La Grande evening observer., June 17, 1916, Image 1

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VOLUME XV
i LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1916.
NUMBER 312
U. S. COOLS'
LEAVING POSTS
STAlr DEPARTMENT WANTS
ALL TO RETIRE FROM SMALL
, , TOWNS ESPECIALLY
1AST NIGHT'S WARNINC
MAY NOT BE OFFICIAL
Situation in' Mexico Becoming More
Critical and Notices are Posted in
, Various Mexican Towns Urging Citi-'
zt ns to Arm Themselves With Guns
and Ammunition.
Washington, June 17. Secretary of
State Lansing is considering bringing
from Mexico the remainder of Ameri
can consuls in the small cities. Most
of them returned several weeks ago
tfor a border conference, and haven't
gone back.
Trouble Is Brewing
The war department has received
private advices today saying notices
were posted in Chihuahua and Juarez
urging civilians to supply themselves
with arms and ammunition. The de
partment transmitted the dispatches
to Wilson. Lansing has admitted he
is anxious to learn whether Trevino
is acting under Carranza's orders in
sending a note of warning to Persh
ing last night. The Mexican embassy
branded the published text of the
Trevino message as a fake. War de
partment officials belittled Trevino's
message and doubted if the text
printed in morning papers was cor
rect. General. Bell today denied official
knowledge of trie? allegou Cai ;nnza'
threat to attack Americans
Tightening of American communi
cation lines is reported and precau
tions taken' against Carranza attacks
along the 280-mile front. The Mexi
can embassy criticised "Certain army
officers" who circulated the unfound
ed stories.
.San Antonio, June 17. An Ameri
can detachment fired at a band of
Mexicans eight miles east of San Be
nito, Texas, General Parker reported
this afternoon.
CONVENTION IS CLOSED.
Dr. Hinson SpeakB at Baptist Church
to Big Audience.
(Last evening Dr. Hinson's address
at the Baptist church officially closed
the Eastern Oregon convention which
had been in session three days. Dr.
Hinson said in part:
-The text is from II Cor. IV. 2.
"The face of Jesus Christ." Luke
assures us that it was a set face.
And it assuredly had to be or he
would never have gone for our salva
tion thirough Gethsemane and along
the Via Dolorosa to the cross of Cal
vary. And we must learn from Him
to have the set face of determination.
And it was a sad fucc, for though
the Master must have smiled many
times yet the habit of His soul was
sadness even saddened with the sor
row born of His knowledge of and
lovef ro all. Further it was a scorned
face, for he was despised, and reject
ed, the man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. And the spittle and
blood marred the countenance of the
Christ.
Shining was the countenance of the
Master as John saw it in the Apoca
lyptic vision on the Isle of Patimos.
And shunned also will that face be.
We learn from the same Book of
Revelation, for in the doom day many
will call on the mountains to hide
them from "The Face of Him that
Sitteth on the Throne."
DEFEN DANTS WIN N ERS
French War Horse Case Settled When
Jury Brings Verdict
Finding for the defedants, the jury
brought the French war horse case
to an end this morning. The outcome
is that the French army horse buyers
need not pay Duncan McDonald other
fees than those for such horses as he
provided for the general buyers. He
was suing for a commission on all
horses sold in the county to the gener
al agents. He alleged a contract to
that effect.
While another case is so down for
Monday it is very probable it will not
be tried now. and if such proves true,
the June term will adjourn at once.
Harlan Stewart Hurt.
Union, Ore., Juno 17. (Special)
Harlan P. Stewart was the victim of
of painful accident yesterday even
ing. He was up-set in some way
from a wagon seat and fell to the
ground sustaining a fracture of the
collar bone.
TODAY'S HEAT
SETS A RECORD
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS SHOW
NO CLOSE APPROACH i
Three Successive Days Have Set June
v. Heat Records in This City : ;
. Today is the hottest June day oX
which there is any La Grande record
and records run back about 15 years.
Not only that but yesterday and the
day before that set new June heat 1
records. Ninty-six was the maximum I
climb of the mercury in La Grande '.
yesterday out that mark is being bet
tered Saturday, the government in
struments recording 96 at high noon
today. About 2:30 or 4:00 p. m. will
see the highest mark of the day and
indications are it will .reach, 98.
Wsaiht.r Observer Mackeya records
show that U3 is the hotest June day
of which thero is any previous knowl
edge. This has (been reached but
twice before since 1901. Quite often
90 or 91 have been reached. Tho heat
wave, which is general over Oregon,
commenced three days ago and lias
Climbed assiduously since. Predictions
are the trest of the heat wave u
reached today and that hereafter; it
will sink. i
La Grande Hen "Busy"
The following communication deals
with a La Grande poultry farm:
Scene A Ibrignt morning in June.
The farmer's poultry, yard, which
is divided into runs or small yards,
with netting to separate the different
strains of fowls the Black Minorcas
here, White Leghorns there, and the
Rocks Who were to act as mothers, in
together as near as possible and seem
together a snear as (possible and seem
to be discussing the question of pure
food, ventilation, trap nests and other
things cf interest in their world.
"Come, come, get busy," said a
pompous Black Minorca of glossy
plumage, thinking no doubt that they
had gossiped long enough. "It is
time we were paying our board; the
farmer has been feeding us on this
high priced food for six months or
more." "Yes," said one plump pul'et,
"I am very fond of oat meal, with
clean, clear buttermilk and some let
tuce, alfalfa or beets for a relish and
I do like charcoal." "And I," saVd a
fat hen. "like pure, cold water, Rood
wheat, r-oreciiing i? com ..'irftb-- vic
beef scraps, and in winter, cabbage or
l:eets and I must have grit or sheiW
no musty corn or wheat and no de
cayed vegetables for me." "He wont
let roe scratch in the manure pde.
either," said a littic chick, at which
they all looked wist- and confused.
"Plenty of clean straw to scratch in,
to find choice morsels, plenty of dust
tc roll in which 13 quite necessary,
atlhough our farmer is very careful
of our comfort and our ventilation is
perfect so that we sleep well and are
healthy and happy."
At that moment with a chodi-tui
caoklo n large Rock hen annoui.tcd
(that she had laid her "fifteen eggs
in 15 days and have raised a brood of
chickens besides." "Well," so have I."
said another Rock. "Well, well, lis
ten," f-aid Minorca, whose voice had
been unheard in tut- noisy chnUcr.
"Do vou know that all this food
high-priced and that eggs must be
high, too, or th. farmer will gino
profit from his labor, but now t.nat
(Kgs are selling for 30 cents a dozen
ho may get a little profit." "Thirty
cents, and is that so strange at this
time if the yea ?" they exciaimcr..
" J here must be 5:;ns of better times
in the political outlook. Listen, for
the first time since June, 1910, have
thry been that price in June."
In Juno, 1011, they sold in La
Grande for 25 cents: in 1912, 20 cuts,
excepting ti e 'ast three days when
they were 25 cents. In June, 1913,
20 cents; in June, 1914, 25 cents;
June, 1915 the average was 28 cnt3.
In Mr.rch 1915 ocr were 18 cents, m
December of 191? and 1915, they were
HO cents. January, 1914 and 1915 av
eraged 39J cents and January. 1S)16
50 cents. In recent years eggs have
sold as low as 15 cents and as high as
fiO and 75 cents in La Grande.
The profit per hen per one year is at
least $1-50 under favorable circum
stances. But, as conceded by the
fowls as a unit, there must be pure
food, and pure water or milk, good
range With alfalfa, lettuce or beets for
BTecn stuff, clean apartments with
proper ventilation, then the farmer can
bring his customers ine large, wmic
egg of the Minorca and leghorn and
the laree brown egg of the Rock fu'sl
of nutritious meat.
"Let's get busy," said all of them
and they went their way singing con
tentedly. Wallowa Pioneers Will Meet.
Joseph, Ore., June 17. (Special)
The annual meeting of Wallowa coun
ty pioneers will be held at Wallowa
Iake park on June 30th and July 1st.
A program is being arranged and
there will be a number of addresses
from pioneer residents. A large at
tendance is anticipated.
Good Sized Hog Shipment
Although the weather conditions are
not specially favorable for hog -shipments.
Warren Chandler will Rtart for
Portland tonicht fonr car!nds of
Tiorkers. One car is loaded out from
PyiI-i-tm.;ho twn fmm WiillnWA and
the fourth will be picked up this even
ing at Is and i:y.
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OF 88 COMES
EMMALINE B. WELLS, EDITOR
AND SOCIAL WORKER AT
CHURCH FUNCTION.
CONNECTED WITH L. D. S.
RELIEF OVER 72 YEARS
One of Foremost Women of L. D. S.
Church Takes Active Part in
Church Now Under WV Here
Other Salt Lake Dignitaries
Among Visitors.
. regular quarterly conference of
..he Union stake, convened this morn
ing in the tabernacle at La Grande for
the transaction of regular business
and convened again at 2 o'clock as
usual. A special program has been
prepared and the meeting will be un
der the auspices of the Stake pri
mary and Relief society boards. The
legular. sessions of the conference
will convene at 10:30 a. m., and 2 p.
m tomorrow. The public is invited
to attend.
Music for the sessions to be held
tomorrow will be provided by the
Baker choir of the L. D. S. church.
This organization is widely known for
its able musical work.
Those in attendance from Salt
Lake City include Elder Rudger Claw
son of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, Dr. Seymour B. Young, of
the First Counsel of the Seventy, and
Mrs. Emmaline B. Wells. Mrs. Wells
is 88 years of age. She has been a.
worksr in the Relief society upwards
of Ttr years. She acted as secretary
of that organization for over 25 years,
when she became its President about
six years ago. She has been editor
of the Woman's Exponent, as official
publication of the Woman's National
Relief society, for more than forty
years. While she has been a very ac
tive woman all her life, she is enjoy
ing good health and is one of the
prominent, members nnd strongest
supporters of the organization she
represents.
Aged Wallowa Woman Dead.
Wallowa, Ore., June 17. (Special)
The funeral of "Grandma" Wolfe,
who died Thursday at a very ad
vanced age, was held today. She is
survived by her husband, who was a
captain in the civil war in a Tennes
see regiment. Both C&Dtain Wolfe
and his wife were among the very
early settlers of Wallowa county.
MAY BE THE FIRST
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VlnlLC WUl
TO CONFERENCE
. ; Y 6 ' 'Y
Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes was Miss Antoinette Carter of Now York,
Her mariwe to Hughes took place in New York in 1888 when ho was
practicing law there. Mrs. Hughes says her children are her chief inter-
c-sts. She is the mother of three daughters Elizabeth, 9, Katherine, 18,
and Helen, und one sou, Charles Lvans, jr., who is married and has two
VI11IU CM.
VIRGINIA IN
IKK OF II
REFORM FIGHT
TELEPHONE. TELEGRAPH, AND
TRAIN CREWS AND ALL IN
DUSTRIES ATTACKED.
ANTI-REFORMERS MAKE
OLD LAW RIDICULOUS
Prohibitionists in Control of the
State Old Law , Will Be' Enforced
to the Letter and Catches Ball
Players, Bathers, Golfers and Even
the Newspapers. ,
Richmond, Va., June 17. Author
ities plan to enforce the blue laws
throughout the state tomorrow. Pro
hibitionists are in power, but declare
anti-prohibitionists are trying to
make the reform laws ridiculous by
strict enforcement.
Officers will arrest locomotive en
gineers, chauffeurs, telephone and
telegraph operators, boot blacks, con
fectioners, amusement places
news-;
papermen
baseball players, golfers j
and bathers.
Officials were instructed to apply
the letter of the law.
Thc statute was passed in 1790.
DEATH OF JOHNNY H ALLEY
Former La Grande Resident Dies in:FaKo1- 1 imely automobile and motor
Portland After Long Illness c5. e. news and notes page 5 Com-
I missionjmanager form of government
Word was received' in La Grande '.adopted n 25 cities-page 7. Auto
this morning of the death of Johnny Ie a dangerous weapon; Western
Halley at his home in Portland, shells not at Pougkeepsie page .
Death came after a long period of I T 0?hTau,tauoqua Sect,5I,r.
,,i,. June 25-July 2, dates of Ohautau-
worst has been feared. The deceased
was about forty years of age and was
the oldest son of Jas. P. Hal ley, of
this city. He leaves a wife, who was
formerly Miss Hattie Heritage of Un-
..j fa,. i,ii,),. m, Co kun
mkW their home in Portland the
past four or five years.
Mr. Halley ,the father, left for
Portland last Tuesday evening to be
at the bedside of. his son and Mrs,
Halley, step-mother of the deceased,
and her daughter went to Portland
last night. The funeral and interment
will take place in Portland..
PARTY UNION PROGRESSES
New York, June 17. A conference
townrd iiiiion of Progressives and Re
publicans is progressing satlsmactori
ly, George W. Perkins announced this
afternoon after a two-hour confor
e'nee with Roosevelt.
LADY OF THE LAND.
CHARLES 17.
"AL AND ETHEL"
GET POSTCARD
SOME LA GRANDE FAMILY BY
THAT NAME WANTED.
Little Girl' Is Coming from Portland
., Tomorrow Advance Card Goes .
, . Astray.
Who are "Al and Ethel?"
Better still, who in this city ex
pects arrival today or tomorrow of a
little girl from Portland? ,
The answer is vital.
June 15 "Mother'' at Portland
mailed a postcard without addressing
it. From a rather unlegible note on
it, it was learned, seemingly at . the
Portland postofflce, that the letter was
destined for La Grande and the con
tents led the postmaster there to
take a chance. So ho mailed the un
addressed card to Postmaster iBragg
nnd ho ig today trying to find the per
sons to whom the card was ad
dressed. '
"Dear Al and Ethol" seems to be
the salutation, but that isn't clear,
and there is no further name.
The card goes on to mention a " Mr.
Long, and says that either Doris, or
Lois the name isn't plain will bo
put on the train at Portland and will
arrived here tomorrow on No. 4. "Be
sure and be there to meet her" ad
monishes the note. But who is to be
there ? Postmaster Bragg has turned
the card over to Chief Ardrey and he
will have someone at the train unless
the La Grande people interested are
located in the meantime.
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
General News Section
Telegraphic news page 1. ' Society
page 8. Want ads jnao-e 7.
Churches page 3. Editorial nacre 4.
Ijocbi ana personal page 5.
Sliced 'Em Up Section
Annual races drawing cream of na-
tion's motorcycle speed demons; Enter-
tainment bemg provided for visitors;
Ambitious plans for making Wallowa
County national park maturing; Speed
'Em song and march to be written
flu "R"d In.k " .missing; chister
:''ts for urged-Tpage 1. Large
Pre8 and descriptions of many
1"""'' - "" .
i 7-. Program "d other notes-page 5.
I Interesting resume of coming Pio-
neer reunion, and special pioneer
hews and pictures page 4. Chau
tauqua section page 5 news section.
Sports
New tennis club formed; Elgin to
VV Sunday-page 6, news section
Movies Department
'Fine frameablo engraved pictures of
movie stars special art section;
Movie notes and notices page 2 news
section..
ASTOR WIDOW TO WEI).
Madeline Force Astor Will Marry
Brooklyn Editor Soon.
New York, June 17. Madeline
Force Astor, widow of the late John
Jacob Astor, who died on tho Titanic,
will marry William Dieck, next week,
according to the Brooklyn Times this
afternoon. Dieck is part owner or tnc
Times.
EMPLOYES APPEALED TO
Pennsylvania Line Wants Others
Than Trainmen to Stay
Altoona, Pa., June 17. Indications
that the railroad companies du not
intend to give in without a fight to
demands of trainmen for concessions,
are seen in announcements mado hero
today following the recent termination
of conferences between trainmen and
railroad operators. General Manager
Long of the Pennsylvania line issued
an appeal to nil employes not engaged
in the train service of railroading, to
stand by the company during the
threatened strike.
The statement contains a promise
to all who stay, that they will re;-.iin
positions assigned them.
Saturday Half-Holidays Begin
The United States landoffico of
ficials and their clerical force com
menced today on the usual Saturday
half-holidays. This is in accordance
with an order from the general tend
office which went into effect ft few
years ago. The land offices are kept
open until 1 o'clock Saturday after
noons and then close until the follow
ing Monday morning. The half-holiday
period extends over the three
summer months.
Cow Killed By Auto
City nnd county officials are in
vestigating a matter wherein n cow
'-was ki!l"d and another one was sen
'ouslv injured bv what appears as a
'caso of havine lioon run intn by an
! automobile. This happened Thursday
It is not given out as to who was the
owner of the cow nnd nti investigation
j under wav to find out the owner
nf the machine. On these particulars
the officials ere not at present fullv
advised.
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OTHER TOWNS
Of SHELLS
FRENCH AND GERMANS ALIKE
STRIKE BLOWS AT CITIES
WITH AIR MACHINES
NUMBER KILLED AND
HURT REPORTED LARGE
Avocourt Is Hotbed of Strenuous
Fighting and in Deadman's Hill
cinity Is Called an Inferno Daring
the Night Destroyer Sunk In Chan
nel. Paris. .Tntm . 17 nAimMn ' -n.....
-. , - uvii.iuvi - mjiai
bombarded Dunkirk, Pontamousson
and Barleduc last night, killing four
and wounding 15, says a communique
and claims French aviators bombarded
Longuyon, Montmedy and Audin.
violent anuiery attacKs are con
tinuing on hrrf.h hninlro tho Mm
The duel of big guns at Avocourt is
particularly heavy. Deadman's Hill
last night was an inferno of shell fire.
vrerman grenade attacKs at Avocourt
were easily repulsed. In the Vosges
region a French detachment pene
trated two Cermnn linAR. Willina miuiv .
defenders and taking some prisoners.
The attackers Mnrnnl withnnfr dif
fering losses. The communique denies
uermans nrove rrencn, irom iresniy
won trenches on the southern slope
of Deadman's Hill. Thn F.rn in
sist they still hold the gains. -
uestroyer is sunk
London, June 17. The .. destroyer
Eden sank in the English channel im
mediately following a collision, tho
admiralty has announced. .Thirty-one
of the--crow were iiaveO. Normally,
she carried 70.
Vienna, June 17. New combats
nave siarxen on me enure voioyian
front, it is officially announced. Sev
eral Russian' attempts' to cross the
Styr failed. The Slave suffering
heavily.
Mr. Morelock Improving
- The condition of E. B. Morelock,
the pioneer resident of Elgin, who waa
reported in a very dangerous condi
tion a few days ago, is steadily im
proving. In fact his relatives and
friends are much less apprehensive as
to the outcome of his illness.
New Dentist Comes.
Dr. R. T. Murphy arrived from.
Portland Tuesday and will be connect
ed with the offico of Dr. H. S. Brown
ton. Dr. 'Murphy having made a
special study of correcting the irreg
ularities of the children's teeth, and
the treatment of pyorrhea will devote
his time lnrgely to that branch of the
work.
Change in Program.
Because it will be impossible for
certain ones of the contestants in the
Declamation contest to reach here
for (Wednesday, the program commit
tee has been requested to change tho
contest to Saturday and Mrs. Hart
ford's lecture will accordingly be
given, Wednesday.
RECLUSE IS INSANE
Enterprise Man Lives After Run-in
With Insane Recluse
Frank Riley ,a recluse who has lived
in squallor and retirement on the gov
ernment forest adjoining Alder Slope1
out from Enterprise, was taken
through La Grande last night to the
insane hospital at Pendleton after a
sensational shooting affair near his
home. Angered over a line fence he
fired a bullet at the forehead of Tom
Murray, a farmer whose place adjoins
the forest reserve, but because the as
saulter was standing at a lower lovel
than the man shot at, the bullet
glanced off Murray's forehead leav
ing but a sca'p wound. Riley is de-,
dared to have been weak minded for
some little time, and he was formally
declared insane after the shooting.
He was in jail here for self-protection
during his stay in La Grande.
SCHOOL .MEETING MONDAY.
J. A. Russell Is Candidate to Succeed
Dr. Baron a ; Director.
The annual meeting for school dis
trict No. 1 will hf, held at the Cen
tral school building Monday. Tho
principal business of the meeting will
lie tho election of a director to servo
five years and to succeed Dr. Bacon,
whose term will expire. Dr. Baron is
not a candidate for re-election and
the one who is most prominently men
tions in connection with the place it
.1. A. Russell, former president of the
l.o Grande city commission.
DUNKIRK