AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XVI .
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916.
NUMBER 20.
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'MASTER MIND' SOUGHT BY POIJ CE IN SALEM MURDER MYSTERY
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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