La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 08, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'A- mtMt AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916. NUMBER IT FORGE OF WELL ARMED VILLISTAS MARCHING TOWARD THE BORDER ROYAL POSITIONS MUCH SOUGHT FOR SEVERAL YOUNG COVE PEOPLE i IN CAMPAIGN. HEAVY HUB COM i V" '"St u . - - ' ' .SMALL BANDS FLOCK TO BAN- DIT LEADER WITH RAID ON AMERICAN TOWN AS THE PUR POSE. VILLA MAY SPOIL PRO ' POSED PEACE, . ... ; . ' El Paso, July 8. A desperate en gagement is raging southeast of Jimi nez between 2000 Carranzistas .and i S0O Villistas under General Contreras, -said official dispatches . to General 'Gonzales at Juarez. Unofficially it is reported Villa is heading 3000 troops advancing to attack ParraL Villa evacuated Jiminez, which he captured two days ago and cut communication lines to Parrel. . El Paso, July 8. From several sources today it is reported Villista bands .are moving toward the Big Bend country, Texas, to raid Ameri can towns. These are believed to be the same .Carranza warned Secretary Lansing about, intimating Mexican troops migfhlt not "defeat the bandits. . The Villistas left Falomir yester day. Smaller groups are joining the band everywhere and they are re ported well aomed with plenty am munition and well mounted. Precon 'certedly the Villistas gathered at Falomir and are. moving toward La mula Pass. Army officials 'believe Villa may succeed in shattering uttempts to ad just differences , between United States and Mexico. It is reported a bullet through the back muscles on both thighs caused Villa's wounds and lie bas now. recovered sufficiently to walk with a limp. War department officials dori't place faith in reports Villa is alive but the state department Js less skeptical. MAY ENLARGE DAM. Joseph's Big 1 Lake ... May Become Greater in. Area Soon. Joseph, July, 7.As an outcome of the cortfvv-8i(s vur rights for wa ter from tfhe' Wallowa river it is probable a new dam 15 feet high will be constructed at the foot of the lake, to take the place of the present 6-foot dam. A contract providing for the construction of such a dam has been drawn up and awaits the signature of the interested ditch companies. If. several of the leading companies sign, they will unite in building it without the assistance of the others. The contract, drawn up by A. S. Cooley in collaboration with A. W. Schaupp, provides that each company becoming a party to it shall pay in proportion to the amount of water claimed by each in the filings with thle state water board. Each will be entitled to the surplus store of water on the same basis. Companies draw ing from the reservbir created by the present dam will retain their rights to that water, but will have no part or interest in the additional water stored behind the new dam unless tfhiey come into the agreement and pay their tart for the improvement. If the ditch companies sign up for the new dam ,t will put an end, it is expected, to the present controversy vr water riehts from the river. J. T,Chirtnock of the state water board who took testimony last week in the water cases, continued the hearing until September 18, and in the interim -the matter is likely to be adjusted by the formation of the new dam conv TYftTlV. Owners of the present dam hold land at the head of the lake which tibey bought to provide for the flooding due to the original job. They also have some overflow rights bought for $1000 from D. W. Sheahan and Prof. L. F. Anderson. The latter, a member of the faculty of Whitman college at Walla Walla, has his sum mer home near the head of the lake. It is not known just how much land would be flooded by the higher dam, but it is believed the water would not come within several hundred feet of the buildings of the paTk, and per haps Prof. Anderson would be the chief loser. T?ats, Y"es! But Cockroaches! Never! London, June 20. (By Mail) One hundred and thirty-eight women war workers who agreed to catch rats for a big London "'Rat Catching and Ver min destroying" establishment op ened up a new discovery of feminine nature today. They will gladly catch rats for $10 a week but "cockroach decoying" is where they balk. It was where all but two of the rodent catchers balked today when the firm attempted to in clude destruction of the wily cock roach in the day's routine. In addition to catching rats and mice, the firm also attempts to elimi nate crawly members of the vermin familv. When nil the men vermin madir&tnra were forced to join the army, the firm advertised for women. There was a feminine rush for the job. The women were first taught the crentle art of snaring the rodents. Then came the course of cockroaches, "Nothing doing" wa the general re--ply. WILSON WILL NOT OFFER LOANS UNTIL CARRANZA ASKS FOR IT WHICH HE IS NOT LIKELY TO DO UNTIL THE LAST RE SORT. ' Washington, July 8. President Wilson won't endeavor to rehabilitate Mexico with American money until Carranza requests it. Administration officials have been informed offeirs of financial assistance now would be re buffed. Carranza needs money, but has refused to consider borrowing from a foreign country, because the loan -would mean the right ot inter vention to collect the interest. INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS Page 1 Local and , telegraphic news. Page 2. Movie nouncements. . gossip arid an- Page 3. Forum. Page 4. . Church news.' -. Page 5. get relief. . Page 6. -Page 7. Old Files. War horses Editorial and forum. Personal and local. K. C. Red Sox coming. Page 8. Other snorts. Page 9. Aviator and motorcyclist to race. . ' . Page 10. La Grande men first to cross Snoqualmie pass. . . Page 11. Want ads and realty deals. . page 12. Society.") i Robert Pobst Painfully Hurt ; Baker, July 8. Robert Pobst, an elderly resident was seriously injured at his home on Balm street yesteraay forenoon. He was engaged in trim- mine a tree and in some manner fell from the ladder he was standing on. He-suffered two broken ribs and his injuries are very painful and such that will confine him for some time. Medical assistance was summoned im mediately after the accident and the iractures were reauceu. .'. Installation Monday Evening, New officers of Red uross Lodge No 27. K. of P. will be installed Mon dav evening and there will be initia torv exercises. iiignt rerresnments will be served after the work. AUIOS OFFER A 25CT RATE TRANSPORTATION TO OVAL PRO VIDED FOR Unexpected Interest in Sunday's Ma tinee Developing Transportation to the races tomor row in which an aviator's race with a motorcycle will be a. feature, has suddenly, loomed quite a problem as it is apparent the audience will be much larger than first expected. The motorcycle races are purely for local riders, more as a tryout for the track than anything else. Then the aviation feature developed and that phase is largely what is drawing out the peo ple. To make accommodations for the late-hour interest, the officers have cone to various taxis and truck own ers, seeKing a straignt zo-cent raie to the oval. This is freely respondea to, and while an exact list of such drivers has not been made it is ex- nected that bv commencing at 1:J0 from Depot and Adams, the taxis will be able to move the crowds cetore 2:30 when the races start. Many in dividuals have consented to take out one load before returning for their private parties. Change in JtTogram Elsewhere in this issue is listed strinir of events for tomorrow. The nroeram has been changed to this ex- tent at the last moment; instead of the 10-mile race there will be a uuar- ter-mile rough race in which strictly stock machines will ride over the rough sod, promising keen sport. WHEAT PRICES SOAR Reports of Black Rust Inroads on Wheat Fields Responsible Chicago. 111.. July 8. July wheat jumped five points today, closing at three and half above the opening. Re ports of a heavy crop damage by black rust in the Northwest has sent shorts scurring. , CASEMENT PLEA DODGED Senate Committee Decides Not to Act for Traitor's Behalf Washington, July 8. Senate for eign relations committee has decided not to report a resolution urging the President to Intervene to save the life of Roger Casement, found guilty and sentenced to death for treason. WASHINGTON REGIMENTS CAMP ALONG SIDE THE OREGON BOyS AT THE BORDER. IDA HO TROOPS EXPECT TO ARRIVE SOON. :." Calexico. Cal., July 8. Tlhle second Washington regiment and auxiliary companies pitched camp today be side the Oregon artillery. There are now more than 3000 men camped here. The Idaho regiment will prob ably arrive in a few days. , Cherry Pickers Will Be Needed. 'L Latest reports from the Cove Cherry crop indicate that there will be more of an output than previously estimated, although considerably be low the normal. There will be sever al carloads and pickers and packers will be in demand for the season which will be on hand within a short time. , Spectacle Vendor Under Trial. J. W. Vogel. who has been through this section at difforcnt intervals for many years, is on trial before Justice of the Peace Williams this afternoon on a dtarge of practicing optometery contrary to the legal regulations. The case is being tried by jury and had not 'been submitted late this alter- Detained on Bad Check Charge John Watson, a young man who has recently ibeen with' a troupe of Ha waiian musicians but who is himself an American, was arrested last night by the local police on information from Baker, allegeing that he had passed a .worthless check. He is still in custody awaiting advices irom tne Baker officials. Many Hear Lecture. ' Mrs. Sob Fitzsimmons lectured to over 600 people last evening at . the Methodist churdH. n,veryone was more than pleased to have an oppor tunity to hear this woman who is de livering messages amotnig now. xno sutoed to Elgin, accompanied by Mrs.;'"" Just to suit himself.. , .... ,c TWi nH on of Ele-in's minis I addition to having about $800,. Atter tne lecture sne iSadie Davis and one of Elgin's minb tors wfoere she rescued an unfortunate young lady who will be taken to Port land this evening. She 'was called to Walla Walla this morning to lecture - -i. cu : to prisoners av um yuuiwsunui.v. ou has been requested to return here the 15th of July, llcr return suojeci: win he "The Second Coming of Christ" and she will also lecture at Elgin the following day. Subject, "1 he Win ning Light." ,'"'. 1 Defendant Was Discharged, .Tnlm Underwood, a teamster, wus on trial before Justice of the Peace Williams yesterday afternoon on the dharge of cruelty to animals, on a complaint filed by Mrs. Violet Mor gan. The jury returned a vcmici ui not guilty. - INDIAN PRINCESS , WOULD RFC fit WkILm' f Miss Tucker, 21, of Oklahoma, called "Princess F.lizalwth" Ixn-ause she has Cherokee Indian blood in her veins, opened a recruiting station at Ard more, Okla, and said she would raise a volunteer company of cavalry if Mexico and Uncle Sam Break Miss Tucker is the girl 'who started the l.ig demonstration for Col. Roosevelt at the recent Chicago convention and is one of the only two girl boxing managers in the country. She manages her brother. and Queen Campaign Now ia Its Full Swing Many ' Girls Entered. Cove,' July ' 7. (Special) Candi dates for the royal 'robes and duties of King IBing and Queen Anne in the reign of 1916, destined to Tule during the life time of the Cherry fair, have been assembled and started on their campaign: For King, Roy Bell is a candidate and has 155 votes while Warner Knutson has 268 votes. : '.There are more candidates for the queenship, Mary Carter has 800 votes, Jessie Barker 490, Eva Roberts 425,. Dorothy Bloom v 415, Esther Brazill 250, Florence Severs 275 and Dilly Gray 211. The contest was formally inaugurated July 6th in , meeting in Maccabee hall wnere a movie film opened the evening's pro gram, and Mrs. A. W. Roberts of Washington, D. C, who is visiting at toe Frank Roberts home, sang sev eral selections and rendered several splendid readiiigs. The Cherry fair committee then took the platform and nominations for king and queen came thick and fast. Pemants big und smull are be ing sold to obtain votes. . The contest for honors closes the last of next week with a closing meeting in Maccabee hall where movies will again be shown. ROCKEFELLER SEVENTY-SEVEN Richest Man Has Health and $800, 000,000 Too New York, July 8. John D. Rocke feller, the richest man in the world and one of the youngest old ones, is 77 years of age today. Mr. Rockefel ler has health and eight hundred mil lion dollars. That's not far short of a billion bucks. Dr. H. F. Biggar, Sr., Rockefeller's personal physician for 25 years, de clares Rockefeller will live to be more than a hundred years old because he follows the rules outlined above. When Dr. Biggar took John D. to make him over the Oil King was going down grade fust. He had worn himself to shreds building up his enormous for tune. The doctor told him he must rest or he would die. Rockefeller has been resting ever since. . He works, 000,000 in his own right now, Rocke feller probaibly has given to his chil dren nnH his charities and his col- I'leges between two and three hundred million dollars. Tne reanzame mBrnci value of his Standard Oil holdings alone recently was estimated at half a hi Hi on dollars. . It is estimated that Rockefeller's income 'is $60,000,000 a year, which 13 equivalent to $5,000,000 a month ,$1,153,846.15 a week, $6,853.97 an hmir. S140.40 a minute. $1,90 2-3 a ' second Rnrkpfnller has accumulated every wnt of this wealth since 1815, when h .mH.le his first $5,000. In 1875 hp hnd iS5.000.000. In 1885 he had $100,000,000. In 1900 he had $400,- 000,000. In 1905 he bad $550,000,000. RUIT SOLDIERS FOR UNCLE SAM. King BILLY SUNDAY BALKS AT HILL FAMOUS REVIVALIST SHIES OFFER? AT Pocatello Run Fired by Billy but Hill Frightens ex-Baseball Star.- -. Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, und family were passengers on No, 17 this morning en route from the fi)t to Hood River, where Mr. Sunday owns a large farm. At Pocatello yesterday Billy Sunday took tihie fire man's job on the engine and did the firing out of that place, all of which was duly noted in a special published in the Idaho Statesman this morning. On reaching La Graindo Division Engineer Lyons, who haid been a fol low passenger from Huntington, in vited the evangelist ' to repeat the stunt out from La Grande. The dis tinguished passenger went up the platform to the engino which had just been coupled on; looked up the track and Hhen declined, saying: , "That looks like a pretty steep grade ahead and I guess I'll pass it up. "That engine has a ten-foot fire box hasn't it? I think I haven't forgot ten how and believe I could reach the front, all right," the said as he passed his left hand over the distended mus cle of his right arm, "but I'll not try it today. Mr. Sunday kept the pas sengers in his car constantly enter tained. . , i ; Storm Sweeps Over Suwuter Sumpter, July 7. A heavy thunder- storm swept over this section this af- 'v observed as it passca oetween iw ternoon and lightning is reported to "''U's- Armed patrol boats lmmedi have struck in several places. The ately pursued. sub-station at the Bun Harrison mine Tn admiralty ha8 denied the oor was struck by lightning, set afire and rectness of Admiral Jollyco aversion partly destroyed according to word received hare tonle-ht. Some of the phone lines were out of commission, i but no word of other serious damage ' had been received up to this evening. ; t : - r- . PLAGUE FIERI; INFANTILE PARALYSIS CONTIN UES TO SPREAD Deaths and New Cases Compel Whole' sale Preventative War . . T . a , New York, July 8. Ten thousand New York citizens, who are members of the Home ueiense league, were called out today to aid in the fight against infantile paralysis. Eighteen more deaths and 95 cases are reported today. The majority are in Brook' lyn. ti-.ii-.. T..i.. n t-i..! n, 10,000 JOIN IN part of this week, the house of Will Russians moved eastward but a sud M. Peterson. 305 Lincoln street, was en dash by Russian infantry, se zing entered and a watch, chain, watch fob and Eastern Star pin, all the prop- erty ot Mrs. I'eterson, were stolen, i The loss was not noticed until yea-1 W5IU-V Hl-THiHK WHVII lino, icoiouu . - ,v was preparing to go to Walla Walla. Changing rules of the WocUde have The family were gone most of the, been issued. They simulate Iships day July 4th and it is possible that must prove their destination is vnhos- terdav morning when Mrs. Peterson v : j ii- t a v trance is thought to have been gained by a window. Dotectives are now thn miM-mnnts and. provided tflie jewolry ia not returned, 1 r . , .i ... Drosecution will follow. It Is thought the work was done by boys. , Minam Has Contest A silver medal contest was held at the Minam schoolhouse on tb8 even ing of July 1. The girls of the class were Misses Nellie Conley, Millie Conley, Agnes Clark, Gladys Clark, Myrtle Harland and Letha Hurt. Miss Hurt won the medal on "The Two Portraits." Mrs. Anna Millar and Mrs. Bessie Higgins trained tfhta girls. and Mrs. Hattio Fleecer had charge of !lind company and the state until the program's music. The entertain-1 1920. The government recently ex- ment was a success and enjoyed by all tended the time on its contract with present. There will bo another con- tt)i state with relation to the Projct test soon, but the time and place have of the company until that year. The not as yet been decided upon. All tlic board also reduced the area to be ir girls are anxious to win medals so irigated from 31,080 to 27,200, and the the work will go on. A class of small amount of water to be put on each children will also 1e trained to con - test for tihie L. G. L. medal. Rides New Machine Home J. Johns of Elgin who recently pur chased a Powerpius Indian, drove the machine from Portland to La uranile arriving vestornnv evening navmg come througih: from lone yesterday, He had a threfl-fourths day delay and maile the trip in two days and a quar - ter. ' WILD RUMOR SAYS RETREAT FROM RIGA Oil BERLIN DOES ADMIT SLAVS FORCE BACK AUSTRIANS NEAR VOLHYNIA SOUTH AND NORTH OF S0MME ALLIES GAIN London Statement Declares Second Week of Big Offensive Finds Allie Gaining Steadily Everywhere sad Holding What Ground Has Been. . Gained. .. :' ,-' ' Berlin, July 8. (Wireless to Say ville). A submerged enemy subma rine attacked, unwarned, nine peace ful German trade ships en route U Swinemunde July second. The ships luckily escaped, the admiralty an- nounccd. The torepdo wake was clear- " me onager .uv. n ucuucv the German statement wa correct London, July 8. Tne second week of v the Allies' offensive found the Al lies everywhere attackiatr and main taining earlier gnins practically everywhere, do3;)ite c luntur attacks. A lv.avy downpour of rain converted the battleground a great sua of mud.. Despite the handicap, French today claimed slight further progress south of Somme, tukin 40f prisoners. I British troops north of Somme im proved positions taken yesterday. Fighting in the villue of Contal maison was deadlocked and Paris re ported 5000 of the Kaiseir's famous Prussian guardsmen killed at..Contal maison. " Petrograd today reported capti re of three villages in the re;.ou of Kol- ki, by bayonet fighting. I Wild rumors thlat Austro-Germans have begun a general retreat from f, nnto dtwnutitod. ., Rritlah aepianes have rendered valuable gervice despite the weather yesterday and aided in reconnaissance work, completely wrecking an enemy hangar. Austrian Force Cut Off. A -. Petroirrad. July 8. An Austrian force estimated at 20,000 to 30,000 are cut off southwest of Kolkomia. ine. , the railway station, stoppeo rewwre south. The right w.ng of Russ-ans severed communications to the north- Mupping Orders Changed. London. July 8.- The royal order iti o ffuui fnermit unusn xo noiu nuu- tra ships until they show proof. Neu- contraband "'"P i.j..i to an enemy port are liable to ' 1 capture in the next oyage, I ' TI..-I n Almtt R.V4.mj Rorlin Admits Reverses Berlin, July 8. (Wireless to Say-, ville) Austrians have retreated from advanced lines at Volyhnia before a greatly superior Russian force, said a Vienna official statement this af- ' ternoon. Contracts Are Extended Salem, Or., July 7. At a meeting held yesterday afternoon the state desert land board extended the time on the contract Jbetween the Morson .aero. Rjvpntlv the board consolidated . temporarily the secretaryship of the desert land board with that of the state land board, and directed G. G. Brown, clerk of ths latter, to act as secretary of the former board. At yesterdays meeting arrangement vee mmie wm-ruuy (ujra i engineer's office will perform the du- , .ties of secretary to the desert land , 1 !oard with out additional compensa- t tion. .