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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
YANKEE COINS GAINING FAVOR
Now Accepted In Lieu Of French
Money In Small Shops Of
Paria

Par.s.-The continued arrival Of
American soldiers in France loaded to
the "gunwales" with United States
money has resulted In Yankee coins
gaining considerable favor In France.
In many small shops they are ACCEPT
ed In lieu of French money.
Newspaper vendors. boat ticket SELL
ers and others who deal largely In PEN
niles would much rather accept an
American nickel or a couple Of cents
than change a five-franc note.
The French like the American FIVE
cent piece. "Eile est jolie." they say.
comparing It with the French coin OF
the same denomination. which has =
square hole in the center. They don't
think so much OF the American cop
pers. Being hardly half AZ large ~
the sou they have been accustomed to.
they can't see why 1t has the same
value.
Dimes are accepted readily for half
a franc. but quarters and half dollars.
being at odd values with the franc
standard, fnd 1t hard sledding TO get
By.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

Iondon.-A British airman flying
powerful machine at 10000 feet over
Ostend recently had the machines tail
shot of by the direct hit Of n shell. a
very unusual occurrence.
The machine turned upside down.
out of control, and the pilot was
thrown out of his seat. By some In
explicnble maneuver he managed to
Chamber onto the bottom of the tusei-
age of the machine nstride Of which
he sat as II he WIS riding horse.
Though the machine was out Of cen-
troll, owing to the loss Of its tail planes,
ret by moving forward and backward
he so managed to balance 1t that 1t
si,ded steadily downward. although 1t
was upside down.
He successfully brought 1t across
he German lines and came safely to
within q few hundred feet Of the
around. Then he crushed and was In
jureh. but IL now recovering In hos
pital.
Whsa u u considered TINT this In
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
CANARY RISES TO PROTEST
Declares Increase In cest Of Living
Has Been Excessive. and 0ives
Figures to Prove It.

Among the latest to protest agninst
che habit Of raising prices, simply be-
cnuse the raised price can be secured,
there was heard. recently. Rew voice
It was that of canary. Being bird
whose motto had ever bsea: Strict
application to business" II lad betn
his custom, when the rest e the fasn-
lily left the city during the suuaser
and shut up the house, 10 bosst hins-
self out. Two years ago, - esG1A. hs
says. get good accommodation. - airy
room with sunny aspect, GOOD seed.
water, bath, and unreatrietee oppor-
tunity for vocal exercise fer thirty
cents a week. Last year, however. the
charge for the same accoAmsslatioA
was raised to forty cents, and this year
1t appears he has been Obliged - pay
fifty cents. He Is Willing. he Aaeiares,
to sustain his shnre OF The b9xdea Of
the war. but he regards % psr cent
rise ms unduly hard on q Md q nsed-
ernte means.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
Doesn't Think Much of Act That
Won Cross.
All He Old Was Swim River Under
Fir and Rescue Wounded
Frenehman.

Pittsburgh.-"Now listen. get me
There's been SO much hot air about
this hero stun that want you to get
it straight. l saw this French bird
across the river and I went and got
him. II hadn't someone else probably
would have taken the same chance.
In these words Capt. Walter Il.
Flannery. who was awarded the Cross
of War for swimming the Marine river
and rescuing wounded French sol
lier at the time the Germans held the
Aisne-Marne salient. dispOses Of amy
nttempt to make hero Of him for the
deed. At the time Flannery was a lieu
tenant. He Is Mt his home here ON q
furlOugh.
The wounded man lay on the bank
across the river from where the
Americans were stationed at Savigny.
Dlsregarding French officers warn
ing that 1t probably was a ruse to at
tract Americans over that the Huns
might learn what division opposed
them, Flannery waited until nightfall.
when he stripped to his underclOthing
and swan across. The Germans
spotted him and most Of the trip was
under water. Flannery tells the rest
Of the story n follows:
"When got over found the man.
All the French knew was lei, ici-
here. here'-and then the bird went
hysterical and refused to come into
the water. He was too weak to tie
the rope had brought along. % I
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
Euo.n,e. and EnoIl.h Science.

Eugenics may be described as the
study Of agencies that may improve
or impair the racial qualities of fu-
ture generations, either physically q
mentally, the. declared aim being the
betterment of the human race. The
science was founded by Sir Francis
Galton (1s22-19lD. n famons English
statisticinn. anthropologist. and trnv.
eler. He distinguished himself by his
remarkable work In anthropometry or
measurements Of the human body. For
some years he conducted system of
anthropOmetrical records Mt South
KensingtOn Museum, London, compiled
from measurements taken from visi-
tors to the museum. He founded the
study Of eugenics at University col
lege, London.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
|U-BOAT CHASERS
DO GREAT WORK


the damage their submarines would do
TO the Americans 1t was the submarine
chasers Of our friends which Travelled
ehout four thousand miles to deal with
the German partner at his gateway.
1.-The American seameE will be cor
daily congratulated by their comrades
In the other allied navies on the de-
struction of two Austrian submarines.
The attack was direct and menacing
challenge to the Austro-Hungarian
fleet. and 1t presents another effective
blow struck at the enemy.
''The task Of making way through
the mine fields In broad daylight must
have been a dlnicult and hazardous
one. We shall probably. learn that
some Of our hardy east coast fisher
men. Englishmen and Scotchmen. had
a hand in clearing the passage for the
warships."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
Has Floats Like Footballs.

One Of the newest types of life pre-
servers consists of belt to which
nre attached two or three inflatable
units shaped like footballs. Each has
casing Of properly reinforced duck,
and is lined with a rubber bladder
having n valve at one end for infiatins
it. The preserver weighs only about
one and one-fourth pounds and when
Debated can be carried in the pocket
Equipped with two bags, 1t has suffi-
cient buoyancy for use in swimming,
while the three-bag life preserver will
sustain a person weighing 25O pounds
in the water.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

well and feel hne in the morning and
able to do my work. l gladly recon-
mend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. Mrs. ALBERT SULrzE, COB
Olmstsad St, Winons, MINI.
How often do We hear the expressioo
among women, 81 am 10 nervous, can.
pot Sleep" or sit seems ~ though ]
should fly" Such women should profit
BY Mrs. Suites experience and give
pound, trial.
For forty years Il has been overeon.
ing such serious conditions as dispiace-
ments, inflammation, liberation. irreG-
ularities, periodic pains. backachs, din.
illness, and nervous prostration Of
women, and II now considered the stan
dard remedy for such ailments.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

won. He piled Bavaria and the lesses
German states together. placed Prus.
sla on top Of them, and held the
Hohenzollerns on the top Of the whole
pile. By show of armed strength Gin
which the war against Austria and the
war against France were planned AZ
exhibitiOns) he forced Hohenzollern
into world powerfulness. Long be-
fore he died he planned another war
against France as another exhibition
of German strength. A reason for the
new war? He had the same reason
that slave driver has when he drags
an innocent black before the assem-
bled slaves and beats her until she
faints. Hohenzollernism must. every
SO often, show It's power. The world
must be kept cowed.
The Difference.
So you see how two nations have
reached world power-the United
States and the imperial Hohenzollern
Germany. We grew; imperial Ger
many planned and schemed and forged
bayonets. We are a world power be-
cause we are great In size and
strength; Germany was n world power
because she was theatener of muir
der She was world power because
she carried at all times bludgeOn.
Imperial Prusslan HohenzollernGer.
many was a structure of bayonets; 1t
existed, as Bismarck would brutally
admit were he alive today. for the
honor and glory of the HohenzOllerns.
and for no other reason. 1t was to
prove that Wilhelm Hohenzollern.
king of Prussia. was world power
that Germany was driven into the war
we are now fighting, and not to prove
that Germany was a world power.
Germany has paid dear price for
Hohenzollernism OF the Wilhelm II
variety. The world has paid fright
full price.
Germany without the Hohenzollerns
would be great nation and true
world power. AS it is. she is bleed
ing. wounded, hungered tool. She is
being used by Hohenzollern to prove
that Hohenzollern king of Prussia
can do what he pleases with Prassinn
slaves and the slaves of Prussia. This
is Hohenzollern war. 1t was planned
by Hohenzollerns to keep the Hohen-
zollerns of Prussia firmly seated on
the throne, and for no other reason.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
Allies Praise Americans for Part
They Played in Durazzo
Engagement.
ACTIVE DUTY PlEAsEs MEN
Squadron Of Twelve Commanded by
Captain Nelson Forms Screen for
Big Warshlps-ons Of Fats's
Queer Twists. 3

London.-A contingent Of IL Ameri-
can submarine chasers played brill
liant and novel part In the Durazzo en-
gagement. This chaser sIuadron eff
fectively acted as q screer. around the
big ships engaged in the bombardment
to protect them against submarines.
The Americans were under heavy fire.
but had no casualties.
Capt. G. P. Nelson and Lieut.. Com.
r. H. Bastedo commanded the squad
ron. large percentage Of the officers
and men were of the naval reserve
and reports Of the operation praise
their work highly.
The Americans definitely sank one
submarine and damaged and probably
destroyed another. After the engage
ment they escorted British cruiser
which had been hit by torpedo safely
to the base from which the expedition
started. An enemy hospital ship was
also taken in charge for examination.
Active ruty t,eases Men.
Throughout the bombardment md
harbor the chasers circled swiftly
around the big ships. A report received
Here says the men had good time and
evidently were pleased with the suc-
cess of the first achievement of this
character the chasers had attempted
to work. Heretofore they have been
patrolllng. dropping depth charges and
firing on enemy submarines.
Austria Hungary has mt the most
only two modern battleships left; she
has lost n large number of small craft.
end now Durazzo, the advanced base
of her depleted fleet. has been rem
deied useless. writes the British naval
expert. Archibald Hurd. in the Duly
Telegraph. Continuing. he says:
"Durazzo. practically dominating all
one side Of the Adriatic, was to the
Ausiria what Zeebrugge was once to
the Germans. No effort had been
spared to make 1t an impregnable port
which would be valuable to the Aus
trians. as a base of military forces of
the quadruple alliance In Albania, and
in addition be . pistol aimed at the
allies.
ssss Ons o. Fats's Queer Twists.
In the scheme of attack provision
had been made by the entente naval
forces for the cooperation of Ameri-
can submarine chnsers, of which quite
q number have been working In the
Mediterranean. 1t was nm Irony Of fate
that whereas the Germans boasted Of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
AIRMAN ESCAPES DEATH

cident occurred at height Of 10000
feet. over hostile territory, and that
during the airman's terribly precarlous
ride he was subject to anti-aircraft
fire. and liable to the attack of hostile
scouts. 1t Is not too much to say that
his is record achievement.
Recently another airman was shot
down. out of control. from 1900 feet,
and fell. fiuttering like a leaf toward
the ground. At height of 5000 feet
he tainted. Shortly afterward he
came to, and found himself in the ma
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
Pretty Tall.

A private in an Irish regiment and
a life guardsman were blowing" about
the stSpdqrd of height in their re-
spective regiments.
'Why," snid the life guardsmar..
zone Of our fellows Ia so tall that he
can light his pipe ut n lamp post"
"Be jabers." retorted Pn,. "Flnnni-
gan of d company, is so tall that the
beggar has to get down on his knees
when he wants to put his hands In his
trousers pockets."-Tit-Bits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
HERO BELITTLES
HIS HEROIC DEED
Blind Man Gets Work
In Munition Factory

Willimantic. Conn.-Connecti-
cut is believed to be the first
state in the Union to provide
munition work for blind man.
John II. Mccarthy Of this city.
who lost his sight two years ago.
has been at work for several
weeks in nearby munitlon fac
tory crimping primers for big
guns. He was aided in securing
employment by Superintendent
II. J. Martindale of the United
States Employment agency. and
StettsOn X. Ryan, secretary of
the state boayd of education for
the blind.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
Dialects in British isies.

Several languages and many dia.
lects are spoken in the British isles.
In Northern Scotland most of the
people speak Gaelic, as they once
did In Ireland, where the Gaelic
language has been undergoing a
revival in recent years. The Welsh
have distinct language of their own
which is of Celtic origin. The Cor
nish people until far into the eight
eenth century spoke Celtic Language
very similar to that spoken by the
people Of Brittany in France. Nearly
every shire of England hns Its peculiar
dialect.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
corneob. for oy .rseas.

st. Louis. Mo.-The United States
government recently closed a hurry
nm order with the several manufac-
turers Of corncob pipes at Washington,
Mo-. for 1,50o0OO pipes. At the same
time the national organization Of the
Knights of Columbus closed a con-
tract for 100000 Of the same kind of
pipes. All are to be rushed overssaA
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
STOMACH UPSET?
PAPE's pIAPEPsiN AT ONCE ERDe
scURNEss, GAS. AciDsTY.
INDIGESTION.

When meals upset you and yea AeleA
gus. acids and undigestsd food WAsa
you have lumps of indigestion pain o.
any distress in stomach ysU can get
relief instantly-No waitiAGt
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
W0MAN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Winoua, Mini. A.-"I suffered for more
than . year from nervousnses, and wae
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

- Uou i OU00 Nv
rest At night
would lie awake and
get % nervous !
would have 10 get
up and walk around
and In the morning
would be all tired
out. I read about
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and thought
! would try 1t. My
nervousness soon
left ma I Aleep
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

There were two inseparnbie esnpan,
IONS
BY name. Opportunity aad Respon.
sibility.
Almost daily they walked togetfer er.
One morning Opportunity q~icisened
her pace and Outwent her companion.
But on rare days. Responsibility set
the pace
AMI then Opportunity fairly raa to
catch up.-Savannah News.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

Az soeR - you eat q tablet Of
Pipes Diapapsin all the indigestion
pain stops. Gases, acidity. heartburn,
fiatu)ence and dyspepsia vanish. PupA's
Diapepsin tablets cost very httle Of
drug stores. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
HarroWlNa,

Don't you think her voice sasht to
| be cultivated" 7"
.No; / think it should he Aarvestea.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
\. Y. GREEK IS GIVEN
3 FRENCH CITATIONS
NICK KoRNIES, ~, MOST hon.
oRED, MOST DECORATED
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
Has Gone Through Three Years and
a Half of Terrific Fighting with.
ont u Single Wound.
BY W. s. FORREST.

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
TIE FIELD. Jan. i.--OBy Mall ---
NICK kornics, %, today the most hon
ored and most decorated living Am
erican volunteer In the famous French
torelsn Legion; an unscathed vetor-
an OF all the Lcgion's terrific battles
during the past three ycars and n
half. has made up his mind he wants
TO continue the struggle with the Am
erIcan army.
OF Greek parents but born in New
York and an American citizen, Kor-
MES was seen by New Workers sell
Ing bananas at tho corner of East
23d street and Avenue i when the
great world war began.
There was blood Of Tho ancient
Greeks in the veins Of the dark hair
cd young banana seller for all tho
wrath OF his uncle ana all the love of
a black eyed maiden in the Greek col
ony couldn't stop him from making
his way to France where he Joined
the Foreign Legion In August 1914.
Personally modest and tlmid but
an ardent fighter, the youthful Crock
american has covered himself with
glory every time the Legion has pass
ed the attack. His latest citation,
Won Mt Vordun, Is a document prob
ably more cnloglstic than any honor
ing an American volunteer in the big
war. Here given for the first time
It reads:
"Kornies CNick) Lcgionalrc, nth
Company de Marcia, Foreign Legion
elite grenadicr; 2Oth August. 1917
won the admiration Of all his COM
rades by his courage and contempt for
danger. led his comrades to the con-
quest Of n trench which was defend
Cd with energy and which was cap
tured along q. distance Of 1900. yards
after several hours Of bloody combat;
took single handed numerous prison
ers: already twice citod In army or
ders."
Starting out in tho above attack
with his comrades of a bombing squad
Kornles saw them all killed or
wounded around him. Undaunted
even by this. he crawlcd forward,
from shell hole to slrcll hole. reached
tho trench. hurled his prcuades am
ohg the German defenders and forced
the remainder to take refuge in "A
deep dugout He Immediately block
cd the entrance so that when other
soldiers of the attack came up they
captured aDout 100 Germans. 'surviv-
ors of tho entire company who had
held the position. As the result Of
this fc1t the conquest Of further
trenches was possible.
on the young banana scllor's breast
iuoay Is the War Cross with several
palms and, moro important the much
coveted Mcdaille Militairc.
Now that there Is an American ar
my in France. Eornies has made for
NAL application for transfer under
the american flag
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
WAR STAMP SALES INCREASING


WASHINGTON Feb. l5.-Rcccipts
from sale Of war savings and thrift
stamps today passed the 0,GGG, 900
mark. Officials declared actual sales
probably have amounted to 10000
900 more. Directors Of the campaign
believe within q month the daily rcye-
nue. will be nearly $4,000, 900 a day
r. A. Dclano. member Of the fed.
eral reserve board. and vice chairman
Of the nationaI war savings committee
is directing the campaign in the alb
sence of Frank a. Vandcrlip, the
chairman, who has gone to California
10 recuperatc his health. Rumors
that Mr.. .Nanderlip had resigned were
denied at Secretary McAdco's office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

In the sweat Of our faces we cnt
bread and in the chill OF our feet we
dig for coal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

These concerns are aiding the
development of Umatilla county
their interests are your interests
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Newton Will Rule
New York Harbor
Captain c.. L. Garden Named
Captain Of Port to Aid Him
in New Duties

Byron L. Newton, Collector OF the
Port, has been placed, by the order of
the President, in complete charge Of
the work Of safeguarding shipping and
piers in New York Harbor. The order.
which removes all friction between the
various spy-catching organizations Of
the government operating on vessels
and along the waterfront here, is the
second radical step to be taken within
q week in the coordination of the gov
ernment's machinery in the metro
politan district. The first was when
William Wallace, jr., was placed at the
head of newly organized central
bureau, directing the Federal officials
IN Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Jer-
sey
The anchorage Of ships, the seizure
of vessels, enforcement. Of former regu-
lations of the Array and Navy Depart
mcnts, as we'll as customs regulations,
VIII III future all come under the eve
OF the Collector of the Port. In order
20 make it possible for him efficiently
to carry out these duties, Captain God
frey L. Garden, in command Of the
Coast Guard and formerly Supervisor
of Archorages, was yesterday appointed
Captain of the Port of New York. with
power to enforce all orders coming
from Collector Newton.
Captain Garden retains command of
the Coast Guard, which now becomes
an armed force serving as military
police for the Collector of the Port.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
100 Jews Off To-day
To Fight in Palestine

One hundred Jews. bent upon writing
a new chapter in the history of Juda-
ism, were wished godspeed at dinner
given by the Zionist lunch CLUB at the
Imperial Hotel last night.
The hundred are recruits in the
Judean battalion of the Britisi, Royal
Fusilliers. They are gathered from
several nearby states, but volunteers
from the East Side of New York COM
prise the majority. They all are ex-
cmtp from draft in this country.
They viii leave for Boston to-day.
There they viii be joined by other vol
untecrs and will proceed to Canada on
their way to Palestine.
Major c. Brooman White, Of the Brit
lsh recruiting mission, expressed graft
tication for the apparent determination
to win which the recruits displayed.
Some people think that the fighting
is all over in Palestine" said the ma
Jor. You men look as though you
would like to mix in real scrap. Well.
you probably will not be disappointed. -
Joseph l.. Cohen, leader in the
Zionist recruiting movement and a re-
cruit himself, declared they were the
only soldiers under the British flag who
were permitted to select the battlefront
on which they would serve
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
West
BRITISH

LONDON, Feb. p (DAY).-Hostilc raids
we're rcpuscd during the night northwest OF
ST Quentin, in the neighboihood OF Bullc-
court and cast of Vermcllcs. The artillery
was active on both sides carly this morning
northeast and east of Ypres.
FRENCH
PARIS. Feb. q DAY.-Two strong Ger
man raids north of the Chemin -dcs- Danes
barron of results.
In the Champagne. after violent bonn
bardmcnt. the Germans attempted to approach
the French lines at two points of the new
French positions southwest of the Butte du
Mesni1. The assalants were arrested by the
French fire
There intermittent cannonading of q
quite lively character at Chcppy Wood and
Avocourt Wood.
German aviators bombarded
Nancy last night. Two persons we're reported
killed and eleven wounded
tNlGHU.- Artillery actions. occasionally
violent. occurred in the region of the Butte
Gu Mesnii and on the lett bank of the Meuse
On February 26 three German airplanes
We're brought down by our pilots Our bomb
ing escadrilles dropped $500 kilos of ox-