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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918.
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SHOCK TROOPS
DRIVEN BACK
BY AMERICANS
Seventy Two on Casualty
List as Announced by
Washington.
GERMANS CLAIM 183
PRISONERS TAKEN
Aerial Activity Wag Feature
of Fighting on Toul
Front.
AMKHKWV AHMV, Lorraine.
April 2J. IUKjHh dew-rlhlnj; the ac
lion northwest of Toul when Hie Am
Orleans attacked tlio (Annans Sunday
retaking all tiio positions loot In feat
urdaya strategic retreat. Bay the
(round la covered with German dead.
Tin Germans, 'dope, era led." were
sent to action In front of tlielr own
artillery barrage, yelling like .wild
beasts and wtldmen, and fullllng bc
furo tlio American fire.
The Americans fought eight hours
with gas masks on tlielr faces. In
tselclteprey Uio Yankee machine gun
nera didn't know when to quit. An
officer found two wllta seml-clrrtes
of ienuan dead piled around them
They had refused to retreat when
enemy alrnlanoa poured machine (run
firo Into tlielr positions and finally
downed tlio planes. . Sheer bravery
enalHed the hold line of the American
lines. '-Ambulance men went Into No
Man'a Iarnd gathering tlio wounded,
and ambulance men who have been
at Verdun said tlio slu-lllng was the
heaviest they had ever seen.
, WASHINGTON', April J2. Seventy-two
casualties wore announced
thla morning, 10 killed In action, five
dead of wounds, four of disease, one,
accident and two other cases; SI were
slightly wounded, seven severely, one
previously listed aa missing la now re
ported killed,
SlHM k Troon- Vaurt. -.-..
WITH THE AMKHICAN fiKMY TN
FRANCE, April 22. Twelve hundred
German "shock troops" attacked th
.'--American Infantry northwest of Toul
early Saturday morning In the same
sector where the two day battle was
fought last week.
-The result was an American vic
tory.. . v.
There were more troops engaged
In this battle between the Americans
and the Germans than had previously
been the case.
In the beginning, owing to the su
perior numbers of the enemy, the
Americana fell back a Kilometer, the
Uermans taking the devastated village
of Seicheprey and the Hois du Iteni
leres and the Bola du Jury.
Then the Americans, without reln
freements. drove the enemy after an
m.1! day fight which was marked by
exceptional artillery fire and some
, aerial activity.
liiJrn iwa Prisoners.
liONlHJ.V, April 82. A (lernian of
ficial statement cIhIiiim the capture
of l.M Americans in assaults on the
Americans positions nrur Seicheprey
flunduy. It declared the American
losses were not extraordinarily high,
and clslms the Bavarians advanced
a mile and a quarter und repulsed
counter alturk.
MAY DAY FROGRAM
TO HaP RED GROSS
A May Day Festival
Auction for the benefit
and l'ublle
of the Red
Cross. . '
Tha Time: May first.
The Place: Old Happy
Canyon
grounds and Depot Park.
1 he event will not be an ordinary
i.ne. It will be something new as
a entertainment And. as a means of
raising funds for the county chaptei
of the Red Cross. It will be an all
day function and tho program will
Include an auction of Innumerable r
tlcles a rafter!, lunch, folk danrln
and singing 1y the school children
and a good many other features.
l nalrrnan J. M. Mfs n omi
ed as his assistants Roy Raley. Rev.
J K. Hnyder. Claud Prnland. lleorgs I
C. I'fcer. It. K. Chloupek and I.e l
Drake. The committee made Its final
plans at a meeting Saturday after
noon and haa already started the ma
chinery to carry them out in Pendle
ton style.
Anyons who has anything t do
nate for the auction aals Is asked to
art It ready. Ths old office room of
the Bowman Hotsl has brrn secured
.as a storage place and will aerom-n-odatefanythlng
from a harvest" to
a knitting needle. Chairman Estes
says those who have nothing else to
donate may offer their reputation
providing It Is not too badly damaged.
Miss LxtulM Mallry Is training high
school and grade pupils In folk dsnc
log and Mrs. Forshaw ta preparing a
miislcal program for the aftt-rnoon.
Country people are askl lo
in for the day and accommodations
will he such that thev will not have 1
to leave tha festival grounds. I
CANAL A BREAKS NEAR
HERMISTON, RAILROAD
IS WASHOUT- SUFFERER
Through the breaking of Canal A
on the Umatilla project Saturday
night, a stretch of the canal 200 feet
leng waa washed tfiut and the O.-W.
Ft. A N. track west of Hermlston
washed out to such an extent'that all
trains Sunday nvJrntng had to bo
routed over the cutoff.
The break occurred a mile and a
half west of Hermlston. The cannl
Is 10 feet wide and Is part of rhe dis
tributing system on the project. It
is said that during the early evening
BLAFIGETT SHOWS GENEROUS SPIRIT
III LETTER TO HONOR GUARD GIRLS
Writing: to the local Honor Guard
(Iris In appreciation of Christmas
packages sent him, Dell Iilancett,
who gave, up his life In buttle March
SO. left a missive that has become
of eKpedal Interest since news of his
death was received. The letter Is in
possession of Mish Virginia Todd, of
the Honor Guard, and is as foilowH:
Dell Blancett, No. 2270345. B. Squad
ron, C. R- C II-, Khamcliffe, lent.
England, January 3rd. 1918.
The Girls Nat l Honor Guard
Pendleton, Ore.. U S. A.
Kind 'Friends: - '
Your nice Xmas parcel received to
day noon and I want to thank every
one of you for It, and I know all the
hoys In my hut Join In sending their
hearty thanks. It waa they who
smoked the cigarettes and made more !
of the tobacco and papers. I don't j
smoke, but enjoyed vcuf much to
FAMOUS GERMAN
AIRFIGHTER WILL
FIGHT NO LONGER
(WULXJANf PH1LUP SIMM.t)
WITH THE IMUTIHH ARM IKS,
April 22. lia no n Jtlttemelster von
Rlohtofen famous German avia
tor wan held Kunrlnv in the Mom
ma valley. At his funeral, he will H
be Riven the same honors as a
'British fliffht officer.. ' Kichtofen
Is said by the Germans to have
won 78 air victories- His squadron
was called Tllchtufen's Circus by
British flyers.
"Let me have the hiaurles." said
the man, carefully dissecting his por
tion of the leaf of lettuce, "and 1 will
look after the necessities myself."
Marriage Is a lottery In which the
blanks are husbands-p-so says a wife
who takes In washing.
I. I
BAKER AT THE FRONT !
1 - : Tt
" : . 'is- ' - , . -
V..,'" ; x ..- "'"" rnLitr f
r - ' , - '., - ' ; I
This photosriiiih, whith hss Just arrtvetl in Auo'rliu. sli
oainouflitsi'd gun, Mhil hiKpreting an
first picture of llukt-r at the front to
a small leak In the canal was seen by
O.-W. R. & X. trainmen and reported
to the station at Hermlston. Some
'railroad workmen were sent to the
scene but no notification was given
the project engineer's office. Had the
government been notified, says Mr.
Newell, project engineer, the water
could have been turned of quickly
and the railroad saved from any
washout. -
The damage to the canal will be
repaired by tomorrow. 1 -
I see the other hoys enjoy the good
smoken from the ONK grand land.
Wishing you all success in every
undertaking you may enter Into as an
organization- You little realize the
appreciation of the nice things you
girls are doing for the boys at and on
their way to tho front. I can't find
words to express the Joy I have aeen
In many of the boys faces on receipt
of parcels, papers and letters from
other such -organizations In the U. S.
A. and Canada
I will be leaving here for France
about the ffft-Minth of this month.
Will be proud to asift in ending this
war if possible before our home boys
are called into action that would
brink grief to any of. you folks at
home.
Thanking you once moro for the
much appreciated Xmns parcel. I re-,
muln Yours truly, - ' '
f DKLL, BLANCETT.
SURPLUS WATER MAY
BE USED FOR GARDEN
! ,
i"Hirilf r XlftarA Will r!liavrro
vatei -..ijoara wm inai ge
for May Same as Last
Season.
Water may be had to start war gar
dens without extra cost for the mouth
of May, 16 he paid June 1. The me
ters for April have already leen
read so that the water may be used
I from now on for the gardens but no
free water can be had In June to be
paid July 1.
this
Persons taking- advantage of
opportunity will pay on June 1
this
!yt-ar for the month of May, the same
amount that they paid on June
1 f 1 7. for the month of May.
!
Ain - rtian iMwiiton
n-aili Anurlca.
i th. Kr n h frtmf.
h' WAV -f I
GERMANY HAS
LOST
FIVE
Figures, From German
Source, Show Only Actu
ally Killed or Taken
Capture. ' ,
LOSSES SINCE AUG.
GIVEN AT 367,000
West Front Has Always
Been Chief Slaughter
Ground for Foe.
PARTS, AprH 22. German writers
estimate the grand total of German!
killed, prisonered aud died of illness,
woundR and casualties and- In colon
ial fighting, etc., at five million. Karl
Hlelstreu, German military writer,
declares In his Neueuropa "that Ger
man losses on the west front from
August. 1914. -to 1917, were 2.604,961
killed and taken ' prisoners. ' On the
east front 1,484.560. He estimates
that fronx August, 1917 to January
31. 191S, 367,450 were killed or ta
ken as prisoners on both fronts.
SAMMIES HAVE HAD
FIRST REAL FIGHT
Success of Counter Attack
at Seicheprey is Sig
, nificant.
(J. AV. T. MASON.)
NEW YORK, April 22. American
1 troops have fought at Seicheprey their
I first real battle of war and have come
; through the engagement victorious. All
i previous attacks ugains. tlxe Americans
iin eastern France have been raids or
reconnajgsailces ftir the DurBO,e of Be.
curlnjr information. The assault at
Seicheprey, however, was not of this
character. It shows evidence of hav
ing been an attempt to capture the vil
lage and improve the German position.
It is apparent that the Americans
made a strategic retirement before the
Initial rush. The counter attack of the
Americans demonstrated conclusively
that the original retirement was well
devised and succeeded in its purpose
of coisKcrving- American force for a
more favorable assault. The Ameri
cans will probably be reluctant to
obey orders to fall back in the first
aerious encounter with the Koches.
The Americans displayed a certain
inutility of recklenssness which mav
; cause occasional mistakes but which
'In the end means victory.
tt!n the It-
eh tt a he
This i, fr
Iff WAR
MILLION
i'"
mmm on
r3,
CALIFORNIA VOLCAi.
San Jacinto Residents
Preceded Quake in
Injwed; 3 Killed,
IiOS AXGELES. Anril 22.
Four are known dead, tlie towns
of San Jacinto and Ilemct, 80
miles east of here, are practically
in ruins, and a score of persons
are injured aa a result of yesur
day afternoon's earthquake. Miles
or paved road in soutliern Cali
fornia are cracked and buckled.
IteHtdentK of Han Jacinto aay a
gciscr-llke sheet of flame shot
THE
. JbOXDOJf, April 22. Halff to
day reports: "Wo Improved our
posiUon during tlio night In the
Villers, Brctonncux, Albert , and
Rohccq sectors. South and north
of Lens we conducted a number
of succcMsful raids capturing pris
oners and machine guns. The
enemy Is slielliiig different sec
tors chiefly astride tho Sommo
and Aut re, and In the neighbor
hood of Festnbert and Siiepoe
JTorest. A strong local attack,
made last night at Mesnil was re
pulsed. The enemy only captur
ing odV advanced outpost.
CF.ItMAXS, HEPIXSEI.
PAH1S, April 22. German sur
prise attacks east of Ilheims and
east of Avre were repulsed, war
office today reported. In the re
jrlon of Thcnnes near Ifangard-n-Santcrre)
we took some pris-
PRIESTS AGAINST
IRISH DRAFT LAW
DUBLIN'. April 22 Opposition to
conscription has crystallized during ,
the week into a semblance of an or-,at
ganlzatlon. Authorities are alert to
prevent a
recurrence oi
rebellion. A large section of Irish !
are regarded solemnly against con
scription. Great numbers accepted
the now famous pledge from priests
at Sunday's srvlces. Colleges and
universities will declare a recess and I
students will return home soon. I
SAYS JAPS WOULD
NOT DE Of SERVICE
SAX FRANCISCO. April -'2. Jap
anese Ambassjidor It'iiii says that Jup.
aneso military authorities do not be
lleve Jupanese troops would mak
good fighting units on the west front.
The difference In Food, language and
climate would hamper thoin. He
warned against enemies trying to In
cite bad feeling lietween the Cnited
States and JaiMin. Most of the en
emy Intrigues handling our relations
in the two countries have been swept
away by the war. Ait the allies must
lake precautions to prevent the sup.
plies of liu! nnd Siberia getting
into Oertnan hands. Japun la ready
to art as soon us a common dunet
develops.
It takes three Kcneialioiis lo imtko
a gentleman, but Hie role fails to
work when the third generation is t.
girl j i ij.
HUN KILLS BELGIAN YOUTH
HELPING
NKW ViHtK. Ai-ril
!r.( liTi"fr' 11 tir-vfttlff1
air.cU:(f. Hi nnd Wl.lU.Kk,
('iTtnan
l n.tt
iieliciiiiu. liu!lt-ateK
horron were rn-
thRt the I'rtiHfiMii
dried III the rrtiwian ef lli lt-ni. y k i
t part uf lite pttm r caitit't-Un- rit
tnr in Kveryh.nJv "h f.m May he teU ordered t alk lu the place Ie4
h"W ciirrf ull 01 triiiBed hart aril i s Tlelleul. I hone hn ere not malk
fttiwet in tie eake of the Herman ' ln fi.st etumKh vera ht do an. A
di-ixe, 1iiig ef-permtly cruel tT icn. i-r. .rimir hia father, a ho waa ti
ru h ili fi Mi, li-turin ot'currme nli to ain alone, w im orderel to
Aiikmi ,t. a hen the r tent h restated hi-ht tt hi-i hanl. KrurittR his fath-Ule-tt
)! in hrhtxe the t1eue. he et wtu)l fall he rfud and wit
the j ti.i'.e were held there r nt ! i nu k In the neck alth an aie by
iu a iort i-f aTeen hile t he tier- j (Vnmii hi aa particularly
maita heKup to "onvtrutt a tern iorar , cuna'ticuoui' tor tftitHjr and muti-
i-rulae. The Ufriuana aent a civilian :
it.f lh Kreiii h ilmt uiiU-ia t
' . ...
Say Fiery Spectacle
Which Many Were
Including' Astoria Man
from Mount San Jacinto, the II.
000 foot extinct volcano. Then
huga clouds of dust rolled up ob
scurirur the mountain. August
Clarions, of Astoria, Oregon, died
in the street of Ijos " Amtclcs of
heart failure. Windows were bro
ken In os Angeles and surround
ing towns. rYank Jarnel of Itos
ton was trampled to death In a
panic In Santa Monica. The shock
was felt In Arizona and I. tali.
W A R
onersj Artillery fire continues
active on various Ports of the
front,
WEIJi CONVOYED.
AMSTKItOAM, April 12. The
CSerman writer, Optain Kuhlt
vctter, in the Jjokal Anaeiger says
the U-boats are not sinking Am
erican transports because they are
so well convoyed. The attacks
are either impossible or extreme
ly hazardous.
' FOE IX)ST 500
WASIIIXGTOX, April 22 Gen
eral Pershing rciiorto the Car
man suffered SOO casualties In
the battles at Seicheprey.
BOMBARD AMIEXa
PARIS, April 22. i-Ucrmaoa to
day resumed the heavy bombard
ment of Amiens, hitting the ca
thedral directly three times.
DOLFIN IS GIVEN
10 MONTHS IN JAIL
PORTLAND. April 22. William
Dolfln, alias Dal Bon, former cook of
the third Oregon, who was arrested
Pendieton- wa3 sentenced to ten
j montn. !n tne county Jail by Judge
Wolverton. The Jury asked for
; clemency.
YVJIcnn Ta Ao-atncr
" "on IS AgaillSl
Martial Trial for
Treasonable Action
WASHINGTON, April 22. Presi
dent Wilson today expressed a strong
opposition to Senator Chamberlain's
Jbill providing for court martial for
those arrested for treasonable utter
ances or acts. He declared such a
.legislation would be unconstitutional
and would put the I'nited States on
the same level with the people which
we are fighting.
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT
COMING TO AMERICA
WASHINGTON". April 2 2. Mil
lions of bushels of wheat from Aus
tralia will soon be pouring into Pa
'clfic ports to release American grain
for Kuntpe. Negotiations with Ja- j
pan and Scandinavian countries for
'shipping are practically completed.
and will permit the lauding of overt
one-and u half million buKhela each)
month on the California coast. It wa
learned today.
firtnic t ix ilia n would n
Th pr!mnera vlr then maie-
killtd
el iut(f
ihci. n ilitiiM-ii tn called up
and nlil men. younir ftlrltt. mother
arid halaen in aruta were hot down.
AH nlKht the licrniHiii killed and
plliaised In A ml en ne. The iiU wan
lb tin a htim uf both
arses and all ,
sko
AGED
FATHER
WILL TRY TO
DRAW OTTIRE
ALLIED FORCE
French Army View is That
Foe Plans to Deplete Re
serves. SPEED OF AMERICA
IS NEED OF HOUR
Indications are for Fresh'
Drive by Germans at
Amiens.
(HENRY WOOD.)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIEi
April 22. By constantly extending
drives into new sectors, the Germans
unquestionably hope to exhause all
the French reserves which are al
ready helping the British armies
clear to the North Sea. These tac
tics make It Imperative thafAmerica
rush troops aa fast as possible- There
are numerous 'Indications that the
Germans are preparing a fresh drive
at Amiens and Arras, harmonising
with their system of exploiting drlvea
where successfu.1 and abandoning
where they are failures. From the
Ailette river to the North Sea only
to offensive sectors remain. These
are between Amiens and Arras and
between Nieuport and Tprea. ,
SLOi' LOAII BUYERS :
TO BEPRODDED BP.
Thrift Stamps Will be Sold
Those Not Wanting ,
Liberty Bonds. ,
The main offensive in the Liberty '
Loan drive having been a eompietv
success in Umatilla county, the "mop-
pers up" -will soon follow up to clean
up the campaign by securing sub
scriptions for War Savings and Thrift
Stamps from all those whose plea oC
financial Inability was accepted as a
reason for not purchasing Liberty
Bonds. -
The general .patriotio organisation,
supported by Campaign Manager Bish
op of the W. 8. 8.. is now lining up alt
captains and lieutenants for a whirl
wind finish of the campaign. ' Monday.
April 22. is set aa the date for ad
vancing this final wave of workers In.
the push toward a 100 per cent avow
ing. O. A. Price, district chairman at
Milton, telephoned down today to the
effect that he proposes to clean up
Miltdn's quota of War Savings Stamps
in this "moppers up" campaign. The
quota Is 120 per capita which would
mean approximately $35,000 subscrib
ed from the Milton district.
District Chairman C. K- Kngdshl of
Helix was In the city yesterday and la
mobilizing his forces for the finiah-up
drive. Word comes from ether dis
tricts that similar arrangements are
being made.
The purpose of the finish-op cam
paign Is to solicit only those who
could not buy bonds in order to en
able each person to loan to the gov
ernment according to his or har
means. However, the .organisation
wishes it understood that people pur
chasing bonds should. If able, sub
scribe also for stamps. . They will not.
however, be approached t during this
coming drive. . '
SEATTLE r,lA!l GETS
CROIX DE GUERRE
WAKHIXdTdN. April 2 2. IJeKten-
jttnt AIIht Kmlih and Fnve KdwKrd
' lltckel, a rnlverctv of Wiuihiiiftin.
St'iiltif. Kraduutr, have tcen deirtt
' 1 with the Croix IM iuerr. They
ftpent nine du carrin wounded un
der hellmx and tnchin sun fire. For
ik dn Ihrv hd not lept or rested,
tiukel volunteered and reacued.
Mtun1d fr m a trap so danireroua tho
Fifiich command would not order an
ambulance to uttimjit the frat!
25 POUND BOMB
AT "LIFE" OFFICE
NKW VOICK. April tl. A dna
mite ImhiiI weighing 2& pounds was
found toduy at the entrance if the
l.l'e I'ut'llshlug Company. Police
sr working on tha thx.ry that It
was ust with tha Inl.ot In blow aa
the l4n- ImiiU auaways. An In.
leelor of comlutabls sara it t
ths moat oowerf.ul i(i.nilv maehlne
ha has ever seen- It eontaiaed five
pounds of dyaatnita ar.d waa built t
Jespl
I.mI obi euecuaslon or fuse.