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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-27
Drive TeuiOns Across Berezina and Blow
Up Bridge; Gain Victory in
All Night Battle
SAMMIES CAUGHT BY
GAS; FIVE ARE DEAD
Try to Adjust Masks; Those Too Slow
Suffer; 81 Affected; French
RePulse Two Raids
BY United Press.

With the Americans in France.
Feb. 27.--Sixty-one Americans are in
hospitals suffering from a gas attack.
Five American soldiers we're killed
and fifty suffering terrible agonies
were sent to the hospitals today as
the results OF the first German gas
attack on the American sector.
When the warning was sounded
that the gas attack had been launch.
ed by the Boches, the American SOL
dies endeavored to adjust their gas
masks. Those not quick enough
wore caught in the deadly fumes and
were soon gasping for breath.
Many in Hospitals.
Twenty Sammies are In the hosplt,
ais struggling against the terrible ef-
fects Of the poison gas. Reports
from tho front state that there are
30 more soldiers, victims of the at
tacks, enroute from the front lines
in ambulances. Doctors in the hos
pitfalls cursed the yoches as they
watched the agony of the men az
they frothed at the mouth and lay
gasping.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-27
THE WEATHER


For Oklahoma.
Tonight and Thursday,
, cloudy. probably rain or snow;
. colder tonight, except ex-
. treme eastern Oklahoma.
; Freezing west portion. Cold
er Thursday.
; Local Temperature.
: Maximum, rs; minimum, 80.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-27
Local Temperature.

so t4+a%A44A
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
X CITY IS THE NEWEST INDOOR SPORT

not waiting to ask any qussuons. she dashed
aboard, just escaping the folding doors as they
closed on her heels.
''lrhirty-fou,iiI street" called the girl guard
In a week voice. The passenger knew then
she was Saf,y down town. She got off. After
she bad climbed a flight OF stairs the ticket
chopper told her she was on the wrong sub
way She had missed the ptoocr entrance at
Forty-second street ID despair she walked
to the *" and took a train. thanking her
lucky Stars that she did not want TO go up
town on .he east side. In that case she would
have had TO take the shuttle and go through
ali sorts OF underground passages at Grand
Central
Running a close second to Fcrty- second
street as Chinese puzzle Is Union square. In
and around the littIe park here there are IL
most a dozen subway entrances. Whether by
accident or dcsisn-in the hope that a stray
nickel may be thrown in the way OF both
companies-the signs at these exits and en-
frances are not such as to properly guide the
average traveller. Every day hundreds find
themselves on the wrong platforms down be-
low and have to go up to the street level
again minus a nickel
Over IN Brooklyn the situation is Just as
bad and the q. r. \. has to keep men at
various stations to take care Of lost souls"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

The United States has spent ard con-
help put down the and incidentally to
place upon the a great tonnage under
its flag.
Now that the inevitable end of the great
war is rapidly approaching. the problems fol-
lowing the destruction and dlsor ganlzaJion
caused by the war demand the attention OF our
best ability ana judgment / pass all OF the
problems not in themselves specially pertaining
to this society The one great problem for US
to consider Is that OF the future of our"mer-
chart marine and what IS TO be done for It.
You VINO are owners OF ships ana chip
yards and you wi design auu construct ships
cannot be Indifferent to this question There
are at present in service. as has been stated.
ten million gross tons OF American merchant
ships. double the amount Of three years ago.
anu there Is capacity in our yards for building
in addition the ships for the navy least
three million gross tons per annum, Some OF
these yards, OF course build WOOD SHIPS witch
VIII be useful coastwise II not across the sea
when the war is really over shall We as j
nation supinely, past, permit the
other nations OF the wOflu to carry our entire
commerce overseas?
1T Is incredi Die that any administration of
the United States government shall thus
rifice the great funds and efforts. individual
and collective that have been expended IN the
last few years to build up facilities. TO educate
men-Gnd women, too-that we may have ships
statute books which prevent reasonable
operation of ships they must be amended IL
our loading unloading and other port facilities
are rot what they should be they must be
ckanEed; IL there is anything which interteres
with progress ON the seas 1t must be re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

"Recordsof various processes have from time
to time been noticed. The number of frames
erected in "a day, the number OF rivets driven.
laying of the keel and the launching and again
between the launching and the trial trip. the
1ineal amount of cauking both on wood and
steel ships, and on to absurdity. We ven
ture to say that in every instance of these spe-
cial records there has been special preparation
that the records shall be made. The ract
mains that the general results attained in the
long run are not in accordance with the rec
ords. and it were better remember that
4OO rivets for every gang for a days work -
a more satisfactory performance than an Occa-
sional LOO more rivets
1T is however. TO said I'm Justice that the
performance OF finishing a ship in
usually short time and the performance
peated oveI and over, as mas been done, is
worthy OF the highest commentator.
II have said nothing aDoui the navy. for it is
evident from the statements published from
time to time that the interests and upbudng
of the navy have not only been Well taken care
that they will also be as Well advanced IN the
future.
1t is to the American merchant marine that
we must particularly attend The shpyards
in which our naval vessels have in the past
been built will also build what VIII be re-
ouifcd for the navy OF the future. They VIII
as well produce their proportion or me chant
vessels AGA in addition We now have all OF
tine new shipyafds
Our shipyBrds have produced during the
year a greater tonnage OF msrenant vessels
Ihau was a.er HERETOFORE in aDv 0ne year prO-
duced IN the yards of the greatest shpbuIld-
ing nation ln the world
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
ING MUST BLOCK AMERICAS PATH ON SEA

hardly more i1nbortznt element for winning
ssthe war than ships. ana the United States gov
''esnment through the agencies of its Shipping
Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. inn
mediately proceeded to encourage the building
Of many new yards well the enIarging OF
the old yards. with the result that there are
now about two hundred shipyards. instead of
sixty-six. as in November. 1916. During 1917
there was an output of sO0OoO gross tons and
the output for 1918 VIII be apparently At least
Z.5OQ0O gross tons actually delivered and Off
cialIy numbered. The increase in our regis
tered shipping during the fiscal year ending
June 90 1918, was 1.O5s.4sl gross tons. more than
double that of any previous year and some-
three years OF the war combined At the end
OF this year there will be over 10OOOV0 gross
tons of shipping under the American flag, or
nearly double the amount of three years ago.
The demands upon our facilities for furnish
ing the usual materials for ships and the lack
OF men ca pable OF building ships in the usual
manner. combined with extraordinary need Of
ships and more ships to carry on the war, have
led TO experimenting in building large vessels
Of other than the usual wood and steel ma
terialE.
The successful use abroad Of moderate sized
boats built OF concrete and reinforced with
steel has led US TO go much further. resulting
10 the building Of the Faith. concrete she
OF about 1900 gross tons, and the placing ~
the Emergency Fleet Corporation of contraSz
for fsgty-two concrete ships. totalling abooS
20 gross tons.
-Tns details. advantages and disadvantage
IT buEcng reinforced concrete ships have
celved . great deal of attention from the sffS.
ciAls of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

once the pet Of Palmer KnicKerbockeF, the
New York City subways. instead Of winsihE
new friends as they spread in new directions
under the streets Of the metropolis. are fast
becoming q nightmare. When one could dit9
Into the subway and be reasonably sure OF
reaching ones destination without change tie
popularity Of this rnetz0d of travel grew by
leaps ard bounds. bat now. with the new
tubes under Broadway. Seventh avenue, Cana
street, Lexington avenue. Forty-seeond street
aud many other streets. the underground sys-
TEN IL so complicated and changing trains IL
90 necessary for even the shortest distance
tnat The average Ngw Yorker. upiess he or she
travels by the same line every day. is loath 70
take the plunge.
The traveller never knows now where he or
she will wind up once be she falls into the
clutches Of the shiny. steel octopus Women
unused to travelling are the worst sufferers,
and at slmosl every station at all hours Of the
day and night one or more beUiIdered females
may be encountered trying to find them
and Seventh avenue meet Is perhaps the worst
spot IN the city for getting lost Here are
stations Of the new 3. r. 7. subway. which
runs under Broadway TO Rector street. with
a switch At Canal street over to Brooklyn; the
new Interborough subway IN Seventh avenue.
and the oio subway. where a SHUTTLE service
II NOW run TO and from Grand Central Station.
There are entrances 70 all these stations at
50 many different places that the intending
entrances are caEloufi4ged, one bsing throush
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
A Rare Books Price.

Collectors Of rare books and manuscripts in
this city are very much interested in the an
nouncement just received here that a first
edition Of shakespeares works. published in
1e22, was sold at auction ir London a few
weeks ago for el15o sterling The volume Is
said to be in excellent condition. though the
binding is considerably worn.
This costly book has increased I'm price by
bounds At the beginning of the eighteenth
century the volume was bought for E5 from
a book dealer. In 1900 Il was valued at $50
and in the year 1890 2240 was paid for It. This
was a record price until 1889. when its value
again Increased. The Indications nre that with
the years the price Of G2 80 Will again be ad-
vanced, as the value OF the volume Will be
more ana more enhanced as time passes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

It Is fair to presume that their investigation
of this class of about $500 gross tons and
thirty-eisht ships Of about 5000 gross tons
each.
This question has also beer. under
examination and discussion in Great Britain.
and. naturally. personal designs and views dif-
fer materially. Having mad no experience In
concrete construction and uotng the different
proportions of steel in several dec gns and
acknowledged contrasts in carrying capacity
and speed with like power. 1 feel that the con-
crete seagoing ship is still an experiment and
that it is quite possible that the emergency
which promotes the building of these sulps Will
have vanished before those contracted 10" Will
have performed much service. / note with
pleasure that there will be presented at this
meeting paper from an authority on the sub
ject, one who has carefully studied the whole
subject technically and practically.
Another novelty even more novel than the
concrete ship is the proposed electrically weld
ed ship which has not been under consIdeTa-
ton for several months. There has been
weasel (perhaps more than oneJ manufa ctuTed
on this plan in Great Britain; but The barge is
so small that nothing is proved so far az the
building OF oeeangoing ships - concerned
Electric welding certainly has proved success
ful in many places and under peculiar condl-
tons so that the proposed construction OF
full size section Of large cargo steamship for
complete tests of sre method Is both interesting
and satisfactory. There is also a paper by an
peciaIly interesting
''The fabricated cargo ship and the shtPyards
for building the n De win also receive 81 this
meeting well desss sed notice. for nonRere has
Lhe broad vision - Nan along these iiEes been
exercised more 'A<4 iR eur own coun"Y.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

a drug store, another through an office build
ing and third through a clothing stoT" Festi-
bule fourth entrance is on the southeast
corner OF Broadway, fifth the northw@St
corner Of seVAnsh avenue. = g:1GI "a ths
southwest corner, and two blocks further
dawn, at FortieSh strest, there are four exits
and entrSncss To each st two different sub
ways, oss In Seventh avenue and the otBsr in
Broadway. and oEiy = couple OF hundred feet
apart
which Is whieh9' and Where am 1 st?'
are two questions heard constantly a. this
spot None OF the signs at the entrances in
dicates cloarly just which subway Les be-
Iow-whether It win land you in Brooklyn. the
Bronx. Ionkers. Long Island or Jersey. or
take you Just block. You have to try to
puzzle It out yourself or 90 down ana talk to
the ticket chopper or seller and be none the
wiser.
woman traveller who decided to take the
dip at Forty-second street looked for a sign.
subway Entrance" was all she saw. She
took q chancs. She wanted 70 go uptown on
the west side. She descended numerous stair
ways and approached a ticket booth, deposit-
ing a dime Instead Of a ticket she was
handed two nickeIN She demaBded an ex-
plsnation.
You drop nickel in the chopper, not q
ticket" the girl tells her.
Coin boxes are used BY the 3. r. 7. In its
new subways. She didn't know this. 50, think
ing Il was new Interborough wrinkle, she
dropped a nickel In the box and started down
9 sort Of runway similar 20 those used for
eattls. TRsFs vas trelR - ne station sHd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
OFFICE
PLACED 1000 MEN

The firat six months of the PEN
dleten office of the u. s. employment
service shows about 1000 men and
women placed in employment, Prob
ably q greater number would have
been directed from this office but for
the fact that the office was not OPEN
ed till after the middle of July. This
was after hay harvest was well adj
vanced and the grain harvest was
opening, Many men had been secured
for haying and many of these stayed
on through the harvest with their
same places. IT is apparent from this
that the Pendleton office will prob
ably find employment for about $500
persons year.
This being the dun season in east
ern Oregon, Norborne Berkeley, man
territory in his district including Una
tilla, Morrow. Gillian, sherman and
ager of the local employment office.
is engaged in making survey of the
heller counties for information as to
probable openings for returning sol
diers and sailors. He is also taking
action toward advancing the discharge
of both soldiers and sailors where
there is opportunity for them to re-
turn to positions held by them prior to
being drafted.
Any employer of drafted men can
get prompt action in the way of get
ting their release by taking the mat
ter up with Mr.. Berkeley. superintend-
ent of the local office. 1t is also re-
quested that any one having em-
ployment to offer returning soldiers
or sailors will so notify the local SUI
perintendent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

more than twice as ;Arss AS she corresponding
crop OF 1916.
Ine 1919 autumn crop Is estimated at G.. .OOy
baskets, OF 4V,OOO eOcoOns to the basket and the
quatty OF the SILK produced is stated to d
quite good. The prevailing price during the
first week in October has been 10 taeis per
l,VO0 cocoons. compared with 1.5O taels dur
ing the same period in 1917. At current rates OF
exchange the value OF the crop as estimated 49,
In terms of Tnited States currency. approXl-
niately E,145OO0.
owing to the excessive rainfall throughout
practically the entire great anxiety
was felt lest the crop be more or less OF a
allure and the dealers express great relief
that not only Is the size Of the crop quite salts
factory, but that the quality Of the silk Is
found 20 be good.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

he continued. "Delieate matters, in
volving special national interests and
national pride, may i'm some ways be
more difficult of adjustment where
made the subject of public contro-
versy but on the other hand the only
means of bringing effective pressure
to bear In the general interests
against particular interests is by
publicity Freedom implies free play
OF public opinion and popular forces,
IL would be wholly inconsistent with
this concetion of social organization
and of government to hide from tho
peoples the making of the structure
OF freedom in which they are here
after to dwell"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

. The larger map shows The British
and French islands in phdt is known
. as The Lesser antilles. IL is these
islands phich il has been suggested
France and Great Britain should
cede 10 america in recognition Of
her services in the defeat of Ger
many. The smaller map shows
their relative location 10 the United
States. TO South america, and 10
the Panama Canal. phich they
Dould guard. already america
has acquired from Denmark the
I1gm instands-St Thomas and
ST. Croix-by purchase.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
Fall Crop of wild coeoons.

According TO the most reliable estimates pro-
durable the 1918 autumn crop Of wild cocoons-
those producing the silk from which all pongee
fabrics are wOven-in Southeastern Bfanchuria
exceeds that 0f 1917 ~ ia per cent and v
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
FOLEY cATHARTIc TABLETS

Never disappoint. Take one tonight
and feel better in the morning.
George Jenner. San Antonio, Tcxas: Foley
Cathartic Tablets have proven to be the best
laxative l ever have taken and l recommend
them for constipation and biliousness."
TALIiAIAN & co,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
BRITISH EDITORS IDEA OF
PEACE CONFERENCE PUBLICITY
Though Discussions Are Private, Re-
suits Should BE Published Through
out Negotiations.

MANCHESTER Eng. Dec 81. =
When we speak of eliminating Sec
recy, we do not, of course. mean that
reporters should attend the peace
conference. but that. though the dis
cussions are private, he results
should be published, and that not at
the close of the negotiations but
throughout them" said c. Scott, ed
itor of the Manchester Guardian. in
a talk with the United Press on the
question of secrecy at the peace con-
ference.
Naturally there are Drawbacks -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

No man can make fool of him
self all the time. He has to sleep oc-
casionally.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
For Indigestion

Constipation. Sick Headache, Bilious
ness, Bloating, Sour Stomach, Gas on
the Stomach, Bad Breath--you will find
nothing better than that wholesome
physic-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31
Happy New Year
to You

NEVER BEFORE HASJUST SUCH A NEW
YEAR COME TO THE WORLD. THE GREAT
EVENTS OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE
PREPARED us FOR GREATER NEW THINGS
THAN HAVE EVER BEEN KNOWN,
AS SOMETIMES Al SERVICEABLE, USEFUL
BUILDING MAY BE TORN DOWN TO BUILD IN
IT'S PLACE A LARGER AND BETTER ONE; so
GREAT SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT AND MA
TIONAIs STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN OVER
THROWN THAT SOMETHING BETTER MAY
TAKE THEIR PLACE .U<
THERE HAS BEEN ( A GREAT DEAL De
STR0YED, BUT NOW WE CAN LOOK BACK ON
THE OLD; AND SAY THAT THE GAIN is
WORTH 1T. tt
In the spirit of the greatest of all Ameri- q
cans, Abraham Lincoln, with malice to- :
ward none, with charity for ALL" let us do
our part, however small it may be, in the
great work of perfecting the new building;
a RECONSTRUCTED world.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-31

: Fur coats. close hats and muffs
keep milady warm when she goes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-06

out. saving every ounce OF energy. ei
could. on--on.~under the water tewaI
tho overturned boat.
She WAS diz4y and Almost exhsuste
almost forced to come DIP whether 81
would or not. when suddenly she %
the shadow OF tho rowboat above hd
As slowly ss her remaining stfAnxl
would allow, she came up uad>r
EraspinE at tho seat underneath.
II was tike , diving bell IA sfo pan
ed for breath. drinking In the oxyge
FranticAily now. tho Hidden flat
circlcd about, looking for hts victim.
tTo 30 Contihued.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-28
Big Guns CAptured.

WITH TIE AMERICAN FORCES
NORTHWEST. OF EERDUN. Sept. "a
(5n NJ (By The Associated PreS9)-
General PcrshinG's troops in their drive
between the Mcusc and the ArEonnc Tor
est made q great haul OF German aroi-
lery in the region OF Dannevoun. The
Americans capture included four DIG
eln-miin,cter guns and eight l5o-n'!, =
meter pieces and IS trench mortaFS. ~
field runs and 81 machine guns.
Captured German orders tend 10 con,
firm tn. belief that the enemy expected
tho American attack but was unable l"
determine the exact objective. One
order reads:
I'VE must count on hig attack on
Scptembcr IS in tho Cham payne ana III
Iorrainc. The width Of this attack on
our from; - not yet known
Will" Il has been Established I'M.
rho Germans know Of the 7ro)ecten
movement for som" days. they madc no
disonsi,ions " their forces until "cn-
ncsday when their infantry began. WIKI
drawing 10 tho main line Of defense anu
thc artillery echclon waa increased III
d,nth Vest Of p;TnevouH tho Am"r'-
cans cnpturrd twelve rs. which are
,ov b.ing used against the Germans. Il
Iarrc amount Of ammunition also nav
ing been captured.