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O il . GRANDE, OREGON, ' SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1915.
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HOLLAND, AND POSSlBiX iTAfclf
' IN TRADfi OBJECTIONS.
- . BERLIN SAYS NOTES V .
HAVE RUDDLED MATTERS
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, To Kaker at Ike f roM and Xhaa
' llor "WUl Rush ta Chief for Co
. attatlaaDcamack an4 vKoraMM
iQbJett in Firm Tom. -;
, Washington, Feb; 13. It is learned
taa, Norway, Sweden and Denmark
; av protested , .againak -Germajiy's
:. latest , degreo extending the German
'.-war i6ne. The Scandinavian" protest
' Wa couched in languag less vigoi
cua than tho America A protest but it
is . said to stand squarely behind , the
principle announced in the American
. note. It is understood that Holland,
and probably Italy, will send a simi
dav protest., , ' , . i
- Berlin Sees Difficulty. 1
Berlin, Feb. 18. The German for
: eign office considers; .the ' American
rote regarding the extension of the
; - iGerman war xone ha complicated the
jnternationaC situation. ...Officials ad
mitted this.' ; The Imperial chancpl
lov considered with the foreign secre
toiy today Hms
that the American demand will great
ly enibarass Germany and it will have
- to b subject to .cabinet council ! ;
' It is understood the entire text of
. the Message was .forwarded, to the
. kaisej- at the eastern battle front.
. Chancellor :-: von Bethmann-Holweg
"will leave immediately for,, the f.-ont
to cofifer with the kaiser. -
x Bryan is -Warned. i-f
Washington, J'eb. "govern
' ment has been advised of possible un
favorable outcome of the test case t j
be made to the British prize court of
the seizure' of the American steamer
"Wilhelmina's cargo, destined for Ger-
many, in that it will bring retaliatory
. measures against;? England by-Ger-iranj?
in whiqh' America may suffer
cnmrrierrinllv. "
Ambassador Vonffertislbrf if J pro"-
sented the warning to Secretary ox
Stati Bryan tcday. He declared the
- kaiser wouldn't - tolerate England's
- I'lan wo'"' Starve the German ' civilians
and hinted American commerce might
be shut off as a part of Germany's
r-roposed couraeL,,;" : ; ;'..
Derailed Flatears Delay , Traffic .
A couple Of flat. cars in t3ierlogginsr
train Jeft the,4rack--at -the.-Fir! street
crossing afcoafcvjftft? o'clock 'f m
morning, -because of a : defective
switch,, delaying traffic on the' road
for s half an hour or more. .The
branch line passenger was held up
; for a few minutes 1y the derailment
BcWirlrliie 'tiliiiiH'
topped the crossing Mocking tra
flc on that aveime o that i wa
wecesaary t smke iwid -detcar, to
St across too tracks. : ,
WANTS CAPTURE OF THAT CITY
NEXT. WEEK..;.
Would Sacrifice AU to Gain Point
- . BerUn is JubUant.
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Amsterdam', Feb. 13 Advices from
Berlin say the kaiser, has appealed
to vonHindenburg to"order ' a ' des-perate-4iash
. on ; Warsaw next week
and sacrifice.! everything if necessary
to effect a . capture. ' The reason is
declared" to be his desire to hsve the
Reichstag vote a new war loan of a
billion and a quarter. It is believed
Warsaw's capture ' will sweep away
all opposition. , : ''y'
Berlin, Feb. 13. Once "mOre Ger
many ir in 'the highest pitch of en
thusiasm over victorias by,. Von Hin
: denburtf in i the. EaeU'; His' : success.
Berlin says, is becoming more appar
ent daily and crse Kussian pnensive
: in East Prussia has '.been crushed."
The Slav forces which essayed
drive into : Konmgberg and Thorn
were , expelled-from the .territory.
Few details of- the German victory
are made public but it is estimated
that &0fiOQ ossians have been apt
tured. f Mahy guns 'of enormous, size,
' and quantities of supplies have been
: taken. :'
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This ris th lBte'sf"-pbo'tograph 'pt
Cardinal Mercjer, wTie remains at his
work in Belgium dapitCaltfttffi''
culties "with ihe' Grmattj'fficers !,in
controir,-:, " -v
A-:Failing toi uphold -theirr-contention
that two other men . had sold to the::i
the bedding, towels, etc.,. whiclv; they
later sold tO a North Side rooming
house, and which was there identified
as,.the. property. "-of ."Tap:: Thomas,
Harry ' Mann and Jack Smith were
yesterday evening . found : guilty-; - of
the chtirge of robbing the park lodgu.
The oharge on which these two mon
wero found t guilty. was sone of this
most startling - cases of wliolesalo
'burglary ever recorded' in this city.
The "pogeruplebyTTap,'
Thomas and wife, care-takers of th)
city park, was entered during the ab
sence of these people along jibout the
OhTistnttSlholidayB.
tKey-'foundethat i
, os-itaeirj return
practically every
IWovable "article contained in the house
GERMAN RAIDER KOENIGSBER G SUNK WHEN AIRSHIP
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The dramatic story of. the sinking i '".Tha smaller ship was sunk, but tho .
.of t tkfj Gertfiahaider KoenigSberg, j Koenigsberg succeeded in getting, be-1
i .that couC Ea'tAfrioav ai just j hind the Mafia Islands and some .dis
beem told jby Captain 'yilletb of ttie i tance iip ' the river, where she was
.British itaeVotyt'libJp. IerbVidge. il'.-.'co;mpletljr' screened by the bend of
' The Koenigsberg, which was a light j the river, and where the British heavl
cruiser of about the same class as the jer, draft ships could not follow her,
EmdeiWXiresden, andS Karlsruhe, They also, it appears, landed a det
mounting only 4.1-inch guns, was in taehment who mounted some .light
company , with a smaller German- ship guns on the bank as a defense against
when chased by the British squadron, attack by a British boat expedition,
which included, it is believed, several The British, however, contented
armored cruisers of the County class, themselves with bottling up the
Salem, Feb. 13.-enator Kellaher
kas introduced aresolutioo providing
for an amendment to be submitted to
ft people at the next special or gen
eral election which establishes a eom
lnission form of 'government' for the
teUte. It aboltshea the legislature. m-
The house todav nassed the . bill re
quiring teachers to. be not - dtocrim- r
MMted against in salary beoauM of
th.eir sex. The bill has , already
IsMsed tho senateif..-5-sjw vi
The senate adopted . a", motion to
re-refer . the prohibition : measure ' to
the committee ;on elchoholic Hauon r
i UimiCK. a.- memner' of -the tvtmnHTM. 1
Jc)5jected because of ho words oti
family" had been Temoved from'1 tbJ
bill (by the committee--without his
knowledge. When r it passed the
house the bill fixed the limit at two
quarts of vinuous or 24 quarts of matt
liquor to be shipped . in by any ''per-'
son or family.', -.- - ml- i -J '
. The house passed a bill transferring
the 'juvenile court work in Multnomah
county to the county court. -. j ": .v
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y fl . Charges Are Investigated.'
f Walla Walla, Feb. 13.--For the pur
pose of making an investigation of the
charges that were preferred recently;
Pgainst Elbert M. Chandler, manager
of the Burbank irrigation project, f.
C. Struve and H.-Hobart Porter, of
Hobart & Porter, New, York City, ar
rived at Burbank , yesterday, and ex
pect to spend some time-at that point
The. charges of the land, owners were
prepared in the form of a written pro
test and were carried to the New York
firm by S. B. L: Penrose, who repre
ffsented the property ' owners. ;" 1 ( '.':.
. The investigation Jot .'-the..;'cn'argfl'
. i jrpbably will occupy a week' or more,
af the land owners specified a large
number of instances wherein Mr.'
Chandler is alleged to have failed to
look to tne best interests or ine peo.
pie of that section of thcounty.'.lt;
isiprobable that the' findings Of Messrs
stfwn and rorterwiu be ,s,Htmittea.
In5a report to the head company '
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l'aa been-taken. ..'A, clew to the por
peVrators was only found when Mann
sold some of the' 'stolen ' property to
rooming-house.' h2. . j,,,,,, ,
sentence will "be passed .on Mann
ana: Smith Monday morning- by Cir
cuit Judge Knowles. ' . ' 'r;i'' '
... harged with stealing a.horse,.sad
dli and bridal, George" Nelson, of Uti
i'oi,: was tried in' eirciiit1 -court this
morning, The crime is alleged to have
been co:,imitted in-Union last Januury,
Nelson taking the animal; from a hitch
ing rack in -that city -ahd riding it. to
LiV Grande, turning the horse loose at
the- fair ' grounds - and. bringing the
bridle and saddle, into town where' he
borrowed some money on the" saddle.
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81XTV DAYS GIVEN TO' UNLOAD
J-OFIC MAIL STEAMER CON- "
i NECTIONS AND STOCK.
PANAMA ACT FORBIDS THAT,
WHICH S. P; IS NOW DOING
Interstate Commerce Coa mission OraV
.era Immediate Dissolution of South -"
em Pacific nd; Pacific Mail Line
( Steamers Potential Possibilities to
Frustrate Competition, ,' .1 "'
Washington, Feb. 13. The South-
ern Pacific railroad must dispose of
-itf holdings in the Pacific Mail Steam-
"ship company-.unless . operations cf
Vessels of that steamship company
tnrougn tne ranama canai be stoppeai
within (10 days, This was the decision i
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion today.:; y '. i
...Tl . commission held that the op
eration . of thef vessels through the
canal made the Southern Pacific hold
ings in the line illegal under the law.
v Under the'.canal act a steam car
rier '.'cannot'. lawfully hold "stock in a
steamship iine 'operating through the
; cdrtal 'which : may -be possible com-
jpciiui:. iu. wio x sim ; carrier, i ,: iiie
commission, ruled there are- potential
rosaibilities that competition between
the Pacific Mail and the Southern Pa
cific, particularly from San Francisco,
would foe impaired, ,.;" v v'1' : ' '
Hs case went" to.the jujfy 10 o'clock
"inw .morning. .:;fn w
In .the case of .Leslier .J.; Aker vs.
Xloyd, E.t Buibridge. thev. jury yester
oas eyeningv returned y.a 'verdict in
tuiof of the defendant.?
Hayj Hard to'GeV.
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"' The" hay 1 market yet remains tight
in1 the vicinrty of Union, growers
holding -on "'until it is" determined
whether we are to nave ' an - early
spring' or the reverse,-says the union
Republican.- As soon 'as It is cer
tain that' there- is-to'" be van. early
spring, it is thought much hay . will
be turned loose at a figure below the
present prices. .' At present the price
of hay is high, with little being sold. )
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.Lumber Saleamad Goes' 'East.
. ' Vincent Paimer, manager" of the
Geo., Palmer Lumber' company left
last night for St. Louis, Chicago and
other eastern cities-on business con
nected .with' tho: lumber . industry.: -
. Attorney Crawford Home.
T. H. Crawford, who has been look
ing after legal- buaihess in Portland,
returned home thfa mowiirigr,
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Koenigsberg by sinking Captain Will
ett's ship in the channel. They then
waited for the arrival of a seaplane,
which flew tip the river and indicated
the position of the' German cruiser
by dropping smoked bombs. -.
' The Germans had hid their ship
close to the bank under ' cover of
some palm groves and , had covered
her with, foliage.' .The aviator, how
ever was able to make her . out and
to direct the fire of the British ships
so accurately by signals ' that the
cruiser was completely destroyed.
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NewS: YoVkyFeb; lS.eteotiyf
searchiiig for'en'ry1 o'e;' Ji'.;! u
formerNew ' Yoi-k'o'r ', "aiid'. now'.Boatpii
representative ' of Vi Standard Oil
company,"' who" has " mysteriously dis
appeared, said they felt he had been
murdered or was being held for ran
som' -' vit.:''- yv& i;'.i-if'A
U v At the i Coe' home,' 120tK Common
wealth avenue, " Aliston, Mrs. uoe' is
prostrated. ' She ' was Helen Ainsleej
daughter or A. Allen Alnslee., former
proprietor of the Hotel i:Lenot' and
several ' other large : hotels ; . scattered'
throughout the country.-' i-'-- ' v
She is in a delicate condition,' and
grave ears -are entertained that her
husband a disappearance- may result
seriously.. v. - -.w in.3: i.t i -
f Police , and operatives ? from tho
Burps ,detective , agency are. hunting
for i Coer. . who .,-i8; , twenty-three
! yar ,
Ooe left bis home in AUston .i ou
Saturday morning Jan. . 30 to . meet
General Manager Wilkinson of. . the
Standard Oil company. He was to be
told- that he had been' promoted and
that his sales territory had been ex-
teaded to;,;.take!'tnimorp; (lmportot''l,yrf'f 'V-''!:'-- ;.?ji'ifl'.
Whan .he left, home he .wa
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w.,him 1100 in cash and
three-stone diamond, ring .valued at
IS00 and an amethyst scarfpin. Ha
boarded trotler car near Ua komt
I bOOM downtown. Where he loft the
MERCHANTS -READY TO ATTEND
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Tomorrow evening a delegation of
La Grande businessmen , leaves for
Portland to attend tho State Merch
i ants., convention ..and be . present i at
various.- othor conventions., slated . for
the metropolis next week.'-V ."
Witht.tho arrival of the crowd" in
Portlands it in ewpecbed that 'every
moment of the time will be filled with
program attractions during the life-.
time tol tne convention, tor winch a
groat, deal of preparation: , has - been
ma4e by Portland merchants. The
groub leaves in a body tomorrow; ey
ening and will return after the' con
vention individually, rather. than in a
crowd, y '- '' ' ' :i ''''"" : ' ''''
La Grande's representation is prone
to occupy a ' prominent place In the
state convention in view of the splen
did representation the city has bad in
recent state conventions, .and in view
of the further fact that the .merch
ants -were so much taken up with the
treatment given them a year ago in
this city.
While some are still debating the
trip, those who have signed up to
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HALF-HUNDRED CtASSY COLTO;
m THIS V ALLEY. PUT INTO a
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GOOD WEATHER KELPS TO
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buipi isriie irrrvmvitr v
ifdring Going oa TWe Afteraoen.
y With Prof. Koanedy Doing the Work
pay Proves Big Bucceas froat Every ''.'
, Viewpolnthreaeat Year's Crop of
1 Colts, Draw . Adatiratfoa
1 1mbler, Feb. 13. An-; eveu half-
hundred colts, . the owners , of .which .
claim for them distinction, and which,
it must be admitted,, conclusively prov .
that the coming crop of horses in tho
Grartde Ronde valley will-be superior .
tp. former "yiolda,'L wer put through
the show ring this afternoon in coa- -
Junction with Imblers colt show.. The
festivities officially bring to a; closo -" ; ' f.
the farm school week and hundreds cf , "" I.
persons from all parts of the valley. ,- ' .,'-
but t'more' particularly SummerviUo - I,
ahd Alicel, spent the .day,; In' Imbler, ,'''. L
,! The Judging was commenced . by ',
not. Kennedy this afternoon with av'.f ;V-:'i
big crowd looking, on. f Suitable prices . .
have been. prepaidnd as soon, as: ' .
tl)e winners are announced, these
bf i distributed. - .jThe... prize include'
vs lusoie - tov.wg vcupa a irom various ; ...
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hcerns and,.individuaUi
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beautiful weather-that ore vailed, and- .--;
Hie little town has been filled all day. tk
The quajitjr . of ithe'cojita-? shown- in ,V r';:
na ring was.iirsc class,, ana tM exv ;.
nira hr Tor fnmi wnnk mnrvnuwl itfc..- P'
the r product and
and style, -of. thex show t'
ra-r'Mii-:";.fe.'-'
is not known, though ho '
stuff.
car or when
wtas seen on:the car by acquaintances.
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j v COMPROMISE mLL-'IN.'-a',;;
limited Debate to be Given to tlMi ;
j ; Nej Ship PuMhaso'MeaaurOi:''-'--"' ...
1 WMhimrton,- Feb.: 13. A compro. '.
niise bill was launched-in the hooae-bf '
Ghairman Padgett of . the house nami .
committee, today, It CTiried a rolo; V
next weekvJ h - " '-ff ' " '
? j ' CHINESE TONGS .SLAI.. , .
f Vancouver, B. C is Scene of ChlacM H '
! -!V:..,.KiUlngs , This Morntag.:..,-
iiKinir from ton? war. Chin Hasa
and Chin Gong, two" members 'of 'tho
ormng? jThe alleged, slayer.. Gfcfc,
Guoack, 'broke his neck and died who'.
he leaped from a -second story rta-
dow with the friends of the murdared
Chinese 'in pursuit. ..; Thrao knfcsr
cnweao-, were.vinjurea:.. oyi:wio;,iOB8r.
Waahlngtoh FrtC 13-Erery chore
the UnUd States which to aaaaa- ,
be 0f tbo Church Peaco Unloa vMc
Unt iMunw the iMiteiw Iv:X
Mu - MtMMtian nt th . TiMtv of---..-''
Ghent.
date are .Fred J. Holmes, E. Polack,
C. iA. SmaU, Myrton Kiddle, Clyde .!'!
Kiddle(1 J. Di McKennon, T. J. Scrog-. '
gln Fred.Dutli, George W. Gilbert, ,
Ci C. Peningtoni I- L. Myers,' S.,' R. -;:
Haworth and J...G.'.Snodgrass. .
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the devil with fire is the idea of 4.
Rev. A. S. Gregg, secretary of ;
the American i Civic ; Reform 4 -
League., and- a widely known . '
4 prohibitionist, j. .. - . -'.
i4 l Mr. Gregg : figures , tliat a
!' norning eye-opener and a night
4 cap - are perfectly : permissable
4-f-but the drink's the things J So
4 he has invented a brew. : which .
4 Ibe says will.de the work;. .
4 '! Ita ingredients ' -are honey,. 4 ,'
4 lemon' juice, spring wate'r cap- 4;1
4 sium, tea for that bracing ef- 41
4 feet and oil of peppermint. 4
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