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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER " PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON . SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916.
NUMBER 175
Militia
Dead aed 41-Dv
YOUIIGSIOWII
SEETHING III
Binnny niuis
MILITIA ON GUARD TO PREVENT
FURTHER OUTBREAKS
; TONIGHT.
RICH OFFICIALS DO
DUTY IN BOILER ROOMS
Terriffic Conflict Raging in . Plants
Near Youngstown One of Wound
ed Dead and Others Are Dying
' Situation Extremely Grave More
Bloodshed Is Feared onight. .
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Youngstown,- an. 8. The strike of
6,509 steel workers may be settled be
fore night. ' An organizer of , the
American Federation of Labor has ad
vised that' the men will accept the
companies' offer of 22 cents an hour
instead of nineteen,' --.
Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 8. One is
dead, four are dying and 17 others are
injured as a result of the million dol
lar fire and property ' loss . ki, last
night's riot 'by 6000 ,; striking" steel
'. workers.;-' ,'. :..' V v-. .', ,'i,
4 .Practically!' the. .entire business dis-
tnot was swept away.' ' ,.
, Twenty-two nimarea militiamen
are prepared to cease further rioting
, but remained entrained this morning.
f ourteen saloons, the .'postonice, the
International bank were- looted and
. wrecked. ', .
IBuckets of whiskey were stolen and
the rioters drank themselves into
craziness. ' One 'leader of the mob was
shot in a saloon. ' .
' Plot Is Discovered.
A nlot to dvnamite the SeDublic
guised militiamen overheard tne plot
ters. The guardsmen dispatched the
guard plant.
Twenty high salaried officials
stocked ' the furnaces, though the
plants are not operating. If fires are
permitted to die, the furnaces will
be rained. ; : -
Organizers have predicted a strike
of 30,000 steel workers in the Mahon
ing valley within a week unless ths
trouble is settled. Three of the in
jured are fatally hurt. The strikers
are mostly Austrians.
After the dynamite plot broke,
Brigader General Speaks dispatched
two companies to the Struthers dam
which strikers threatened to destroy.
Destruction of this dam would de
molish the town of Struthers.
- Troops were kept from the busi
ness district lest their presence incite
new rioting. Most of the f Qrces were
kept in a tube plant, three miles from
- the ruined district in East Youngs
town. .'
BIG STOCK MOVEMENT.
Several Cars, Mostly Hogs, Go For
' ' ; ward Tonight. ,
E. E. Wlillard, former stockman, of
" La Grande, arrived from the east to
day accompanying a big stock ship
ment to. Portland. In addition to the
shipment under his charge there were
also ten cars by one shipper, loaded at
Nampa. The shipments from points
east today were mixed lots, but hogs
predominated.
Warren Chandler leaves with the
regular stock special - tonight with
eight cars of hogs, ' which will help
swell receipts at the North Portland
yards next Monday morning. Of this
shipment one car is loaded at Island'
City, two at Enterprise and five at
Union. . -
CONVENTION FEB. 12.
Knight Will Be Guests of Union Next
' "; Month. .'
The Annual District Convention of
Knights of Pythias of Union and
Wallowa counties will be held in
Union, February 12th.' The "members
of the lodges in the two counties will
attend enmasse and Blue Mountain
lodge is making, elaborate, prepara
tions for their entertainment. The
keys of the city will be turned over
to the visitors and nothing that would
contribute to -their plrusare. left un
done. ' ' ."" '
:at Steel Milfe
CONFERENCE REPORTED,
Understand General Grievance.. Com
mittee Is in Session Today. :
It is reported, though not confirmed,
that La Grande's representation 1 in
the General Grievance committee of
engineers and firemen is with the
committee in a meeting; rumored set
, for today in Portland..1 It is also un
derstood that the Pilot 'Rock Junction
matter will come up at that meeting.
MILOS OCCUPIED.
Reports Say Natives Arc Indignant,
at Allied Advances.
Berlin, Jan. 8.-(Sayville Wire
less) Anglo-FrencKVforces have oc
cupied the Greek island of Milos,
Athens has reported. ,' It is said the
people are indignant.. "' '
ANTHONY BILL WINS.
Senate Committee Reports Favorably
on Big Measure. ,
Washington, Jan, 8. The senate.
suffrage committee have favorably re-
ported the Susan B. Anthony federal
suffrage amendment proposal. J......
COMPLETE IDEBSIIDHIG III
SUBMARINE AFFAIRS IS NEAR
Wia8hington, 'Jan,.8.r Secretary of
State . Lansing made public the -Ger
man note of November: 30th ' on ' the
try singing. It -revealed a complut
i u J-T A Ii!
seng6ra shall ,not be' put.tosea in
small boats unless the sea . is calm
and land near. : There is no authority
for the statement the Administration
won't insist on unequivocal disavowal
of the Lusitanla torpedoing.; It . is
possible, however, Germany's prom
ise of reparation is considered . suf
ficient, -n ... ';
Failure of Austria and Germany to
receiye a report of the Persia sinking
has led to the belief the cause 'many
never be known. A complete, and
ffinal settlement of all' submarine con
troversies seems near. Reparation
for. the Lusitania and Persia cases are
chief in consideration. ,
Weaver Released.
Walt Weaver of this city and a
man giving his name as Hart and
hailing from Portland, were arrested
Saturday at La Grande charged .with
larceny. Weaver was dismissed, there
being no evluence against him, but
Hart was held in bondage for the ac
tion or the grand jury. Union Scout,
UNION WILL MEET.
Young Peoples' Union of Endeavors
to Worship Sunday.
Tomorrow evening the Young Peo
ple's Christian union will hold its reg
ular devotional meeting at the Meth
odist church, commencing at 6:30.
The union meets at stated occasions,
sometimes for social functions and
other times for devotional meetings.
SNOW IS MELTING. '
Farmers Complain There Is Danger of
' Losing Sleiging.
. Today's thaw has seriously en
dangered sleighing. The many farm
ers who came to town today in a mot
ley lot of turnouts intended for sleighs
farmers usually don't have to pro
vide themselves with sleighs com
plain that there is danger of losing
sleighing. The wind has bared many
spots and it would not require much
of a thaw to mud up the roads again.
. As a sample of how roads are, it
required the Union'' basketball team
five hours to drive in from Union last
evening, the drifts and other impedi
ments necessitating Blow driving.
Mother of Eight Passes Away. ;
Lebanon, Jan. 7 The funeral of
Mrs. Belle Kackley, who died Sunday
night, was conducted from the- Pres
byterian church of this city Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. W. S. McCullagh, her
former pastor, officiating. , ... '
3 Mrs. Belle Miller-Kacklev was born
in Beverly, Ohio,' September 28, 185!),
and on November 25, 1886, was mar
ried to' Phineas-.Karkley,. who sur
vives her. Eight .children were bom
to them and were at the bedside of
their mother at the time of her death
She had resided in-Lebannon. for sev;
en years. '
fling
SENATE WANTS NEWS;
Want Statement by Admiral !
); Fleet Could Land Printed.
that
Washington, Jan. 8.. The Senate
has unanimously Instructed Secretary
Daniels of the Navy to publish Ad
miral Fletcher's August report which
declared a foreign fleet could land on
American shores. - Senator Lodge in
troduced the resolution. Mr. Daniels
declared he - didn't want foreign na
tions to know contents of the report'
Cuts Down Salaries.
Independence, Or., - Jan. b. -At a
special meeting of the council this
week the new councilmen were sworn
in and W. H. Craven was elected pres
ident of the body and at a regular
meeting F. O. Parker was re-elected
chief of police and John Figles night
man. The salaries of the police . wore
reduced and the chief given street
work to do. The council gave the Ore'
gon Power company permission to in
stall a transformer, the purpose of
which is to provide a cut-off so that
in case of the power house at this
place being destroyed there will be
only a temporary interruption, in ,, the
iight and water service. '
JOSEPH THIBODO PASSBQ AWAY
Pioneer Mining Man of Baker : Sue-ifr-M
eumha to Blood. Poisoning. . ' -
; Baker, Jan. 8.r-After a : lingering
illness of 'blood ; poisoning, Joseph
Thibodo, a pioneer mining mn of
this city and district., died last even
ing ait the family home '.on Center
siree aoout :au o'ciocic.. . ,
' Mr. Thibodo, had he lived until the
20th of next May, would nave been
68 years old. - Ho 'was born in Three
Rivers, Canada, and came to Baker
coithty when young malt For up
wards of 26 years he was engaged in
mining .enterprises" in' the vicinity of
Granite, although for 38 years he
maintained his home in this city.1 He
has been employed for the past 11
years, at the First National bank.
; Besides his wife, he is survived by
three children -Mrs. S. E.' Hughes,
Frank a'nd Arthur Thibodo, all of
Baker. . .
Arrangements for' the funeral will
be: made later.. -
rAUN SHf KAl REPORTED
RESIGNED AND DANGEROUSLY ILL
San Francisco, Jan. 8. A Hongi
D-oiis caoie 10 tne unina world re
ports Yuan Shi Kai has conditionally
resigned the emperorship and ap-
Dointed LukvChino- Tsono- n nnmm.
and secretary of foreign affairs. The
story said .Yuan will remain in power
until April when the new cabinet will
anA naifafl.. a ir ... ml., t
be proclaimed, a successor to himlf
chosen bat still under a monarchv.
JLOCal Chinese said Yuafi's action is
Lun.cn w seem tne xiae or the- revolu
tion, with the idea of actually contin
uing in office, though technically and
temporarily out. It is helievoH Yrtun
considered himself certain to return ing"
to the emperorship in' April.
YUAN IS ILL.
Sudden Stroke Suffered S tor v
Un.
connrmed However.
Tokio, Jan. 8 Yuan Shi Kai is re.
ported to have suddenly been taken ill
witn apoplexy. It is said to be sen
ous, though the story is unconfirmed. :
FARMERS UNION MEETING.
Principally Routine Business Before
Annual Gathering.
,' The annual meeting of the Farm
ers' Union of this county is in ses
sion in La Grande this afternoon.
There was a very brief morning ses
sion at- which appointment of the
various standing and other committees
was considered. At the meeting: this
afternoon the business is mainly of a
routine character.
' There is a fair attendance of dele
gates rrom various sections of the
. fltnfv A ii r. , I 11 . . ' 1 ; , 1 -
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ments to trat at thiVseasonof the
year.
BRITISH1 GUNS GOING INTO FRANCE.
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-This British gun is being "hoisted to .a flat car to be ordwarded "to" the
front. It had just been sent across til e English Channel to the army fight
ing in the north of France. :
COMPANY SUPPORTED . , j.
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& S. Line Not .Bar to Running
f Steamshipsi Qim f j!, i
Washmffton. Jan. S. The , Inters
.state Commerce commission has allow-'
ed -the -Great Northern Pacific Steam
ship company to operate steamers be
tween Flavel and San Francisco. It
w8 found that the S. P. & S. owns the,
line but this doesnt reduce compete
tion, f:rr"rzj"r''r:-:H
'&b!e School Gets Endowment, .;r-ni
' Lebannon, Or., Jan. 7. iRev.' W, A.
Elklns, pastor of the Christian church,
of this city,, who has been in Cali
fornia for six weeks in the interest of
the endowment fund for ,the Bible
school of that denomination at Eu
gene, has returned home and reports
a profitable trip. . ; ... -
; Will Investigate Flax Fiber.' ''
I Salem, Ore., Jan. 7. State Treas-
hrer. Kay left last evening for a busi-.
- . - r.. ri i r . '
iiens visit to oc jraui, minn. ..nB ex
pects to be absent for eight days, and
during his trip will make an investi
gation of the manufacture ; of flax
fiber at the Twin Cities, and alsq
visit the state institutions. With a
view to- 'gathering information as to
the latest prison reforms, he will
visit the penitentiary at Stillwater,
which is said to be one of the most
modern prisons in the country,
FORD PARTY SAFE.
Courteous Treatment Accorded Party
-: , in Crossing Germany.
.
Amoorrlom Ton a tu 17j
!.ri.f.M!
pedition arrived today after receiving
curiHiueraie ireacmenc . in crossing
Germany. Members of the nartv said
friendliness of Germans emphasized
a German dettire for
: " ' JEW RELIEF SET.
President Calls for General Aid to
War Victims.
Washington, Jan. 8. President
Wilson has designated January 27, as
Jewish Relief day. He will proclaim
the needs of Jews as a result of the
war.
MILLIONAIRES ANXIOUS;
Verdict In Conspiracy Trial Expected
momentarily.
New York, Jan. 8. Millionaire de
fendants in the New Haven conspir
acy charge ,taced ffoe corrldot bf the
federal building this evening await
ing a verdict. It Is rumored the jury
stands eleven to one.
Sodavillc Man Badly Hurt.
Lebannon, Or., Jan. 7. R. B. Skinner-of
Sodaville was seriously in
jured a few days ago while driving a
team hitched to a grubbing machine
when the doubletree broke and ths
sweep of the machine,-, flying back,
struck his right knee, straining the
inner ljgaments in such a way that it
was necessary to place the knee In a
plaster cast.
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SStFOlEO
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CHICKEN BANQUET, AT Y. M. ('. A.
;v;:v ENJOYED, OVER, 100 ;.(-
-IVew, 'teo'e.'.U.fftr;OrganI)'Siip-
port, for Prohibition Enforcement.
Over-100 people enjoyed the splendid-,
chicken banquet last evening at
the'.Y,- M. C. A which meeting" rang
the death knell of the Law and Order
league and gave birth to a new and
stronger organization that was
christened "The Citizen's League 0f
Union. County." k. .-. - 4 ,i ; ..-. .,; .
i The constitution1 adopted -.for;; the
new 'organization gives ' the purpose
of the. Citizen's , league to .enforce ..the
Prohibition and other laws of the city
and state, the members binding them
selves only to do a citizen's part in
law enforcement. , The work of the
new. organization will largely be to
stand behind the officials in the en
forcement of the Prohibition law. The
interest displayed at the meeting last
evening clearly shows the general de -
sire upon tne part of the, public to j vacation. After 80 years of rigorous
see that the Prohibition law receives living In the hills, years spent in pros- -fair
pky. Indications are Jhat ' the porting and ultimately discovering and
new organization will whave ' a very f mine in the United States. Callahan ,
strong and large membership. ' " 'developing 'the second largest mine
The .officers elected last evening has gon-e to Honolulu for the winter
Vere George Stoddard, president, C. ,j He has carried ftund.rari--.oftons of
a. email, vice presuieni, ana r.. yv, . ivcK out or tne old UiiiUhan tunnel
Eastman, secrebary-treasurer. in a wheelbarrow. Single handed, he
The .retiring officers ; were ' E. S. ' huilt a road up the rocky bed of Nine
Norris, president, Geo. L. Cleaver, i Mile canyon. - For weeks he toiled
vice-pre.iident, George Huntington : alone-ulp the canyon when other pros
Currey, Mcretary, and C. H. Upton, pectors had deserted the hills. Buf;
treasurer1; ' ".' - , I these were oare free times compared
jJ--rr" " . with the present." Dividends on tho
Million-Dollar Cargo Frorfl Alaska. 1 70,000 shares of Interstate-Callahan
, J stock owned by Mi Callahan amount
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6.-The steam- I t-last year . to approximately ?350,
ship Northwestern. which nrrivorl 000. His holilino-a could randlltr lw
nnaiu, niusKu, yesjeraay
hronffht $550,000 in gold from., the
Iditarort mining district in Western
Alaska. The gold, the last of the
summer cleanup, was transported on
wee aog BieaB trom idttarod to Sew-
ard, 24 days being required for tho
xouu-miie journey over the snow
trail. The Northwestern also brought
$450,000 worth of copper from Alaska.
Paid a Heavy Fine.
Eugene, Or.. Jan. 7. T. C. 1
Charles Hadley and Pearl Court
wright, the Glenada saloon men who
Were arrested Wednesday on the
charge of selling liquor to a minor,
yesterday afternoon entered pleas of
guilty in the Eugene justice court
and each was fined $150 and costs,
which amounted to $29 in the three
cases. The amount was paid and the
county is richer in the sum of $479.
Drawbirdge Not Ready. ;
Eugene, Or., Jan, 7'. No steam
boats will run to Eugene this winter,
according to C. E. McGinnis, a Eu
gene attorney, who has" been inter
ested in the plan to. operate a line of
boats here. He says the draw on the
Oregon Electric bridtre near Harris.
burg, oyer the Williumotte river, Is
not equipped wnn the proper machin
ery to operate it, although it is said
that the machinery is being installed.
Mr. McGinnis says the improvements
cannot be completed in time to oper
ate the boats this winter. The Ore
gon i City Transportation company
planned to operate boats on the mmn-
river. "
LIPS MID PEII
OF lil HAROEH
FAMOUS WRITER MUST BE
, HEARD NO MORE UNTIL .
AFTER THE WAR. j
WEEKLY PUBLICATION
SUPRESSED AT SAME TIME
Actual Cause for Placing Bridle on
Harnden Is Not Known Outside of
Germany, Though It la Known Ho
Has Attacked Government on Food
Question Waa Always Bold. '
Berlin, Jan. 8. (Via Amsterdam)
Maximilian Harden has been pro
hibited from speaking or writing on ,
war for the remainder of the war.
The Weekly Znkunft has been sup
pressed for attacking the government.
The cause is unknown outside of
Gormany.
Harden had previously critized the
food regulations and other govern
ment acts..- 1 '
Four years ago Harden gave the
United Press an interview predict
ing war with Germany and England
was invitable unless a complete
change in Germans policies took place.
Economists Would Stop War Waste,
' Boston, Jan, 8. Under the auspices -of
the Society to Eliminate Economic ,
Causes of wr, ofwhich . Roger W.
Bmbson U stQrefcrty, a conference WM
to ibatrln hrtrtt bidav .ta nromat HON
uniform legislation in tne various na
tions friv'frio nrivnncement nf Miiat.
KtT commerce J Economic conditions .
believed . to be' at the bottom of the ' -
: I European War, will be discussed, Tney
tory peace terms can be made.
-Th6 dulegntes believe that each ns- '
ion mii flenkA 1triaatitler inlatv ...i
its own interests and permit other na- -tlons
to have a voice in its treatment
of 'shipping,? tariffs, immigraton and
the like. At the closing session Mon
day; the use of an Inter-nation Trade
flag,', to bear the same relation to
commerce that the , Red Cross flag
bears -to hospital work, will be con
sidered. Roger 'Sherman Hoar, ex
aasistant attorney general and Walter
Wood of Philadelphia, are to speak. -
HIS FIRST VACATION.
Millionaire - Prospector of " Coeur
, d'Alenes Takes a Lay Off, . f
; Spokane, Wash., Jan. S.--Jlm Calla
han, nlEUionaire iprospector f Mhe
; Coeur d'Alenes, is enjoying his first
Bum jior i)ii,ovv,vvv. -wny aoni you
: sell out and enjoy life?" he was asked '
recently at Wallaee, Idaho. "What
could I do with tha monev?" was thp
reply of the millionaire who continues
to live in his cabm drt Nine Mile.
Frequently he comes to Spokane,
thinking that he will revel in the ex
citement of the city. But two or three
days out of the Coeur d'Alenes is
the limit of his endurance. At the
receipt of the $2 dividend in August,
amounting to- a single payment of
$140,000 on his stock, Mr. Callahan i3
said to havo taken his old associates of
prospecting days around to the cloth
ing stores and to have fitted them
out with new suits. But this did
not dispose of a lhalf day's salary.
Unlike the arly days of toil and
poverty, Mr. Callahan is not without
proffers of assistance in distributing
hia riches. He is reported to have
complained more than once of being
driven off the streets of Wallace by
the pressure of former acquaintance, '
who took opportunity to negotiate
loans ranging from $5 to $1,000.
Large. Sum Paid for Bounties.
Medford, Or., Jan. 7. Jackson
county paid out -during the month of
December $421 for gama bounties, the
highest amount ever paid ! out in a
single month. .Monday of this-. week,
$52 was paid out and ori Wednesday
Charles Pennington, of Trail district,
received $42 from the county as
bounty on five coyotes.' five bob-rnM
and two cougars. In addition he will
receive $30 from the state, netting
him $72. , .