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VOL. 30
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUf g t, 9g ABER 17, 1918.
NO. 9538
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER . .-PtOX " i " ' ' COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
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PRESIDENT L
PUT FINIS n
TO PEACE p
PROPOSAL H
Reply Perhaps Without Pre
cedent in History; U. S.
Position Already Plain.
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PUBLIC HALF HOUR
. AFTER NOTE ARRIVED
President's Answer to Go to
. Swiss Minister in
Brief Form.
WASHINGTON', Sept. 17. Presi
dent Wilson last night rejocted the
Austro-Hungarlan government's pro
posal for a peace parley.
His reply la perhaps without a pre
cedent In history. It was made public
within half an hour after the Swedish
minister delivered the official text of
the note to the state department. The
President's statement from Secretary
of State Lansing and read as follows:
"I am authorised by the President
to state that the following will be the
reply of this government to the Aus-tro-Hungarlan
note proposing an un
official conference of belligerents:
'The government of, the I'nlted
Plates feels that there is only one re
ply which it can make to the sugges
tion of the imperial AuiSkro-Hunirarlan
government. It has repeated and
with entire candor stated the terms
upon which the United States will
pnnalilni1 nto nnff mn ftnrt will eft.
tertaln no proposal for a conference
upon matter concerning which I1
has made Its position and purpose so
plain."
Today the message, save for diplo
matic embellishments, is to go to the
Rwedlsh minister In exactly the same
terms for transmission to Austria.
Chronologically, the answer con
stituted the fastest chapter In this
country's war history and there is a
reason for this. It Is that the United
States. In common with its allies, saw
through the hypocrisy of the Austrian
note and the thin veneer that hardly
hid Cermany's hand in the proposal,
and therefore wished to dlxpose of It
as rapidly as possible.
NEW YORK EDITOR
WIFE BUT
Walks Into Police Station
Because Paper Says He
is Wanted.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 7.--Admlttlng
killing, his wife but declaring he had
no recollection of the deed, according
to the police, Charles K. Chapln. city
editor of the New York Kvenlng
World, walked Into the police station
today and gave himself up. He de
clared all memory of the crime had
passed rrom him until he purchased
a morning paper and read that the
police were searching for him. ' Mrs.
Chapln was found in her room with
a bullet In her head yesterday.
Twenty-Three More
Ushers Are Needed
At Round-JUp Park
The nound-Up directors are
short Just 23 ushers, and wish
to appeal to Pendleton high
school boys to fill the vacancy w
before Thursday, the opening
day. With the present number
larking It won't be possible to ad.
equately handle the crowd.
Anyone who wishes to apply
should see (leorge Boer or call
81.
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SENATE MILITARY
COMMITTEE FAVORS
ONE-MAN CONTROL
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Act In
In direct opposition to the -wishes of
the administration the senate military
committee today reported favorably on I
the hilf orovidlna for one-man control ,
of the airplane Industry. The hill was
Introduced by Henator New and pro
vidon for a new cabinet officer known
ih the secretary of aeronautics.
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1. K. MAHIXKS IKJIIT HAXIHTS
VAy iiN-TO, HriH. 1 T. rlidttfl
Im wvtfn the I'tiltcd States Marine and
lmniiiitcan tmintlift oodirred Krptetn-
. t and There were no marl lie
r4iniUw. A hcotc of bandits are re-
porrtett killed.,
"cSlOT
THE HWOCNauRS LINK
St. Quentln, bulwark of the Hlnden-
yond. Including the Olse canal. '
HAIG'S MEN
GO TOWARD
ST. QUENTIN
Positions Improved in Flan
ders and North of
Lens.
IX'IM, Sop.. 17. Further pro
Inward St. Quentln In report
etl tijf IJulg thin lmirnlnjC' Tlu liritlhh
I uive aim Improved tliWr positions In
Klandem and north of Ipim,
Morale Kfiikinj?
WITH THE BRITISH. AHMIKS IN
FRAXCB, Sept. 17. The American
victory wiping out the St. Sflhlfrl nal
lent huH greatly depressed the German
Hohllera in thin region. A German tinder-officer
captured In the St. Quen
tln Hector, said today the news of
American succesHea is withheld from
troops but the Information was ob
tained through under-ground chan
nels aad that It has serlounly affected
tho morale of the men.
ERNEST CROCKETT IS
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ffirmer i
Ernest Crockett, popular
'Pendleton high school student, serv
ing with the Canadian troops in
France, has been wounded In action.
He fs tinted In the Canadian casualties
reported September 16, but beyond
tho mention there, no further newsj
has been received in Pendleton. j
Young Crockett was a very active I
and popular student while here and ;
great hopes are held that he Is not!
badly hurt. Three years ago he was
employed on the KaM orqgoman news J
staff during the ltoiind-lp. He en-1
listed In the Canadian army because!
he had ben rejected by the American
army on physical grounds, ho being
small In size. I
MIOOT M'STUIWS WHO
IKSKKT, GKItMAX ORPEU
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OM
TH E LOKHAIXB FRONT, Sept. 1 7.
An Austrian taken prisoner on the!
western .front saya the morale of the
Austrian army now Is so bad that
German troops habitually are placed
behind them with orders to shoot any
man who endeavors to desert. I
ALL WOMEN ENTITLED TO USE
SERVICE FLAGS ARE ASKED
TO BE IN PARADE SATURDAY
Kvery mother who has a son In the f
service, every wife who has a hus j
band In the uniform of his mountry.
every sister whose brother Is bear-;
Ing arms against the beast of Rerlln. j
and every daughter whose father haSj
enlisted In the right "for nnerty ana
humanity In expected to participate
In the Mother s Section of tho Weal
ward Ho parade on Saturday.
This part of the Hound-l'p pageant
is specially requested by the govern-
! went. AH over the nattrm on that
way mother. wives, sisters ann
'daughters of the boys who are In the
service ore asked to march. It Is a
J feature Intended to arouse Interest
and enthusiasm in the purchase of
Liberty Itnnds by calling attention to
the sacrifice made by the men who
have gona and by their fa mil lea.
BEYOND THE HINDENBURG LINE
burg line,
Is being encompassed by
VIGNEULLES BY DA Y LIGHT
ORDER WHICH FINISHED
UP ST. MIHIEL SALIENT
TSY FKED FERGUSON.
d'nited Press staff Corerspondent.)
ON THE METZ FRONT, Sept. 17.
'Get to Vfgneulles by daylight."
This order from .-the . major general!.
of an already famous American dl-1
vlxlon to one of hi brigadiers forms
the basis for one of the most dramat-fa
lc and thrilling stories of American
participation in the war. it la the
only story of the final step toward
wiping out the St. Mihiel salient. Un
der the order the men, led by an In
fantry colonel and signal corps colon
el personally representing the general,
marched and fought through Bois De
I-a Montagne all night long In pitchy
darkness anf pouring rain. The two
colonels. Captain Oberlan and a
chauffeur reached Vigneulles at 2:30
OPENING DAY IS
PENDIETON DAY
Again do Round-XTp directors
specially urge Pendleton people
to turn out Thursday and make
the opening day Pendleton Day.
A special request Is being made
of business men to close their
places during Hound-Cp hours.
Pendleton people should take
a patriotic pride In turning out
the first day for the help It will
lIve the Red Cross fund.
CHAMPION RIDER
DONS SAILOR CAP
FOR A SOMBRERO
Uncle Sam's uniform will have Its
place In the Round-I'p -arena this
year. Yakima Canutt a winner of
last year, is here from Bremerton In
navy uniform. He says that while the
nailor cap seems small compared with
a sombrero, he wouldn't exchange
with anyone.
Ben imks, Tom Grimes and Tom
Douglas are some of the other
Round-t'p stars who have arrived
from army camps and who are In
uniform.
Mrs. James Thompson has been ap
pointed by the Women's DIvKlon of
the Patriotic Service Ieague to sop
perlntend this parade and she has al
ready received notice from A host ot
women that they will participate In
the march- The invitation Is general
to all w'nme.n entitled to fly a service
flag and they are asked, wherever
j possible, to bring their service flnH1
'with them. The mother whose s. to
! Triad mndn ihn iniirun' n rri f rs m-4T'. 4
have the honor position In tho parapMp to different conimunlf ies. Thv. 1
'and those with more than one boy iicbeduie is ia-ed on populaimn. brink (
'uniform will also be honored. Al- ''ftmrcis ami nsfsd valuation. The;
ready one mother with five sons In plan . of apportionment was adopted the eisht ytats of the wesrern dr
the service has reported. I by unanimous approval of all the rep-! part nient of the Cnited Staffs army.
The government not only remieMs ' reeentatives present. ! must raise r. per 'cent of the totai am
but urges that every woman who has i
given one of her family to the service
Join In this demonstration. -
the British and French. This map
Friday morning and surprised the
Germans ro completely that a quar
tette alone captured a number of pris
oners. Entering a house they found
, the entire machine-run crew tleeDing.
Trophk Im(U.ttt CKfk-fcm. -
Trophies captured In the clean-ttD
Inrlnrled motor trunk pun oftlRsnnn
train of 24 lleht machln snms. beer'
distilled water and two Merdece au -
tomoblles with the officers- (enclose
ed. A German major, not knowing;
the location of the American lines 1
drove into the hands of the dough- ,
boyg. When Vigneulles was taken.
the top of the salient was closed. Pris
oners say when the barrage was burst
ing about them Thursday their offi
cers told them not to worry as there
would be no attack in such a rain-
storm
WILL GIVE OUTFIT
TO HELP RED CROSS
Charley Irwin, famous as a director j
of frontier shows wants no profit from i
his contribution to the ninth Kotind j
l'p. ltecause the profits are to go to i
the Ited Cross, he will accept noth
ing for 4he use of his stock. j
This morning Director Collins re-;
reived from the veteran Wyoming 1
showman a telegram seating that he 1
;ls shipping a car containing seven. The campft!irn for the Fourth Lib
i head of burking horsea, a bucking f y ,(,an WQR op(.ned in the ,tale yea.
ouii ami omer moi-iv .or u in man-
mg tne uounu-i p success, ana ne
s,.t.cuu-s imu iue uuu.m-i p is iu pay ,
him not a cent. j
"Pay the freicht and give the boys
in charge a little for their tr uible and J
lt it go at that,' he says.
Irwin's stuff is on the way now
and Is expected to arrive tomorrow. I
Proncho Hot
Hall nnil D.ivp White, i
two of last year's winners,
r.re
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here.
COUNTY QUOTA ONLY $34,200
IN NOVEMBER WAR WORK DRIVE;
CAMPAIGN EFFICIENCY PRAISED
t'motilla countys quoa will be $.M.
2na In the united war work campaign
which starts November 11. This is
the In format I n brought from .rt
land by M. fl. t'hessman. secretary of
the 1'ntriot ic Service I-eagu. on his
return home t (.is morning from at
tending a conference of war workers
there yesterday- This Is less than
county's quota of $37.ftrt In the Ited
Crosi d rive last M a y. and much less
than lrftKue managers thought would
be asked of the county, as in the com.
in drive ft I" proposed to raise $l?n,
&on .ortti. while the Hed "ross drive
was for but HH..nno Ofln.
env s-lilule for Quota.
John K. KoM.K-k. state secretary for
e drive, has adopted a new schedule
tor hi portico In e uuotas. that it Is
hMiaril -Mill 1 mnre tir nrirt ftiiilf
Ibirlng the
course of the conference
' fmatllla county was f
'mented upon the able
highly compll-
manner In
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shows the country which lies just be-
812 EXECUTED
IN PETROGRAD,
400 WAITING
Ten Thousand Officers Re
ported Imprisoned at
Russ Capital.
t WPt.aiui.wt.- 17. Mthln
,ne last few da-vs 512 Persons have
, been executed in Petrosrad. Four
hundred others are awaiting trial. Ten
itnnusand officer are said to be
I prisoned at the Russian capital.
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LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
IN COUNTY TO OPEN
AFTER THE ROUND-UP
'Prompt Response Will Put
Umatilla Over the lop
in Time.
The assumption Is that Vmatilla
i county's quota In the Liberty Loan
' campaign will be $2,100,000 This as-
sii.mption is based on the loan being
f"" $.00.00.ooo. but no official an
nouncement nas been mane irora
Washington that this will be the am
omit of the loan and until it Is there
cn lie no definite figure placed for
the county's quota. As a consequence
tho work of completing the rating of
individuals for the loan has been held
nn
u.rdfty nmJ ,mlay w, open port.
lamt rmati,ia county will probably
be (he ,flpt county !n tne state lo ptart
Us campjliSrn ns ntlle oan be done
here until after the Hound-l'p.
For this reason it will be necessary
for Individuals to be prompt in re-
spomiing. in order that proper show
I"ff ran be made for Honor Week.
The close of Honor eek will see
i mniiiia county over
the top if a
i united effort Is made by
individuals
be prompt in doing their duty.
' which wa r drives had been handled,
and held up as an example of effi
ciency for other counties to follow.
Mr. Chessman was the official rep
resentative of I'matflla county, but
tther present from here were" C- P.
I-onergan. Clarence Hishop, FYank
l"owney of Pendleton, and Hugh Bell,
Hell.
To the mi ota of 1'matilla county
will le added llrtt.o representing th
amounts pledged from the county for
lilJi war work funds to te raised dtir
iug the fall-
Won lut ltal-e rer Cent.
The united war work campaign ex j
pects to conduct a drive for $17rt.snV-
In thU ram paten are he Y. M. !
c. A.. Y. W. C. A.. .National Catholic 'a
War Work Qounell. the Salvation Ar-
mv. American Libra rv associat ion,
Wr Camp Common it v service and
the .lenWh Welfare btard.
The western department, mclud ing
"iint. or .; i t o. Oregon's quota
Is y per cent of the WMt-M depart-
nient s allotment, or $T.?.'1.
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BULGARIAN FRONT
PIERCEDUFIVE MILES
00
CAPTIVES
OFFENSIVE CONTINUES IN
COMPLETE SUCCESS; VIL
LAGES, RIDGES FALL.
1
TO
FILL FOE LOSS
Gradual Progress of Ameri-
an Line Continues, Ger
mans Fall Toward Metz.
5000 WOMEN BEING
ORGANIZED FOR WORK
Boys 15 Years Old Being
Used; Enemy Digging in
Along Front.
BY FRED FERGUSON.
H,"nlM- iss- taff'-e?oiWJ.
AT THE METZ FRONT, Sept. 17.
(2 p. ni..) Gradual progress of the
American line at the right and left
extremities continues as the Germans
fall back toward the Mets defenses.
Aerial activity Is somewhat reduc.
ed as a result of unfavorable weather.
It is established that the Germans.
have already disbanded a hundred
lighs infantry battalions, equivalent I
to 12 divisions to make up losses;
resulting from this year's fighting. i
Five thousand women ar being j
mobilized for certain auxiliary serv
ice. Boys 5 years old am veins used.
The principal advance is being
made between the Mad and Roseele
rivers. ' - I
"Germans are busy digging In along j
the Hindt nburg line, while the Am- ;
erlcan positions are being steadily
straightened. i
DEPITY TISOrn.XT KIIXEO IX
it a in.
PARIS. Sept. 17. Deputy Antoine i
Trmthat was killed duriiifr the Sunday j
night alrfHanc raid. One ;olha itane J
was shot down outside I'arls and three
aviators killed.
00 BATTALIONS
DISBANDED
HORSESHOE STILL WITH
JOE DESPAIN IN BIG PUSH
Under date of August 15, and on!
paper taken from a German, Joe De- i
pain writes of his experiences in the.
big push tilling of the fighting
hrmiKh which his company has just
passed. His luck is still with him and
he comes out without
wound. The
etter fallows:
Somewhere in Prance,
August 15, 191S-
ear brother:
Will try and write you a real letter
his time instead of a note. We are
resting now after taking part in the
ig push and we are sure thankful for
oiue hot meals and a chance to sleep;
a"Hl" i
Mir camp neie is on some or n
mound we gained back from Frltx and
nit hough he shells here some It is
luiet compared to what we have just
been through. I sure had a horse
shoe around my neck for I had a bul
let through. my waterbottle. one
hmnph my gas mask and a lovely
black and blue bruis on my knee
from a piece of shrapnel, all In thesunner who fcappens-d to gee In line
short time of about ten seconds. Wejwith mv sfibtw. Th.it bullet stopped
had an awful scrap In one town with the eun and the next one riot th
Kritse. Keg t ilar old house to house
fighting, but the. god old Canadian
bomb and ba onet method of fight
ing soon won out and what Kritses
could jiet uy beat It "tout suite."
1 haven't seen any papers yet and
don t know Ju.t what we
have done
villages, a
hut
we took a bunch of
ood
lot
m iny thousand prisoners, quite j
of artillery and downs and do,
ens of machine guns. It was worth a
n.illton dol
0 come through ths
1 whole sktn. You
'' god it feels after j
treaches for so long
last week with
can't Imavine h
fighting In the
t-. get right out in the open ami meeting to hear fri-m you again soon 1 am
him man to man. Kuryinn parties with love t all. ur brother
have to ork overtime to rjt-ry the JOR:
iid. I can assure you they ars i
mostly Krtises. I have some souvenirs
-ready to send you as aoon aea I can.
ARE TAKEN
LONDON, Sept. 17. The) PIberlan
offensive continue with complel
success. It Is officially announced.
The Bulgarian front has been pierced
to a depth of more than five miles on
a front over 12 miles. More than 2,
000 prisoners and 34 guns have been
captured. French and Serbian caa
ualtles are small. The remainder of
the village of Gradlsnltzav has been
taken and the important ridges of
Soke), Transvaka. Revovska and Par
azdasta are In allied hands. A Jugo
Slav division has reached Kosiak.
Orck Troops Go Three Miles.
ATHENS. Sept. 17. Greek troop
today advanced three miles on a '17.,
mile front In the Struma aector be
tween the Vardar river and Laka
Doirau. Several villages are burning,
according to a Salonlkl dispatch. The
attack was a complete surprise. The
Greeks only lost 10 men and two of
fleers, while the Bulgarians lost heav
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OAf.iE RUMOR SAYS
THREE CARS 1TAXEH
WIIN jlOO QUARTS
. iiuaru oC- bseae Trons - California
liave been Intercepted In central ,
Oreiron while en route lo Pendle. ,
ton In reported here today thoatrh
official news Is lacking. The val
ue of the boose la placed at be
tween (IO.OOO and S30.000. One)
reiort is that the cam were nalx
bed near Henpncr. Other reporta '
say Condon and Antelope.
FORECAST
Tonight and
tomorrow fair
WcalluT Is .HH Today.
Maximum temperature, 88.
Minimum temperature, 43.
Weather, clear.
Wind, west light.
Rainfall, none.
Ret them away. I irot a lot of aouve-
nlrs but it la very hard to nend any
thing from here so all I am sending1
is a Hlnev cap, some shoulder strap.
buttons, a bayonet tassel and luminous
sights for shooting at night. A good
many of my chums made the supreme
sacrifice and many more were
wounded this trip, but what Is left
are happy and smiling as ever for we
proved again that we can lick him
any time or any place.
l received seven letters and a par-
eel this morning
od I was sure some
picture of dear old
tickled boy, Thi
rrndlcton that Mr. "Daniels sent
was tdmply grand. You can't imagine
how It makes one feel to see pictures
of the old home town and of dear
friends at heme. I believe tf we wers
not fighting for such a great and no
ble cause we could not stand it over
here for long, but as It is w. simple
smile and "carrv on." If you receive
the
rap.
tientr. take a lok at the soft
It belonged to a Mtney machine
finishing touches to the gunner.
rifle is fitted up with telescopic sights
and gee but you can sure do stmt
shootina: with them- f haven't heard
from Char lev ftr some time but eg
pect a letter soon as I l-elteve there
is a bis Kngllsh mall In. The picture
f the babv pur fine and musr
sav h
now.
getting to be finite a hoy
Well, dear broth-r. must rinse foe
this time n supier Is now ready and
n i,m healthv to mis inv h"t
tuea Is. especially when you don't know
hen the next one U coming. Hop
T R This letter la wrfttsa eta
"Hiney" paper that I aot from m
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