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 .
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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
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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
•
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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.
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