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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10

100 OoN'T Clke To TALK AooU7
4 NAN BEHIND HIS BACK, AND I
DISLIKE JUST As MUCH TO use
UfcLzNce ON A FELLOW TefAT
DoeS II g. E--=-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10
Farnler IS KllIed.

WENATCHEE. Wash. May TO-
w. A. Taylor. who lives on ranch
near Ellis Ford. was killed when a
shotgun which he was carrying was
accidentally discharged. Taylor had
left the ranch home to go on an irri-
cation ditch to turn on the water. taxi
ing his shotgun with him. In attempt
ing to get through a wire fence the
gun caught and was discharged, blow
Ing off the top of his head
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10
Arrested for F,Ishlng.

OREGON CITY, May 10.-while
pulling their nets containing about
1000 pounds of big salmon, James
Baxter and Charles Reiling were ar
rested on the Clackamas river. about
six miles east of Oregon City about
midnight Wednesday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10
ColIarbonc Broken Five Times.

ALBANY, May 10.-When How
ard Frum, 9-year-old Lebanon boy
and brother of Joe Frum, chief dep
uty in the sheriffs office here, broke
his collarhone yesterday it made the
fifth time he had broken a bone. This
is probably record for a youth of
his age.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10
NelIie BIy Missing Since 1914.


NEW YORK, May 10,-Through q
suit brought in the supreme court in
Brooklyn it was learned today that
not since the United States entered
the war has Mrs. Mary j. Cochrans
heard from her daughter. Mrs. Eliza"
beth Cochrane Seaman who, as Mel
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10

Pullman. WASH, May 1O.-The war
took its fourth toll of state college
manhood, so far as known, on May
.. when Ivan D. Livingston met his
death in an airplane accident at the
aviation training camp at Foggla,
Italy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10

COVE May 10.-Public-sp
citizens Of Cove Hugh Mccall. S e.
Forsstrom, r. z Baxter. Grover Duff
~ and r. Fl. Daniels motored out
Monday to help a little band OF he
role grain farmers, among whom
We're Jabe and Arch Conley, L. p.
Carter and ]. Nj. Mitchell save 1000
acres of wheat on the old Hutchinson
ranch about six miles out of Cove,
from destruction by water.
On Saturday night the dam or le-
wee protecting 1t from Catherine
creek freshets had broken, or, as it
is now believed, the levee being solid
and in fine shape to hold, was cut by
some l. w. W. 1t took three days
strenuous effort to save the grain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10
OVER THE NORTHWEST

those started or expanded after Nov.
u 1917, but before April /. 1918, will
be restricted to SO per cent Of their
requirements
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10

In liberty bond a dollar has lone
reach and terrible punch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-10

lieBly," circled the globe in less than
so days for a New York newspaper.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
BURNING AIRPLANE
WAS ONL Y STUNT

Spectators of the airplane flights
over New Orleans Monday were
thrilled at what appeared to be a
burning airplane in The direction Of
Lake Pontehartrain. Officials Of the
Richardson Airplane Corporation,
which had staged five flights for the
benefit of navy officials who are in
vestigating the possibilities of the
Richardson tandem plane in an inter-
coastal mail route, said Tuesday
morning that they had received a
number. of inquiries about a supposed
accident. They were inclined to be-
lieye that one Of tie army planes
flying from California was doing
Stunts" as this IS 4 favorite sport.
Blazed Up Twice
The plane in question is reported
to have blazed up twice and the third
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
GULF DIVISION, RED
GROSS, MAKES OVER
3,765,0O0 ARTICLES
Amazing Figures Show Work Of
Women in Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Alabama Preliminary
to Christmas Roll Call When
Every Person Is Expected to
Become Member.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.-Three mil
lion, seven hundred and sixty-five thou
sand, six hundred and ninety-seVen st.
ticles, valued In material alone at 81
100000, were made In workr0oms II
Red Cross chapters from January / 10
september 80 In Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama.
Il e more than 100000 articles in
clud1 surgical dressings, hospital gar
mentG, knitted sweaters, socks and the
like and refugee garments. The exad
cost Of the material is 1906, 760.
Three hundred chapters in the three
states, composing the Gulf division
American Red Cross, distributed the
material among their more than 2,000
workrooms in branches and auxiliarfes
The announcement of the figures
was made by the bureau of develop.
ment of the Gulf division, to show the
more than 6,OOO,O0OOO0 persons in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
just how great an army of workers has
been assembled to provide for the COM
forts and decencies of life for the thou
sands Of soldiers of Dixie who are In
camp or have gone abroad to fight the
battles Of democracy.
10000 at Work in Chapters.
Calculating a very low minimum Of
ten woman workers to an auxiliary,
although many have hundreds, the ar
ticles were made by about 10000 woha-
en-motherS, wives or sisters of sol
diers.
"Every one cannot knit or sew for
the Red Cross and the fighters OF
democracy" the Cuff division an.
nounces, "but every loyal American
will have a chance to become a mem-
Der of the American Bed Cross during
the week Of December 16 to %. 4 sum-
mon you to the comradeship' is the
word of President Wilson TO every
American man, Woman and child. En-
rolling in the Red Cross, by payment
of the dollar membership, is a great
privilege.
If the word is sent over there to
the millions OF homeless, hungry men,
widows and orphans that 100.000,000
Americans Lave joined the Red Cross,
they viii have renewed energy and
still greater love for the Red Cross.
For All Humanity we9ns our work III
lust lmginning I'LL s Ks 4 esst ssf
icanisTn. =
TabuIated Report Issued.
Here is the tabulated report on the
articles OF the Red Cross chapters In
the three states:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
cARp "a TaANKs

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the friends ard neighbors
who rendered such kind services dur
ing the illness Of q. P. Ledoux, and
Who coniforted US at the hour Of
death.
MRS. H. P. LEDoUX AND chill
DREN.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

An English manor house of So rooms
and a surrounding group Of hutments
VIII constitute the largest American
Red Cross Hospital in Great Britain.
Beds for 800 American soldiers viii
be provided. Some $50 beds are now
ready IN the buildings on this coun-
try estate, Salisbury court, near South
hampton. Timber for these buildings
comes from the estate of 1856 acres, one
Of the most beautiful sites in south
ern England.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
WHAT YOUR RED CROSS DOES

Private Jean Fournan of New York
is known as the 'Red Cross man" at
the American Military Hospital No. /,
where he Is convalescing. A cross on
his back, the mark Of two pieces Of
shrapnel, viii be a lifelong scar.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

sIrs. B. Trahan was called to New
Orleans Wednesday, where her SIS
ter, Mrs. A. Doussan, is was victim
CT pneumonia. Mrs. Trahan will re-
main in New Orleans for an indef-
iEite time.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

time made a sudden drop as # tlie
pilot had lost control. The RiehaF
son people said message aad come
into their office that a plane haa
fallen in the back yard Of resi-
dence, but they could not verify tAs
The local machine was tried ouF
BY Ensigns c. A. Schuber and " Y.
Alexander Of the Pensacola Naval
Air Station. It is Of the tandem ny-
dro-biplane make and the navy OIL
GERS say it is practically impossio's
for the machine to lose its balance.
They are quoted as being nignls
eratified with the commercial posi-
biIities of the machine Dp'as
States.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

Washington has just announced in
teresting totals of workrooms through
out the country as follows from Janus
ary / to July /:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

In Greece there has been great
deal Of suffering due 10 the mobiIiza-
tion Of troops, 30 Red Cross CON-
mission sailed last north 10 a5ninis-
ter an Appropriation OF S375 co. inaae
Tor this purpose.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

w. S. Gardiner of the G. S. L.top-
Grating department transacted busi-
ness nj New Orleans on Wednesday.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
oEEIcIAI.
OFFICE OF CIVIL SERVICE COM
MISSION, CITY OF BoGALUsA
LOUISIANA:

Bogalusa, La, Dec. II, 1918.
Notice is hereby given in conform
ity with Ordinance No. 65, Sections
8, and 5, the Civil Service Commits
sion for the City of Bogaluha will
hold competitive examinations for
classified service of the City of Bo-
galusa on Monday, December 23rd,
1918, between the hours of 9 and II
a. m. and 1 and 4 p. M, at the City
Hall, as follows:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

Henry Dreyfus Of New Orleans.
who has just been mustered ont q
service, spent Sunday in BogalusA s
the guest Of his brother, E. ! Drey'
fns.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

TT YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED THE CHRISTMAS
Roll Call Of the Red Cross do not wait until the So
hcltors come after you but look up member Of the
mittee in your section Of the city for there is someone
working for the cause right in your block
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

IHe scope q CI5 GAdMIIIaJIOI VIII
embrace spelling, copying, penman-
ship, practical questions and arith-
metic.
Qualified applicants may obtain
application blanks from City Clerk
at the City Hall, returning for filing
not later than 4 p. m. Saturday, De-
cenaber 21st, 1918.
H. w. HEsLM, Secretary.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
III WEATHER OF THE PAST WEEK KEEPS Ut

your straw hats and Palm Beach suits will be in order
AS well known citizen remarked The weather seems
more like the Fourth Of July is approaching than Christ
mas tells better Of the unusually fine weather we are en-
loving for this season of the year
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
TabuIated Renort Ieeued.

Here is. the tabulated report on the
articles OF the Red Cross chapters In
the three states:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19
NBER. THERE ARE ONLY ELEVEN MORE

shopping days for that poll tax receipt which can be
purchased at either bank and there will be reduction
in price. Unless you pay this dollar before January
YOU viii not be permitted to vote in the parish district
state or national elections.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-12-19

wv ex-crown prince the same package which ex-Kaiser
Bill receives. He states that he knew Germany had
no chance to win the after the first battle Of the
Marne and making such statement whether he knew it
or not entities him to receive anything that the Allies can
agree upon for punishment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07
DRAFT MEN IS TO 4S.
Passage New Bill Urged at Once.
Sept. May Be Fixed as Regis
tration Day

Washington, Au. 5.-With an ur-
gent recommendation from Provost
Marshal General Crowder, that It be
enacted without delay and sugges-
tion that Sept. next might be fxed
as registration day for approximate
ly 13,000,000 men throughout the
country, the administrations man
power bill requiring the registration.
for military service of all men be-
tween the ages of Is and 45 years.
was introduced Monday in the senate
and house.
Uuless immediate steps are taken
to provide additional men, General.
Crowder said the weekly resistfa-
tion OF men as they attain 21iyears
of age will be necessary to MI the
draft quotas after September 1, when
only 100000 of the 1918 registrants
will be available. ~
The bill would amend the present
selective act so as to require the reg
istration of all men between Is and
20 years aid 32 and 45 years iHolu-
sive. While the total number OF men
in the latter classes would total up
'1O,02S973. General Crowder esti-
mates the number who would be- ELF
|gible for Glass One would only be
sci. .2S6. owing to exemption for de-
pendents or Industrial and physical
reasons. Between Is and 20 years.
he estimates that s,t71.1f1 men
would register. while 1,7a7. .e0e
would bs sllktble for Glass One. N
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07
WOUNDED IN FRANCE.
Edward Halvors0n, Member OF Rain
bow Division, Enlisted Year Ago
in June

A telegram arrived from Washing
ton Saturday to Mr.. Even Halvor-
son, who- resides three miles south
of Decorah. stating that his son Ed
was wounded in battle on July Is.
Ed enlisted year ago last June and
was member of the great Rainbow
division. Of which a number of other
Decorait boys are members. The ex-
tent Of his injuries is not made
RrivatS Hslvorson acted as chauf'
gsrssor sEtSutenant Or. Dana Jewell
|hsre, q ppco{Ah prsviously 70 enlist
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07
G. |. PAYNE
SEES FLYERS
Says the Weather is Fine i'm France
and That the ! Crops Are All
Growing IN Great shape
saw OLD CATHEDRAL
124 YEARS OLD
Visited Big French Aero Grounds
( the Other Day, and George Says
He Would Like to Be a
Flyer
Somewhere in France
July Q, 1918

Dear Folks and All:
We are having fine weather and
am fine. Hope you are all well and
getting along alright. We moved
once since L wrote last. We started
one night and hiked 80 kilometers
by six the next morning. It sure
was some hike. This is fine part
Of the country here, lots different
than any fof France we have seen be-
fore. You see big fields of grain
and the land is Just rolling. The
grain Is turning dead ripe and all I
have seen is a fine crop. was over
to a town couple of kilometers
from here night before last There
is an old cathedral there, built in
the thirteenth century, said to have
taken 124 years to build. 1t is the
most historical place I have ever
seen. There is a well Gold bucket
kind) in It that is I know not how
deep, also lots of statues and carv-
ings.
Last night I was over to an aero
hanger near here, CFrench) and
they showed us around. Gee! some
of those planes for different purpos-
es are as nicely equipped as any car
I saw bombing. scouting, observa-
tion and fighting planes, and while
we were there one big machine went
up with three men in it. They said
II the engine stopped one kilometer
in the air (nearly five-eights of q
miie) 1t would voloplane for II
kilometers, etc. I sure would love
to be in that game. Shucks! Sit at a
wheel and travel Just as though you
were out In a big car, and as far as
danger is concerned, ! think you will
die or get killed at certain time
whether one place or another.
Motorcycling will be too, tame for
me when I get home. Twill have to
have plane, somehow. don't you
think. If I had kept my old machine
it would have been sadly out of style
by the time get back. How are
the crops back home? They will
have to be great to beat the wheat,
rye and barley here. But oats are
not so good yet, also the good old
corn fields of Iowa are missing.
Well wonder what kind of a
Fourth of July you folks will have.
We have got along fine SO far since
we came over here, and SO far the
Boches have done me no harm. But
you know the older a fellow is at
the game the bigger the fronts he
gets on and the bigger the Job for
him. We have been training now
for few days, but I don't know
where we will celebrate the Fourth
this year.
No matter what kind Of a mixup
we get into you need not worry. for
am sure going to watch and not le.
any Boche get the best of me If I can
help 1t. But IL should get picked
on the United States always sends
a telegram in from "a hours
to two days. so you will know 1t at
once.
Five months of allotments are due
and I sent $40 draft since over
here that I have not heard from. It
might have been sunk. II don't
get q chance at that money the al
lotment will surely get there some
time and you can collect it.
With love to all
Your SON.
GEO. L. PAYNE
-O--
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07

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Writes Father Just Before Sail.
Ing For vrance
HAD 4 LONG HEKES
Camp Merritt. IN. ].

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07

Dear Sister:
AS I have not written you for a
long time I decided to write you q
few lines- today. I am well and hap
py, hoping this will find you Nthe
same. Tell dear old mother hello
not to worry when she hears
that was wounded. I didn't get it
bad, so am sure lucky and glad. I
will never be fit for trench duty
again. I am now driving truck,
holding a 1st class chauffers card
for Uncle Sam. Say girly / am now
hearing the Missouri Waltz and 1t
sure makes me homesick for some Of
those good old dances back home
hope can get to go to another one
back there soon. The weather is
grand and the crops are sure grow
ing very fast, so guess we, won't
suffer for food here for q while. Well
Clara / guess must CLOSE for this
time. hoping to hear from you soon,
I remain as ever.
Your loving brother.
Pvt. HENRY w. BLAESS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07
H. W. BLAESS,
WRITES HOME
Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Biaess
Writes Them and His Sister
From st Aignau, France
DRIVING BIG MOTOR .
TRUCK AT PRESENT
Says He Would Like to Have HiS
Father Over There With His Old
Truck, Would Give Him
Merry Chase
st. Aignau, France
June 20, 1918

Ot. Ai6udu, cI6uSS
June 20, 1918
Dear Father and Mother
Just q few more lines this sunny
afternoon while I have got the time.
I am well and happy, hoping this will
find you the same. How are the SIS
ters and Elizabeth. Have you heard
from her lately? The weather ID
fine and the crops are sure looking
fne. Hope they are the same at
home, as l thipk We will need thsn
this winter. am driving large
truck at the present time, OF an
English make, made near London,
England, but don't like it as well %
the good old American make. Dad
I sure wish had you over here with
that peanut roaster OF yours. sure
would make you eat the dust. Hal
Ha! What are you hauling now,
gasoline or machinery? I haul both,
so there get the best of you again.
Say have you had chance. to
talk with Jack McAndrews lately?
The next time you see him tell him
hello, and send the Public Opinion to
my new address, as will get it now,
as am located for good.
4 Well Dad I guess must close for
this time, hoping to hear from you
folks soon. Don't think that I have
forgotten you people. for haven't.
With love, your son,
Pvt. HENRY w. BLAESS
Co. B. 10th Supply Train, &
st. Aignau, France.
American Exped. Forces.
Evening star., 1918-06-02

York to San Francisco. According to
NJ de LobePs own description, the line
would have to cross several large riv-
ers and tunnel various mountains, and
was clearly a formidable engineering
Undertaking, but he gave the details
which to his mind made all this work
feasible.
On the American side the route
which was to be followed was not
fully determined. but the line was to
pass through Fairbanks. where the
United States government today is
building railway. and to join the
projected Grand Trunk Pacific 100
miles south of Dawson City. This
part Of the project was left to be
worked out in detail by the American
capitalists and engineers. The esti-
mated cost of the entire line was
placed somewhat vaguely at between
$3.50. 100000 and $500, 900. This in
cluded the cost of joining the Asiatic
and American mainlands through the
Bering straits.
M. de Lobel did not commit himself
too definitely to the tunneling Of the
straits. although he maintained that
his was quite as feasible as to tunnel
the English channel. a project which
was then under discussion. Stolid
British opinion at that time was skep-
tical of the tunnel as an engineering
project, but French opinion was much
more favorable. and M. de Lobel
shared the views of his countrymen.
He was sure a tunnel under the Eng
lish channel would be built, and rea-
soning from this premise he argued
that the tunnel under the Bering
straits could be built. But he left
open the alternative of bridging the
straits
The engineering proposition regard
ing the straits is somewhat simpli-
fed by the geographical situation.
The two Diomede Islands, Ratmanof
Evening star., 1918-06-02

and Kruzenstern, lie midway in the
channel. They were declared by
French engineers to be a natural
point Of support for modern engineer
ing works which could be utilized as
the base for motive power plants.
The tunnel proposition, however, Is
a very different problem. It involves
cutting through solid rock at depth
of from 100 to $50 feet, and presents
other obstacles. Many engineers main
construction to bridge the straits is
more feasible than to tunnel them.
They held this view even before
Henry M. Flagler had built his rail-
way down the east coast Of Florida
and bridged the different keys or
cess of the Fiagler railway strength
ems the belief that the Bering straits
can be bridged, although the engi-
neering conditions are not similar.
NJ de Lobel, after the organization
of the American company. went to st.
Petersburg to obtain the necessary
concessions from the cars govern
ment in the way of land grants, etc,
and it was reported that he was given
everything he asked. At least, some
of the reactionary Russian papers be-
gan to attack the project as scheme
of the American capitalists to "Yan-
keefy" Siberia and to supplement
Alaska by annexing territory on the
Asiatic mainland. with a view ulti-
mately of absorbing all Siberia.
The American government, of
course, was charged with being in the
plot" All this was about the time
that the first duma or parliament of
Russia was meeting and some free