHIQ CAPITOL
(DMMIHK, April . It was
learned iha swiniinc truu an attempt
In d .its mite tho rsfStol was aiecV laea
night. U . . Mctwrnv a . miimit
Found a ansa planting- an expoelvr
and rhaxl him assay A howiemaoV
cnntrlvatM'r for firing a tilgn e4o.
. r waa found TIk- htiildiiar ma
poi uiun-r giuinl. 4
BOSTON SECRET SERVICE MEN CAPTURE SLOOP '
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i'TJ!'! ' ! ; " ';-'jr '51' '. I""! $ '
ikz '-ui.''' rt. Mill '1
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Athena farmers and townspeple
: are stnmg for the six million dollar
road bonds measure, according to W.
U Thompson, R. W. Ritner. H, J
Taylor and J. V. Tollman who last
e ening aitended a mas meting lit
that town for the discusnioa of the
mvaeure Kolltwing short address
made by Senator C. A. Barrvtt anu
t'ttminisnionfr Thorn i-soii, practical tv
eery pennon in the audience arose to
signify endorsement of the measure.
Senator Karrett. who wai one of
the authors of the measurx. spoke
first and a a." followed by Mr. Thomp
sn tine of the new and sixmfiea
urcumenis adv.tnce! in behalf of th.
nifj"ir' wa the statemrnt that :
the quarter mill road tas which b.i '
be-n levied for several year the fi. -mers
of i he state do not lay ni
than 15 per cent, hr-.i" Mu'tnotn-th
f-ount. 'he oi h-r ritiej and tn
(th- site and the other Industries and
inerests pay ft 3 pr cent. This argu
ment ss well as the argument that n
additional tax is pru.ld bv th
bonding measure, seemed to in n-
the farmers present.
Messrs, Thompson. f!itn"r .mil t
H. Nelaen will go to F-ho this evrn
ttg t attend a -t md rad m', -ing.
$ eaL-.
COUNT TISZA QUITS
Kl lilt II. 2U. dtitM H1--
pat'hr nuiflrttMil ile r-tKHfm of
jl'iNiNt Ti"vaw HaSaEariasj prr-mW-r.
S1 l (atal.t- it M. ir ox
The 8parrowbawk. s small sloop.
equipped with a powerful gasoline en
tine and a.wlndla-4 with many hun
dred fert of strong wire, was cap.
tared In Voston harbor by Frederic
I. S-hmid. head of in Federal Se-
r't Ser i( e in Mt'U. hile she was
trying to slip out under command r
Krneat Hethge, a Oerman Wh mas
once In the kaiser's navy. Hm tw
Companies were IhrHri. All were
eharsed with conspirac-v to cut th
cah'f which stret hew from a r-''t
Fedwal
nar
e i r
(,!(.Ut1iT
l.ske.l 10.
K'lropf
agrms ttntk the firM nl-i t m rej wn
.earthinr a d p(it 1 n rnuaKle
I ntunrtt. n mi Urth-o hirh !(
n front a tx'l mi lira r lump hn
j U lilts Kaoi. fa-vra! raTl- rf. o- . ,1 ,
rf-tl hraTt! Kith uetawfuf-
The J . hmn fur th-