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DAILY EVEIllilS EDITION Number coulee printed Saturday ; 2,902 " , Tbls paper la member of and audited by the Audit Bureau of GlrculaUona. CAST. Tonight and Tuead;. fair; cooler tonight; warmer Tuesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER .VOL. 80 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1918. NO. 9469 jnZ YANKS DIG IN rnnn imiinnrn IYARDS FORWARD Inflict ' Severe Losses and Capture Machine Guns Despite Fierce Resistance GAIN ALMOST ALL OF BELLEAU WOOD Enemy Attacks With Gas Near Chateau Thiery; Increases Defenses. (LOWELL. MELLET.) WITH TUB AMERICANS ON THE MARNM, June i4. The Americans In Belleau wood drove forward 400 yards today, despite fierce Clermon resistance. Inflicting severe losses on the enemy and capturing machine Suns. Theit they dug; themselves se curely Into the line. Only a little fringe of the wnod now retrains In Bocne hands. American losses were not disproportionate to the gain- The Germans heavily gasped an American unit northward of Chateau Thierry. The enemy la constantly In creasing ihelr defenses here. Improv ing trenehea and establishing wire entanglements and machine-gun nests. I visited the American units In Belleau wood yesterday. The rocky, uneven ground Is covered with dense undergrowth and-' small trees. It Is all mangled by Shells.; Hundreds of Roche dugouts are now occupied by the Americans. Accaalonally graves are seen. A captured German letter says "our cantoens have not come up. The Americana are bombarding villages lu miles behind the front. They rush us without warning so we must shoot CAVALRY, Iff PURSUIT, DEALS AIIH FLEE; SUPPLIES AND ENTIRE PiAVE HAS FRONT IS Infantary, Light Artillery, and Airplanes i i- 11 V mi ' i a i join ueaaiy Kinase; i nousanas or a- ditional Prisoners are Captured and Lost Guns Regained; Nine Enemy Divisions are Completely Wiped Out and -15 'Others Suffer Loss of Entire Regiments; Austrian Losses for Present Drive Out number Italians by 160,000. , COUNTESS HELPS KEEP PLOW IN FURROW briCUATED mi. run tlhul ROME, June 24. Italian infantry and cavalry have crossed the Piave pursuing the fleeing Austrians. The river's western bank is practically cleared and Montello is entirely retaken. The Italians have taken thousands of additional prisoners and great quantities of abandoned materials, lhe Austrian retreat continues on the whole 40 mile front from Montello to the sea, and the Italians, closely pursuing are cutting the Austrians to pieces. Italian infantry, cavalry, light artillery and airplanes cooperated in defeating the Austrian rear guard actions. Great numbers of enemy are .wiped out. The announce ment of huge hauls of prisoners is expected. FOE LOSES 200,000 All the Italian guns lost on this front last week are re ported recaptured, wine Austrian divisions are com pletely annihilated. Fifteen others are worn out in the Sandona Di Piave region where entire regiments are de stroyed. The total Austrian losses of this drive are esti mated at 200,000. Italian losses are only 40,000. ; -. t - - - ' - 'j . J mvinced That Germany Wfll Offer tq Surrender Belgium, North France, ' MOVE PLANNED AT RUSSIA'S EXPENSE Retention of Russia Would be Serious for Franco- ; British Governments. ' WASHINOTOV. June 24. Germany Is preparing for avlgoroua peace move at Russia's expense, government au thorities are, convinced. To meet this, a tremendous effort Is being made to bring about unity of purpose between America. Great Britain and France- The need of an agreed pol Icy la admitted- The German peace offensive is to surrender Belgium and I northern France and make a satla- I factory settlement with Italy, but re Itainlng Russia would mean a serious ' Problem for -the Franco-British gov ernment. The time has come for the President to suggest an alternate It . he will not sanation the Japanese) Intervention) of Siberia, say allied dip. lomats. If he expects to save Russia. ' The Russian embassy said any com. merclal concessions given Germany by Russia In return for loans will be When somehody was neede.l to keep didn't stop to get some natty knickers , She is an earl's wife, and sne's just ent Russian government 1 is over- the olow In the furrow, the Countess fitted. She stepped right out In her , ' . .... : . '"rown. , - . . - r of Drogheda. County KUdare. Ireland, t gay little house gown and did her bit. j plow to help the armies of the allies- OOTVPV r.ltfiE OAIXS. I , , ,r-r,-, "Niimisxius wiiihiIh of our uomlirrs ; f LL i JI LtloCitS. I Y at every noise. We lie here !ay and : have croxxed tin river whore onr ar- night with no blankets and nearly freeze of nights. The food is miser SHOWERS, RAIN, CLOUD BURS1 S IN UMATILLA CO Huturday and ftunday local rhowers, rains and even cloudbursts occurred In different parts of Umatilla coun ty. In many Instances doing a great deal of good to farms and crop pros pects. In a few places the lain has come too late to be of much benefit. Uhowera were reported yesterday from Weston ond 'Athena, while little fell at Walla Walla- very little rain at Helix. Cloud Hurst on MuKay. Tppos- McKuy creek was hit by tillcry ami aircraft is lianiinerina; tlm enemy. ConHlderalite bodies of our trooM have readied tlie old I'iave line In large m e-Utrn." . V. S. AIRMKV HFXP The Italian cavalry haa crossed the middle Piave In addition to bridging the lower river and ia chasing the fleeing Austrians along the east bank It la officially stated. Two thousand Austrians were captured at Montello last night. American airmen are co operating with the Italians. They are highly commended for bravery In the initiul notion. rOMTION WOltSK TIIAV BEPOllF. Reports Indicate that General Dlax seized the psychological moment for his renewal of vigorous counter at tacks along the whole, river line when tho Austrian had only two bridges. The others were swept away by There was floods. The retreat leaves the Austri ins In a worse position both militarily and politically than before the offen sive. If they yield ground they must face enormous manpower losses with- LOAN TO BE FOR $6,000,000,000 ITALIAN TROOPS NEAR RHEIMS VICTORIOUS WAWHNOTOV, June 24. Tenta tive plan for the Fourth Liberty Loan, as Indicated by the treasury ore: Amount at least $6,000,000. Interest rate. 4 1-2 per cent. Campaign to open early In October. Denomination of bonds some as Third loan- PAR 1.4, June 24. Italian troopa, holding positions on the Pliny mountains, eight miles southwest of Rhelms, today repulsed another at tuck with Bharp flighting and heavy Oerman losses, also taking pr'yuners. It is officially announced. German attempts In tho Antheul region were - repulsed between the Marne and Rhelms and the Germans 1U i Tresis III O UaVS After sharp fighting the Germans were repulsed1 with heavy losses, los- The police court has been a pretty 1 In prisoners. Active artlllerying oc: FIRE BELL WILL SIGNAL START OF PARADE FOR DRAFT MEN AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW; CHEER THEM ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS TAKEN AT UL1ATILLA Police Court Busy; - ii .. . . . j - ... jiuce t 1 1 1 1 1 cloud burst that caused some damage iut t,avin)r obtained a concrete ob to fencea yesterday. The . worst objective. This will have a serious ef the cloud burst seems to have been lfect on the moraje nf tho army and near the John Schmidt place on the jCV)iana. i south fnrk of McKay. Telephone warnings to people, to get their stock out of danger were sent to farmers farther down the creek, as inr as Is known no slock losses occurred nui some fences were washed out. A hard rain occurred yesterday near Lehman springs. At Gibbon but little rain fell yes terday but west of Thorn Hollow the downnour was heavier. Naturuay an ernoon the heavy rain that fell In Pendleton did not strike at all on the upper Umatilla. Sat onlay's Khowe In Pentlloton. Fifty four hundreds Inches rain fe!l here In twenty five minutes late Sat urday a'ternoon, which is the heav iest downpour this spring., This rain means literally thousands of dollars to the farmers Of this section for rain was badly ' needed. However, no moisture was reported south of here In the Irtrch creek section which has suf fered worst of all from the drought. Heports from north and east say the rain was heavier there than In ren dleton. Pome of the value of the shower was lost for the rain fell so heavily for a few minutes that part of the water ran off and did not sink In the ground- Lack Of Men Delays Extention of Water Main to New Spring I'nlcaa more men can he seenr rd for tho construction work at Thorn Hollow there Is grave dan ger Uat Uw extension of tho wa ter main to the laHsli rtiur may not be completed Ix-fxra 11 10 ' lipak of the hot season la upon lis and the noccwdty for an Increased water suply becomes lmtcretlv lYank Hay la now working a crew of SO mm at Thorn Hollow and aaya ttiat he needs SO more men In order to nut on an extra rrrw making pipe. Ho I" now working but one shift With an other crew he would work two shifts and thereby greatly has ten the work. An order for 1(1 men to he rush! to the, fob at nncu was Itlaced today by V. SjlrvWc, chair- . Biaj) of Uie buanl. LATE PLOWING AND WEEDS ARE CAUSE OF MOST FAILURES 'Some very interesting facts were brought out during our recent tour of the wheat countfes." says County Agent M. S. Khrock. who returned here Huturday night. "Nearly every farmer doe.i some experimenting:, either consciously or unconsciously. The results of his ex periments are Interesting whether they be positive or negutlve. It was for the purpose of seeing tho results and studying the methods employed on a few of the most prominent of these experiments that the "trip was planned. 'In almost every community visit ed we saw some fields that will make almost a total failure. The methods of farming In the good fields were ery similar all the way through. Early plowing and thorough weed control were the outstanding essen tial factors. Late plowing and weed are found the very close companions of the poor crop In every cae. "We saw men plowing summer fnl low on June 22 on three HFAVY CLOUD BURST ON MEACHAM CREEK busy place for the past three clays for curs In the Woevre region.' there have been 10 arrests made since Pridny night, with fines Imposed amounting to $225. The moft lucra tive sources of Income for the city seem to be "Hitters" and the speed mania, although one man arrested for disorderly conduct was held on the unusual charge of wife-beatings The following three speeder. s taken I:; Saturday, each pnld a fine of flu. Fred J. Reese, R. R. Ferguson, and Herman Snyder. John O. Moore waa also arrested that evening on two charges, one of exceeding the speed limit and one Tor disorderly conduct, and he was fined $25 for each- It Is declared that Moore backed his car ner the curbing on Kawt Court street and that ho waa going at such speed What gives promise of blng the greatest street demonstration Pen dleton .has ver seen will take place here tomorrow morning In honor of the local men leaving for the nation al army. The details of the parade and other entertainment are being ui died directly by Prof. C O. Breach. The program in full Is as recruits. follows: j Mandar, .Tunc 21, lafg. j Meet at Alta Theater, t p. m. Patriotic picture. Mable Norm and in "Joan of Plattsburg." Alta screen telegram, latest war views. Vaudeville, IJoyd and Kmersdn, comedy magic; De Mar Sifters, singing. Co. A, Pendleton Home Guard. Co. C, Pendleton Home Guard. Helix Home Guard. Pilot Rock Home Guard. I'maplne Home Guard. Freewater Home Guard. Sergeant Swartx, IT. S. navy and Veterans of the G. A- R. Veterans of the Spanish War. National service men. Sorllnn 2 Official Civic Claude Penland, Marshal. Meet on Court street, east from College, Immediately In rear of na tional service men at 8:4 prompt. Mayor and council. ire department In command of After first show national service , Chief RintrnM men will proceed to the stape. clergymen of the rltv In (East Oregonlan Special.) M EACH AM, June 24. A heavy cloud burst Sunday aftrnoon btween H u r on an d D 1 1 n ca n n Meacham creek did considerable damage to tha O.-W. It. & N track, washing ft out several places. Train Xo. 2j5 going west had a very , . . . .,v,,,i i... ,k narrow escape from a serious wreck. f a residence before stopping his car. Jack Settler, who was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, also contributed $rft to the city treasury. It Is he who is alleged . to have beaten his wife. The other cases ore William Pur vance, fined $, for unlawful pos session of Intoxicating liquor; Walter Ogilvy. fined $10 for being diunk and disorderly; a drunk and disorderly case, $15; Walter Harrington. $10 on the same charge, and John Doe, $10 for exceeding the speed -Jimlt. The engineer succeeded In stopping the train Just in time to avoid an accident- As It was the caboose was thrown off the track. To clear the tracks of logs and rocks washed tn ft by the flood of water all GOVERNMENT ORDERS TRAIN WRECK PROBE the soldier. Dr. McXary. on hyffiene as related to the soldier's welfare. At 10:30. the Alta Jrch.-stra wttl i he there ted hv Prof. Preach available help was ordered out by the !..,,. nnks"anmethinir dolmf. Community sing. 'Star Spangled ' huPa. Bunner" entire aurlends, led by Prof. , sotlon !l Paleinlio C. O- Breach. t,, rn M,h.i Four minute talk by n. E. Chlou- j Meet on CoMeKe Ktreet orth of P-' , ;CVurt. between Water and Court, at Community sing. "Over There. R-45 prompt chorus by entire audience, sulo by Mr. Representatives of the descendants Walter Rose- of thf. Mayflower. Pour minute talk, C. P. Strain. Daughters of the Revolution. Community sing. "America,'1 en- Ladies of the o. A. R. tire congrecutinn. Indies' Auxiliary of the Spanish The men will then proceed to the war Veterans. Commercial club rooms where they indies of the Red Cross In I'nlform. ill partake of a "strawberry feed,' x1IrReB or s,. Anthony s Hospital nfter which they will be addressed bv: n nnjf0rm. Koy Haley, on the legal ttatus ot : Fnisom-.' ambulance. j Honor rjuard Girls from Athena I under Mrs. Hnscall. I Hkmor Guard t:irls from Echo. Honor Guard Girls of Pendleton railroad from Stanfield to I .a Grande Trains were held up several hours while the track was being cleared of the debris. WASHINGTON. June 24 The gov ernment has ordered a probe of the MlchlKan Central wreck outside of Gary when scores of circus perform- differcnt i ers were killed and la J 11 red. farms, but we saw no good crops on e these fnrms. Next year, regardless I HAMMOND, Ind.. June 2 1. Engl of the weather, the drought will te neer Aloni.i Hnrgeant of tha troop blamed for a poor crop on thes j equipment train that tore through the fields now being plowed. llngenbeck circus train, killing and 'We saw some splendid demonstrn- j Injuring scores, is under arrest at Hons of the superiority of certain va- j Knlaqiasoo. Fireman Gust iv Klaus riities of wheat and barley over other, of the equipment train gave himself varieties under the same condition, t'p today and will testify at the In- "At the Moro experiment station 1 quest. It is believed Klaus was alone! where we spent a day. we fniind the: In the cih at the lime of the accident, most interesting work ow all. Here Flagman Tlnn of the circus tram varietal testing, crop rotation systems. : ioio ot running mi yams ones ami methods hnve been csr-: setting stop torpenoes, trying to stop; Alt CLASS 1 UMATILLA GO. CALLED Ninety-two moro .men were called late Snlunlay pvctiim; from 1'matilla county to leave Pendle ton, July 21- nils number will take all nf the Claw I men In, tlie county. Tlie names for lhe IKt have not been made tip yet by tlie draft board, but clerk K. O. Dra per says that It can lie Ntatcd It will require all the clas I men In the county to fill tlie call. lday evening m call was rr eeici1 fir IH men. Those will leae lVndleton July 5. WHIl tlio Hist leave tomorrow. 72. I'mntllla county lias call f'tr ZI3 mii brore the first 0 AntniM. To this nuintier tlie flie oiun teers fhr Sieelal service to leave Katiinlay slioiild ho aside!, mak ing a total of 217. Tuosduy Morning. June ;.th, 8:1.1 A. M-, t.rand laratle ami llom-oivtnition- Tillman D- Taylor, grand marshal. Section 1. military Meet on Court Street, east from College, at 8:45 prompt. Claude I'enlund, marshal. Police force. "tiiir Flag." Pendleton land. or' under Miss Todd. Mothers, wives and sifters of men ir. the Hervice- S--tiol 4. Guy Matlock, marshal. Meet on College street, south of Court, between Court and Alta. at 8-4". prompt. t Representatives of allied nations. Drum Corps. Deputy Sheriff Olaf . Aahrus at Umatilla Saturday afternoon rounded1 up what seems to be a well organised perty of bootleggers. There are three In the -party. Ben Wilson; and wife and Frank Reed, 'being, the names given the officer. ' The party had a .seven passenger Studebaker car In which thy had two suit cases filled with whisky. ' They also had ten empty five gallon kegs, hid In the sage brush- They ' were brought to Pendleton Saturday night by Deputy Sheriffs Joe Blakely and Jake Marin and were released on ' lr.00 ball each, putting up that am ount of cash and diamond. The)) gave Seattle as their home. The party was In Pendleton a cou- 1 pie of days before going to Umatilla ' and while here attracted the atten- -tlon of officers. They were buying- kegs at different places and what use they might have for them .aroused, , the suspicions of the . officers, - who were keeping track of them. When arrested at Ciriatilla. the kegs were found hidden In the sage brush near that place. , In addition to convicting the arrest ed party of bootleggers, the county -will also attempt to confiscate tha r In which they were traveling. Will M- Peterson and a Portland attorney have been hired to defend them. Their preliminary hearing will be before Justice J. H- Varke. SAYS GERMAN PUBLIC L OPIINOH EXASPERATED (Continued on Page t.) Nothing to Delay Hinden burg's Next Thrust and . .Objectives are Unattained (WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS! AT THE BRITISH FRONT. June Ideal fighting weather, that la al- ; ! most unprecedented, continues on the west front, yet the armies merely j Jostling for position. There Is noth ing to delay Hindenburt's next thrust. 'While in Paris a Swiuiander told ma that German public opinion la ex- (asperated by Hindenburg'a delay. 1 Plain spoken Germans are calling the Faturday afternoon in the Conimer- tee county chapter Red Cross; Ml campaign a failure, because the army cial association rooms permanent or-j Virginia Todd. Honor Guard: Mrs. 8. : na" no reached any vital points. Dea gnnlsntion of the Women's division f 1 A. Lowell, chairman War Savings So- Perate attempt to redeem the failure the Cmatlila County Patriotic Service ! clety; Mrs. Hoy T. Klshop. county ; Germany's fall is expected shortly. league was perfected. There were 1 chairman women's Liberty Loan or-' German soldiers formerly held prls represrntative from all but a few of ganization. The committee will elect oner in Russia are arriving en the 1 the districts of the county. Mrs- W. i chairman and secretary later ah. west front- III. McNary presided nt the meeting . the memtkers nf me executive commit-j ' j The purpose of the woman's di-1 tee were chosen from lVndleton so . , . . , . (vision, of course. Is co-ordination of; that all could he called for mHn. H All . AS Hlf. AS , u .' n r ... .-.n,,t mij ouir, llinin WOMEN'S DIVISION PATRIOTIC SERVICE LEAGUE ORGANIZED and tillage rled on for years, it Is well worth any farmer's time to visit this station and study results.'1 the army train, but falling. Flfty- ettfht corpses have been recovered. CONFIDENT OF ItFSI'I.T. j IWIMW, June SI. IJoyrf tieorcc GF.nMWY m'siins aid. WASHINGTON. June XI. Arm! In tlie hoiic of commons declared tlie vy deimrtment announrcd men nave learned that lierniany Is n-xt two months will he anxious but small naval enrso carrier Fennlmnre finse; Mrs. M riu-lilng rcinfonuicnt to Italy try- ,lhe allk-s' iioKltkm t Iniimivlng awl burned to the water' edge this morn- Teachers' association bur to jpreveM an Austrian dl utter, Uary are "ooufHJent of Ute result." ten AAVi the ;ann ine unaiiiuiiinn nei-omes a pari ; women or each district must noml jnf the general organization for lhe nine district chairmen. Those dla i conduct of 1'matilla county war work, jtrlcts failing to do so will lie supplied The organization and worl. being! by appointments by the executive I done by the liatriotic service league ' committee. was thoroughly explained to the meet. The election of all member of the I Ing by M. It. Chessman, secretary f ' executive committee was unanimous ;the leacue. . A splendid spirit of roofers' ion was - .... 1 r . - "-' - "' " "y everyone present, with all 110101 vyai;u v.ilinci executive committee: Mrs. v.. v. seeing the neel of the various worn- j Mr.Nary. chairman Women's Council en's war orcanlzations getting togeth- WASHINGTON. June 14. The pa- of Defense: Mrs. T. H. Hamilton, city er and becoming a oart ..f tha n. that the.chuirmun Women's Council of I-1 eral oriianlutlon of the ciuntv r..r o. llennett. of Parent- Work. The full oraanlzatlon will t Mrs. Una II. 1 worked out In detail bv the M.n,i(n Fire Destroys Small i Inf. There was loss vf lite- Sturgls, chairman executive commit- i committee In a short time. WALNUTS FELL ON STANLEY CREEK Hailstone as large as walnuts and as mix-h aa foar in -tie aerv on the gronnd. fell oa Hanley eree a, right miles froea llkn KocHz yewlenlay arternoiM, Mnardln K ttiarfcw JotiMin, well know. aheesin who l hre kiday. to fieri waa tlx duwnnoar tsf h Us. says Mr. johnsm ium it m ne. ei ry 10 get the haiewns tato stu-lm. (n WHfM-r na f .ah , a teri heavy r ta axx-jred,