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The Standard Oil company's tank
steamer Luz Blaca was torpedoed and
sunk 40 miles off Halifax, N. 8., Tues
day, after a thrilling three hours' hat-
tie with a German submarine.
Acting on instructions of the state
council of defense, Butte, Mont., police
early Monday morning made the ar
rest of 60 men who will be held for
investigation. They are charged with
violating the law relating to nonpro-
ducers.
The Germans on both sides of Albert
have retreated from the western to
the eastern bank of the Ancre river,
according to the German official com
munication Issued Tuesday. The state
ment says the withdrawal was made
without opposition.
Continuation of the German with
drawal to the Alsne line Is anticipated
by army officers in Washington. The
fact that the Veele has been crossed
in several places seems to make it cer
tain that no very determined stand is
to be expected there.
The first six airplanes especially
constructed to carry mall pouches over
the Washington Philadelphia - New
York air post were delivered to the
government Tuesday by the Standard
Airplane corporation of Elizabeth, N.
J. The machines will be put into im
mediate service.
France's war mission to Australia,
headed by Albert Metln, member of
the Chamber of Deputies and former
cabinet officer, and with the famous
General Pau as chief of the military
section, has arrived In Washington
Arrangements were made for them
to call on President Wilson.
Prohibition of Intoxicating liquor to
the armed forces of the United States
has been extended to the merchant
marine recruits being trained by the
United States shipping board, it was
announced in San Francisco Tuesday
by Captain I. N. Hibberd, supervisor
of sea training for California.
Charged with conspiracy in allowing
and accepting over a five-year period
rebates on freight charges for live
stock shipments, ' the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, Armour & Com
pany, Swift & Company and the Jer
sey City Stockyards company were
Indicted by a New York federal grand
Jury Tuesday.
To help finance crop movements the
war finance corporation has an
nounced it would welcome applications
from banks for loans to cover ad
vances by the banks to farmers and
merchants for harvesting and market
ing wheat and other crops. Loans will
be limited to four months and will
carry Interest at 6 per cent per annum,
Paper mills have been listed as an
essential industry, the priorities divi
sion of the war Industries board an
nounced Monday on the understand
lug that the greatest possible economy
will be exercised in the use of paper
and that newspapers will reduce their
consumption of news print IB per cent
on dully editions and 20 per cent on
Sunday editions.
The Colorado state supreme court
Tuesday stopped temporarily the
"Junking" of the Colorado Midland
railroad, granting an application to
stay action until the attorney-general
has had an opportunity to present an
application for a writ of supersedeas,
The supreme court's action does not
restore train service, which was dis
continued. Inability to meeting oper
ating expenses was the cause of the
circuit court a decree.
President Wilson has signed the con
gressional resolution revoking the
charter of the National German-Ameri
can Alliance, which was charged with
pro-German activities.
Since March 21 of this year, the
British have taken 14,500 prisoners on
the western front. James Ian Mac
Pherson, parliamentary secretary of
the war office, informed the house of
commons Friday.
The French government has con
ferred upon Otto H. Kahn, American
banker, the decoration of Chevalier of
the Legion of Honor in recognition of
his services on behalf of the allied
cause both before and since Amortca
entered the war,
The five-year-old son of Mr, and
Mrs. Clint Sharp, of Newman Canyon,
was instantly killed at Heppner, Or.,
Thursday morning when an auto in
which he and two smaller brothers
were playing ran away and overturned,
The other children were seriously In
jured.
John J. Benslng, missing cashier of
the Peoria, 111., postofffce and said to
be a relative of Count von Bernstorft,
la sought on a charge of absconding
with a postornce payroll of 16000 and
an additional $5000 lost from the war
savings stamp fund.
An eight-hour working day for deck
and engine room crews on all vessels
in the Paclflo Steamship Company's
service was announced in San Francis
co to become effective at once. This
change was ordered by General Man
acer A. F. Haynes,- Seattle. About
1000 employes of the company were
aid to be included In the change.
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BOLSHEVIKI GROWL AT JAPS
Hostilities Likely on Account of Inter
vention, Says Lenine.
London. A declaration of war by
the Bolshevikl against Japan Is one of
the possibilities of the near future, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch Wednesday from Copenhagen.
The significance of the dispatch lies
especially in the fact that this report
of Bolshevik Intentions reached Co
penhagen from Moscow by way of
Berlin.
Premier Lenine, the message adds,
up to this time, has been opposed to
such action, but it Is believed that
Russia "will be compelled to declare
war, notwithstanding the fact that we
are opposed to any new war."
Official announcement was made of
the landing of allied forces, naval and
military, at Archangel, on August 2.
The landing was in concurrence with
the wishes of the Russian population,
it is said, and caused general enthusi
asm. Toklo. Premier Count Terauchi,
speaking of allied action in Siberia,
said Japan would take further mili
tary measures in case the position ot
the Czecho-Slovaks demanded it.
The premier indicated that if the
chaotic situation in Siberia continued,
Japan might find it necessary to adopt
suitable military measures to combat
the Austro-German menace In the far
east
Count Terauchi said that the pres
ent step had been taken In perfect ac
cord with the allies. If it should be
necessary for the allies to dispatch
additional troops and arms the coun
try must be prepared to meet the
emergency.
It Is understood that the Seiyukai
majority party in the house is willing
to adopt a wait-and-see policy. Con
sequently the Kensei Kai minority,
which had hoped to effect an opposi
tion combination, is powerless for the
present.
'WOMAN AND BABY'
DESTROY SUBMARINE
London. Revelations regarding the
work of British mystery craft known
as "Q" ships, which have played an
important part in anti-Bubmarine war
fare, are made by the naval corre
spondent of the Times.
How a "woman and baby accounted
for a U-boat is told by the correspond
ent. The submarine ordered a vessel to
surrender and fired a few shells into
her. The boats then left the ship,
leaving on board a woman who had
run up and down the deck with a
baby In her arms as if mad.
The U-boat came alongside the ves
sel and the woman hurled the "baby"
Into the open hatch. The "baby ex
ploded and blew out the bottom of
the submarine. The "woman" was
decorated with the Victoria cross.
On another occasion a retired ad
miral, serving as a captain, placed a
haystack on board an ancient looking
craft. When the U-boat ordered her
to surrender the Germans were as
tonished to receive a broadside from
the haystack.
A snaworn tramp steamer was cross
ing the North Sea when a submarine
ordered the crew to abandon the ship.
So sure was the German of his prey
that the bombs with which he Intend
ed to sink the vessel were brought on
deck around the conning tower. It
required only a shell or two from the
tramps' concealed armament to ex
plode the bombs and blow the U-boat
out of the water.
War Stops Road Making
Washington, D. C Until the close
of the war it will be the policy of the
government to make no contribution
to permanent highway Improvement
In or to national parks, unless there
la some war purpose to be promoted
by such work. There will be no di
minution, however, in road mainten
ance, In order to keep the roads pas
sable for tourists. Announcement of
this policy was made in correspond
ence to Senator Charles L. McNary,
relative to Improvement of the road
from Medford to Klamath Falls, by
way of Crater Lake.
Belgium Honor Hoover
Havre. The Belgian government
has conferred the title of "honorary
citizen and friend of the Belgian na
tlon" on Herbert C. Hoover, the
American food administrator.
Paris. Herbert C. Hoover, Ameri
can food administrator, has paid a
visit to the battlefront, where he ren
dered homage to the American sol
diers who have fallen on the field of
honor. Among the places he visited
was Belleau Wood, lie wuhit over the
ground whore the American army
made ahoroic stand against the Ger
mans.
Homes Open to Soldiers.
Paris. French homes may be open
ed to soldiers from America, the Brit
ish dominions and the French colonies
under plans which are now being stud
led, it is believed that "Franco-allied
clubs" will be formed so that people
unable to open their own homes may
meet the allied soldiers on a social
footing. Premier Clemenceau has
given his hearty approval to the idea,
saying It was "excellent popular di
plomacy." Germans Rob Belgium.
London. Speaking In the house of
commons Tuesday, Lord Robert Cecil,
assistant secretary of state for foreign
affairs, stated that the Germans had
levied war contributions to a total of
2.330,000,000 francs upon Belgium, be
sides enormous fines upon localities,
firms and individuals. These "mon
strous exactions," he said, must cer
tainly be taken Into account when
peace terms are being arranged.
Cholera Toll It Heavy.
Amsterdam. There are more than
20,000 cases of cholera in Petrograd,
according to the Fremdenblatt, of
Hamburg, which reports that up to
last Saturday 1100 deaths had occurred.
STATE NEWS t
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The forest fire situation in the dis
trict near Kirk, 40 miles north of Kla
math Falls, Is somewhat improved.
The Astoria federal authorities have
picked up two alleged slackers. They
are Kustaa Heikkila, who was called
with the second draft, and Frank Rus
sell, who is wanted by the Seattle au
thorities for falling to report when
called for military service.
Gifford Cheshire, aged 13, of Che
shire, Lane county, is making money
as a pig raiser. He delivered two hogs
to a buyer in Junction City this week.
The sale of the animals realized $87.97.
The boy says he expects to invest
his money in war savings stamps and
more pigs.
A carload of matches on a north
bound freight train caught fire Tues
day afternoon while the train was
switching in the Southern Pacific
yards in Albany. The fire did not
spread so rapidly as the nature of the
contents of the car would indicate, for
the boxes were packed closely.
Mrs. S. B. Thompson of Pendleton
has learned from the war department
that her nephew, Sergeant Hugh Lei
sure, a member of the seventh United
States infantry, was wounded severely
while fighting in France. The young
man was born In Pendleton. He Joined
the service at the time of the Mexican
border expedition.
The supreme court library has filed
its estimate for the next blennium
with the state tax commission at $16,
500. Of this $6000 is represented In
salaries and $10,500 in new books. A
total of $15,000 was appropriated for
the present biennium. The library
estimates that it will take in $1200
in fees from bar examinations.
Lum Yen, proprietor of a Chinese
opium joint at Astoria, is being held by
the federal authorities under $1000
cash bail to await the action of the
federal grand Jury on a charge of hav
ing opium in his possession. Yen had
five full and three half cans of opium,
as well as a number of opium cards,
which he was selling at 50 cents each.
The Altamont Ranch, two miles
southeast of Klamath Falls, a 650-acre
tract and one of the most valuable in
Klamath county, has been taken over
by Asa Fordyce, a stockman of the
Fort Klamath district, from Captain
J, W. Siemens. The consideration
was not made public. Captain Sie
mens has purchased from Bellman &
Son 320 acres adjoining his other prop
erty.
Final completion of the paving on
what is known as the Bellevue exten
sion east of Sheridan indicates that
state force account highway work can
be done more cheaply than under pri
vate contract. Approximate figures
just announced show that the work
was done at least $12,000 cheaper than
the lowest bid of $52,000,. made by a
private contractor, and it may run as
much as $2000 lower than that esti
mate.
The Bandon woolen mill, conducted
for the past year under direction of
E. H. Tyron, as receiver, and which
had run on government contracts, has
been purchased by E. N. Smith, a for
mer resident of the county. The past
activities of the mill have required
the employment of 20 operators, but
the new owner contemplates an in
crease in capacity and the addition of
new machinery sufficient to double the
number of employes and the manufac
ture of a wider range of woolens.
Much of the past year's output went
to a government contracting company
in Chicago.
That the forest fires near Kirk, in
northern Klamath county, which Fri
day were threatening the timber
tracts of the Pelican Bay Lumber
company, are checked somewhat ow
ing to a heavy rain, Is the belief of
the company officials, although they
have been unable to reach the camps
in that district by phone.
The Horst evaporator plant at In
dependence has closed down tempor
arily, as the crews had disposed of all
the available vegetables. As soon as
more supplies reach the plant it will
resume operations again. The Horst
plant gives employment to a number
of people, as it is filling a large gov
ernment contract for dried fruits and
vegetables.
A loss of $60,000 is estimated as
the result of a fire which destroyed a
warehouse at Waconda, nine miles
north of Salem, at an early hour Fri
day. The fire is believed to have
been of incendiary origin. The heavi
est losers are Paul Marnarch and L.
F. Evans, of Salem, who had stored
oak lumber In the building for use in
eastern Oregon.
The Hood River peach crop is short,
and it is likely that fruit will have to
be imported to meet the canning de
mands of local housewives. Numerous
ranchers who sold quantities of
peaches last season report that their
trees are bare of fruit this year. The
earlier variety of peaches are reach
ing the market now and meets a ready
demand at 4 cents a pound.
Frank L. Grannls, of Marshtield, is
on his way to the cadet officers' train
ing camp at the Presidio of San Fran
cisco, where he will receive instruc
tion in military science. Mr. Grannis
is one of two faculty members, of the
Eugene high school, who will take the
course provided by the war depart
ment In fitting themselves to act as
instructors of the high school cadets.
Judge I. B. Hazeltine, for many
years county judge of Grant ccunty
and recorder of the town of Canyon
City for upward ot a quarter of a cen
tury, suffered a stroke of paralysis
Tuesday at his home in Canyon City
and is not expected to recover.
While trolling for salmon in the
Columbia at the mouth of the White
Salmon river Wednesday, Herman O,
Kresse, a Hood River druggist, caught
two large Dolly Varden trout While
these game fish are often caught in
the smaller streams, It is unusual to
catch them in the deep water ot the
Columbia.
OVER
By An American v Arthur Gmy Empey
Soldier Who Went Machine Gunner, Serving in France
EMPEY AND A COMRADE HAVE EXCITING EXPERIENCE
WHILE ON LISTENING POST DUTY.
8ynopsis. Fired by the sinking of the Lusltanla, with the loss of
American lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living in Jersey City,
goes to England and enlists as a private'ln the British army. After a
short experience as a recruiting officer In London, he is sent to train
ing quarters In France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and
makes the acquaintance of "cooties." After a brief perlodof training
Empey's company Is sent into the front-line trenches, where he takes
his first turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
learns, as comrade falls, that death lurks always In the trenches.
Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot
Are. With pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger
in No Man's Land. Much attention Is required by wounded men from
the corps of doctors and nurses. On listening post detail.
CHAPTER XIV Continued.
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If a man Is killed he Is burled, and
the responsibility of the government
ceases, excepting for the fact that his
people receive a pension. But if a man
is wounded It takes three men from
the firing line, the wounded man and
two men to carry hlra to the rear to
the advanced first-aid post. Here he Is
attended by a doctor, perhaps assist
ed by two R. A. M. C. men. Then he is
put Into a motor ambulance, manned
by a crew of two or three. At the field
hospital, where he generally goes un
der an anesthetic, either to have his
wounds cleaned or to be operated on,
he requires the services of about three
to five persons. From this point an
other ambulance ride Impresses more
men in his service, and then at the am
bulance train, another corps of doc
tors, R. A. M. O. men, Red Cross nurses
and the train's crew. From the train
he enters. the base hospital or casualty
clearing station, where a good-sized
corps of doctors, nurses, etc., are kept
busy. Another ambulance journey Is
next In order this time to the hospital
ship, He crosses the channel, arrives
in Blighty more ambulances and per
haps a ride for five hours on an Eng
lish Red Cross train with Its crew of
Red Cross workers, and at last he
reaches the hospital. Generally he
stays from two to six months, or long
er, in this hospital." From here he is
sent to a convalescent home for six
weeks.
If by wounds he Is unfitted for fur
ther service, he Is discharged, given a
pension, or committed to a soldiers'
home for the rest of his llfe-and still
the expense piles up. When you real
ize that all the ambulances, trains and
ships, not to mention the man power,
used in transporting a wounded man,
could be used for supplies, ammunition
and re-enforcements for the troops at
the front, it will not appear strange
that from a strictly military stand
point, a dead man is sometimes better
thnn a live one (If wounded).
Not long after the first digging party,
our general decided, after a careful
tour of inspection of the communica
tion trenches, upon "an ideal spot," as
he termed It, for a machine-gun em
placement; took his map, made a dot
on It, and as he was wont, wrote "dig
here," and the next night we dug.
There were twenty in the party, my
self included. Armed with picks,
shovels and empty sandbags we ar
rived at the "ideal spot" and started
digging. The moon was very bright,
but we did not care as we were well
out of sight of the German lines.
We had gotten about three feet
down, when the fellow next to me, aft
er a mighty stroke with his pick, let go
of the handle, nnd pinched his nose
with his thumb and forefinger, at the
same time letting out the explosion,
"Gott strafe me pink, I'm bloody well
gassed, not 'alf I ain't." I quickly
turned In his direction with an Inquir
ing look, at the same tnstnnt reaching
for my gns bag. I soon found out what
was ailing him. One whiff was enough
and I lost no time in also pinching my
nose. The stench was awful. The rest
of the digging party dropped their
picks and shovels and beat It for the
weather side of that solitary pick. The
officer came over nnd inquired why the
work had suddenly ceased, holding our
noses, we simply pointed in the direc
tion of the smell. He went over to the
pick, immediately clapped his hand
over his nose, made an "about turn"
and came back. Just then our cap
tain came along and investigated, but
after about a minute said we hnd bet
ter carry on with the digging, that he
did not see why we should have
stopped as the odor was very faint,
but If necessnry he would allow us our
gas helmets while digging. He would
stay and see the thing through, hut he
had to report back to brlgnde head
quarters Immediately, We wished that
we were captains and also hnd a date
at brigade headquarters. With our gas
helmets on we again attacked that hole
and uncovered the decomposed body of
a German ; the pick was sticking In his
chest. One of the men fainted. I was
that one. Upon this our lieutenant
halted proceedings and sent word back
to headquarters and word came back
that after we filled in the hole we could
knock off for the night. This was wel
come tidings to us, because
Next day the general changed the
dot on his map and another emplace
ment was completed the following
night
THE
Copyright 1917, by Arthur Guy Empey
The odor from the dug-up, decom
posed human body has an effect which
Is hard to describe. It first produces
a nauseating feeling, which, especially
after eating, causes vomiting. This re
lieves you temporarily, but soon a
weakening sensation follows, which
leaves you limp as a dishrng. Tour
spirits are at their lowest ebb and you
feel a sort of hopelessness and a mad
desire to escape it all, to get to the
open fields and the perfumo of the flow
ers In Blighty. There is a sharp,
prickling sensation in the nostrils,
which reminds one of breathing coal
gas through a radiator in the floor, nnd
you want to sneeze, but cannot. This
was the effect on me, surmounted by a
vague horror of the awfulness of the
thing and an ever-recurring reflection
that, perhnps I, sooner or later, would
be in such a state and be brought to
light by the blow of a pick In the hands
of some Tommy on a digging party.
Several times I have experienced this
odor, but never could get used to it;
the enervating sensation was always
present. It made me hate war and
wonder why such things were counte
nanced by civilization, and all the spice
and glory of the conflict would disap
pear, leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot nnd filling your
lungs with deep breaths of pure, fresh
nir, you forget and once again want to
be "up and at them."
CHAPTER XV.
Listening Post.
It was six in the morning when we
arrived at our rest billets, and we were
allowed to sleep until noon; that Is,
if we wanted to go without our break
fast. For sixteen days we remained
Entrance to a Dugout
in rest billets, digging roads, drilling,
and other fatigues, and then back into
the front-line trench.
Nothing happened that night, but the
next afternoon I found out that a
bomber is general utility man In a sec
tion. About five o'clock in the afternoon
our lieutenant came down the trench
and stopping in front of a bunch of us
on the fire step, with a broad grin on
his face, asked :
"Who Is going to volunteer for listen
ing post tonight? I need two men."
It Is needless to say no one volun
teered, because It is anything but a
cushy job. I began to feel uncomfort
able as I knew it was getting around
for my turn. Sure enough, with another
grin, he said :
"Empey, you and Wheeler are due,
so come down into my dugout for in
structions at six o'clock."
Just as he left nnd was going around
a traverse, Fritz turned loose with a
machine gun and the bullets ripped the
sandbags right over his head. It gave
me great pleasure to see hlra duck
against the parapet He was getting a
taste of what we would get later out
In front.
Then, of course. It began to rain. I
knew It was the forerunner of a mis
erable night for ns. Every time I had
to go out In front, it Just naturally
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rained. Old Jupiter Pluvlus must have
had it In for me.
At six we reported for Instructions.
They were simple and easy. All we
hnd to do was to crawl out Into No
Man's Land, Ho on our bellies with our
ears to the ground and listen for the
tap, tap of the German engineers or
snppers who might be tunneling under
No Man's Land to establish a mine
head beneath our trench.
Of course, in our orders we were told
not to be captured by German patrols
or reconnoltering parties. Lots of
breath is wasted on the western front
giving silly cautions.
As soon as it was dark, Wheeler and
I crawled to our post which was about
halfway between the lines. It was
raining bucketfuls, the ground was a
sea of sticky mud and clung to us like
glue.
We took turns In listening with our
ears to the ground. I would listen fof
twenty minutes while Wheeler would
be on the qui vlve for German patrols.
We each wore a wrlstwatch, and be
lieve me, neither one of us did over
twenty minutes. .The rain soakei is
to the skin and our ears were full of
mud.
Every few minutes a bullet weald
crack overhead or a mn"hlne gun would
traverse back and forth.
Then all firing suddenly censed. 1
whispered to Wheeler, "Keep your eye
skinned, mate; most likely Fritz has
a pntrol out that's why the Boches
have stopped firing."
We were each armed with a rifle and
bayonet and three Mills bombs to be
used for defense only.
I had my ear to the ground. All of
a sudden I heard faint, dull thuds.
In n low but excited voice I whispered
to Wheeler, "I think they are mining,
listen."
He put his ear to the "ground and
In an unsteady voice spoke Into my
ear :
"Yank, that's a patrol and it's head
ing our way. For God's sake keep
still."
I was ns still as a mouse and was
scared stiff.
Hardly breathing and with eyes try
ing to pierce the inky blackness, we
waited. I would have given a thou
sand pounds to have been safely In
my dugout.
Then we plainly heard footstepj and
our hearts stood still.
A dnrk form suddenly loomed up In
front of me; It looked as big as the
Woolworth building. I could hear
the blood rushing through my veuw
and it sounded as loud as Niagara
falls.
Forms seemed to emerge from the
darkness. There were seven of them
in all. I tried to wish them away. I
never wished harder in my life. They
muttered a few words In German and
melted into the blackness. I didn't
stop wishing either.
All of a sudden we heard a stumble,
a muddy splash, and a mut tered "Don
ner und Blltzen." One of the Boches
had tumbled Into a shell hole. Neither
of us laughed. At that time It didn't
strike us as funny.
About twenty minutes after the Ger
mans had disappeared something from
the rear grabbed me by the foot. I
nenrly fainted with fright. Then a
welcome whisper In a cockney accent.
"I s'y, myte, we've come to relieve
you."
Wheeler and I crawled back to our
trench; we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After a swig of rum we
were soon fast asleep on the fire step
in our wet clothes.
The next morning I was as stiff as a
poker and every Joint ached like a
bad tooth, but I was still alive, so It
did not matter.
CHAPTER XVI.
BatteryD 238.
The day after this I received the
glad tidings that I would occupy the
machine gunners' dugout right near
the advanced artillery observation
post. This dugout was a roomy affair,
dry as tinder, and real cots In it.
These cots had been made by the
K. E.'s who had previously occupied
the dugout. I was the first to enter
nnd promptly made a signboard with
my name and number on It and sus
pended it from the foot of the most
comfortable cot therein.
In the trenches it is always "first
come, first served," and this is lived
up to by all.
Two R. F, A. men (Royal Field ar
tillery) from the nearby observation,
post were allowed the privilege of
stopping In this dugout when off duty.:
One of these men, Bombardier Wil
son by name, who belonged to Bat
tery D 238, seemed to take a liking
to me, and I returned this feeling. j
In two days' time we were pretty
chummy, and he told me how his bat
tery in the early days of the war had
put over a stunt on Old Pepper, and
had gotten away with It. '
I will endeaver to give the story as
far as memory will permit In his own
words :
Despite the excellent targets
men are not allowed to shell
Fritz, Empey relate In next Installment
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