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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1918)
Or Hhl-Soc E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 . C. J. B aiO M T, M oro, S h erm an Draft Men Reclassified W . C. Bar a m t . O o u jxty» O r e g o n . W riaíadñch ^ ’J 61 BRIDGES VIOLENT OFFENSIVE Portland, Or.— A “Class I W eek” is to be held som etim e in June by every local draft w ard in O regon. under instruc- Lange Masses of Infantry Used ' s? toiis received from the war. A ttorneya-at-Law departm ent and com m unicated n Attempt to Break the to local boards by Captain John m Italian Line. Cullison, officer in charge of »offices at the draft, in the office o f the Home.—A battle of great violence Adjutant General. The Dalles and Moro, Ore. The purpose o f “Class 1 along the whole front In which large W eek” is to correct any errors masses of inf kn try are being used by in classification that m ay have the Austrian« In an attempt to break jeen, m ade previously. In cor through the Italian lines, particularly recting these errors, m any reg In the eastern sector of the Aslago istrants previously placed in plateau. In the Brenta valley and on .ow er classification w ill be Monte Qrappa, la described In the of ficial report from Italian headquarters. ransferred to Class I. At the sam e tim e, the re The enemy’s attacks were met in Physician and Surgeon. classification w ill w ork both the advanced defensive area. Italian troops, In conjunction with ways. W here the evidence just ifies, local boards w ill re-open their French and British allies, began the cases of m en w rongfully a counter offensive against the Austro- Moro, Oregon. jlaced in Class I and place them Hungarian forces, which bail launched .n low er classifications, as the an attack on the Italian mountain Office in residence. circum stances warrant. front The Italian and allied troops, a c | G overnm ent appeal agents and m em bers o f legal advisory cording to an announcement made by w ards have been directed im the war office, were able to gain par m ediately to m ake a careful tial successes and to rectify their lines. Gen. G. T. M. Bridges, of the British The statement says the Austrians, army, head of all British war missions exam ination ' of all question naires and records in all cases disregarding their losses, continued m this country. in w hich they are satisfied that their endeavors to cross the Piave re-classification should be made. river, hut that the Italians are bravely Thousands o f registrants are holding their positions. « More than 4600 Austrians have been now in Class IV, the W ar D e partment believes, w ho should mad* prisoner by the Italians, British je in ClasS II or Class I. Appeal and French. Office on First street, The Italian troops and their allies agents are instructed to appeal MORO, - O R E G O N every case w here the re-classi are holding the enemy strongly, tena Washington. — A nation Wide con fication is not convincingly cor ciously reslsUng him In the new of fensive and making repeated counter spiracy between manufacturers and r e ct “Local boards, governm ent attacks, said Premier Orlando in a contractors' agents In Washington to appeal agents and m em bers of statement to the chamber of deputies. solicit government war orders under an agreement to pay commissions 11 legal advisory boards,” Captain am es s te w a r t legally to the agents was disclosed by C ullison’s instructions advise, the department of Justice. are requested to direct special Simultaneously with the announce attention to the follow ing ment, raids were made on hundreds classes o f cases: Class 2, A and of manufacturers’ business offices B; Class 3, A, B and C; Class throughout United States in search 4 A.” * SH E R M A N C O U N T Y of papers showing the scope of the For the benefit o f all these With tha American Army In France Illegal practice. # Address: MORO, ORE. —About 600 German shock troops raid definitions are given: Class Officials said the manufacturers II-A: Married man with children ed the American first-line positions at were le d to enter Into the agreements or father of m otherless children the village of Xivray, in the Toul sec where w ife and children are not to r / Some of the enemy got Into Xi by assurances of the agents thut they DEPUTIES had special Influence with army of vray,- but were soon driven out. t . Schadewits, Dr Jos. Saunders,V.S m ainly dependent on him for ficers or fibers In Charge o f letting The attack began at 3 o’clock in the . . support; II-B: Married man Kent, Ore. Moro, Ore. morning after an extremely violent contracts, and under threat to use that without children whose* w ife is influence against thè gianufscturcrs capable of supporting herself; bombardment The Germans advanced Eleven office« In Wàshington were RI-A: Man w ith dependent swiftly to 'the attack, but were met raided and a great mass of papers of children (not his ow n) but by a heavy fire. Those who pene contract agents was carried away. trated Xivray were forced speedily to toward whom he stands in rela Other cities in which raids were tion of parent; III-B: Man with withdraw and elsewhere the enemy made Include New York, Boston, Chi V E T E R IN A R IA N dependent, aged or infirm par was completely repulsed In hard fight cago, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Jersey ents; III-C: Man with, dependent ing lasting more than two hours. According to prisoners, the object of city, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, St. Louis, helpless brothers or sisters; IV- the enemy was to take American pris Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Colum A: Man whose w ife or children bus, O.; Detroit, Milwaukee, Minnea Interstate Stock Inspector are m ainly dependent • on his oners. This failed, as no American Is polis, Providence, Buffalo and Dan Examiner of Stallions for License reported missing. labor for support. The American troops engaged at bury, Conn. N ew standards of physical exam ination are being issued by d ose quarters the small German force the Provost Marshal General. that entered Xivray. There was sev BIG SAWMILL TO BE BUILT W ASCO, . „ . . " ’X « . . O R E G O N These will, it is believed, not ere fighting with bayonets and clubbed Million Telephone Main 502 merely add to the num ber of rifles. The Germans left nine dead In Cutting Capacity Will Be Feet Dally. the streets and six prisoners were men eligible for m ilitary serv Portland, Or.—A sawmill with a ca ice but will largely increase the taken, two of them officers, one of pacity of 1,000,000 feet a day, and in roster of those held for lim ited whom was wounded. other respects equipped to make it or special sefvkst. Bright & Bryant D r. C . L . P o k y » » D e m o ss S p rin g s G rove J u ly 1st 2d, 3d, 4tfi, 5 tb ,6 tb Three Programs Daily. Morning, Afternoon and Evening Twenty Six Grand Events, Besides Other Attractions S i x D a y s o f S p l e n d i d M u s ic J. R. M organ New York City Marino Band, Mary Adel Hays, Apollo Concert Company, Moana Yierra's Royal Hawaiian^, Metropolitan Artists, th e Eichhorns, , DeMoss Orchestra, Schubert Serenaders. Z D e rx tlo t GRAFT RAIDS MADE - IN MANY CITIES J D r. T h e o . B eletski fa rm Lighting Plan ARMY TO REACH 3,000,000 TOTAL OF AMERICAN Brighten Up The Farm • This is what a Western Elec tric Lighting Plant on your place will mean to you: » Fam ous No dark nights. N o gas to explode. No pressure tank to blow up. No water to carry. N o lamps to fill. No matches to burn. N o smoky chimneys to clean. Crowder Explains Military Expansion Plane to Senate Committee. ’Washington.—Three million Ameri cans will be under arms by next Au gust, the senate military committee was told by Provost Marshal-General Washington. — Seven hundred and Crowder. seventy casualties reported among the Extension of the age limits in the American expeditionary forces during army draft will be necessary, General the past week brought the total since | Crowder said, if the present rate of American troops first landed in draft calls Is continued. He estimated Frande nearly a year ago to 8085. (hat all the men in class one would The second weekly summary issued be exhausted soon after next January by the war department shows the total deaths are 3193, while 4547 men have 1. General Crowder said that 1,347,000 been wounded in action and 346 are of the 2,428,000 men placed In class missing irf action, including all men one already have been called to the held prisoners in Germany. colors. He estimated that some 400, With more than 800,000 soldiers sent 000 additional men for the first class overseas, officials pointed to the small will be secured from the men who number, 291, lost through operations registered last June 5 and that another of German submarines as showing the 200,000 will be added by the reclassi effectiveness of the convoy system. fication of men In the re-examination The comparatively small number of of the questionnaires now being made men dying from wounds is pointed to —-------------------------- i as indicating the efficiency of the am O’Leary Captured Near Portland. bulance and hospital systems, while Portland, Or—Charged with being a the fact that only 1234 men have died spy, an Anglophile and a rabid pro- of disease is accepted as proof of the German agitator, Jeremiah O’Leary, a excellent physical condition of Amer New York lawyer, was picked up on a ica’s fighting men. little farm near Sara, Wash., about 27 Another satisfying consideration is miles north of Portland, as a fugitive that of the wounded men a very high from Justice. Secret service pen percentage return to duty at the front with the aid of farmers and local in less than six weeks. authorities, made the arrest O’L eau CASUALTIES IS 8035 Noted Flyer Fall« 2000 Feet. Ban Antonio, T ex—Smiling Lieuten Turn a Switch anywhere day or night ant Pat O’Brien, of Momence, 111., who and gat a good strong flood of light later served with the British royal flying corps, survived a battle with four German planes, and after being " For S a le By taken prisoner, leaped from a fast moving train, and wandered more than two months through enemy territory before finally reaching Holland and safety, suffered from the second fall of his adventurous career, while fly Agent for Wasco and Sherman Counties ing at Kelly field. Two thousand feet from the ground the plane side-slipped and O’BrJen was unable to right It The machine landed nose downward The Moro Trading Co. has a in soft esrth. h e climbed out iNTdly ¡ood stock of Sheetings, Pillow shaken and bleeding freely. WalHier-Wdllams Htlw. Ci The Dalles, Oregon, fubjngs, Muslins and Towclin^s ? at prices below market. This is Fruit Jars, Cans and Bings now in stock at Moro Trading the time to buy while you can Co. get them. L e c tu r e r s, A r tis tic R ead ers, and Im p e rso n a to rs A rthur Walwyn Evans, Dr. Minopaku Toshi Yamamoto, Beatrice Hasket, l)r. Elliott A. Boyl, Dr. A. I). Carpenter, Henry Warren Poor, Mrs. A. C. Zehner, Hon. R. N. Stanfield, Josephine Beaslic," Elsie May Gordon. M o th e r AMERICANS DEFEAT GERMAN RAIDERS SÎ0G U N D BRAND INSPECTOR Western Electric orlo« F i v e C e n to 1Ö J 8 . K r id a y , J u n e i w. G oose F es^ V a l and P ageant Bright, Sparkling, and E ntertaining, by Mother Goose and all her children, will, on the last night, close this series o f magnificent entertainm ents.- Season Ticket, war tax included: Adult, $2.75; Children, $1. E ntitling holder to admission to both programs ecudi day. Tickets <m sale at Bank of Wasco, Barnett Bank, Farm ers State «Bank, Bank of Moro, CitiAeus Bank, J .K . Irby store, ami IGmt Trading Company. ....... ....... FORD TO RUN FOR SENATE Season tickets for the Chautau qua are now on sale at the two hanks in Wasco, the two banks in Moro, the bank at Grass Valley, and the two stores at Kent. A ll who have subscribed for tickets can get them at these places and should be secured at once. It is well to remember that as soon as the first -ISO tickets are taken the I was indorsed for the nom ination for price advances, without regard to U 8. Labor Corps Formed in France. | U nited S tates sen ato r by the- demo the date of opening. Paris —The United States army la Germany Invaded by Bolshevlklsm. London.—German soldiers returning Noted Manufacturer Indorsed by Mich from Russia are imbued with Bolshe igan Democrats. vik Ideas and are everywhere circulat W ashington.— An announcem ent by ing revolutionary pamphlets, General Honry Ford that, having Jbeen urged von Risberg said in the German ' to do so by P resident Wilson, he would relchstag, according to a Copenhagen accept the dem ocratic nom ination for dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph i sen ato r from Michigan was made pub company. For this reason, he said, strict discipline wns necessary In the 1 lie here. army. , > Detroit.—Henry Ford, a republican, cra ts of Michigan In conference at bor corps has been organized to re lleve able-bodied men engaged in work behind the lines, ami make them avail able for front line service. The corps the largest mill on the Pacific coast, numbers 30,000 persons and is com and probably second largest in the posed of Italians, Portuguese, Chinese country, has been designed In Port and Africans. land, for the United States govern ment. as part of its spruce production progrgjuumo. The mill will be erected on the Olympic peninsula on the shore of Lake Pleasant, near Beaver, in Clallam county, Wash., and about 50 miles west of Port A ngles. Lansing. Ilesolutlona' adopted by the confer ence Invited the republican sta te cen tral coram ltteo to Hrgo other candi dates for the nom ination to withdraw and unite with th e dem ocrats in sup porting Mr. Ford for tho office. Butter Nut Bread, fresh daily, a, Moro Trading Co. Our stock of canned goods is com plete. Best brands at rea sonable -prices.— Moro 'Trading Co. -^rrrnTTnrnWE Bfc U. S. Seizes All Busch Breweries. Washington.—The entire estate in this country of Mrs Lily Busch, widow of Adolphus Busch, late millionaire brewer, of St. Louis, has been taken over by the government under the alien property law. The property con sists largely of "breweries in St. Louis and other cities. This fact became known In connection with the return to America of Mrs. Bustti, who has been living in Germany for several years, practically airtce the death of her hwsband. 1,000,000 A ustrians In Battle. P u rls ._Ninety two A ustrian divis ions, consisting of 80 divisions of in fantry and 12 of cavalry have been hurled into the greatest battle that Italy has yet fought, according to an official announcement at Rome, re ceived here. The forces engaged com prise three fourths of the whole Aus trian army and the choicest troops under tho command of Field Marshal is best known aa the president of the Boroevlc. American Truth society, an organiza tion which Is supposed to have been t h e MARKET8 financed by Germany to prevent the entrance of the United States Into the Portland. — war. Oats—No. 2 white feed, 159.50 ton. Corn—Whole, >73; cracked. 174. Wilson Honored by French., Hay—Timothy, >33 per ton; alfalfa, Paris.—President Wilson, ex-Prem- >24.50. ler Salandra, of Italy, and Cardinal Butter—Creamery, 41c per lb. Merbler, primate of Belgium, were Eggs—Ranch, 38c par dozen. Potatoes—11$H &0 per hundred. unanimously elected to the French Poultry—Hens, 2 3 24c; broilers, 26 Academy of Moral ahd Political Sciences. - . @30c; roosters, 160)17«. Seattle. Senate Refuses to Curtail Debate. Washington.—The sengte refused to Butter—Creamery, 43c per lb limit Its debate during the war. After Eggs—Ranch, 4f>f per dozen. receiving confirmation that the presi „ Poultry—Hens, heavy, dressed, 36c; dent had not urged Its adoption, the light, 83c; broilers, 42c; roasters, tenet« voted down, 41 to 84, a rule dressed, 38o; ducks, live, 80c; dressed, to eut short senators* speeches. 14«; «70; dressed. 85c. C ooking Convenience All the convenience of gas—that is the meaning of a New Perfection Oil Cook Stove installed in your k itc h e n . . Easy to operate. A touch of a match and in a ji f f y your stove is ready for cooking. No smoke or smell; no dust or dirt. More convenient than coal or wood.Better and more economical cooking all the year round. A cool kitch en in summer. And you have all the convenience of gas. A New Perfection Oil Cook Stove m ea n s k itc h e n comfort and 4on- v e n le n c e . A sk your friend who hat one. Used in 3,000,000 h o r n e t. Inexpensive, easy to operate. Sso them atyour deal er’s today. 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