La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 20, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmuum u AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY, 20, 1916. NUMBER 185 At V, huns spurn offers from austria 'KING TAKES FIELD AGAINST FOES ONCE MORE AND PEACE PACT IS ENDED, 'COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY IS ANNOUNCED Stiff Demands Against Greeks Re ported, and if True Will Compel .Them to Meet Revolution or Enter War on the Side of the Allies Diplomatic Struggle On. London, Jan. 20. The Montenegrin Minister has informed the foreign of fice that K,ing Nicholas has refused the Austrian Peace terms. Moreover, the Prime Minister declared fighting has been resumed in 1 all fronts and Nicholas is with his troops.. Ultimatum Time Expired. . Rotterdam, Jan. 20. The Allies' ul timatum to Greece demanding pass ports be handed to central powers' representatives was delivered at Ath ens Monday and expired yesterday, according to the Sofia correspondent e , i .. ., : .. ..t. .. rj r- , of the Vossische Zeitung, Constan- xinens reply is unknown. German Blockade Announced. London, Jan. 20. Answering quej-y before Farliment, Lord Grey announced inui an actual DiocKaae oi Germany is proposed. He didn't in - dicate how far the government is prepared to go to prevent shipments reaching Germany. He branded un- lair the recent newspaper charges 4hat the present blockade is a farce, He said the government position to- -ward American trade will probably be announced next week. London, Jan. 20. Allies have deft. nitely agreed on the future military and diplomatic policies in the Balkans, The French members, have departed after the Allied war, council. , it is aerstooa weece was tne principal ut. nf hn.tnfaTanrt ; ' . ' J - . . . . Revolution Promulgated. j Berlin is convinced that the Allies ; plan a revolution in Greece, with; -THremier Venizeios an - Allied sup- porter to head the new government, or. to cut off supplies, forcing King fAnoJin.HTlA n in i l,a AllioB ,kafirv Constantino to join the Allies before a revolution breaks out. Much Hangs on Greeks. Sofia authorities have hinted that Roumania may join the Teutons should the latter make a successful coup with Greece. .- A Mail correspond ent at Saloniki believes the Teutons are retiring from Greek frontiers in ; preparation oi an Ainea attacK. it is claimed infantry and cavalry are withdrawing from Monastir: Alontenegnns Again in' Arms. ' I I ne , Ti .J aa -' 1 1 I 'Rome, Jan. 20. It is officially an. nounced the Montenegrins have re newed hostilities against Austria, Though she asked to end struggle re- . cently, reports have been current that ' Montenegro is unsatisfied with Aus trian terms. SHEEP RECORDS SET, Portland, Jan. 20. The highest manual y pnvc ii onct; cer miuwii, 13 a sanitary piace, well ventilated, was reached in North Portland this and that separate rest rooms are pro afternoon when yearling wethers were . vided for women and men. After the selling for $7.75. (hall has been passed upon, a license i'' must then be secured from the city WARRANT FOR BURFORD. (recorder. A small fee will be charged I and this will be good for one year, San Francisco Authorities Notified to The license will be non-tran3ferable. Hold Him if Found. ( Among the things the law will pro- i bibit will be smoking in the halls or Baker, Jan. 20. Deputy Sheriff ante-rooms, unless a separate place is George Herbert yesterday wired to provided awav from the uie san rrunciaco autnonties a de scription of Arthur Burford, asking that he be arrested if found in San Francisco. It develops that in addi tion to deserting his family and mar , Tying an 18-year-old girl, Burford left -obligations here which resulted in in-, formation being filed against him and charges that will lead to his arrest if :. located.' - ..-'' . Wi. - fi. Leasy, father of Mrs. Bur- ford, 'lias returned from Caldwell, where Burford, and Georgia 'Lawrence were married, ', bringing copies of Burford's affidavit when he secured his marriage, license showing that he committed perjury in so doing, in that he swore his divorce was granted six months prior to his marriage. . ANNUAL MEETING POSTPONED. Stockholders of Co-operative Associa tion to Meet Feb. 19. Yesterday was the date for the an nual meeting of the stockholders o? the Union County Co-operative as sociation. Attributable to the sever ity of the weather, there was a very slight attendance and it was consid ered advisable under circumstances to adjourn the meeting to a latter date so that a larger representation could be present. The question of postponement of the annual meeting to a future date was all the business that was transacied. The date fixed for the adjourned meeting is Febru ary 10th. LOGGING TEAM PLUNGES OFF 1700-FT CLIFF PERRY LOGGER ESCAPES DEATH MIRACULOUSLY TEAM KILLED. FATAL PLUNGE TAKEN END OVER END OFTEN Skidding Off Tod of High Cliff. Loe glng learn, Sleigh, Logs and Man start over Sure-Ueath Route, but Driver Is Left 200 Feet From Top, Perry, Jan. 20. (Special) Two horses were killed, a losreine: sleitrh damaged, and Henry Penny, driver of uie team miraculously escaped death this morning when the team and logs catapaulted end over end time and again down a steep cliff between 1500 and 2000 feet high. The conglomer ate mass of logs, horses and sleigh landed in the mill pond at the Perry sawmill. The driver besran the fatal descent with the team,, but by the sheerest good luck, rolled away from the plunging mass after he had fol- lowed the plunge a distance of 1 m j i 200 ifeet down the cliff. The Caldwell boys have a contract for- shooting logs from the highest mil around I'eirry, just North of the , mill. They haul logs by sleigh to the eage oi tne precipice with teams and 'there unload them allowing thB logs to tumble down the 1600 or 1700 foot embankment to the pond below, '- Icy Driveway Missed. I Penny was bringing up a load in the regular way this morning but the sleigh suddenly skidded from the road to the edge of the embankment, and went over. The movement was so sudden that man, team, logs and all were on the downward plunge almost instantly. 1 Fortune guided Penny's destinies $m he came to a halt- on a projecting .un-j.iocK, wbile.,4he-'load wen t - on ' Tim watched the sensational plunge until if. uroo viva,. 4-1a ,.4-fl4- . . .- v..,, mie UUb.t, '1UII1U1$ Wei and over endwise and side wise. He has little conception of how he got away from !the load that he is alive and unhurt concerns him most . The loss as considerable as it was a valuable team, and the sleighs were rt an Ainuntaiwa cam. ' : STRINGENT DANCE LAWS, r Public and Private Dances in Pendle ton Get Regulation. Pendleton. Jan. 20. An orH! introduced at the meeting last night j oi tne city council will, if finally , adopted, regulate all public dances land all private dances given in pub- lie nails. It will also be effective . . i t . . against dances given in private homes if it is believed such dances are given to evade tne law. It provides for a dance inspector to be appointed by the mayor whose duty it will be to see that the law is being adhered to in every respect. In the first place it provides that anyone divine a miblic dance must co I to the city health officer so tfie lntter may issue a certificate that the hall proper; all forms of dancing where the dancers are in close contact such as ragging, the Bunny Hug or Turkey Trot; and no dancer will be allowed to leave the hall and return, unless he pays another entrance fee. . The latest hour that a dance may continue will be 12 o'clock with the exception of Saturday night when the dance will be 'required to close at 11:46 o'clock. Private dances in public halls will be amenable to the same restric tions except that, where no admission is to be dvarged, it will not be neces sary to procure a license from the city recorder. . LIMITED DERAILED. Engineer Killed in Missouri Steel . (Tars Save Lives. (Winston, Jan. 20. An engineer was killed, a fireman badly hurt and five passengers injured when the Califor nia limited was derailed two miles west of here. One engine and seven cars left the tracks. Steel car con struction prevented a heavy loss of life. Children Hurt While Coasting Seattle, Wash., Jan. 19. Katherine Kelly, ageJ 10, and Gladys Edgorly, aged 9, were probably fatally injured last niirht when they were thrown from their sled after coasting down a steep hill and crashed into a con crete wall. Both suffered fractures of the skull. Cavalry and Auto 1 v r The late' General Jose Kodneuez If 1r i ' v: U L party of 16, and whose body swings In the customs house square at Jaurez as a warning to other Villistas. Insert. Panchn Villa who and outlaw in hiding but directing Washington, Jam. 20. Reparted capture of seven American troopers yesterday in New Mexico,, was dis counted today when Genreal Funston reported: "Mexican "bandits robbed a house at Canavells Mine. Three of the detach ment there trailed them south, dis mounting there and they recon- Seattle, Jan. 20. The police cant search private homes for stocks of liquor unless, it is being sold, Mayor Gill announced today following raids on private . residences, ' Prosecutors have advised men to concentrate their efforts against bootleggers. Gill said persecutions will defeat the dry law. .Immense Bird Sanctuary. Greenwich; Conn. Jan. 20. E. C. Converse, Multi-Millionaire, is turn ing his 1500 acres (here into a bird sactuary to aid the national move ment for the conservation of bird life Mr. Converse and Georcre A. Drew. manager of the big estate, Conyers manor, are enthusiastic over the plan. An ornithologist of high ability will be selected from the Massachus etts Agricultural College and will be ordered to make Conyers Manor an ideal bird refuge. - His work will in clude the raising of wild ducks and the winter feeding and protection of insectivorous birds, this including the setting out of nesting boxes and less ening the enemies -of birds life. A bird census will be taken at the start and comparisons made as the work progresses. Special attention will be given to the increase of insect eating birds. PORTLAND'S ROSE SLOGAN. Prize Couplet Won by Mrs. Bertha ::C Slater Smith. '.' ;-' ' "Mrs- Bertha Slater Smith, who':wfls born in La Grande and who resided here until seven years ago when she married Mr. Elmer Smith and moved to Portland, won the first honors for a Rose Show slogan. The prize was Providence, Jan. 20. George Hea Irs, a negro chauffeur, told his story of the killing of Dr. Mohr, today and declared Mrs. Mohr offered himself and two others $5,000 for the job. "We were to have killed Mohr on a Saturday, but lost our nerve be cause two girls occupied the machine with him. The following Tuesday I stopped the car beside the bushes and they killed the doctor." Diamond Rings Thrown Inlo Snow Eugene, Or., Jan. 19. Within three HOMES 0 IMPLICATES Scouts Search for TWO NOTORIOUS MEXICANS 1 5 who directed Alauirhfcnr of Wntjmn - 1 -S . . . - slaughter of Americans on the border. noitered whereupon the Mexicans fired and killed a horse. Lieutenant Nich olson leit nere tuns morning with a detachment of thirty. Lieut Nichol son and a detachment of automobiles, reconnoitered and found the bandits' tracks leading southwest toward Mex ico." ' ; - . . T BE offered by the Rose Carnival commit tee of Portland and it is $25 in cash. The slogan submitted by Mrs. Smith is: "For you a rose In Portland grows." ' Mrs. Smith is the youngest daugh ter of Mrs. E. E. Slater, of La Grande, und her father was former United States senator for Oregon. Three sis ters, Miss Olive Slater and Mrs. Nel lie Neill and Mrs. A. B. Cherry and two brothers, Attorney J. D. and J. L. Slater, are all residents of this place. CONVENTION STAMPEDED. Unpolished Oratory From "Mothei Jones" Heals Breach. Indianapolis, Jan. 20. "Mother Jones," the famed old lady of mining union renown, today stampeded the convention of United Mineworkers with an address of unpolished oratory. She raised the 1500 delegates to a fury of enthusiasm and forced Duncan McDonald to the platform and made him shake hands with President White, ending a bitter struggle be tween the two whidh has threatened for years to disrupt the union. FLOOD CREST REACHED. Rains Over and Death toll ' Is . Standing at Ten. Now Lds-Angeles, ...'- Jan. 20. Leaving dea,QfJ: ruin and millions in damage in theif wake, floods hava slowly subsid ed. The rain has stopped for the first time in many dnys. The fatality toll stands at ten this morning. Six of these are in the vicinity of Los An geles and four at San Diego. . hours after he had stolon two diamond rings at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Heller a young man giving the name of Joe Dennis was arrested at Cottage Grove. When searched at the county juil hore after having been brought bark, the rinrs were nowhere to be found on his person, but after Deputy Sheriff Green Pitcher, who ar rested him and brought him to Eu gene, went back to Cottage Grove last night ho found both rinPS in thn Riinw outside tho city j?.il yard where Den- nis had thrown them! SEARCHFO MRS MR the Missing Soldiers FILM EXPLOSION IN . StOVE SCARES MRS. L. D. HOWL AND NEAR TO DANGER. Water Front in Cook Stove Blows Up With Crash that LeaveB Many Scars. - ' Mrs. L. D. Howland, 1808 Wjalnut, knows all about the sensation of hear ing a 42-centimeter Jack Johnson ex plode. Yesterday afteroon a frozen water front in the family cook stove exploded while sne. . stood nearby. Her stove is well battered, and stove lids, pieces of cast iron from tha wa ter jacket, chunks of stove, a bucket ful of coal and ashes,, and stove pot pourri in general were scattered over the ceiling and walls. Mrs. Howland affirms that the ex plosion was accompanied by a crash which she imagines is something like a cannon's roar. She !had just stepped away from the stove when it hap pened, and the main force of the con cussion fortunately went in another direction from! where' she' stood, and npwpaV at the V fwne VxbmJ d though he wad uninjured sTie" was still pale like a ghost when Nate Zweifel, plumber, answered the hurry call for assistance. The , walls and ceiling of the kitchen are. black and scarred as a result of the explosion. The stove may be salavage however. FLOUR UP AGAIN.' Portland Millers Announce Increase - of Twenty Cents a Barrel. '- Portland, Jan. 20. All grades of flour jumped twenty cents again to day. The price is $5.60 in Portland. ICE MENACES UMATILlX. ; " ; Jams and Excessive Water ' Make Danger to Old-Time Terminal . Pendleton, Jan. 20. Because of an ice jam in the Columbia 'between Umatilla and Irrigon the water in the river rose six feet on Monday and though no damage was inflicted the situation caused uneasiness and spec ulation as to. what the future held in store. The alarming feature of tfie situa tion is the fact there is another jam in the river a short distance above Umatilla, probably at the raoids. In the event this jam should give way first and thus let the water through swiftly while the lower jam held fast there would be dancer of a verv swift rise in the river with somo damage ineviiauie. However, a phone messaa-e to thi East Oregonian yesterday afternoon irom h. N. uryer, stated the river was then falling, thus relieving the tension. It iR not known whether the Jam below Umatilla has iriven awav or not but the supposition is that it nas been partly broken. , At Umatilla the government steam er Asotin has been busy breaking ice so as to have a free way. to escape in the event the jam should break thus bringing on a rapid fall in the river. The river channel is open at Umatilla but the ice is frozen .for a distance, or several hundred feet into the stream on each side. ' s POWER HOUSE RISES. ' V Contractor Rush Has Frame Work Well Under Way Today. The frame building which will house the new substation in Mill Can yon to be built on the site of the one recently destroyed by fire, is well along today under the direction of Contractor Rush. The Eastern Ore gon Light & Power comnanv let thp contract a couple of days ago. EXPRESS COMPANY FINED. American Charged Too Much Hauling Fish Out of Cclilo. for Washington, Jan. 20. Tha Inter state Commerce enrnmiwim, ha awarded damages against the Ameri can express and others, for unrea sonable charges for fresh fish shipped from Celilo to New York. REASSESSING LEGALITY OF NEW CITY CHAR TER WILL BE TESTED OUT NOW , ;. - - '' PROPERTY OWNERS MUST TAKE THE INITIATIVE Police Department hn" of One Member Since Less Work Devolves With Prohibition in Force Various Matters Come Before City Commis sion at Weekly Session. Reassessments on North Second .md South Fourth streets 'and lomninv off one policeman because lack of du ties makes that expeditious were two important pieces of business transacted at tho mid-week session of the city commission last evening. The police department has been on trial, as it were, since the advent of the state-wide prohibition law,,' . and the records show that & long s matters run the wav they do now. one natrol. man less will be pevmlssable and ex pedient Patrolman. Calkins losc3 his job by the order. . "v 1 he reassessments of the two murh- mooted street improvements were or dercd after cohsidarabln dlsmiaalnn Turned Oliver, Warron company rep-- reneircuuvos ana otners, were oa hand to participate in the general consideration.' Mr. Oliver would hn.v the city compel tho Warren people to take the initiative on South Fourth, but City Attorney Slater advised the commission to put the . reassessment clause of the new charter to the legal test at once. : This was decided, and ' the logical conclusions are that as soon .as the re-assessments are made on .that, street, the property owners will seek fesy of proceedings , and force the matter in the supreme court where the new charter witl be weighed fci the balance of legal scales. ;., .momw ,tn,.reasseas- ments may 'finally settle - disputes there. The pnew charter forbids the commission from making assessments greater than the accruing .benefits. The upshot of the matter may be that, in view of the fact everyone Knows tne improvements are unsatis factory, the reassessments may be based on such a scale that the prop erty... owners will be. placated. The city would have to bear the difference ; between actual cost and '. 'actual as sessments made this time. ' The city charter conveys authority . to assess intersections to the general fund and this too is a possible means of reach ing a settlement in that case: some contending that if ' the ' intersection charges were expunged from assess mente against the property owners, that there would be no .- further ob jection to paying tho amounts. Tho commission instructed the manager to include in the assess ments on north Second all interests 1 and total costs against the properties and from this total final deductions and adjustments will be made. All commissioners were present and some important details were "trans acted and closed up. A petition was received from the building committee of the Catholic church asking for can cellation of the city's share of taxes assessed for 1914 against the Catho lic church property, on the ground that churches are exempt from taxa tion. The matter was referred. !A communication was received from Art Weagle asking that he be given the half and half swings that is, ; part day and part night, instead of all night. This was referred, to the manager and chief of police. Bids were opened for auditing the city books. C. P. Newlin offered to do the work for $100 and Perry Oliver offered to do it at the rate of $7.00 per day, not to exceed $150 all told. The matter was laid over. Bonds to the amount of $2170.65 were ordered turned over to the con- tractor for work done last . fall .. on First street. The commission later in the evening began readings of an or- . (finance to empower issuance of these ' bonds, and the outcome will be, prob ably, that the city will invest some slnldntr funds in these, at an oppor tune time. ' , .. ;'"' The annual agreement ' with the . Q;-W.: for right of way for two sew- era across railroad property,' was or dered renewed, at a cost for the year of $1.20. Spencer & Banks, through resolu tion, were sriven a $5.00 dance license which previously had been issued to Sam Harris, but which he relinquishes in favor of the new firm which con temnlatos operating a dance hall in the Harris building. The rnport of the city manager for Hip week endintr Saturday niirht. fol. lows: The police arrestee one on a city 'Continued on Page 8.1 Improving From Burn. Ifal Rees. deputy sheriff, arrived home Inst night from a trip to Vale. Mr. Rees is recovering from the In jury recently inflirted on his wrist which was burned by gasoline.