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VOLUME XV
LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 191(5.
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.Americanism Peace Preoaredness Grandma Jaekson'a ht?.' EnP"eer i stared quietly at the Demo-4-Americanism,
rcace, preparedness Curti8 and wif6i who JWe neignbors cratic delegates en route to the
and Prosperity Are What Former to Grandman, invited her to go to the . Coliseum. . AU were clad in 4
picture show. To their surprise, and 4. white or yellow. They didn't at- 4
Governor of JNcw York Claims lo
Be the Basic Principles of the Dem-
ocratic Party Now.
The Coliseum, St. Louis, June 14.
, -Americanism and peace, preparedness
and prosperity are four cardinal prin
ciples which Martin H. Glynn, form
er governor of New York, held be
fore the Democratic convention today
in the keynote speech as temporary
chairman.
He loudly praised Democracy, but
foremost he placed Woodrow Wilson, !
speaking of him as President and j
President-to-be. Among other things
Mr. Glynn said: . ,j'
Gentlemen of the Convention: l
The Democratic party, in this con- ELECTION' OF MODERATOR
vention assembled, meets to per-; COMES EARLY
form a duty, not to itself, but to the ; .. -i. . .
nation. Proud of the part it' has '
. played in the nation's past, 'jpwMtjU'--'"-i-.- . . .- ,aii.ti.U"rvi!!&i-,a
ir Tf (,,,.,, i .wv iQ Urn. Presence of Dr. Hinson Evenings the
of Jefferson and of Jackson is gath
ered here to dedicate itself anew to
the preservation of a free, a united,
a sovereign republic. j
We are proud of the battle we with three duys before them, each
have fought in the past under, the daylight and evening hour of which is
emblem of a great political party, weU suppiied w,th good numbers, the
but there is a truth that wo desire Gran(je Ronde Baptist association em
to blazon above all that we may say Jbracing such C0Unties as Union, Wal
or do in this convention. lo Umatilla, Baker, Malheur, Grant
We have entered this hall' as and others was ean(i to order this
Democrats; we shall deliberate and TOOrnmg jn tne Baptist church of this
act here as Americans. vit Tne feature of the conven-
We who gather in this hall, stand tion the ap,pearance of Dr.
for the Americanism of the, Fathers Bins(m weU m0vm divine, each even
who laid the foundations of this . u to Sunday night, beginning to
nation so strong and deep that no mrrv n;Eht
storm has ever rocked 1 them . no up- ...... imDortant item tran.sacted
neavai ever movea mem. e
for the Americanism which under " C fii t J I
the magic spell of citizenship and moderator, which honor fell to J.
tto mystic influence of the Stars Martin Howard I of Baker. D E.
and Stripes converts men of every Baker of Onteno is clerk. The de-
rnUdntt7atury ot Znt X, as fott
of t A 0menCOofnto7e flag, by appointment of ttees on en-
anOAspbations S e& pasr JiJi
cWilitron of ihe present and for annual sermon was ass.gaed to A. K.
the civilization of the future, we McRae of Burns.
must hold to the course that has After a luncheon in the basement of
made our nation great. Wo must the church the afternoon services Re
steer by the stars that guided our gan, featuring reading of church let
ship of state through the vicissitudes ters, introduction and responses ot
of a century. new pastors, and discussions by A. M.
For myself I have confidence" Williams of Haines, W. H. Browning
enough in my country, faith, enough of Baker and D. E. Baker of Ontario,
in my countrymen to believe that o. C. Wright of Portland isn t here
the people of America will rise to for the opening day. .Praise services
their responsibilities with a single led by L. K. Robinson1 of Cove and a
mind and a single voice. sermon by A. M. Williams of Haines
And when, a century from now, will be tonight's program. ,
America's children come to read our j The convention runs into Friday
history, when at last they learn night.
whether the men of 1916 were as
true to America as the men of 1776, BOOSTERS CARRY TAGS
we pray God that the history we,
are about to make may prove an visitors To Stock Show1 Will Adver
dnspiration to their loyalty, that the j tjse Speed 'Em Up
pages we are about to write may j
be a spur to their patriotism and I e Speed 'Em Up bunch, big and
that our labors here and in the istrong, will leave for Union early to
months to come may have preserved ,morrow morning. They will have a
for them a nation free and proud, and ,biK ass0rtment of tags which will be
stars reflect the changeless majesty tied to visitors to the Stock Show, and
of the celestial galaxy itself. the big grand iprix July 22-23 will be
In the attainment of this hope, .Bdvertised in much detail at Union to
the utterance of this prayer we who morrow that much is assured,
gather here today have a responsi-, An members of the club are re
Wlity that sobers our emotions as ; quested to bear the "Speed'Em Up
it strengthens our resolutions. We n.ards upon their windshields and
would be fa'se to ourselves, and ,these w;u be handed out on Adams
recreant to those who send us here,avemle ,when they are leaving. All
if we permitted any thought of par- aut0 parties can obtain them by stop
tisnn profit, any consideration of P-iping at the corner of Adams and De
litical advantage to obscure our vision ,pot jU3t before leaving,
of the tremendous issues now before Everybody boost the big "Speed
the people of the United States. Wo ,Em yf,."
must cast aside all that is selfish, we ,
must hold ourselves Worthy of a na- j MEXICAN'S OBNOXIOUS
tion's confidence by offering only the .
best of our intelligence, the flower of Appear Behind Repair Camps and
our patriotism toward the solution of . Onenlv Threaten Forces
what all men perceive to be a crisis in
Shall We Reiect the Doctrines of
Our Fathers?
. One hundred and forty years aeo
the manhood of America was called
upon to decide whether thisshoujl
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HER FIRST PICTURE SHOW
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One of the croud -women of La
land the sorrowful aides of life; one
who has had promise appear in elab- !
orate 'brightness only to -be dashed to
the rocks 'before it reached her; one
who has borne her cross without mur
mur, .who lias retained the kindly soul
reflected in the eye, retained the love
for humanity even though the clouds
were thick at times, such is the noble
character of Grandma Jackson who
: i lives at the corner of Third and Wasn
ington streets. ' She is 88 years old.
For four score and three years she
has tasted of life's daily program, and
lit is not out of place to say that fre
quently the program carried scenes of
I anything but joy and the music was
at times not happy, but very slow.
Vat thr-nncrli it. flll fhnt qvHt. Rmilo.
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good, old fashioned mothers, never
came off.
Last night was quite an event in
the surprise of many others, (irandma
,show Rnd accepted the invitation.
I After the evenings entertainment
was over the good, old lady said: "It
:was fine; it was dandy. I could not
near the music for watching the pic-
tures,
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Columbus. June 14. Anti-American :
agitators have defied the expedition -
y force, appearine in tne i rwr m
repair camps, threatening 30 Mexi
can laborers with death when the
Gringoes are driven out. One agi
tator was arrested. The rainy soason
has opened at Nnmio,uipa, but ship
ments are not de'ayed.
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DEMONTRATION FOR WILSON BEGINS WITH FIRST MENTION OF
HIS NAME STONY STARES FROM 5000 SILENT SUFFRAGETTES
HAUNT DELEGATES BRYAN JOINS IN WILSON DEMONSTRA
TIONINVITATION TO PROGRESSIVES POSSIBLE.
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I The Coliseum, St. Louis, June 14.
! With ft nrnfrram cut and dried, the
Democratic convention was called-to
order, at 12:30 this afternoon. The
.hall was hot and stuffy and delegates
mopped their faces and wielded fans.
Chairman McCombs introduced ex
Governor Glynn, the keynoter, who be
gan his speech at 1 o'clock, after the
temporary officers . were ratified.
Seventeen minutes later, when Glynn
mentioned Wilson s name a violent
demonstration began.
New Jersey started to parade
through the aisles, Illinois following.
The Wilson demonstration lasted 17
minutes and then Glynn resumed.
When, he eloquently pictured the
Democratic peace achievements" an
other demonstration burst and he was
forced to repeat the paragraph thrice.
Mrs. jaarion Monroe, or wasnmjj
ton, led the yelling. More demonstra
tion was started when W. J. Bryan,
his face flushed, arose and waved a
flag. After Glynn had finished the
crowd cheered and yelled and sang
five minutes. The President's proc
lamation of Flag Day was read and
the convention , then adjourned until
11 tomorrow.
The Democratic platform will con
tain a strong, direct bid for Progres
sive support. Younger Democrats
gathered today and determined to in
vite the Moose into the party, but old
er heads are dubious concerning the
wisdom of onenly inviting them.
National Chairman McCombs in
opening the Democratic convention,
said:
"We an in an atmosnhere of vie-
tory. We have no feeling of guess,
but a spirit of certainty. Wie meet to
celebrate the marvelous achievements
of the Democratic party since it came
into power, and to place a milestone
on the paths of further success.
"Over 2000 years ago an old slave
related the fable of the frog who
wanted to grow to the size of an ele
phant. iSuch was the ambition of his
soul that his body swelled to a mar
velous proportion, indeed. Aesop
went so far as to predict that the
frog, upon reaching the size of the
elephant, would burst. I commend
to your notice the wisdom of Aesop.
It took over 2000 years for his
prophecy to come true. Only last
week the frog-elephant or the ele
phant-frog exploded. The Kepuoli'
can party for years succeeded in dc
ceivins the country. Now it is sue
cessfully deceiving itself. In its
platform it offers pulchntudinous
promise but witn vacuous intent, at
promises the country, in the main,
what the Democratic party has al
ready done or is in the process of do
ing, 'saving always the bogus god
protection. Cloven Hoof Berated.
"It has cloaked its iniquity with a
judicial robe, but the cloven hoof of
special interest still protrudes.
"The board of directors has again
set in Chicago and resolved that they
are the country. They have adopted
the doctrine of fore-ordination and
predestination, but have made it ap
plicable only to themselves.
"The rest of the people are their
wards for profit.
"Ambition is a noble attribute, but
when it is adulterated with greed, a
cataclysm is inevitable. We have re
cently witnessed the painful spectacle
of two great American parties at Chi
cago, putting self in place of ideals:
self glorification m pince oi national
honor; Republicanism and Progres
sivism so-called, in place of our only
'ism Americanism. .
'We have witnessed the drab snec-
, inci les ike rompetilorB in a fish
marketi in thB bope that some
com-
Tii-omie would win puiiiic support.
They have not come together tev
have fallen out over the 'swag.' Foi
the sake of victory, miny of these
men. pssontiallv oTnositc in nrincinle,
have been willing to become friends
with false masks. The result is in
evitable 'divided they fall.' We are
proud in the thought that united we
stand. We welcome tne pent-up
Americanism of the real progressives
individually to our ranks, offering
them a haven, in principle. Their
leader has abandoned them with crass
cruelty. , J
"The is a crucial hour in the his
tory of the world. It is an hour
when every man should take stock
pf himself and his principles. ) This is
an hour when everyone . should see
whether in his inner consciousness, he
squares with the ideal of 1776 and
the later periods of dramatic episodes,
when this country resolutely main
tained peace with honor.
"The Democratic party, in the face
of scandalous and vicious attacks, has
maintained this great American ideal.
While for peace, it has steadily and.
surely worked for sound and power
ful preparedness. It has maintained
a solemn, calm dignity in the face of
circumstances which might have
drawn it into the vortex of a world
destruction. Though villified by self-
seekers, it has maintained friendly re
asons throughout the world: it lias
been time to the spirit of America; it
ias been true to the great principles
of Washington, Jenerson, and Madi
son; it has allowed no eeltisn interest
to blind it to the fundamentals ot its
faith and the country has found that
its confidence has been well be
stowed. The Democratic party has
pi'flt'cd itself a party of principle, a-,,
party oi constructive aDUity, a party
of performance. It has proven that
ideals can be realized. United we
stand for America.
"Ladies and gentlemen of this
great convention, the elephant is
dead, the Moose is dead. Long live
the American eagle!
TEDDY'S THROAT HURT '
Ligament Strained During Coughing
Spell at New York
New York, June 14. Col. Roosevelt
strained a ligament while coughing,
Secretary McGrath has announced.
His condition is not seriouB, but he
will remain in New York tonight and
have an X-ray examination, instead
of returning to Oyster Bay. The
Colonel remained at the hotel and
postponed several business visits.
ORPET CASE PROGRESSES.
Report of Autopsy and Rcfution of
Defense Theory Features.
Weukeagan, June 14. The conten
tion of the Will Orpet defense that
poison was found beneath the finger
nails of the late Marian Lambert, in
dicating she took the cyanide herself,
has been refuted.
Coroner Taylor testified there was
Flaky powder in her hair and crevices
of the right palm but nonet in the
finger nails. Ho declared the " '"nsy
showed Marian wasn't in th' - ul
tion she feared.
Board Meeting Delayed.
Thp rponilnr mnnt.hlv meptinff nf the
y. M. C. A. board of directors which
was to be held at the association room
this evening, has been postponed on
account of the Flag Day exercises at
the Elks' building, until tomorrow
evening (Thursday.) The meeting
will be called at 7:30 p. m. and all
members of the board are urged to be
present as matters of great import
ance will be discussed.
NEW JAP ENVOY.
Viscount Chida Goes to St. James
While Sato Comes to U. S.
Toyko, June 14. Aimaro Sato will
be the new Japanese ambassador to
United States, succeeding Viscount
Chida. who goes to St. James, it is
officially announced today.
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first time in history a President
of the United States marched 4
nfoot in a Pennsylvania avenue
parade. The Marine band !
ahead of President Wilson, lead
such a parade todr.v. The Prosi-!
dent set a pace mid marched a 4
mile and a half in about 15 !
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important railroad center behind the
Austrian lines except Lemberg is
the immediate objective of the Rus
sian drive, critics stated today. Its
capture would provoke serious em
barrassment to German lines toward
Riga and to Austrians southward.
Russians . have approached Kovel
closely near Lutsk and further dent
ing of the Austrian lines there would
enable Russians to gain the objective
by a frontal attack from Rafalowka
and flanking from the south.
Austrians still hold Czarnowitz but
evacuation is expected hourly. The
Russian cavalry is already passed
Czarnowitz. -
Infantry Attacks Few.
Paris. June 14. No infantry at
tacks occurred around Verdun last
night, says a communique. East of
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ouisHona r rencii iiuuniry cupburua a
small German post. French airmen
successfully radied Venizel and
Vosges while a French sortie at So-
gern resulted in capture of some
prisoners.
Berlin, June 14.- (Via London)
Germans captured Froneh positions
west and south of Thiuumont farm, it
is offlciully announced. Tiiey took 793
prisoners, and lo mac.iine guns.
Rome, June 14. The Italian fleet is
now violently bombarding Austrian
positions on the Istrian coast in the
vicinity of Parenzo and Trieste, it is
officially announced.
FLAG DAY IS
E
DISPLAY OF FLAGS SURPASSES
MEMORIAL DAY.
Parade Will March to L. D. S. Taber
nacle Where Services Will Be Held.
As never before, iLa Grande is today
observing Flag Day, a national insti-
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(.Uliuii, uet. usiut: ua tnuuw w iua
day congress adopted the National
emblem, and the display of flags on
homes and business places equal, if
not surpasses, that of Memorial day.
Tonight s parade will be a fitting
climax indeed to Flag day as observed
throughout the country, and in La
Grande today , More lodges are com
ing forward, individuals are partic
ipating and the clergy section prom
ises to be much larger than first an
ticipated. Eagles Will March.
The Eagles' lodge will meet at 6:30
to transact a bit of business concern
ing the Eagles' carnival, and then join
in the parade. Moose, Modern wood
men, Knights of Pythias are other or
ders that meet at 6:45 to take part.
The details remain practically as
yesterday, with the parade forming
promptly at 7 o'clock, and moving off
as rapidly as possible.
The order of forming and the line
of march were announced last night
in the Observer and remain un
changed, except that the parade ends
at the L. D. S. tabernacle where the
services will be held, the Elks' hall be
ing too small.
The program at the Elks' hall
where the parade will move to, will
be ritualistic in form, and to it all are
invited. The numbers there will be:
The Star Spangled BannerOr
chestra. Introductory exercises F. C. Bram
well, Exalted Ruler and Officers.
Prayer Chaplain.
"Unfurl the Banner" Elks' Quar
tet F. C. Bramwell, C. P. Ferrin, L.
D. Howland and G. S. Birnie.
History of the Flag.
Altar Service Esquire W. M. Peare
and Officers.
Vocal Solo "Columbia the Gem of
the Ocean," Miss Etta Foley.
Elks' Tribute to the Flag H. E.
Dixon.
Vocal solo "Hymn to Liberty"
Mrs. A. L. Richardson.
Flag Day Address A. A. Smith,
Past Exalted Ruler of Baker Elks'
lodge.
Song "America" Entire Audience
with Orchestra accompaniment.
EAGLES ANNOUNCE PLANS
Carnival To Be Held on Streets and
Hall This Year
Zubnr Hall, and the street immedi
ately surrounding it, will be used by
the "Eagles in their annual carnival
commencing July 3rd and running
three days. While there is much yet
to be announced, the general plans
are drafted and there is every indi
cation the function will be bigger and
better than ever. Previously it wis
held at Eagles' park on the river bank,
but a new plan is being tried out this
season.
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FLAG SALUTE INITIAL!
GROUNDS CEREMONY
Union Awakes This Morning With
Sun Lending All Its Aid to Make
Event a Success Correspondent
Finds Many Things to Interest
Readers of the Observer.
Union, June 14. (By Staff Corre
spondent.) With the sun bursting in
its full effulgence of its glory Union -awoke
this morning with' a glad heart
to set herself for the entertainment of
thousands of people who will flock "
here from the Northwest to attend
the annual Stock show. From the
peep of day the city has been much
astir. . ' ;; ;- . .., .
The town in gala attire, old and
young thronging the streets, the con
stant chatter of the youngsters sug
gests to the stranger, "What is going
on in Union, that much-talked-of
town of the Grande Ronde Valley?"
The answer is The Union Livestock
Association 8 Annual show, commenc
ifrgtotlay and continuing for three
days. No wonder all seem to be on
pleasure bent!
Already all available stalls and
space at the Stock show grounds have
Deen nnea witn exhibits and this pop
ular annual event gives every prom
ise of this year, far out rivaling its
prodecessors in number and quality of
exhibits while the program of gen
eral entertainment consisting of rac
ing and sports presents interesting,
new and thrilling features. -
The entries so far embrace an ex
cellent showing of., both heavy and
light boned horses,- Shetland ponies, ;
etc., while the cattle exhibits are far
the best the show has ever had, em
bracing entries from the. herds of
such well known breeders as the
Messrs. Blocklund, Townley, DeLay,
Green, etc., etc
On every side ono can hear the re
mark "How the show has : grown!"
and the casual observer is undoubtedly
forced to such conclusion. .
The best in top-notch drivers may
be seen at this show as well as the
three-gaited and tive-gaited saddlers
par-excellent for Union is now repre
sented by animals of Kentucky's best
blood such as Galloway King 2d; .
Couer de Ieon, etc., owned by G. S.
Levy.
While the automobile has its place
nowadays as a time saver in business
trips of necessity, yet the park saddle
horse and stylish driver command at
tention for pleasure and can never be
supplanted by mechanical contrivance.
In the East and middle West today a
number one saddler is at a premium.
While speaking of high class sad
dlers for the grown-ups we shall And
the youngsters equally devoted to the
wee Shetland pony for their mounts
and drivers and each and all of these
classes shall be well represented at
Union's forthcoming show. r
First Parade "Hummer"
The first-day parade at high noon,
was n "Hummer" to state it mildly.
The opening day t-rowd was very sat
isfactory. A flug, a deer team, shet
lund ponies, marshals, light and heavy
boned stallions, the Imbler Riding
club, Indies' single and double driv
ers, men's double and single drivers,
two, and four-horse draft teams,
heavy and light horses to halter, cow
boys and cowgirls were parts of the
parade that wended its way through
the streets. Such an array of horse
and cowflesh, Union, nor any other
community in the Northwest, haB
ever seen. It was a tremendous show
ing of stock one that experts admit
is ipnr excellence. Groomed and sleek,
the blue-ribbon nnima's were taken
before the admiring onlookers who .
righteously felt proud of the show
ing. It was superb.
Flag Ceremony Held
As soon as the pageant reached the
grounds this nfternoon, a flig-rnising
ceremony was held, centering about a
verbal tribute to the flag by Milton
Levy. This important function over,
unrestrained blaze of glory ond the
unrestrained Wave of glor yand the
fun was on. "Bring on the horses"
screamed the judges.