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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
BOLO PASHA DIES
FOR HIS TREASON

PARIS. April l7.-Bolo Pasha was
executed at Vincenues today. He was
probably shot as that was the
method understood TO have been srec-
commended by the tribunal which him
for high treason.
Bolo Tasha's treason to France con-
sisted of a plot in which he was the
rinsleadcr. under direction OF the for
eigu office of the imperial German
government 90 corrupt the press of
France tp advocate Germausmadc
peace.
To carry ON the conspiracy BoIo
was furnished hy the German govern
neut with large sums of money, which
the traitor brought To- this country
and from which he distributed much
of the gold 10 was through the me-
dunn of the state department in
Washington. with the assistance OF
the office of the attorney general of
New York s,ate. that the most dam
aging evidence was secured by France
against Bolo-
Pasha's eyes were handaged az his
OWN request. He was very weak and
made no statement The firing
squad WAS composed OF n volunteers.
The body was claimed by his brother
Monsignor Bolo and was taken 10 the
at Vincennes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
Retaking of Metern Regard
ed as Distinct Advantage
to Haig Forces.
WHILE YPRES HELD
FOE is ENDANGERED
Death Traps Await Invading
Huns in Battle
Regions.
]. w. It. MASON.

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE Brit
ish are recovering the initiative in the
struggle for the hills south of Ypres.
he announcement of the capture of
Meteren by Haig indicates that Hin
denburg's plans are being seriously
disarranged. Instead of proceeding
with operations against Ypres from
the south he has shifted his attack
to the east where there are still
more deathtraps for him. he slight
retirement by the British suggests
simply a tactical re-arrangement
which should present new difficult
ties for the Germans.
If the British hold Ypres the Ger
man front cannot be strengthened.
Anytime General Foch concludes the
situation to be critical he can strike
in the German Nieppe salient.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
BRITISH RETAKE METEREN;
COUNTER ATTACK BY BRITISH
At WYSCHAETE SUCCESSFUL
Advancing Enemy East of Ypres Caught
by British Shellfire and Destroyed; In
Close Formation Huns Suffered HeaUilL
in Taking BdilleuL

LONDON, April 1.-THE British have recaptured
Meteren, Haig today announced.
n the neghbOrhOOd of Wytschaete yesterday evening
we successfully counter attacked" Haig said
South of the SOmme hostile artIleryng is increasing
considerably this morning
Advancing enemy parties were caught in the British
shellfire east of Ypres and were destroyed.
At BailIeuI the German infantry in close formation
caught the British fire at close range suffering heavy
casualties. We took a few prisoners.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, April 17-VOn Arnim
and Won Quasi continuing drive toward HazebrOuc
and are suffering heavily.
British reported advancing against Wytschaete
which will probably be retaken.
LONDON April 1.-THE withdrawal on the Ypreg
front regrettabe but necessary for the purpose
of shortening the ne General Maurice director of
alton, declared.
The line is better than the old one
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17

made an exit more speedy than grace
full and Manager Bill Fisher demon
strated his qualities of leadership. He
was the first out.
The bursted shower is being repair
ed today and will be in shape this
evening. The warmer weather today
is very welcome to the players who
have not taken any fancy to the cold
spring winds which have been blow
ing the past few days.
No new faces are at the training
table though Fisher IS still expecting
the Salt Lake quartet and Badly AL
termatt former Boise third sacker in
the Western Tri-Statei to show up at
any moment.
1t is probable that Fisher will di-
vide his men into regulars and yam
nigans for a game Sunday and such
game would doubtless prove far more
than the games played the
past two Sundays.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
jim BOWLER SAYS
FOOD FIRST CLASS
BUT MAIL is SLOW

. 'T will make some girl a
q mighty fine wife when 1 get
= back" Corporal James R. Bowl
. er of this city. in France with
= Battery D, 146 Field Artillery,
= writes to a Pendleton friend.
= He enumerates among his
= wifely qualifications, ability to
. wash dishes in any kind of wa
= ter, to make his bed in an or
& derly manner in a few seconds
& and to pack up his blongings
= and get ready to move within
= three minutes.
. He writes Interestingly of life
. in the army "over there" and
. says he never felt better in his
, life. The food is first class and
2 he hasn't a complaint of any
, kind to make, he says. unless it
, is of the irregularity in the
, mails, He gives no intimation
, of what part of France he is in,
, but. inasmuch as his battery has
, been in France several months.
, 1t is believed he will be under
, fire before very long if not al I
ready. The letter was dated I
February 2S, which was his Z
birthday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
WILLIAM PHIILTP sIaIals.

AT THE BRITISH FRONT, April
17.-From the Flemish flaflanils
southwest of Ypres rise q group OF
more or less independent hills.
through which runs the FrancO-Bel-
gian frontier. These peaks dominate
Belgian and France Flanders and to-
ward these Hindenburg is directing
his offensive.
Won Armin's sixth army was hurried
against the British left flank here to-
day and the fourth army was sent
against Mont KENNEL. two and a half
miles west of Wytschacte. One mile
northwest rises Mont Scherenberg,
westward are Mount Rouge and Mont
Noir, about two miles west of Keul-
mel. while still further west there are
Monts kokereele and Decats. an
within eight miles OF each other.
Northwest, west and south the
Flemish stretch Is fiat as a table and
scarcely above sea level.
Storming these crests is most diff
cult and il remains to be seen wheth-
er or not Hindenburg will attempt il.
Southward from NIerviIIe to I.ahas-
see it is quiet today and it is believed
the Germans are digging I'm:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
FELL ASLEEP WHILE
ON TRACTOR; KILLED

MODESTO, Calf April 17.-Fall-
ing asleep while driving a tractor,
Alex Abrahamson, 33. a rancher. was
today horribly mangled in a harrow
and dragged half mile where he was
found dead
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
j. S. FLYERS
DOWN ENEMY
AIRPLA ANES
Twenty Two Year Old Boy
Bags Hun Aircraft in
Fight Last Sunday.
GET WAR CROSSES
FOR HEROIC WORK
Two Patrols Today Clear
Out Enemy Machine
E. Gun Positions.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. April 1.-Two American
patrols crossed No-Man's Land north
west of TOul this morning and cleared
out the nnachInegun positions of the
enemy, who had fled.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE April 1.-THE French
general presents the War Cross today
70 Douglas Campbell Of California
and Alan Winslow of Chicago who
brought down two German planes
Sunday ON the American aero field.
Campbell flew under the German,
igniting the BOche plane, which fell
in flames. Winslow is - years old.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
Guatemala President
Won Case in U. S. Court

SAN FRANCISCO. April 17.-Pres-
ident Cabrera of Guatemala today got
a demonstration of the thoroughness
of the American court procedure and
a verdict for $4,000 when he won his
suit to collect on a bill of exchange
from Thannhauser and Company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
CnIEE ITsTICE GOES.

COPENHAGEN, April 17.-Prince
Won HOhenloe, Emperor Charles
chief of court, is dismissed. lie is
succeeded by Count Alexander Ester
hwy. who Is brOthcr-in-Iaw of
Codunt Rcvertera. counsellor of the
Austrian legation i'm Switzerland, who
In 1917 approached representative
on the subject of peace negotiations
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
BISMARK is NOW
CALLED PERSHING

CHICAGO April 17.-John J. Per
shing of America, won a victory over
Prince Bismarck of Germany last
night when the school named for the
Hun was changed to the name Of the
American general. 1t was part of
move To eradicate traces Of German
names from streets, kstatness build-
ings. etc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
Get Man Who Has Plan
For Destroying Crops

SAN FRANCISCO. April 17.-God-
frey Ebel, alleged charter member of
the Industrial Workers of the World
OF California was arrested today by
federal officers and will be held while
the police chemists analyze the con-
tents OF vials found in his room. The
warrant charges the invention of a
device for destroying crops.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
GREEK FORCES CROSS
STRUMA RIVER TODAY

LONDON. April 17.-Greek forces
crossed the Struma river above Lac
tahlnos this morning and occupied
Bejlikman, Kakeraska, Salmah, Kis-
peki, Ada and villages northward, it
is officially reported by the British
headquarters at Saloniki. The Brit
ish also occupied Kumli and Orman-
ii,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
FIRE ON
MANCHURIA STATION

TOKYO. April Il. - Bolsheviki
leaders on the Manchurian border to-
day delivered am ultimatum TO the
Chinese demanding the delivery Of
the Cossack leader Seminoff. and the
isurmiuv Of his force Upon their
refusal the Bolshcviki bonn barded the
railroad station on the Manchurian
border but the shells fpll short
The BolshetiN are coucentratlng
their forces near Nladivostok.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17

X7RA

LONDON, pril 17.-Thc Ger
mans are being driven back on a
wide front, General Maurice an
nounced tonight. A bitter attack
by British southwark from Met
terner is pressing the enemy back
half way. II is impossible TO tell
whether we hald all Wytschaette
yet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
Allied Forces Take
Batum Is Reported

CONSTANTINOPLE, April IL
Batum was captured Monday. it is Of
ficially announced. East of Lake Van.
I'll has been captured.
Batum is an important town on the
Black Sea just across the Turkish
frontier
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
THOUSANDS KILLED
IN FINNISH FIGHT

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Thou-
sands Of casualties occurred wnen the
Teutons captured Helsingfors Sat-
day after three days storming, ac-
tsording TO Swedish reports to the
state department. The white guard
prisoners were released.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
Several Killed in
AerOplane Accident

HOUSTON. April 17.-Second Lieu
tenant Roland ]. Winterton of South
Boston. Cadet Forest Dean Jones of
Worcester. Mass, and Second Lieu
tenant Leo Nugent of Washburn,
Iowa, were killed and Cadet Maurice
seriously injured as result of two
airplane crashes in Ellington field
late yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
100000 DRAFT MEN
MOBOuzEO IN MAY

WASHINGON, April l7.-One hun
dred and fifty thousand drafted men.
nearly three times the months quota,
will be modified in May, Marshal
Crowder states. BY June 100000 of
the second draft out OF 100000 will
be in training camps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
To Succeed Czernin

AMSTE RDAM M, April
17.-Baron Stephen Burian
Won Rajecz, former foreign
minister has been appointed
to Czernin, it is re-
ported here from Vienna.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
ALL REACHING 2I
TO BE REGISTERED

WASHlNGoN. April 1.-The
House military affairs committee to-
day reported 20 the House and sen-
ate resolution providing for the reg.
istration ~ all who have become a
since June 6.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
~~~~~%~~%~N~~~S =
Two ouake shocks.

EUREKA, April 1.-Two earth
quake shocks were felt here early this
morning. he first lasted 35 seconds
and the other five seconds. No dam
age was done.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17
PREMIER QUITS POST
HUNGARIAN PREMIER TO RESIGN
WITH ALL CABINET is REPORT
ZURICH, April 17.-Aus-
trian Premier Won Seydler
has resigned, according to
reports received here.
Hungarian Also Quits

COPENHAGEN, April
IL. = Hungarian Premier
Wekerle and the cabinet will
resign it is reported here to-
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-17

Tonight and Thursday fair light
frost tonight, warmer Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

worked with the food conserva-
tionists to ferret out hoarders OF
food, profiteers ana persons who
were not obeying Uncle Sam s re-
quests; he has been right-hand
man to the police in keeping Ia
coma's morale above reproach; he
has been everywhere and done ev-
erything that brilliant man with
patriotic desires could possibly do
to help the government.
His work for the government
comes first in his mind, at all
times. He will continue it, Uncle
Sam willing, whether he is elected
mayor or not, he says.
Riddells patriotism has cropped
out in his family, too. His Oldest
son. who is only IS, is taking ex-
aminations in San Francisco this
week for entrance to Annapolis
naval academy.
Heart i'm the War.
The youngIster Is progressing
rapidly, and his father is eagerly
awiting the results. Riddell
would rather be overwhelmingly
defeated at the polls than see his
ambitious young son fail to make
the exams. his friends say. A
younger son, Is, is attending
school in Tacoma.
Riddell's heart and soul is in
the war. He wants America to
win a glorious victory. And he
wants our soldiers to come back
to us just as clean in mind and
body as when they went away.
That's why he is devoting all
his time to the defense council
work. That's why he believes he,
can do a great big patriotic SER
vice at the head of the city
health department, which Is
united with the government in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
WHO Is THIS MAN RIDDELL?
HE'S A PRETTY BUSY
AND USEFUL CITIZEN

Supposing you had devoted a
large part of your youth to mill
tary affairs
And you had achieved the rank
of major in the national guard
only to retire to the serious bust
ness of earning living
And that your friends had in
sisted on calling you Major all
the rest of your life altho you tried
constantly to make them forget
it
Wouldn't it peeve you?
At least it has peeved G. M. Rid
dell, prominent Tacoma attorney,
who consented a few days ago to
be a candidate for mayor at the
coming primary election.
No matter where Rddell goes,
someone calls him Major" and
then someone else wants to know
observation-disclosures and
a lot OF explaining has to be done
all around.
And Riddell is of such a mod
est disposition, as anyone who has
come in contact with him knows,
that the embarrassment OF the
constant explaining is driving him
frantic.
Began With BrOomstick.
Riddell took an interest in mill
tary matters as soon as he was
old enough to march around the
block with squad OF kid soldiers
and tote a broomstick.
He enlisted in the National
Guard in Kentucky as high pri-
waite in the rear ranks just as soon
as he was old enough to sign the
muster roll. He worked up in
the ranks, both in Kentucky and in
Arkansas, where he later resided,
and became an officer in the
Washington guard when he came
to this state.
He was appointed major in
Washington when he was still a
young man, Just at the time when
he had decided to devote all his
time to the practice of law. Four
days after the appointment he re-
signed his commission.
But the title has stuck with him
ever since, altho Riddell utterly
refuses to use it and has con-
stantly tried to discourage the title
among his friends.
He's u Kentuckian.
But Riddells military career is
only a sidelight in the biography
of this successful man.
Born in Esell Springs, Ken
lucky, Jan. 5, 1868, the youngest
of large family of children, he
was thrown upon his own re-
sources when he was only child.
His father, a minister, died when
young Riddell was in his infancy.
Working at odd jobs while he
attended school until he was 16,
Riddell ceased his studies before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
San Francisco Muny
Cars a Bio Success

car line. From the portals of the
new l2,000-foot tunnel, the mu-
nicipal line is projected to the
ocean and down the city's main
artery, Market street. At the
same time work Oh other links
and feeders is progressing.
Believes i'm Principle.
San Francisco believes in the
public ownership of street rail-
ways.
Its confidence is based not on
untried theory, but on practical
results.
The 45 miles of municipal rail-
way have cost an aggregate of
about $6,000,000, including pur-
chase and extensions.
Gross revenues from January
81, 1912, to the present time have
amounted to $7,592,340.
Total disbursements, including
interest on outstanding bonds.
during that period were $685.
.112.
Net income from operation in
the past year, after deducting de-
probation, taxes and charter
charges, was $104,336.
And the total passenger reve-
nue. for the year was $1,470,193.
This is the briefest kind OF
sketch in figures.
But the human and social equa-
ton pyramids far above the cold
figures-the vast improvement in
San Farruisco's street car service,
the better treatment of platform
men, getting $3.50 for an eight
hour work day; extension OF lines
where needed, and the elevation
of public utility above the divi-
dend plane.
Like a good many other cities,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
RECORD in
BUILDINGS

Tacoma's building activity dur
ing the past few weeks is going to
bring municipal records far above
normal.
w. Scott Snyder, city building
inspector, announced Saturday
that permits for $200,355 worth
of new construction had been is
sued in March up to date, as COM
pared to a total of $176,173 for
the entire month of March, 1917.
The record does not include
100000 grain elevator for the
Sperry Flour company, and $780,
600 of, other work which lis pro-
jected but for which permits have
not yet been issued.
John Berry, owner of a cereal
mill and laundry at No. 18th and
Sheridan, announced Saturday
that he would remodel the struc-
ture into a 45-room apartment
house at once.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

country thru its aggressive, care
full and efficient ownership and
management of big public utility.
Whatever may happen, San
Francisco will not again surrender
to private hands the controller bar
of municipal transportation.
Its benefits to the community
over private ownership have been
too apparent to the man who
rides and pays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

and asked for reinstatement. They
said that the shipyard work was
too strenuous for them, and that
the stories of high wages were
more inflated than were the
wages.
Chief Smith told the coppers
that they would have to take their
civil service exams all over again
IL they wanted to resume police
work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

their completion and began learn
ing the sheet metal trade, which
flourished in his home town,
Franklin, Ky.
He worked at his trade until he
was 81, and then used some OF
his savings to pay his tuition for
one year in the Runyon private
school.
Immediately after the year in
college, R:ddell moved to Little
Rock, Kansas, where he was given
a home by his uncle, then U. 5.
district attorney. Working at his
trade by day and studying from
his uncles' law books at night, the
young man spent three busy years
in Little Rock, until he became
i'll and had to return to Kentucky
to recuperate.
Here 30 Years.
Two years more work and
study in Kansas, and Riddell de-
cided he would strike out for him
self. He had read much about
the glowing possibilities of the far
west.
The name of Tacoma had ap-
peared frequently in his readings
as one of the most prosperous OF
the new towns on the Pacific. In
1888 Riddell started west, and he
didn't stop until the train had
landed him at the old N. P. de-
not on Dock street.
For 80 years Riddell has been
engaged in active law practice
here. He was admitted to the
bar in Washington shortly after
his arrival and m1Eied a Tacoma
girl In his fourth Year of residence
here. He took offices in the FL
deity building when that struc-
thre was first built-an imposing
skyscraper of six stories at that
time-and has remained in the
same building constantly ever
since.
Is Title Specialist.
Riddell was one of the first at
torneys in Tacoma to become a
specialist in a particular branch
of the practice. Before he had
come west he had devoted much
time to the legal work of handling
land titles, and after he had OPEN
ed an office here he made that
his speciality.
He seldom appears in court.
His work Is almost entirely ham
died in his own private office.
And in the 80 years that he has
worked in Tacoma he has conduct
ed more land title Investigations
and handled more abstracts than
any other attorney in the city.
His charities-and it is impos-
sible to get him to talk about
about them-can be found IN
abundance in the Pierce county
court records in the many probate
and land title cases that he has
handled without charge for the
moor. Many a widow has been
given free assistance in settling
her estate by this quiet, unassum-
ing Kentuckian. HIS only bill has
been a request that his assistance
he considered a friendly aid and
not a charity.
Riddelrs only public office was
that of city attorney. He proceed
ed Judge Stiles in the legal de-
partment Of the city and made a
creditable record.
In Patriotic Service.
For the last nine months he has
done a public service of another
kind, but one in which he gained
little or no publicity. He was
appointed chairman of the coun-
ell of defense shortly after Amer
lea entered the war, and has de-
voted almost his entire time to
this patriotic work.
He has acted In conjunction
with secret service men in hunt
ling down spies in Tacoma. he has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
Especial to The Times)

SAN FRANCISCO, March "a
II any Doubling Thomases in Ia
coma who are hesitant about
adopting municipal ownership Of
the street car system could talk
with the San Franciscans who ride
back and forth to work each day
on municipal ears, they wouldn't
hesitate long about voting for the
street car bonds.
For San Francisco has been rid
ing on municipal street cars--in
part of the city, at least-for the
past six years. And you couldn't
get the people to go back to cor
poration control for love or
money.
San Francisco completed its
$4,000, 900 Twin Peaks tunnel,
thru one OF the high hills of the
city, few weeks ago, and mark
ed an epochal milestone in its
progress towards municipal own
ership by doing SO.
Money Makers.
1t Is the longest urban tunnel
for electric cars in the world, and
the people of San Francisco
cheerfully voted the bonds for il
because their faith in the munich
pal street car system had already
been well Justified.
The muny cars here have
proved a money-maker from the
very first, altho they compete
directly with the United Railways
corporation, which formerly had
control of all streets cars, where
as in Tacoma the municipal lines
would have a monopoly of all
business.
In six years the city has built
or purchased as miles of street
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

San Francisco found its big pri-
vate street car corporation a drag
on civic growth, a political bully
and an inefficient steward of its
franchised responsibilities.
San Francisco didn't continue
to grin and bear it, 1t became
overnight big, disturb
ing competitor, not alone of the
United Railroads, but of private
traction ownership all over the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
DELAY SCHOOL
Especial to The Times)

Especial to The TfmeS)
OLYMPIA, March 23.-Work
on the proposed new State Maui
teal school on Lake Washington
has been tied up awaiting an an
nouncement from the government
whether it intends to stand half
the cost of maintenance, Gov.
Lister announces.
Plans have been drawn for the
building and bids have been re-
sceived. The government has not
provided a ship for training pur-
poses, and has not replied to in
quiries concerning its attitude, the
governor says.