THE
ALL MEN OF MILITARY
AGE MUST REGISTER!
HERMISTON
HERALD,
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WILSON TO
REGISTRY
Polling Places Are Registration Offices, In Charge
of War Census Marshals-» Age Limit 21 to
30 Years, Inclusive—Disobedience
Means Imprisonment
(From Office of Adjutant General. O. N. G.)
Portland—Every man in Oregon be
tween the ages of 21 and 30 years, in
clusive, must register on the day set
for the taking of the war census. The
date of the census will be set by Pres
ident Wilson by proclamation as soon
as congress passes the conscripiton
bill in final form.
No man of military age — 21 to 30
years, inclusive—will be excused from
registration.
This applies even to
those who will be exempted from mili
tary service under the provisions of
the law. The government must have
a complete record of each ease before
any claims of exemption can be
granted.
The penalty for failing to register is
imprisonment, and without the option
of paying a fine. Even persons who
are too ill to appear for registration
must arrange with some friend to see
the registration officials and take down
their answers for them.
Brigadier General George A. White,
adjutant general of the Oregon Na
tional Guard, who will supervise the
taking of the census in this state un
der direction of Governor Withycombe,
has appealed to every citizen to study
carefully the requirements of the War
Census.
If this is done, there is no reason
why the census should cause any con
fusion. Indeed, registering for the
War Census will not be very much
harder or more involved than register
ing to Vote at an election.
Registration places will be the regu
lar election polling places, and in most
cases the registrars, (war census mar
shals), and their assistants, will be the
regular election board.
The accompanying cut is an exact
copy of the card that must be made
out by the War Census Marshals for
every man of military age in Oregon
and other states on War Census day.
The card is officially prepared and sent
out by the War department, and the
procedure of registration will be simi
lar in all states.
Full answers must be given to all
questions. It would be well to cut out
the list now and study it carefully, so
you will have your answers ready when
you go before the registrar, (war cen
sus marshal). He will write down the
answers on the card.
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS EVERY MAN OF MILITARY
AGE MUST ANSWER ON WAR CENSUS DAY.
REGISTRATION CARD
Name in fall ...
(Given name)
Home
address .........
___________ (No.)
Date.of birth ....
(Site)
(City)
( Month)
(Das"
Are you (1) a natural born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you decland your
Intention (specify which)?
Where were
(Nation)
(Site)
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Strews Sea With Score of Mines Then
Calls Prussian Vessels In Ger
man Code and They Rush to
Their Destruction.
New York.—How a British subma
rine, disabled and forced to come to
the surface in Prussian waters In the
North Sea, captured an enemy mine
layer and sank six Prussian destroyers
was told lu graphic language by an of
ficer of a British vessel that arrived
at an American port. According to the
narrative the officer commanding the
submarine* forced the mine-layer to
tow him out to sea and then, repairs
being completed, sowed the sea with
mines and in German code sent out a
call by wireless that brought six Prus
sian destroyers down on them. Four
of the destroyers struck mines and the
remaining two were sunk by the sub
marine, which then made her way
home In safety.
“We were cruising off the mouth of
the Weser at night,” the officer told a
New York Herald reporter, “when
something went wrong with our ma-
chinery and we came to a stop.
Setting the Trap.
"We had passed close by to several
Prussian vessels earlier in the eve-
aing, but had not touched them, for
ours was a mission of observation. So
we considered that we would fall in
with one very soon. Sure enough, in
an hour’s time we caught sight of a
lark shape coming down and which
would apparently run afoul of us if we
kept on. Through the night glasses
bur lieutenant made her ont to be a
trawler. At once he decided on a des
perate expedient. He sent off the
30‘sun and six men, all the available
nen we had. In our collapsible boat,
and as the trawler bore down on us he
Sailed her in German and reported
mimself as U-29, with machinery dis-
abled.
“It wasn’t till she was right on top
if us that they smelled a rat. Some-
me shouted out an alarm as her over-
lang grazed us. And as the cry went
ip our collapsible, which had pulled
iround, boarded her from the other
side. The lieutenant and I went over
he trawler’s side and shot two of
:hem before they rushed us, for our
boat’s crew had kept the remainder of
he watch on deck busy.
“Once in possession of the deck It
was easy to do for the engine-room
orce of three and the boat was ours.
We made sure that there was no com-
nunication from the fo’c’sle except by
he locked hatch. Then the lieutenant
passed a line to our own submarine
ind with her engine-room crew work-
ng like mad the rest of us on the
rawler got under way. It was almost
lawn before the engineer on the sub
marine hailed us and announced that
CHANGE IN RUSSIA PLEASES
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support (specify which)?
Race (specify which)? -
What military servire have you had?
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325 U-BOATS AFLOAT
Eighty to 100 Reported Lost in Nets
Set at Sea by British— Assemble
Every Morning for Orders.
Amsterdam, via London — The Ger
mans have about 325 submarines in
operation and about 80 to 100 have
been lost through British nets alone,
according to the Telegraaf, which
prints an interview with a member of
the crew of the submarine U-58. This
is the submarine which sank the Dutch
grain ships in February.
When at sea the submarines assem
ble every morning at a given point,
and receive wireless instructions, pre
sumably from Helgoland. There are
about 39 U-boats of the newest type,
each carrying a crew of 56 men and
this fleet is supplemented by a second
ary squadron marked with a C.
Naval Staff is Formed.
London—The formation of a naval
staff, of which Admiral Sir John R.
Jellicoe, first sea lord, will be chief,
was announced in the house of com
mons Tuesday by Sir Edward Carson,
first lord of the admiralty.
Sir Edward Carson said the changes
had a two-fold object. The first was
to free the first sea lord and the heads
of the naval staff from administrative
details, while the second was to
strengthen the shipping, building and
production departments of the ad
miralty.
TROOPS URGED TO CONTINUE
Russian Army Told Kaiser Would En
slave Nation—No Separate Peace.
Petrograd, via London—The council
of soldiers’ and workmen’s deputies
has issued an appeal to the army, in
which it declares that German imper
ialism is seeking to destroy revolution
ary Russia and enslave the Russian
people. It appeals to the soldiers to
defend Russia with all their power and
declares that a separate peace is im-
possible.
The appeal saya that the only solu
tion of the war must be a general
peace among all nations by common
agreement It asserts that the council
is aiming at peace by calling for a rev
olution among the workmen and peas
ants of Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary, but that peace cannot be achiev-
ed unless the enemy at the front is
checked.
Norman McClintock of Pittsburgh,
German Coal is Limited.
Copenhagen, via London- -Germany’s well-known naturalist and ornitholo
fuel difficulties did not end with the gist. is shown here with his movie cam
unusually severe winter. On the con era all set to photograph birds at close
trary, Germans are even now being range. He pitches his tent near the
for hours
Inside
warned that during the rest of the war nest and stays
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and in the period immediately follow-It in all sorts of weather. To Keep the
ing, it will not be possible to supply click of the camera shutter from scar
the individual consumer with all the ingthis subjects, he installs a tek:
coal he desires
I tocking metronome in the tent The
It will be necessary for him to put metronome, used wherever young hope-
up with discomfort, he is told, al- fula bang the plano, ticks so constantly
though, the Lokal Anzeiger comments, that the birds soon pay no attention to
“with the coming of winter we shall It, and its noise drowns the click of
at least not freeze."
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AMFRICAN FLEET IN
WAR ZONE FOR DUTY
Destroyer Fires Upon U-Boat in
Battle on Way Over.
BEGIN PATROL DUTIES
After Visiting in Queenstown Harbor
Flotilla Puts to Sea—American
Readiness Pleases British.
Queenstown—A squadron of Ameri
can torpedo boat destroyers has safely
crossed the Atlantic and is patrolling
the seas in war service.
The American navy’s actual entry
into the war zone already has been
productive of a brush between a de
stroyer and a German underwater boat,
according to an announcement by the
British admiralty, but the result of it
has not been made public.
The destroyer squadron arrived in
Queenstown after an uneventful voy
age across the Atlantic, but. almost
immediately after a formal exchange
of greetings with the British naval
officials, put to sea again for the hard
work that is before it.
A crowd of several hundred persons,
some of them carrying tiny American
flags, lined the waterfront and cheered
the destroyers from the moment they
first sighted ' the flotilla until it
reached the dock.
The crowd cheered again when a few
minutes later the American senior offi
cer came ashore to greet the British
senior officer and Wesley Frost, the
American consul, who had come down
to the dock to welcome the flotilla.
Everything was done in a simple, bus
inesslike manner.
There was an en
tire absence of formality.
The commander of the British flotilla
was waiting on board his ship, and
sent wireless greetings to the Ameri
can units as soon as they hove in
sight, steaming in a long line into the
harbor.
After the exchange of shore greet
Jean Mitchel le, private in the One Hundred and Twelfth regiment of the
French army, reflecting the smile of a United States naval officer, both happy ings and the British commander had
In the relationship of their respective nations In the upholding of justice and congratulated the American officers on
human rights. The French soldier is in this country on a four months’ furlough their safe voyage he asked :
“When will you be ready for busi
and is spending part of that precious time in helping the United States navy
ness?”
in its recruiting campaign.
“We can start at once,” the Ameri
can commander replied promptly.
This response, so characteristically
American, surprised the British com
mander, who said he hadn’t expected
the Americans would be ready to begin
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work on this side so scon after their
maintain our neutrality until the mo long voyage. When he had recovered
Former Premier of Greece Says ment Bulgaria attacked Serbia. Had from his surprise he made a short tour
this policy of the king been sincere It of the destroyers and admitted that
Democratic Nations Will At
would have been entirely honorable. the American tars looked prepared.
tain Peace Ideals.
“Yes, ” replied the American com
But, as events afterward demonstrat
ed, his policy lacked sincerity. Under mander, “we made preparations on the
the veneer of pacifism that policy at way over. This is why we are ready.”
The equipment on board the destroy
tempted to exploit the lassitude which
seized Greece after the two Balkan ers was found to be in excellent condi
tions and remarkably well suited to
wars.
But in reality his policy was due to the requirements on this side of the
Attempt to Establish "Divine Right” a secret pact with Germany and had ocean.
in Greece “Doomed to Failure,"
no other purpose than promoting the
Says Famoue Statesman—
victory of Germany, because the tri ITALY BEGINS ON AUSTRIANS
umph of Prussianism, in the king’s
Sympathies With Entente.
opinion, was the only possible oppor-
Opens Big Drive on Isonzo Front and
tunity for him to impose on Greece
By ELEUTHERIOS VENIZELOS.
Enemy is Forced Back.
an absolute monarchy.
(President of the Greek Provisional Gov
We have proof of this, When Bul-
Rome, via Paris — Important suc
ernment.)
Salónica.—The change that has garla attacked Serbia the crown 1m- cesses were won by the Italians Wed
tallen place in the Russian govern mediately took a position conflicting nesday in opening their drive on the
ment hus been hailed by the new with that of the majority of the new Isonzo front. The official report fol
Greece with sincere Joy, because the parliament, refusing to fulfill the obli lows:
“Intense artillery fire was opened on
abolition of despotism and the triumph gations contracted by our alliance with
of democratic principles in Russia Serbia, and thus opposing the will of the morning of May 12 along the
proves in the most conclusive manner the entire country as expressed whole line from Tolmino to the sea. It
that the struggle now going on in the through the recent election. The king was maintanied until the morning of
world is essentially a contest between told me at that time that he did not May 14, when it was intensified to
consider himself bound to abide by drum fire. The Austrian batteries re
democracy and autocracy.
The entrance into the war of the the wishes of the people. He said that plied with a heavy curtain fire.
“Towards noon the Italian infantry
great American republic is the most whenever an Important International
Some of
emphatic confirmation possible of the matter came up for decision he re leaped over the parapets.
nature of the world conflict
The served the right to impose upon the their objectives hitherto had been re
struggle of the Greek liberal forces nation his personal viewpoint, claim garded as impregnable, such, for in
against King Constantine's clique has ing that he was responsible to God stance, as the heights on the left bank
of the Isonzo, from Piava to Salcano
never been a fight between people fa only.
Pass, where successive lines of
voring war and those who favor peace,
"Divine Right” Doomed to Failure.
trenches above deep caverns, well sup
but It is a struggle of democracy
It is quite obvious that such an at
against autrocracy. No party wished tempt to establish in Greece the prin plied with defensive and offensive ma
for a prolonged period of peace more ciple of monarchy by divine right is terial, were defended by seasoned
than the Liberals, especially after the doomed to failure at a time when that troops.
“Notwithstanding these conditions,
exhaustion resulting from the two re very principle Is abolished in Russia.
the Italian infantry advanced and still
cent Balkan wars.
Furthermore, the victory over Prus continues to advance. Valuable posi
Sympathies With the Entente.
sian absolutism and militarism, which tions have been won and prisoners are
Because of the democratic senti will be more decisive and more com flowing into our concentration camps.”
ments of the country, however, as well plete now, owing to the immense mate
as on account of the bonds of grati rial and moral resources thrown In the
Seized German Damaged.
tude and common interest existing balance by the great American repub
New York—The steamship Princess
between the powers that guaranteed lic, will not only result in the miser
Greek safety and constitution In the able failure of the attempt made by Irene, formerly a German merchant
eastern Mediterranean, and also be King Constantine, but. we believe and man, was seriously damaged by the
cause of our alliance with Serbia, all hope, will also demolish in Germany, fire which broke out in the New York
our sympathies were from the begin to its very foundations, the antiquated navy yard in Brooklyn Thursday. The
ning of the war with the entente pow- institution of autocracy, which is in fire was the second one at the yard
ers. Moreover, we were firmly con compatible with modern civilization within four days. The origin of the
vinced that the developments of the and with the ideals that gave birth to blaze, which was discovered in a pile
of mattresses brought aboard for use
great struggle would, sooner or later, the great North American republic.
make our intervention inevitable on
Allow me to add that the entrance by recruits, is unknown. The efforts
account of our treaty with Serbia.
of the United States into the war of sailors saved the Friedrich der
In this conviction we were strength against the central powers and the Grosse, another former German liner,
ened after Turkey, which never recog noble words ottered by the president form destruction, as sparks fell upon
nised our sovereignty over the Isles of In congress make it certain for us that her decks.
the archipelago and which never the peace that will follow the victory
Ex-Officers May Serve.
ceased to proclaim plainly that she will give birth to a new political world.
San
Francisco
— All regular former
In
which
the
right
of
self-government
would go as far as a war declaration
In order to take possession of them, will be guaranteed to every people. United States Army officers below the
had entered into the war on the side The league of democratic nations will grade of major, who have clean records
attain the Ideal of universal peace and and were honorably discharged, may be
of the central powers.
There never was any doubt In our eradicate forever the destructive agen- commissioned as officers of the Reserve
Corps subject to age requirements and
minds that the world war was onr cy now ravaging humanity.
physical examination, it was announced
own war and that It was Incumbent
The melting point of ductile tung Thursday by officers of the Western de
upon ns to enter Into It at the first
Hundreds of
sten la higher than that of any other partment of the army.
opportunity.
Opposed to this policy was that of known metal and Its tensile strength competent officers for the Reserve
Corps will be obtained under thia rul
exceeds that of Iron and nickst
ing of the War department, it is said.
AMERICA IN WAR MEANS FREE WORLD
SNAPS BIRDS FOR MOVIES
Married or single (which) ?
fairly torn to pieces. The fourth de
stroyer, her engines reversing at top
speed and hauling her back on her
haunches, took a pot shot at the traw
ler for luck, realizing that they had
run into a trap. As she was firing we
crept slowly up and let her have a tor
pedo amidships.
“The roar of the explosion had hard
ly died away when another detonation
shook us and we found that two more
destroyers had come up from the
southward and had fallen afoul of the
mines. The leading one was untouched,
but the second had struck another
mine. As the one remaining destroyer
turned to run we made for her at an
angle and got her. She went up with
an appalling roar.
“We had no chance to breathe, how
ever, for something dropped into the
sea close by and exploded. Swinging
our periscope upward we found three
Taubes circling above us. We turned
and cut for home, with the trio hang
ing over us for more than half an
hour, dropping bombs all around us,
and after running with the fear of
death in our hearts for more than an
hour we got within dur cruising area
and the Taubes were driven away by a
couple of our own seaplanes.
“The lieutenant got the Victoria
cross for his work and we all got the
Military cross.”
HAPPY TO BE ALLIES IN THE WAR
By whom employed ? ...
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OREGON.
he had cleared away the broken stuff
and replaced the rods.
"The lieutenant then cast loose from
our submarine and the trawler made a
wide semicircle, dropping overside all
the surface mines she had on board—
20 of them. Then we sent a radio In
German—the lieutenant had found the
Hun’s secret code book In the wheel
house—calling for help and announcing
that the trawler had fallen In with a
flotilla of fast British cruisers, evi
dently bent on a raiding expedition.
With that we wrecked the wireless,
abandoned the trawler with her crew
still locked on the fo’c’sle and sub
merged behind our barrier of mines.
Destroying the Destroyers.
“We didn’t have long to wait The
dawn was just breaking when up from
the east came four destroyers In col
umn. We had hardly sighted them
when they saw the trawler and spread
out fanwise. As they shot into the
mine field the leading destroyer went
leaping out of the water with her bow
torn off. The others sheered and the
second and third, thus running up the
mine trail, both struck, each one being
Vessel, Disabled, Captures Mine
Laying Trawler and
Sets a Trap.
If not a citizen, of what country aro you a citizen or subject ?
What is your present
trade, occupation, or office?
MISTON,
BRITISH U-BOAT IN A CLEVER RUSE
SINKS 6 ENEMY DESTROYERS
No Eligible Male Will Be Excused for
Any Cause, Whatsoever.
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