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L GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1916
Your Boy and
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EASIER PLANS
P
LA GRANDE TO ENLARGE 1915
: ' :; PLANS. ; -
Shopmen and Millcrcwg to Be Given
Messages at Noon Hours.
.To carry tihe beautiful lessons of
Easter tide to workmen in their shops
and mills through noonday services,
and to conduct a municipal Good Fri
day service in a downtown theatre
Good Friday at which time it is nro-
posed to have business halt as it did
last year, are some of the pretentious
Easter services plans now being
worked out. Rev. Upton II. Gibhs,
rector of St. Peter's, is one of the
foremost workers for. this movement
in the city and reports the heartiest
crf-operation from the other ministers.
The plan was given its initial tryout
REV. UPTON H. GIBBS.
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AT SHERRY'S
THEDA BARA SAYS
"Every mother and every minister
owes me gratitude," and "Every pic
ture in wftdch I have appeared has a
clear moral," are two of the state
ments made by Theda Bara, "Vampire
. Woman" of the Fox Film company, in
a communication sent to Mayor
Puchta, Rev. John F. Herjjet and Phil
Herget of the Catholic Federation, all
of Cincinnati. The letter is ,the re
sult of protests recently made to ths
city officials by ministers against the
showing of one of her pictures.
"I cannot conceive why my appear
ances in pictures in the Cincinnati
theaters could give grounds for the
protests now being published in dis
patches from Cincinnati," writes the
screen star. "Every mother, every
minister, every person with tihe well
being of the younger element of Cin
cinnati owes me gratitude for what
I have accomplished through these
pictures. The ministers of your city'
have a definite aim nnd purpose and
in tlier.- work and achieve much.
"I have jusb ns definite a place, just
as high a mission in pictures as t).e
best of your evnngelists nnd the
most beloved of your locnl ministers.
"Furthermore, I am reaching one
million persons ench day, nn audience
larger than was ever had by nny man
or woman in ti!ie world's history."
"Tho Serpent" at Sherry's Thurs
day and Friday.
View this wonderful, this unusual
drama, and find the answer!
A Selig Red Seal play thronged
with heart-throbs and thrills at the
Arcade tonight and tomorrow.
any definite jjr direct and consequen
tial manner, is regarded by the Gov
ernment scientists as Quite imnossible.
j Solar phenomena of the kind described
do not have any direct influence upon
the weather at any particular time or
place, nd can not be miade the basis
i of any forecasts whatever. .
The alleged discovery is regarded
as only one of a number of similar
schemes which (are continually being
put forward. In -some cases the advo
cates of these schemes claim that they
can forecast -the weather for weeks
or months in advance, and in others
they state that they have found means
of producing rain artificially, of pre
venting hail and in other way3 inter
fering with and controlling atmospher
is phenomena. These pretensions meet
with a certain credence because there
are a number of 'people who htill clin
to the ancient belief in the influence
of the moon on the growth and devel
opment of crops, and to the idea that
tho weather conditions depend upon
planetary nnd astrological combina.
tions. In . consequenco the 'Weather
Bureau has been called upon from time
to time to caution the public against
putting faith in these so-called discoveries.
I The U. S. Weaher Bureau itself is
the authorized agency of the Govern
ment; io coiiecc ncteoroiogicai ooser
vations and make -and issue weather
forecasts and warnings. Every import
ant, nation of the world Was a similar
organiztion and all use essentially the
same methods. All of these organiza
tions condemn and dis-prove the meth
ods ana tneones or tnose wno assert
that .they are- able to predict the we-a-ther
for any considerable period in ad
vance, j
EXCHANGE ITEMS.
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One of the Prime Movers for Muincl
pal Observation of Holy Week
When Easter ' Messages Will Be
Carried to Shops, Mills and, the
Public in General.
WEATHER SYSTEM FALLACIOUS
Public Warned Against Long-Range
Weather Forecasts
AT ARCADE.
"THOU SHALT NOT COVET'
"As the groat ship shivered and
pronncd, a live thing I thought of
My Neighbor's Wife. T rusfood to her
stateroom nnd there found hor help
less. I gathered her into my arms
nnd with her I leaped Into the sen.
iWhen she nwoke her mind was dis
arranged from the shock and she
thought I was her h'.isbnnd. In her
strnngo madness eke called me bv hor
husband's name, nnd gave me all the
love she hnd for him. In the jungle
we made our homo and she enmo to
me ns she hrx .-lways come to her
husband, and 1 irayod tor strength
in my hour of dire temptation."
And did the Main wh- madly loved
1 Ha Neighbor's Vif overcome tempta
tion? Did the -womnn. who Inter
came to realisation of he.r situation,
Again And the husband sha so dearly
loved, or did sfo succumb to Fate
Washington D. C. March 29. The
chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau
stated today that in the opinion of the
bureau a new system of long-range
weather forecasting, which has been
widely discussed recently, was quite
fallacious. The new system is said to
be based upon the spottedness of the
sun and ruts and shafts of solar rad
iation. In the opinion of the Weather
Bureau it belongs in the sumo class
with other methods of flongrango
weather forecasting based upon lunar,
planetary, magnetic, and astrological
considerations. None of these systems,
it is said, has any scientific value.
During it-he past fow years the
Weather Binea-i has received full
specifications -co - -ning nil the es
s.inf.iiil details rl ... , particular, sys
tem. The alleged discovery is, thero
foi, fully known to tho Weather Bu
reau and has been carefully studied
and examined by its scientific staff.
Moreover, other scientists of interna
tional reputation now connected with
tho strongest institutions of the world
ergngerl in astronomical research, and
conducting investigations into solar
and terrestrial physics, have also pas
sed upon these theories. These author
ities are in accord that the deductions
nnd conclusions drawn from the solar
conditions on which the new system is
based are unwarranted.
When the disk of the sun is minute
ly examined with powerful telescopes,
or when it is photographed with the
aid of the powerful spoctroheliogrr.ph
the surface presents a characteristic
spotted appearance which undergoes
slight changes from day to day, and
greater changes with longer intervals
of time, depending upon well-known
rotation of tho sun upon its nxij and
tho periodic recurrence of the snnspot
maxima and minima. Those and cer
tain well-known related phenomena
are now put forwnrd as the basis of
n new science which will make possible
forecasts of tho wenthor far ia ad
vance Tlmt these features of solar
activity, however, octunlly should con
trol and determine the daily changes
and flequence of weather conditions in
(Elgin Recorder.)
" Work was commented this week
with a view to wrecking and removing
the shell of tho building formerly oc
cupied by the City Cigar store and
which was practically destroyed by
1 e .... -r 1 -
Burch Bros.., of this city have
leased t!hie farm belonging to Mrs.
Amy Rinehnrt for a period of five
years and together with their mother
have moved to the same. Mrs. Rine
. hart has moved to Elgin to make her
future home and is occupying a .resi
j dence belonging to her father, Jacob
Hug, near the Christian church,
j Mrs. A. H. Parsons left Sautrday
for Enterprise to visit nt the home of
her son Leroy, who is farming m the
Alder fclope section. Returning, she
will stop at Wallowa and visit a fow
days at the home of her son, James.
John draham, who recently (dis
posed of ihiis farm to Jas Elliot, left
Sunday evening for La CJrande and
from there will visit various other
points with a view to securing a new
location should favorable conditions
bo found.
Rev. Charles II. Powell, pastor of
tne r.piscopal Church of Cove, occu
pied the pulpit in tho Presbyterian
church Sunday evening nnd delivered
a sermon to a union congregation of
an cnurcnes. tlis sermon was one of
good interest to all.
The many friends of George Harris
will bo somewhat astonished and no
doubt grieved that he has about con
cluded to give up his residence in El
gin. Vm. Russell, who wont to work at
Vincent several days ago, was com
pelled to return homo the latter pnrt
of last wck ns a result of illness. He
will go to Minnm in n few days,
where ho will be employed at his reg
ular trade ns blacksmith during the
summer.
Glenn Barnes left the latter part of
last week for Enterprise, where he ex
pects to remain indefinitely. Wm.
Kloostra has succeeded him "as meat
cutter in the D. A. Barnes market
Mr. and Mrs. George Bamhnrdt
were in from the Flat Monday and re
port roads extremely muddy, George
says that a few days of warm weather
will bring the fall grain out in ex
cellent shnpe.
Mrs. F. E. Graham nnd daughter.
Miss Hazel returned Sunday from
The Dalles, where they spent the win
ter. F. E. is tickled most to death
and says t Scire will be no more of the
bachelor life for him.
last year, on a small scale, and was
so successful that it is felt the plan
should be enlarged in 1916. Concern
ing plans now tentatively drafted,
Rev. Gibbs said today:
"Plans are being made by the min
isterial association .to mark Holy
Week in a striking and especial man
ner. The theatre service on Good
Friday by the courtesy of manager
null, will again be reld in Sherry's
theatre. This proved generally ac
ceptable Isst year and will be repeated
niter much the same order, though
the subjects of tflie addresses will be
different, but in keeping with the
great topic of the day.
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of Holy Week noonday
services of twenty minute duration,
with the consent of the authorities,
will be held at the railroad stoops and
the Palmer mill. These are to lead
up to the Good Friday service.
The merchants of the city will he
respectfully requested to close, as
they did last year, their stores and
offices, between ndfn and three o'clock
on Good Friday
More particulars will be announced
later. A hearty, willing co-operation
is earnestly hoped for, on the part
of all."
The Democratic congressmen who
are now opposing Wilson's prepared
ness and submarine-boat policy will be
running around the country soon tell
ing us voters it's our sacred duty to
uphold the President. Philadelphia
North American.
Medals Given Sparingly.
Berlin, March The order "Pour le
Merite," the highest military decora
tion in Germany, has been' awarded
to only 72 persons since the beginning
of the war. The Vossische Zeitung
announced today that these seventy
two decorations by the Kaiser have
been distributed as follows:
4 to Field Marshalls
7 to Commanding Generals;
22 to Generals;
8 to Lieut.-Generals;
1 to a Field Marshall Lieutenant;
C to Major-Generals;
1 to a Grand Admiral;
. 1 to an Admiral and
. 3 to Lieutenants.
Among the Field Marshals are von
Hindenburg and von Machenson.
Tho Grand Admiral is Von Tirpitz,
von Kluck is among the commanding
gcnerp.ls and the young lieutenants
avc tho two flying officers who have
racli destroyed seven aeroplanes and
the lieutenant'1 who with fifteen, men
captured one of the forts of Namur
nt the 'beginning of the war.
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