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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV LA GRANDE, OREGON. ' THURSDAY, APRIL 0, 1916. NUMBER 251 AMERICAN TROOPS MAY BE WITHDRAWN FROM HUNT mmnm i ! 4 1 S HAVCOVRT GERMANS THAT FORI IN FRENCH ADMIT CLAIM BUT POINT TO BETHIN COURT AS COUNTER ACTION. CARES WOOD CAPTURED BY FRENCH CHARGES Germans Mobilizing on the Meuse and While Batteries Bombard Vaux the Kaiser Is .Stripping .Soissons . Lines to Reinforce the Verdun At tacksFifth Raid in a Week. Berlin, April 6. Germans have cap tared Haucourt, it is officially an nounced. The French Point of Sup port east of town was also taken with 500 prisoners. London, April 6. Three zeppelins raided the East Coast of England last night, killed one child, 1 injured five children, a woman and two men. It is (announced that one zeppelin was hit . Whitbv Hard Hit. Berlin. April 6. The admiralty and militiary establishment at Whitby was destroyed last night 'by a zep pelin raid. ... i : ' :'- Paris; April 6. Germans have reached Haucourt, it is officially ad mitted, but attacks against Botihin- court were repulsed. The French cap tured the entire Cares wood, taking 50 prisoners, thus offsetting the Teuton gain at Haucourt. : Germans are mobilizing west . of the Meuse and batteries are again bombarding the Vaux front They are stripping the Soissons. line to rein force the Verdun fighters. French Praise Germans. French wounded have praised Ger man courage and said the Teutons ad vanced in a solid Mass facing shrap nel, rifles and mtltrauleuses. ROOSEVELT TALKS. Makes It Clear What Policy Will Be If Nominated at Chicago. Nw York, April 6. Politics arc nstir today over the announcement from Oyster Bay last night that Col onel Roosevelt may be in the nace for president. A prominent politician, interviewing Mm yesterday, brought out the first statement m this con nection. The Colonel, with his characteristic vehemence, had been talking of Mex ico and other international problems when the visitor interrupted: "You know, Colonel," he said, "I may make up my mind that we will have to nominate you." Like n flash the Colonel turned to his visitor. "Well now, let mo give you a piece tSi advice," he said. "If you have any doubt on the subject do not nominate. Get it perfectly clear in your head that if you nominate me, it must not be because you think it is in my inter est, but because you think it is in your interest, the interest of the Re publican party and to the interest of the United States, too. I "More than that, don't you do it if you expect me to 'pussy-foot on any single issue I lhave raised. Don't be for me unless you are prepared to say that every citizen of this country has got to be pro-United States first, last and all the time, and no pro-anything else at all, and that we stand for every good American everywhere, whatever his birthplace or creed, wherever he now lives, iand that in return we demand that he be an American, and nothing else with no hyphen about it. "I don't care a rap for the nfcin's creed, birthplace, or National origin. I am for him if he is straight "U. S." and if he isn't I am against him. And don't you nominate me unless you are prepared to take the position that Uncle Sam Is to be strong enoughi to defend his rights and to defend every one of his people wherever those peo ple are, and be can't be strong enough ' unless he preplares in advance." The conversation between the Col onel and his visitor came as a logical sequence to the Roosevelt-Root-Lodge luncbeon Friday last, which' gave luuciietm i iu.ij mo l, "im." Ff nuch an impetus to the boom which Colonel Roosevelt's followers were I conducting for his nomination. IS TAKEN 2 OLD SISTERS FEARING BANK FAILURES BOTH HOARDED MONEY ON THEIR PERSONS. PEERING FACE 2 MONTHS AGO KEPT THEM IN FEAR Nephew Stumbles Upon Bloody Bodies Shortly After Midnight in Seattle Shack One of the Victims Was 71 and the Other 53 Robbery Believed to Be Motive. Seattle. April 6. Robbery is be lieved to have been the motive of the brutlal muider of Mrs. Carolina Wheelor, aged 71, and Mrs. Kate Swift, aged 53. A bloody ax and a hammer were found beside the bodies. A nephew discovered the tragedy shortly after midmgnt. It is believed the sisters had $2000 1 secreted in their clothes, and kept it there desDite the fact their have lived in terror for two months since seeing a face peering into the window. They withdrew their money from tanks beginning with the European waT, fearing failure. Both lived in a tumbled down shack on West . Lake avenue. , . Mining Case on Trial. The equity case of the damp Car son Mining and Power company vs. Miles Stephenson and H. Rudell is being heard before Judge Knowles to day. The issues in the matter in volve, principally, ownership to cer tain mining claims up the Grande Ronde river in the old Camp Carson district. Match Prices Soaring. St. Paul, Minn., April 6. Ruljbing sticks again may become the world's way of making fine. The price of matches is soaring. Soon boxes sell ing now for a penny may be bringing ten cents. Thus was the declaration today of T. B. Tucker, match manu facturer of Chicago, who says that of the 37 chemicals used in making matches, the majority are imported from foreign countries, now at war; and cannot be gotten. 1 W AXEANDHAMMER SUSSEX WAS TORPEDO VICTIM 4. TORPEDO HIT SUSSEX Washington, April 6. Amer I ican embassy attaches who ex ! amined bionze fragments found 1 in the wreckage of the Sussex reported today the splinters J J were pieces of c German tor- I- pedo. ! 4" The report tended to confirm 4 fenrs that severance of diplo 4 matic relations are unavoidable. 4 4 Possibility of an international 4 4 rupture has increased. Secre- 4 .J. tlary of State Lansing refused 4 to devulge the text of the re- J 4 port. 4 4 g j j t London, April 6. Forty-eight per ished when the Elder liner Zent was torpedoed, without warning. A few survivors have landed. The captain nd 10 sailors reached Queenstown and all agreed the attack puo paisit U9Z oqx Pau-,BAVUT1 SBM began sinking immediately after the torpedo struck. Siailors attempted to launch the boats but became excited and frequent attempts failed. Every lifeboat was upset. No Assistance Given. The submarine made no attempt to save the victims. A passing stdamer rescued the swimmers who escaped the water grave. Norwegian Boat Sunk. London, April 6. Four sailors per ished when an unidentified Norwegian i -" " " " . . - merchantman was sunk in the Eng- lish channel by . mine or torpedo. Fourteen were Saved. LOCOMOTIVE OVER DEMOLISHED bmm b -vol v 5. , Rev. Gustav Valyi, One of Victims. The "death c)ar" in the New York Central wreck at Amherst, Ohio, is beneath Hhe locomotive shown in this phot ' ograph. That is, what is left of it; the trucks ere beneath the locomotive. Part of the vestibule of the car in which so many persons lost their lives clings to the forward part of the engine. Thie locomotive Hauled the second section or Train No. 86. The picture also shows the Rev. Gustav Valyi, the Detroit clergyman, who is believed to have been killed in the wreck.? ,, ; QUITS OFFICE UMATILLA COUNTY RETIRES. SENATOR Cannot Give His Attention to Duties of the Office. Salem, April 6. Senator J. Bur gess of Umatilla county today filed his resignation with Governor WHthy combe to take effect upon the elec tion of ihis successor. "I feel I cannot sacrifice my time term.;" he says m his resignation. He explains that bis term expires January, 1919. Mount Lassen "Busy" Redding, April 0. Mount Lassen has renewed activities today. Smoks and steam appearing on the crater this morning. 8- NEW RETAILERS OPEN. Kivette & Son Lumber Yard Pur chased by Perry Mill Company. For the first time, in this section, the Grande Ronde Lumber company at Perry is entering the retail market. The Kivette & Son Retail Lumber comoanv yards in this city has been taken over by the Perry concern and W mo;, mlll r,r.,Z nnoroto (An rdtail plant, carrying building mater-! ials and lumber vara stuff. Elmer Stoddard will be manager of the plant in this city. The company has already taken possession. ATTORNEY IN JAIL Portland Man Arrested on Vice Cru sade While in Court Room Portland, April 6. While trying a case in Judge Gatens' courtroom this morning, R. L. Merrick, an attorney, formerly private secretary of ex-Congressman Lafferty, was arrested on a charge of contributing to the de linquency of a lC-year-old girl. A secret indictment was returned week ago. Merrick and Lafferty were appcar ine as attorneys in the iitnev driver cases where personal suits are up. After serving the warrant, a deputy sheriff permitted Merrick to finish) selection of the jury. Unable to furnish baa he was taken to jail at noon. The indictment is J the outgrowth of the recent vice-cru- sade by Prosecutor Evans. The probe involves a score of men, and many I girls barely reaching their teens. "DEATH CAR" IN OHIO WRECK. WELSHMEN GIVE MUCH TO ALLIES GREATER PERCENTAGE OF POP ULATION FIGHTING. Plight of Belgians Aroused Wonderful Enthusiasm in Wales, Says Musician. More Welshmen, according to popu lation, aro fighting foi the British in i the European struggle, than any other portion or Britain, according to Dewi Llyfnwy (David John) fViown musi cian and director of the Royal Gwent Welsh singers who arrived this morn ing from Baker to sing at the Meth odist church tonight. Dewi Llyfnwy, speaking for the Welshmen, says ho loves liberty, and that his native country a small country loves lib erty and believes that a small nation has as much right to live as a big ono. Discussing the European war, from the viewpoint of one who has been in the war zone since the war broke out. .the speaker remarked: "When little Belgium was torn to pieces, it aroused the patriotism of the Welshmen. I know Welshmen who left large families to shift for themselves that they might go to .war. They are fired with enthusiasm, aroused by the calamity that befell I the Belgians. Not only that but wo took a million Belgians into our homes. Our wives and mothers today go out each week to collect food and 'funds to help maintain the refugee Belgians. They do it willingly too, because they are sorrowful over Bel gium's plight." Mr.' John's brother's a lance-corporal, was mutilated in the Dardanelles campaign and after a Beige in the Leeds hospital is now discharged and is with his family. .ooMonn r. mtv i PRESENT ASSESSOR WILL RUN unuu i jn.-i.uinc ivtzpuuucnn Nominee Aspirant. U. G. Couch, present county as sessor, yesterday filed with the coun ty clerk his petition as a candidate for re-nomination for the office on the Republican ticket. While As sessor Couch has served as assessor for the past four years and is now .approaching the close of his first term he had not been fully decided on the question of again becoming a candi date until this week. Now. how ever, his petition has been filed and his candidacy for the re-nomination is regularly announced. Delile Green this afternoon stop ped the boom in his favor for county a assessor. "I have determined not to 'seek the nomination and courteously refused all those who sought to have me run, with finality," declared Mr. ureen today. DERAILMENT DELAYS, No. 6 Held Up Two Honrs at Hilgard on Account of Trouble, A slight derailment near Hilgard delayed No. 6 the noontrain two hours today. The wrecker waa sent out to help righten things speedily. "4 HALLS OPPOSED COMMISSION MAKES PRELIMIN ARY MOVE. South Fourth Street Case Considered but Action Delayed. At the city commissioners' meeting yesterday evening all members wore present. The preliminary move to. ward eliminating card playing in pool rooms was made and an ordinance covering the matter is to be pre pared at once. About twenty property owners along South Fourth street presented a renionstnance Ito assessments of any kind and objections to any "pretended benefits'" arising from assessments or re-assessments. Jsy request of the at torneys for the objectors, Messrs, Oliver and Richardson, the date for hearing tlhe Objections was postponed one week to Wednesday evening, April 12. lit was decided that the services of the special policeman could be dis nensed with and it was so ordered. The installation of tho gates at the Beaver creek in-tmke is to be made ns soon as the road along the pipe line is m condition for travel. The petition for laying a pipe line to the Powell place, near the sceptic tank, a distance of about 2000 feet and beyond the corporate limits, was disallowed. Labor certificates and officers' sal aries were ordered paid and other claims against the city were re ceived and placed on file. A resolution was presented creat ing "new sewer districts" and further action was postponed for tho reason that this movement is merely for the purpose of making . corrections in numbering and is not an emergency.. In order to insure accuracy the propo sition was laid over for the present. The commissioners aro today look ing over, the' proposal of finding a suitable place for storing city machin ery and supplies. Women Form Cavalry Troop. Chicago, April . If tho United States goes to wa it will be thy thunder of hoofs for Chicago women, not tho nurse's cap and apron. Maids and matrons from the exclusive Iik-i Shore drive district have formed a cavalry troop and are drilling weekly in the rlrst cavalry riding academy, North Clark street. They arc practicing formations and the charge, nnd a baud tuLi to the eclnt of the drills, inspiring horsus and riders. The troops includes Mrs. Howard Linn, Miss Jnnet Miller, Miss Elizabeth Clare, Miss A Drophy, Mrs. S. Travis, Mrs. Edith Rucker and more than a dozen other society wom en recruits. Gasoline Advances. San Francisco, April 6. The price of gasoline jumped another cent to day reaching 19. OFFICES T 1 T IS OVER GENERAL FUNSTON EVADES QUESTION AS TO VERACITY OF THE REPORT. . MEXICAN CONSUL ARGUES FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION White WUr Department Will Not Dis cuss the Situation, it Does Claim that .Mexican Plans . Have Not Changed Villa's Prestige 'Broken and No Need for Troops In Argu ment. Washington, April 6. Little or no light was thrown upon the nation-wide rumor this afternoon that the Ameri can troops are to be withdrawn from Mexico. The department said plana in Mexico had not changed but re fused to answer, specific question with regard to abandonment. . San Antonio, April 6. Asked whether the Americans would with draw from Mexico, General t'unuton replied: "1 am no mindreader . . ' El Paso,' April 6.--Consul Garcia, representative of Carranza, favors ., wthdrawal of 1w " American army from Mexico. He declared today the army has accomplishol its purpose in breaking Villa's strength, scattering the men and similar effects, and that it is unnecessary to pursue the cam paign further. Villa's Prestige 'Is Gone. - 'tWlithdrawal of the troops wouldn't effect Villa's prestige, as it has gone. His power is completely broken. Mex icans refalize that Villa has been do- -feated. Further progress of the American forces might precipitate trouble. . Columbus Raid Punished. "The expedition has gone far enough to accomplish punishment of the Columbus Taiders. Therefore I believe they should withdraw. "Mexicans realize the expedition's purpose, and believe it hlaa succeeded. Had Villa made a stand and defeated even a small force of Americans, he might become a popular hero. Now he can never gjathor another army in Mexico." Committeemen in Missouri. Excelsior Springs, Mo., April G. When Missouri Republicans met in state convention here today to select four delegates at lurge. to the Na tional convention in Chicago, one of the biggest fights in the history of tho state organization was to be de cided. The fight is on the selection of the Missouri nntional committeeman. The forces of Jacob Babler of St. . Louis, chairman of the state commit tee, were pJtted against the Herbert S. Hadley faction. Babler's support, if he decided at the last minute not to seek the national committeeman ship, will go to Thomas K. Neidring haus, present incumbent. Hadley is backing Jesse Tolerton. A "Hadley for vice orcsident" boom also was started. It was thought an efTort would be made before the con vention adjourned to rush through an endorsement for Walter S. Dickey, of Kansas City, who has senatorial as pirations. All delegates will go to Chicago uninstructed but the majority favor Senator Weeks and Charles W. Fairbanks. ... . College Players En Tour. Under the tutelage of Everotte May, the O. A. C. baseball team passed through La Grande this after noon en route for Baker, where they play this afternoon, and later go to Caldwell and Boise. Local O. A. C. alumni were Kit the depot to greet the college boys. Considers Socialist Legislation Today. Washington, April 6. A mam moth insurance fund, to draw from whidh the only requirements are that one is ill, too old to work or hon-. estlv can't get a job. Is tinder consid eration by the House labor committer today. ' - Representative Meyer London. New York Socialist, is sponsor for the fund. Ho wants it to guarantee working men against tmamploynwnt. Mr. Londort's proposal, the first of its kind that has been considered by a Oonpresfl(ionat committee, liratruots the President to appoint commia sion of two organized labor repre sentatives, with the Secretary of La bor as chairman. . . ,
