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VOLUME XVI
LA (JRANDE, OREGON,
FRIDAY, JULY
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!' " Battle Today ' .
THE WESTERN FRONT IN EPI
TOME. After ' a lull . in fighting at all
"fronts, British troops resume of
fensive at dawn today, more es
.pecially at Laboiselle.
At Somme unusual quiet continued
''throughout the night.
-Berlin contends that severe check
has been administered to British and
'Germans take new Ihlope.
' General Haig reports English made
brilliant capture, this morning when
'offensive was renewed. '
-Berlin, July 7. German troops
have abandoned lines in the vicinity
W Chartery and Volhynia under an
. attack by superior Russian forces, it
is officially admit1 td.
Petrograd, July 6. 'Russian troops
have occupied Gradie and Komeruvp,
a war office statement has announced.
' Amsterdam, July 7. A portion of
the German high seas force swept
the waters close to the English coast,
capturing the British steamer Lestrie
an announcement by the German ad
miralty says.. The raid was made
Wcsdnesday.
London, July 7. British troops re
sumed their great offensive against
the- Germans at dawn today, with
simultaneous smashes along a wide
Jfront. An official statement from
General Haig announced striking
"Rrit.iHh success east of Laboiselle.
where 1000 yards of German trenches
were taken and several important tac-
-t.ipnl nnsit.inns taken.
"Northwest ot Thiopval tne enemy trmpiainea ui. invite i aiin na
temporarily regained two or three will be there and bring our have f f
"hundred yards of lost ground," he people to helo have a gojd time,
said. "During the night tlhte enemy Operator A. Barry of the Jesal
heavily 'bombarded our nev pbsitib'ns tK,te force, who is in 5t."Vinc6njf
in Beerafy wood, Montauban and La- luvpital at - Portland, u.idi.r.'cri Bn
-ous shells." operation for appendicitis Monday
Berlin Version Differs. and at last accounts was doing nice-
Berlin, July 7. Severe check has ly and no bad results anticipated.
been administered to the British in
the comlbined Anglo-French offensive, Plans to Improve Show,
according to reports received Ihere. Philomath, Or., July 5. The Philo
British suffered unusually heavy math Roundup association is already
losses. Since the opening day of the laying plans for making next year's
British attack, Haig's army has been roundup bigger and better than the
unable to make important gains recent one, which was attended by
against the German line. 20,000 people during the three days,
Forced to abandon sheel-wrecked nearly all of them coming from out-first-line
trendhes, the Germans re- side cities and towns. The roundup
tired to the second line where they , grounds, thoughi already the largest
threw back, time after .time, British and best of their sort in Oregon, ex
infantry assaults. The manner in , Cept those at Pendleton, will be im
which Germans have stood the first proved and more seats installed, and
shock has inspired confidence in Ber- the railroad company will build more
, sidetracks.
SIM
LEAKING OUT
NUMBER
KILLED ESTIMATED
ABOUT 80.
Jacksonville Alone Has Deathlist of
Twenty Damage Was Heavy.
Vw Orleans. Julv 7. More than
80 are missing according to reports . in strong drink and was paying the
reaching here at 7 a. m. from various penalty. Mrs. Fitzsimmons paid his
sources. Radio to Mobile and Pensa- j fine, paid for a shave and a bath and
cola is working fairly well and it is i got him started to his home which the
thought the loss in Thursday's hurri- fellow says is Pendleton,
cane will be known this afternoon. Mrs. Fitzsimmons did not lecture in
Jacksonville, July 7. Twenty are . North Powder as planned last even
dead and several million dollars' i ing, coming home when it was learned
property damage was today's osti- a misunderstanding was responsible
mate here of the toll taken by the ' for lack of preparation for the ad-
storm which ravaged the coasts ot
Alabama, Louisiana and Florida for
two days.
INTRODUCING A STAPLE.
Ex-Conductor Baker Showing Pendle
ton Flour Product
Frank Baker, ex-railroad conductor
and former La Grande resident, is in
La Grande for a brief stay for the
purpose of introducing to the eating
public "Blydenstein's Self-Rising
Pastry Flour." This is a Pendleton
product and is new, having been on
tha mnrket scarcely three weeks.
The flour is primarily for all classes j tion in choosing the far western golf
of partry cooking, and the firm also course' as the battle ground. Only
puts out whole wheat flour, which is a two men of championship calibre in
great favorite with many housewives. ; the Chicago district, which lhas pro
The self-rising pastry flour is es-jduced champions for the last seven-
pecially for pie crusts, cakes and pan
cakes, or "flap-jacks," if it is desired
to use it in that form. During tne
recent celebration in Pendleton 10,000
people were promptly supplied with
oread foods from this new flour which
is a distinctly local product, and, ac
cording to Mr. Baker, fully guaran
teed to give satisfactory results.
lin that anticipated later. assnii
will be repulsed. ;
Laboiselle Battle Rages.
London, July 7. British troops
captured a thousand yards of German
trenches in severe fighting east of
Laboiselle,. General Haig . reported
this afternoon. The gain is one of
the most important advances scored
by the British since the first day of
the Allies great offensive. Severe
fighting is going on in the Laboiselle
sector, Hair reported. Germans suf
fered heavy losses.
Somme Front Quiet at Night.
Paris, July 7. The lull in fighting
on the French front on botlhi sides of
the river Somme, where the Allied of
fensive is underway, continued
throughout the night." The war of
fice reported utter calm at the .Somme
front early this morning.
FIRST BABV BORN.
New Railroad Town of Reith Boasts
Visit of Stork to Community.
Reith, Ore., July C Mr. 'and Mrs.
E. J. AnHbony are today receiving
congratulations from their many
friends, the occasion being the arrival
of an eight-pound son at their home
early yesterday morning.
This ne warrival has the distinc
tion of bein ihe first, ch'.:d born in
the new town of Reith and a l.ig
celebration would be in order but we
haven't recove-cd from r.ne b:g timu
at Pendleton the 4th. Our ciry was
almost depopulated the fourth, every
body that could possibly set ii-.vay
took in the oia time eeieln at.-'in nl
ieiidleton, tcturning on ihe lane
.n. We hear n.any wmfs on
ll-.e different features of. th enter-
tn.nment provided
for rx.ir beniM
hvtrybouy naa a good
oiuenced bv ihe "day
ti:nn, as is
'.iv" feeling
I The roundup will be held regularly
1 each June, so as not to conflict with
j Pendleton's show, and it will be given
each year several days following
Portland's Rose Festival. The desire
'of uhie association is to make the
Philomath roundup the big Wild West
I show of Western Oregon. In connec
tion with this will be the horse and
stock show, the auction sale of horses
and tihe three days' carnival.
Prisoner Is Released. '
Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons, who lec
tures at the Methodist church tonight,
proved herself a benefactor this noon
to 1ih last of the "'ourtli of July
Drisoners in the city iail. This par-
: ticular fellow had imbibed too freely
dress.
Golfers Can't Get Too Far West.
Chicago, July 7. The 1917 West
ern Amateur golf championship prob
ably will go to the far west. Golfers
of the middle western states, includ
ing the Dresent title (hblder Chick
Evans, cannot make the trip to the
Del Monte, Cal., course where the
championship play will take place, be
cause of the great distance and the
rmount of time needed. Evans an
nounced some time previous to the
qualifying rounds, scheduled for July
17, tihat he could not defend his title
because of the action of the associa-
teen years, are among the scheduled
contestants. They are Ned Sawyer,
Wheston and E. Hoover Rankard,
Midlothian. As a result of tihe dis
advantages in the Western Golf as
sociation championship contest, most
of the Chicago stars will journey to
Philadelphia in August to play for
the national amateur championship.
I srr.ir.2 how a Bi-iMaNE looks in .miu-air, s PfdSfl
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.tZr V" " NEW -RAIDS BY VILLA BAND
r T" !"frTT'iH' V ffc NNv v ;. -.-rr" T compels appeal for as.
sistance. . ' ,
CAftftANZA MUST SUGGEST- -
ftp ' ' HIS OWN PLAN Of HELP
Hei-ewith is 'shown Lieut Maron"
club oval Sunday.
His machine is
ing.
Word was received here this morn-
incr that one of the accomplices to the
assassination of Wilbur Breakenridge,
wltto was held up and killed at Idaho
rails. Idaho, last March, has been
captured by detectives working on the
case, and is now in custody at idano
rails. The iniormation is contained
in a letter to the irelatives of the
unfortunate young man.
The letter states that the criminal
custody has made a complete con
fession of his guilt and has impli
cated a confederate who has not as
yet been apprehended. The con
fessed murderer is a young man of
hardly more than 17 or 18 years of
age.
The confession alleges that the two
assaulted Breakenridire for tine pur
pose of robbing him; Breakenridge,
who was a fearless man, resisted, and
m the struggle to overcome him, the
robbers beat him over the head with
a gun, and then shot Mm.
Breakenridge was a young man of
fine moral character and blameless
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FOR
CONVENTION BOOKED
JULY 14-15. '
Assembly Will Be Largest Since the '
BREftKENRIOGE ASSASSIN
CAUGHT HI CONFESSES
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Grand Lodge Met Here. j j,inal(( in gix Weeiu. Cont.isl W.U Be
Excepting alone the morning hours , Staged Tomorruv.
of the last day, program in detail has j Saturday will be a big day for the
been drafted for the big I. O. 0. F. Boys' department of the Y. M. C. A.
district convention of Union county m. . ... .,, . , ., ,. .
lodges wMch will be held July 14-15 P6, 1 1 1 " K at
in La Grande and at Riverside park.'9 o clock, and will get reaoy to corn
It promises to accumulate more Odd! pete for points in the finals of thcii
Fellows than have been gathered at'Hix weeks contest- The greatest kind
one time in this city since the grand 0f rivalry already exists jetvveen the
lodge was held here a number of ( two contesting teams. ,The White
years ago. ihe program as an -
nounced by committees in char ere car
ries the following numbers:
July 14.
' , (Subordinate Lodge Day.)
9:30 a. m. Grand parade of all sjb-
ordinate and Rebekah Lodges in the
county.
11 a. m. Opening of the District as- groups. All the 'boys in this d.'part
sociation at Riverside Park. Ad-'ment are requested to come out aid
dress of Welcome by F. S. Ivanhoe. help their team win. In the after
Response to Address of Welcome. ' noon the winning team will be trt-at-Music
Adjournment to 1:30 p. m. ed to a watermelon feed by the Sec
Afternoon Session. i retary.
Music. j : ,
1:30 p. m. Address by the Grand; Kills Naughty Badger.
Master, Henry S. Westbrook. i
Music. Business Meeting of Dele- Whn r. C. Tuckey returned from
gates of District association. 'the Fourth of July celebration at
8:00 p. m. Contest for District Prize , Baker, he learned a badger had been
Degree banner at Rex hall. I making inroads on his spring friers.
8:00 p. m. Reception given by La with spade and pitchfork he dug in
Grande Rebekah Lodge to visiting to the tunnel ufliore Mr. Badger
Rebekahs at 1. O. O. Hall. , namely defended his booty, but the
July , beast died. When the battle was
(Rebekah Day) !over Mr T.u-kev found 17 nf hi
Morning session at Riverside park.
rTogram noi corapieve wui ixf
v skimming over the eaith much the
being put up today and will b.Mn exhibition batunmy ami ounoay morn-
life. The people of Idaho Falls,
where he was known and universally
loved, voluntarily subscribed $2000
for tlhte capture and conviction of his
assassins. , It was the incentive of
this reward that led to the capture of
the bandit.
The murdered man, at the time of
his death, was employed as a fore
man of an irrigation company at
Idaho Falls. ' His former comrades
who worked under him, havo raised
a beautiful granite shaft upon the
spot where he fell, inscribed with his
name and the date of his death.
His death foreshadowed . another
tragedy in this city. His mother,
Mrs. Mattie Milligan, of North La
Grande, a confirmed sufferer and in
valid for many years, sank swiftly
under the cruel shock, and died soon
after her murdered boy was brought
here for burial. The two now lie
sleeping side by side in the Masonic
cemetery, leaving five daugfhtera and
sisters in the shadow of an unspeak
able grief. ' i
published later.
Afternoon Session.
Business meeting of the
District
association.
8:00 p. m. Rebekalh Degree exempli
fied by Elgin Rcbekah Degree team
at Rex hall.
8:00 p. m. First Degree exemplified
by La Grande Degree team at I.
O. O. F. hall.
j All Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, their
' fabi'Ites and friends are invited
i bring baskets.
BOYS PLAN SPORT.
,Sox, captained by Wald) Stoddard,
have been in the load d jiiiia the six
weeks, until the last clash when the
Red Sox, captained by 1'rei ISlack,
bested them in a contest and are now
leadincr bv onlv one boint. The nro-
gram for Saturday will be the l.-np-
i est eiven since the orcanization of the
Spring friers stored away for future
consumption.
same way as lie will at the Motor-
HARVESTER HAS
OWN LOCOMOTION
NEW
HOLT MACHINE" INTRO
DUCED IN VALLEY.
Motive Power Attached to Small,
Compact Harvester Latest
Thing Out.
The last word in tractor harvest
ers is being unloaded today for Her
bert Mliers and Ed Clark. It is a
Holt 'caterpillar harvester so con
structed and equipped that it pro
vides its own locomotion. In late
years farmers with big Tanches have
used a 60-horsepower caterpillar to
haul a harvester which was run by
a 45 h. p. engine. The new machine,
which C. W. Buntinir is selling the
men mentioned, has a 66 h, p. engine
which operates the thresher, header
and provides locomotion reducing the
horsepower. The combination elim
inates one emrineer. The caterpillar
portions consists of one wheel whidfcl
is on the side ot tne tnrcsner nearest
th header.
The machine Ihas been tried out in
Washincrton and found suited. The
room required to handle it, the con'
sumption of gasoline and oil, are
each reduced over the old method.
FOUR GENERAL CHAIRMEN
PORT TO MEMBERS.
RE-
Meeting I-ist Night Attended by
Lurge Number of Employes.
At a meeting in Eagles' hall last
evenine. attended by close to i.uu ran
road employees, four men who at
tended the conference of railroad
manaedrs and railrond brotherhood
representatives in an endeavor to
reach agreements over the eight
hour demands, gave verbal reports to
the rank and file of this division ol
whiit took place at New York.
The meetincr was open to the pub
lie and the audience hoard the vari
ous renorts in complete detail.
Chairman Ilhoades of Spokane, spoke
for the Conductors' brotherhood. He
went over, in brief, the necrotiationj
his brotherhood had gone into with
the managers in a futile attempt thus
far to reach a settlement. Chairman
Barnhart of Spok-ne spoke for tho
engineers along the same lines; then
fireman unttora oi lo. uranoo spone
for the FiremenVt brotherhood and
John Hughes appsured for the Train
men. After consideration discussion
a set of resolutions wnicn nad been
presented and acted on elsevtherd too,
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was read ami nuopu.a unanimously.
The resolutions wero:
"Whereas the several Brotherhoods
of Railroad Train and Enginemen in
the United States have for many
months been negotiating with flhe rep
resentatives of the railroads in an
endeavor to secure an eight-hour
work day for train crews, and
"Whereas the trainmen have been
nu).t reasonable in their demands and
most patient in their negotiations,
hoping that the differences might be
RAILROADERS
HEAR REPORTS
Curranza Garrison in Chihuahua
State Almost Destroyed by Band of
Villistoa and Mexican Government
Promptly Appeals for Assistance.
WasMnirton, July 7. General
Pershing's punitive column will not
only remain in Mexico 'Ifor time be
ing" but may. even be sent further
south to take a whack at a Villa band
eportod to have annihilated ,a , Car- '
anzu earrison near Jiminez. This waa
learned from high authority following
formal notification of - the Villista
ecess,
Mexicans Make Appeal.
Wn.4hlimrt.nn. Jnlv . 7.Amhn
Arredondo, acting on instructions
from Mexico City, notified the state
department that a large band of Vil-
listas Jltf.fU'kflH tiin Pnvrnnv.n mirriann
at Corralitos, near Jiminez, state of
ur.inuunua Wednesday and almost de
stroyed it. Fearing bandits might
take to the desert, Carranza has
asked the state department to have
ooroer watoned on the American side
between Boquillas nnd Ojinaga, to
prevent raids.
Want Carranza to Propose.
(WiflHhituytnn. .Tlllv 7 Proai,lanf
Wilson ni'finnHPK to W Cnvrnnv.n him.
self suggest the best means whereby
this country cun aid Mexico to solve
her difficulties. This was stated to
day as the most important feature of
the note Secretary Lansing sent to
Mexican Foreign Secretary Aguillara,
in accepting tne latters proposal for
direct-negotiations. The - note, - in
completed form, was transmitted af
ter a long cabinet session. It is ex
pected to be lorwarded to Mexico
City by Ambassador Arredondo be-
iore nigral.
- M EACH AM WAS JOYOUS.
Holiday Spent in Delightful
Trap Shooting Held.
Way
Meacham, Ore., July 6.- Showers
and unsettled weather passed aside to
allow the Fourth of July to be a very
pleasant day. Owing to the weather,
not much was planned on, but a very
good time was held by all and many
visitors were present. . ,-.
Jim iBoard, proprietor of the Popu
lar Cash Storoi of Pendleton, came up
on Sunday to see Ihiis family, who are
spending "the summer here.
The gun shoot scores were as fol
lows, with 25 shots each:
R. Fagan, 22, with 14 straights.
John Casey, 20; E. M. Calvert, 19;
Jim Baker, 18; B. Ross, 18; R. Haws,
18; L. Legros, 17; J. Dockweiler, Jr.,
17; J. Hoxonson, 15; F. H. Fair, 14;
Goo. Peary, 13; J. J. Dockweiler, 11.
Several outside men tried their luck
as follows:
'G. Hi tenia n of Kamela, 22 out of
25, wiuh 22 straight; C. McFall of
Kamela, 13 out of 25; W. L. Jewell,
17 out of 25, ,
amicably adjusted and the dire re
sults of a strike be thus, averted, and
"Whereas certain newspapers m
this state have seized upon the pres
ent unfortunate Mexican situation to
poison the minds of the public and
question the patriotism of the rail
rond trainmen, und
"Whereas one paper has charged
that 'they (the trainmen) threaten to
disable the government for trans
portation of troops and supplies to
the scene of hostilities', be it
"Resolved by the representatives of'
the Order of Railway Conductors
the iBrothenhood of Railroad Trai' '
men, the Brotherhood of Locomof'
Engineers and the Brotherhood 1
Locomotive Firemen and Engir 1
that we denounce the unjust r
fair methods used by these
and that, while the movemf -tain
a shorter work day '
crews was initiated lore
was dreamed that the '
be confronted with thr
ican crisis, we st'ini
the situation with f
triotism which wo'
war had it been
Jingo press, an ; -
"Resolved, t'
controversies
as between '
brothcrhoo''
perform '
will ma'
of sue'
for tr
plier ,
to
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