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I) f i can Section Two Pages 7 to 10 Section Two Pages 7 to 10 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919. ENGLAND OVERJOYED' AT RESCUE OF HAWKER 1 DAILY MAIL GIVES $25,000 TO TWO FAMILIES GREATEST CROP IN HISTORY ANTICIPATED LONDON PEOPLE HAD GllfENJJPjlt HOPE "I Knew He Would Come Back" Said Wife of Aviator; Dan ish Ship Made Rescue. LONDON', May 26. Uko nowa from beyond Iho gruve cams the re port today thnt (Villain Hurry U. liuwker and Lieutenant Commandor MacKenKio Urlove niid hoen picked uji at eu. by a. Dun lull hl. The glad tldlnKH ikircad thrnueh the city like wildfire and were grant ed with trumendouM demonstration f Jy everywhere. The groutimt dem onstration took uiuce In Iho village of rmrbUun. where ilctwkcr has hU home. Hawker's wife wae overjoyed at the announcomont uf her hunband'e rescue "I knew he would come bark." he wild at her cottage. "I had a tTeoentiment that he wan nut dead all the time. Oh! 1 am the happiest woman In the world. Harry can try to fly acroae the Atlanlio again any time he wants to. I am sure his good luck will continue. All Havc-d, It MuHHujtc. Kpeclal thanksgiving service were held in Kttrblton churcheN lust night. The report of Hawker's rexcue was received at Lloyda In a- wireless mm uiga from the JOanish steamship Wary, rrluyed ly the station at the lliilt Ivewls In the Hebrides. The ship's niesMago reud: "Have saved all hr.nds Hopwith alr ' "Is It Hawker?" The station signalled out the In quiry. "Yes," was the reply from the ship. The Mary left Norfolk on May for Alherg. Ienmark. The admiralty wireless is making on effort to get in communication wild tho captain of the Mary to on- certain the condition of Hawker and (Jrlevo and whero they wore picked up. The hclluf Is that the filers munt havn been picked up somewhere to ward mid-Atlantic, as this would ex plain the deluy in reporting their safety. KiMrlanfl list lloim. ijondun had abHolutoly given up nope for tho safety or the aviators. Tho matter hfid been taken up In parliament and the government had been severely criticized for sending two gallant gentlemen to thelp graves by Its railing to take any measures to secure their safety. Hawker and Grieve started from St. Johns. N. F, on their long-defer, red attempt to -fly acroHS tho Atlantic at 8 o'clock last Sunday evening. Tho Kopwlth plane carried a wire less outfit but steamers believed to have been along the course followed hy the piano reported that they heard no signals although two reported sec ing u llRht overhead which was sup posnd to have been that of tho Hop with plane. l-rizo Went to Widow. Monday afternoon and evening London was stirred by a series of bulletins announcing Hawker's ap proach to the Irish coast and the ad miralty was Induced to ills patch sev eral destroyers to search for the plane which was supposed to have fallen Into the sea off the estuary of the Shannon. When no trace was found up to tho end of the following day it was taken for granted that both men had perlshwd. Accordingly, Ixird Northcliffe. pro. rrlctor of the Iwlly Mall, which hurt offered a prlw of fSu.oufl to the flrxt aviator to make the trans-Atlantic flight, directed that the prize money be divided between tho families of Hawker and Orlove In view of the rescue of tho ovia. j tors, Lord Northcllffe's order for a division of the Dally Mall prize of fso.nno between the fumlllea of Hawker and t.rleve new becomes void, but the Mali announces that a connolatlon prize of 125,000 will be divided betveen tho two men who rnnoo sum a gallant Attempt to ac complish the feat and secure the hon or of the first trans-Atlantic crossing for lirltaln. CENTRAL TEAM WON FROM ADAMS SUNDAY In a in to 5 Sttino at A damn yester day the Central team added another victory to their lint for the Hoaaon. They had previously won from Hteth hut had loHt to tho Indian. last Sun day. A feature of th (tamo yenterda wtw a home run hy Kd ImvIm of tho Adams team. For Adurntt tho players were I'arr, Jo; Htoll, bk; McKenzle, j 3b; O. IJeuallcn, p; It. Lleuallen, c; KrehM. If; ftavln, 2b; It. J. I'arr, cf ; : and liuU Friedo, rf. The Central team, which Ih rc crultcd from younic rancher north of town, had Iho following pkiyent In the cami;: Kelson, lb: Hill Holm Rren, 31; John Htolnifrren, p; Alvln Benedict, p; Hob Mack, p: Harry Stain ir, c; Halph Klder, rf; Jesse. Vaughan, cf; Klmer Heiw, as. Jhman Delnliift oerved as umpire. DRY WEATHER HURT LIGHT LAND WHEAT Northwest Wheat Outlook Bright, Acreage is Heavier. 1'OKTLAN'IJ, May if,. The itreatesl urntn cr.m vr urnurn in the HtHleH of Crop Prospects Excellent in!"re""' washinmon und Idaho i 1 n , it rj i-ressaiied for 1919. uebl I' arming oeC- Kxperts bane their prediction of a tionS. record-breaking yield upon the rcpsent condition of the planting and the fact fry weather, hall, frost and other ,hc 'n thrce Bt"tfc vacarles of nature have not conspired ;ai'romi.-,y ,,,,., t,, w.- llait.'u Hi y.j.t .'.uuu vu:iin 111 iiio, unu j increase of Ji'iS.OOO acres. Keports received from all parts of the J'aclHc Northwest asrree that the 'Gee, It's Lonesome Here" Says Yankee, Invalided Away From Shock Troops sufficiently thus far to cause L'maMMa county's horn of plenty to balance It- j nelf at the apex. Judging from crop l nutlmutAi tit iorci I I'fii I n 1 fu 1 .ra Tlio . wail and the cry of the fc- has been lW tor wheat production was rw.rv.hi.,! i. turw.fnt i. (never so good at this period of tlie cause the majority of wheat growers are sitting by and looking on In pleas- (Hy United Presa.) CAMP L.BWJ8, May 26. Private William Hrown Is a typical Vank when It comes to describing- how he was ant contemplation. The majority has no complaint to make, for conditions today are 5" per cent better than they were at this time last year. Dry weather has meant a drawback to farmers in the llcht soil sections. West and south of Pendleton there has been complaint since the recent hot days, because moisture Is retained only a short time in those regions. Where plenty of soil Ih found, however, the alternation spells of dry weather and rain have brought about just the pro per condition, deeper rooting of the grain and then a modest moistening of the ground. Frost left its murk In nearly every field In the county, but In most Instan wounded and how ho happened to be CC8 it Is predicted that the grain will "Oh, I Just brought In e Kicn, and the Frenchmen . few Frit thought it was great, and guve me the croix de guerre. "You know, now. It really was funny Here whn this little town of Vaux, that was held hy the (Sermans with about 00 mnrhineguns "Well, you know, our artillery just wiped Hint town out, and then we finished tho Job. The whole town as full of dug-outs and tunnels, hut the , the lower lands front has hit hard a number of times and a 100 per cent yield cannot be expected. Generally however, the frost damage Is said to be normal. One good hall storm is all that far mers have had to contend with and at this stage. It makes little or no differ ence, they point out. Prolonged drbught last year reduc ed the crop at least one third below normal, while In 1317 It was at least liidoi semen ts The State Federation of Labor r" The Central Labor Council of Portland. The City Commissioners of Fortland through its Commissioners. The Portland Kiwanis Club. " The Portland Ad. Club. " r The Portland Rotary Club'. ' The State Chamber of Commerce. The Portland Chamber of Commerce. The Men's Club of the First Congrega tional Church. The Hotel Men's Association. The Oregon Motor Dealers Association. Seventy-six papers in the State, y Portland Tapers. Fifteen Granges throughout the State of Oregon. Also 1000 letters from prominent men of all walks of life throughout the x State of Oregon. Vote 310 X Yes Special State Election June 3rd Roosevelt Military Coast Highway "Oregon's Road to Prosperity (Paid advertisement) people In the town had secretly made j one fourth below. The 1916 season is maps of them and smuggled them outjthe last In which the outlook was as to j bright as this season's. The yield "Ro each squad had its designated j three years ago was close to 100 per dug-out to take when the attack was ; cent, and the 1919 outlook is for as much or mre as then. With wheat guaranteed at $2.26 a bunhel and possible an Increase due to bidding, farmers are naturally solici tious regarding their yield. The high price of last year was fn a measure offset by the partial failure and they are anxious to recoup. made. Vell, you know, I lost my fwjuad, or rather, my sjuad lost me. Well, anyway, Iwent and threw a hand grenade into tho first dug-out ! flaw. After the smoke cleared away i out came the Fritxies with their hands up and they kept a coming and a : coming until I thought I had captured the whole Herman army. "There were 20 of them altogether, 'and I called out gun levelled you 'know 'Anyone In this bunch speak : Knglifth? and one fellow said. 'Sure, i I'm from Mirwakkee nnd I said, 'Well tell your friends to keep their hands tip and march, and do it damned rjulnk and they marched, you know, and I took them to camp, and that's all I did. 'Aod the funniest thing the poor necks were half starved, and one of them had a loaf of tho worst black bread 1 ever saw, and he held on to it hands up until we got to camp. Thought we were beusts and starved our prisoners. Wasn't he a fool? And that's how I won my croix de guerre. "Wounded you ask? 'Oh, yes, a bit of shrapnel in the shoulder laid me up for 10 days, but I didn't miss any of the big fights. Was at Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, Champagne and In the St Mihlel drive. Our division was used for stock troops, and we lost all of, the men In our company hut 29. And after all that the flu got me, season as it is this year, and a wheat I yield o 85.00,(io bushels in thy three (-.tales Is confidently expected unless something unforeseen occurs, i There has been a decreased planting of barley and oats but the rye acreage is greater than it was in litis. The barley area is 4 75,000 acres, compare! with 592,000 a year ago; oats 80,000 compared to 1.04O.0OU and rye 72,000, compared avith 55,000. Barley crop conditions, however, are so good that the yield may prove to be every bft as good as In 1918. It is too early to estimate the production of oats. An increased area of corn is expect ed in the Northwest this yeur. Or? - ft c'-'v rrw , ft 1 - a t'IUMI.L, 40. KPKXPS HALF OF IJFE IV JAII OMAHA, May 26. "Stretch" Ftird. arrested in Omaha charged with im plication in the robbery of a garage and theft of a dozen high-priced auto mobile tires, has had an eventful crim inal career. Ho is 40 years old anq has spent, more than one-half of hi life in prison. "And it was worse than wasted." Hird said, "for all the robberies I have committed that brought this half life-time imprisonment yielded me less than $100 actual money. My bitter experience is proof that it doesn't pay to do wrong." Bird, whose full name Is Charles Edward Bird, has been convicted three times In Council Bluffs for thefts and robberies. Yank Tears Up Own Death Certificate CRy ITnlted Press.) 8FOKANK, Wash., May 26. After being officially listed by the govern ment as "killed In action" and after his name had appeared here for some time on an honor roll of boys who haa given their lives for their country, Private John W. Histau came home most unexpectedly and rose to re mark: "I don't want any monuments erect ed to my memory. Whereupon he tore up the death certificate which had been in posses sion of his father. STAT FT KTH KH Alt MY TIU'OKS FOli V'KK IV HOAI ItllLMNti SALEM. May 2fi. Eighty-eight trucks, originally purchased by the federal government for army use. will be sent to Oregon for use on roads re- nnd then I had pneumonia and then ;relving federal aid, according to word empyema and was Invalided home, and these last seven months have been harder to stand than all the fighting-. 'Oee, but it is lonesome here." Twin Soldiers Puzzle, One Must Grow Mustache J GMS(!OW, May 2R. -One of the ; greatest war problems of the london Scottish regiment was how to distin guish Italph Brown now dead, from his brother Lindsey. They here the twin sons of G.T. Brown of Bowes Park. The twins were Inseparable and strikingly alike In every way. Karly In their military training theii ! officers were ho puzzled that an off icial order was sent to Italph com manding him to grow a mustache to distinguish htm from Lindsay. After passing through all the grades of non- icirnimissloncd rank received by tho state highway depart mcnt Thursday. Valued at $2500 each ! these trucks represent a total value of , $220,000. There trucks were turned over to the department of agriculture by tho war j department and have been turned over to the state permanently for use on fores and state roads. It is understood 1 that other road-making equipment will also le provided the state by the federal government In the near fiiturw. ; The trucks are now in Chicago and will probably be shipped to Oregon within a few days. Gasoline Explodes, Nine are Injured BAYO.VXE, N. J., May 26. Nine persons were burned and seriously In jured In a gasoline explosion at the .Standard Oil plant here. The explo sion, of unknown origin, occ tired in tank of partially refined gasoline. The biasing gasoline shot in all directions, igniting two other tanks. " ajT' jj You Need Me Here I am ready in emergency cases as well as for every-day work.' When you want me in a hurry, I am there waiting to be used. .When called I answer, serving until no longer needed. In the sick-room I am the nurse's first lieutenant. I have taken the place of the old kerosene lamp who so often becomes ill himself and you know, in emergency cases, there must be no weaklings or laggards. I am the electric light and am supported by Western Electric - Power and Light' Now when you consider the vast, amount of care given to the oil lamps week after week and the poor service you get as compared with bright, safe electric light, it is no wonder that so many of our Western Electric outfits are being installed for farm service. These lighting plants not only give light for all the house and out buildings, but supply power as well it runs your churn, separator, washing machine, etc., etc ' For all these reasons we know you will be doing yourself a good turn by seeing this plant in action. . , Charles Milne ' I-JIcfrtrlc Contractor '- Iendlvtom Ore. Amsrlcaa National Bank Pendleton. Bulldlm Kye Scientifically xamlnod. Qla-wra ground to fll Optometrist aid ODtloUa Merchants Parcel Delivery and Messenger Service I.Y AM) NKJIIT SKItVK'E 10 CVnt and up. 212 W. Webb. Pbono 1 .2 V.. SIIOItT : vi:inixo CKISKMONY WAS Al.li IV Mcdonald music studio Slimmer term nn MAY 19 TO JULY 13 510 W. Webb. I'lionc CI.-.-W PHONE GOO 815 MAIN ST. ANNOUNCEMENT Having purchased the Oregon Market, we hope1 to be favored with the continued patronage of all the old customers of the market as well as lots of new ones. I am sure you will like our meats, as we handle only the best grades. We are putting in a line of lunch meats this week, such as Boiled Ham, Dried Beef, Summer Sausage, Canvas Back Bologna, Minced Loaf, etc. Also Genuine Wiscon-. sin Brick Cheese. We will be glad to open SO day accounts with responsible people, and will always do our best to make trading with us both pleasant and satisfactory. Yours truly, Oregon Market 4 II. O. FAWCETT. PHONE G00 813 MAIN ST. c wnirixr. CHICAGO, May 6. To Fnrmor Waukpftan's marry in justice, who, for letter or for tho divorce court, bus hitched some 1.37R banhful, back ward but hound-to-be-it couples in hta the brothers had; time, believes that he tied the stnuiff- tho distinction of beinar Promoted to est bean knot of them nil yeMerda commissioned ranks together In their j when be married Hyninn Hernstcin. famous corps. 1 35 years old, of Salt Iake City, and In all their courses of training equal ! Charlotte M. Taylor, 31, of Chicago attainment marked them. Out of school of 500 officers they were tw of four officers specially recommend ed to tho war office for merit. FAT! IKK -T OI T AS SON OWERS SAVINGS EVANSTOX, III., May 26. When Harold Oorskl, twelve years of ae, entered Judge lioycr's court recently ho sounded like a walking savhiRs band. Pennies, nickles and dimes jingled merrily in his pocket. Harold bjiI led up to JudKC Hoyer: "My daddy has been arrested," he nobbed. "1 don't want you to do anything- to him. Here are my Havings. F lease let him ro." Harold then dumped the contents of his pockets on Judno Hoyer's desk. It tt. tied !.S7. 'I won't tell on you," Harold whls- stronpest because everything in t tie ceremony was written. The contract ing parties were mutes. niiK iii:irTiov am)vki rll YKTKltAVS MKKTIXG f;.VrdM, May 26. A fare of one and one third for the round trip h:is been Kranted for the annual euampnient of Spanish American war veterans In Salem, July 2. 3, and 4. nocordinjf to n, letter received Wednesday hy state Commander Harvey Wells, from the j United States railway administration. This rate, however will only be Krant ed to members of the order auxiliary orders and members of the families of veterans. HAIL! FIRE! Are Your Crops In sured ? If not, have them cover ed at once for there is liable to be a more se vere hail storm than the one we just had. It costs no more to in sure now and be on the safe side. See Umatilla Flour Cs Grain Co. lilt V "mrt. 1'li.mr 101 I in "The Salvation Army's work the War." All are invited to hear the free 7 t& lecture by ' r Dr. Wheeler nuKWFniKs srr.K.n rr pered as JudKe Hoyer seriously r- SAY FHANCISfO, My 2. Kivw mlnded him of the 'jfraveness of at- eric hero have started day ami nlslit tempting to bribe the court. 'shirts mnnliijr onimcity hi the produc Joseph (lor-skf, Harold's father, was ffm of 2.75 cr evut Ihmt folhmimt charged with violating a health or- ( l-Vdicral tliidso Mayer's Injunction rrs dinance. He was released on rroba- training: federal Interference with the Uoo, mamtfacinre ot that typo of bevorag-e. Dr. David Bennett Hill DENTISTRY Pendleton, Oregon. of New York City. Renowned cvanpelistie worker just returned from two years in the trenches. . t y Wednesday, May 28th at 8:00 o'clock p. in. Methodist Church iii-,)mii.iffiiWrwrir.a