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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI . LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916. NUMBER 20. M MM ER rani 'MASTER MIND' SOUGHT BY POIJ CE IN SALEM MURDER MYSTERY Y E 1 IGNORING DANGERS OF A DE PEAT TO THE NORTH GER MANS POUND HARD GERMANS POUR DIVISIONS INTO STRATEGIC SECTOR Should English Be Halted Southeast of Contalmaison, Advance of Entire Offensive Would Be Halted New Foundlanders Distinguish Them selves in Action. Paris, July 13. Dense German rmisRPK nrft storminp aDDroaches to Fort Souville for the seventh great assault on Verdun since tlbe battle s-tarted, 146 days ago. The violence of yesterday's attacks furnish un mistakable evidence Germany is de termined to continue the Verdun at tack regardless of critical position at other fronts. Germans bombarded violently throughout the night, but no infantry attacks. Germans spent 18 days artillery preparation for the present effort. , London, July 13. Artillery fire oc curred at several sections of the Brit ish front last night. The general sit uation is unchanged Gen. Haig has re ported this afternoon. West of Wy thiatete Germans attempted to raid, but were repulsed. The second phase of the British of fensive is approaching a crisis north east of Albert, where the English are striving to advance two miles to Heights Martinpuch. Germans have thrown two army corps into action there, counter attacking savagely particularly southeast of Contalmai son, where German successes would lialt the entire British advance. British correspondents report Eng lish losses are severe only where close fighting is under way for possession of villages. German correspondents, admitting the powerful offensive, de clare the attacker's losses nre com parable only to Verdun. No Canadian, or Austrian troops participated in the Somme offensive. New Foundlanders, however, disting uished themselves. Eastern front operations east of Kovel have reached a temporary lull. Offensive Will Continue London, July 13. Premier, Asquith, announcing suspension of the August bank holidays, revealed determination THE SOMME A of the allies to continue the aomme of- will enter New York within two fensive for months to achieve a final weeks it is reported. The Brchien is victory. I larger than the Deustchlund. The submarine Amerika follows her. Ohio Guardsmen Own Observation Balloon , j Walla Walla Soldiers' Familes to . " . I Receive Aid. Akron, O., July 13.-The Ohio Na-1 w w w h Ju ltw tional Guard today is the only state mJHta comm'ittce the Commcr militia organization equipped with an eia, met today observation balloon ready for Mexi-;wopk of distributin(, the fuls se. can service. The artillery conting-'cured in Satur(1uy's campaign for ent, commanded hy Major Harold M. the re,icf of familie9 dependent on Bush, has been presented a $100,000 memb;rs of companv K, national balloon, the only one of its kind m the Ruarrt of Washington, now on the United States, for observation pur-; Mexican border. The campaign poses. The war department has ord- netted $744 in cash, and pledges of ered severat like it for the Tegular ai)0ut $;i0o a month for future use. army. The balloon, presented by an The county is expected to add to the Ohio rubber company, is handled by fun,i So that $500 a month can 'be giv- Battery a. i . twill Mtwi p II ' lcnpantTinrryM J 4 ' 4 BUTTON SALE OPENS SAT- ;.;: TURDAY. 4- 4 Commencing next Suturday, 4 a bevy of pretty girls start out to sell Speed tjm Up buttons at 25 cents each, the proceeds of 4 wniam win go to meet the ex pense of -buying toy bullous, redflre and decorations witfhi which to celebrate July 22. Merchants have volunteered 4 their . responsibility for the 4 dance which will be held on tibe 4" street. Committeemen i n 4 charee of finances are anneal- 4 4 ing to every mother's son and 4 i daughter in La Grande to buy 4 a pin that the fund may be 4" 4 swelled to proper proportions. 4 4" Further announcements eon- 4 4 cerning the redfire celebration 4 4 will be made later. Right now, 4 4 set ready for Utse girls with 4 4 buttons. . .. 4 ! i I 4 J" I 4 4 4 4 Tart and Penny Roll Doomed. London, July .13; The ' famous British penny roll and tart are doomed. In the interest of good white bread and war economy the Amalga mated Union of Operative Bakers has decided to abandon gastronomic fur belows despite the fact that tarts and penny rolls Ihave become a national institution. Mr. Morelock Improving Friends of E. B. Morelock, who went to Portland recently and who is now under the care of Dr. Rocky, will i be Pleased kno hat he is improv. n'ni oiranr loir IT n n.ipr....- 4-Un stge of an opel.ation and unles3 com. plications unforseen develop he will soon be able to return home. I E 3V1AN EATER BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED Steel Net Shut Off Escape men Line Banks -Rifle- Matawan, N. J., July 13. The shark which killed a man and a boy at Mat H .h F! K UN awan creek yesterday mangled a third ing believes trouble between the Uni boy, is believed to have been trap- I ted States and Mexico is settled. His pped in the creek. A member of a huge party hunting the man-eater re- ported seeing a shark's fin near the spot where bathers were attacked yesterday. Iwo charges of dynamite; weie dropped immediately. Men arm ed with rifles lined the banks of the creek to shoot the monster if it was blown to the surface. A steel net has been stretched over the mouth of the creek. 80 U-BOATS BUILDING. Danish Report Declares 20 Mill Ready in August. Be Copenhagen, July 13. German newsnaners assert that. 80 suhmiirinpK of the Deutschland class are under i construction and 20 will be completed in August. New York, July 13. The Bremen, a second submersible merchantman. en to IS or 20 families. DIAGRAM OF TYPE OF i MIMICII mt4cl ALLY OF VILLA RUMORS CLAIM AMMUNITION SUPPLIED THE BANDIT CHIEFTAIN BY CARRANZA LEADER SUCCESSOR TO HEAD OF MEXICANS JAILED Troubles Develop in De Facto Ranks Where Leader of Northern Forces Has Been Discovered Abetting Cause of Bandit Chief Pershing Pleased. El Paso, July 13. Information that General Trevino furnisned Villa with munitions have cast doubt of Trevi no's reports of his attacks upon Vil listas operating at Parral. Tele graphic communication was cut south of Chihuahua last night, but Carran za agents furnished American offi cials with detailed charges of the Tre vino plot to assist the rebel movement in northern Mexico, for the ultimate purpose of replacing Villa. This, with the Carrizal attack neaily precipi tating war is reported to have caus ed Gen. Obregon's orders replacing Trevino with Eniiquez. Rumors that Enriquez is jailed or executed are not confirmed. Carranza agents suspect significance of Trevino's concentra tion of all loyal' troops in Chihuahua City since receiving word of his trans fer to Monterey. Even such portions of his army as were mobilized to check Pershing movements are now in Chihuahua City. Carranza's two nephews have gone to Mexico City today to make personal report of Trevino's actions. Chihuahua arrivals declared Trevino has imprisoned Gen erals Salarizar and Cravio, former Huertistas. Pershing Thinks Trouble Is Over Washington, July 13. Gen. Persh- ' report to the war department today jsaid: "Mexicans in this vicinity along I the Mexican railrond are very friendly j toward Americans the past few days." DEFENDANT RELEASED. Harsh Scolding Concerned Administered in Fight. ' All After four or five families involved in the Coverdale fight on the B. M. Rogers lawn on the Nortfhi Side two days ago had aired their' grievances before Municipal. Judge Etikin last evening, the judge dismissed the case but not until he had given a vigorous scolding to all concerned. The court declared each return to her own dom icle and take mighty good care she was not brought up again on similar charges before him. ' The squabble resulted from al leged gossip, culminating in a free-for-all neighborhood fist-fight in which several women and a hoy took a part. ANTI-TIPPING LAW SOUGHT. Commercial Travelers Ask Legisla ture to "Alleviate Tipping Evil." Philadelphia, July 13. "Bellhops" and hotel employes are no longer on friendly terms with' the commercial travelers of Pennsylvania. The es trangement occurred when the grand council of Pennsylvania of the Order of Commercial Travelers of America adopted resolutions calling upon the State Legislature to pass n law to "nl lnvinfp the tinninir evil." According to the officials nf the or-1 ganization, it is not desired to abol ish tipping altogether, hut merely to (bring about "less tipping." GERMAN SI PER-SI BMAKIN K f 2 UM40shlM4u ttOHACt AATtMlIt 1 yf f MARGARET v'-Ll ! MARGARET i W-AR.D Victim of murder mystery which has stirred Salem, Mass., more than anything of the kind that has happened since the old days of witchcraft. Ten persons already have been ar rested in the mystery surrounding the death of Miss Margaret Ward of Pea- body, Mass., and now another a prominent physician imay be added to the list. Miss Ward, who was 27, left home several days ago supposedly to visit 11 GETS 10 YEARS! NOTORIOUS OREGON BANDIT MEETS WATERLOO. Man Who Thrilled Oregon With Daring, Loses Fight. Carthage Missouri, July 13. John Austin Hooper, alias Wilbur Mason, convicted of second degree murder, was sentenced to 10 years in Uhie pen itentiary shortly before midnight for killing Policeman Joplin. Hopper, known in the northwest as the most sensational highwayman in years, operated in Southern Oregon I and in Wasco county. His escape from the Medtord jail was spectacular. 'NEW LAW FIRM FORMS. Andrew R. Marker Affiliates with F. ' S. Ivanhoc's Oflices. A new law firm has been 'born in La Grande. Andrew R. Marker, ad mitted to the Oregon bar in 1907 af ter his graduation from Williamette law school, has resigned his affilia tions with the L. C. Smith garage and is now established with F. S. lvanhoe as junior member of the now firm, known as lvanhoe & Marker. SAWFILER IN CITY. Resident of Famed Eugene Timber Belt Town Visits Friends. H C. Taylor, a sawfiler in the Wendling mill owned hy the Jlootlhi Kclly interests, is in In Grande today visiting his relative, Tom Potts, while on his way to Jxistine. His mill af filiations are among some of the best timber of Oregon. FIVE BLOWN TO PIECES. Lightning Strikes Chemical Works and Deaths Result. Buffalo, July 13. Three men were blown to pieces and five others fatal ly injured in an explosion which par tially wrecked plants of the Sumet Solway Co. Lightening Struck a shed filled with dbcmicals. THAT CROSSED OCEAN. JOHN , CtftTMltMIAttN fvaMOO MOOM friends. Her relutives heard nothing further from her until an automobile containing four men drove up in front of the home of her brother-in-law, Police Sergeant C. A. R. Duffee of Salem. Her dead body was in the machine. Duffee arrested the four and two others who appronched at that moment. HEADS M. C. A. DIRECTORS IN NUAL SESSION. AN. Prominent Factor in Promotion of Y. M. C. A. Selected. George Palmer, president of the George Palmer Lumber company, and an important factor iiv the promotion propaganda tlhiat tmwled in the for mation of the Y. M. C. A, here was last evening chosen president of Hire i . M. u. A. board of di rectors. He has accented the uosi- tion. Mac Wood, retiring president declined to serve , farther, and the board unanimously asked Mr. Palmer to take the post. With the promise of 'most wholesouled backing of the directors, whose purse mas been open to the institution, Mr. Palmer will take hold of the reins. George T. Cochran is vice president; George W. Gilbert recording secretary, and A. A. Wenzel is treasurer. This elec tion followed the selection by the members of five directors during a period of voting recently. Yearly reports wero read and adopted, the receipts for the year having been $4,800. NOTIFICATION DATE SET, Hughes Will Receive Committee at Carnegie Hall July 31. Now York, July 13. Mr. Hughes will be notified, formally of his nom ination as the Republican presi dential candidate July 31 at 8 p. m., in Carnegie hall, Senator Harding an nounced today following a conference with Hughes and Chairman Willcox. WILSON PICTURES IDF. A US. Would Have United States Establish Standards for World. Washinfrfnn. .Till V 13 iRnnnlfinfr before the Citizenship convention, President Wilson today declared America intended to "bo a spirit among nations of the world." He said America should he the finest ex ample of objects and ideals wfhich would promote standards for the world. 1 GEO PALMER RAGE MEET MADE SURE LA GRANDE AFFILIATES ITSELF WITH ' POWERFUL CIRCUIT IN ..ROCKIES. , EARLY SEP! EMBER WILL SEE SPEEDY NAGS RACE City Becomes Northern End of Now Famous Racing Circuit Which Has Attracted Remarkable String of Horses From a Half Dozen States. La Grande, last night tore down ' barriers that stood between has peo ple and formal membership of the Intel-mountain Fair and Racing cir cuit, which has accumulated the greatest string of harness and run ning horses for a prolonged season that has ever been assembled in Hhe Northwest. September ' 6-9 inclusive are the dates for tho La Grande race t meeting. It will, have no connection with the county fair, being purely and solely a racing meet. At other points the association works in conjunction' with county fairs but tihat will not be the case hore. ' For several months the Intormoun- , tain Fair and Racing circuit has been ' paving the way for what all horse men pronounce the .most remarkable rucing season in the history of the Northwest. The ultimate results of Uhte early campaign and organization is shown in the fact that 136 horses are..entered. ' Tho entry list, which is now com plete, embraces the best horses in Montana, California, Utalh, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and elsewhere. Any horseman will immediately rec ognize the truth of the boasts upon looking at tho entry list appended hereto. t Many of the working details of the circuit have previously been enumer ated for Observer readers. Joseph Waddell, recognized as fitoa foremost racing man in the Northwest, is sec- . retary of the circuit and Charles Zimer of Ogden is president; O. P. Henderson of Boise vice president. ? La Grandera Organize. At a meeting of horsemen held in La Crande last evening, the final pre liminaries were closed. N. K. West, A. T. Hill, T. J. Scroggin, Fred J. Holmes, Bruce Dennis and Albert Hunter were named six directors who shall choose three more Hnd all will . later elect permanent officers.1 Arrangements to put La Grande's track in sUinpe were instituted. It has long since been recognized that the half mile course in this citv is one of the fastest in the country, and witn a nrae enorc, u can De restored to its full efficiency. Means Big Gathering. Merchants and citizens as a whole are wholeheartedly behind the move ment. One hundred and thirty horses means an average of 17 entries to tho race, whereas 16 entries will largely cover the big purse. .Some may drop out but heavy forfeitures must follow such action and there will be little or no disposition to abandon the circuit whidh begins nt Montpellier, goes to Kexnurg, Hlackfoot, La Grande, Ba ker, Ontario. Boise and Salt Lake in the order named. , It requires a small army of attach es, owners nnd drivers to handle a string of horses of this size. These will make their headquarters in Ia Grande while the races are on (here. and the week of September 4th will be a busy place. Week s Program Good. Herewith is the 'program to be car ried out at the La Grande meet: Wednesday, September 6. 2:14 pace Purse $400 2:17 trot Purse $400 Run, one-quarter mile ...Purse $100 Run, Ia Grande Derby, one-sixteenth miles Purse $200 Thursday, September 7. 2:30 pace Purse $400 2:18 pace Purse $400 Run, four furlongs Purse $100 Run, six furlongs ... Purse $100 rriday. September 8. 2:10 puce Purse $500 2:24 trot Purse $400 Run, three furlongs .... Purse $100' Rutiy five furlongs Purse $100 , Saturday, September 9. 2:25 pace ... . .... Purse $400 2:14 trot Purse $500 Run, four furlongs Purse $100 Run, one mile Purse $100 Relay Race (ronj hxpress) Four horsss; rfWinge horses every half mile; four days, two miles u day; 10 .percent entrance fee. Purse $250. hnlries for this nice close Sattirtlay before the meeting. Purse divided a (Continued on Page Three) JT
