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VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THUUSDAY, MAY 13, 1915
NUMBER 286 -
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PROMISES
HOT AMPLE
REVISED NOTE PUT INTO CODE
BY EXPERTS FOR TRANS
. MISSION.
UP TO GERMANY NOW
IS OPINION OF CRITIC
After Careful Revision of the Situ-
ation and the Document, Wilson
Again Sends German Note to State
Department for Transmission
Embassy Denies Current Reports.
Washington, May 13. -n- This
morning it was .- announced that
the note to Germany nad not; been
sent but had been given to the presi
dent again for revision and that- this
had been done. The communication
' was returned to the state department
where experts are putting it in code
for transmission to Ambassador Ger?
ard, who will present it to the Gerr
man foreign .office.
It emphasizes, unofficially, the need
of prompt and' definite answer from
Berlin to be followed immediately by
action according to Wilson's demands.
The note will not. permit of more
promises or further discussion. In
addition to asking reparation, it is
believed the government has; request
ed assurances that such incident as
the sinking of the Lusitania, the
Gulflight and the aerial attack upon
the Cushing will not be repeated. ;
It is now up to Germany to act
next, the tone of the message will no
doubt indicate. " "
REFUSAL POLICY DENIED
Statement Published Later Dc.ued
Say Answer Will Be Refused
Washington, May 13. The German
embassy denied the published state
ments to the effect that officials of
the German embassy , had outlined
the: position of the German govern
ment toward the American note, 're
garding .the sinking :. of the
Lusitania and that it will !be polite
and firm refusal to cease submarine
warfare. The embassy statement
said the officials there are ignorant of
the terms- of the American note and
that no official has expressed any opin
ion'upon the subject. :
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. . SECOND YPRES STAGED
Proportionately More Blood Flows
. Than At Ypres
o:n: f l.i.man KlnnH at. Ynres IS
proportionately trifling compared to !
which trinkled into the North
Fir street gutter yesterday afternoon
. . . fMuKlA TVio I
ZrJLZr rsair h7ve"bTen chew"-,
ed up by the defendant in tje case,
with the resule that blood flowed free
ly. As soon as the police coum 'De can
1 1 1-1 . n V1 CI f U A WlfVl t Vl (
e'd ?nd the men separated with the
ea ana u Lumber Producers' association
application of ' vif mC V, lis in session this afternoon.
man-eaiing prugiom
One of the men previously lived in
La Grande. . -
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TRIED WRONG DOOR
Too-Much-Fire- Water Victim At
tempts to Get in Wrong House
Irtfluenced overly much by fire
water, a man at one time connect
ed with lumber camps in this vicinity
yesterday evening knocked at the
front door of the Frank Pike home
on Washington. He wanted to get in,
v.. Pilro convinced him it was
i i. J ,, t, mi'llinir unon a faith-
ful canine. The police rounaea me;enson rresDytermn ineuiugiuni
nn nH he is now doing tenlege of Edmonton, Canada,
j tu fnr his careless-
ness.
Haines Controversy Ends.
Haines, Or., May 13. (Special.)
Following a lengtny ""Arrangements with two colleges have ing feted todajr they will return to
heated session of the i city council last: already failed, because the authorities La Grande tonight.
evening, which was largely attended. . of the coUe,,e m tne United States. :
Marshal Davis found himself without , are afrajd 0f offending the Germans,!- To Improve Cleveland,
a job and thereby hangs a tele. wno are patrons or supporters of I, Cleveland, O., May 13. Transform
There has been considerable strife these colleges in the United States, ation of downtown Cleveland from a
recently in Haines over the question One of- these colleges had agreed to formal business district into a huge
of the marshal's salary, which was make the exchange of peace tokens, flower garden is planned by the retail
recently cut by the council from $80 but when the war boke oue objection merchants board of the Chamber of
to $65 a month. A petition was pre- pf German patrons caused the college Commerce. President Charles A. Do
,tA Koarincr it is said. 35 siirna- authorities to withdraw the agree- lan' of the board declared todav it is
tures of taxpayers, asking the council !
to reconsider and put Marshal Davis
. . . i r i . n... ... .
salary "back to $80. 'j--' . , ,
The vote to discharge Davis fol
lowed a motion to that effect and
Btood three to, four in favor of let
ting him go, with one member of the
council absent. . ,
The affair has stirred up much
feeling' and some threats of recall
election on some of the council mem
bers were heard. The order of the
council did not say when their action
was to take effect, so Haines people
are uncertain tonight whether they
have a marshal or not. '
: '.Big Event Postponed k
It has been found necessary to post
pone the annual contests and field
day meet by the L. D-. S. stake. This
holds true for the ball set for next
Saturday night.
A WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT BY A GERMAN TORPEDO
v Paul Crompton of s Philadelphia,
vice president of the Surpass Leather
company of Philadelphia, : and - his
whole family, consisting of his wife
and six children, the youngest only
nine months old, were among the vic
tims, where he was associated with a
sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast.
Mr. Crompton was an Englishman
by birth, but had been in Philadelphia
fo about twenty-five vears. :
Upon coming to this country Mr.
Crompton lived in New York for a
time, whete he was associated with a
steamship company.
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Mrs. Paul Cromptoiti in-lenter, u.-.i ded by her children (from left to
right) Alberta, ared twelve; a-1 1 lyaged eight f Stephen, . aged Jam
teen; Peter, aged nine months; Catherine, aged eleven,. and John, aged. w
LUAIIBERMEN IN
SESSION HERE
EASTERN
OREGON PRODUCERS
ASSEMBLE.
Quarterly Meeting of Eastern Oregon
Millers Held.
Quarterly business meeting came'
tiffihS5
in La
Grande. The session convened in the
La Grande National bank building
and before it adjourns this evening
much of interest to lumbermen- will
have been transacted. : This associa
tion; formed a little over a year ago,
meets alternately at Baker and La
Grande, and the meeting today, like
the others, heard discussions of ques
tions of vital interest to the lumber
ing industry which has been off color
for the past couple of years.
' Wants to Exchange Flags.
Winninnir. Cunada. Mav 13. Rob
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United
search of a colleire in the
States which will exchange a Stars
and Stripes for the Union Jack as a
souvenir and token 'of peaceful re
minder of the 10 years of peace be-
tween the United States and Canada,
ment. Anotber college in the United
. . i m i u.
States Was then asked to make the
exchange, but it, too, also refused for
ine same reason rrincipi ujus,
Robertson College, has already pur-
vuaoou a 1111c wiiiuii uuvn biiu .u
to make the exchange with ' any
United States college that will i
procate with an exchunge of the
Stars and Stripes.i
Professional Golfers Tourney ;
New. York, May 13. Leading golf
professionals are toaay competing o.
the Van Cortland Park links., The
tournament is a two day affair. " V .'
; New Bungalow Started. . ;.
. . .. ' , . - f. be augmented by internment of thou-
Excavatlon has been started for a sands of others who are still at lib
$2500 bungalow at 2109 First street erty and have been victims of violent
ior mm. ayivia scow. n. a. iu-
camp has the work in charge.
ITALIAN SHIPS, '
SPURN TEUTONS
PASSAGE DENIED GERMANS,
. . AUSTRIAN AND TURKS.
Five Biggest' Italian Liners-Will Not
Carry Naturalized Americans
Rome, May 13 Italy ia very
close to formal declaration of war.
What was .alleged , to be Austria's
final proposal in the interests of peace,
., ',. : s
has been definitely rejecteu. m om-
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suspense and an important announce
ment may be made in a dai or two.
New York, May 13. Ominous indi
cation of intentions of Italy to plunge ,
into the. war on the side of the allies
was given today when representatives
of the five largest Italian steamship i
lines admitted they had been instruct-1
ed to refuse passage of men, women '
and children of German; Austrian or,
Turkish nationality, or even natural-
ized Americans of the same birtn.
WOMEN VISIT BAKER.
Friendly Visit Paid to Baker Ladies
of Maccabees.
About twenty Ladies of Maccabee
went to Baker this noon, contemplat
ing a friendly visit to the lodge at
that-. fit.v. It. hna hppn Hwlnrafi thpv
are to receive royal treatment at the
hands of Baker women, and after be-
. planned to place flower boxe3 in win-
Hows of vorv downtown store and nf-
fice building. Several were in evi-
; qence tonav..
.
London, May 13. All male adults
of German, Austrian or Turkish birth
now in England, are to be interned.
There are now thousands of "Alien
enemies" interned in the- vast con
centration camps but this number will
rioting the past two days.
Premier Asquith announced in the
ENGLAND
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CLOUDBURSTS IN
IDAHO SERIOUS
ON 13 MAN KILLED AS RESULT OF
RAINS
Property Damage Has Been Big
Damage to Crops As Yet Unknown
Boise, Idaho, May 13. One life has
been lost and much property damage'
has resulted from - cloudbursts . in
Southern Idaho. .
Robert Neitzell, president of the
Murphy Land & Irrigation company,
was drowned (whlie attempting to
ford a swollen stream.
It is not known what damage Jo
crops will be. ',
NEGRO IN TROUBLE
Charged With BeaUng His Wife With
Much Vengeance
Charged with beatine his wife to
a degree bordering on serious conse
quences, Elmer Henley, a negro is in
the city jail today pending his pun
ishment decree. It is said the trounc
ine Mrs. Henlev irot was very severe.
House of Commons today that the
government had decided to intern all
male adults of alien countries. The
decision was reached after urgent de-
mands by business men. Two great
mass meetings .wlere held today at
which resolutions were adopted de-
manding all aliens be concentrated,
Rioting broke out anew and a public
house owned by a German in Caning -
ton was partly demolished.
ALIENS
TRACK GRIEF
IS
BUT ONE TRAIN FROM
ON DETOUR.
FRISCO
Troubles on Both Roads Have Been
Overcome Today.
Save one train, which is due to ar
rive from San Francisco tonight, there
will be no further detouring of South
ern Pacific trains over the O.-W. This
is because troubles in Northern Cali
fornia have been righted, and also the
trouble at Hood River has been cleared
away. O.-W. trains come direct from
Portland today and traffic has resumed
normal conditions everywhere.
This- is based upon the supposition
, that there will be no further floods.
Cheaper Food for Students. '.
Madison, Wis., May 13. In spite of
the boost in the prices of food stuffs
and the increasing burden of the high
cost of living, the University of Wis
consin is constantly making food less
costly and living cheaper for the stu
dents who patronize the institution's
big cafeteria. ' .
Three ' reductions in price have
been1nade in the present school year.
Meats were the first foods cut In
price. From ten to twelve cents a
portion, they became eight to ten
rcnhH. Vegetables and souds were next
reduced from five to three cents. Pie
is now four cents, instead of five cents
as at the beginning of the year,
j The average cosjt of the noon meal
at the cafeteria is twenty-one cents,
. Breakfast' costs eleven cents on the
average, and supper fourteen cents,
j At the beginning of the present year
about 275 people were Served at noon
'on the average. This , number has
risen to over 500.
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OVERCOME
GOLIATH SENT TO BOTTOM AT
DARDANELLES BY ENEMIES'
BOMBS.
TOTAL LOSS IN MEN
GIVEN AS FIVE HUNDRED
Torpedo Sinks Big Warship at Dar
danelles Announcement Made by
Churchill Say About 500 Drowned
or Were Killed English Submarine
Sinks Several Turkish Craft V
London, May IS. The British war
ship Goliath has been torpedoed and
sunk, with a loss of 500 lives. The
Goliath was with the Anglo-French
squadron operating in the Dardanelles
and it was there that the warship was
sunk... The admiralty has announced
the sinking as official and placed tho
loss of life at 500.
The Goliath was of 13000 tons. She
cost more than three and a quarter
millions, and carried a normal comple
ment of 700. The vessel was built in
1000 and was considered formidable.
Ship Is Third Lost
- The Goliath is the third British war
ships sunk in the Dardanelles. First
Lord of tho Admiralty Churchill an
nounced the loss of the Goliath in the
House of Commons. He added the
British submarine E-14 had succeeded
m penetrating the straits and . sank
two Turkish gunboats and a large
transport. The Turkish loss of life is '
not stated.
Churchill first announced the casuau
ttes of the Goliath might reach 700
but a later cablegram Btated the exact
figures vwere 20 officers and 165 men
saved. .
Allies Make Claims,.
Pans, . May 13. ''Brilliant suc
cesses" are claimed by the war of
fice m a great battle raging in the
district between Arras and the . sea.
In woods east of Carenoy the French
captured additional trenches. Tho
French havo made important progress
toward Lens, their mam objective.
The Bripabdme on Labasses is mak
ing satisfactory progress, it is stated.
Despite admission the English lost
heavily, Civenchy is now in ruins and
nlomst entirely in the hands of the
British. "
' Dallas a Model Town
Dallas, Tex., May 13 Among other
things that this thriving Texas city
boasts about is that it goes to bed
earlier than any other city in the coun
try. And, it's about right. .
Night hawk, and you night hawk
italone,' By 9:30, the city streets are
nearly deserted, and half hour later,.
the main thoroughfares look like a
park at midnight. In the residental
sections, scarcely a t glimmer glims
after that hour. . N
Moreover, your Dallasite believes in
early rising. He is out at 6 o'clock or
a wee bit later, and off for; work at
7 or sooner.
. Movies Aiding Prohibition
Seattle, Wash., May 13 The "Mov
ies" are revolutionizing the country
They are responsible for the "dry"
wave sweeping the nation and ulti
mately will bring about prohibition
and give women the ballot.
That is what Mayor H. C. Gill, told
the Moving Picture Operators of Seat
tle at a smoker here recently, and the
Mayor 'believes it. :
"You mn may not realize it," Mayxr
Gill said, "but it is your business that
is, revolutionizing the,, country. It is
your business that voted the state dry
at the last election in Washington.
Every screen in the land is giving the
bad side of the liquor traffic publicity
and the films will ultimately vote the
nation dry." "
Stanford University Reunion.
Palo Alto, May 13. Stanford Uni
versity students returned to the old
school today from all over the world
to celebrate "Senior Week." pro
gram of sporting events and balls,
receptions, etc., has been arranged.
Chancellor David Starr Jordon is to
speak on "Patriotism . and the Col
lego Man."
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4 ; Today Oddest Story 4
4 San Francisco, May 13. With ?
4 the coming of the jitney bus, a 4
4 brand new cause for divorce act- 4"
4 ion has been presented here. 4
4 Mrs. Margaret Rose appeared in 4
court with a suit, alleging that 4
her husband, Frank Rosj re- 4"
served the front seat of his jit- 4
ney exclusively for women. 4
Judge Graham asked Mrs. Rose 4
if terms of peace could not be
reached if her husband would 4 1
agree to reserve the front seat 4
for men and the back seat for 4"
women. Both Mrs. Kose ana ner f
jitney driving spouse said such 4
terms would be agreeable and 4:
left the court room arm in arm. 4 ,
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