La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 06, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE (5, 39KJ. NUMBER 302. 1 1 ww(w hit f i rn"; n r i uWu u viiUULLlN IM W J U w V V 1 1 1 i A IS Third Party, Headed By "the Colonel, Looms Certain . . .' .. " . . ' . .! . . " : . Cruiser Goes London, June 6. Lord Kitchener, England's great military leader made famous as "K. of K." in India and now minister of war, was drowned with his entire staff when the cruiser Hampshire was sunk off the North coast of .Scotland early last night. A torpedo, or mine, struck the Hampshire which was - taking Lord Kitchener to Russia, probably to confer with the Czar's military leaders regarding a concerted offensive. The following admiralty report was issued: "The admiralty reports with deep regret the ship Hampshire, with Lord Kitchener and staff aboard, was sunk last night about eight o'clock off Orkaney Islands by a 'mine or torpedo. Four boats were seen from the shore . leaving the ship, but heavy seas were running. Patrol vessels and destroyers proceeded to the scene. The whole shore was searched, but it is gratly feared there is little hopo for the survivors." It was later announced searching parties found only the bodies of one capsized boat and there is still faint hope that some reached shore and have proceeded inland in search of aid. On account of the high seas this is con sidered unlikely and the admiralty didn't encourage hope. It is officially announced tonight the following included Kitchener's party: LieutColonel Fitzgerald, Brigadier General' Ellershnw, Sir II. Fred eric Donaldson and H. J. Obeirne, once counselor of the British embassy at Petrograd. 0 ; The Kitchener Staff. New York, June 6. The monthly .army list gives Kitchener's executive staff as follows: Private Secretaries H. J. Creedy and Capt. Arthur;; per sonal military secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Fitzgerald; attached, Lieu tenant Colonel Leetham, Major Storr, assistant military secretary; Major Robb. and Colonel William Norrie; civil assistant, R. H. Moore. It is doubted whether the official staff ac companied Kitchener. Nearly 700 Complement. London, June 6. The Hampshire was "a "cruiser of the Argyll typo with a complement of 655 officers and men. She displaced 10,850 tons. Her arma ment was four seven-and-a-half inch, six six-inch guns and two torpedo tubes. Captain Herbert Savill was com mander. Russian Offensive Begins. London, June- 6. A great Russian drive against Austrians along a 200 mile front from Druth to Kolki is be lieved under way. Already Russians have taken many prisoners and some supplies. Infantry has been rushed to the Tarnopol region. Want Von Tirpitz Back. (London, June 6. The Hague dis patches today declare that since the Skagorak battle there has been a growing demand for restoration of Von Tirpitz as head of the German navy. German conservative and Na tional Liberal parties are making concerted moves in this direction, not being satisfied with the result of tho sea fight. , MEXICANS OBSTRUS1VE Plant De Facto Troops South Punitive Expedition of Columbus, June 6. Detachments of 20,000 Carranza troops recently moved south of the American expedi tionary force are tajcing active ob struction tactics. Military authorities stated the Ibandit search south of the present American lines is abandoned on account of Carranzistas' actions. f' Close watch is kept on movements of the defacto troops. They made no effort to co-operate or aid Americans. Gen. Pershing believed today the " motor truck roads will be able to stand the heavy traffic during the rainy season. SOCIALIST TO LECTURE. Dr. John Dequer Will Speak Twice in City This Week. Socialists are looking forward with keen interest to two lectures to be given, one tonight and the other to morrow night, by Dr. John Dequer of Los Angeles. He speaks tonight, at Labor hall, corner Monroe and Fir, streets, beginning at S o'clock on "Ed ucation, True and False." Tomorrow evening he speaks on the street, corner Depot and Adnms, on ""New Devils for Old." These lectures are free. CONCERTS BEGINNING. Elks Hand to Make First Concert pearance Tomorrow. Ap- If the weather remains desirable, the Elk's band will give a concert on the streets tomorrow r.ight. This will be the first of several of that sort and begins the Summer schedule of musi cal entertainment which this splendid band has promised. The Elks have closed a contract with Heppner people to send the or ganization there in September 14-1B inclusive. The band was winner over several Portland concerns, indicating t.hnt the organization's nopul.nrity is beginning to spread to other climes. Down off North Scotland LUCK PLAYED SALIENT PART RESCUED OFFICIAL FROM SKAG ERAK RECITES STORY. At Moment Trap Was Sprung, Mist Enveloped Foe Ships. BY CAP. HAL O'FLAHERTY. (Until last week New York United Press Correspondent, now with London branch.) London, June 6. "Only phenom enal luck saved the German fleet from utter distinction at the battlj of Skagerak," a senior officer com manding a British cruiser, told the United Press. He said Germans had all the advantages. "It was blowing bard in their direction with the sun at our back, silhouetting our ships to make splendid targets. ' "Firing began at twenty thousand yards. We engaged five German bat tle cruisers in hot fighting from the start with the water full of bursting shells. I could see our shells hitting the Germans plainly and doing great damage. The strategic plan was to cut the Germans from base and we ac complished this, when a mist began settling, giving the German a chance to escape. They were more than anxious to quit. Two cruisers were still firing when the mist settled. "Our men entered the battle fear lessly and fought with wonderful cool ness throughout. The Warspite en tered the engagement with a broken propeller and circled helplessly under the horrible fire. Other British ships came to her aid and engaged the Ger mans then shelling her. "The Warspite finally escaped un der a protective fire. Her loss is small and damage casiiy repaired. "We are more than anxious to re peat the engagement under similar circumstances, trusting luck won't all go one way the next time. It is cer tain, however, the enemy's loss was heavier than ours. VAUX IS HARD HIT. Germany Artillery Strikes With Un precedented Severity on Fort. Paris, June 6. German artillery is bombarding Vaux with unprecedented violence, says a communique. The shelling undertaken last night follow ing failure of two violent German in fantry attacks on the Vaux-Damloui line. Positions are unchanged. Mi trailleuse and rifle fire halted the in fantry. I Pnttison Case Near End. Circuit court this morning was tnk- len up with consideration of the Pat j tison-Nash lawsuit in which the form ; er sues the latter for about $200. The case will probably be in the jury's jhands this afternoon. l.aw points iwere argued extensively. Immedinte , ly after the noon hour, the court'i in structions to the jury began. No Reports Today. It is intimated there will bo nn re-; port from the grand jury today. That j august body with inquisitorial powers ' went into secret conclave yesterday j morning and has examined many wit nesses and may be in session most of the week, although it is very possible i n group of bills will be returned ere ' final adjournment is asked for. YUAN SHI KAi OF CHINA DEAD THE LATE YUAN. President, Emperor of China Death Is Reported. Whose Washington, Juivc 6. The state de partment today received an official re port that Yuan Shi Kai, president of the Chinese Republic, and of late a semi-emperor, is dead. The American minister at Peking cabled the an nouncement. Vice President Li Yuan Hung suc ceeds Yuan, who died last night. ASSOCIATION FORM Last night after purtaking of an.tunity to go into Wallowa county by exquisite banquet served at tho Foley way of La Grande and leave through hotel, owners and operators -of hotels the Walla Walla country, in Union and Wallowa counties ns Wallowa h iHvnt guests of Pat Foley, spent the greater part of the night formulating pians mat win am ana assist tourists in their journeys this summer and also attract the cross country travel through La Grande and into Wallowa county. It was a good natured bunch of peo ple who dined until a late hour last evening in the Foley grill and thev earnestly took up the business prob lems that confront the two counties as a whole and the hotelmen in particu lar. Very naturally the subject was not discussed long until the subject of good roads occupied a prominent plane on tha program, ami it was agreed that without a good load into Wal lowa county there would be little use to push out for travel. Analvsis of the situation indicates that at the present time the roads from La Grande to Wallowa Lake are not bad I mt , I by any means. There arc places where a little work would do a world of good, according to those who have ' uccii m iuuic, aiiu il whs ajfice'l by the assembly that the most effec tive rood work ever done for the two counties was when a man was sta tioned on the Wallowa hill during the travel period, whose duty it was to repair the roads and pick up the lose rock that falls into the roadway. Two years ago each county paid h'lf ihe expense of such n man and it is asserted the results obtained were ex cellent. Working Elgin Kouds. 'It was pointed out that road work ! in the Elgin country was progressing nicely and that every day's work showed improvement. All hotelmen 1-ad the same report on the tourist-.' opinion of Kamela hill and it was con- ceded that Kamcla hill is the worst drawback to travel through tl.ese counties. Automobilists are said to have gone out of their way to impress upon other travelers that Kamcla hill is almost impassable and frequently turn people through the central Ore gon country. It was decided the as sociation should take up the Kartell hill project with the county court of Umatilla county and the county court of Union county and discuss any pos siblity of making repairs on the road crossing the divide. Reports from the Elgin country told of the probability of having the old Toll Gate road working this summer which would give tourists an oppor- 10 HURT, 811 KILLED ARKANSAS STORM WORSE THAN IRST REPORTED DIS 1 PATCHES INDICATE DEATH LIST WILL BE INCREASED IT SEEMS Sudden Windstorm Blowing Across Two States Early Today Docs Great Damage to Iropcrty. Fol lowed Severe Storm Yesterday Af ternoon. Wynne, Ark., June 6. Reports from sections within 50 miles indi cate na,rs than 80 are dead and 1000 injured and a million and a half in property destroyed by the tornado which swept Arkansas, traveling southwest. The cyclone cut a swath through Jackson, Mississippi, early this morning, killing eight and injur ing fifty. Rescue parties reported the follow ing causualties, with indications tho list will be increased. Judsonia, twenty-five dead. Redford, six. (Continued on page 8.) E j After full discussion it was decided to use wauowa laKe as tne scenic loadstone to attract the travel, and with that in mind the association was christened Wallowa Lake Tourist Travel association. The roster of I membership will be opened to any permanent citizen ot either county who will promise to give a little of his time to the worthy cause of putting Eastern Oregon's natural resources to the front and making the rest of the nation acquainted with the great scenic features. No entrance fee will be charged and no dues will be col lected. Hotelmen, garagemen and others interested directly in a busi ness way will bear the expense of the association, but a good live member ship for the association is anticipated and desired. After the association had put its n- III....V .111 miu who iizauv LU ! C1,ned by the titie a motion prevaied j to appeai to Congressman Sinnott and ! Senator Chamberlain for assistance in ! new name on and was ready to be ! taking the first steps toward creating a federal park in Wallowa county, in- j eluding the Lake and a large section ; of the mountainous country. This! will be done at once and should a fa- i vorable answer be granted the re quest and the government take a hand in establishing this park tho greatest ' step possible to take in the way of at- j trading people hus been acrotn-, plished. J signs To He Tut Up. it was lurtner decided that siurnh should be nut nn in both init nnd win! telling how to reach Wallowa l,uk. i Nothing else will be mentioned but the lake, for it was argued, the lake j is the point of utt; action and it bpinc I impossible to reach it without passing j through Union and Wallowa counties ; there would be little use of filling a i sign with other than direct statements about the point of attraction. A j committee will appear before the Icounty court of Wallowa county at once and ask for co-operation in the sign erection. The meeting adjourned last night to meet with Rodney McCrae of the I Wallowa hotel next Mondav nicht. i June 12th at which time further stops will be taken to push the movement for travel. All were Rtrong in their apprecia tion of the Foley hotel banquet and expressed a gratitude to the m:innger that wa3 genuine and rang true. 0 BY KOTELMEN JAIL SENTENCE GIVEN CRIPPEN CONCOCTIONS LIKE BEER LEAD TO TROUBLE. Canned Goods, When Dissolved, Has ; Punch of Beer and Then Some It I Is Said. iBecnusn he shinrjed in lurc-e mianti-! ties of prepared powder, which when properly dissolved in water, makes on imitation of beer, M. E. Crippen, ' an old resident of North La Grande is ' serving 10 days in jail and must pay ! a $10.00 fine. The police raided his 1 home near tho track several days ago, j but ibecauso the authorities were un decided as to how to proceed with the proposition, no legal action was taken until yesterday afternoon. He was (Continued on Page 8.) ANSWERS CALL OLD RESIDENT OF GRANDE ', ' RONDE PASSES AWAY. GOOD Demise Was Hastened by Oircum- hat Koosevelt, must be the nominee, stances Attending Loss by Fire. No substitute will be acceptable. Ho reminded the delegates they are not Albert Good, aged 71, passed awaynBre against anybody they are here at his home 1528 Monroe avenue yes- for somebody and that somebody is terday evening at 4 o'clock. Tnere Roosevelt. -seems no doubt that worry, over th : Various constructions have been loss of some valuable livestock in a tire which turned the barn and five head of horses and three cows some two weeks ago brought on a nervous state which could not be overcome. While the financial loss was not such as to cause particular worry, the in cineration of tho horses and cattle, and especially one of the horses to which he was unusually attached, produced a physical and mental de pression that could not be sur mounted. ... AI Good was one of the very early settlers in this valley and was es pecially noted as a mart of indomit able will and energy. He developed and improved a fine farm property three miles northeast of town and while he gave his personal attention to his farming and stock interests, the family home for several years pas, has been maintained in La Grande.. Mr. Good was united in marriage in 1871 with Miss Cordelia Koontz, of Baker county, and his wife survives him. Tho surviving children of the tamily are: Mrs. Albert Piatt.. Mrs. Edwnrtl i-arpenter, Mrs. Franklin Carpenter, Pl . TY - Tl'.M MrS. Robert Safford. Mrs. Dan Phil lips and an only son, Grover R. Good. The funeral will be held from tho M. E. church, South, Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock. DEMOCKACY IS PLEASED Cabinet (iocs Over Draft of St. 1-ouis Pint form Washington, June 6. The president and his cabinet spent most of the ses sion today going over the draft of the Democratic platform which will be presented nt the St. Louis convention next week. Optimistic telegrams wora received just before the cabinet con vened from James Dailv, chairman of the Chicago Democratic committee, saying: 'Chicago greets the Republi can National convention by electing an entire Democratic judicial ticket by a majority of twenty-five to thirty thousand. Just n forecast of Novem ber." McAdoo, Daniels, Baker and Lane expect to go to St. Louis immediately after the preparedness parade here June 14. Burleson also will attend. Iowa Vote Cose Des Moines, June 6. It probably will take the official count to settle the question of whether suffrage car ried in Monday's election in Iowa, A comp'ctc vote of one-third of the pre cincts throughout tho state (rives suf frage r,2,'lR8; against "0.227; Extra Sleeper Tomorrow. Partly because a group of La Grande and other eastern Oregon girls, daughters of pioneer railroad ers, will go to Portland to bo Rose show guests of President Farrell, there will be extra sleeper service in to Portland tomorrow inght. All available space was sold last night r.nd probably will be tonight. COLONEL IS i nui v nunipp UI1LI UIIUIUL ' np, Pr tTs! n, n .vr, i "kLkGATLS TOLD HE AND HE ALONE MUST BE SELECTION BY CONVENTION THIRD PARTY WILL BE A CLUB OVER REPUBLICANS Old Guard Contends They Have No Reason for a Decision Now Pending Word from ' Hughes Roosevelt Party can Bee No Hope of Reconcili ation With Republican Party, Chicago, Juno C George Perkins, T ......... ...I.U.. , . j " (tvwuwYciv a iiKuuw rasuea a nat uiti- ' malum today to Progressive delegate . placed on Justice Hughes' speech- to a group of school girls last night. Hitchcock declared1 comment is unnec essary. Radical Bullmoose delegates are firmly (determined to nominate Roose velt Friday, the third day of the con vention and run a third party if Re publicans refuse to accept the Colonel. 'Republicans here thought Perkins' fiat was intended for home consumption and'figured Perkins sought to hold tho delegates in check, awaiting the out come of continuing negotiations. Bullmoose radicals this . afternoon . practically abandoned hope of concilia tion with Republicans and received tho theory of a three-party race as prac tically a certainty. It is believed Hughes is tho Republican's only pos sibility as rt winner, and they figure that even Huges is doubtful because it is possible he will decline unless he it) assured of a united party, , . Third Party May Be Club Organization leaders admit in ri- : vote that they have chances of a vic- 'tory in November tf Progressives can imoDonze a rorce behind a third camdi ll..tn HM,.. Unl.'n.. ..U J.- date. They believe the one remain ing hope for them in putting Roose velt's nomination over is the club they have picked up of a third candidate. It is rumored the old guard leaders are disinclined to rush into a decision, awaiting Hughes' statement about n third party candidate. It is stated effort has been made to get the Jus tice to agree to accept a straight Re publican nomination regardless of rad ical Bullmoose action. Iowa Vote Thrills Women Chicago, June 6. True to femino traditions, tho Women k National Suf frage association will open the first Convention in the Princess Theater to day by having pictures taken. Then they will listen to Piesident Carrie Chapman Catt tell them of yester day's Iowa vote which apparently added Iowa to the suffrage list and was a sledgehammer blow toward get ting a favorublc suffrage plank into the Republican and Democratic plat forms. Five blocks away militant suffragettes of the Congressional union held a closed session and pre pared to descenil upon the Republican resolutions committee tomorrow. Both factions denied they will join forces in an attempt to gain political rccog- jnition. Chicago. June fi. Governor Whit mnn of New York, admitted this af ternoon the Taft family, and fortune is connected with the Hughes cam- ipaign. Charles latt is interested m the campaign, but Whitman is uncer tain to what extent. Ho wouldn't com ment on reports of Taft's backing Hughes for revenge on Roosevelt. Whitmnn 'assumed cx-Prosident Taft is in complete sympathy with the po litical views of his lirothor. Colonel for Wood. New York June 6. Roosevelt will (Continued on Page Eight)