DAILY EHO EClTIO'l
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WEATHER FORECAST. ,
Tonight and Saturday probably fair.
This n.pe, 1. . mmw ot na audited .
. COUNTY OFFICIAL FAPEH . ""7 ? , ' .: yQX , . . ' f
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' '
NO. 9506 .,. ":
VOL. 80
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918.
BRITISH" STRIKE NEW DBBoM ItJ P1CARDY
BOLSHEVIK RULE DECLARES WAR ON ALLIE.
DIPLOMA
TS
10 WAR
DEFENSIVE
State Department Announc
es New Development of
Russian Situation.
LENINE SAYS WAR
IN SOVIET SPEECH
Allied Diplomat's Informa
tion Says Not Necessar
ily Offensive.
WASHINGTON", Aujr. Tim state
department today announced that a
Mute of war hat been declared by the
JtoJshcv.kJ Kitveriuiirnt against th
allloH."
lenlno In a public KpecrH Dofore
tho Kovtct declared the Htate or war
existed. Ijucr allied diplomuts were
Informed It did not neeewarlly mean
an offeiiMlvo war. but a defensive ar
A mfwaxe from Archangel stated
that authorities1 there had demanded
an explanation of tho allied troop
binding at Onega. The message addeo.
the bolshevik! had evacuated Arch
angel In great haste after allied air
planes sailed over the town, dropping
propaganda. The allies captured ls
lnnd batteries at the river's mouth.
oHHaeka who came to aid the bol
nhevikl afoilnnt the allies deserted
the bolHhevikt and lead a cumtcr rev
olution which ended AtijrUKt 2 th
day the bolxheYlkl left Archangel,
necessary to btirn his code books.
Thia counter revolution vw com
dieted the next day and British, 'Am
erican and French consul who had
been arretted were released. The
bolshevik I explained the arrest by
wiyln-r It was for their protection. The
American consul, however, reported
that arrest were made with mich
haxte and violence that he thought 11
necessary to burn his code hoks.
NEW EASTERN FRONT ff.
fSJ .'. " f ; ' o o too
INITIAL ADVANCE TAKES
R. R.IS ALMOST
OUT OF RANGE
Deen Wed ere Throws Rud-'
Confusion, Flight Rapid.
JUNCTION OF ENEMY
SUPPLY ROADS TARGET
AND
FIVE VILLAGES
FRONT OF EIGHT, AS
PICARDY SMASH THREATENS CHAULNES
Tl
MLES
20OOOIIUNS
SAID TAKEN
Reported Capture of Morlancourt and
Advance on Chaulnes Indicates Total
Penetration of More Than 12 Miles,
With Gain of Four Today.
Archangel wa captured yesterday
by the allies who are advancing ulong
the railway toward Vologda. Another
center of fighting In Arctic Hufesia Is
the Murman railway which connects
I'etrograd with the country's only all
winter port at Kola, where allied
troops are stationed. Fifty thousand
Germans are reported concentrating
north of the Gulf of Finland and the
map shows where they and the Finns
are already advancing on the rail
roud toward Kern, Declaration of war
wll lforce the allies to straighten the
forces southeast of Kola.
FARMERS GET WHITE ; LEGAL INFORMATION
FLOUR FOR WHEAT! FOR DRAFT IN; FOR
SOLDIER AND SAILOR
WITH THE
ARMIES, Aug.
BRITISH
9. Prison-
Artillery Advances After
Retiring Foe, Traffic
Hampered.
(WILLIAM I'HILLIP SIMMS.)
WITH THE BKITISH IN
kka.ncb, Aug 9. J tie KritiKn ana , ... j 5 ovrPpH
French under Hal had driven a CrS OI InlS Ql IVe HOW eXCeed
wedge six to elBht miles into the 20,000, it IS estimated,
western wall of the Monte Didterj
!ocket at 12:30 o'clock this morning. j HMDOM A er
irechf front Airmen reported that i war office today reported , in Jricaruy tne capture 01 jvioriancourt ana ine amvai
TZZTXe are fIee",e ra'"d,y 114,000 prisoners taken. (of British cavalry at Chaulnes Junction is reported unof
Officers lice. I ificially. The latter represents an additional gain of four
A numher of high officers have; i)i,h .kii.ha.' ' i-X'",, m smio iwtwHav anH a tnta wnpfrahntl nf Itinre than
12 miles.
LONDON, Aug. 9. The British while continuing to
sweep forward in Picardy suddenly advanced in Flan
ders today. - - ;
An initial progress of two miles on an eight mile front
along the southwestern portion of the Flanders salient
was reported by the war office with the capture of five
9.Trip villages.
i.
Allowed 8 Pounds per Per
son per Month Until
October 1.
A limited numher of lesal booklets
Farmer may exchange wheat for j published by the Oregon Slate Coun-
GERMAN COUNTERS
OCCUPY AISNE-VESLE
STAGE. BUT BREAK
V
American Positions Slight
ly Improved; Must
Blast Hill.
.white flour at the toiill providing Cil of Defense and containing informn
jthey do not secure nn amount great- relative to thp ,awa rPgardinK
er than will be enough to make eight oldlers and 8anr8 hnve hpeII recelv
Ipounds per person per momh- until j od )v ,h .tuia county l'atriotic
.October 1. 11S. This is the sub- j f. isgue alui, whne they last
.stance of a new ruling bythe food ad- h hart .... man rpiS,pred in
i nimimrai 1011 itntm eui iiuthiioii. h
jcopy of which has just reached the
I ne uooKiei coniiiina u urvt i
sch laws as the soldiers and sailors
civil relief act, the war risk, Insurnnce
luwi and family allowances and com
pensation laws and other laws safe
ithe draft by applying
; Secretary 'hessman.
advance to keep the retiring enemy
within range.
Paritt-AralCiLS Uiic Safe.
The Faris-Amiena main railway
line is now well out of range of any
Mke the heaviest German K"ns, while
the I'ariH-Compiegne-Amlens railway
is cut only at Monte. lidier. Monte
djdier Is now directly threatened.
1C! Traffic Mred.
British airmen denpite thf heavy
weather and low clouds and showers,
are hampering traffic Into and out of
the enemy salient, especially along
the Peronne-IIoy and AmiensHam
railways. Their junction at chaulnes ,
bridtfe acrosB the So mine over which
((very ounce of supplies and rein-
forcements must ias, is likewise be-
Ins harried.
; Some high tlerman staff officers
I have been captured. Others escaped
4'avalry tMlay took several nrtdition-
al Aillatfi and Its rt'irt approach
I iMT t haulnes.
) lfffe4 to tho urmlcM of Von Ior
Marwttx Mini Von Hatter hi munition
! and other supplies aloito ronMitutc a
had to limber un and hen y blow to tho (iormans.
been taken prisoner. When the last
wa seen of une ierman groneral he
was runlnj? headlong down i he road
with a tank lum lierin after him,
spit tins: machlne-gim lullets in his
direction-
Our artillery
(John De Gandt)
PAPTS Ann- O ' O n'rinrk Tho Pmnpn-Rri'HcK ori
tur mow to tlio UFrmans. ' """'i "
r.-n differrot enemr divisions were.vance continues. The allies have reached Bouehoir. south
K-iS'rilof Rosieres and are progressing towards Nesle.
last nisht. t The allips are rpnorted to have nroPTPSsed throufrh
jjjpi 1 K C3 ' O
nasty Rosieres-en-Santerre as far as Lihonia where they are
Tito whole area, hiaaadnd in Uo J
xreat bend of the Nomme Is
ImhU of (Kfinan tranqMrt. arthlory f nienacinCT ChauIlieS,
simie rtwids. ' Ixw fliiu( aeroplanes
aro attaeklnic tle ' troop rnaHWwt.
mahitafnhiff cmstant run fire and
dripihi$; ImhiiIm, day and nijiht-
RAINBOW GENERAL
RETIRED BY U. S.
The progress in Foucaucourt may menace Peronne
from the' south, says Paris newspaper dispatches.
and sailor, while they are in the ser
vice
The farmer making the exchange
must sign a certificate: which mis
! forth that he grew the grain on h
jown farm, that he will not sell, lend 1
'or deliver such flour as is received to
anyone else and that tho amount of 1
.flour secured together with what he ;
already has on hnnd will not Rive him i
la supply Rreater than eight pound, j rrtQ
per month per person for the mem-'OZU o!JmLllllio
' jhera of his family or establishment.
(FUED FEKGl'BON) The farmer cannot secure more flour
WITH TUB AMERICAN'S IN'jthan will be sufficient for his needs
PHANCB, Aug1. The Franco-Brit- until October 1. He Is not required WASHINGTON
Ish attack In ricardy is likely to j to secure substitutes with It. dred and twenty
have ft big Influence on the situation j Inouneed today.
alon, the Al.n.-Vesle line whero MYSTERY MESSAGE i
there naa been no great cnango in mo
last 24 hours.
captured more ermans than it could
handle, and was forced to us slimhtlv
.wounded men for guarding prisoners.
I "Whi.'tiK-ts tin I'm st.
A big tank surrounded by little
! "whippets' looked like a dreadnau4U
guarding tho interests of the soldier jsurrounded by destroyers.
ANNOUNCED ODAY
Whippets' can turn faster than a
1 man. operating over rough ground
ithey ran down individuals and flat
tened machine gun nests grinding the
crews into mud and terrorizing whole
sections.
Aug. 9. Five hun
casualtles were an-
'NO CHANGE" IS
j WASHINGTON", AuK Hving
reached the age of 64, Brig. Gen. Wll- j
j Ham A. Mann. l S. A., commanding i
ithe eastern department with head-1
: quarters at Governors Island. X. T.. i
and former commander of the Forty- j
I second, or Hainhow division, has been
; trunsferred to the retired list. j
j Horn in Pennsylvania in 184 Gen-;
erul Maun waa graduated from West ;
i I'oiut in 1S7S- He was made a brig ,
Hdier general In 113. At the start of!
ithe war General Mann was the chief1
' of the militia division of the war de- i
partment, but soon after he vas made j
a major general and placed In com!
maud of the 42d division.
He trained the division and accom-
I pained It to France, hut shortlv after
ward whs relieved and returned to the
I'nited States on account of hyslcial
disability, which, however, did not In
terfere with the perforniar.ee of
NAVIGABLE STREAMS
IN UMATILLA COUNTY
What Is a navigable stream. In the
meaning In which the right of the
public and rlimxlan owners are meant.
This la a question that is frequently
put up to Deputy Game Warden j
George Tonkin, and to get an answer!
to the question he has passed It on to
Carl p. Shoemaker, state game war
den, with the result that a letter has
been, received, .and he finds himself
pretty much at the start in point..
The Information Is sought by fish
ermen and farmers to settle trespass
cMsputeK
LOXDOX. Aug. 9. The majority of
, Carman Misfnern were otarcr he "t
i tween tho Auiien-Vcrmand and. tbe,',
' Amfcens-Koyer roads; It la learned
this afternoon- Strong; (ierauit btt
toriea were also caittured on tne
heights Utere. '
Haig'n Statement mid tltere I heaTy
figlitiiur north f I lie Somme, the en-,
einy resisting vlerousIy between tfil-' ,
illy and Morlsiirotirt.
Tlio enemy luv continued to
o vacua to his forward ponttJonH. - ln
l.ys valb-y our whole line ha adnnr
ed frtm the Ijswe river to the Bourne
river to a 2HXI yarda maximum depth
It lit learned the allies have renetrat
ed to an average dearth of eight miles
on a 2 mile front. 3lont IMlire wilt
prtkhably he evacated aoon-
t
SOMME REPORT
The Americans improved their
positions slightly by heavy attacks,
but were mostly busied In repulsinK
Oermnn counter attacks. Five of
these Herman attacks were broken
yesterday, our artillery stopping the
first two. The third reached our lines
but tho infantry threw them hack It
hand to hand struKRle. Kifle fire and
machine guns repulsed the fourth and
fifth. Heavy artillery exchanites
continued throughout the day Kalns
are over and roads are dry, simplify
In transportation. The liermsns are
strongly entrenched on the heights
north of tho Vesle In caves and deep
dugouts. Our artillery literally must
Must tho sides of these hills lieore an
advance. The Americana received
news of tho Amiens advance with
great enthusiasm.
The body of an American aviator
was found stripped, with all Identifi
cations gone. lie had liecn missing
since July 15.
llltK UK.M".MI-:i.
1 l I ' I J A .... A 1
IN ALBANY STREETi l.nrdme..t i rnmed today
LEFT BY PIGEON
PARIS. Autr. 9. The French war
office this morning announced "no
iC lom ! change" on the new offensive front
1 south of the Somme.
lighter militry duty In this country.
patkois pass FArctrroruT.
IOMM1V, ntx. 9. It Is learned
this afternoon ihut HHtUli patrols
hate tawel l-'uiicaucoiirt. ftuir miles
northwest of Chanhies.
9. The
de-
ALBANY, or, Au.
authorities here and
where else are trying
cipher this meswnfre:
"P-n-i-S-a-r-ll-w.
It was written on a piece of
note paier brought here by a
strange carrier pigeon, which
died very soon after It was found
on the treet.
The bird wns Identified as a
species of California tfetert
quail, not found in any pnrt of
Oregon save possibly In the
southeastern portion. The bird
refused food and water and was !
exhausted. ;
A piece of string which bound .
he message to the bird's leg
was olive drab In color and '
might hnve been unravelled '
from an army uniform- !
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NO REST FOR THE FRITZIES
UMATILLA COUNTY WILL GIVE j
$1980 TO SALVATION ARMY
linatllla county haa leon
tloned a quota of $lso as h
oppor-What plans will be adopted for rals
r share ing the money in this county. j
of the $2. MOO. oo nallonnl war eerv
Ice fund of the Salvation Army, no
rm ding to a letter Just received from
the state executive committee. by
Secretary Chessman of the Patriotic
service league. A state-wide cum-
pslgn Is to be conducted from Sep-
Wm- W. Y-iiinnwin Is act in as gen
eral in charge of the stnte campaign. '
O. C. Hortxmeyer as tifflce manager
and John M. IJmlen as cnnipaUni
n.annBr. of tho fifty thousand dol-!
lars nKked of Oicon. Portland s shsrfc
Is $2 inn, laviofr a like amount for
tcmber lRth to 21st. and the Patriot- tho Hilnnco of the Mate- flNuo i
ie Hrrvice league has been asked to the amount of t'mntilla coiuny'i quo-j
handle the drive here. ta. but l per cent Is ridded for thr!
The matter will be taken up by. expense of the drive. The Salvation)
the exvutiva committee of the Pa-1 Army will expend 75 per cent of the
trlotlo Hervlce I-ene Rt Um next ex-, money rained In this cninpiitxn In It
ecutive aowlon on Monday, and an work "0er There 'and 25 per cent
nuuncemcnt will be made later as to 'In war work a ihorae.
V VerberiP SoissonsT Praisii ' Eazacourt7S .
I Nartteuill tS v-.r'Vi'-tnion Vcm 1 i
Y J Hauduuirt fl PP t
ard homo in I'lcardy ami thru
dcrs w ithout giving them any
OXK PSITiOV LOST. -
WITH TIIK HltlTISlI IX ULtXCIV
Aus. . The Drttbili were una Me ftt
hold their positlmM In tlir Morlau
(xurt region of tlie Miipillr . nun.
f cvurse the bed of the around tlie foot of wlUih flows) th
stream belongs to the state w here the somme. whk-li i the scene of the.
stream is navigable, cml any citizen i heavier fsghtlngr. The Wurtrmbune
has a right to go upon it. Where it j era there were ordered to hold at mlV
Is not navigable, the bed of the stream costa. rtirthcr south tho Krem-n mI
belongs to the riparian owners, and Itrillsh cavalry fc seen everywhere int
any one has no more right to trespass cutting- the retreating nilnmnf
ppon it thnn upon any other private- to oierea and roumUiur up irisoncrs.
ly owned lund. Ily bruises are deHCrorrd. liK-tudlnj(
In looking over Mr. Shoemaker's those at IVronne and Rrlethbrtp.
opinion prolably the only streams in
I matllla county that could be class-
et as navigable are the t'matilla
Walla Wul!a rivers. There is like
wse some room for debate on
ame grounds as to whether Birch, j
McKay and Meacham creeks are not '
also navigable- It seems the courts j
have decided where a stream Is large (
enough for floating of logs or timbers!
for a part of the season it Is nsvlgablel
In the meaning of the law. rtelow are;
a few of the decisions quoted. 1
"Any streams are navigable on the '
waters of which logs or timbers can TOKYO., Au. . Baron Goto, Ia
he floated to market: It Is not neces- Pne foreign minister. Interviewed
sary that they should be navigable t,,a-v tol be United Press that .li
the whole year for that puriHise. and ,kan doe not believe, the forces th tl.
their navigability Is a question of fact s P'n send to 8iberia ars strong;
for the Jury." Folger v. l:obinson. enough to do more than to rendir
3 ir. tr.5; Shaw v. Oswego Iron slight assistance to the Cxecho-Slova ka.
Works. n nr. 377. 4;. Am. Rep. 14. He said that Japan has not changed
"A stream which is not floatable at her position regarding intervention
ill except in times of winter freshets, "but willingly conforms to the Apisr
which occur only three or four times lean desire for the small fore wuu
a year and Inst rnlv a few ho:irs at a restricted activities." lis said tho
time, ht-1,1 not to be N.int.ible." Cxccho-Slovaks are not as strong a
In I matllla county Mr. Tonkin has popularly supposed,
hail .i number of rases where fisher- i,,un mr,. ..a k.. k.
hiiv claimed the right to enter i.rn,,.u ... t.
fih. while he Dn.t w.n .. ...... - ,
been bid to stay out of .he limits lhe alled n. have ,,. ai..n,,,.h.
ed. W'e will make every effort to re-
iSiSAYS SIBERIA FORCE
SMALL BUT FOLLOWS
AMERICA'S DESIRE
men
n a farmer's bind
has
f the pbice a trepntyer.
ENEMY SUFFERING
i TERRIBLE LOSSES
ecniy
Just when t iva Germans thotmht
they could rest awhile up north, thone
rritih and French ttarted them tow
Klan-
time off
down on the Vesle, The map vhuwa jthi aftcrnoua.
i t he ad v nee of the last erk In the
! southeast and the penetration on tbe
new Picardy-Flandvra front reported
I'Mlls. Ana:. .
urfi'rrl HTribh b .
The 27th. limth ami
dMr4ns an aiiMnr ttic hartb.
The 117th ill.tWion mlihti arrltctl on et
tlie luittbrH Id I be ittiiht hrhrf the at f'-r.-.
.tack H ifrMiHkwIly dcHtr) cl. ,hlch
assure the KuMian people. In all
proltahility the leader of the expedition
will be Japanese."
fioto said "the world knows Anirr
lea's pure mom es. It may t sure
that Japan will c.operte It h the
same disinterestedness. I do not know
how lonx the expetiition wtl rt-ninin
to Siteria I am not a mflltarj man,
but certainly iha cooteratton of J
has pan with the t'ntted Wat will
strennthen the unity of the two eonn
l:trd (Miman triM In the tarowctttton of the war.
hit. It has not bren definitely dwul'l
who will lead the entire aMie-f
This i an Important nuifr
must be aeftled."