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VOLUME XV
LA GRANDE, OREGON ,, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916.
NUMBER 191
won OPENS
DEFENSE
.TELLS CHURCHMEN WHAT HIS
POLICY IN MEXICO IS AND
, ;. WILL BE.
SUFFRAGETTES ARE
AGAIN DISAPPOINTED
Busy Day in New York Hears Many
Expressions Concerning Wilson's
Policy Church Antagonism is De
plored Mexicans Must Carre Out
Own Destiny Says President.
New York, Jan. 27. President Wil
! son did many thingB while in New
York today. First, he told 250 tsuf
1 fragettes that he hasn't, changed his
'view concerning suffrage, still hold
; ing that it is a matter for the states
and no :for congress, to decit.
' The President, his wife, Secretary
' Tumulty and Doctor Grayson arrived
! , at the Waldorf at 6 o'clock this morn-
! ' ing. He spoke briefly at the Aeolian
" hall before the federation of churches,
and tonight he opens bis preparedness
. nmirram in addressincr railroaders
and afterward the board of trade. .
j Justice, Not Aggression, Keynote.
. V . Justice without -aggression is the
: keynote of Mr. Wilson's Mexican pol
' ky,'hd said before a gathering of
2000 clergymen later in the day, . He
declared he is committed to a policy
of allowing the Mexican to work out
his destiny witnout interjerence. , w
said the growth of religious antegon
ism within a nation is. a . dangerous
"One must search fot the found-
tion peace. The greatest force in the
'. world is character. This, can Ibe ex
pressed on a national scale.' America
always has stood resolutely for the
right of every people to determine its
own attitude toward their own affairs.
I welcome the acceptance to challenge
a fight I know the beat purpose will
f I r We are all spiritual kith and kin, and
ara , building up a family-which will
set an example -to the world," : .
V- .Wilson Now a Scrapper,
' Wilson indicated he is no longer too
: proud to light He declared'fl always
accept, perhaps by some, impluse of
native Mood, a challenge to fight"
EDUCATOR COMPLIMENTED. ,V
v State Teachers' Monthly 'Refers ' to
Superlntendency in This Connty.
The Oregon Teachers'. Monthly, in
, its announcements concerning the of
fice of school superintendents in the
state at large and Union county
- specifically, says: "The primary elec
tion for nomination of officers far the
next general election in November,
will be held May 19. Most of the
present county superintendents will
be candidates for nomination and re-
election. . So far as we know there
are only two superintendents) who
will not be candidates H. C. Sey
mour of Dallas and W. S. Buel of
Tillamook Mrs.
2 A. E. Ivanhoe has more than made
good in Union county and will ask
; for re-election; she ought pot to have
any opposition and doubtless will not
have.''' This indicates that Mrs.
Ivanhoe is a recognized leader in ed
ucational circles throughout the stat-i.
She has been favored with invitations
from educational centers of Oregon in
a -way that only a few others have,
and she continues to receive these
J having now invitations to appear be-
fore educational gathering in various
parts of Oregon during next few
- months. .. .
Traveling Accommodations Needed.
S. L. Brooks, Imbler stocKman and
general booster for Grande Ronde, is
on a short visit in La Grande, and,
among other things "seconds the mo
tion" on the proposition of some means
by which people of the lower part of
the valley and Elgin may have better
.traveling accommodations for the
Farmers' and Homemakers' meeting in
La Grande next week. At this ime of
the year, and particularly in the pres
ent condition of the roads the attend
ance would.be wonderfully increased
from branch line localities -if there
were were a train service.
Old Railroad' Man Here.
engineers to pull the throttle out of I
La Grande and until recently in offi
cial service, between Portland . and
Seattle, is . in La Grande, He .has
some business interests to look after
and U putting in the extra time greet
ing old friends.
s
Officials and Thirty
Durjng the Holdup
V
Chicago, Jan. 27. Four boy bandits
held up the cashier and thirty , others,
in the Washington Park National
bank and escaped with $12,000 in cash.
Jake Stahl, vice president of the bank
was among those robbed. The rub
bers, none apparently over twenty,
drove' to the bank in an automobile
without lincese, , displayed . their , re
volvers, warned customers to "stand
back and directed the teller and cash
ier to open the safe. - Stahl was .in
UMP IGNtTES
GLARK HOME
MOTHER
SAVES BABIES HUR
RIEDLY. Entire Contents Destroyed
From Explosion.
by Fire
Mrs. Mant Clark eairly this morn
ing barely had timo to rather her
three children and carry them to
safety when she accidentally tipped a
tamp wnile preparing DreaKiast nt
the Clark farm home south of the
city. Before she could get her sleep
ing youngsters out of the house and
cal) (her husband who was at .the barn,
the home was a mass of flames and
was burned with a complete loss of
personal effects, clothing and furni
ture. A cream separator standing on
the porch was the only article saved.
The lamp exploded the moment it
tipped over. It is likely that the ftT
would have been cohauered had Mr.
Clak been on the-spot but first to
save her children from ithe home, and
then go to the batrn took time enough
w je sne. nre, get the strong gtp.,
LACK OF FAITH
JBY. CHAS. P. STEWART)
. United Press Staff Correspondent
The Hague, Jan. 15.-r-(By Mall)
Henry Ford's peace ' pat-ty mission
failed for lack of "faith." .According
to his faith was Ford's, sole stock
wne-n ne siarcea. . ne naa not enougn
and those who accompanied him, with
a' few exceptions appear to have had
but Kttle. ..!.
Those of the party who really wish
ed ithe expedition well, were so bitterly
hated that an effort was made to msr
rooh a number of thtn at the first
European port touched. Ford's plan,
as nearly as it is possibla to put so
intangible a thing on, iiner was to
give the warring nntions mental
science treatment attributed to him
that he intended to "get the .boys out
of the trenches by Christmas," he
did not count on immediately ending
the war.
What Ford did be'ievo wa3 that he.
could "make a d3r.t" by gathering
avuui, iwui a wnuia snips company,
uniting the members minds on one
"big thought of njace and continu
ally adding to the volum.'i and inten-.
sity of this thought as he and his ,
crusaders traveled from neutral
country, on the edge of tha zone of
war, or even in the zone it3elf.
Whether this plan would have suc
ceeded under favorable circumstmccs
can't be stated, because the peace del-,
egates failed to concentrate on
thoughts of peace. The Oscar ' ll's 1
voyage from New York to Christian!.!
was horrible, not so much, be-ausc of I
the incessant quarreling ad on ac-j'
count of the atmosphere of .Tisuicion -
and malifle after the first day or two
out. . -
Ford speedily took to his oabin and
for more than half the trip was hard
ly seen by any but hiB closest advisors.
He was ill, it was stated. ' The nature
of the illness never was made clear.
Several of the correspondents whom
the expedition's managing committee
was tryine to senarate from the nartv
did see the patient for a few minutes I
the night before the Oscar ll's mr ).
rival at Christiania. It is true that t
he looked like a sick man then, but j
his malady seemed rather of the,
spirit than the body. . I
Ford moved and spoke like a per-1
son in a semi-trance. He seemed !
almost completely broken. Early in
the voyage he declared that squabbl-1
ing among the peace delegates was a !
small matter, that disagreements'.
were to be expected in any community j
and that when the party landed at
Christiania these , troubles would ',
quickly disappear. On this night : ,
however, his manner suggested that
he realized the fundamental weakness '
hope. , ...
While Ford .admitted that he based
of his organization that he had lost
his early hopes only on faithj Mmme.
Rosike Schwhmmer declared she had
A
; Customers Present
his office and the lads forced him to
stand in line, hands up, with employes
ana customers.
Municipal Judge Frye, ". hoisted hie
hands. , ' ' '. . , '
Bandits then grabbed the loot and
ran, warning those inside to remain
quiet The teller seized an automo
bile and gave chase, but the robbers
wore lost in. a mass of traffic.
The four were masked.
ROAD THOUGHTS
TO GET PRIZES
COMMERCIAL CLUB , WILL
DUCT CONTEST.
CON-
Awards to be Made by Time Big Road
Meeting is Held Here. '
Twenty -five' dollars will be given
by the Commercial club of this city for
the .best school Student essay on good
roads. . The SDecific theme will be
"Advantages of Good Roads to a com
munity." , Thought is to be a very
essential point of grading but com
position will likewise count for some-
thing, essays being graded on those
two groundworks. . ' .
The school children havn't much
i.: x l ,m . L l .
miiiv m act. ine papers must ue in
the hands of the county school super
intendent, Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, next
inursday morning, . and h awards
will be. made at the Friday meeting
for good roads, when government and
college experts will be oh hand to con.
duct the meetings and, speak. - The
winning papers win be read, at that
time, and the checks issued. . . ,
: ' A division' of money will be made
alone this line: For best, essav from
hlgli school students; 87.60 for !ffrt
o.w i or second; For pest essay from
seventh or eight grade students, the
same division as for high schools. No
students under the seventh grade is
.eligible to compete-,. : . vi-'
written assurances from officials of
an tne neutral .European, govern
ments that they, wotild welcome such
an effort as the one undertaken by
Ford and from men in high positions
at the chancellories of certain of the
warring nations on both sides that
they , were at least friendly to the
plan. The second day of the pajrty'sf
stay in Christiania Premier' Knudsen
of Norway denied, the truth -'-of her
statement. Numerous cables receiv
ed in Christania. from Mmme. Sch
Wimmeiy addressed to ipeace organiza-
(Continued on Page 8.)
BACK
mam
Back Door.
Governor' Whitman of New York,
candidate for re-election and also for
the ' Republican ; nomination for the
Presidency, has opened up- the old
back) door to the executive chamber
in the capltol at Albany. Years ago
FORD'S NEMESIS
i i -s s. X hi YL
EMPEROR OF
; AUSTRIA HII
BY 2 STROKES
CONDITION . BELIEVED TO -BE
SERIOUS, INDICATE DIS- .;'
' ' . PATCHES FROM ROME.
EUROPE KNOWS U.S.
i y ' SECRET CODES FULLY
Many Articles, Not Necessary
for
. Living, Prohibited by Proposed
'.English Blockade Believed to Re-
' lief Situation from English Stand-
. . .
point s Declaration. '
' ' . ,
' ..
tiome, - jan. zi. canperor rranz'day and that the sales, at 10 cents
Josef of Austria, has suffered two each, will be liberal The proceed
strokes of appoplexy and his condi-iwill be used entirely to further ex-
tion ts serious, aipiomauc repora
here declared
( : American Secrets Known.
' 'Berlin, Jan. 27. Pi-actically every
belligerent in- Europe knows the sup
posedly secret diplomatic codes of the
United States , government, it was
learned today. Col. House - wiH -ask
the -state department to change Its
cipher.-
j ' Shipping Rules Shape.
'London, Jan. 27. It iB announced
in the Commons that the government;
has decided to prohibit Importation of
many; articles, not absolutely ' necessary-to
a nation, to relieve the ship-,
ping situation. The entire British
mercantile marne is placed t underj
aonvroi oi wie government.
Ritbed Thee Tinie .i ,Two. Months,
4' Beaverton, Or., Jan;; 26. -Oh Mon
day night (robbers broke into John
son's! pool hall and confectionery hero
and relieved the- owner of all cigars,
(boiled hams and- canned goods in
stock. This place baa been robbed
three times since December 1, twice
while occupied as a saloon, and a
large window has been broken on each
occasion; Sheriff Reeves, of Hills
boro,. is investigating,' and is anxious
to get the gang. . - ....
Will Build Baptist Church.
Haines, Or., Jan. 26. A sub
scription paper soliciting funds with
which to build a Baptist charch- in
Haines. is being circulated.. A large
number of - new members Have been
added to the church as the result of
a recent series of revival meetings
conducted Iby the pastor, the Rev. A.
M. Williams.
DOOR TO OFFICE OF THE N EW
Governor C. S. Whitman.
when the magnificent $26,000,000 capi
tol was built a back door and back
stairway for such governors as choose
to use them was provided. Governor
D. B. Hill about thirty years ago
closed the door.- Governor Charles E.
FLAG DAY SALES;1:
TO AID CONGRESS
TEN-CENt FLAGS TO BE
i ': POSED OF. : !
DIS.
Congress of Mothers Paves Way for
Assisting Extension' '
Bureau.
Saturday, Feb. 5th will . be Flag
Sales Day in Oregon and on that oc
casion, members of the Oregon Con
gress, of Mothers and Farent-Teactl
era' association will sell flags for 10
cents each to raise money (to enlarge
extension work conducted by these or
ganizations. "Money coming in from
circles" writes Mrs. Er is tene N. Felts,
chairman of the extension bureau of
the Oregon Congress of Mothers at
Portland, "is only sufficient to buy
postage and very necessary station
ery. . Annually we hold a f lag uay,
Last year we have flattering response
but hope that it will be more, gen
erous than that this season. 'We. are
going to hold a conference in La
Grande next week, 'but we need .to
have others 'throughout the state." ;.
Committees Meet Tomorrow.
When the Farcnt-Teadhers'y.'-as
J sociaitions of La Grande meet toroor-
l row tne matter or nag day sales, will
Jcome up and committees will be ap-
j pointed to handle the work here.' It
is anticioated that there will 'lbe a
j great gathering of people' here' that
tension work, such as will be 'con
ducted hore next week.'
SCIENCE CLASS BOOMS' ;
Many Working to Have Gia! Week
During Big Gatherings.
Promoters f domestic science have
a busy week mapped out for the Farm
era and Homemakers' week beginning
Monday. Mrs. E. Polack is local chair
man and has . announced that the;
Domestic Science department-of the
Alpha club of Baker mu be rpromin
ttly identified with the weekV pro
gram. Among 'those who are ori the
committee having domestic science in
charge for the week coming, arsi Mas
dames Walainorer. Lvtle. Carrol.Haff-
man. Holman. Eberhard. Mo. Miller.1
. Mossmwi JFrench, Holt,', WiHIatnaoOr
nerson nu oiners.
2
RETURN SAFE
MEXICANS DELIVER TWO TAKEN
YESTERDAY. '
General Funston Makes Full Report on
Drowning of Soldiers. -!
Brownsville, Jan. 27. Mexicans
this afternoon delivered :' Privates
Wheeler and Peterson, unharmed, to
General Funston. These two . were
captured during the bathing episode
YORK GOVERNOR
Back Stairway. ,,
Hughes, now supreme court justice
tore away the stairway. Governor
Whitman has rebuilt the stairway
and opened the old door. .e
The stairway has become ammuni
tion for- political opponent, v
PRSOHERS
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PEACE POLICY
WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE
: ' GIVES VOICE TO SEVERE
GRILLING ON FLOOR. 1
DREAMER, THEORIST AND
VASCILATING, IS CHARGE
Washington Solon Heard in Bitter At
tack European Attitude Made a
Menace by Weak, Uncertain and In
termeddle Policy Adopted by Pres
ident Wilson He Says.
Washington, Jan. 27. One of the
bitterest attacks on President Wil
son's Mexican policy yet heard in the
halls of congress came this afternoon
from Representative Humphreys of
Washington. He pictured President
Wilson as a scholar, a dreamer' and a
theorist;. W. J. Biyan as a preacher"
on tl)c chautauqua for peace almost
at any price. - .! .
iMr.- .Humphreys further, declared
the Mexican policy has .earned the
Contempt of the word, and1 has in
fluenced n attitude ' from European,
belligerents that will be hard to over
come. Hf said the, President's policy
is . weak, uncertain and vascillating,
showing uncontrolable desire to inter
meddle . . ,
yesUrdaW when fcurTAmerican soldi
ers were drownedc ? ,
., General Funston has telegraphed ,
thflTietaiW of the rewnfng to Wash- :
ington. - 'V 1 i - -.
Mexicans captured1 two of the swim-1 -mlng
party. He saya, four men of -Battery.
D, Fourth , artillery; : swain
across .the Rio' Grande, stripped,' and ", v
began bathing : at Progresso. ' , Three ,
Mexicans, armed, took two of then '
prisoners and removed them to the
interior. - The other , two swam back
and several shots were fired at' them. -A
-rescue party wam across .and
were fired upon. American, troops -returned
'tt?. fire. 1 Beargent 'Clements, .
Corporal King, and Private Rhode and
WBltenbest drowned while attempting
a'rescue.' . r:v.- ,
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; MORE ROOMSNEEDED, , : '4
Proposition ' Not One of Earning
Money but Being Hospitable.
. Resnonse for an offerina- of rooms
in which to house prospective ' guests
in the city next week, has not (been
generous, it is (reported. . Just . how
many will be here next week is not
known, but the list will be consider
able, and the Commercial club must
be in' position to handle all who come.
The matter is not one of money-making
but one of hospitality, and a list
of available rooms needs to be on
handy reference.", H. E. Dixon or F.
IB. Currey will receive such listings
now. Visitors to the programs next
week will be guests of 'La Grande and
must bo considered and treated as
such. It will no doubt be necessary
for people to open their doors to out
siders at some inconvenience to them
selves and it is expected this response
will come from others than those who
regularly have rooms to rent.
STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
C. W. Nibley Among Men Attending
Meeting at Perry Today.
Stockholders of the Grande. Ronde
Lumber company are holding their an
nual meeting at Perry today. C.' "W.
Nibley, well known capitalist and L.
D. S. church head,. f Salt Lake, and
Mr. Channel of Twin Falls, are among
the stockholders present from the east.
James Mimnaugh of Wallowa is pres
ent. I i f l $ I $
SECOND DRUNK FINED 4.
J .f.
I E. O. Patton, a logger, bought t
alcohol at a local drugstore,
4" signed up for it properly, claim-
ing he needed it for a sore leg, v
! and thon proceeded to acquire a 4"
I "jag" Because of all this he
! drew a fine of 30 days in city 4
S jail and was paroled. This is 4 ;
the second drunk man arrested 4
V by Chief of Police Ardrey since
I the beginning of the year. The-
4" officials are looking up the de
4 tails as to how he secured it with
a view of learning if every da-
j- tall was as required by law. ?.,-;
SCOLDS