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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1918
Page
1
Wounded Americans are visited and praised for gallantry as Baker tours the front line at MT 7 where large shell bursts near an automobile caused casualties and prompted a grim local response.
Secretary Hoker today ad dresses Rainbow Division members on the firing line promising to convey meninge from then to the follow at home officials. To your relatives throughout the state will send the menace that you are well fed and do not lack supplies or attentions safeguarding your health. Your communities and nation will be proud of your good conduct and your clean living which go with your clean, hard fighting and the principles for which you fight.
Secretary Baker toured the Toul front and inspected a shell shattered village while speaking with Ohio officers. Lieutenant Greene, Sergeant Norton, and Private Wade received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism as Americans held No Man's Land against German raids.
The entire county to be represented at a Pendleton meeting on March 22 for the Liberty Loan drive. District managers and War Drives chairmen will attend with top workers to gather information. J I Zurcher will speak on permits and mobilize citizens, with meetings slated to run into the afternoon and transition to the War Drives committee for further planning.
British front report notes 167 enemy planes shot down this month amid heavy night bombing. The Portuguese did not raid near Falquenart as artillery exchanges continued on both sides of Parithindacle with ongoing combat and shelling.
Following last evening's drill the Pendleton company of Unatilla County Guard adopts rules for a delinquency court with penalties for absences. A fine of 60 cents is imposed for each unexcused absence, with further penalties including possible discharge. Funds collected go to the company treasury at the majority vote.
March 20 reports from Washington and other capitals note a mix of honors and warnings. University of Chicago memorial events, restrictions on toll operations, a Pacific coast union meeting in San Francisco, hopes to engage Russia despite tensions, ambassadors arriving in Manchuria, and thirty seven casualties in Princeton area engagements.
Ban Francisco March 20 A Bolshevik branch of the Socialist party with about a hundred members is organized here today. The members plan to register for elections as Bolsheviks. The organizers say units will be formed nationwide, supporting Bolshevik left wing views.
Walla Walla plans abandonment of over a mile of streetcar track from Plennant to Plviston streets. One car remains in service while the rest are removed and dirt road travel replaces rails. A fare raise proposal may follow if the reform board approves. the interurban link to Milton could be affected.
A federal employment bureau urged farmers to file affidavits to defer farm laborers from the draft. Local boards cannot defer calls without employer affidavits. The notice warns farmers to promptly file these affidavits with local boards to protect workers. The report also notes a soldier named Otis enlisted after failing to join a training program and heads to Fort Slocum for training.
Five days remain to donate clothing for Belgian and French relief. After the 25th Red Cross will stop accepting bundles. Umatilla County’s quota requires many more neatly packed bundles ready for pickup by designated workers.
Petrograd dispatch reports Foreign Minister Chicherin said Soviet commissaries doubt the United States will oppose Japanese adventures in the Far East. He suggested the U.S. may not seek a formal alliance with Russia but could favor friendship and cooperation to protect common interests against entrenchment. Trotsky disagreed, asserting Russia cannot yield to American entente. He warned closer relations with the United States would be unlikely due to the Japanese situation.
Washington reports government requisition of the Dutch ship Ping Wu delayed awaiting President Wilson’s proclamation and telegram on Poland. Seizure is expected to proceed after the proclamation, to allow Holland time to respond to the issue.
March 20 report says Trotsky arrived from Petrograd to lead defense of Moscow against German advances. The article notes strategic warnings and the looming risk to the city as wartime tensions mount.
Pendleton banks switch to a 10 A M opening starting April 1 to finish clerical tasks before public hours. The move, adopted to relieve wartime workload and staff shortages from enlistees joining the service, affects all major offices and aligns with war effort needs.
Washington March 20 The Senate judiciary committee reported favorably the Overman bill empowering the President to coordinate uncoordinated and inefficient war branches. Opponents plan a bill limiting reorganization power to the war and allied departments, the shipping board and bureau of mines. The debate shows improved war work as a result of partisan reorganizations and ongoing opposition to the measure as the House wrestles with the war finance corporation bill.
Salem March 20 reps of the defensive council urged the formation of state police units like the Pennsylvania constabulary at a meeting of the emergency board. The plan calls for one mounted troop and three infantry companies with motorcycles, with deployment to be decided by the governor. No action has been taken.
Washington reports that a German commission and German army will control Peotengrad within seven days. American consul Treadwell informed the state department as officials question whether the bolshevik forces can resist the advance.
London dispatch reports Admiral Weddes or Geddes states total Allied and neutral shipping losses since the war began are eight percent. He notes German submarine activity and air attacks have caused several sinkings, but overall losses are contained at a low level. Foreign observers weigh in on shipping danger and wartime efficiency to date.
In a World War I report from New York the German aim of provoking a premature Allied spring offensive is outlined. German tactics allegedly rely on feints and external raids to pressure the Allies, while arguing that a delayed, prepared push would yield a decisive victory. The piece notes high stakes and cautions against misjudgments by Allied leaders.
Milwaukee report shows Irvine I. Leprost and James Thompson neck and neck with less than half the precincts in. Democrats nominate Joseph Davis Berger. socialist candidate Davin leads among socials. Davin resigns as federal trade commissioner as Wilson accepts his election hate.
Fourteen men drafted from Pendleton County for the national army under the emergency call are to report April 2 and will be sent to Camp Lewis. Pendleton automobile club held a monthly banquet to discuss mobility business and local conditions.
Publishers of county newspapers will convene Saturday to discuss publicity work for the general war drives. Meacham reports light snow and road access improving as winter loosens. Oregon Motor Garage receives first ship of F W D trucks favored by U S Government. order for 12,000 trucks secured with aid from Senator Chamberlain and Representative Sinnott.
In the current MCall edition, Cmatillc notes national recognition for the all-woman administration elected recently. The piece also cites an Mighaine article advising Mrs. Pankhurst to relocate to Cinta to better learn how women their own vote selects their leadership.
Aberdeen Washington developers FE B Benn A E Crows Co E Troutman and Charles Haynes announce construction of a three unit apartment building with a fire unit at a cost of about 20000 dollars. The first unit will provide 32 small apartments as other operators contemplate more units and a promissory note exists despite material shortages.
March 10 report from Paris notes German assault in the western front with artillery and infantry activity near the city. Allied defenders organize counterfire while troops brace for further engagements as the front lines hold under pressure.
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