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VOL. 80
DAILY EAST OEEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1918
THREE MILE SMASH MADE TOWAPD FISMES
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FOE CENTER
FEU AFTER
HOURS OF
HARD FIGHT
4
STRIKERS
TO
PRESIDENT WILSON BRIDGE OPEN BASTILE DAY AT LYONS, FRANCE
RESUME WORK
(IjOWEUj MEI.LET)
IT11 TIIK FUKXCII Ani-1,D,
July 29. The I raneo-Americans have
driven the (iei-mana entirely out of
Fcrc-eu-Tardeooj, their iniortiiiit
concentration center. They aim took
llonelierc aiul VIUers-Agi-oii, south
oast of IVrc-cn-Tardinois.
i Hard fighting by Infantry, cavalry
and tanks following; terrlflo artillery.
UtK has given the allies complete pos
session of the lower liulf of the wide,
deep salient between fSoissoim and
HlR'llllM.
IVre-en-Tanlcnols was captured on.
ly aff r a tlcM-rM slrtigKlu lasting
many hour. The. 1'imnco-America iih
found many machine mine cleverly
concealed In houses and cellars. The
nests were destroyed In bitter liand to
Itand struggles In which no quarter
was asked or Riven. ,
Tho tiermans had destroyed all
brklgcs across the Ourcq, hut the al
lies forded the shallow stream racing
a storm of bullets.
The lYanoo-Americans are atlvano
Hilt eauuniisiy, dotermlned to waste
no men In ISobw-tlo-Ktciunlre, nortli.
east of I cro-oii-Turdcools, which was
flllnl with nuu-lilno guns. Tlie cav
alry fell out positions thero Sunday,
the Ium4icm oritur exiiected to make
strong mdwtancn thern as Uiey are al
ready doinic In Vllle-en-Tawlonola, Imt
lie Fraix'o-AnicHcans mny cwlrHe
the wood, destroying; .tlio .maehlno.
grunncrs at leisure.
Tim advancing' allies find tlie path
strewn with a remarkable miinber of
dead.
Small tanks are most valuable In u
stroylnif nuu-tilno-Kun nests.. Tliey kill
I lie gunners, allowing tho Inrantry to
aproach safely. These tanks have
always made two opedlllos dally.
somctimca four ana five
IMMEDIATELY
Munitions .Worker in Co
ventry Make . Favorable
Decision at Mass Meeting.
TROUBLE CENTER
YIELDS TO OFFER
Men Agree to Accept Fi ji
of Government for
Mediation.
LONDON, July 29. The striking
munition workers in Coventry, the
center of tho trouble, decided at a
nutss mcctiiur to resume work liiuncdl.
atcty. awjol log tho government's
mediation offer.
J! it
Uii mtair
U - -'MIS. ' h u
-F
r
; , x?a u f ; , v kt
. This bridge, open on Bast He Dav,
has . been built across thf. Klver
Ithone at Lycins, one of the great cit
ies of France, and at tho siiRgeHtlun
of Senator Harriot, who is known in
the l.'nited Mutes, it was named the
I'retiiilent Wilson Bridge.
HUN PLANE SWOOPS
LOW TO RAIN SHELLS
AMONG STRETCHERS
(FftKD FERfiUSON)
WITH. TUB AMKItlCAXS
FIlAXt'E JlllV ) Vmir 11..
lines are so closri tn?pthfr fl..rhn- .aressini,
! Herman airplanes are harassing- our
'N ! pa, r artiltU AllA ..lt..I 1
- utianu u 11CIU
station Bwoopingr down and
are plainly seen digging shallow holes ,1'Iaylng a machine gun on the wound-
In open fields.
ed who lay in stretchers on the ground.
AMERICA'S GREATEST GUN MAN
CASUALTY LIST
HAS 119 TODAY
WASHINGTON', July 9. General
rernhluK announced l'J casuultlcs. In
eluding 47 killed in action, 17 tvoo
died of wounds, 93 wounded severely
and to missing; In action.
Epidemic of Stealing
Horses Visits Berlin
-f F
1 't . :
ENTIRE COUNTRY FACES
SHORTAGE IN POTATOES
FIRE PATROL PUTS OUT
WHEAT FIRE UNAIDED
What might have been a serious
wheat fire was discovered Sunday
evening and extinguished bv a mem-
Ihalber of the O. 31. P. The fire evidently
I'OHTLANr, July 21). The north
west, In common with the entire coun
try races a rctato shortage, If
rrei.i conaiuon ot tne growinr crop iMatted fiom a spark from a passing
bi any indication.' Tills was hs cpin- ' & N. train about three miles
hm of cror experts here today icn!it "f 1'eni'leto-'- 1' a discovered
' j by Privatp C. A. Crabtree, on fire pa-
Conservation of pitatoes will lie ne-! trol duty, who undertook to whip it
ccsf-ary, I.ons protracted weather hasiout with his ulous0 and "tier several
,i,.,,h ,. , ..,, . , 'minutes of strenuous aetion In which
Ucimugefi tne potato croD aivfrcl , .
' M "MCI1-, he reports he even rolled on the burn-
A'"- the acrm-sfa tinaller tl an last ing'straw, succeeded in putting rt out
ynr. When extinguished the rire had burn-
, .. . ' !ed over a space of IS to 20 feet
bslimates give a potato crop In 'square.-'' -
OrcEon, Wa.,hPgton, Idaho anl Call-I Details of the police are now sts-
fornU of 47.'tOO.00n btishelff. against t'oned all tl icugh t:u- wheat sections
K.i.tino.OOO bushels a year :ipo. The I oi ,ne county on fire yatrol work atic
ac;-(..ige In these states It Is ert!.i.nti "le "-"-"-" r Eiibi ioious cnar,-c-
tutal 206,000 iven over to
mm m
HHfHiKliOi:
SWEEPPASTTOVu'S
' LONDON, July 29. It is learned authoritatively that
the Franco-Americans have advanced three miles a a 20
mile front since Sunday- noon. , The allies hold all the
Rheims-Dormans highway and. the whole north bank of
the Ourcq. The German retreat from the lower end
of the pocket continues although the enemy is desperate
ly resisting in the Arde valley. The Americans are fight
ing heavjly south of Soissons. 1 x . .j
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DECORATED.
.'iKuiiot 3:s.0,.'0 a year ago.
Ion
potjto9. Athena and another at Helix, others
:A . -ft
j
ss V '" w
NV ... fci i
Try TJ
, ! ,, n ivLa.
going out from Pendleton.
MEETING CALLED FOR AUGUST 7
FOR UMTILLA CO. REGISTRANTS
Wednesday evening, August 7th. Major John B. Hibl.ard, colonel
has been set as the time for an open ! commanding Multnomah Guard and
meeting in Pendleton at which men ! jtitant .f tin, Orejt n Mili ary Port-presenting
the State Council of De-'lirr. will also !; .... h. ,Di.....
F.nse. the state Guard and other war ' fense organizations of the slate.
i iKnnizaiions will address the public.
t iiim particularly men in class
Gen. W. C- Brown Is commander of
the 4th or 'Rainbow' division of the
I nlted States armv which IxHuiIm
rational guard troops from many jkilometerS
Ourcq.
(Received 1 o'clock)
Americans Take Towns
WASHINGTON, July 29.
General 'Pershing an
nounces the c iDfcura of Ser-
ijnges-et-Fesl. Sergy and
Roncheres by the Americans.
(John De Gandt)
..'. (Received 1 o'clock)
PARIS, July 29. Sweep
ing northward from the
Ourcq, the Franco-Americans
are now within eight .
miles of Fismes, an import
ant German concentration
center on the Vesle river.
Desperate fighting is pro
;gressingrin a new pocket be
tween the Ourcq and Vesle
rivers where the Germans
are strongly covering their
retreat to the Vesle. At
Franco-Ameri-pushed
several
, beyond -.the .
points the
cans have
THE WAR, JULY 29,
DURING 4 YEARS
July 29. I17.
French censorship announces
German air raid on PnHs Inlur.,
two women. Kerensky starts for SAnieriCaHS
"h '
Fismes 8 Miles.
John M. Browning (left), the nihil who tnvf.titi.il Ilia nulmiinlic lilstol
end the automatic rifle, as well as the famous machine aim which bears his
nume and Mr. Burton, the Winchester expert on rifles, examining the
fine points of the Browning light gun at the Winchester plant.
Benefit for Destitute
Relatives Soldier Boys
AMSTERDAM, July 29 The Ger
man newspapers are much agitated
over an epidemic of horse stealing In
. Berlin. In a single week recently
horses valued at 125.000 were stolen
In Berlin, most of them while stand
ing In the streets In daylight. The
fiiKTLAXO, July 29. Tne fathers ; of the entertainers
of tou'lers s,i1 Sailors A-reocUtlo-!
will nap a lutver; at tin T.l'.ert."
...ne- lonignt when a oerte'lt lro
.rrain will be !ven fir it. Tha monev If
will be used to aid destitute relatives
A
calls
neglected
again.
opportunity -never
one.
(The first hulf of the meeting will be
open to the public, but later in the
evening there wll lhe special talks for
j registrants only.
I John M. Kollock. executive secre
tnry of the State Council of Oefense,
; will be one of th speakers at the gen
eial meeting: and his talk will be de-
' i ki . ., T. . nieeiing; ,,ecially appointed to explain
...... oc urvoiea l.l mailers reals! nulls thr l-s rgr.Mli-
!uuu uueresi, particularly con-1 1...
henefit
The county exemption
the thief speaker. Prof. Iiuis K.
r.'.s olgnes, artlil piuuist of JJpt
k'nie, v hoeacip'i ftom Ge:'-iii..t,- aiu-
eo ly Amnssia ?or iiraro. wi: lbe ono r
j nected with the organization and
work of the National and Stale Coun
cils of Defense and of the I'matilln
County Patriotic Service League.
Following this address will be the
closed meeting for registrants, which
will be addressed by captain R. H.
Russell. I. S. Medical Reserve, espe
cially detailed from Camp Lewis for
this service, by Major Hibhard. who"1
will relate some of his exjiei-lences as !
in enlisted man in the Spanish war
In the Philippine insurrection ; and by;
Mr. Kollock or sonic other attorney es-
to the i
enacted
congress for their protection and :
board has
tContlnued on page .)
animals are sold In the provinces, f bos In France.
where they fetch fancy prices. Private .Mir red J. O'Roiirlo AIM te
(Received 2 o'clock)
, PARIS, July 29. Dis
patches place the Franco-
withm eight
miles of Fismes which is the
most important point be
tween Rheims and S6isson3.
Striking northeastward,.
from Fere-en-Tardenois the
Franco-Americans are ap
parently driving a sharp
j wedge towards Fismes.
B a 1 1 1 e f ront dispatches
show a tiny salient with the
apex at Nesles and the base
at Segy and a point north of
Ferne-en-Tardenois.
front, to confer with army
heads.
July 29. I9IB.
Russians report they have ta
ken 3n.A00 prisoners since
spring.
July 2. 1 9 IS.
German empress, obeying her
lord and master, appears at
Xiedenburg. Tolish frontier, for
entry into Warsaw, but hej- hus
band Is unable to escort her into
the city, owing to presence of
the Ru.ian army.
July -9 1914.
Russian mobilizes 1.200.000.
men. Wilhelm summons his
chiefs.
war
SIBERIA THROUGH WHICH LAND ALLIES MAY INTERVENE
MISS LORENE PARKER, FOOD
EXPERT, ARRIVES IN PENDLETON
TO BE COUNTY "HOUSEWIFE
(PliED FEltGl'SOX.)
!
To take up the duties of home dent,
orstrntlnn agent in I'matflla county.
Miss lirene Parker arrived In Pendle
ton Saturday accompanied by Mrs.
McCumb. field representative of the
IT. R department of agriculture who
was Instrumental In having this
county lake ndvanlnga of the con
gressional provision for this very Im
portant branrh of war work. Miss
Parker will have her office In the
federal building In the same rooms
used by M- 8. Hhrock, county agricul
tural agent-
Miss Parker cornea to t'matllla
county exceptionally well equipped for
the task she has assumed, that of he
' lug to. the housewife of the county
whut the county agent Is to the far
mer, first aid In all her problems and
particularly In those growing put of
the necessity for wartime economic.
She was born and raised on a farm,
has. coked for threshing crews and
Is thoroiishly acquainted with the
needs of the farmer's wife. In addi
tion she has exlert's knowledge of
domestic sscience and arts and train
ing and ewrlence for the duties she
has assumed. She Is. a graduate of
tiro Oregon Agricultural College, was
ono of thoso in charge of the famous
A- C. cafeteria at the Oregon
building at the l'ananui-I'ncific ex
position, luler served In the capacity
of ilietctlclan and during the past
year, served as homo demnustratloi.
agent In Msriou and Clackamas coun
ties, rs. McComb. who h.is londe Mv.
jeial visits here lo learn the peculiar
j needs of the housewives of this coun-
jty, selected Miss Parker as one espe
cially uallfld to Bi-rvc her. and con
sldrs her one of the very best women
engaged In this work In the north
I west.
I Miss Parker's salary and a portion
jof her expenses are defrayed by the
department of agriculture. The only
I expense to rmalilla county Is In the
purchase ami upkeep of a Frrd car
jand tie government pays for the
(gasoline and oil. Whm the proposal
! was made to bring a home demonstra.
jtlon agent here. It n endorsed by
jbolh the Women's Division of the
, Cniatllla County Patriotic Service
league and by the War Savings So
'clety and formal recommendation
iwere made to the ceunly court.
IetROGRAD 'v S ; occupied iA
ov&k A losrClX )-Jl
p a c t rt cj
P6RSIAir-,;0IA
WITH TIIK A.MKIUCMV AIOIIES
July 29. Al niKHk umIat Hm (.t-mmnB
1 (lollMttHl betwvm Nolo mihI Sj?y
jllMHr nl ruit-sklrmlilc countrr U k
isiiKi' Hie rlir-moiil Ihkii. TIm- t
llark wvh on two milt- from brtwmi
j -lo and Srsy vmt uf Kw-t'M-Tur-UHihIs
rollouts? a m-rrtk ImmUarU
liuiMit. but -unifHrlo( rtiibvtl.
jthr Ii4Mtict hiKiim: IhhM.v jUihi tlw
twlmk- line. Two IniiMlnxl f-rtuHu
iilrail mw fMiml In oih' norrtm diti-li.
H'ltc AnirrkiiiLs cHuntl a ffHrtltrirtaf
lacn Ih Oumj. KoanUtt by nuM-bim
uiiM, in a dint frontal iwli. Hfutf
j oiMitr laiik. The crown rtfMt
; rr.ltlly nf rtM-I rtnlay lowNrU"
, Hit 'ri'' and VW H'rr II
;nlral Hear to the A.in
lAMKICU'W AIAt K lOMIMKfi
j The AnHTKniL tHlit t-otif iini"l lo
j ad a nti iHM-ilinnnl and imh- Im-i ward
;frNti IVrr-en.TMrlt'n.i'. I tutiliMX
jttiutiiiMiH on llM (Hiit i s iHirlb litk
at a f w
itM whrri' m h' iti ft i
r ih1 unit l't-l dit." 't L
liMtiij artilliry lH-atfl lrtnlrdi-d
s'riiiK- a milt and a lutlf cat o
l"rt-n-T rtJcnolM a ltd il4 two
nilkM fiirt Iw-r ( ami MHitli.
tlHr b. b.-aty IIin-Ih nohlm icttttiilu
inm .-.V fri-. nritM-at tf I Vr-.
(HTardfiMiM. (Tlit c -a tilt I nH vUmr
mm to TMtHthr MrKuct- !
ht-cn catuml or whttlir Om
man art idvHInjc itwm to tr rH
allid orttiMt io. r ithr iltM'or
rtri!ruiM a Mithtud adam.
I'tjclitiHC cmnifiiH M o vmtM mimm
l of iIm aliM-M ru -nt i u rrw m m-iiiiiw
Kim. Ttwt wax -ry mil wfnrf
'Otiiai ( nnttt ihkhi tntart