La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 25, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfit raw ctwot AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1916. NUMBER 189 GIVES STEEL PREFERRED FOR BRIDGE PRIZES. THREE BODIES STILL MISSING J J J aj 2 1 ! ! 2' ! Z I RELIEF PARTY 1 ENGLAND now REPULSED SEEMS CERTAIN BELEAGUERED CITY WILL SURRENDER TO THE TURKS. BAD WATER AND HIGH TIGRESS RESPONSIBLE Relief in Way of Infantry and Artil lery Sent to the Turks Who Seem to Have Situation Well in Hand Various Moves Take Place in War Zones During the Day. Berlin, aJn. 25. (Wireless to Say ville) The main Montenegrin army Jias surrendered. Austrians now hold the whole of Montenegro, dispatches have declared. - Berlin, Jan. 25. Artillery and in fantry from Bagdad havo reinforced ..Turks at Kutelamara and repulsed the British attempting to relieve the besieged, garrison. Constantinople reported the garrisan has ceased sor ties, evidently lacking ammunition. The Tigress is flooded in that re gion, making wells unfit for drinking water. (Bagdad predicted garrison will be forced to surrender shortly because of exhaustion of food and nat ter. The garrison is training infan try attack on Kutelamara. Artillery is shelling the" towns. Turks are strengthening defenses to the ease, where the Aylmer relief expendtion is attempting to; approach. Floods forced the British to relinquish thair positions won a week' ago: ; "- Beaten Armies Flee. ; ' Rome, Jan. 25. The Montenegrin and Serbian troops ' are 'arriving to reach Durazzo because of the - Aus trian occupation of .Scutari which prevents escape to the Adriatic. Russians Approach Pinsk. retrograa, Jan. zo. Kussians are wku... vx . . th at raged all day Saturday and Sim ported. This is an extension of the1,,.,, .jiaj Jwat oil . attack against the Austrians in the Kovel region. i Germans Win and Lose. . -" .Paris, Jan. 26. Germans have pen etrated trenches near the mouth of the Yser, it is officially admitted at!S! ksm means of 000 shells were thrown against the French lines. Germans occupied two shell craters on the Arras road -and subsequently were repelled. Fighting continues. London, Jan. 25. Two German birdmen this morning bombarded Dunkirk, it is officially announced. Later (British airmen shot down a German aviator at Niepor. The of ficial announcement said German air craft raided Dover on Monday, but anti-aircraft guns repulsed the raid ers, Birdmen Damage Bulgarg. SMoniki, Jan. 25. Sixteen French aeroplanes bombarded Ghevgeli, kill ing and wounding over 100, and do ing damage to Bulgarian camps. STOCKMEN WILL MEET. Extensive Program Arranged State Association at Baker. for Baker, Jan. 25. 'Secretary S. O. ! Correll of the Cattle and Horse Rais ers' association . of Oregon yesterday sent out second notices to the mem bers, calling attention to the third an nual convention, which will be held in this city on the 8th 'and 9th of next sleuth. The cards bore colored pic tures of the Baker county court house, where the business meetings will be held. The forenoon and afternoon meetings at the court huoes will be open to the public, while the evening social sessions at the Elks auditorium will be fur the niemltr? ard invited guests. - The ladies' committee has received acknowledgement of invitations from many wives of members who expect to accompany their husbands to the meetings, and special social events are being planned in their honor. The committees in charge of the de tails of arrangement are as follows: Finance Henry 11, Wendt, E. W. Coles, H. L. Homewood, W. J. Dens ley and Ed Powers. Arrangements Wm. Duby, Perry Blackburn and N. N. Elliott. 'Program F. A. Phillips, Thomas Kerfott and Thos. Mack. Reception W. E. Meacham, Bird Spaulding and R. P. Anderson. Entertainment for Visiting Ladies Mesdames Wm. Duby; F. A. Phil lips, Henry Wendt, S. O. Correll, Thos. Mack and S. L. Turley. CHARITY BALL DATES SET FOR FEB. 14. La Grande's annual charity ball date has been set for Feb ruary 14th. The Wednesday Bridge club, which had the ball in charge last year and which made so tremendous a . success of it, will again stand sponsors for the welfare of the under taking. There is much yet to be shaped, for instance . .the price, the scope of refreshments and other potent factors, - but the club expects to be able to make these within a few days probably by the end of the week. Ja ! 4 i l 4 4 FRESH 1 I WHOLE EASTERN OREGON IN STORM'S PATH. Danger of Flood Everywhere Sudden ly Averted by Drifts. Astoria, Jan. 25. The French bark Bayard, loaded with wheat for Europe is in distress south of the Columbia. It is reported her topgallant masts are gone, and sails are in ribbons. The tug Oneonta hag gone to the rescue. Eastern Oregon is again the stag.) of another generous snowstorm and a husky blow. Everywhere a flood was imminent yesterday morning; to day drifted highways and railroads are quite the vogue. The change was so sudden that those wno saw in sun day's balmy weather a forerunner of spring, are now admittingJiat there seemingly is much storm j t ..to come. Lanes throughout the valley are re ported filled to an impassable stage this morning. ' Last night the streets and side walks. 8o-fal"aS La Grande wat con cerned, were drifted "as" they haven't been this year. The wind came up jointly with a light snowfall and piled walks heaping full in a short time. By midmirht the storm had abated, only to itiake up again this morning in a more or less rigorous lasnion.. Union Uses Sleighs Again. day and thawed almost all the snow except that in the huge drifts, ceased Sunday night and a heavy snow be gan to fall which had covered . the ground to a depth of three inches by Monday night. The sleighs were again put into use and this is the Cove Feels Snow Again. Cove, Ore.,, Jan.. 25. (Special) A Chinook wind took all of the snow off the latter part of the week but it is snowing again this morning and it is reported that the roads across the valley are impassable. Pendleton Snowfall Big. Pendleton, Jan. 25. Ten inches of snow had fallen at Pendleton last mid night. This was blown about con siderably and a rather severe storm was raging most of today. The week-end ohinook, which swept away practically all of the previous snow and causol high water damage, was succeeded Sunday night by n snow storm that has continued well through Monday. Pendleton people awoke with surprise yesterday morn ing to find a five inch blanket of snow over everything. The melting snow Saturday and Sunday caused.creeks to overflow and torrents to sweep down gulches. The j principal damage was along Wild : Worse rrppV. t.bp fln.nr1-wnt.prs wrtsh- inrr out both the railroad and the ma cadam so th'at all traffic has been sus pended since Saturday night. The creeks reached their maximum Saturday night and Sunday subsided all day. Torfav there is but little wa ter running down them. Washouts were renorted in several places along the O.-W. tracks between this city and Walla Walla and stretches of track were repaired between Walla Walla and Havanna and the crews are now working between this city and Havanna where the biggest washouts occurred. The Pendleton-Walla Walla trains have been annulled and the Spokane trains have been routed by way of Umatilla. Torrents of water swept down the pulleys near Saxe, Havanna and Blnkely and the macadam road was swept into Wild Horse creek in sever 1 places. It has been impossible for cars or other vehicles to cross these washouts and the road will practically be impassable until it is repaired. DOMINION LINER SUNK. Little Known About Her Except She Has Been Submarined. iLondon, Jan. 25. .The Doniiuon liner Norseman, 10,000 tons, was sub marined, a Liverpool dispatch said. Presumably she was sunk near Eng land. 10 wmrnimmmm in Mrs. ' Mrs. E. H. Gary, wife of the chair man of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, be-' came tired of the customary prizes given at bridge whist parties. Her friends had won so many of the same Wind that, their homes wera littered with duplicates. So she thought of SONG TONIGHT NEIGHBROHOOD CLUB TO PRE , SENT PROGRAM. . Annual Loan Day Program Promises - to Outdo Previous Efforts. ' The progress of our country will be told in song, story, and tableaux to night at the city library when , the Neighborhood club presents its annua! Loan Fund day program.' Some ex tremely unique features will be brought out, and much preparation has been going on in the various parts.- The committees' in charge have selected the following: Patriotic Song Miessrs. Bernie and Elsworth Ellis. George Indian Period Song Mrs. Geo. Bernie. Tableau -"Sacajawea." Puritan Period ' Tableau Puritan Maidens. Reading Cutting from the "Court ship of Miles Standish" Mrs. Stella Ingle. Tableau Pricillia and John Alden. Piano Solo, "Ancient Dance" Miss Stella Oliver. Civil War Period Somg, "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" Messrs. Ellis and Bernie. Tableau Maiden of 1860. Reading, "The Recessional" Mrs, A. T. Hill. Modern Period Song Mrs. Geo. Currev. Tableau Woman of Today. Piano Solo Mrs. R, J. Green. There will be no admission, and club members are bringing their hus bands and friends with them. A sil ver offering will be taken during the course of the-evening. All WHEAT TOUCHES RE ARK FOR Portland, Jan. 25. Flour is de stined to become a luxury, made only for the rich. Wheat today stuck $1.15, a new high record for the year, but even at that figure sales were limited. Holders are unwillicg to let go below $1.18. - Millers are considering another ad vance in the price of flour the past ten days having seen a couple sub stantial raises of this sort. Wheat struck the high record point in the Grande Rondo valley for the vear lost night when some sales were negotiated by the Kiddle Interests at - E. H. Gary. '.; ,.'. ;the steel stock in the corporation of which her husband is the guiding spir it. Then she went out and bought seven shares of the preferred, each of whinh nnst. liAr 117. YTai frlAnrfa I who were lucky enough to win carried ! home these certificate. FAVORITES WED ROBERT WITHYCOMBE AND MISS HUTCHINSON MARRY. Governor and His Wife Present to Witness Ceremony this Afternoon Union, Ore., Jan. 25. Governor James Withycombe and wife arrived in the city from Salem yesterday to attend the wedding of their son, Rob ert Withycombe, superintendent or the Eastern Oregon Experiment station at his place, to Miss Mabel 'Hutchin son, daughter of W. B. Hutchinson, a wealthy and prominent stockman of this city and president of the Hirst National, bank. The weding ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents in North Union this afternon and will be attended by only a few relatives and friends of the families. i ROOM INQUIRIES COME. Available Rooms Should Be Listed i Earlv for Farmers' Week. (Anticipating that there will be more people in town next week than the hotels can handle, the Commercial club is preparing itself for this emergency by obtaining a list of avail able rooms to be used in case they are needed. All who havn rooms to ' spare, should telephone the -.nforma-( tion to H. E. Dixon, chairman of the . accommodations committee, Black 1251, or to F. B. Currey, jrfub secre tary, at Red 2001. This informa tion should contain the house number, the number of rooms, the price and Such other information as is germane to the situation. IDE SEASOI $1.01 for forty fold. The price is to day hanging on about that point but the $1.01 ia the banner price for the year here. Wheat dealersa are inclined to think the valley is fairly well cleaned up, some are holding small batches for better than $1.00 but the main bulk is gone, Baker Businessman in City. S. P. Dement, who is a representa tive of the Baker marble and monu ment works, is in a Grande on busi ness connected with his institution. UNION j TEXAS MOB HANGS WHITE MAN TO TREE. 4 Boston, Texas, Jan. ' 26. A 4 mob this morning overpowered the jailor and captured W. J. 4 May field, aged 50, white, ' and 4 hanged him to a tree.- MayAold 4 had been held on a charge of. J slaying his mothor, father and 4 brother with an axe. A score, of masked , men en gaged in the lynching. ; t : . . j ! f ! BERMAN REPLY E WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS IT IS UN SATISFACTORY. Wilson and Lansing to Resume Delib erations in the Mutter. . Washington, Jan. 25. Reports that the latest . German Lusitania note meets all America's demands . are "pure' supposition, unjustified .-. by facts," the White House announced. The note was presented to the cabinet today. V. 4,'-, .vv- The President will . confer with Secretary Lansing tomorrow, hoping to clear the case before starting his preparedness campaign, :. : . It is reported Germany didn't men tion the matter of future warnings to liners berore submarine ; attacks) and modified -her refusal to concede wrongdoing of the diver, which sunk the Lusitania. Duluth Man Studies Oregon. Mike Cumminga is an arrival from Duluth, Minn.; and is at present regis tered at the Savoy hotel. He came to this part of Oregon with the special purpose of looking over the country with a view of locating permanently. t HAWAIIANS CLEVER. :4: C. A. Attraction Next Week Promises to Be Stellar. A To those who really appreciate good music, correctly interpreted, a rare treat is offered at the Y. M. C. A. on Monday evening, Jan. 31, when the P' f;rless company of Hawaiian sing ers and players will offer a chni; program of harmonious Hawaiu.i and American nv.odies, both vocal and instrumental. Hawaiian music pos sesses a quaint haunting sweetness and when once heard is never forgot ten. Naturally a musical people; their excellent voices 'blend harmon iously with the soft sweet tones - of the native string instruments. This is the first tour north of iSan Francis co of this company, having come 'di rectly from the Panama-Pacific Ex' position where they delighted thou sands with their quaint melodies, Appropriations Will Be Limited. , Washington, Jan. 25. Following a conference with Representative Kitchen the President has announced that the amount of appropriations in the rivers and harbors bill will , bo limited to $24,000,000. The omnibus public buildings bill will be eliminated altogether. OREGON LABOR PACIFISTS. Convention in Portland Hears Attack on Preparedness Progrqin. Portland, Jan.- 25. Strong opposi tion to militarism was expressed at the opening of the convention of the Oregon Federation of Labor. "Mili tarism leads in war, and labor only advances in time of peace," declared President Burchard. . President Smith, of Portland labor council attacked the preparedness policy. BERLIN GIVES FIGURES. Mesopotamia Struggle Cost Allies Large Number of Men. ' Berlin, Jan. 25. British lost 6000 killed and wounded, when Turks re pulsed the attack at Mesopotamia, a Turkish official statement has said. Peerage May Disappear London, Jan. 8. (By Mail) A proposal is being considered in the highest quarters to provide against the extinction of British peerages by the operations of .tho war. One ipeer without an heir, Lord Kestovon, already has been killed in action and several heirs to peerages, including those of Lord Lincolnshire and Lord Ribblcsdalo, have fallen, leaving no heirs to succeed them. It is considered possible that steps soon will be taken to create "special re- mainedrs" for succession to titles from the female side. Six titles have become extinct so far during the war. At the begutning of 1915, there were 681 horiditary peers in tho United Kingdom. WRECK NOT ANY ACT CORONER WILL NOT CONDUCT INQUEST, AFTER INVESTI ' '. GATION. ' LIKELY BODIES WILL BE MISSING FOR MONTHS Commissioner of Public Service Finds That No Criminal Negligence Was Responsible for the Recent Wreck in the Mountains One of Family Bettermana ' Mitming. Seattle, Jan. 25. Chairman Reyn olds, of the Public Service commis sion, has returned from the scene of the wreck at Corea, and said the com mission won't attempt to fix respons ibility. It will gather evidence soon to use In framing preventative meas ures against future accidents, such as took place when an avalanche hit a passenger train. No Inquest Proposed. ' There is to be no inquest, the cor oner has stated. . He eliminated any element of criminal negligence. Hope of finding the three missing persons, has dwindled, but an 'army of laborers is still working. If the bodies were swept past the : lower track, it will be impossible to recover them for; months. The missing now '-:"'"''- ' v;i,;v- 't Mrp. Fern Wallace and baby .of Lyonffr-Wash.; (Ralpv Betterman, aged eight 'Three, todies of that family have .been.-Recovered.- --Mrs. Better man is now In an Everett ', hospital witn ner son, agea nve. - Visitors In Pendleton Today. ' Father Driscoll and J. H. Pea re are in Pendleton today making arrange ments for a big .delegation of Cath . olics from Pendleton next Sunday when Our Lady of the Valley church , will be dedicated with fitting cere monies, i EXPERIENCED FLOODS. J- Chan. Haggerty . Was in '. Southern California During Recent Storms , Chas. Haggerty was a passenger on today '8 train en route to his home in 'High Valley, above Union, from' a visit of four months in California. Ha was in the flooded district around Los Angeles and San Diego but got away 'before the highest staf , of. water came. Taking his experience all the way through Mr. Haggerty is convinced that there are many other localities on the face of the earth tihat can easily compare fortunes with those where he has been visiting. "BAD MAN" ESCAPED. Salem Plrisoner-Gone After Cutting Through Prison Bars.. Salem,-Jan. 25. Drilling through bars and crawling over roofs. George Clark, a burglar, has escaped f rnTYi tlin onitrnfijirv. TTft in nnniH- ered a desperate criminal, but it is Deueveci unarmeu. Guards are searching throughout the valley. JEFFERSON HERE SATURDAY. Portland Interscholustic Crack Team Will Play High School. After several days' of negotiations, IJa Grande and Jefferson High of Portland have come to terms nnd a game will be ployed on the basketball floor at the high school next Saturday even.ng. ino team is touring i's;siiorii Orejron th:s week, and there w..s con siderable uncertainty as f.o dates for the La Grande gme, until final ar rangements were mncie toaay. FRUIT MAN MARRIED, i Young . Man Well Known In Imbler Takes Unto Himself a Bride. Frank Stubbs, of Milton, and one if tV.o tiinf nt ahlfP nf it hil fruit concern of Walla Walla, arrived from the east last nignt, accompanied ny a bride, the marringe having taken place during his recent trip in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs nre at the present registered at the Savoy, but will make their future home at Milton. Mr. Stubbs was at Imbler the most of the rpast npple season nnd at that place he had charge of a large ior tion of the apples that were shipped from Imbler to the eastern markets. OF NEGLIGENCE