La Grande evening observer., January 13, 1915, Image 1

1 ORANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1915. .
NUMBER 187. t
SEMITE HITS
UIICLE SB TO
lain; Core Fitzgerald, R. S. N.; G..
Vert Shw, L. S. N. G.; Zella Drrts,
R. a V. G.; Estella Webb. L, S. V. G.;
Margaret E. Morrison, I. G.; EM.
Stringham, O, G.
The following were elected: Lon
RoberUon, musician ; George Robert
son, W. A. Worstell, Mattie Gokton,
yiews of Three Big Men on Prosperity
III ITALY
OFF ATTACK BY.
REMOVE PESTS
trustees ; J. L. Robertson, captain de
gree team.- " "
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A general social time followed , and
a rousing good time is promised nest
Tuesday night. 1
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VOLUME XIV.
EARTHQUAKES
DOV IDS
DO
M U C H
DAMAGE
SWIiES
PREDATORY ANIMALS SAID TO
BE GREAT HAOUW TO
OREGON FARMERS.
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL
BILL PRESENTED TODAY
Calls For Fifty Thousand Heated
' Debate Follows Plan to Have Sten-
egrapMc Work Contracted For
- Budget Plan Fails Predatory 'Ani
mals Bill Passes in the Senate.
Salem. Jan. 13. The senate . today
t passed a memorial to congress ask
i tag for an approprition of $800,000 to
fee used in the extermination of pre
datory animals in the national forests
of the state. Senator Burgess, auth
or of the memorial, said the annual
loss to stockmen, and poultry rais-
era in National forests of the western
HtotM amounts to $13,000,000 annual
lv.." Senator Hawlev introduced a bill
today providing an appropriation of
$50,000 for construction and equip
ment of a new training school build
ing for the Oregon Normal at Hon
'. jnouth. i
Pudget Plan Fails.
' In the house an amendment to the
rule? prwent by Schuebel, proposing
the J.iind means committee pre
oare a iiudiret of appropriation bills
before the-house so members would
know how much was being spent, was
-defeated. '
- ' Stenographic ' Bill debated.
j j A-Representative Hust-?d an.
amendment- providing that stenogra
phic work in the legislature be con
tracted for, This engenderd a bit
ter debate which was in progress
' when lunch adjournment was taken
'-' County Representative Woodell this
morning wired to E. S. Norris asking
him to ascertain as far as possible
the attitude of the taxpayers in this
county on the proposed irrigation tax,
Mr. Woodell desiring to know to what
figure, if at all, the J ax should be
placed. This proposition followed!
the resolution of the irrigation con
gress in Portland recently. Some ir
rigationists urge a , half -mill state
tax and others a one-fourth mill.
CASH, CAMERA GONE.
Snake River Resident Finds His Suit
. case Was Molested.
1 H. A. Beckwith, who lives on the
Snake river below Lewiston, is loser
: $60.00 and a camera worth the same
amount. He says that he supposed
the money and camera were in a suit
case in his hotel, until he went to get
them, when he found them not He
has turned the matter over to the
police. In the meantime he is be-
. -moaning the loss of his spare cash.
Rebekas Hold Installation.
. On January 12, district deputy Pres
- ident Mattie Golden installed the fol
- lowing officers for Crystal Rebekah
. lodge No. 60, of La Grande: Louise
Douglas, N. G.; Zora Clapp, V. G.;
Zoe Golden, R. Sec.; Iva Bakeman,
F. Sec.; . Emma Harding, treasurer;
Miriam' Elledge, Warden; Prudence
Xame, Con.; Jessie Eckengreen, Chap-
ANXIOUS TO 'GET
August Mortier, for several years
an employe at the Palmer mill,; is
getting anxious about his son who
resides In Germany. Next Spring
the lad becomes of drafting age and
must go to war for the kaiser, and
Mr. Mortier is trying to get him out
before the lad is 18 years of age.
Various difficulties confront him, but
Mr. Mortier - expects to overcome
very obstacle in order to gather his
clan undfer the Stars and Stripes. He
U confident that the kaiser can get
Ohio Holds Safety Exposition. -
Columbus, Ohio, Jan, 13. With ex
hibits from nearly a score of states,
the industrial safety exhibition opened
here today under the direction, of the
state industrial commission. It is the
first exhibition of its kind to be held
under state direction." (- . ,.. ,, & '
' New A'ork is represented by 12
of its largest manufacturing con
cerns, Illinois by nine and Pennsyl
vania by four.- Among, other states
represented are: Connect leutt,. Mass
achusetts, Rhode : Island, Colorado,
Missouri, Michigan, New Jersey, Wis
consin and West Virginia. . , j ;
Safety appliances on railroa&s are
shown by several railroad companies.
The bureau of sifety and efficiency
of the Alcohol League of the .United
States is demonstrating the relation
of alcohol to accidents. Prevention of
disease is being shown by. life insur
ance companies. , - ., ; ...
NORTH COAST
SUB SWEPT
SIXTY MILE GALE RAISES HA
i VOC WITH SHIPS. , ,
Two
Killed, ' Many Injured,
Freighter is Aground.
Big
"- New? York; Jan. 13. Lashed by 'a
60-mile Rata, foriI6.'hburs, the. North
Atlantic coast Is facing, .tha-.i-oret
storm of the winter 3,wo asefcnown
to have been killed here, -and a dozen
injured. ' ;:, , ; .
.The damage is heavy. There islno
siim of a let up. .
Steamers reaching North Atlantic
ports were, compelled to battle for
hours against mountain waves... ihe
Italian freighter Oceanic is aground
in a fog off the Statute of Liberty
and lifeaavers are attempting to reach
her. High seas prevent ascertaining
whether her position is dangerous.
Conferring With Sportsmen,
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F. A. Raffety, of Roseburg, was in
the city yesterdlay evening and today
went to Wallowa county. He is con
f erring with sportsmen of Eastern
Oregon as to just -what is best in the
wav of .prospective legislation. His
findings will be reported to the fish
and game commission which in turn
will go before the : legislature with
their recommendations.
Deputy Game Warden W. E. Lef
fel accompanied ? him to Wallowa
county. ' , '
' County , Commissioners Tried.
Baker, Jan, 13. When the members
of the county court paid their official
visit to the county jail yesterday aft
ernoon they were immediately "ar
rested" and tried in Kangaroo court
by George Herbert's pets. The pris
oners read the indictment against the
officials. . dharein? them with the
crime of "breaking into jail."r They
were found) guilty, as charged by the
Jury, and sentence was passed by the
"judge," .who fined them each two
bits.. The , fines were paid and will
go into the general fund of tihe pris
oners for the purchase of smoking
tobacco .. ' r-'.;.-
SON TO
along without this particular son in
first class shape. What the outcome
of his efforts will be remains to be
seen.
Special Session to Revise Tax Laws,
Richmond, Va., Jan. ISThe Vir
ginia legislature assembled In spec
ial session today, upon call by Gov.
Stuart. The only business is to re
vise completely . the tax law of the
"Old Dominion."
ROME ITSELF SHAKEN UP BY
QUAKES THAT LEVEL MANY:
SMALL TOWNS."
OUTSKIRTS OF ROME "
! , FELT TREMORS WORST
Whole Provinces in Some Instance
' Suffer Seriously ' from Tremor
That Come at Early Morning Hour
Numerous People Crushed Under
! Fallint Debris Eighteen Die in.
One Place.
; Rome, Jan.' 13. Reports, from out-1
lying districts indicate the earthquake
wmcn nooK xtome ana vicinity tnis
morning, caused, considerable loss of
life.,
A number of buildings were de
stroyed in the outskirts of Rome. It
is said 18 were killed at Pereto where
the shock was severe in fact it' is
piain that other parts of Italy felt the;
shock worse than Rom Hid.
Telegraph and telephone communi-l
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cnuun m many towns is interuptecL
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It is reported later that there
considerable loss of life and enornv
ous damage to' property in Abruzin
province. The entire distriot suftti
ed. Many , small towns are' said to
nave oeen practically razed. Several
towns in the province 6f. Rome suf
fered. 1 " c,
Megre adsetf rWtortVreat iKnwn'
i-o.tne towns : of Gapelle;- magHan
T Id Aft SA .J iL ' 1 ( .
suited from fugitives being caught in
w w ii lira u ul Liifl Tnutirisao a
rums oi me ouildings and thei
being crushed to death.
Lumbo Dealer. Ta.lk Insurance.
Omaiha, Neb.j Jan. 13. Oneninir a
three days' session, lumber dealer
from over the state gathered here
today to attend the annual conven-
tion of the Nebraska Lumber dealers'
association.; , L
Leaders of the organization savisay about worry in connection with
that tihe association will Drobablv
throw its influence on the side of
an anti-discrimination insurance law
such as agents in some sections of
the state are planning to bring for
ward for the consideration of the
state legislature.
DAIS
ELECT OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS FOR COMING VEAR
Men who support and-operate tho
banking institutions : of La Grande
yesterday afternoon met . in annual
meetings to elect officers and direc
tors for the ensuing year.
Stockholders in the United States
National were called together at . 3
o'clock. The stockholders listened to
the annual reports and at the elec
tion, of officers, retained those who
served last year. ' No changes were
made In either officialdom or . direc
torate. William Miller was retained
as president, J. C. Henry as vice-president,
T. J. Scroggin as cashier and
Charles R.' . Harding as assistant
cashier. With the exception of the
last named, these men and the fal
lowing form the directorate: George
T. Cochran, C. T. Bacon, U. G. Couc.i,
A. L. Richardson, J. F. Conley, and
J. L. Caviness.
; At the La Grande National,' stock
holders meting, the previous officers
were retained, but several new direc
tors appear. Walter M. Pierce, J. E.
Reynolds and W. J. Church, each of
whom have boen directors for several
years, requested that they -be not re -
elected, not having the time to give
to it, in tho instance of the first tw t,
and because of so much illness and
absence from the city on Mr. Church'3
part. Fred J. Holmes was re-elected
'.-. C. C. Penington, vice-president,
F. L. Moyerc cashier, Earl Zur.-
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New York, Jan. 13. (Special), Here
ore the views of three -very import
ant meiv on prosperity Thomas A.
Edison, who after the burning of a
$3,000,000 plant is not discouraged;
Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of thej
I board of directors of the Steel Trust,
and! Jaimes A. Farrell, president of it
1 and executive over 150,000 workers.
This is what Mr.. Edison hart to
the business conditions:
"When any one talks about worry
, he might apply my new standard of
I worry. Just tfhink of the kaiser, now
on the defensive, wim .learly 00
miles of battlefront, all told, on the
east and west. Why the average
dell and H. E. Coolidge assistant cash
iers.,.",, .". ' : . :- ''.-'. "' ,: 1 ; ;
The new directorate is: Mr. Holmce,
Mr. Penington, Mr. Meyers, Mr. Cool-
idge, J. F, Conley, A. T. HilJ.'- G-
Snodgrass, Andrew Blocklanc?, and
H.-S. Brownton. . . . .
The meeting was of peculiar -sig-
nif icance to Cashier Meyers as it was
the 25th annual meeting Of the direct-
ors of that institution Which he has
attended. , '
Cove Officers Named. "
At Cove -yesterday morning, the
Cove State bank stockholdbrs held
their annual meeting and the follow
ing members were elected; Frank
Conley president; E. C. Rees, vico
president; Hugh McCall, cashier; H.
R. Dean, assistant cashier. Directors
Frank Conley, Minnie G. Stevens, E.
C Rees, C. M. Ramsdell and Hugh Mc
Call. ; '
Mr. McCall, cashier of the ban!:,
was in the city last evening and re
ports financial conditions on the Cove
side of the valley, as being satisfac
tory. , The Cove bank is growing rap
idly and a profitable year looms be-
, fore the institution.
Reports from local banks and val-
ley institutions as well, yesterday
were to the effect that Eastern cor-;
respondents report the money condi-
tionVeasier, and predictions Ire made
that the same condition will
its way to the coast hurriedly.
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man's worries sink into insignificance
compared to this. Another standard
of disaster is Belgium little, gritty
Belgium!
. "It has surprised! me to see how.
Americana have become week-kneed
stricken with a sort of commercial
paralysis. They want to get out and
do something; now Is the opportune
time.. Why, you can put a building
up cheaper today than you could
before the war, and 1 yet .many of
our supposed good business men will
wait until the war is over as a
sign of prosperity and pay more for
the building. The iwiBe man twill
prepare now for . the boom in trade
that we will soon experience and
which will be tremendous after the
war." : '''.'': '
"I do not expect rapid, but I do
expect steadily . sustained Improve
ment during 1915,"; Mr. Farrell of the
Steel Trust told - a Pittsburg audi
ence. He insisted that' a period of
renewed prosperity "Was about to
begin. Inasmuch as the "steel busi
ness has for years been a barometer
- of general business, the statement of
Mr. Farrell was considered of much
importance. .
"This country should be prosperous
a the u was the opinion- of
jjr Gary. "There should be plenty
. , ' . . ,r.
oi work for U h de.8erve to have
work- Neither the f "P'list not the
Pr the employer or ie em-
!. Ih9 reaso, foTr
agement in this country. It is to be
' regretted that there are so many idle
men at the present time, and every
Continued on Pntre 4.V
TVVO NEW WARSHIPS ASKED FOR
Washington, Jan. 13. The House
naval committee has agreed to re
cetrimend construction of two new
battleships next year. ;
This decision in the committee, it
U expected, will find majority favor
on the floor of the House and it is
expected to pass as recommended.
Friends of ft "little navy" see their
, but thftt the
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buu on fter one of
naraest lignts in nrawry over . wie
naval and army policy.
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TIME TO PREVENT AN
STORMS DON'T HINDER
BATTLE NEAR SOISSCXS
German CaauaHy 1 Mat PabHafced,
Showing Partial Death .'list
French Lose Ground Near SoImwh
But Deay It i Conaequeatial
- English Papers Think Subaariaea
Were Suak, " , , C
. Londbn, Jan. 13. It is repotted that
two German' submarines which at
tempted to raid Dover, England, were
( sunk by land batteries. The admir- :
alty has made no announcement. All
newspapers printed long diapatdbea
from Dover claiming both submarines
were hit and tunk. .The Star aaU Vbt
submarines were sighted well ouUlde ;;
the entrance to the harbor but imro . -not
fired upon until they were within
range. Both disappeared, the Star
suidl and the British gunners are con.
fident that they sank. i' 1
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' Soiaaons Battle Continue.
' Paris, Jan. 13. Deapite bad watf- ;
er eevere fighting continued east and
west of Soissons. The official war
office statement admitted the French
force weretmprtled to yield mow
ground! but,denled Chat finportont jkk
sitkuis were relinquished, . Uermans,
heavily reinforced, are imaintainlne;
a savage offensive. Between Ypree .
and Nieuport the fighting is by artil
lery. , , . . ,i
' Death Lists Publiahei, , .'
Copenhagen, Jan. ' 13 The 121st
German casualty list har vrought the
Prussian army's killed, wounded and
captured up to 840,843, according to
Berlin advices. This did not include
Bavarians, Saxons and others.
HOT STOVE IGNITES,
R. M. AUen Furniture Badly Dam-
' aged by Hot Stove Fire.
A hot stove, Igniting a sofa in the
Don Ruckman house at 1316 W
avenue and occupied by R. M. Allen,
last night came near burning up both
house and furnituio. The depart
ment made the long run with suffic
ient, speed to get chomicals into ac
tion before the window panes bursted
from the heat and crcstrl a draft..
The sofa fire spread to the piano and
scorched the keys badly and did con
siderable other damage.
; The loss will probably reach $400.00,
which is protected by insurance. It
is not known if the house was insured
o? not) it too sustained some damage.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen were up town
when the fire broke out In regard
to the situation Mr. and Mrs. Allen
said today:
"We wish to thank the parties that
turned in the alarm when our home,
was burning last night while we were
absent. We also express our thanks
to the La Grande fire department for
their quick response and good work
in extinguishing the fire."
Santa Monica Has Commission Rule.
Santa Monica, Cal., Jan. 13. 3anta
Monica U the latest Pacific coast
city to place itself under the commis'
1 Under the
C - " ' .
plan adopted at a recent city elec
tion, commissicners of public works,
safety and finance Will have entire
charge of the city's affairs. Ward ,
election under the new system will be ,
held in December, 1115. , i v
GERMAN CRAFT- SIGHTED