La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 26, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textratio? 'fat itttttt V ; ; - AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV LA GRANDE, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1916. NUMBER 190 ft if WILL GLEAN A OF WHEAT HERE FLOUR MILL PREPARING TO RUN 150 CARLOADS THROUGH THE PROCESS. ,' A SACKED WHEAT WILL BE RESHIPEDIN BULK La Grande Milling Company Will Clean Eastern Washington Wheat While En Route East Crew Will Work Day and Night for Forty Days it is Thought. The La Grande Milling company has the contract for cleaning 200,000 bush els of wheat for rail shipment east. The wheat all comes from eastern Washington and will ibe handled through the mill elevator. It will come to La Grande in sacks and will be put through the elevator and cleaning process and will then be re-loaded in , bulk. For the purposes of properly handl ing existensive piece of work special -machinery is needed and the required -equipment is expected to arrive to- day. A force of men will begin to . irro'w" to make the needed changes at the mill, in the way of remodeling the facilities for handling as well as installing the new appliances. Night and Day Shifts. The amount of wheat to be handled. 200,000 bushels, is the equivalent of Between 160 and ZOO carloads. - rtfSf shipments are expected to stajrt with in a few days and as soon as! the ar rangements are under fall swing1 the cleaning department at the mill will be run night and day. It is stated that a force of about ten men will be employed and that the cleaning season will continue over a period of at least forty days. -. Heavy Preliminary Expense. While La Grande- Milting carat pany is about the only logical place on the line in the way of having eleva tor facilities for handling a job of this kind, there is considerable of a pre ,liminary expense. It was stated to day by one of the mill officials that it would cost a thousand dollars for the hew equipment required. This is but the beginning of a somewhat radical change in the way or grain ex porting and may lead to much larger proportions in the future. - At anv rate, the work now itv sight will put some dollars to moving through the employment channel and is ' a good tmng for La lirande. . TRAFFIC OVER O.-W. RESUMED. Washington Division Is Now Opened --Wild Horse Road Is Repaired Pendleton, Jan. 25. After having been suspended two days on account of damage done by the high water, traffic over 'the Washington division of the O.-W. R. & N. was resumed again today. - The first train over from Walla iWalla was mixed train and the local this evening is expected to arrive pretty nearly on time. The county road along Wild Horse has also been repaired so that vehicles may get over it. The principal damage to the rail road and the wagon road both was around Havanna. The water had washed the embankment of the tracks away for a considerable portion and along the Judge Fee place the ma cadam had been washed away for 25 i or 30 feet. The railroad company, while repairing the tracks, also fixed up a part of the road and Judge Marsh had a crew at work fixing it, up also. When the snow melts off, permanent repairs will be made. ALASKA STEAMER SINKS. Portland Ports Scenes of Disaster and Near Disasters Today. Portland, Jan. 2G. The Steamboat George Simons sank at the Alaska dock when thawing pipes burst. Two other steamers narrowly escape a like fate. SETTLEMENT NEAR. Lansing and Ambassador Indicate Lusitania Deal Improves Washington. Jan. 26. After confer ring with Secretary Lansing Ambassador Bernstorff indicated the Lusitania controversy is specifically settled. Only a question of words ts at stake and should be finally settled in a few days. The Envoy and Prem ier, wouldn't say whether they had progressed toward an adjustment of radical difference between German and American, viewpoints. LATEST PHOTO OF WOMAN WHO This is believed to be the latest p hbtogroph taken of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, who is on trial at Providence, with two Negroes,, on the charge of having killed her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr. The picture shows her: to be better looking than the photog ruphs taken. of her just after the death of her husband. . . .-. .,. . THREE JUMP FIVE STORIES FIRE TRAP FORCES THEM FROM WINDOWS. ; All Are Dashed to Death When Striking Seattle I'avement. iTc.'.ij 1 "i " I" i - Seattle, Jan. 26. Three men leaped' from the fifth floor of the Walter building today and were dashed to 'death on the pavement, when a fire (originating in a pile of hemp on the'. fourth floor, trapped them. Holocuast Developes. Three others were burned to death and seven are reported missing. Fire men found three bodies on the fifth floor when ithey succeeded' in fighting their way through the flames. Most of the dead are recent refugees from (Ru$ia Hemp burned furiously and those on the fifth floor were trapped before the alarm w;ls sound ed, and before the department ar- j rived, they leaped to the pavement, j One struck on a lamp post and was miiea. ine ooners strucic me pave ment and died shortly afterwards. Ray Wilkleman of Tacoma had a contract for drying the hemp and em ployed nearly a score of men. Later , Winkleman's body was identified among the burned. Others burned to death are C. Buckley of Portland and Simon Brosthon. The body of the third man who jumped to the pavement has -been identified as J. Friedman. Two workmen were later accounted for. These are be lieved to have escaped and went home. JUST THIRTY YEARS AGO. Mercury Was Dancing Far Below in the Month of January. "Talk about cold weather," re marked Fred Gaskill, "yes, we will all admit it is a little chilly or has been the past few days, but I can well recall thirty years ago the first week of this month when the mer cury stood 33, degrees below zero for. several mornings in front of Jay Brooks' store, which is the N. K. West & Co. location now' Mr. Gaskill in those days was a stage driver and drove the Summerville di vision of the Wallowa county stags line. He says the lower road was completely snowed in and it was necessary to travel the foothill road Hawaiian Concert Co. What promises to be the musical event of the season will be the ap-1 pearance at the Y. M. C. A. of the Peerless Hawaiian Concert company on Monday evening, Jan. 31. To those who had the pleasure of hearing them at the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion, they need no introduction. Solos, choruses and ensemble numbers, both vocal and instrumental follow each other in rapid succession, making up a choice and pleasing program, rang ing from ragtime to grand opera, that contains enough variety to satisfy the most exacting. The Y. M. C. A. has been put to considerable expense in bringing this really excellent com pany to the city and a good crowd should turn out. Former Senator Here. T. C. Taylor, former joint senator for Union,. Umatina and Morrow counties, and one of Pendleton's main stays, is a visitor in La Grande today and is registered at the Foley hotel. IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. FIRE FILM COMING. Stale Insurance Commission to Send "Fire Demon" to La Grande. . ' La Grande is to see the famous film "Fire Demon" which is being sent throughout the state under direc tion of the state fire insurance bureau. Harvey, Wells, commissioner, ha written to J. u. snoagrass, president of the Commercial club,: saying that he will soon announce the date the educational film will be released for La Grande. Mr. Snoderass inquired as the . the . possibilities: of obtaining the film for this citv and has been advised that in due time it will be f 1 1 - Y i . .1 ! 1 lortncoming. it coses noraing, bikj. is purely instructive, showing the best methods of preventing fire, and of applying Safety f irst methods. ... Governor Appoints Delegates. The governor has appointed as dele. gates to the Twelfth Annual Confer ence on Child Labor the members of the Oregon Child Labor committee. They are Mrs. Sarah A. Evans of Os wego; Prof. iWUlliam T. Foster, Reed College, Portland; Mrs. Turner Oliver, La Grande; Mrs. MilHe R. Trumbull, of Portland; Mrs, H. G. Kundret of Portland; Mr. Stephen Smith of Port land. The conference will be held at Ash villo February 3 to 6. One session will be devoted to a discussion of the Keating-Owen federal child labor bill which has been favorably report ed by the House committee on labor and will be called up for a vote Jan uary 26. Black Magic Made Bear Chicago, Jan. 26. "Black Magic teachers possessors to perform mir acles, and to become invisible; prfe'e $4,00." (Post Office Inspector D. Angier was curious when he read that and he ordered the book. F. Kem- pinski, the magician, was turned over to the authorities. If you would like to ibe come invisible, according to his plan, here is the secret: "Catch a black cat while it is walking toward the setting sun. (Jut off -its left ear. Wrap the ear in a leaf from a tree growing in a greveyard. Then go home without speaking to anyone and maintain silence until the following daybreak. Upon arising, the candid ate for invisibility must walk toward the rising sun until he meets the cat whose ear he has cut off. Then he must remove the other ear. When ever the tips of the two ears are joined and certain magic words are repeated, the person holding the ears becomes invisible as long as the ear tips touch. Prohibitionists at Work. Pierre, S. D. Jan. 26. Despite pre vious defeats, prohibition forces to day set out to get votes enough to put South Dakota on the water wagon at the general election November 7th this year. For five years the con stitutional prohibition provision in the original code under which South Dakota entered the union, was re tained. In the larger cities the pre vision was not enforced. The Tro vision was fairly voted out of the con stitution and has remained out Heardqunrters of the drvs is at Mit chell, S. D. Revival gospel services are being conducted in various parts of the state under the direction of A. C. Rankin. Meetings ranging in length from one night to one a night for two weeks are being held. The state Sun day school organization is also work ing to. mould senttinent against the saloon. The wets are lining up their forces to keep the saloons in. 3 MILWAUKEE TRAINS CRASH AND THREE IE ENGINEER AND TWO HOBOES SUFFER DEATH IN . COLLISION. K . ENGINEER AND FIREMAN ON OTHER TRAIN HURT Express Cars, Engines and Baggage ''Cars Badly Crushed in CoUission on Milwaukee Line Near Othello ! None of the Passengers Hurt IaJ First Report. . ' i ' Spokane, Jan. 20. Engineer Georgft ; Rait and two unidentif ied hoboes were ! killed in a collision of . Milwaukee j trains Nos. 17 and 18, near Sorvia, 37 miles east of Othello. .-...: William Schultz, the. engineer on No. 18, and D.' F. Armstrong, the fire-! man on No. 17,. and John. Woodward, the express messenger, were seriously injured. . Both engines, express and baggage cars were smashed. No pas sengers were hurt. :. '.. ' '. The cause of the collision has not been determined. .. . Lap orders caused the Milwaukee wreck,' officials have declared. The; west bound tram received orders to; meet the other at Roicboro. The east bound train's orders, said Servia. The track was straight where collision oc curred and the engineers had time to check their -speed. Passengers on -.both- trains were shaken v-and ibadly bruised and the track was torn op for' some distance. Passengers were'' transferred to special, trains sent to the rescue. NEW FIRM ORGANIZED. Will Occupy Officers in La Grande National Building. J. J. Burbridge and J: B. McKen non have formed a new firm and will have offices in the La Grande Na tional bank building on the first floor, Tha new firm will handle life in surance and buy grain. Mr. Bur- bridge has purchased the district agency from O. H. Lash of an eastern life insurance company and Mr. Mc Kennon will buy grain. Both are well known in Unioivand Wallowa counties. Heavy Shelling Reported. Amsterdam, Jan. 26. Allies' moni tors have shelled German positions at Westende and simulta .eously avia tors bombarded positions near Klocke and Heyst. The Westende shelling is reported as especially effective. It is reported officials are sending numerous German wounded to Burges and Ghent. The attack is believed to be retaliation of German raids on Channell towns. New Corporations Get Permits In Oregon. Salem, Ore., Jan. 25. Declarations of intentions to engage in business in the state have been filed with Cor poration Commissioner Schulderman by the Smith Securities company of Washington, capitalized at $150,000, and the Tru-Blu Biscuit fcomipany, also a Washington corporation, with a capital of $100,000. The Klamath Manufacturing com pnny of Klamath Falls has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to ?2o0,000, and articles on Incorpora tion have been filed by the Northwest Institute of Anthropology of Port land. MINERS WILL WORK. Indianapolis, Jan. 26. The United Mine Workers voted overwhelmingly today not to suspend work in coal fields on April first, if new agree ments haven't been concluded by then. Stockman Visits in City. James Dalton, prominent farmer and stockman of North Powder, is a visitor in La Grande today. Smuggler Pleads Guilty. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 25. Nat Scharlin, arrested in Bcllingham last July with $31,000 worth of opium in his possession, pleaded guilty in the United States district court yester day and was fined $7500. He paid the fine. Hood River Boosters Entertain. Hood River Or., Jnn. 25t Iiast night was "Ladies' Night" at the lo cal Commercial club, the members giving the first of a series of enter tainments for their wives and sweet hearts. More than 60 women were present at the entertainment. - THE LATEST SKIING AND SKAT ING COSTUME. I (I nyh - BLOCK HOT TO BE PERFECT GOVERNMENT ADMITS ONLY PARTIAL ATTEMPT. . Held in Commons that America Wouldn't Object Much. London, Jan. 26. In the mlctot of debate over the blockade resolution, at. rjw.Nl flrov announced the' ffOV ernment has no intention of declaring an actual blockade. ,t Ian OR T)nhntn aver Encr land's proposed blockade of Germany was lormaiiy openeu tu um uumoii today. Artnur Been moveu uuuyuuu nt tha roanlirt.inn . Drovidinsr .for a blockade. ":'"; ' IT a AailnaA Arannca would not' Ob ject strenuously and held neutrals would welcome substitution of an ad mittedly legal blockade for the pres ent measure. Bristol England, Jan. 26.-nBy a big majority representatives oi over nnn noo wnAinirmpn in convention tO' r. - day pledged support to the govern ment. The resolution as passed failed montinn tha BllhlPrt. ftf COnSCril)- tion, but later resolutions are certain to denounce compulsory service. Resolutions were passed which con demned German atrocities in Belgium. Zurich, Jan. 26. Distinguished Turkish diplomats have arrived here to prepare peace proposals, a news nsnnv cfntnH. Tfc is rp.nnMterl Turkey is desirous of gaing peace because of the strained conditions or ner nnances. London. Jan. 26. The Dominion liner Norseman was beached without casualties among her crew, it was learned today utter Liverpool ad vices renorted her torpedoed and sunk. ' T) T nil AiioUinn. li.i.ra rit n.fn.l.... Alknnio nnrt n ra mnlr ing toward Durazzo, dispatches have . . mi i . j 1 . . 1 declared, i ney pian 10 join mo dui- garians in me xwuushuii regiun .r !J .1.... C i.: tne city waa ulluj):u, uui. uci uio escaped and are heading couthward. Bird Feed Considerable. Deputy Game Warden John Walden has been looking over the condition of the wild birds of this district and has come to the conclusion that the scare over the lack of sufficient feed is not well founded. Several dead pheasants have been examined and in every case the "crops" were well filled with fcra.n, showing that it was not insuf ficiency of feed that caused death. Mr. Walden thinks that the extreme cold is the prime cause and that the birds which are of the older class, and that the younger and more active ones manage to find all the grain they need for sustenance. Missionary Society Meeting. The Missionary Society of the Pres byterian church will meet at the home of Mrs. S. A. Gardinier at 2:30 o'clock, Friday afternoon. All members are requested to be present. uui m is WED COUNTY "FARM EXPERT" PAUL H. SPILLMAN SELECTED TO SUCCEED C. C. CATE IN THIS COUNTY. APPOINTEE ESPECIALLY FAMILIAR WITH LOCALITY Mr. Spillman Will Move His Family to La Grande to Accept New Post by February First County Deemed Fortunate in Appointment Local ' Advisers Are Heeded. , Appointment of a - successor - to Farm Expert C. C. Cate, - recently transferred from this county to a bet ter paying district in Southern Ore gon, has been announced by U. A. u. Furthermore, the new man is thor oughly familiar with Eastern Oregon conditions, a qualification that haa been earnestly sought for by those ad vising the appointive powers. His name is Paul H. Spillman, an O. A. (J. man, connected with the union ex periment station. The appointment is made to road effective next 'Monday and Mr. Spillman will move his fam ily to La Grande from Union by or near that time. The family, consists of Mr. and Mrs. ' Spillman - and a . daughter. " For the past year' they nave been' located at the. Union sta tion, 'there becoming 'thoroughly fa miliar with climatic' and soil condi tion and other 'prime v factors ' in farming and . horticulture. Several1 TKtraiiihwas ' connected ' with . Manager,'. Robert .v.Witihycombe .'t - Unioa.for . a time, , -...' .' ' 1 Mr. Spillman is u practical farmer. He has owned and operated a farm -in the (Willamette valley, and managed a big fruit farm near Salem. 1 Mana ger Robert WIthycombe at Union be speaks for him much success in the post he has been apointed to. "Mr. Spillman is thoroughly qualified -to do the work, and the people of Union county are fortunate in having i a man apointed to the place who is so well versed with local conditions. Mr. Spillman's specialty' is horticulture, but he knows the ropes from begin ning to end." . ';.''' , The appointment of Mr. Gate's sue- . cesBor was delayed until the very best available timber was found. County Judge Phy, the Commercial club here and others, stood' out for an Eastern Oregon man if such a thing was pos sible. In announcing- the appoint ment R. D. Hetzel, director of exten sion writes to Secretary F. B. Cur rey concerning this: "Mr. Spillman has been appointed county agriculturist for Union county. He will begin work February 1st ac cording " to our understanding. We have notified Judge Phy of this ap pointment and Mr. Spillman as well. I sincerely hope he is going to be en tirely satisfactory. ' "In making this appointment, the request of Judge Phy, Mr. Townley and yourself that an Eastern Oregon man. be appointed, received consid eration and we have particularly tak en notice of your approval of Mr. Spillman's work." FARMERS WANT TRAIN. Special From North End for Good Roads Day Being Promoted. That farmers in the north end of the county want a special train to La Grande at least one day during Farmers' and Home-nra Iters' -week which begins here next Monday, has come to the notice of the Commercial club. The requests generally set Fri day as the date, that the visitors m ay come to listen and participate in the Good Rroads program booked for that day. Something townrds that end will likely bo taken up. "Pigs Is Pigs." Warren Chandler, the stock buyer, continues to ship hoes to the Port land mnrket and prices are steadily advancing on the hog. Warren savs "pigs is pigs" and they are finally coming into their own place on the markets. Will Have New Sign. with the cold snap was brought many troubles. Guy Ellis, who owns the Depot street barber shop, ordered a load of coal and the coal company sent it with n new driver. Backing , the coal wagon to the curb the driver Tiaid no attention to the revolving barber pole which has been the pride of that bjock ever since it was Instal led. There was a crash and the red, white and blue was twisted into de bris. A new sign has been ordered.