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Whmmtx mum lazmxtm AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916. NUMBER 14 War Clouds Practically Dissipated By Carranza Washington, July 5. The Camuiza note answering the American cornmuiiieatioiis, was sent to Secretary of State Lansing today. The tone as completely pacificatory, as ' forecasted. The reply is brief. It emphasizes the signif i cance of immediate release of the Carrizal prisoners, indi cating Carranza 's desire for peace. The note says Mex ico is favorable to. mediation and lets the United States decide whether mediation or direct negotiations shall be used. ; ';' ' '' ' ' , ' Embarassment residting from presence of U. S. troops in Mexico is emphasized, but the demand for. withdrawal is not renewed. It concludes: "In the meantime this governmen will employ efforts to avoid reoccurrence of incidents which may complicate or aggrivate .the situation. At the same time the American government may use ef forts to prevent new acts of military and civil authorities along the frontier that may cause complications." Lansing announced the United States is willing to c.on x tinue negotiations , with Carranza and handed the note to President Wilson. ' Diplomats confidently think Carranza's reply paves the way for a peaceful readjustment. 0- Columbus, July 5. Military men here believe orders will be given shortly to withdraw the American ex pedition, providing Carranza makes no hostile move. However, no pre liminary withdrawal steps have been taken hero. Koads are still neing re paired and supplies are piling into j American camps, unomciany u is reported Gen. Pershing personally favors withdrawal if there is no in trvAii.finn. Establishment of a heaw border garrison and patrol will prob- ably follow withdrawal, the militia to . be held indefinitely. Spy Caught, Released. Washington, July 5. The justice .-)nnTmpn1 has irminrtfid enntunntr a Mexican SDV Oil the border, With a' copy of a communication to the Mex. ican commander, giving details of dis- position of American forces along the hnrHer. Later it was announced the spy was released because Uncle Sam the Y. M. C. A. here, and playing un lacked proper laws to prosecute him. der Y. M. C A. Tennis club colors, Militiamen May Return Early. won the men's singles' after a terrific Washington, July 6. Unless unto- ally strenuous day of playing in ward events develop, militiamen sta- semi finals, and when Mr. King and tioned at the border will be back in Norman Frees of the La Grande Ten their homes within four months, iris club, captured the men's doubles. However, the President and his staff Elegant trophies, prizes and honors are seriously wondering .how to fill were brought hack with the group of their places. When the glamor of winners, who were "managed" by prospective . war wanes, lailitiamen "Lany tiftrrison. : " Mr; Larrison will avoid camp drudgery and.Teturn played no mean part in the contest home. for the pace was so furious and the Policing the border is considered a elimination matches so numerous that man's job and therefore . Pershing's both the champions are completely forces will doubtlessly return to the worn out today and were kept an best border shortly, for there is no reason possible fettle by generous massag for keeping them in Mexico longer, ing and rubbing between the gruelling it is privately admitted. contests. Mexicans Move South. The victory was a sweeping one. Eagle Pass, July 5. General Mur- Neither men were considered real guia has moved several thousand contenders until the final show down Garranzistas from Piedras Negiras to and even then many in the galleries Allendo, 40 miles south. No motive could see nothing but victory in the .is known. j singles for Dr. Kroesch, of Whitman icolleee. who is an ex-Chicago cham Young Child Is Painfully Hurt. Baker, July 5. The little son of iauit oi ine inira oi nve sets. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Radabaugh was In the doubles King and Frees, who very painfully injured yesterday af- never before played together, were ternoon. The little fellow was on defaulted to by Larnson and Bingner the street with his parents, blowing a of La Grande who went through the tin horn. Caught in the crowd, the first match vigorously. At the final sharp end of the horn was pushed into show down, the winning duo met the the roof of the youngster's mouth, famous Kroesch and Hurstpool, both lacerating it badly. He was taken to of Walla W alia. The La Granders a doctor's office at once and given at- won this 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. the Ore tention. ! if01 combination being entirely too I powerful and aggressive. Thus from REPAIRING MWMfl,a ltum, , the Old Improvements Made on . Thomas & Ruckles Highway. J. L. Woodell has charge of a fore a which ranires from seven to 15 ! men in the work of repairing the old Thomas & Ruckles road over the Blue mountains north from Summervillo. In the very early days this was a toll road but it was finally abandoned and now citizens of . Summerville are do nating work to place the highway again in condition for travel and the county is putting in an amount equal to that subscribed by the citizens. The .amount of voluntary work r.t this time is 187 days and Mr. Woodell's force has been at work several days and will probably bo through this week. They are making new grades end fills and otherwise fixing the road in condition for travel. This old road is one of the best routes for vehicles across the Blue Mountains and the grade, especially from this side to the summit, is an easv one. The Thomas & Ruckles road is also noted for the elegance of the scenery. Not far beyond the summit westward the road strikes the Umatilla river and parses by the famous old Warm Springs, nowj known as Bingham Springs. This route is tho easiest and most direct between Grande Ronde and the Wnlla Walla section. When the pres ent work is completed the former toll road from Summerville will be a fa vorite for touring parties. The im provement will r.lso Ixj of much value to residents on this side as it will give a better means of reaching the moun tains for getting wood and timber supplies for home use. Mr. Woodell came to Ia Grande this morning to submit to the July toim of court the report of his work. 2 LA GRANDE mfii humps IIIUll UIIIIIIII u J. G. KING PREMIER SINGLES TENNIS STAR. 'Norman Frees and King Share Glory in Men's Doubles. T., Ornmle tennis nlnve-s con-aliid d mens . . honors at the big tournament m Pen- dleton when J. G. King, secretary of pion, until King had swept him off ' has feet, winning 6-2, 6-0, and toy de- black horses to championship was the meteoric plunge of the La Grande players. The Eastern Washington nriA Rncfero Oreirnn lniirels. t.herft- fore, in men's doubles and men's sinr gles, perch in La Grande trophy rooms. Without exception the La ' Grande men are extremely vociferous in their praise of Pendleton entertainment, ' and the sportmanship of all the 40 'contenders from a score of tennis towns. Hospitality ran rampant everywhere while the men contested. Mr. King, contender in many big tournaments, says the company at Pendleton was faster than generally gathers at the big-city plays. In the tennis finals, Baker players carried off the bulk of the ladies' hon ors. Mrs. Harry M. Reiff and Miss Ruth Castle in the final matches in the ladies' doubles easily defeated Miss Purdy and Miss Hazcn, the Pen dleton doubles champions. The Ba ker players took the match in two straight sets, 6-3 and 6-4. In the sinrrles, honors were bound o go to the Baker ladies, Miss Castle and Mrs. Reiff winning through to the finals. Miss Castle defeated Mrs. Roiff for first honors in two sets. 6-:t and 6-1. Mrs. Reiff was matched in the mixed doubles with Mr. Horn of Pen dleton against Miss Castle and her brother Earl Castle of Baker, the former pair winning the mixed doubles also in straight sets. 6-1 and 6-2. Will Be Commissioner. Vancouver, WasK, July 4. William C. Bates, local attorney, will act a court commissioner for Clarke county during the absence of Judge Back un til December 31, 1916, according to an order signed by Judge Back yesterday. VEHRS ON THE JOa With One Eye Like Unto Uncooked Beefsteak. Speeder Is Out. Ernest Vehrs, secretary of the La Grande Motor club, is able to he out and to see again following the severe will he indulged in on the Speed ,'Em Up oval lust Sunday. His right eye is frightfully iblnck, his right arm a mass of abrasions, his left eye slight ly discolored ana his body carnes various bruises, -but outside of that his skin is whole and sound. But one black eye doesn't keep him from his regular place of business in the Silverthorn i)rug store. AVIATOR COMING . At three thirty this afternoon Kos- eoe Neal closed a deal at Baker with the aviator who flew at Baker yester day, contracting the birdman to come to La Grande next Sunday to race with his big Curtiss engine bi-plane against Tracy Hollister on a motor cycle at the Speed 'Em Up oval. , MRS. FITZSIMMONS COMING. Wife of Great Prizefighter Will Lec ture Friday Night. Having already appeared in Elgin, Union, Baker, Pendleton and other eastern Oregon towns, Mrs. Bob Fitz simmons, wife of the famed prize fighter, will deliver a lecture in the First Methodist church next Friday evening .. under auspices of !the protestant churches of La Grande. She, has been lecturing upon her im pressions of the prize ring with which she was infatuated, and also upon the fact of her recent conver sion. Bank Statements Called. Washington, July 5. The comp troller of the currency has called for statements of condition of banks at the close of business June 30th. SUBMERGED LETTER BACK Interesting Echo of the Empress of Ireland Horror Seen Here In May, 1914, George Huckin, now employed at the Jay Van Buren cigar store, wrote a letter from Canada to a friend in London. The letter was destined to be tied up with another lot of London letters and unceremonious ly dumped into the late Empress of Ireland, which readers will recall, went to the bottom at mouth of the St. Lawrence in a fog with a ghastly load of human freight. That portion of this tale is history but the strange incident is that Mr. Huckin s letter fwas eventually salvaged from the ill fated craft. In December of the same year the letter was recovered from its watery grave, sent to the dead letter office and from there returned to Mr. Iluudi. The letter is unmarked by its connection with the historical ca tastrophe. Offset from another letter, presum ably wrapped tightly in a package with the Huckin letter, is the address on the back of this epistle of a lady in London. The fate of the other letter was probably the same as the one which reached here sent back to the sender. Says He Used Pitchfork. Vancouver, Wash., July 4.-t- Vic tim of an unexpected attack, Michael Sowega was found lying beside the road, near Proebstel yesterday, in sensible. After regaining conscious ness, Sogewa, who drives a milk route wagon from Hockimson to Proebstel, alleged that Joe Flegel, a resident of that neighborhood, had attacked him with rocks and a pitchfork. OFFICER WHO FOUND TROOPERS WITH REPORT OF BATTLE AT CARRIZAL. .. . f ' v .-It u Lieut. M.-yrr of the T.Milli caliivry !"' th.' on the deset some dbtnnrc fr m th ' A m sent by C:ipt. Morey with a ep-rt of 'h u. men fought Mexicans at Caruiv-I. 599,868 ACRES I IN LA GRANDE 1 LAND DISTRICT DECREASE IN PAST FOUR YEARS WAS SWIFT BUT AD DITIONS MADE. ' PAST YEAR WITNESSED BIG ADDITION TO ENTRY While Over 12,000 Acres Were Filed on in a Year, Over 28,000 Were Added by Restoration to Entry Union County's Portion Least of Any. There remain surveyed and unsur veyed public lands in the La Grande district of the United States land of fice July 1st this year, 599,808 acres of hind available for public entry. These fiirures are shown by data com piled for the general lund office by Receiver Nolan Skitt and Kegister if . C. Bramwell of the La Grande office. Union county is shown to have the least number of v acres, Baker the greatest. The timber is described in the oliicial report tor eacn separate county as follows: Baker Timber, mountainous, graz ing, farming, truit ana mineral. Grant Timbered, laiming, grazing, mineral. Morrow Timbered, farm ing and grazing. ' Umatilla And, farming, timbered and grazing. Union Timbered, farming and graz ing. Wutftowa Generally (rolling, farmimr. irrazinir. fruit and timbered. The land available to entry in the district bv counties. July 1st, 1910, is Surveyed Unsur. total Baker 302,500 4,899 307,459 Grant 114.480 114,480 1 Morrow 20,160 20,lt0 Umatilla .... 65,400 291 65,691 Union ....... 16,240 16,240 Wallowa 65,040 10,798 75,838 Total 583,880 15,988 599,868 ' In 1915 the total acreage available was 622,410; in 1914 728,622; in 1913, 810,949; in 1912, tfbl.azu. conse quently, the decrease in available acres in the La Grande district has dwindled 362,052 acres since 1912. Figures shown in this table are slightly misleading in that the amount of land "on hand" last year hlas 'been very materially increased by the re storation to entry recently of 24,000 acres of Thief Valley project rand, and 3,800 forest reserve land in Wlallowa and parts of Union counties. There fore, while the public filed on 12,542 acres nearly 28,000 acres were added to thte available tracts. , While busy getting out annual re ports, the land office has been doing a tremendous business. scare of (Continued on Paee Eight) ymtn vv nu pirf.&l up. lui'in, three troopers .e: t. M'iri'y and hi ;ag'i cava." Jt J J1 CITIZENS MEET TONIGHT. Formation of a Citizens' drill ? company, which is not affiliated 4 with or a part of any guard or militia, will take place at the ' old Elks' hull thus oveninir. When all such as are interested, will meet to elect officers. Drill ing has been under way for sev eral days and keen interest has been evinced. The meeting is open and everyone is cordially invited. The purpose of the comvpany will be to develops V rifle clubs, have recreation and f exercise, along military lines 1 with military discipline aitd tac- 4 tics. V BOY FALLS FROM SWING. Tossed Fully 30 Feet Before Striking . Ground at Park. While swinging high at the park at a late hour last night the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lilly, who live on X avenue, slipped from the stand board and scooted at least 30 feet into a nearby clump of bushes. He was slightly stunned by the f.dl but recovered quickly and by the time he had been hauled - to town by Sidney Happersctt - in the latter s machine, the boy was in good condition. JULY FOURTH PLEASANT MANY ATTRACTIONS FAR AND NEAR DRAW. Eagles' Three-Day Celebration Com ing to (lose tonight. Pleasingly free from accidents of any sort, ideal weather prevailing with the exception of a slight shower late in the day, July 4th was ideally spent by hundreds of La Grande peo ple yesterday. To the North, with Wallowa Lake as the destination, to Pendleton where a tennis tournament and celebration attracted, to Baker whore an aviator held forth, to re mote watering places, to alluring fishing streams and to parks that is where the populace hied to. Eagles Entertain at Hme. Yesterday morning, afternoon and evemmr the La virande lodire of (Eagles entertained for those who de sired to remain at home. The cere mony fitting to tho Fourth, booked for 11 o'clock was carired out in fine form, being an interesting and im pressive service. Last night the fun curtains were rung up and frivolity continued until a late hour. Carnival Closes Tonight. Tonight winds up the show of the Dig three-day attraction, phoney money and phoney beer will be on tapis again for the entertainment of the people. Dancing will be pro vided in Zuber hall which is the cen ter of festivities. Park Big Mecca More than a thousand souls spent yesterday at Riverside park, many coming out to join those who remained in camp for the day after having been present at Chautauqua sessions. It was an ideal day comfortably warm, yet not hot; no dust, no undue excite ment just a sane, restful celebration. In the afternoon an impromptu pro gram was arranged, and at night vari ous groups of people gathered around camp fires and fire works on the two banks of the Grande Ronde. During tho meeting of the member ship of the Chautauqua at noon, it was suggested that a program committee be named to arrange tor a titting ai- ternoon program. Criers were sent through the grounds calling in tho people for a patriotic program, in a jiffy the following numbers had been assembled, each being given with fine credit to all concerned: First two verses of America; read ing by M. L. Carter from Ezra Hos kins' famous works; reading by Mrs. Thomas Walsinger; history of the flag given by George T. Cochrnn; readings by Naoma Williamson; 20-minute speech by Walter M. Pierce; singing lust two verses of America. ' In spite of the impromptu nature of the various numbers, they were ex ceptionally good and over 300 people gathered in the pavilion to hear them. Thus the day wns given over to rest, visiting, eating drinking and merri ncss, nnd not without a patriotic col or. To many the park under such conditions affords far greater national hithduy celebration than any other moans would. Drill Produces Rerruit During the several evenings that citizens have been participating in drills conducted for the Citizens' Drill ! company, a young man whose name jWiis never Inairned, appeared nightly, j At first he was a raw sort of a re 'rruit but. h" learned rapidly and quick- Iv acquired some of th'? notion of i things. Yontenlay morning Ed. Cool- I icli'e who as one of the drill master?, h:i'l no1i.nl the man s rapid progress, t-puV.e to the fellow ns he was l;firlin 'ii train. Mr. Cooliilgo n-ked him 'where he was going and he shouted back ns the train was leaving: "Off fur EoUe to enlist." DEMAND FOR REINFORCEMENTS COiiVtPELS TRANSFER OF MANY TROOPS. ALLIES ELATED OVER LATEST WAR REP0R1S If Cablegrams Be Soundly Based, Kaiser Is Pulling Men From Ver dun Smash to Relieve Stress Upon His Third Lines Farther North ward. '. London, July 5. The Allies offen sive entered wc second phase with British and Fiench artillery prepar ing the way for another infantry rush. Guns which cleared the path in Saturday's attacks were moved up today and are terrifically cannonading the, German third lines. Opposite the British front Germans are imply ing more strongly, reinforcements continually arriving. German units from Verdun have appeared against the British north of Sonime,) transferred there within, tho last few hours. A 'counter attack at Thiopval this morning was repulsed. French also announced further gains today. News that the Kaiser is withdraw ing troops from Verdun to meet tho Allies' offensive is considered vastly more important than official state ments reporting further gaius. Shift ing of troops is believed to indicate a shortage of Germun. reserves and realization of tho grave menace-in tho present offensive. . German, British and French official statements agreed the Allies' drivo was renewed on a great scale last night At two Uii afternoon General Haig ruported the British had cap tured further important positions be tween Ancre and Somme. German attacks at Thoivale arqi reported. Ber lin issued a brief statement of the Allied offensive announcing violent fighting continues. Gen. Haig issued a supplementary statement at five this afternoon saying close fighting; continued and also announcing cap ture of 500 prisoners, , Band to Visit Imbler Imbler, July 3. (Special). The & Grande band boys are coming down next Friday evening to hold a con- fcert and dance. , 'Farmers arc generally well pleased with the recent rains, only a few hav ing any hay cut. SAFETY FIRST TRAIN COMING. Government Co-Operates With Rail road in Exhibiting Appliances. Tho U. S. government "Safety First" special train, showing the life saving and property-saving activities of the federal government in behalf of the people of the United States, will soon visit La Grande, the car be ing now headed this way. This is the first time the United States authori ties have ever sent such av exhibit around over the country. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, has authorized the expedition and exhib its will be made by the treasury, war, navy, interior nnd agriculture de partments, by the interstate com merce commission and by the Ameri can Red Cross Society. The exhibits in the train of ten steel cars will be shown without cost. V. H. Manning, director of the bureau of mines, wUl be the executive officer in charge of the train. Two Initiative Petitions ' There are two important petitions being circulated to secure legislation by initiative of the voters. One is for what is usually designated as a rural credits measure and the other is for a statute preventing the levying of a tax of more than sir per cent of tho preceding year. Both measures havo the indorsement and active support of many of the leading citizens. FUNDS AltE NEEDED. Provided Measures That Cover Mobilization. Hons Will Washington, July 5. The Houso has adopted the Shirely amendment bill permitting tho secretary of war to lew a tax on crnintees of 50-year waterproof permits ulong navigable rivers. The size of the tax depends on lo al circumstances. The Adnmson bill provides moans for raising rev enue to defray the preparedness ex penses. It was favorably reported in the House today.
