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'MiMM.t iHM,iv-:1ii. wgwwh-iq mriHrt inn sap Mf Wsitia WkMf Minw AM'Mpa fM Mf WwiVaJt'ij..y.wt-Wi-i- MK"v.svvi.-ag-M t1 Wi.-taeip "-,y -'sW.a!3iat DAILY EVEIX.'G EDITION ..imi ,r , luijasi m ... t Number oofilra prints of reetertla'i Dally Udltlonv 2,829 Thin paper la nmmi ana audited bj the Audit Bureau of Circulation. daily ev;i;;d eciti::i 11w Fax OrrsoaMa la ftMU-m Caa gain's gn an . MNrspaprv end aa BL-lling foer tfvcw to t ad rents- -r iwlrs the rtrcailatusa la rVailta. tnm aad t'snatllla count of any atwa ne-wM-aP. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER - , - , .er i . " "' : HiJ C rTTV OFTff!TAT. PAPFTI VOL. 81 DARIHG CAPTAIN MATLOCK LEADS BANDIT PURSUIT Bandit Hunt by; Small U. S. : Punitive Expedition Un ' der Many Difficulties. CLOUDBURST WASHES ? OUT BANDIT TRAIL Airplanes Only Ones so Far i Able to Come in Contact With Fugitives; 1 Killed MARFA, Tex., Ana-. 20. The ban- nil hunt in Mexico by a small Ameri ran punllive expedition la bolnc con tinned wlih oouununlcaMan crippled, Unfavorable conditions for Uie opera tion of army wireless, and field UHc- lihomM U-tt Uie military headquarters Ikto without furtlwr newt early tills afternoon from Uie cavalrymen In Uie waved OJInags district below Uio border. Airplanes will attempt to net In toncn with (lie expedition. The Carranxuna cavalry from OJinaga haa taken the field to cooperate with the Americana, according to word received Here. ..... i- DAILY EAST OKEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919. NO. 981S PROFITEERS AND HOUSEWIVES, ATTENTION! Eli PASO, Auk. 20. Four troops of the eighth cavalry, reinforced by four mora airplane, resumed the hunt at dawn today for the Mexican bandits who kidnaped Lieutenant's Petersbn and Davis. The chase is almost hope lese, a cloudburst having- obliterated the trail. The only contact reported with the Mexicans was by the pilot of one plane wrlch returned to Marfa with bullet riddled wing. He believes ha killed one of the three Mexicans who fired on his plane. Captain Matlock, whou paid f S.600 of the f 16,000 ransom and galloped off with Lieutenant Davis to the surprise of the bandits, said before leading the fnro.es . hack Int i Mexico, "I'm going to not back that money,". The intrepid Kentucklap. with a rec ord of 18 years in the regular army, is leading his men over one of the wildest districts In northern Mexico, cut up by arrovjn. and jagged moun tains, and marked by deserts. The troops carried only-meager rations on . mule packs. , FOOD i m t . . - . 1?! r '-- a i f I a- '"! it i . HIM,- .- . i -Miriiii.iiiiTii.il ' .J - . 1 If'.V'U,'' "j ' f f' . 7 2Zs i 4 RED CROSS DRIVE FOR MEMBERS IS SET FOR AUTUMN Admiral McCormlck Has Appendix Taken - Out in Mid-Pacific Campaign Opens Novembe 3, Ends November 11, An niversary of Armistice. Ilousnwlves. attention! Here are real bargains. They are offered by Uncle Sam at the Xew York Custom House, left to right, ns follows: Tomatoes, "Sc., 2 1-2-lb. can; ham. Sic lb.; peaas. No. 2 can, 9c; beans. No. 2 can. 9c; corned beef, 1-lb. can, 2Kc; corned beef, 2-lu. can, 6Gc; roaet beef, 2-lb. can, 66c; roast beef, 2-lb. can, OSc; corned beef hash, l-ll. can, 22c; pork and beans. No. 1 can, 6c; wax beans. No. 2 can, 11c; strip of bacon in back, 84c. ill. NEW SCHOOL TEXTS ARE W AVAILABLE ' WAHHnOTO?fAu. JO. Tha war department has received confirmation of press dispatches which said an ob servation airplane returning to Marfla, Texas, was fired on by bandits. That, it waa stated. Was the only border communication received by the de partment today. Three bandits were reen ten miles west of Candelarla. They fired on the plane and the fire was returned. A horse and bandit are believed to have been killed.- Both wtnga of the airplanes show bullet holes. , COLUMBUS, Aug. 20. A hundred tanks of the one-man type and 1000 rifles have been shipped by the army reserve depot here to forts on or near tbe Mexican border within the past week, It Is learned. Officers at the reserve depot declared the tense Mex ican situation had nothing to dowlth th shipments, that the orders to trans fer the equipment were received weeks ao. SALVATION ARMY TO OPEN HERE TONIGHT Miss Frieda Hector .who lives at Hitter In the heart of the Grant coun ty cattle country. Intends to break in to the list of Round -Up performers this year. Miss Hector Is In Pendleton todav and la Inquiring about the prises ! for the quick change race. Her favorite horse was killea a few I days aao by bleeding: to death but she jlmntm to aret a rand strlna and enter the cowgirls' races at the big show 1 Sept. 18, 10 and' 20.' Bhe never has . Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Miller are vlsl- .ridden in a Round-Up but believe she tors in the city from Idaho. Their can give some of the veteran girls a home Is In Moscow, Idaho, ,' I run for their money. , Envoy and Mrs. Coppock of the Sal vation Army, have arrived In Pendle ton for the purpose of establishing a permanent corps In this city. Officers from some of the nearby towns are expected to attend the opening service, to be conducted In the Va Berne church this evening. The public is Invited. . . , - The new state "textbooks for gram mar and high school erodes have ar rived and are ready for distribution According to anouncement made to day by Frasier's Bookstore which handles the texts In Pendleton, there is a good supply of all texts with the exception of spellers, physiologies and readers for the sixth, . seventh and llThth grades which are here in limit ed supply. Agriculture books for the eighth grade, hlstorlea for the fifth grade and civil governments have not arrived but are due In three weeks. This dispells tbe fesr that the books would be late. Grade lists will be distributed Friday hut books may be purchased before that time. ' All books for the grammar grades are new with the exception of Geog raphies. Mace's histories and Palmer Writing- Method. , . J . A glance at tho exchange price list shows that while In former years half price has been In many cases allowed on exchange bonks, this year the al lowance Is negliirlble. Eleven cents Is the average difference between the regulad price and tbe exchange price.' Book may be brought for exchange until the close of the fall term, when tbe exchange right expires. Senate Passes Bill 1 , Repealing Daylight Saving Law, 57-19 WASHINGTOV, Aua 20. The annate passed tlie bill repealing- . the daylight savina law over tho president's veto. 57 to Is. The rrpral bill is now a law. The house passed It over IImj veto yesterday. RITTER GIRL MAY BE ONE ROUND-UP STARS TWO AVIATION CONCERNS WOULD CARRY PASSENGERS OH FLIGHTS ONE PLANE ON GROUND HERE NOW Pendleton will be treated to a few exhibition airplane flights this week and svUhtn another two weeks as the result of visits here by representatives of two Oregon fiylna concerns today. One concern has a plane In the frelglu yards, ready to assemble for flights. They plan to carry passengers If. pos sible to find a landing field sufficient ly close to the city. The plane which arrived to-lay be longs to th Ace Aircraft Corporation, of Portland, and Is In charge of IS. F, Roth, a pilot with a year of overseas service. A test flight will be made FrldsK- morning-' from the- Jones flf tj -V iai.accomiiLined bv T. Sk&ehley ntf Dan Greco, mechanics. The three men looked over available landing sites near the city today. V.i L "MoCroskey, of Salem, repre senting, the Webfoot Aircraft Co., was vClub. also here this morning In the Interest of his , company. They have a plane which is leaving Salem today for The Dalles and flights are contemplated there and possibly at Bend and Mad ras before comins here. . Mr. McCros- key also sloped at Hermistnn and may arrange a day or two of flying there. Lieut. Elmer Cook Is pilot of the Webfoot craft and they also carry passengers on short flights. Their plan is to come through here in about two weeks, take in the Frontier Days at Walla Walla ahd return here about Round-Up. C. K. Cranston, secretary Of the Commercial Association took a flight In their plana at Salem a few weeks ago. - Mr. MoCrockey is a former Univer sity of Oregon man and his father 1 secretary of the Salem Commercial CulUGS SAID NOT PERSONA NON GRATA UNIVERSITIES BECKON TO 20 RECRUITS FROM PENDLETON The school call which summon lit tle brothers and sisters In two weeks Is also sounding for a score of big bro ther and big sisters who will enter college wall for the first time this fall. : About four weeks remain until the-eaodu to the larger Institutions of learning begin and fully 20 new Pendleton recruits are expected. Fifteen students who graduated from the local high school last May are applicants for college entrance this fall, while about five who were earlier graduates plan to resume their aiuilies after a year or more away from books. The Oregon Agricultural College and tlartverslt.v of Oregon will get the ma jority, with the other northwestern In stitutions drawing their share. Of the recent high school graduate who are known to be planning on a college course, Russell Akey will en ter Whitman. Miss Frances Morgan avlll enter Whitman as a sophmore, having spent her first year In Elmlra College N. T. Dean Best Is planning to go to col lera at fhlrasa and will be the ohly One to leave the Pacific slope for his work. Gwendolyn Horseman Is the one applicant for admission to the Ore (on state Normal School at Mon mouth out of this year' class. - - The Oregon Agricultural College will have a large representation If Blanche Furnish, Marjorie Ireland, Alfred Koeppen. Lloyd Montgomery, Ned Strahorn and Gheratlne Winn do not change their plans. Klvin Selbert, Frank Embusk and Clell Brown, from former classes, will also go to the Corvallls school, which will give It nine Pendleton recruits to its al ready long list, 1 f v Hubert Smith Is the -only definite University of Oregon declarant thus far, although he may be accompalned there by Ned Strahorn. T-aura Kear ney is bound for need college, Port land and Merel Irene King to the Washington State College at Pulll man. Gwendolyn lingers and Helen Thompson are expected to go to the University of Washington at Senttle Kenneth Tulloch has already entered college at the University, of Califor nia, the only recruit to that institute from here this year...' i The exodus of new collegians this year will be nn larger, If as litrge, as that of the returning ones. young peoplei will be MEXICO 'CITY. Aug. 20. Sensa tional reporta that British Charge d'Affatres Cumminga had been expell ed from Mexico because he was per sona non grata with the Mexican gov ernment, were denied today at the for eisn office. The United Press corre spondent waa told that Carransa mere ly notified the various departments of he government that Cummings had no official standing, due to the atti tude of the British government in re fusing to recognize the present Mexi can administration. ( It was stated that Carransa ordered that Cammlngs receive the same cnur- toalcs extended any British subject. NwVoBK, Aug- 20. "Our rela tions with the United States are better each' day." . President Carranxa of Mexico ' Is" quoted-" as saying In ' all authorised interview in the Nation. "Hjivlng passed through the period of war", CarrunKa said "the American people are now convinced we remained absolutely nutut-il during an epoch whenit would have been to Mexico's advantage to enter the world war." I IV Bald If. his administration' could receive armev freely from the United States Mexico -would toe pacified by the end of next -.year,; with no help from I the United States beyond vigi lance' on the border. .' GERMANS AND POLES - FIGHTING IN SILESIA BERLIN. Aug. 20. Martial law haa been declared In upper Silesia a a re sult of the clash between German and Polish forces. German government representatives today minimized the seriousness of the situation,- by declar- inr that so far only 15 -Germans had been killed, ' . , Chancellor Bauer told the assembly at Weimar that the Polish govern ment waa not Implicated in the Siles- lan attacks, saying1 the soldiers invad ed German territory were not regu lars. He added that the German com mander was master of the -situation. NATION TO BE ASKED TO RAISE $15,000,000 Funds Will Be Used to Ful fill Outstanding Obliga tions Here and Abroad. November 3 to November 11. Ar imlvtice Day, Is the time set for the ina. ion-wide Red Cross campaign, as announced by Dr. Livingston Farrand. cnairman of the executive committee of the Red Cross, In a notification re ceiveu by the Uamtilla County Red ; Cross today. . . : . The primary object of the campaign .s to enrou members for the year mzo. but there will he In addition a general appeal for tl6.000.000 to en able the Red Cross to complete Its war obligations at home and abroad. There will be local appeals conducted bv cnapters to secure whatever money rney may need to finance their local program. ' The funds from the Victory drive of the Red Cross will be used by the or ganisation to fulfill Its obligations to American soldiers and sailors; to re lieve and supply the pressing needs of tne countries Involved in the great war ond to give relief to the suffering In the United States. ........ In naming the sum of tl5.600.000 the Red Cross has tried te determine the smallest amount which will enable it to round out Its work and make ef fective the appropriation - of army kooos rather than to estimate the gen orosity or the American people. ABOARD- U. a . S. NEW TORK, Aug. 20. Rear Admiral McCormlck was operated upon In mld-ocenn for appendicitis last night. The operation was a complete success. , The New York was due to reach Hono lulu this morning. LIVES BELIEVED LOST III RAGING MONTANA FIRES PEACE PARLEY PLEASES BOTH FRIENDS, FOES Women and Children Being Rushed to Safety; Flames Entirely Beyond Control. HUNDREDS OF CATTLE GONE; RANCHES BURN Selway, Nezperce and Clear water Fires Also Spread ing; Monarch Surrounded. . BILLINGS, Mont., Aii.;20. Two deaths, many ranches burned or threatened, and the probability of considerable further damage, sum up' the situation in western Montana, . tho result of forest fire which hare enveloped almost . the entire state in a tmokjr '' haze. . . '': ...... ' SPOKANE. Aug. 10. Women .and children are being ruehed to safety. WASHINOTOX, Aug. 20. Both friends and foes of the peace treaty profess to be" encouraged by the con ference between President Wilson and the senate foreign relations commit tee .held yeaterday. Both factions In the senate declared that the preaid'nt'a answers seemed to prove their aide right. ... Opposition senators said their posi tion had not been changed., and that he fight, against the treaty and league at nations covenant would take on new ntenaity. ,' ' BY FRED FERGUSO.V WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. The eltus- tlon' following the president's -confer ence with the foreign relations com mittee I comparable to the situation In J hundreds of head of stock hare been ' Paris after the president suddenly sum- I destroyed and several ranches burn moned the -George Washington - to ted north Of Missoula, aa the result of . forest fires. The flames ar beyond control. ' Monarch, ' Mont., - la the mountains, . I surrounded by flame with the entire population forming a living barrier against the fire.- It ta feared several lives are lost.' -The Placer creek . fire, near. ; Wallace Is spreading rapidly. The Selway. Nes Perce and Clearwater fire are ont of control. ONE MAN KILLED IN RIOTING AI CUOAHY MILWAUKEE. Aug. f-0. The packing- town ' of ' Cudahy, near here, haa been declared under martial law until tbe trouble re sulting from yesterday's rioting passes. Four hundred fifty state guards arrived today and took charge of the situation. Twenty-five young women, members of the office force of the Cudahy company, were ma rooned in the office all night. They did not dare to run the gauntlet of flying bullets and ! bricks, deciding to remain until the troops arrived. , The first military orders closed all the saloons. The strike riot last night resulted In the death of one man. The shooting wounded eight and many others were hurt by blows and flying missies. . JEWS REFUSE BURIAL TO TIBOR SZAMUELY BOLSHEVISTS LEAD IN OHIO MINE RIOTING BEliLAIRE. Ohio, Aug. 80. Bolshe vism, which has' been smouldering , for some time among the foreign monere of Belmont 'county, burst into flames today at Hit Fort Pitt coal mine, south of here, when two hundred radical workmen clashed with one hundred other miners who refused to join tlii-m In a strike for large wage increases. A score of deputy sheriffs, armrd with riot guns, are guarding the mine ,thls afternoon and- federal authorities are Investigating the trouble. Sheriff John W. Osborn received a hurry call this morning from the CVn- VIENNA, -Aug. 10. The Board ' of Management -of -the Jewish- Cemetery st Wiener Neustadt, Lpwer Austria, has refused to allow the burial there of -the body of Tlbor Szamuely. Hungarian Communist leader.- who -was shot and killed as be . was trying to cross jthe Austrian frontier. The reason given by the chief official of the Board wasi , "The Mosnic Law- contains no provi sion against the burial of murderer In consecrated ground, but Moses knew that murder was foreign to the nature of the Jews, and therefore passed 'no Ordinance. 1 assume- that' that Jew with his own ; hands piurdered forty men at lenxL Therefore, I forbid the burial." ' - v t : The body was taken to the frontier town of Sauerbrunn. near which Ssa muely died, for burial. Coal Situation in " . Europe Threatens . ' To Become Serious Brest. The .final fight to complete the treaty then .entered the last stages, rhe George Washington, swinging at anchor, was the club behind the .presi dent. Today the last round . for the ratification of the treaty is progressing with prospects of the same outcome. as. on the treaty itself compromise.- The president is relying on summoning the 'George Washington" of public opin ion to prevent tbe senate making tex tual amendments to tbe treaty or en tering reservations In the, actual rati fication of the resolution. He haa paved the way however, for the senate to express Itself by going on record with "interpretations" in a separate resolution. This will not worry any foreign power. ' France went on record at the plenary session at which the league covenant was adopted with . aa expresaion of her belief the lnternatl anal army should be maintained on the Rhine but that such army never would !e maintained. . ., . , ; '. IT. TOOZE TO SPEAK HERE SEPTEMBER I DANIELS WILL BRING K FLEET TO COLUMBIA NFW WATFJR, RASES IXR ARMY APRI3, Aug. 20. Rotteddam and Antwerp will be used as base ports for the American army of occupation, under Colonel J. s. Sewell. Deep draft barges seised by the French and Belgians In the German retreat will plough the Rhine, superseding m ' . k .,,.. PARIS. Aug.' 80. Chipping "and fuel representatives of - France,' Bel giu mand Italy conferred with Herbert Hoover, head of the international or- ganlzattpn here today and decided to urge the supreme council of the peace conference to appoint a European coal commission to co-ordinate the distri bution of European coal in an effort to avert what threatens to be a dis aster.- The meeting was hold as a result of a warning given by Mr. Hoover in an address at the recent conference in London of the supreme economic council. He said that Europe's coal production was 85 per cent' below normal, -and that the United States could not offer, relief because of the shortage of shipping. . During his ad dress Mr. Hoover said: : "Th fate .of . European civilisation now rests In the hands of the coal miners and coal mine owners of Eu rope to a nequa if not to a greater de gree than in the hands of the provid er of foods and supplies during the next year." , At today's meeting Mr. Hoover de clined to accept the permanent direc tion of the' proposed European coal commission, stating -that he believed Alumni and active student of the University of Oregon and members of Thursday Afternoon Club are co-ope rating In making plans for the lecture of Lamar Tooxe, veteran of the list Division who will speak In Pendleton September 1 for the benefit of the omen's Building. - - Lieutenant Tooxe I making a tour 3t ,the towns of the state and his talk is on his experiences during the war, the league of nations and his political observations while In Europe. The lecture will be held In Happy Canyon and an admission price of SOc will be charged. A male quartette will sing during the-evening. Tentative plans Indicate that a dance will be held aft er the lecture. The local alumni committee Is em phatic In stating that the lecture Is open to the public and not for univer sity students only. Oregon alumni and active students- will meet Thursday at 7:30 in the library to make further ar rangements for the lecture. GETMAX GOVFRN'MEXT MOVES TO STOP LUXURY SMUGGLING BERLIN", Aug. SO.w-The government has taken measures to tighten control of the frontier so that the mass of for eign articles of luxury being smug gled into Germany by the carload and driving German -values lower, may be baited. French and English merchants es pecially have stored chocolate, cigar ettes and soap In occupied territory and are now shipping It through their own lines nightly on freight cars. The charge la made that the cars, are ma nipulated over the border . through connivance of the occupational au thorttlea. -'',.- ABOARD tJ. 8. 8. NEW '. TORK. Aug. 20. Secretary Daniels today an nounced that he had definitely' decid ed to visit Portland and Astoria with some ships of the Pacific fleet, after leaving San Francisco. Daniels will htspect the proposed sites for a Co- , lunvbla river naval base. 'He fiaa not decided whether- he wilt rlsit 'Vaif- : couver and Victoria, but It Is believed ihat part of the fleet will. . .. - ABOARD V. 8. a t NEW YORK. Aug. o. The New fork arrived off t Honolulu early today. Preparation ' were made for Secretary Daniels ana ! party to land at o'clock. . The sec- s retary announced he would reach' 8an Francisco in time to be with President ' ilson when the latter reviews the fleet September u He will leave for V the trip to-Astoria,: Portland and Pu ": get Sound September . ,, ,. .- RETAIL PROFITEERS -TO BE $0:0X1 WASHINGTON1, Aug. 80. The gov ernment Intends to take drastic action against retail profiteers, believing the are one of the main causes or high prices, attorney general Palmer told tbe house agricultural committee.' II said "the department had more com plaints against retail eougers than anyone esse. They're tatting advant age of present conditions to take un- . fair profits and the department de sires, with the consent of congress In take, seedy action against them aa well as all profiteers," .-. i . Spyglass "Bet" Costs Ex-Navy Member $10, So Does Court Fuss and that the situation could not be re-1 th Roruniix route to the front hv mil. , , . , ' . ; , -V, arehol.ses will be erected at Rot- wncn tne Unltfd statM cou,4 glve terdum and Antwerp and the ships, . -will be unloaded and reloaded upon' harges by Dutch and Belgian civil ians. - - - . Establishment t.-f the new route will DENVER. Aug. IS. A new kind of a con- game Tuesday night cost William tral Coal enmpnny, which owns the I release between 1500 and iflflfl freight I cars for French railways and make j New York the railhead of the Amerl. can army of occupation. Rations and j supplies for the troops will leave New i York direct for Coblenx.. mine, for aid in subduing rioting, and rushed the deputies to the scene with orders to shoot to (kill If attacked. On arrival of the officers the strikers re treated to a hill nearby, where it was sum iney piannea 10 msKe an suacK on the mine. - . Wests Sees ' tar BlaaaW. The action of the strikers. It la said i CASPER. Wvo.. Au.. 20 rbubm. Is In defiance -of tltf I'nited Mlnnl.H .ll.... Ink. vm- a .- Close to 60 Mine Workers, who at their rnnlt ! mbi-l. rhirnd h iik ... ca,,, ueii; maiet convention ncre anontea resolu duct with certain shortly for the various Institutions In ttons condemning Bolshevism and fa- crowder has filed suit in the district mo wr, irom (.vuiornia to rvasmng. vorlng the expntHlnn of all members 'court praying award of .r.,ouo damages trem each or tne Eitises. ton. of Bolshevist tendencies. KING G ROUGE NAMES HEROES lieved materially by the slight help Taylos. just diacharged from th navy 110. according to hia ntnry In, police court and he wn so nceved over being atung that he burled e rumpus which caused him to h fined 91 and costs. He also .clalmrd to have paid eeme body $7 for a hotft of whpky which was never delivered to hint. Taylor told Magistrate Rray that he w.ia out w th' a hunch of fallows Tues- .1 .iriit sun. . . . 1 1 .... V, .- ...Lit 1, .. " " "" ' ; -Oni- oT LONDOIN. Aug. SO. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig nnd Admiral 8 r iuvtd Beatty will be created Earls. In recOBultion of the'r wur services, it waa announced her today. lAn I T.1 1.1 II AIIahKi . ... . I oT th gang bet me II I mad. a Viscoun . 'couldn't read a. electric sign a few General Sir Herbert Plumber. Sir ; bl(x.k. uwmy - ,,. . glaea.- a. Henry 8. Rawlinson. Sir Julian Byng.ad. -Belna- a navy man. I told him and Henry a Home .will receive eouW rMd flM pr(It thT9 mlea Baronetcies. laway through a pr tliu. aad w put In addition to these honors large ! up the money. He handod me the spy grsnts of money for many of Grea. glass. and I took .a look: at thtr sirs. Britain's land snd sea heroes were Whea I turned around th stakeholder recommended oy King tieorge in the i ana money and 4 ho reM of the gang House or commons today. Baa vanished.' FRENCH ARMY , MBLTTXO PAST PARIS, Aug. 20. The demobilisa tion of theFrench army has not been . suspendedcontrary to persistent ru- mores. but is proceeding on schedule according to a statement made to the Aseocated Press today by a French official. ' Since Marshal Foch's announcement before the armistice committee that the Germans could mobilise 2.000.000 men In six weeks there has been a feeling of uneasiness expressed by th French public. , Pessimistic views have been openly discussed, as have alro apprehensions of a renewal of the German offensive. The newspa pers have commented on the situation in a manner such a to call for fre quent blank in their page due . to censorship. - . . r , EDINBURGH. How John Wilson. soldier, waited 13 yea its for a dlvoroa waa told her. On his wedding day in 182. hia regiment was ordered to Ceylon. I 1887 he learned that she wire had had a child of which he waa not the father. At the time he was unable to afford a divorce. Granted. mo 1 IfilQ mitm Tonight snd Thursday fair nd warmer. ,''PVA- S3,'