East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 21, 1918, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- DAILY EVENING EDITION Number Duplies printed of yesterday'! Dally Edition. , ' t 2,802 v ' - Thl paper U member or and Molted by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. DAILY EYEKCiB EDITION WEATHKIl IX) RECAST. Tonight fair, Thunday Inlr anil warmer- : COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUS. VOL. 30 ..J18. NO. 9518 IlilTISH ROUT HUNS I NORTH WITH QUICK SMASH BETWEEN ALBERT AND AMI -OF 3pj3 V. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FRENCH ADVANCE 6 MILES LAUNCHING SIMULTANEOUS ' ATTACKS; Progress Continues Along Whole Oise Aisne Front; Villages Taken, Forest Outflanked, Armies Near Noyon. in LONDON, Aug. 21. (Re eicved 2 o'clock) General Mangin's right wing has gained an additional three miles in the Oise valley pene trating to within a mile and a half of Noyon. His right near boissons has advanced slightly. (John De Gandt) PARIS. Aug. 21. The French outflanking Ours champs forest have reached a point near Pontoise, less than four miles southeast of Noyon. Noyon is now threatened more from the southeast than from the southwest. Pressure is now methodically exerted tow ards Lassigny and Noyon. General Mangin's army has advanced more tlan six miles passing Camelin and Blerancourt. PAHIK, Aim. 21. The communique today aald the French continued their progress on the whole front between the OiMe and Aline rivers hint night, rapturing Cum and Carlepont. The Germans are not counter-attacking1. XFAV LINK rTAlH,lSlli:. 1X.MXV. Awr. 21. Tim French line between tlic oise ami Alsncs rivers 1 1 now runs iIiuh; .From Kenuiliniy. held by iermann (a mile and a half dlrwt. ly south of Noyon) thrmiirli l'nlntolsc, lM mntprrlc. v.uinllii and Itlcran court, all held ly the Freneli: throuuh Mauliln, lield by thei (icriiianH, null Ihrouiili iJiltonr fiirnl. Laval and Courtril, all held by the French. FREEDOM'S HONOR ROLL All of li are Inlkltur about de. mocraoy. Tlie soldier whose names are printed In thl casual!) lint have Mifrorcd or dlel for It. We ennnl all take the stinio risk or undcrgti thn wmo surfcrliurs, Imt wo can help to keep iho IlKht burning- at homo an tlM-y are doing abroad. What did we do at home to make) the. world safe for tlenioc racy? Were wo proflu-erM or ni triulcers or iwilriots? These will lie Iho quiwtlona tho Ihs wlm re turn will havo a rlKlit to ask ns. llow sliall wo answer tlicm? TODAY'S 'AsrAI.TIl:s. Killed In action Arthur C. Still (Marine Corps!. Tacoma. Wash. Wounded severely Georie I-ee-right. Hurley. Idaho. Wounded tdegree undetermined) Karl V. Osborne, Harrnh, Wash. Total casualties reported this aft ernoon, 161- Including killed In no tion 24, died of disease 2. wounded severely 47, wounded undetermined l!i, died of wound 9, missing In ac tlon 4. UMATILLA COUNTY FARMERS FAVOR MAKING EMPLOYMENT AGENCY PERMANENT OFFICE letters have been received in Pen- rHrtnn fiom tho had. officers of the1 I'nited States employment bureau, j ii m Mn ir Inquiries of lhe advisability of making the Pundleton iffbe a per- manent one and asking about the work that has been done by the office since being opened here. j Inuulrv made among the hirite far- mers who have patroniited the agency has received the answer in every In-; etance of the hUhest praise of the good work of the office during the t-arVMi and the efficient manner In w h k'h It has bee n admin 1st e red ny Norborne Berkeley, the local ent. Asked as to his .opinion of the of fice being made permanent, W. A Htorle, a prominent rmatllU county rnncher. stated he found the employ ment office a great convenience; ne had hired number of men throuRhUhat 3fi4 It and Is heartily In favor of tne of fice being made permanent. Marlon Jack, aked his view of lhlfor the.ierv.ee. COUNTERS CEASE SUB VICTIMS REPLACED BY E Spjiin Informs Germany Sinkings Call for Tempor ary use Interned Vessels. DIPLOMATIC RELATION BREAK IS DENIED Decision Made in Agree ment With Obligation and Loyal Neutrality. MADUID. Aug. SI. The Ministry of the Interior today announced that pafn sent a note to Germany de claring" thut utn will temporarily replace future submurlne sinkings from interned German tonnnsre. Th ministry -denies rumors that Germany had broken diplomatic rela tions with Spain. The ministry stated Its decision Is but the natural, ohliKU- ry defense of our essential interests. We cannot further risk prejudicing our national dignity and life. We feel assured Germany will recognize that our derision agrees with loyal neu trality. The final status of comman. deered vessels will he settled when peace In declared. HEAVY FIRING OFF COAST SUGGESTS A U-BOAT SCRAP AS ATLANTIC PfiKT. A'lg. 21 Reports of heavy firing K" miles off the Atlautitc coast, which may Indi cate n battle between a steamer ano a submarine were brought here by captains of several fishing vessels. Captain perry of the schooner Good speed reported seeing a l.-g.stcamcr firing at an object early yesterday The steamer was running swiftly. He plainly saw the flash of the guns: U.S. RED CROSS UNITS ARRIVE VLADIVOSTOK IjON'DON. A up. 21. American Red Orons units have arrived at Vladivos tok from Toklo. hrlnptin 70.000 pcundn cf hosM'itul uiplies and pro visions. agency here, said he thoiiKht by all menus it should be made permanent He R-rnn il man of his me:i by th help of Mr. It rkeli y and said. rtn not see how (he farmers o.iid have managed their harvest this year but Tor the assistance of the government employment nuency." Jiulire J. V. Maloney also tx pressed himself as being In favor of the office b, Pendleton lielng made permanent His entire crop htm been harvested land delivered to the' warehouse and when he wnntcd a nmn durir harvest i a!) t hat was neeiteri was to cull on ithe government office and a man was secured nt ence. The I'. employment ii3'Prv was opened In 1 Vnd Mmi Jul fend Mr. Ferkelcy's report, msde to I he head office on the first or aurum. snow en men hsd been placed with ' farmers. No charge Is mrtde to the n.an getting the Job or the t-mploer HUN TONNAG WHERE HAIG HIT HUNS 1 V W TV 07 The now I "rmwo-ItrltMi drive was (KIk -I) to t'i it a .tniMii drive planning to aim at iHmllcns and I Tench and trUl-h anni. The ul- man aitnek on Vprcs (I "is:. i. EXCESS PROFITS AND INCOME TO BE TAXED TO BILLION DOLLARS Every Terson in Country May Make Report on Amount Given. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. A new revenue bill will authorise a billion dollar drive on Income and excess profit tax slackers to prevent future ! tax dodging, and Secretary McAdoo j has aked ConKress for authority to ! i'nrce every person in the country to make income lax returns. Internal Unvenue Collector Roper, addressing the House ways and means commit tee today, revealed these two moves. Roper asKiircd tho committee If he N uiven flfl.ooo.ooo to hire a force of account nuts he could cnllocf tht. i hlllion dollar sunt he estimates the government has been cheated out f in two years. The committee author ised appropriations immediately after Roper's statement. Roper paid coat etnipanies are among the principal tax dodgers. Farmers are also under suspicion because only 1 4.000 sub mitted tax reports last year. CAPTIVE TRAWLER NOW RAIDING AS HUN MAN OF WAR CANAPIAX 1'iMtT, Auu. 21. Th pteum trawler Triumph seized by a Hiihnmrtm and now Hrniod with un and mamii-d by a Orrman crew of lfi is ruitliiiK fishinrf vessria in the north Ailjintlc, jmrvivnrs arriving (oday de rlareil. Throe srhoiincra h;ive already been de(rovd by bom Its. The crcw reached shore. BULLETINS AIETII l.i:lIA IN; IN .MOl'NTAlNS. KO.MK Aiu;. SI. toiividernhle r- ; ttller!ll on the ulwtle lliOiiutiUli i lruit In nNrttHl hy the Itnilun wnr ! fiv Fv i;i oi;i isi: At lli:i. MAV VHiK. Aiur. 21. I'nitnl SIhK-h l.lliertv llnU at :t T eeut tiHluy reMrhtHl etiihlL.hliiu a new hluh mnrk. ' STi:Mi:iES lH.l.llre-Xi; , V,MIIt.TtV, g. 21. Oik comI pasor was kwt w)Mti the esmtlMru P"ifb stiniiiNh( Indotiw was hank i in n ontiwMm witn ntotucr summer off t'al llattera Momlav. the av 1 lvinmcitt ainiouiHvd Unlay. MCAUK V PARIS IniiiirlKil in the vicinity of Montdidior which Prhu-e itnpprtH'lit lind beoD Ainiens (I "its. 2 and It) to divide the lijfd offensive aiso foretalN a ; E OF MOVIE STARS DRAFTED BY U.S. TAX AUDITORS WASHINGTON, Auff. 21. Only two percent of tho nation's saloon keep ers made returns. Movie stars an actors wilj be asked to verify press UKent reports of huee salaries. Itoper paid' It is planned to organize 20 au diting units of expert accountants, each unit to handle all companies of a Riven type. Ho said the plan to make everyone nive returns applies to revenue on the same principle as is applied to the draft. Thousands, just on the income border line, are es- caping because tho department now has no way of checking them. I. S. I1.KKT IS UIVKX I'UAISK 11V .MO K II WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The State Fei'artniont hay murie public letters exc - hunKed between l'reshlent Wllsot- J and Lord Heading, the British nniba sadnr, relating to the vw-'it of Kins j Oeore to the American battleship! toree operating with the ilritish prund . fleet. The kin ordered Reading to i express to the President admiration ' of the hluh efficiency and general smartness of the "remarkable battle- i ship force." Jn reply the l'hesident I asked Heading to express to tile kina Liu person hi appreciation of the mes sage. Heading, who recently arrived j In London. to,.k the president's mes-U-age with him. EVERY SHOWER DOES ' DAMAGE iTO UNCUT GRAIN IN THE FIELDS brlncing the wet weather whirh h1 now prevailed for several davs to the point of danger for the wheat farmers of Umatilla county, who jet have un cut grain in their fields. In some parts of the co-jnty the harvest is practically over, but in these parts mere is .-till more or ls sacked wheal in the fields, and with rains cont brim nightly, as has been the caM'. thesi- will also sutfer more or hv- damage. While more than a million bushiel. of the 1M cr.p has Ihhmi med out of the county there is probably almost as much umhrehrd grain still In the fields no prelected from rain, count ing the uncut Bruin and that stacked for throhinc It Is nt thought the damage bas been great to grain out in the weather vet, but everv shower that fali on this ;incnt Kr;lin causes the wheal to de- terloite to some extent and the rain rmtlnuing have caused hom of the r Id-timers to recall t be tti:ie w hen t inatilla county unered tne ioss .i :a Isrce pn'portioi of the crop, owing Jto Ausubt ruins. SEVEN TOWNS THROUGH HOVERING 32 COMPLETE Accomplishment of Remark able Task Shows World Scouring by Fleet Cor poration. 4,000,000 PROJECT CALLS FOR SHIPS March Declares Shortening of Line by 50 Miles Significant. - WASHINGTON. Aue. 51. General Slarch today announced that 32 com pleted divisions are now in France. He said that to accomplish this re markable task it was necessary to scour the world for ships, while to maintain the present progress and achieve the projected 4.000.000 mark would require the gathering of still more shipping. General March said the emergency fleet corporation is doing splendidly to catch up. "but the hiring and bar tering of other ships is necessary to meet the increased effort." General March said it was signifi cant that allied blows between Rheims and the sea have shortened the from by 50 miles. 25 MILE RAGE ON PARIS WAS PLAN PARIS, Auk. 21. The Clermans an- parently when they started their last offensive were prepared to hesieKe I'aris from a 25-mlle range, rays the I'etit Parisian. A number of 60-foot Runs firing shells wciKhins three-quarters of a ton were ready on railroad trucks to follow- the advancing armies VIII.I(; t'OMPAMKS 'S AI5K XSt)I.IIATI".l VI (TOR ca pital A. I!, r-. Aii5- 21. Wth tf $2 2r0. ooii the Consoli dated Whaling t'onipan'. limited, has been formed, with the principal whal ing companies of the Pacific coast under its nianaeement. according to announcement made here. This ac- U.S. DIVISIONS ARE IN FRANCE tlon completes a deal started las made." fpring when the Victoria Whaling The attack was made at 1 : 1.1 o'clock. t;nmpunv bought the North Pncltu ; XK.IIT til'KIt ATK S Slft'KK.I .'ea Products Company .f Seattle. The '. Yesterday afternoon strong hcvslile other c.mcern in the combine Is the attacks accomiuuilcd by lM-avy homh American I'aeir'ur Whnling company arilineiils wer- made against our new of Hay City, Wash. positions south and north or the ! m. ScarM-. wlM-re tln-y w-i-e completely SEPARATE CLASS FOR YOUTHS CONSIDERED WASHIN'GTOX. Aug. 51. The Hon.- military loiimiict'e t.ulay ur Ht"I the lit'W niiin-jinwor hill re I urted. rarr ititj an aiueiulment sea r;:tely classif luu men f 1 ami li. not 10 be called until the elJer men are taken. The amendment was t I tiseii hy the War Hepnrtmrnt. The Hnuse ways nntl meHi.s c.un mittee tentathely adopted an sa fer cnt war jro:'its tax an. I new exces. mfits taxes colnpletins the revenue bill. IEAII UHillT OP W Y MAY Iti: Ki:t')Mli:MKI HAl.KM. r,. Aug. 21. Attorno General I'rown hoi. Is. In an opinion to the Puldic Service tommision. that right of way for a htghwas crossing oer a railroad track mul rUhi of wa may ie obtained by cont.emnation proceedings, if nece-ary. Tne sttttr m y for the railroad raised t!ie point trrat the proporty could not be con demned because it ahtadv had been ; -roprlsted to public liinltT the lower of eminent tboua in. Hut th attorney general points out that It ivhv he condemned also for another pu blic use so long as t he second Is not incmiMent with the first. FALL BEFORE SUN BURSTS -1UFLAGE CURTAIN OF MIST OVER INFANTRY, General Byng's Army Strikes on 10 Mile Front After Single Artillery Crash at Dawn. ALLIE D WITH THE ARMIES IN FRANCE Aug. 21. A double allied drive is underway in Picar dy. The British , opened s new attack op the wide front of the Ancre river today, The French are still smash ing forward between the Uise and Aisne, increasing their menace to the Ger mans from Noyon to Sois- sons. Simultaneously, other r rench troops are attacking from the Oise northward to Roye. The British continue to advance, perforating ene my lines, seemingly at will and advancing at other points, the Boches retire vol untarily. Haig's men are also showing unusual activi ty in the Arras sector as tride the Scarpa. Haigs new attack may have Ba pume as . its ...objective, . 11 miles northeast of Albert. To reach Bapume would re quire an advance of she miles. (lOWELI. MEI.LET) WITH T1IK ItlSlTISH IX FKAXCK. Aii. 21. tieiicral Mvng's army struck tho Germans on a lo mile front be tween Arras and Allien shortly bc roro 5 o'clock this morniiijr during a heavy fot. By 9 o'clock the llrilish had caHilrcl llnycmivillcr, Coiu-relles, Ituequoy. AhlainwvHIc, Aehiet-lo Ietlt anil UeaiutMirt-siir-Ancre. The attack which tho tJetnians expected last nirk 4urst upon them through a eumouflaee or mist lying thick over raeircd, worn liattlefield, elincillg to the kfouikI, while tanks, cavalry and ; inrantry inisln-d over and around j trenches and new entaslenients. The British made c""d proeress before the sun suddenly broke through at t. Tlie ! itoche were eleanxl from most of the jMlnls on this skle of hltli cmlaiik- n touts or he Arras-Alhcrt railway. A 'sinale artillery c-rush riK-celcd the advance. ! I'KfXiHF.SS SATISPACTtHSY" IIAKi. I,1M()X. Aug. 21. ;eneral Ilaig aiinouiHl that the llrilish attack on a wide front north or the Anere thts morning. "Satisfactory rigross has lHen reuUel. We lnirtved mir Mitlin sltehily In Fum'KMix iM-tKhlmrlMMid. tnkhnr a few iipImhuts. "lit1 arinm-etl our line last night between I'eMulx rt anil tile Lane river. We hold 1e Tourvt. l-iirly this niorulHir the Kiiulish carried nut a Mn-ceWul hieal iera lion in the l.iM-re sector tin over a mile rrout. All objectives were taken and prisoners were -aHiireiL Attack Conditions Ideal. i WITH TH K ItKITISH IN FISAXCG, LOCAL MAN HAS SURPRISE FOR CHAMPION; SHOWS GET BIGPLAY 4 lear v eather hist eventns and h:rge crowds made the second night ; the Hernardl carnival quite a sue . cess. j Special interest whs shown In the w reeling matches )etween Kay Mc t'arroll. the local man. and Sampson, who is w ith t he carnival company ami iued a defi to all coi.iers. In his first match Sampson threw hi man e:isd, a fellow named Saylor W ith Mct'arroll he found it a much d liferent proposition. In this Samp son cntiacted to throw the Ileal man in ten minutes. At the end of the ten iiiinuits he had not made a start to ward filling his contract. The result wa that Mct'arroll then a reed to throw Sampson in 1 minutes and this was m real live match, with McOarroll CAVALRY, TANKS 21' Conditiona 'or tne attack equalled the tog. Tank crews saw as far as necessary while the tanks them selves were hidden from the German until it was too late to make effective resistance. Two hundred prisoners were taken by 7 o'clock and some ma chine guns also. Bis guns have been concealed In readiness for several days. They let loose and after five o'clock the troops swung into action. By :10 parts of the old line were passed. Moyonvllle, where resistance was weak was cap tured at 6:50. Prisoners there said they had expected the British for the past week. British- casualties are slight. EIRST OFFICIAL WORD FROM VLADIVOSTOK ANNOUNCES SUCCESS Tokyo Hears of Defeat of hnemy Troops, Includ ing Austro-Germans. TOKIO. .ug. :j.rEnemr detach- menta assaulting- Ueneral Katmulcov hand were repulsed aucceasfully said the first official communlquo front Vladivostok today. -- . The enemy has about 8.000 troop rea Uspemm and Simoncove. on our right wing; and In installing machin suns on rafts In the L'suri river. North Manchurians welcome Jap anese troops. In the Lake 'Baikal Region ther r are about 18,000 enemy, including 1 10.000 Auntro-Germana. The enemy' ' strength alonj? the Amur river la eati mated at 7,000, Including C.500 Auap- ' tro-Germans, former prisoners of war. AMBASSADOR SAYS ; AMERICAN SPEED SURPASSES HOPE LONDON. Aug. 21. 'The Ameri can entry Into the war removed all doubts and fears regarding certain, victory for the allies, but we never . imagined America could take such m splendid purt so quickly. Raid Am- bassador Lord Heading today, ad , dressing the Luncheon Club. Herman Sent to 11-4 son. . . , SEATTLE. Wash. Aug. 11. For leaving the jurlwdlctton of the court without ltermlssion while one on ban trending his appeal Kmil Herman if Everett, secretary of the state So clulist party, was eterday commit ted to the State Penitentiary to be Kin his sentence of 10 years fur vio lation of the espionage act. Children I Me In tire. MADRAS. r.. Aug. -II. Two chll- dren were burned to death and in. J other suffered erlou Injuria, w hen ithe home of Mr. and Mr. F. M. Mor- ri. located a few niilen from this city, )s destroy ed hy fire lute Monday ' nlKhl- Mr. Morris wan away from home at the time of the fire and the four children, two boys and two lrl. were slceplnir in the house, while the father occupied a tent nearby. , Mrs. It. Raymond and aim und Mr-. i;. K. Ileece und children left today for Portland for a visit with friends. the ag-rrensor all the time and S.mip on comtHflled to extend hliiis-lf to the limit to save himself frmu a full. The big crowd In the tent cheered the men to the limit- Both men trt now on their metal and a re;l Inlet -eating go letwen them Is luokcd for this evening. The I inatllla fount v tlnsrd bu t are looking alter all the finances snd with the iucresaed pal ronagtf of ! night are Rrestlv eneouri-d t hat th-y will realize a nice sum from the week to t used In mitij t'-r uni form Ker thin wa work in m l' t e lug and. In the htnguuxe tf the show, all were getting a lug ly The Whip, Honolulu show and California Vmm ret seemed to be strong favorite. i tS II . i!