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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
DECISION ON
JAPAN'S' ENTRY
EXPECTED SOON
Cabinet Meeting Held This
Afternoon to Discuss the
Action in Siberia.
DEPENDS LARGELY ON
GERMAN INVASION
If This Stops President May
Decide Move is I'm
necessary.

PARIS, March 1.-'I'hc basis for
Japanese intervention In Siberia has
been decided says lie Petit Jour
nal. The United SRtcs has rccog-
nizcd It's utility and only details re-
main 10 bc scttIed.v
WASHINGTON, March Ito date
President Wilson and Secretar I4ans-
ing are open minded regarding Japa-
nese Intervention in Siberia, but are
likely to answer the japanese sugges-
ton soon as the allies are pressing
for an answer. They have left it up
10 American decision whether Japan
will act alone, cooperate with Amer
lea or not act now. Americas decis-
ion depends largely upon the present
German invasion. If this stops Will
son may decide the Siberian move is
unnecessary and likely to cause the
Russian. factions TO misinterpret the
motives. Russian diplomats suggest
lone japanese move would cause
trouble, and any action should be
joint, with fun statement of aims in
advance. The allies favor Japan.
May Let Japan Act Alone.
In some quarters there's a tendency
to let Japan act alone without involv-
ing America or the allies. Japan
contends the munitions in Siberia and
the possibility OF German domination
OF part OF Siberia makes some drastic
move mandatory. 1t is reported in
Tokyo that escaped German and Aus
trian war prisoners armed them
selves with part OF the supplies the
allies sent Siberia. !
Cabinet Meets Today.
The cabinet meets this afternoon,
and 1t is believed viii discuss the mat
ter. Some officials fear many Rus
slams will join the Germans If Japan
enters Siberia, saying the German
Berlin Tokyo route is n hobgobblin TO
cause Japan to enter siberia ana split /
the Russians. After the British am
bassador conferred with Secretary /.
Lansing, Lansing conferred with the
President,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
MAY USE RYE FOR
WHEAT SUBSTITUTE
ALL DURING MARCH

WASHINGTON. March Food
Controller Hoover explained that
bakers may use rye flour as wheat
substitute all this month The diff
Guilty of obtaining other substitutes
has caused an extension of time from
March third, Near beer makers ara
limited to 20 per cent of the grain
and food stuffs used last year the
same as breweries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
BRITAIN HAS ONLY
100000 MORE MEN
DECLARES FOSTER
Lectures Chairman Denies
Report She Can Raise an
Additional 2 Million.

NEW YORK, March Sir John
Fraser Foster. chairman of the Brit
ish lectures committee, speaking here
denies the reports that Britain can
raise an additional two million men
lie says she can't put more than
three quarters of n million more in
the field. He expressed confidence
the German west offensive would be
most sangulnarlly repulsed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
RAILROAD BILL IN
CONFEREES HANDS.
PASSED BY HOUSE
Two Years Fixed as Period
After War for Which
Government Holds Roads.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-Follow-
ing its passage in the house late last
night the railroad control bill is in
the hands of senate and house con-
ferees today with every prospect for
a speedy agreement on the differ
ences between the bill as passed by
the two houses. 1t is believed GER
tain the bill will reach President Viii
son next week
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
K XTRA

NEW YORK, March 1.-The An
chor liner liberia was sunk by Ger
man submarine Wednesday accord
ing to information today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
TEN AMERICANS CAPTURED.

BERLIN. March i.-tNia London)
At MogYCr. 100 miles south OF
Minst. the GCrmnuS captured the
PripCt IIutiIla. The Germans have
reached Dnicpcr ON the north
Ukraine front. capturing RjCtsChiza
after hot fight near ChaVni&ou. Ten
American, were captured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
SHUTS Mentioned To
Succeed Lloyd George
Declares Miss Burke

SAN FRANCISCO. March 1.-Gen-
eral Jan Christian Smuts, once leader
of the Beers against England, is the
man most frequently mentioned in
England as a successor to Lloyd
George. should the British cabinet
fan. according to kathleen Burke, OF
the scottish war hospitals. who is
here from a visit TO the British
Fron2h and italian fronts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
MrsT LIRsT Sos pENCE.

LONDON. March t.-Gcrman dele
gates informed the Russians AT BrCSt-
I ItSNSk hOStilitiCS would not cease
until peace Is signed, according to
ICtru2raG wirc.Csscs,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
JUDGE MORRIS Ill.

SEATTLE. March t.-Suprcme
Judge George Morris is critically ill.
and was rushed here from Olympia
and operated upon this morning for
what is believed to H. intestinal cam
Ger.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01

Miss Anderson is the first woman
deputy United states marshal and she
doesn't know the meaning OF the
word fear. Lawbreakcrs in Colorado,
where she's to work. might do well to
move or change their ways. she is a
Denver girl, the daughter of Edward
Anderson. secretary of the Colorado
Federation Of Labor,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
BULLETINS
BILL FAvonABLY REPORTED

BILL FANORABLY REPORTED
WASHINGTON. March The sem
ate military committee faVorablN re-
ported the bill putting TIC nations
lumber production in President Will
sons hands. The appropriations
reported the. executive and
judicial appropriation bill to the.
house. 1t carries several million.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
GROWN COUNCIL CoNvoKED.

WASHINGTON. March I.-Thc
kaiser has Convol<cd the crown prince
au the rCi%nin@ families
at the great headquarters. il il Off
CiaIlS learned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
AsK rEnDINAND To our.

AMSTERDAM March t.-I'remicr
CZcrnin has demanded that King Fer
dinand of Bulgaria. ahdiCatC and his
brother, William. succeed, according
to Berlin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
AUSTRIA USES ARMS
IN UKRAINE REPORT
FROM ZURICH SAYS

ZURICH. March i.-AuStria- Hum
gary declaring II Is acting ON the r.
quest Of Ukraine. - intcrN cning mill
tarily there, it i reported. The Op-
creations are said To- have begun yes
tcrdny.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
us. ARTILLERY
REPELLS HEAVY
GERMANATTACK
Organized Onset Near Butte
Du Mesnil is Completely
Driven Back.
HEAVY CANNONADING
OVER A WIDE FRONT
Civil Hospital at Rheims is
Systematically Bonn
barded.

LONDON. March There were
British raids north Of the Ypres-sta-
den railway and mutual artillerying
east Of Ypres. near Vacquerie.
French and American artillery re-
PEELED an organized enemy attack
southeast Of Butte-Du-M -Mesnil.
Paris reports the enemy made an
extremely heavy attack with two coll
umns east OF Chavignea. They were
completely checked. There is heavy
cannonadshg over wide front
PARIS. March There is sharp
fighting at several points. .sincluding a
violent hand-to-hand encounter east
of Chavignon. The enemy, after vi
olent artillerying, attacked there, and
repelled with heavy losses. There is
violent. artillerying at CraOnne,
Rheims, Champagne, Argonne and
Woerve districts also.
The Rheims civil hospital is syste-
bombarded and set afire.
In Argonne we raided enemy posi-
tions and took prisoners. The enemy
mbarded the first lines
near Suippe.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01

PETROGRAD, March 1.-The en-
emy today threw large forces against
the Orsha front. 500. miles south OF
Petrograd. Thousands of armed work
men. rushing there from Moscow.
threw up trenches behind Orsha and
big battle is expected. The Boil
sheviki last night issued a statement
saying the German offensive had
stopped. owing to Russian revolution
lists resistance. Soviets in the larger
cities are demanding holy war
against Germany, advocate arming
the entire Russian population.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
,LnnNEY nENII1n RETRIK1..

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-Thc
,uprcmc court today denied Mooney
a rctriaI. only President Wilson or
the go, cFBOr Gun save his lie.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
BIG FIGHT EXPECTED
ON THE ORSHA FRONT
Hun Forces Concentrate
300 Miles South of Petro-
grad; Slavs Prepare Stand

LONDON. March Am exchange
telegraph dispatch from PetrOgrad
says Pskuff is in German hands de-
spite contrary rumors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01

This paper is a member OF and audited
BY the Audit Bureau OF Calculations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-01
DAILY EVENING EDITION

Number copies printed of yesterdays
Daily Edition
2.774
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06

tiers can be traced. This. is the tail
or shop for timberA The sawmill
completes the patternmAkers work.
the steam box adds the last touch,
and the garments pieces are ready
for sewing" y
At Meacham & Babcock'ssy yard the
men take a pride in the performance
OF their machines. They refuse to
call a huge locomotive crane any
thing but a ''galloping goose" or q
stationary derrick for handling lum-
Der anything but "stiffneck." Tiny
gasoline cars which do enormous
work about the yards r "gas bur-
rows"
OF two machines they are especial
ly proud. These are the invention
Of George II. Merkley, superintend-
ent Of the yard mill. and are unique
in all shipyards. One is a circular
cross-cut saw built in a mechanism
which operates on a track overhead
and enables the say to cut a timber
at any desired angle. The other is
a peculiar saw which will angle huge
timbers used for ceiling and plank
ing ships as the timbers pass down
one side, and angle them as they re-
turn on the opposite side. This ma
chine. invented for wartime produc-
ton, does it's work in one-sixth the
time REQUIRED to do the same work
in any other yard, according to Off
GERS of the company. 1t will handle
As planks per hour as against so in
nine hours under the usual method.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06
WHAT is AN ENG1NEERo

Especially interesting, from the
standpoint of the war, is the publi-
cation Of a new definition of the en-
gineer which has been written by A.
Fl. Krom, director Of engineering,
United States employment service,
Chicago. The definition comes as
the result of the many queries that
have originated through a confusion
Of %engineering terms and standards
now in general use. After serious
study and consultation with eminent
authorities. Mr.. Krom prepared the
FOLLOWING definition:
An engineer Is one who eco
nomically directs man power and, by
scientific design, utilities the forces
and materials Of nature for the bene-
fit Of mankind" =.
In writing this definition, Mr..
Krom hopes to offer a practical,
workable statement that will be of
real value to technical men, and to
employers Of technical men. The
definition will doubtless be useful in
clarifying popular misconceptions.
Students Of engineering and promi-
nent scientific authorities declare
that Mr.. Krom's definition is repre-
sentative Of the highest engineering
ideals and that it covers ali classes
of engineering. In view Of the i'm
portance Of the engineer in the pres
ent war. it is highly important that
his status be properly defined.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06
FRENCH AND
YANKEES HAVE
TRACK meet
.
Athletic Contest Was Held
Recently in an American
Army Base.

New York, Nov. 6.-An interesting
account of a Franco-American track
meet, held recently in an American
Army base town in France, has
reached this country. In part it is as
follows:
Before the war, the park where
the events were held had been un-
doubtedly we'll cared for, but the
scarcity of nan power for non-essen-
tial pursuits accounted for the grass
grown walks and tottering fences. The
grandstand. indeed, held a vivid re-
minder of the struggle in progress
many miles to the north of us. for it
was packed from floor to ceiling with
war supplies.
Most Of the events at an army
form. No spike shoes or running suits
are allowed, the contestants being put
on their marks in ordinary army bro
gans, the regulation puttees and army
breeches. This meet, however, was
more pretentious and the Sontestants
began to make their appearance in
long-forgotten running suits. AL
though billed as a Franco-American
meet, there was a sprinkling of other
nationalities, drawn from the armies
Of the Allies. Before the interested
crowd they llmDered up their muscles
and tested the boards at the jumps.
THE French athlete is not as sturdy
a specimen of humanity as his Amer
lean friend, but his litheness and
quickness supplies the seeming defic-
iency. In the sprints and the jumps
it stands him in good stead, out the
weight events generally find him in
the ruck. The contestants this after
noon were well matched, some Of the
heats were bitterly fought out, and
honors seemed in a fair way to be
even.z 49, -. .
ITO the stranger, the enjoyment of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06
Society.
Y. s. c. AZ TO,
OBSERVE WORLD
WEEK OF PRAYER

The local 7. w. G. A.. will join with
other associations throughout the
world next week, in observing the an
nual World Fellowship Week Of Pray
Ell. Provided health regulations will
permit, the week of prayer will open
with a vesper service on Sunday aft
ernoon. and brief meetings will be
held each day during the week, but
II the quarantine still exists, small,
calendars will be distributed to the
members. who will be asked to OBJ
serve the week silently.
Sunday will be observed as Woyld
Y. W.. G. A. day, and the theme of
prayer o the week is to be built
around the Lords Prayer" On
Monday. Africa will be taken up;
America, including Canada and South
America. will be- the topic for Tues
day; Asia, including japan, China and
India will be studied on Wednesday,;
Australasia will be the topic for
Thursday; Europe will be divided up
Portugal, Holland, Sweden, France
and Switzerland TOR Friday and Great
Britain, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Fin
land, Italy and Athens for Saturday.
Prayers will be offered for women
in the field, in the. procession, in in
dustry, in schools and colleges, in
business, in homes, in charitable
work, women who are tempted, the
sad. unfortunate and lonely women.
and the little sisters" Men who are
to be remembered in the week Of
prayer will be "all men in battle, in
hospitals, the convalescents, the lone
ly, Inc the men who do not know
the Great Friend"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06
1rALOR-MADE
SHIPS BEING .
CONSTRUCTED
Vessels are Cut to Measure
at Great Seattle
Plant.

Seattle, Wash. Nov. 5.-This is the
day of the tailor-made ship and there
is in Seattle a great shop where ships
are cut to measure. hi nov tall
oring establishment is known to the
trade as Meacham & Babcock's, and
| 1t is the largest of it's kind in the Uni
ted States built on fresh water.
Ships are constructed at Meacham
& Babcock's very much the same as
q tailor constructs your pants, coat
n vest. They do things on a giant
scale and they cut with gargantuan
I shears. Instead Of sewing they nail
things together And instead of one
! or two tailors on a fitting" there
are thousands on the job.
The first foundation pile for
Meacham & Bnbcock's ship tailor
shop was driven on a Salmon Bay
site near Ballard, a Seattle suburb,
on July 4, 1917. The plant, filled
in to a depth of three or four feet
with dredged material. o covers
an area Of % acres. From its six
building ways we are dropping ships
+ weeks, just like a glacier giving off
chunks of ice," as Meacham puts it.
He added that the ships turned
out are complete to the napkins on
the table,. even the furniture for the
crews quarters being made at the
plant.
Meacham & Babcock have con-
tracts for twelve Ferris type wooden
steamers. four of which have been
launched. The "Boulton' was the
first of it's type launched by Seattle
yards, taking the water May IS last.
Like all shipyards, this plant is a
Ian of surprises, Of a push and pull,
of a striving that knows no limit
save the time when the men hope
the Stars and Stripes will wave over
Berlin. There is the gatekeeper who
was a florist in real life, and be-
cause of that he has been allowed to
install and take care of dainty flower
boxes around the general offices.
There, in the bowels of the ships,
in the yard shops, are the men who
helped sMeacham & Babcock build
tunnels before they tackled the war
industry.
Building a ship. after ALL" Meach-
am asserted, sis merely building a
floating house, and to build a ship
one needs only to gather the special
lied crew"
Among the of interesting
facts on general aspects of ship
building is one little known to the
layman-that every ship is tailor
ed" handmade, cut out by pattern
and pieced together just as the tailor
goes INTO the ship frames is tail
ored' in a steam box. Thousands Of
timbers are tailored otherwise. For
instance. this yard has a storage
warehouse forty feet wide and one
block long, and all the goods it stores
can be put into a woman's thimble.
It is a vast drawing board. On it's
smooth surface of board master
workmen mark out by pencil the pat
tern of special timbers. A giant,
curved ruler some sixty feet
long, fastened to long, slen-
der, movable iron braces. one end Of
which can be tackled into the floor,
enables the workman to lift the ruler
from the floor pencil lines and place
it on a board, so that the exact pat
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06
VICTORY GIRLS
AND BOYS PLAN
CAMPAIGN WORK

The Victory Boys and Victory Girls
of this state are planning to play an
important part in the United War
Work campaign which is to be
launched on November II. The Vic
tory Girls, of which there are to be
some sever thousand in the state,
have been given a quota of $35, 900,
and the slogan that has been adopt
ed is Every Girl Pulling for Victory"
The Victory Girls will work not on
~ in towns of the state. but through
the rural districts as we'll, and in lin
ing up their platform, they aim to as
sist in whatever ways are practical to-
ward making the big campaign a sue
cess in the state.
Women in various towns and town
ships of the county and state will be
in charge Of the work Of the Victory
Boys and Victory Girls, and they will
receive honors for their work in the
campaign. The quota for the boys
and girls, divisions in this state is to,
be the same, and there probably will
be much good humored rivalry be-
tween the two divisions, in striving to
meet this quota. The campaigns are
to be conducted separately, though
along the. same general lines. T.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06

LATE

!. The following casualties are reported
BY the commanding general OF the
American expeditionary forces; KILLED
Of accidents and other causes. i; died
disease, IS; wounded severely, 81;
wounded, degree undetermined, $50;
wounded slightly, 1853; missing in action
Killed in Action.
Lieut.. Col: 2. J. Pike, Des Mo&nes. e,
Died Of Wounds.
8Xt. ]. II. P0ar1, Mound II. D.
Pvt. N. vos, Cologne, MINI.
Pvt. l.. r. &LeverSon, Broken, Mimi. /,
Pvt. g. Morstsd, Grand Forks, d. ..
Pvt. W. !; sharkey, Fairmop mt Min
Died Of Dissase.
Nurse 81. Hardy, Golden valley, ND!
Pvt. F. A. Teller. Spragueville. Ia.
Pvt. S. Iverson. Creston, Mont.
Pvt. E. H. ~Krayenhagen, Woodstock.
Pvt. H: S: Larrabee. Charles City, Ia.
Pvt. w. F. Lefka. Charles City, Ia.
Pvt. E. f. West. Worthing, S. D.
Wounded Severely.
Pvt. M. Dennis. .Rhinelander. Wis.
wounded, Degrees I1Isas:
Lieut.. 7. A. Inda,9 Wildrose,- Wis.
Corp. G. F.. Baker, Rhodes, Ia.
Corp. F: ]. Brodzeller. Lomira, Wis.
Mechanic E. Gagnon. Jr.. Green Bay,
Wis.
Pvt. r. Beall, Marion, Ia.
Pvt. F. Hoffman, Oconto. Wis
Pvt. r. Spillman, Seymour, Ia.
Pvt. @. M. Cook, Algomac. Wis.
Pvt. M. G. Hagg, Evanston. la. ~
Pvt. F. G.. Parry. P~leasanton, Ia.
Wounded Slightly.
Sgt. L. F.. Hanson, Eau Claire. Wis.
Corp. F. Grundkowski. Milwaukee.
Bugler G.. Leroy, Ruby, Wis.
Bugler F.. P. Beaudin. Oconto. Wis.
Pvt. G. H. Hass, Preston. Ia.
Pvt. c. H. Lake, Ashland. Wis.
Pvt. A. D~elaronde, Portage. Wis.
I Pvt. M. Lamotte, Neopit, Wis.
Pvt. NJ, Lecher, Marshfeld. Wis.
Pvt. r. D. Oathout, Beaver Dam, wis.
Pvt. E. A. Scholz, Racine. Wis.
Pvt. o. J.. Nelson. Hendricks, MINI.
Pvt. A. F. Patchett, Lothian, Mont.
Pvt. H. O. Peterson, Hartland. Mimi.
Pvt. w. Post. Sturgeon gay, Wis.
Pvt. F. A. Rideout. Earlhorn. IA.
Pvt. J.. F. Settera, Scobey. Mont.
Pvt. A. Speckmann. Sheboygan. Wis.
Pvt. H.. ]. Thiede, Fairmont, Mont.
Pvt. r. Tracy, Madison. Wis. :
Pvt. J.. Zilkowski. Milwaukee.
Missing In Action.
Pvt. E. Lebeets, Union Grove, Wis.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-06
War Summary
BY The Associated Press)

Forced to a realization Of impend-
ing peril by the progress Of the Brit
ish southeast of Valenciennes and the
French and Americans south of
Sedan, Germany's Shattered armies
are in rapid retreat from the Belgian
frontier to the Aisne river. So rapid
is the retirement that it is difficult to
determine the exact location Of the
~contending forces along this IS miles
Of front.
British forces have cleared the bar
rier of Normal forest and threaten to
drive a wedge y between Mons and
have launched an attack hat has
forced the enemy back from 3 to 4
miles, while along the Meuse the
Americans, in close cooperation with
the French just to the westward, have
overcome a stubborn resistance of the
enemy and moved still nearer the
Sedan-Longuyon railroad.
There is evidence that the Germans
are not carrying out the orderly re-
treat that marked their retirement
from the Marine n Somme salients.
Batteries of field guns, with horses at
tached, have been captured and a vast
quantity of munitions which could be
moved quickly under ordinary circum-
stances has fallen into the hands of
the Allies.
To the north, Client is closely in
vested ,by the French. Belgian and
British troops. The fighting there is
apparently between German rear
guards and the Allied forces, for
civilians are said to be close behind
the lines. and Queen Elisabeth Of Bel
GUM watched the beginning of the as
sault against the city.
The lipe Of the Scheldt is no longer
any protection to the enemy in Bel
GUM. It has been crossed every
where from Client . to Valenciennes
and it is probable that Allied troops
have been flung across the canal north
OF Client. Between Client and Brus-
sells there is no great natural obstacle
except h Dendre river which will aid
the Germans in conducting defensive
operations and it seems probable that
the enemy will not turn at bay until
he reaches the Namur-Brussels-Ant-
Werp line, which is said to have been
prepared for a grim struggle.
American forces north Of Verdun
have crossed the Meuse at three places
and have gained ground on the east
side of the river. This advance is
most important, for it threatens the
Sedan-Longuyon line at a new point
and removes from the Germans the
advantage of having a position on the
flank of the American forces advanc-
ing northward on the western side OF
the stream. Sedan must be under
artillery fire from the medium calibre
American guns.