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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 30
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY? APRIL 26, 1918
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LONG STRUGGLE
PREDICTED BY
FRENCH DEPUTY
'Allies at Present Outnum
ber on West Front is As
serted; Confidence Felt.
PRESENT FIGHTING
MAY LAST MONTHS
DRAFT
AT
MEN WILL BE HONORED
BIG CELEBRATION TONIGHT
French Major Has Highest
Praise for Morale of
Americans.
WASHINGTON, .April 26. Ameri
ca must expect a lung: and blttei
struggle on the west front. It may
be monthM before a decision In reu
txed. Today the allies, are outnum
' bered by the foe. The situation Is se
rious. The duty of the American
government,' the laboring man and
people at home Is to make haute now.
A successful outcome will then be as
sured.
This summarises the remarkably
frank discussion of the situation Dy
M. Debilly. French deputy hitch coat
mtsetoner to the I'nited stales who
has Just arrived with French Officers
who were In the thick of the German
onslaughts In the west.
Talking with these men one Is Im
pressed oy the tremendous earnest
news with which they seek to drive
home the vast effort necessary by
America now, and at the same time.
the complete confidence they have Is
the future. Is clearly conupmiva of tbt
uerman failure to crack the morass
of the French people or troops-
A French major added: "I have
seen the American boy myself. The
miw a line a band of fighting men
as 1 ever saw. Tills country may be
assured they will hold their o
wherever they are placed."
IxK'Hl men called by (lie draft and who tiro to leave Monday for thu
service are to lie honored tills evening- at the grand liberty Day pro
gram to be held on the streets and at Happy Canyon. There two many
men to leave Monday to cuter the national army. . All those called are
ankod to parade will, the Miai-chen from the city liall to Happy Can
yon and to occupy scats of honor on tho pisiform during; the program
at the jmvllion.
The first exercises IhU evening will occur at 7 o'clock at the city halt
with tho unfurling of the honor flag won by lendlctpn In reaching Its
third liberty loan quota. The flag: arrived tills morning from Portland
and I In the itosseaslon of tieorge llartman. Pendleton chairman. With
appropriate ceremony the flag will be floated over the city hall tonight.
On the street music will bo furnished by the Old Kentucky band, pro
vided for the occasion by Manager Wright of tlin Oregon theater who
announces that the curtain at the Oregon will not rise for tho show
untll-D:t5.
Tile program will be as announced last evening" cxcviMing that the
program at llopvy Canyon will start at 7:!tu instead of 8 o'clock. The
Alta orchestra, under the direction of Professor Breach will play duriiur
. the early eveniiiE isrogram. Other features will tie solo by Mudamo
Uougali-x and patriotic solos by Walter J tone and Kugenc Molitor.
Ir. J. 1. I'lninondon will address the audience cm the subject of Ids
cxiM-ricuces lit France while liabbl tioldmun will talk alKiut Itossia. r.
Alfred lKkoKl will be master of ceremonies.
EFFORTS IDE
TO CLEAR UP
HOLLAND CASE
With Germany and Holland
Apparently , Near Break
United States is Busy.
HINDENBURG FACES STRATEGY
SUCH AS DEFEATED NAPOLEON
J. W. T. MASON
NEW TCORK, April 26j Von
denburg's renewed pressure on
front between Ypres and Hazebrouck,
after the recently heavy German casu
alties Is still another indication of the
growing realization of Germany that
the present situation in the west is not
exerting the expected influence on the
end of the war.
By securing a footing at Mont Kem
mel the Germans have added difficul
ties to the British defense of the Tpres
salient, but have not placed in any"
perfect position for another' moderate
Hin- 'retirement If necessary to exchanee a
I little ground for further slaughter of
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Tho key to tho entire west front
situation at tho present moment la the
impossibility of Hindenburg to stop
his offensive without confessing the
ruin of his great plan to end the war
before America's influence and mili
tary strength could be brought to
bear.
Hindenburg has not yet reported his
"Moscow' but the basis of strategy
which overthrew Napoleon Is now be-
8674 GARMENTS SENT
LAST FOUR MONTHS
County Red Cross Has Made
Over 1000 Sweaters .
Alone.
. As an Indication of the largn am
ount of work bain? turned out bythe
auxiliaries of the Umatilla' County
Chapter of the Ked Crow Is n, state
ment prepared this morning by Sec
retary Roosevelt showing; the ship
ment of knitted and, hospital pur
menu during; the four months of De
cember, January, February and
March.
DurlnK those four months tho chap
tor shipped 10HM sweaters, 174 pairs
of socks, 1.10 scurfs and 68 pairs of
wristlets, in the same tirno the hos
pital garment department shipped a
total of 8674 garments exclusive of
723 pairs of him pita 1 socks. These
shipments Included 12.r0 pairs of pa
jamas. 1272 bed jackets, fH4 plain
bed shirts. pli taped bed shirts. 124S
suits of convalescent underwear, 522
pairs of bed socks and 201 pairs ofj
bandaged foot socks.
In addition to these supplies, the
chapter has sent .many shipments of
surgical dressings.
EXPERTS GIVE ADVICE ON
HOW
TO AVOID DUST FIRES
Scientific advice to farmers and Itween 800,000 and 900.000 bushels of
millmen on the subject of dust ex- Brain destroyed, w hich would mean
i..i .... . a .i.. .... n.. ., ,r h. " equivalent of a sufficient amount
plosions and the avoidanoe of danger. . ,' . , ., nn nl n
of w heat for bread rations of 200,000
from smutty wheat was given thU . tol(,lrrs for an cntlre yt.ar u ls not
afternoon at a meeting at the Cosy only disasters ff this kind but also
theater by H. H. Brown, of tho U. s. ! nmuller fires (and explosions which
Bureau -of chenilBtry and Gaorga-V-.ho diparMont la trying tojirevent by
Aunaeii or the state college at full- ' lis campaign
Among tho causes which have been
HOLLAND WANTS A
GUARANTY ON SHIPS
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Our Government Annoyed
at Tone Taken by
Holland Pre?.
peril the British forces defending that ling used by General Foch under mod-
fare. The line cintinues intact. It is in ern conditions.
ALL HIGHEST HAD TO LAY LOWEST
FRENCH TROOPS
SURROUNDED ON
lUNTKEfnllL
After Eight Hours Fighting
Germans Weedge Between
English and French.
NIGHT FIGHTING
AT MONT DES CATS
man. Wash.
Mr. SCundell brought out the fuct
that during 1917 through plant dis
ease, chiefly smut, the wheat damage ( electrical sparks of any kind
In the United States was 64 million j lnjr of electric light bulbs
bushel.
The talk by Dr. Hrown was direct
ed to milling' men, warehouse men
and thresher operators. In part he
said:
From March. 1 9 1 6. through the
fall of 1917 there were five disas
trous explosions resulting In the de
struction of $n, ooo. noo worth of prop
erty, a Jims of 30 lives and Injury to
over 4U men. Ah a result of these ex
plosions and fires there was a loss
of over 2,1(00,000 bushels of grain and
a considerable uuantlly of sugar. Un
der the present war conditions the
determined a" re open flames, such as
lanterns, matches and f?as flames:
break-sparks
caused by foreign material, as metal
or flint, passing through grinding
plates or roils; sparks of static elec
tricity; choke up in elevator logs, and
heat developed by friction.
A number of these causes will sug
gest their own means of prevention,
such us not allowing open flames In
milbj or elevators; locating of ail
fuse boxes and switches In portions of
the mill where dust clouds are not
present; the use of proerly guarded
extension lights or of pocket or hand
electric liKhts where It is necessary to
have a portable light; and the remov-
VASHIXGTONT, Apt 11 ' , 26. With
Holland and Germany appearing close
to the breaking point this government
has continued Its efforts to clear up
the Hutch misunderstanding; of- the
American position on supplies from
Holland. I
While the government is annoyed 1
at the tone employed by some of the
Dutch press in questioning American
intentions, it is evident that negotia
tions are under way to clear away
that feeling, and. If possible" to in
crease American aid to Holland. Hol
land insists she must have a written
guarantee that the XTnited States will
not seize the ships she sends , after
supplies. v '
While awaiting such a statement
three ships have been held up in the
United States, supply -fctrt-m, expecting
that other ships woufd sail rrom iim-
Uand.
CARL PERINGER TO
ENLIST IS STATED
BY HIS ATTORNEY
A,MSTKniAr, April
airmen bomhai-dcd ZccuruKKe while
J Germans Made to Pay Great
L Toll for All Their Ad
vantages.
ALL GRADE TEACHERS REELECTED
country cannot arford tt have any of al of forelKii mutorial effectively as
Its food supplies destroyed. In a re- possible from grain which is to be
cent explosion and fire there were be- (ground. y
AMERICAN AVIATORS HAVE DOWNED
339 ENEMY AIRPLANES, FIRST YEAR
WASHINGTON, April 26. Anicrl-: I nll.-d Stales entered the wr to '
can aviators In l Yaiii-e downed a:i March H. aii-ordlnx to mmrricial re- . .
rncniy airplanes from the time the ! .orts from I raint! tills nioriiiiia. '
That Carl C. I'erlnKer. who
lawt week was granted a defer
red classification by the district
board at Ia Grande upon his
claim of being a farmer and as
sistant manager of his father's
farms. Intends to enlist In the
aviation service as soon as be
has completed his schooling- at
the C'hristopherson fcSchoni of
Aviation at Kcdwood City. Calif.,
was the statement made today
by Will M. Peterson, who hus
acted us his attorney In present
IiiK and supporting his claim be
fore the district bonrd.
Mr. Peterson slates that the
younfcer Perinfior bos. been In
liio privnH avialiou school inre
last fall and entered with tho
ntention of prnparinir himself
jr the aviation service. "From
L-tlcrs 1 have had from htm,"
said Mr. Peterson, lli know that
it is his Intention to enlist Just
as soon as he hus completed his
course and he will have finish
ed in six werks."
26. British i done by the recent raid, German j
newspaper declare. He remained on
I fl, mfiln until li. (vitiiiJmaH , lu, I .. I
th kaiser was inspecting the da mace 1 sxvtlon, it Is claimed. LONDON, April 26. The
ftprmang have advanced 2,-
000 yards on a 1,200 yard
front in the Kemmel sector,
capturing very important
ground on Kemmel hill, Ma
jor General Radcliffe, direc
tor of military operations,
announced this afternoon.
"It is possible to hold
Ypres even with the enemy
on Mont Kemmel, but it will
be inconvenient and we hope
to get him off. ;
"In the Lys sector net re
sult of the engagement has
been highly satisfactory. As
usual the Germans used a
lot of troops with very heavy
losses and gained absolutely,
nothing.
Selection of High School
Faculty Has Been Defer
red Until Next Week.
At a special meeting; of the school
board last evening, all of the teachers
Of the four grade schools In the city
were re-elected for the next year. The
election of high school teachers was
deferred until early next week and al
so the board deferred action upon
the matter of retuinlrsr the. proseji trainings
crade classes In the high school bullo
lns, A definite schedule of salaries for
teachers will probably be adopted
soon, sentiment on the tooard favor
ing; such a schedule. , The schedule
will take Into consideration a teach
er's preparation, experience and ten
ure in the local schools. For instance
a teacher with a normal school di
ploma will be able to start teaching
here at a higher salary than the
teacher who has not had normal
COMMERCfAL CLUB IS
WELCOMED BY ELKS
All Club Members Now Have
Full Privilege at Elks
Club.
MOTHER OF R.M.
SAWTELLE DIES
IN LOS ANGELES
Members of the Commercial asso
ciation were formally welcomed Into
their home In the Elks- building last
evening when the Klks' lodge gave
an open house In their honor. Many
members of both organizations were
I piesent. L I. Drake served as chair
s' man.
j In behalf of the lodge. Judge . W.
:Plu-lps. one of the trustees, impressed
Jupon the members of the Commercial
4 ; Association not members of the lodge
jthat the privileges of tho club rooms
(wore Just as much theirs as they are
jthe Klks, under the formal agreement
. between the two orgnnixatiuns and
that the Klks want every Commer-
cial vlub member to feel that tho club
rooms are his home.
j Cigars and punch were served, a
five piece orchestra furnished music.
the card and pool 'tables were kepi
busy nnd men mixed among men in
sod fellowship.
Mrs. Martha Narcissa Sawtelle, a
former well known resident of Pen
dleton and mother of K'oyal M. Saw-
telle, died yesterday noon at Los An-
gefbs. according to word received by
her son who left on the night train
for that city. She had not been in
good health for some time past but
her condition was not considered se
rious. She underwent an operation
yesterday morning for stomach tron.
ble that developed suddenly and did
cot survive the operation.
Mrs, Hawtelle was born In Corvallis,
Ore, July 3. 1855, and was married
in that city January 10, 1873, to Fred
erick Henry awtelle. They runs to
Pendleton m 1SS2 and this city had
been her home until four or five years
ago when she moved to lAm Angeles.
8he is survived by five children. Ed-
11AIU FIOHT OX SOSLMK. ,
PARIS, April 2. There was vio
lent cannonading- south of Ue Soramo
last nurht. Uie French war office re-
ports today.
On VErioos fronts, particularly In
tho regona east of lsiHuigny and be
tween Mlretto and the Aisne, and In '
tho neighborhood of .Bobonvanx and
rrparxrs tlie French made numerous)
surprise attacks.' prisoners were ta
ken at Ijorralne. aiMl VoMa-ea.
IS 4UO FKET HIGH.
Kcmmrl is a steep hill 4U0 feet hich
and four miles and a half south and
west of Ypres. lot cooioarativeiy flat
top Is oval, hebur nearly lialf a milff
from the southwest to nortlieast and
half tltat distance from the aouihraet
to northwest UniilH.
The little village of Kemmel lira
Just at the nortlieast edge of the
height. Ju-st soutlwast of Mont Kem
mel ts the hamlet of IleUcve and south
WILL SERVE LUNCH
AT F.1AY DAY AUCTION
Everything to est and drink will be
offered for sale during the Ked Cross
May Kay Festival next Wednesday
by tha ladles of ths Ked Cross, The
big auction will only be one feature
of the big entertainment. Provisions
are being marie so that those who
lend their presence to the success ot
the occasion will not have to go hun
gry or leave the grounds to sutlsfy
their appetite.
The Ked Cross ladies will have
booths on he depot lawn opposite
the bowman hotel and will serve a
IS cent lunch besides offering ror sale
soda water. Ice cream, cakes, dough
nuts, sandwiches, preserves, canned
fruits and many other delicacies.
They are making big preparations for
tills part of the day's doings and ex
pect to turn In a neat sum for ths
Hed Cross.
FIRST U. S. WAR TANK BUILT IN AMERICA
' Our Idea of
waits for the
when he has had enough.
MORRIS GRAHAM
! HAS SOLD OVER
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Monut Slromboli
Is In Erruption
ROME). Arrll If Mont Ptromboll
Is In violent eruption. Falling lava Is
suing fire to vineyards. It Is be
lieved KiM live have bean lost.
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ward N.Sawtelle of Okotos. Alta-,
Walter B. San telle and Mrs. Kalph B.of hill Is tlie village of linden-
Wade of Los Angeles. Royal M. Saw- hoek.
i telle of this city and Mixs Elizabeth
jSawtelie of Los Angeles. jFTtKNCK TROOPS Sl'nilOl NDKl.
I Funeral arrangements have not! WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS.)
been made bilk, the body will proba- j WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IV
bly be brought to Pendleton. : FLANDERS. April 2. French troops
fare entirely surrounded on Mont Kem-
fool man Is one whoimel. They are still fighting. After
bartender to tell him I eight hours of fighting German storm
I troops finally wedged their way be
jtween the French and British flanks
:and crossed the Kemmel-Ypres road
j where a, terrific allied fire, held them
up for two hours. Then they turned
southward, poured down the valley to
$1000 IN STAMPS
Jthe French who are, still fighting atop
9 'the height. The French also hold the
village.
I In night righting at Mont dea Cats.
five miles west the French raked tho
islopes with machine guns and held
'out against terrible odds, preferring;
death to capture. Today tha German
, lines apparently llo west of Kemmel
but the ultimata winner Is still In
doubt. Similar fighting surged around
Vlllers-Brethonneux. the British fight
ing like lions, retaking the town on
top of the ridge' In much the sama
fashion asthe Hermans got Kem
mel. working around the sita until It
was surrounded.
America's first war tank built In this country was completed a few days ago at Cambridge. Mass. It was designed by rrofeasor E- F. Miller of
tha Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Note the projections on tha ftont for ramming- The new L'. 8. tanks will carry machine guns and two
75s. Tha first appearance of the above tank was la a Third Liberty Loan parade In Boston.
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Xorrls J. (.raham, 11 year old
.son of Horton X. Graham of
Hentley & tirahani, isn't old
enough to strve his I'ncle Sum
in the army or navy but he Is
proving that even a email boy
can play a real part In winning ,
the war- In the Thrift Stamp
Manila Iff" he enlisted early as a,
private and by virtue of achieve- f
ment he bids fair to rise In the
rSnkt to a commanding position- :
Yotinjr Cirahum was the first
by in .Pendleton to purchase a :
Thrift Ma nip. However, he j
didn't stop his support with
merely investing his own money 4
In the sticker. He started out
to get others to buy and to date
he has .td $1M.;3 worth of
the stumps, undoubtedly the beM
record made by any hay in pen-
diet on. He has ambition to 4
J A tho French held out in Flanders
the German held out In the town
east of Amiens. In the Kemmel
fiKhting, the Anglo-French made a
savage counter attack, both allleU
flanks enfiUtding Von Kberhardt'a Al
pinera, turning the green and flowered
fields of the vaiiey Into a stalling hell.
It Ad the state and is working all ,The Germans paid dearly for their
his spare time to induce people
to append their quarters for
stamps.
He has not reached his big to-
tail by a few blfr sales. Ilti has
sold to a large number of peo-
pie. Iuring the nKn hour, he
chases atHiut on his "bike and 4
often takes orders for $J5 worth
of stamps- lie attends the Un-
coin school,
gains.
107 Million Has Been
Loaned To Belgium
WASHINGTON. April IS. Further
credit of t3.;;.no was extended to
Belgium today, bringing the total to
that government llor.SoOOis and tha
grand total to tha allin Ij ill.im as
I tha treasury department has announn.
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