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AN INDEPENDENT; NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON;
, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915.
NUMBER 185.
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SEES UlIKITE Tr 71
IEFEAT 111 WAR
OFFICIAL ENGLAND SEES "LAST
C EFFORT" EXPEDIENTS IN:
NEW GERMAN POLICY."
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
'German Advance on West Line Con
y tiaue Unchecked, Admit- Allies
: Snetts Dropped in Heart of His.
tori CUr Losses on Both Side in
Baat Extremely Heavy.
London, Jan. 22. It is officially an
Menaced that the' British steamer,
Dnrward, has been torpedoed and sunk
by a submarine near the mouth of the
JUas river.. A Dutch pilot boat
rescued the crew of the ship, landing
them at Hook, Holland.
- Londbn, 'Jan. .22. (England's belief
that Germany forsees ultimate defeat
io Che present war and is now planning
to adopt desperate (war measures, has
-been- streiurthened w tne announce
teen-strengtuenea oy tne announce -
ment that a German submarine i has
torsedoed and V sunk the British
steamer, Durward.
The sinking of this vessel is ge
erajly accepted as the first move in
the German policy announced by Vice
Admiral Von Tinprtx in an interview
with .United-Press correspondent, Von
Wiegand, recently. This is the second
of what official England believes are
- the last effort'' expedienU of the
Kaiser. The aerial raid on Norfolk
. .i. wmarAaA mm Mia flrat. -
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London, Jan. 22. Details of a furi
ous night attack by a German regiment
in the region of Visny in which tiitf
enemy was driven oft after a desperate
hand' to hand struggle, are brought
in Amsterdam dispatches. Repeatedly
repulsed by the Allies the Germans
returned) to the assault several times
Wore the defeat .was made decisive.
When the engagement was finally over
the enemy was driven back 900 yards
beyond the original lines. The German
losses, it is staiea, were much ojtj
many wounded and captured. Tne
British losses were comparatively
light. ,
Paris,' Jan. 22. The bombarcjnent
of the historic Saint Die by the Ger
mans is announced by the official war
office statement Six shells fell near
the heart of the city, one striking near
the famous cathedral built in the
eleventh century, The announcement
does not mention any fatalities but
- declares that the inhabitants fled in
wild panic. " '
The statement admits that the Ger
mans continue to check the French
forces near Saint Mihiel and Metz. At
tempts to drive a wedge through tho
German lines at Met have failed. The
Germans continue to advance.
Pctrograd, Jan. 22. The bloodiest
engagement since the inauguration of
; the new : Russian offenpive against
Germany is in progress along a 40
mile front the " war office has an
' nimnnul - TloRnerate ftethtinsr is re-
ported everywhere. ; A terrific battle
is in progress along the banks of the
1 Muln river. .The losses on both sides
are very heavy. The Russians, it is
. stateo are imuviiuiB uj.. :c
V the right wing 10 miles inside the
Prussian border. - ' '
Berlin, Jan. 22. The defeat of the
French forces whidh attempted to
break through the eGrman lines East
of Saint Mihiel was complete, accord
ing to a war office official statement,
jt is also announced' that the French
essayed an assault upon tfve army ot
the Crown Prince at Verdun but were
thrown back upon their own defenses.
The artillery , fighting continues at
Pont-arMoussen. , Referring to . the
situation the Alsace statement declares
the French forces abandoned their po
sitions in the hills at Hartmannsweiler.
. .Wortman ia Arraigned.
Henry Wortman, charged with' wife
desertion was arraigned before Judge
Knowles. this morning and given un
til Monday morning at 10 o clock to
enter a plea to the charge. Wort
man was placed under a bond of 1500
to insure his appearance in court at
, that time. -. . :
"Y" Membership for Birthday
Robert Miller Is perhaps the first
boy in this city t receive a member
ship fa the Y. M. C. A. for a blrthdav
present, it" hot the first paid ui mem
ber of the association fat this city. The
membership nras a present from his
uncle, Win. Miller,
EX-SEC. KNOX'S SON AND
til .CaV vsSflL
MrB. May G. Knox, wife of Phil
ander C; Knox, Jr., tne snopgin w
1 p, the family of the former
.JjJ, 0f aUte and ; others when
-l. tfeA vAimtr noil four years
an. left her home and went to New,
York, where there were rep
she woald sue her husband, . How-ever-
her lawyer said that she did not
contemplate legal action;; Hedid not
know the cause oi ww u.-a-ZS wZZ
but was certain it would not get Into
the courts. Their home for some pme
has been a Charleston, West, Va.
LtM 8rV wka waa UUB.
in a
mm
a oepanmejii. iJ'lowl, ' . ''
R.
HAS CLOSE CALL
LOSES HORSE
WHEN . LIGHT
AND WAGON
ENGINE HITS .
Mr. Buck Suffers from Injuries About
. Head and Back.
E. F. Buck is suffering from a badly
bruised head and one of his team Of
horses is dead and his express wagon
converted) into a hopeless Iwreck as the
result of a collision with a light en
gine at the Cherry street crossing
just after the noon hour.
Mr. Buck, who is in the express and
dray business, ihad just hitched up
after dinner to go after baggage on
the North side of the track. Accord
ing to his- story he was driving along
Cherry street andl was almost upon
the track when he noticed the engine
which was almost upon him then.
The noise of his wagon on the frozen
ground had! drowned out the noise of
the approaching engine. He had just
seen tne engine Deanng down-on nan
when the whistle shrieked a warning,
scaring his team which became uni
controllable and pluneed ' across the
track just in front of the speeding en-
.gine, which struck the side of the
wagon thratwine Mr. Buck out on Kin
head and dragging the wagon and
norses more than a hundred) feet down
the track where thev were thrown to
tho side of the right of way.
The enirine was not stoooed until it
Ihad proceeded down the track some
distance farther, indicating that it
must have been running at a high
rate of speed.
When Mr. Buck waj able to pick
himself up after beinsr thrown out
onto the frozen ground he found his
horses strugglinir in the tanned!
harness and a further examination re'
vealed the fact that the right leg of
one of the animals had 4een broken.
vr. Charlton, a veterinarian, who was
called to the scene, pronounced the
animal beyond help and he was shot
to end the suffering. Mr. Buck, this
afternoon, was too bewildered by the
shock of the accident to state what
action he would take. He iwas suffer
ing considerably from a pain in his
back besides the bruises on his head.
. City commissioner John Gardiner
was in charge of the light engine
which struck the wagon.
Mr. Patten Goes to Pendleton.
- H. C. Patten went to Pendleton this
morning, expecting' to locate there
temporarily at least with a position
in the railroad offices.
DRAYMAN BUCK
WIFE HAVE HAD TROUBLE.
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W-
Is
Par
6 is"
.;ri has been employed fey a news-
papar at Charleston. ; According to
r.XrhKffihom .t.;the New York Stata , Bar Aaso
for soine time with his-parents and elation went into session today. orm-
inougn vreav" "Jrv"V
OLD BOXOF BONES
FOUND UNDER TREE
MYSTERY, PERHAPS CRIME
LONG AGO, DUG UP YES
, " TERDAY.
OF.
EXCAVATORS FIND BOX
WITH UNCANNY CONTENTS
workmen Ponder of What May Have
Been the Hidden Secret.
- An oblong wooden box and bones
,. And the mystery deepens!
Excavators working on the site of
the new apartment house to be erect
ed by Dr. G..T. Darland on Fourth
street late yesterday afternoon un
earthed what to all appearances was
a child's coffin. Investigation furth
er revealed the fact that the coffin
contained bones.1 And then imagina
tion conjured up many things that
"might have been," mysterres of a by
gone past, shades of a departed gen
eration; 4
What symptoms of real 1 mystery
might .the find not contain a . secret
burial place . perhaps for some un
solved enme of the years ago. For
the little box . with its mysterious
bones was enwrapped in the roots of
a giant tree that had grown up over
the sacred spot, showing that the
box and its contents had long lain
hidden from the eyes of a curious
world. . ' -
And then the curtain arose, and
one versed in the knowledge of bones
WHEAT LAUD, STOCK ID FARM
MACHiNERY CHANGES OWNERSHIP
. A triangular deal in land, farm im
plements and stock was completed a
day or two ago when Guy Glen pur
chased 200 acres oi wheat land own
ed by Mrs. Eva Andross of Portland,
and leased .by Fred Gaskil for sev
eral years. As a side issue to the
sale of the land, Mr. Gaskil surrenders
his lease on the Andross property,
and has disposed of his farm machin
ery and stock and has been reimburs
ed for seeding and plowing for the
1915 croD. . Mr. Glen bousrht most of
tho machinery on the place and most
of th. draft stock was sold to a Colo-
rado firm. In addition to buying 200
I!
OUSE IS READY
117 TO TACKLE
IIEI'J SUBJECTS
TWENTY-ONE 'BILLS DISPOSED
OF BY HOUSE-SENATE AC
COMPLISHES LITTLE.
WOULD MAKE F1SH.INDUSTRY
REALLY SELF-SUPPORTING
Bill to Double License Fees on Salmon
Canneries Passes . House Unanim
ouslySenate Adjourned Until Mon
day Attend Thompson Funeral in
Body this Afternoon.
Salem. Jan. '22. The House today
unanimously passed the bill doubling
th license f ees- imoosed UDOn Salmon
canneries in this state with the idea
making the commercial nsh indus
try self-supporting. The bill propose!)
tn amuse tne Tees so inai no mw w
orobriations will be need to maintain
i the , fisheries department. i .
- . Twenty-one bills have been disposed
of by the House to date so that when
the 'next subject come, up they will
bo ready for passage or rejection.
The Senate accomplished but little
! at this morning's session,, and ad-
InnimAil until MmlaV.
lihey win at
tend the Thompson funeral in a body :
this, afternoon.
Taff and Parker at State Bar Meet !
Buffalo, N, Y..' Jan, 22-With an
eft-vresident and an; ex-candidatei for
pTlillnt of the United States pros:
er, pipiomv-iui
NUOge Aiwn ; d. , ru.rm.vr wn
the adldress of the President of the
Association. Other speakers on the
i program are Judge Morgan J, O'Brien,
:m, Vni-V. Morrlii H. Cohen. Prof eg-
- ?
Alden, Dean of the Buffalo Law
School. The principal subject for
discussion dunntr the . meeting is
I "Should the Executive and Judiciary
Articles of the Constitution be Re
! vised, and, if so, How?"; After the
'formal presentation of reports, the
' MAinn tinll .illAiini fAMArrnv nio'ht
with a banquet at theIroquoise hotel.
Zoe Bragg Will Teach School. ;:
A telegram received this morning
. by Postmaster E. E. Bragg from his
daughter, Miss Zoe, who with Mrs.
bragg, nas oeen spenuing wi winw:r
with friends at Santa Anna, Califor
nia, states that she will begin teach
ing school at Redlands, California, on
Monday. Miss Bragg states that her
health is considerably improved and
that she feels fully able to take up
the work in the schools. : . ,
Cove Couple Wed.
Justice A. C. Williams officiated
yesterday at 1:00 o'clock at a wed
ding ceremony in which Oren Loven
and Miss BesBie Maud Stepp, of Cove,
were the principals. The ceremony
took place at the home of the groom'?
twin brother, Omer Lovan,. 1804
Washington avenue.
, Tj-ur-ir-Li-Li-i.ii-ii-.-i-iiii " TTf'l"''T llff
shattered a dream of a real f sure
'noncrh mvsterv storv and discovered
that the bones were not human but
canine, the remains, perhaps, of vome
beloved met that had been (riven a de
cent burial by loving hands, to rest
in peace through many years until
uncermoniously disturbed by man's
amrsTpnivfl nrocrressiveness.
And thus endeth the mystery and
any chance for a mystery story!
II
acres of the ranch, Mr. Glen
lease and farm the . balance.
will
Mrs. Andross was here during the
three cornered transfers and rrank
Harris acted as her agent in drawing
up the papers.
While the precise fijrures involved
at each deal are not given out, it is
learned that the total exchange of mon
ey wiU run considerably over $0,000
as the 200-acre tract cost $20,000
alone. There is yet the fine strain
! of stock . on the ranch and the ma.
. chinery to be accounted for
Mr. Gaskil will likely move to one
"of hia own ranches in this valley.
ORIENTAL CLUB HAS
ELABORATE OPENING
CHINESE HOSPITALITY RUNS
AMUCK IN HONOR OF AMER-
ICAN GUE8TS. f ' '
GUESTS LAVISHLY DINED
AND WINED BY THE CLUB
Oriental Young Men's Club of r La
; Grande Formally Opened. . - .
Chinese hosolUlity eff Jive seed eopi
ously last night when the officers
and members of the Oriental Young
Men's club, (incorporated), quarter
ed in the Fourth street Chinese col
ony. entertained several business and
professional men and their wives at
an elaborate dinner at the new ciuo
rooms. 1 - J '
' Toy Young, president of the club
which last night was formally open,
ed, was master of ceremonies and sat
at the head of the table, also presid
ing at after-dinner, toasts given to
and for the Chinese young men. who
are to utilise the institution. -Around
a table loaded with both
oriental and occidental delicacies, the
guests were dined lavishly and wined
equally a generously, ,
; Amonsr those who spoke congra
tulatorially to the , , new . club, and
voiced appreciation, of the Chinese
hospitality were Judge T. H. Craw
ford. Attorney Jerry P. Rusk, T. J.
Scroggin, F. L. Meyers, J. A. RusseH,
president of the city, Frank Phy, Mu-
nicipal Judge Robert Eaken, P,
: Foley and others.:
1 Lillian and Violet
Young,- sweet-
voiced daughters of Mr. and
Kt Mrs. Toy
?J? "Zri7rZ.
.
quests,
TODAY: COLDEST
OF THE "YEAR
LAST NIGHT' HOWEVER
RECORD MAKER.
NOT
Cold Fog Adds to Discomforts of the
Day During uayngnt.
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CLIMATIC DATA.
Climatic data, based on read- 4
ings for 24 hours ending last 4
4 night at 6 o'clock: " .....:
Maximum, 30; Minimum, 22; 4
4 Temperature at 12:80 today, H
. 23. ' J
Record droo In temperature during
daylight hours this winter was reach
ed today. At 12:30 the government
instruments recorded a aoove. fli
10 a- m. several instruments register
ed eight above zero.
. Notwithstanding that today is the
coldest of the year, and is emphasized
by foggy atmosphere, last mgro was
not, as many supposed, a low mark.
In December the mercury fell to four
above one night, while last night it
reached but live above. . ,.;
vm. ROLLERS SQUEEZE ARM.
'"""I'''!' U ' II-, :'
Planing Mill Employe Injured
n . ,. Rollers Painfully.
By
Perrv. Jan. 22. (Special) Zack
Wiseman, an employe in the Grande
Ronde Lumber Co. planer, in some.
nnVnown , wav rame In contact with
the rollers and was seriously injured
this morning. His lett hand was grip
ped by the crushing steel ana oniy Dy
miraculous resistance was he able to
worm the member, to the edge of the
roller where the painful imprisonment
ceased. He was rushed to the Grande
Ronde hospital for surgical treatment
and reports from there indicate he
will not lose the arm. but that re
covery will likely be complete. His
escape was lortunate. '
HKVKB-WKKWM . J.''
Still Likes the Golden West.
F. E. Oxner, who left in December
with his family for a visit with his
parents in New York returned this
morning after a month spent ; In his
old homo. Mr. Oxner states that bet
ter weather could ' not have been
handed out to him than he found in
the east, and that he enjoyed his visit
immen'jely, but he prelers to live in
th West where oeonle do thines. Mrs.
Oxner and tho children stopped off
for a few days visit with friends in
Spokane and win ' return to La
Grande in, a few days.
Island Pastor In City.
Rev. Sutler was a visitor in the
city from Island i City this morning.
LOCAL YOUTII
Oil ILL-FMEO i
CRUISED S.'IE
EXPLOSION, ON THE; SAN DIBGO
CLAIMS FOUR MEMBERS OF j
CRUISER'S CREW,
1i
A. FAULK IS NOT '
AMONG THE IXJSE9
Low Water Lead to Exploalosi of lhv
Cruiser San Diego Of f West Oaaa
of Mexies Member of Petty Crew
- la La Grande Boy Recently Hease
a i erv a
on a rorioucn cruieer uoeaa.
LOCAL MAN ON THE SAN
, DIEGO. ., ;
M. A. Faulk, son of Mr. and .
JL Mrs. I. W. Faulk Of ttfc Cttr. J
la a member of tha San Diego .
4 crew, as sergeant at arms.
4 That he escaped injury, is appar- ;
ent, hia name not appeanar-oa r :
the injured or oeaa int. i i
San - Diego waa formerly th .
California. Mr. Faulk. waa r.f.
cently in La Grande on fur-
lough. ' , " - , .
WiiKlnvtnn. 1 Jan. 22. -Four r War
killed amTnini: injured by an oxplo- ,
skm aboard th rulsr San Diego, :
off th .West fcoaat.ot Mexico Ua
night, according to a dismuca rom
Adrr
miral Howard to the navy depart-
Lower water in the boiler tub la ,
said to have eauyd the accident. - .
, The 4es4 wereD'ieWnoTtlalW flro ?
men, as follows:
WILLIAM F. ELLIOTT,
AMBUS L. HARDEE,
CLIFFORD A. WESTERN,
OSCAR J. WYATT. .
The seriously injured were: w
' : R, WGLIDDEN, second class fire
man. -... M j .. i.:' . .":.
A-. $ WILLIAM H. MILLER, second
class lire man,
BENJAMIN TUCKER, second class
fireman. ' " .
EARNEST A. LIS AD WITH, second.
The less seriously injured were:
GEORGE OHM, waUr tender. i
DARREL VARNADO, second class
fireman. - . '
CHARLES W. PETbKSON, second
class fireman. h
EMEUAL S. SNAPPI, seaman. ,
PATRICK A. MERRIMAN, coal
passer.,, , ' ,
. Cruiser Reaches Port v '
San Diego, Jan. 22.-rThte .cruisor
San Diego is 6afe at. Guaymas, Mexi
co, according to naval officials. : ,
NEW SYRUP SELLING.
Solution of By-products Seen in New
Clearer Apple Syrup. .. . . -
"Cleaver's Applo Syrup" is now a
reality, a commodity, an adjunct to
the hotcakes for breakfast in La
Grande.
After elaborate experimenting
George Cleaver, of Imbler has pro
duced the goods. The syrup, which
has had extensive mention in the past
carries a delicious flavor, will .. not :
deteriorate and is palatable beyond
description. '
Today the manufacturer has closed .
contracts for its sale in La Grande
and all grocery stores will handle it.
Mr. Cleaver is very anxious for the .
people of his home town to try the
now product and does not hesitate to
guarantee absolutely satisfaction or
monev refunded. The home of the
j syrup factory for the present at least
win oe imoter.
"Like all other things made m the
Grande Ronde valley it's the best,"
said Mr, Cleaver. And so far no one
has contradicted his statement, . but
on the other hand there are many
who will add their testimony to tne
merits of tho Cleaver Apple Syrup.
Commercial club leaders are backing
the business because it will apparent- ,
ly be the beginning of the solution
of the fruit by-product question in
this valley.. '
HOMESTEADS, NOT TOWNSHIPS.
Wrong Impression Created by Word-
1 ing of Land Opening Story. -
A mistaken impression was per
mitted to enter into the story , of tho
opening to settlement of the over
lapping lands In Wallowa county yes
terday when tho word "township" was
Inserted Instead of 'Uvomostead. Tho .
land) in question covers some nine sec
tions in Wallowa county, who have a
priority right In the matter of filing
applications for homesteads on the
land. , '
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