La Grande evening observer., January 12, 1916, Image 1

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' JLA GRANDE, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916.
NUMBER 178
CHI PIECE
'KICIED BACK
JO BE REGENT
SWISS REPORTS TELL OP RECALfc
DUE TO ILLNESS v , ,
' , OF KAISER. ;'
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
, KILLED IN ONE DAY
Germans Showed Reckless Disregard
' for Life hi Champagne Offensive
Capture of Mount Lowien Detailed
in Official Report Ammunition
Plant Blovn up With Losses.
v Berlin, Jan. 12. Unconfirmed Swiss,
reporto have declared the , Orown
Prince has been recalled to Berlin
probably to assume the regency on
account of the illness of his father, the
Kaiser. ' .
German Losses Terrific
Paris, Jan. 12. With reckless dis
regard of life, Germans sacrificed 26,
000 Sunday in the offensive at Cham
pagne. Chalons dispatches discribed it
as the bloodiest 'fighting since Sep
tember. German wounded prisoners
have confirmed the report that Von
Einem iplanned to bend the allied front
at Kheims and Verdun , They com
plained that the artillery failed, and
instead of silencing French batteries,
merely wrecked portions of the ad
vance! trenches and . gave the French
; time to get reserves, :x',-XX ,'.
Explosion Kills Many.
. Berlin, Jan. 12. Seventy were killed
and fifty injured, m an explosion of
an ammunition depot at Lille..
- Evacuating Cettinje. - '
Vienna, Jan. 12. Captures of Mount
"Lowien is detailed in an official report ,
Three days of fierce fighting by in
fantry, heavy artillery and the navy,
overpowered a bitter resistance. Dif
ficulties in the wintry mountains were
great
Cettinje, which Mount Lowien dom
inates, is being evaucated. , -
. "RAGGING" IS TABOO.
Pendleton Mayor . Wants Practice
" Stopped Curfew In Force. - -.
Pendleton,. Jan. JS:Th3 Bost re
gime is to see a number of changes in
city ordinances ' and other new ordin
. ances tending toward the. reform of
thtk : Thfl ftrflt tn patyia unnr tha
axe is the 'so-called "dirty ragging"
at the dance halls. "No more dirty
ragging at the dance halls in Pendle
ton. All "this calisthenic dancing must
be cut off," said Dr. Best this morning
in speaking of 'the dance reform
measure. " :
, It is Believed that Dr. Best is not
against' the Tecent one-step, the beau
tiful hesitation waltz or the "dainty
fox-trot" but it is that dance in which
the girl and man are closely locked in
each others arms while she gently
nestles her head oh her. manly part
ner's shoulder to which he objects.
'The Mayor is to appoint a committee
and ask tHat such a measure be pre
' pared
. The curfew law which in tnost cities
is almost a dead law is to be strictly
enforced here according to the Mayor.
Dr. Best is desirous that the age limit
be reduced from 18 to 16 years and
the law providine that all bovs and
girls under that age be off the streets
hy 9 d'clock be enforced. ,
n A'Above all a close watch is to be
x kept on hop heads, blind pigs and
bootlecirerB." " . said Dr. "Vu
can say for me that although my eye-
sight is not yet in good working order
the chart is made out and a straight
reform movement right down the line
is to be pursued."
OREGONIANS GO SOUTH.
Penny Interests and Wool growers
Have Special Cars Out of State.
!. .. Two groups of men are being car-
-r 11 Aft Aiif. nf rirtofmn tndAV in imAP1
. pallmans for Salt Lake. , The first to
leave the state was a group of wool
growers going to Salt Lake for the
national convention. The other was
a number of J C. Penny & Co. man
agers from the . Northwest going to
the 14th annual convention of the
Penny company managers.
C. E. Short, manager of the United
Store in this city, will join the pull-man-party,
here on Uo.'-!8' ' tonight
; Manager Saule of Baker will be an-
' : other Eastern Oregon manager to at
tend the big meeting whereat the var
ious branch managers are to meet, to
discuss the business of the concern. ..'.
At noon today, ; Eastern . Oregon
woolgrowers , went ' through La
Grande on No. 6 bound for Salt Lake.
Hon. Jay Dobbins of Wallowa 'county
was in the . city last .evening bound
' for the same place but went on' ahead
to attend a meeting in Boise' and will
pick up the main group . tomorrow
morning. Dan Clark, manager of the
stock department for the O.-W. was
in La Grande this morning and joined
the party out of her at noon. - '
Washington Aroused Over
. Butchery of 1& Yankees
it Washington, Jan. 12, Indignation has swept of fieials circles today with the word that
Mexicans slaughtered a group of Americans, Prompt ( action of redress to prevent
repetition of the incident has been started by Prpsident Wilson and Secretary of State'
Lansing. Northern Mexican consuls are reporting- the details. It seems; the govern
ment will .hold Carranza 'responsible. ' ,' 1 '
El Paso, Jan. 12. Official messages ; ,
mm morning veil 01 now 10 Amen-1
can and two Englishmen were drag- '
ged . from ,. a Mexico-Northwestern!
train, robbed of $25,000, stripped of
their, clothes and shot in ooM blood.
Advices show : that direct orders
irom viua to kui every American ana -
ouier loreigners, as tne cause or ttie i tia service. Chairman Hay told the
slaughter. , r house committoe this. Assistant Soc-
.' Villa Commanded i Squad. - Rotary Breckinridge told the oommit
It is reported that Villa personally ,tee the war department preferred coni
commanded the firjng squad.-. Villistas ; pnisory and nonvoluntary service for
first began to shoot them down one at a continental army but admitted WSl
a time, but seeing death, was inevit- gon dissents from this viewpoint
able,, several attempted to run, and) -
XfuTeTDepicU Details. j5" Acres Put on Market
Thomas Holmes, an American who I . " . ; ' ' , : ;
escaped1 by hiding aboard the train, j . Pendleton, Jan. 12. -Six thousand
heard shrieks of the victims as they j acres of land in Umatilla county,
were murdered. Holmes brought the heretofore leased by sheepmen,; has
first word to El Paso. The bodies are been placed upon the market by the
expected to arrive here today. ;. (Northern Pacific R.R. Co. Out of the
Border in Fever Heat , ' ; J western land office of the company at
The border has been aroused to Spokane have been mailed lists of
fever heat Slowness of Carranztsta these lands, the acreage prices ; and
officials to take any action has result-' terms. -
ed in .mass, meetings of mine owners) Leasees of thes lands in the past
and others. Delegates denounced the '
Washington administration with, its! - , -
Mexican policy. - . . 1
: . Passports Were Given. ', !
; The men were lured back to Mexico
by passports issued at . Washington
with Oarranza's guarantee ' of pro-,
tection. The Americans were refused ..
escort of Carranza soldiers, though if :
wn Heen g,Ve"' WUta h8Ve
been saved. . , i
I The British counsul, Scobel. , at
Chihuahua, has confirmed details of
tV. niu. tfiftwT, h-litj. tnnnwl
ii" Z.!- re ..rr:,
the train at Santa Ayzabel. - Moat of
the party abord the train were offi
cials and employes of the Cusi Mining
company, going to reopen rich silver ,
riothM Tin Pm. Mn i
clothing, the bandits marched them
into ravliiP and slfliuchtprf thpm
into a ravine and slaughtered them.
FEDERAL
WITNESS WANTED.
Deputy Marshal From Portland Goes
to Elgin. ..'
'-Depdfy'trnited Staiea-lrBtsfui-ler
is up from Portland and left im
mediately for Elgin where, it is un
derstood, he is after a number of wit
nesses in that locality who are want
ed to appear before the United States
court.. :"' : .
The exact mission -of the federal of
ficer is unknown but it is surmised
that there is to be a re-opening of the
chlargcs of fraud in connection with
land deals of several months ago. The
only certainty is that quite a num-
ber of witnesses aro sought in the
vicinity of Elgin. . ,
, Today's Oddest Story.'
Cleveland, Jan. 12. Aitnough clad
only in one-piece jumper suits, and
( without shoes, hats, coats or stockings,
jten gypsy children spending the win
iter with thfeir parents, James- West
I ern and his wife, in the suburbs, are
healthy and enjoying life. The chil
jdren play in the snow and do not
. mind the freezing weather. The fam
! ily lives in two big tents and a wagon.
I There are stoves in the tents and the
noor is covered witn straw, ueorgo,
one of the boys, was asked if he was
cold. ... .
"Cold?" he repeated, watching his
toes tamp the snow. "Naw!" And ho
wiggled 'em to prove it
HOW O.-W.
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Courtesy Pendleton East Oregonian. :. ., , :. ,' ..'..,. - .
FAC-SIMILE OF O.-W. PROPERTY WHERE PASSENGER ENGINE . TE RM1NAL IS TO BE AFTER SATUR-
'.'; .'-. " , DAY OF THIS WEEK. THE SITE IS NLJkU PENDLETON.
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Washington, Jan. 12. President
Wilson apposes the compulsory mHi
Encouragement and reflection 1 of
n h,.j n..,u il..
VSZTTxZ
tions so far as local nelds are con
cernea, were sirown w
j -i j. 4. i.v.u... :
both La Grande's banking instroi
tions at the annual meetings of stock
holders hold yesterday afternoon. Di
SXo 'X
rectors were elected for .tne ensuing
stitution found time last evening to
nae "t
iwhom were re-elected, will meet next
. . orani,e directorate.
j rectors were re-elected, and the old
officers also re-elected. The officers in
that institution include WSlliam Mil
ler, president; J. CJJenry, .Trie prea-
Identr.T.' J. Scroggin, casliier; Chas.
Hording, assistant cashier; directors
George T. Cochran, C. T. Bacon U.
. Couch, A. L. Richardson, J, F. Con
ley and J. L. Cavincss.'. '' f-AJ f.
' The La Jrnde National directors
who were all rp-elccted ; axe .Fred J.
Holmes, C. C. Pennington, H. E.
Coolidge.'F. L. Meyersi A. T. Hill, An
drew Blockland, J. G. Snodgrass, H.
S, Brownton nnd J. F. Conley.
LUMBER HELPS RAILROADS.
Tremendous. Increase in Business Re
, ported from Freight Offices.": .
The lumber trade has, like other in
dustries in -"the Pacific Northwest,
been passing- through a period of de
pression. There is everv- indication
that this condition is rapidly passing.
H.. P. Oliver, traveling freight
agent for the O.-W. was in the city
today. In proof of the foregoing
statement he produces a . statement
from H. E. Lousenbury, general
freight agent for the company, which
goes on to tray:
' A survey and analysis of the situ
ation throughout the country brings
forth the following report from a re
liable source:
' "Despite the recent great advance
XARDS AT PILOT ROCK JUNCTION
will be given the preference in. the
purchase, according to E. L. Hoppel,
traveling freight agent. Until Feb
ruaiy 1 they will have an option to
buy but after that date the lands will
be open to all. . jr ; ?;
i The company requires only ' one-
Mixth of the total price down and the
balance in live annual payments -witn
six per cent interest 1 The lands, are
limited from $1.25 to $15 nn acre.
Most of the land thus offered lies In
and Echo. Other N. P; lands in Mor- j
row county are also placed on the;
market and the company is retaining
Still other. . ; ; :: , -.. v
The giving of first preference to the
leasees is in conformance - with re
quests made by the sheepmen of Ore
gon, at the laonual convention of this
city. ;'-'.
in price, we urgently advise clients
to continue to lay in substantial sup
plies of lumber. In fact, this is one
of the few times when we consider it
safe for clients tp borrow money with
wihlch to purchase large quantities of
this commodity. 'Many grades of lum
ber have already shown an advance;
Vint In mint Anininn tbia ta nnlv A fm-A.
I runner of what -is to happen before
Inixt summer.' .Although our export
ti-ade with Europe is still seriously
curtailed, it is much larger than at
any time since the war broke out, with
every prospect of expanding further.
On the domestic side,, the . railroads
are attain in the market for large
quantities;, a second successive year
!)f Ujijuntiful crops will almost un
questionably cause- the farmers to
make' substantial purchases, and the
building, outlook is very bright - in
our opinion,- the lumber industry is. in
a stronger position today than at any
time since 1905. . As in the past,
there may be a slight seasonal dull
ness this winter, but we look for no
serious setback in : prices. Clients
whose yards are not stocked up to the
limit should feel safe in filling them
at once. Delay is dangerous, because
before many months- prices will prob
ably be a great deal higher." : : '
rrt view,of the rapidly increasing
demand for lumber, some considera
tion must be given to the question of
car supply and the loading conditions.
Mill men can conserve equipment by
loading to the maximum and serve
their own ends by shipping to their
customers and thus show not only
willingness but a desire to do this
thing. . ..i ,. . ; if "
AUSTRIA IN KJNORANCE.
Can Find No Clue to Method of Sink
ing Uie Persia.
Washington Jan. 14. Austria hr.s
notified Secretary Lansing that after
full investigation she is unable to de
termine how the Persia sunk,
LOOK
STOCK FACIIIC
HAY SHORTAGE AND INADE
QUATE RANGES PUT CAT- '
' TLB TO GRIEF.
LOCALLY HAY ATTAINS
V REMARKABLY HIGH TIDE
Reports Show That Excessive Cold
.' Weather and Abundance of Snow
' Has Worked Havoc Elsewhere
Curtailment In Local : Production
-.Now, Being Felt -. i$t
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Portland, Jan. 12. Fears for live
stock are felt throughout the north-'
west" Weather conditions are ex
tremely severe. The ground is frozen
hard and there is no. range.' Hay sup
plies are the shortest in yean.'."
Eight inches of snow covered the
ground at noon and is still falling
this afternoon. It began early last
night It was the coldest in seven
years this morning, at thirteen above;
Ice is delaying traffic in the Columbia.
Union county is not without its
meriace In the stock 'business. '.Hay
is almost up to unheard of prices, and
nard to get at any figure. While the
mercury has not been low any long
stretch at a time, stockmen neverthe
less have felt the burden. ' ; .
Excessive rain and other agencies.
damaged the wheat crop last summer
so far as local production is con
cerned, and: ' seemingly '. the 1 entire
northwest-needs more hay than usual
whereas there is less than usual. ,
WIND PILES SNOW.
Mercury Does Not Sink to Expected
I'oint During Night. ' ,
Today's heavy blow had a tendency
of delaying east bound traffic, No. 6
being about two hours late. The mer
cury did not reach any critical stage
last evening in spite of the severe cold
during the day previous. .' , -
. Word' from' Portland this morning
saygsnawwas six inches deep there
this mormBg- and that the - mercury
stood at At above, which is extremely
cold weather for that district.
SAFETY FIRST. MEETS. ,
Attendance Larger Than ' Usual for
These Meetings. 1 -
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The "Safety First" meeting of the
O.-W. K. & N. employes and 'officials
for the month of January . is f being
held in the Employes' club rooms in
La Grande today. The morning ses
sion opened at nine o'clock and the
meeting will continue throughout the
day. The object as indicated by the
title is to discuss pl'ans and means of
reducing the elements of danger',' in
rai'.road operation. . - ';;;'
At the meeting today a larger
number than usual of officers and em
ployes are in attendance. , - - '
The regular . Safety committee, for
the meeting today includes the fol
lowing: J. A. Carlson, engineer; B. B.
Gibbs, fireman; Earl Whitney, car.
foreman; C. E. Gump, brokeman; B.
Baird, shopman; all of La Grande. The
additional members of this committee
are F. Woods, agent at Durkee: , J.
Crosby, section foreman, of Hunting
ton; Ernest Olson and H. A.' IBlair,
bridgemen of La Grande. -
In addition to the above the follow
ing officials and employes are sched
uled to take part in the deliberations
of the meeting: 1 ; "
Wj- Bollons, A. Buckley, J. F. Cor
bett, Ed Thomas, H. L. Lyon, L. A.
McAllister, J. W. Egan, S. C. Smith,
F. G. Schilke, A. L. Olson, E, Wetzell,
C. B. Johnson.
SENATOR BRADY WEAK.
Idaho Solon Unable to Be Present at
Senate Deliberations.
Washington, Jan. 12. Because of
serious illness from heart trouble,
Senator Brady has abandoned hope
of joining senate deliberations. He
will take the oath of office and then
iyo south.
LOVE PROMPTS KILLING. , .
California Youth Kills Several and
. Then Ends Own Life... . ; '. , ;
San Francisco, Jan. 12. Lloyd Pey
ser fodny shot and killed Mrs. Mar
garot Ray who refused to marry him',
land killed her mothor and fatally
wounded a sister and then suicided.
McAdoo Wants Earth Measurement
Washington, Jan. 12. The United
States broke relations of world wide
scope with Germany two years . ago.
Secretary McAdoo has asked Con
gress to resume them. Germany in
1889 invited the United States to aid
it in securing scientific measurement
of the earth.
BRAVE CRISIS
SEIUTEOP
III WS AT
v IB
ARMED INTERVENTION AIM OF
RESOLUTION IN THE 8EN-
ATE TODAY. ,
WATCHFUL WAITING IS
'- - CRITICIZED; RIDICULED
Secretary of State Lansing Indiaed to
' Blame Americans for not Keepiaf
Out of Mexico in Spite of Waning
! Given Several . Senators . Attack
-"-..Wilson Policies.-';;;'.
Washington. Jan. 12. Armed in
tervention, establishment of a repre
sentative government m Mexico was
demanded in a resolution Introduced
by Senator Sherman of Illinois today.
Dyer, of Missouri, introduced a res
olution asking the President to advise
congress if "watchful waiting" ought "
nop to cease, secretary Lansing lias
wired Carrenza regarding the mas
sacre but it is said wasnt a demand
for action ; .
It is unnecessary to make demands
-unless Carranza 1s. unwilling to seek
redress. Secretary Lansing , is m
clined to blame the Americans for re
maining in Mexico despite warnings.:
tie called attention to. the fact that
Mexican passports are consistently re
fused. .':;..- X '- '.-;, ';.'-".:, -JJ:
Senator Borah, of Idaho, called' the ":
Wilson policy compromising, sideatety? .
ping, procrastinating, as well as un
American. He demanded intervention
unless Carranza .gives assurance of
power to protect Americans.-. v.-
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Crew Has. Hopes, ' '. -v
Palo Alto, Cal., Jan. 12. Brim full
'of confidence msfived by their showing
at Poughkeepsie last seaoon, the Stan
ford university eight,; the California
Giants, are hard at work preparing for
tne Dig , event new June... Western
rowing experts, entertain ts opinion
that the Oardinal crew, with , the ex
perionce gained laot.aeass.i. will be
more formidable' next vear. The shin's
kwnpany "rhich Xn&ia Cornell only by
an eyeiasn, win trpractlcaiiy intact
Bill Bloesser. a victim of tibe five-vear
rule, will be the" only absentee. ; : '
; ine second varsity and freshman
galleys contain the. most promising
rowing material that ever tuirsred an
oar at Stanford, and "Husky" Querene,
neau or ine rowing racuity, exipects to
find a promising substitute for Bloes-
ser among the lower crewmen. Maurer,
wno was unamraously picked as the
All-American stroke, will again Till
that position. Captain Orme, McEwen
Rogers, Jacomini, Green, Worth and
two substitutes, Rehn and Hulsman,
will compete for the other thwarts.
A coaching launch capable of mak-;
ing seventeen miles an hour has been
installed for the use of Guerena, and
will facilitate his work in polishing up
the Cardinal oarsmen.; As Stanford
has been invited to participate again
in ; the "eastern regatta, whether it
wina the coast title, a strenuous ef
fort will be made to include the coast
title in the Stanford crew's luggage
when, it goes east. ' The entire univer
sity has been aroused to enthusiasm
and determination over Stanford's
showing on its first trip into foreign
territory. . . v ,
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; LUMBER MILL BURNS. s
Vader Plant Owned by Stillwater
.. . . People, Victim of Flames. '
Centralio, ' Jan. 12. The plant of
the Stillwater Lumber company at
Vader was burned today. Tie fire
started mystic ridjispy Mf (midnight
The loss is a hundred thousand,
Lads and Lasses Are After Her.
iChicago, Jan. 12. Just because
Mrs. Josephine Lawrence told a re
porter - she advocated a -state mar
riage bureau, hundreds of loverlorn
youths and maidens ere trying to
make her a "schatschen." Letters
from every state, asking her to find
husbands or wives for the writers,
have come to the social service bu
reau of which Mrs. Lawrence is chief.
' . Come to Attend Wedding.;
Jerome Foley, the . ' Walh Walla
hotel man, arrived test -night to be
present at the Foley-Horan nulptlnls
today.- '. -',,, j .
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NOTICE
A -
TO WATER USERS
The water in the reservoir is
4 gotting so low wo had to start
4" the pumps. If the peoplo would
use care in letting the -water
run to.kcep fixtures from freer- 4
t ing this would fifrt ha necessary. !
4. L. M. H0YT, Water Supt 4-4-
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