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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XV
LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE (5, 39KJ.
NUMBER 302.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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(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
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