VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915.
NUMBER ML'
GUI 0,1111 AI
UBS S1III BLOWN
UP BY FRENCH GUNNERS
French Movement Against Metz, on the Other
, Hand, Is Repulsed
explosioh It rheims heurd m miles mi
Paris, Jan. 21. Destruction of a
tig German ammunition; depot near
Rheims is announced by an official
war office statement The explosion
of the huge supplies of powder is re
ported to have resulted in the death
of many German soldiers A French
aviator located the depot and signaled
the range to the French gunners who
i dropped a shell on the roof. The ex
plosion was felt for miles. French
$uns also demolished . German . f Hd
works in the same vicinity. " v
The statement says that after the
depot was exploded, the infantry
1 charged and captured several of the
-enemy's trenches. . Furious fighting
'. is in progress between St. .. Mihiels
"and Metz, the advantage alternating.
. In the forest of Apremont the Btate-
. - ment asserts . Germans were .driven
.Lack 160 yards and' severaV1 ; t ...
Frenches, taken. t : -
". " JSt Goto war.
' Rome, Jan. 21. Renewed rumors
; that Rottmahia is about to enter the
iwar on the side of . the Allies is
' strengthened in diplomatic circles as
the result of the reports from Berne,
" Roumania, that students at the Swiss
university have been notified by tele
graph to Join their regu rants. , v -
. Fetrograd, Jan. 21. That the Turk
ish retreat in:. Caucasus has become
a rout is ' reported. . Russian com
manders hope to annihilate or com
pletely shatter the forces' before they j
reach protection. i
3Wiss Maud Cavtaes. Died at Ironside!" f fortsmen's league of that
Ironside, Jan. 20. Miss Maud Cavi
iiess, who has been very ill the past
-two months died,.- Sunday ' morning,
The funeral services were held Tues-. win ,e discussed. Mr. Leffel states
1 day at the Ironsldechurch. The but- ite m o dis8ention is heard
ial was in this cemetery at 11, o'clock n . . , . . ,
Services were conducted by Rev. Har- a" sportemen on the proposed ac
jison. : :'.'' "n ' the. legislature of placing the
Miss Caviness had been an invalid money from the hunting and fishing
-since infancy. , ; She was taken ' to licenses i in the general fund, as it
"Portland several weeks ago and was i8 felt that such action will prove
.operated on, but never seemed to i;n- detrimental to the interests' of the
prove or recover from the operation. ;sportsmen of ; , .
- Miss Caviness is a niece of J. L.
'Caviness of this city and was the
daughter of W. P. Caviness who lives
in Malheur county.
Railroad Company Wins Suit
. -
Pendleton, Jan. 20. At 2:30 this
-afternoon the jury in the casesof the
National Insurance Co., and Emry
Glese vs. the O.-W. R. & N. and the
Sun Insurance Co., and Jap Moore vs. )
the same company returned a verdict
for the defendant. The plaintiff Had
r-nked for-damages aggregating mor
titan $5000 for a fire which destroyed
ti, Emry &. Gieae livery barn at
Kcrmiston and which they alleged
was started by sparks from a passing
ei:gine. The case went to the- jury
jnst before noon. :. u.. . ' '-
OIL MAGNATES
WIFE IS
RUMOR THAT DEATH IS NEAR
DENIED.
Mrs. Rockefeller Has Been 111 Long
No Alarm Felt. .'
New York, Jan. 21. Off icials of
the Rockefeller offices today refused
to confirm the report that . Mr.
Rockefeller Sr., was slowly dying of
Aenemia. "Mrs. Rockefeller". ' said
the office attache "has been, ill for
many months but there is no cause
for alarm." . .
He also denied the rumor that the
stork is expected at the home , of
Rockefeller Jr.
i
Berlin, Jan. 21. French offensive
p gainst Metz has been halted and rol- votj , ,u v j
led back, according to a war office or homesteads from settlers who had
announcement. It is added that Ger- l"1 on , " n ra time ago.
mans are to open a strong offensive "This land had been withheld from en
ir. the Northwest. ' Pont-A-Mousson try 12 years because of an incorrect
has been recaptured and trenches lost survey but " the announcement was
earlier in the week retaken, the state-. glven out last month that this ma-
u IT; ne.OTenl u;
mite tmt gains made yesterday: at
Notredame de Lorette wer recap.
tured by the French after a series of
furious attacks. -" '"v.-. . .:'''-- '
V Fighting continues along' the Vis-
tula river, being especially, violent in
wie vicinity oi wpno wnere wie nun-
sans are attempting to drive a wedge
into the German lines and ; reach
Thorn fortress.
CLARK LIETER LOCATES.
ner Ononis:: City Editor Comes
- to This City.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Lieter, former
ly of Portland, have' now established
themselves in La Grande where Mr.
Ueter will be connected with the In
terstate , Sealing agency, a concern
with headquarters here and doing a
selling business in three or four Pa
cific; Northwest states. '
Mr and Mrs. Lieter have leased
the lilyod briber horn on West Mam
street. ' V- ' - .
Mr.- Lieter was for many years' city
editor of the Portland Oregoman, and
retired last fall. .
Leffel Meets With Bakerites. :
Game Warden. W. E. Leffel went
to Baker this morning upon invita-
which the action of the legislature
and) pending bills of interest to the
sportsmen of this section of the state
Rev. Close Improves.
. Sunday morning Rev. ' R, E. . Close
experienced a nervous breakdown at
the close of the servicetat the Baptist
church. He wag confined to his home
for' several days and was much im-
provei after the rest. He was to
conducted the funeral services
,: . .. . tu w a,
8t the P18 church today, but due
another breakdown last evening he
was unable to do so. - His physician
states that he will be muon better in
after a few days of quiet The reg
ular services will be held at the Bap
tist' church Sunday and Rev. Close
will probably be in condition to take
charge. - ; . v -
; Ironside Snow Bound.
Ironside, Jan. 20. A heavy ' an .w
which fell ilasti week pleased- the
farmers for the outlook of the com
ing year. There is now 8 inches of
snow imt there is not good sleighing.
On Thursday 1 and - Friday v a heavy
wind raged through the valley, pilling
snowin drifts from three to six feet,
vHle other places are almost bare.
Earl Van Buren returned from Ba
ker on Thursday with a load of
freight for Walter Hinton. He re
ports the roads almost impassable be
tween Bridgeport and Malheur City.
' ' ,- , Adam Paul Married. ,
. A recent issue of the San Francis
co Examiner announced the marriage
of Caitain A. M. Paulof this city.
The item saya: r - V .-, .(
- 'XJaptain Adam M.- Paul, a mining
operator of La Grande, Oi-e., 74 years
rid, was . married to Mr : Kate Ca
rothera at her home, 2417 Stuart St.,
Berkley last evening. Mm. Caroth
ere is 67 years of age and a widow.
I'aul is a widower. They ar; . old
friends, and their mam:r;o did not
come as a surpirse."
SQUATTERS FILE ON
ENTERPRISE: LANDS
; thirty-one claims opened
! to entry and ten are
i taken first day. ,
SQUATTERS FIRST TO
PRESENT APPLICATIONS
Good Land Near Enterprise, Held Up
For Year, Now Open.
This morning at ,9 o'clock the 31
townships of overlapping claims near
Enterprise in Wallowa county, were
thrown open to entry and the local
land office allowed1 ten applications
voy had been Corrected and that the
. . ,. . - . i
tand wouId ta t"rown Pn
"! settlement by the public. Nearly
Ma nd is goodl farming soil,
Applications for homesteads in
other parts of the district were filed
m0rnihir by David L. Johnson.
morning
Enoch Pearson and Joseph H. Otanain,
of Wallula.,. Wash.; Geo. F. Bibee,
Baker, and Hans P. -Mikkleson, Dur-
kee. . '
Daughter is Born.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George M.
Hibberd, at Seattle, Jan. 21, a daugh
ter. ' Mother and daughter are doing
nicely, according to a telegtsm re
ceived today by Mrs. Perry Oliver. .
TOWNS AND CITIES IN ITALY' WHERE EARTHQUAKE KILLED THOUSANDS, AND FAMOUS MAR-
; CUS
-7- .':V'jaor aI-tVc' I
'tessajurr: piA.wftra "t
This map shows the area in Italy
where thousands were killed in the
earthquakes which radiated from So
ra end Compobasso, January 13. A
scorn or more towns were almost
wiped -out and in one,' Avezzano, it is
believed 9,000 were killed out of a
population of 10,000.
The tower of Marcus Aurehus was
damaged, but the Coliseum, St. Peter's
and other landmarks were not injured.
The circles indicate distances in
miles from the centre of the disturbance.-
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TELEPHONE COMPANIES
At . Elgin, Cove and Summemlle
there is again but one, telephone ex
change serving subscribers in the
community, the connection of the long
distance wires of the Home Independ
ent Telephone Co. into the local
switchboards of the Co-operative com
pany at those places having been
completed today. The Home com
pany 'withdraws its exchanges there,
effective immediately, and all per
sons having connection with a local
exchange board there will have to be
come subscribers to the service of the
Co-operative company.
As a result of this action, it is how!
possible for all subscribers of the j chief of the Home Independent sys
Home Independent system, from their tern.
SENATE RESTS
IN TRIBUTE TO
ITS FUESIDEIIT
LAIR THOMPSON'S FATHER
PASSES AWAY AT ALBANY
LAST NIGHT.
CONTINUING APPROPRIATION
V PLAN MAY BE ABANDONED
Alhough Minority Report is Heard
it is Not Likely That House WiU
Act on it Matter Made Special
Order of Business AU Continuing
Appropriations May Vanish. ' - :
.Salem, Jan. : 21. Opposing the
sweeping policy of aMindooing all
continuing appropriations (for state
boards and those institutions not in
cluded under the - millage tax, was
voiced in the house when the Ways
and Means committee reported favor
able on the Schubel bill repealing all
laws applying thereto.
Smith of Klamath - represented i a
minority report that the bill pass but
not to become effective until Janu
ary 1, 1917. The majority report (was
adkpted and consideration of the mer
its of the bill will be made a special
order of business, w '
The senate held no business ses
sion, this ' morning. It met and im
mediately adjourned until 2 - o'clock
this afternoon out of respect for the
president of the senate, Lair Thomp
son, whose father died last night at
Albany.
i AUREHUS COLUMN DAMAGED
The Marcus Aurelius column, is one
of the famous points of interest- in
Rome. It is a dorlc column, extreme
ly imposing, and was erected by Mar
cup. Aurelius in 161-180 A. D. The
statue is composed of twenty-eight
blocks of marble, its bas relief de
picting the victory the emperor won
in Germany.- The top of the monu
ment is reached by climbing 190
steps. T On the . summit is a medi
aeval statue of St. Paul, placed there
by Pope Sixtus V. The to-rl height
of the monument is 1371 feet
own instruments, to call any person
having a Co-operative telephone at
Cove, Elgin or Summerville and for
all telephone users at, those places to
reach all subscribers of the Home and
Pacific systems that can be reached
by .telephone, by the payment of the
usual prescribed toll rates in effect
before the interchange of business
in this manner. Calls are placed in
the usual way. .
The actual work of making the con
nections and looking after the many
details incident, to such an import
ant item of telephone engineering fell
to Mr. McCalister of the Co-operative
company, and Fred) G. Henning, wire
con
CITY LIEN PRIORITY
SUIT AGAINST CITY
VALIDITY OF CITY IMPROVE
MENTS HANGS IN THE OUT
COME OF THE SUIT.
TRUSTEE FOR BEAVER
CREEK FUND LIKELY
Need of Trustee Pointed Out by Au.
ditor in His Report, ,
Priority of mortgages i over city
liens, and visa versa, will be threBhed
out in foreclosure - suit brought by
attorneys for Mrs. Johanna Gang toff
against the city, Upon the outcome
will depend, largely, the validity ol
improvement hens held by.. the city
r gainst large sections of property.
Mrs. Gangloff took a mortgage on
some Sixth street property several
years ago and the interest was paid
to her regularly but none of the 51,
60 principal was paid.- Lus-. year
the party who gave the mortgage, va
cated and left the taxes unpaid. Now
Mrs. Gaturloff has paid the do'.inquent
taxes and wants to foreclose but finds
a city lien for : street improvement
against it The city contends the im
provement lien is prior to the first
mortgage, and to test out tms conten
tion is the purpose of the suit W. U.
Sargent handles the interests of Mrs,
Gangloff.
' The procedure in this case occupied
considerable attention at the weekly
meeting of the city commission lant
evening. '
. Recommendations made by the au
dit report filed by C M. Lockwood
after he had exported the city books,
to the effect that a trustee , bo ap-
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ORDER 610
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EN MILLION TO BE SPENT IN
BUYING RULROAD " ' ,
V , COACHES. .,, '
RUSSIAN CCKSUL ASSERTS'
DEAL HAS BEEN COMPLETED
Employment - for' . - Large Nuaber f
Men Seen In Big Order: Placed
Seattle for Cars to Be Used m
Trana-Slberiaa Railroad , Fifteen
Thousand Cars la toe 'Order. - '
Seattle, Jan. 21. N. BoiroUvlanaky,
Russian consul to this city, issued an '
official statement today that an or
der for 15,000 railway cars had been
placed by the . Russian rovwmmer-.t
with the Seattle Car ft Foundry com- -
pany.
Officers of the company would not
confirm the statement entirely but
admitted that there had been negotia
tions with the Rusttan government.
The rolling stock, it is said will b
designed for the Trans-Siberia line,
and will cost more than $10,000,000.
If true, it will mean the moiov-
ment of a large force of men as it is
reported that the order is to be
rushed.
' - ANOTHER SOLON ETTE. ;
Roeeburf Lady May Become Member
1 of the State Senate.
Boseburg, Or,, Jan. 21. Indkatiotv
ara tVis afternoon that Miss KaHmryit
Clarke of Glendale has been isleeted :
senator from Douglas county to fill ;
the vacancy there. .', She. is leading-J.
W. Perkins of Roseburg and the vote ;
is about complete. ; She will be tha
second woman member of the fenata
BOUNTY BILL PASSES. t
Increase -for Eastern Oregon - Coyote -Bounty
is Passed. -
Salem, Jan. 21. The house. passed
today a bill increasing the bounty on
coyotes dturing this year from . $1.60
to 3.00 and1 allowing a bounty, of :
$1.00 on seals and seal pups. East- :
ern Oregon delegations asked for the
increase on . coyotes because - of the
prevalence of rabies. (
SELLS WHEAT LAND.
Mrs. Eva Andross Disposes of 200
.: Acres to Guy Glen.
A portion, a triangular deal in real
estate and personal property recently
consumated in this valley, interested
Mrs. Eva Andross of Portland, who
returned today to her home after
spending two weeks here the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris. She
sold 200 acres of ner wheat ranch to
Guy Glen, realizing $100 per acre for
it.
Judge Knowles Presides in Baker.
Circuit . Judlge Knowles went to
Baker this morning where today he
presided at a session of the court of
that county in a case in which Judge
Anderson was not qualified to act.
Judge Knowles will return tonight in :
order to be here for the first "motion"
day which is effective tomorrow.
BLACK SKL-
L
MANY CASES FOUND IN VIENNA
IS REPORT.
Precaution Taken to Keep it from
Reaching the Army. -
Rome, Jan. 21. Vienna dspatches .
have brought the startling news that'
150 cases of black small pox have
been discovered in the Austrian cap-
ital.
- Extreme precaution to prevent a
spread of the disease to the army his
been taken. ' '
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