La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 14, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, J ULY 14, 1916. NUMBER 21 :-".V. WON BIDS FOR VOIE OF PROGRESSIVES FORMAL ACCEPTANCE oY SUCH SUPPORT MADE IN LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA. CONTENDS DEMOCRATS REFLECT MOST PROGRESS Executive Deems it a Compliment "to Lead Progressive and Forward Looking Men Who Love Justice" t .Parker Letter of Support Brings Acceptance. Washington, July 14. Expressing the belief that (his party "Represents a. larger part of the Progressive pow er and thought than any other" Pres ident Wilson today made a formal bid for the Progressive vote. Writing to J. C. Parker of Philadelphia, a Pro gressive who pledged ihis support to Wilson, the President said: "I have no jealously of independent organizations intended to keep inde pendent voters. Reminded fully as to opposition and to parties and con ditions under which votes are solicit ed, il sincerely desire and have tried to support all rogressive and forward-looking men. I believe recent experiences confirm the belief that the Democratic party rn-iio-ts r. larger part of ,th T,v.lK'rte"power and thougt , jihan any other party and can be made the instrument of leadership in the direction which all who love justice and progress wish to take. For that reason I am proud to be the nominee of such and have the oppor tunity to lead them."' Men of Millions Find Way to 'Dodge Washington, July 14. The rich, it was learned here today, have found a way to dodge paying their federal in come tax. The poor pay it for them. The treasury department has infor mation that well to do persons will not buy stocks and bonds unless the cor poration they buy them from con tracts to pay the income tax on them. The corporation selling the stocks agrees to do this, then just adds the income tax to the retail price of iti goods to the public. Thus the $10, .$20 or $30 a week citizen, when he buys an article of wearing apparel, food, tools, instruments, machinery or whatnot, may be paying the income tax of his plutocratic neighbor. Illinois' Most Reprieved Murderer Murphysboro, 111., July 14. Unless Ellston Scott, Illinois' most reprieved murderer, is again reprieved today he stands no chance to make good his brag that he'll never hang for the murder of his sister-in-law at Car bondale last summer. Scott has been reprieved five times. He is sentenced to die on the gallows here this morn ing. The reprieves were caused by a tweedle-dum, tweedle-dea performance between Governor Dunne and Sheriff White of Jackson county. The gov ernor, not wishing undue publicity given the hanging, asks Jackson how many witnesses he's going to have to see Scott swing. Jackson replies that he'll comply with the law and have .witnesses to preserve order. Then the Governor reprieves Scott and the ! performances is repeated. Birth Control Women May Speak St. Paul, Minn., July 14. Without the police interference that has mark ed meetings of birth control advocates in other cities, Mrs. Robert Liggett of Duluth today lectured here on birth control, before several hundred Min nesota women and girls. , Mrs. Margaret Sanger of New York assisted in distributing literature on birth control. The Minnesota law does not prohibit the dissemination of information on this subject. But a clinic at wh: h the subject was to have teen discus ed more generally, with maps, chari and wax figures, was declared contrary to law. The exhibit was abando-ed. Mrs. Ligjjtt recently got her name in the papc 3 by advocating at Seattle that wome" of the lower classes ie segregated ns breeders, that no h:?h strung wo-inn of the unper classes should be s bjectcd to motheihood and that no chi' 1 i" the world is worth the pain it ta1 as to r-i;ig it into exist ence. Mrs. Sa'-ger recently went free from a fe' ;ral ir.'ictment in New York charirinf her with finding ob scene matt-r through the mails in her birth cont'.)l magazine, "The ViVman Rebel." Now York society men and women, M:--s Fola IjiFollette amor.;: them, publicly supported what Mrs. Sanger haJ done. DEPOT MAIL BOTHERS, t Frequent Delays on Mail Train Ser- vice Is Traced. One reason why it frequently hap pens .that La Grande mail to Hot Lake, Union, or nearby points -west is delayed in delivery has been traced to the over-worked practice of mailing letters at the depot. There is acon gestion of mail there for each train that is said to have no equal any where on the mainline, due probably to the close proximity of the depot to the business center of the street: It frequently happens, k is found by tracing down causes for delays,- that it is a physical impossibility for mail clerks on trains to handle the pouch mail and also that picked up at the depot boxes in time for distribution before Union or Hot Lake is reached. If citizens would make more earnest effort to get their mail into the post, office instead of depending on depot boxes, this trouble would largely be reduced. As it is now the practice is impairing service, and letters destined for nearby points very frequently are carried past their destination, and subjected to delay in delivery, for the simple reason that the short space of time between deoots nrecludes the 'possibility of having the mail I worked" before trains reach s'udh depots. Men familiar with the situa tion declare the amount of depot mail picked up here far exceeds that of any other mainline town in Eastern Ore gon. The practice of mailing letters at the depot also reduces the total bulk handled through the postoffice wtoich impairs the showinir with the post- office department which this postoffice might otherwise make. Concert This Evening. ! The following concert is to be ren dered this evening at 8 o'clock on Washington avenue and Depot street bv the Elks' band: March The Union Forever. .Scouton Selection A Waltz Dream Strauss Clarinet Duett Two Little Bul- finches Kling Mr. Snapp and Mr. Graves Overture Lustspiel .... Keler Bela Popular Down Among the SLhlelter- , ing Palms Olman I I'm On My Way to. Dublin. Bay Murphy Everybody Rug With Me . . Le Boy March The Messenger . .IBarnhouse J. David Haines is director. JUDGE CLARK OF CLEVELAND NOMINATED Ohio Jurist Was Recently Named To U. S. District Court Washington, July 14. President Wilson today nominated Judge John H. Clarke of Cleveland to bo associ ate justice of the supreme court, suc ceeding C. E. Hughes, who resigned to accept the Republican presidential nomination. The nomination was sent to the senate today. Judge Clarke was appointed from Cleveland in July, 1914, to be a judge of the United States district court, a post similar to the one held by Judge Bean or Judge Wolverton of Portland. While records do not indicate, it is be lieved in La Grande Judge Clarke is a Democrat. Mrs. Small Improves. Improvement in the condition of Mrs. Chas. Albert Small who under went an operation at the hospital Sunday, is reported today. While she has been quit ill, her many friends will delight in the information there is improvement in her case. Injured in Auto Wreck Tacoma, July 14. En route from l Seattle to the Steilacoom asylum to I take home her husband, Mrs. Carl Shonback of Seattle, was injured wfhen the steering gear of her auto mobile broke, and hurled the automo bile 40 feet over an embankment, j William Westling, the driver was al so injureu. Collier in Distress. "Washington, July 14. The Ameri can naval collier Hector, eleven thou sand tons, is reported in distress 50 miles southeast of Charleston light , ship, according to a radiogram to the coastguard service. A gale is report ed raging there. Former Resident Returns. Mrs. Ida L. Byng of Oroville, On!., is visiting with her aunt, Mrs. S. F. Rid", ardson. Mrs. Byng formerly lived here but has been away for 23 years, ami now finds La Grande much changed from the old La Grande she knew. Long Service As Teacher Cleveland, July 14. Miss Bettie A. Dutton, 76, just retired as principal of the Kentucky grade school here, is believed to hold the jecord for the longest continuous service in the pub lic schools of this country. Begin ning at 18, she has taught in this one school for 58 years. She has educated 3 generations of children. SUCCESSOR 10 HUGHES PICKED; i EMGLISH BREAK THROUGH 4 MILES OF GERMAN LINE Advance Along Long Front Reported To Have Gained a Mile. at Places Where Germans Were The Thickest London, July 14. British ..troops broke the German line on a four mile front at dawn today, the smashing blow 'sweeping British into dhe vil lages of iLongueval and Bazentinle grand, clearing Tronese wood. They advanced more than a mile. .. The gain is the greatest since the opening of the great assault IS days ago. Early bulletins indicated one of the greatest battles of the Allied offen sive is 'being waged northeast of Al bert. Haig has reported "We attacked the enemy's second system of de fense and broke positions at a four mile front, capturing strongly de VILLA DEMANDS SURRENDER OF GHILHUAHUA GITY ARMY San Antonio July 14 The first clash between militia and Mexicans was re ported to Gen. Funston this after noon. Company C, of the second Tex as infantry, fired on six Mexicans who crossed the line near Doana this morning. The band was driven back from a two-day trip to Richland and across the Rio Grande after several Halfway, says a Baker message dated shots were exchanged. yesterday. I Twenty-six members comprise the El Paso, July 14. General Villa new lodge, 16 being new, while' thie has demanded the surrender of Chi- others were residents of Halfway, but huahua City, it is authoritatively re- members of other lodges, who trans ported. General Bell declared today, f erred their memberships to the new chat he is reliably informed Trevinc. branch of. the order. All throe ranks has been criticized by the Carranza were given by a picked initiating team government and that Villa has in- a recess being called at midnight, formed Trevino that if Chihuahua when a chicken supper was served. City wasn't surrendered the entire The institution of the lodge, under the Villa army would attack it. Trevino direction of Marion Davis of Union, has revoked orders detaining ship- was not completed until 2 o"clock this ments of supplies to the American ex- morning;. - , jtions-. . . Officers elected are as follows: Meditation Commission Popular. Thomas J. Buck, Chancellor Common Washington, July 14. Secretary of rfpr- vc a n v,v nhnan. State Lansing has submitted to . .comciu, ..iibuii, mm uie cauinei, Master ot work; W. J. Douglas, Mas Carranza s suggestion to appoint a ter of the Exchequer; W. J. Ellis, commission of three from each nation.. Master of Finance; B. E. Bowman, to settle the Mexican problem: It be- Keeper of Records and Seal; C. W. came known today that President Wil-. Nunn, Master at Arms; F. L. Bower- sen is neartuy in lavor of the plans mm it. ia cjijjetucu iiu win iormauy , uuter Guard. 1. N. Sanders and C. approve it before leaving for Ihia J. Shelton were elected grand rep-week-end trip on tho Mayflower. resentatives. ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS FROM WHOLE COUNTY MEET Odd Fellows from every nook and corner of Uniion county, and Re bekalhB from tho same territory, as sembled at Riverside park this morn ing for a two-day session of the Union county district association of Odd Fel lows. Sessions of business, fraternal matters, competitive drills, receptions and many other items of entertain ment and instructions lie before the assembled lodge men. Parade Hours Changed. It had been purposed to open fes tivities with a parade this morning but plans were changed at the last hour and the event has now been moved forward to 7 o'clock tonight. Henry S. Westbrook, grand master of Odd Fellows in Oregon was th central figure at this afternoon's meeting at the park which followed formal introduction of the convention before the noon hour. F. S. Uvanhoe had been selected to make the address of welcome this morning and shortly thereafter adjournment was taken un til 1:1)0 during -which basket picnic dinner was served. A business meet ing at the park this Afternoon is clos ing up the first day's uifairs at the park and then the assembly moves to town. Immediately after the postponed parade tonight, the district prize drill will take place at Rex hall. While the attendance today was food, it promises to be even bigger tonight and tomorrow, and before the convention adjourns it is expected that the greatest gathering of Odd Fellows in Union county's history will have been witnessed. The list of events outlined for the convention from this evening on in clude: 7:00 p. m. Parade on La Grande streets. 8:00 p. m. Contest for District Prize Degree banner at Rex hall. The following- program will be rendered at the I. O. O. F. hall, be ginning at 8:30 o'clock, to be followed fended localities. Heavy fighting con tinues." Special dispatches from headquarters announced the capture of the villages. The blow was struck at the very sector where Germans had assembled the heaviest reinforce ments. Tihie British have advanced in the directions of (Bapaume, the im mediate objective. Dispatches from headquarters this afternoon reported British are con tinuing their advance' and captured the village of Bnzentin Leptit. The village of Ovillers is mostly in British hands witib furious fighting on the outskirts. Many prisoners were tak en, including the German regimental commander. K. of P. Institutes New Lodge. The institution of Lindgren lodge, No. 112, Knights of Pythias, at Half way last night, was told of this after noon by the advance guard of Baker and Union Knights, who returned s. F. Deadrick, Prelate; Charles Reed', man, Inner Guard; C. R. Bennett, by a reception to the visiting Re , bekahs of the Union county associa tion, viz: I Address of Welcome Mrs. Ada Grout M. E. Church quartet. Violin solo Mr. Gekeler. Solo Mrs. Williamson. Solo Charles Harding. Reading Eula Wiatkins. At tho reception following the pro gram refreshments will be served. All i Rebekahs are requested to come and Bring Oneir friends. July IS (Rebekah Day.) . Morning session at Riverside park. Program includes: Music Thompson's band. Vocal Solo Jay Shaw. Violin Solo Mr. Young. Address By state president. Music Thompson's band. . Reading Margaret Baker. Music Band. Everybody is invited to come and bring baskets. Afternoon Session. Business meeting of the District .association. Evening Session. Relekah Degree exemplified by El gin Rebekah Degree team at Rex" hall. 8:00 p. m. First Degree exemplified by La Grande Degree learn at I. O. O. F. hall at 8:00 n. m. All Odd Fellows. Robckahs. their , families and friends are invited bring baskets. FOUR PASSENGERS SHOT. Pennsylvania Observation Car Oc cupants Fired at, Lima. O., July 14. Four were pain- fllllv inilirntl wknn nn iinlnnun, ..... j .. . ....v.. .... ............ i. 1 1 1 a. 1 1 firrwl a t-Yia .... V.n.l.aK..f ..-.. group of passengers on the observa- ; .... ...... e -e . i i hfii vin inuumiM in mi eufii oounu Broadway limited on the Pennsyl vania itxiirvau. HOTEL MEN TO MEET. Bonifaces Haven't Abandoned tional Park at Joseph. Na- The Wallowa Lake Tourist Travel association, of which J. F. Eg gensperger, of tho Wallowa Lake Park Amusoment company is presi dent, and Floyd H. Wil'klns, pro prietor of the Wilkins hotel of Joseph is secretary, is to have a call meeting this month in Enterprise." Several matte -s of prime importance will be considered by tho bonifaces on this occasion, chief of which are the prose cution of the idea of establishing a national park with frontage on Wal lowa lake, urging better posting of roads throughout and leading into the county, and considering means whereby the hotel men can be of actual service to the local commercial body in the project of holding a Yank Carnival here at a proper time later in the summer, wltoen the delectable Yank fish leave their points of hiber nation in Wallowa lake and-.seek shal low waters in accordance with their custom. It will be recalled . that Senator Chamberlain was recently asked . to urge tlhe national park idea at Wal lowa lake, the proposed area to em body spots of great scenic beauty ly ing in the mountains fringing the lake in addition to a desirable frontage on this beautiful body of water. In quiry, so Senator Chamberlain stated, revealed the fact that the lands abut ting on the hike are already held in private ownership and the notion was discouraged. But the hotel men, al ready in possession of ' land plats showing nearly a mile of frontage on the east sido ot the lake designated state school hinds, hope that these lands can, by some sort of process, be reconveyed to the government and thus be made the basis of a national park withdrawal that should become famous for its scenic advantages. TROOPS GO NORTH. Platoon of Infantry Moved From Fort Lawton to Seattle. Twenty-four infantrymen from the 106th regular infantry, passed tlha-ough La Grande today enroute to Seattle where they will go to a small fort on the Sound. They traveled in a tourist car, and came from Fort Lawton. PATRIOTS DEFY RECRUITING OFFICERS. Soldiers Eventually Quell Disturbance None Killed. Cork, July 14. Several hundred rioters paraded the streets this mora- ing, booing, and Ihissing English sol diers and smashing windows at re cruiting offices. Previously they hud inscribed on the gates and pillars of tar works the words "Up with the Republic". Soldiers finnlly dispersed the riot ers. Shots were fired outside the res idences of the dbief recruiting officers but nobody was killed. CONTEST COMPLETED. Award of Prizes in Arcade Picture Contest Is Made. Irma Johnson, daughter of C. B. Johnson, 2709 North Fourth street, won the $10.00 gold piece and $15.00 solid gold locket and dhiain given away in the contest conducted at the Arcade, in which votes were cast for popularity of babias whose pictures were thrown on tho screen. The other prize winners were: 2nd Prize Solid gold locket, won by Vivian Annette Penewell, daugh ter of A. L. Penewell, 2404 N. Depot. 3rd Prize Solid gold locket, won by Phyllis Mclnnis, daughter of Hec tor Mclnnis, 1U04 E O avenue. 4th Prize Solid gold locket, won by Clark Ruckman, adopted son of Bruce Clark, Alicel. 6th Prize Gold ring, won by James Aardele iBurns, son of P. A. Burns, 604 Adams. 6th Prize Gold ring, won by Eu gene King, son of Mrs. Oriolee King, 1404 Ninth. 7th Prize Two gold rings, won by Beverly and Barbra Guye, twin daughters of E. R. Guye, 1914 First. 8th Prize Gold ring, won by Vir ginia Smith, daughter of R. C. Smith, 0104 N. Fii-dt. 9th Prize Gold ring, won by Philip Newlin, son of Robert Newlin, 1802 Second. 10th Prize Gold ring, won by ' Peggy" Uolmenkamp, daughter of Chase Iiohnenkamp, 703 Spring. PATAGONIAN MUST GO. Man Who Stole Brass from Palmer Camps Will Ik- Deported. An immigration inspector from Portland was in I.a Grando today on his way to Enterprise where he will tako charge of the Patagoninn who was arrested a few days ago and tken to Enterprise for trial on a charge if stealing brass from the Palmer Lumber camps. It develops thj.t he came into America illegally from Canada and it is presumed that is where he will be deported to. CORK SCENE OF RIOTING s!sieSl be utilized CO-OPERATION OF MANY INTER ' ESTS AFFECTED BY '' VALLEY GROWERS. PACKING ONE FUNCTION OF PROPOSED LEAGUE Wcnatchee Methods Will Largely Bo Followed Out Government and O. A. C. Agent Promote the Plan AH Parts of Valley Represented in league. Fruitgrowers of Union countv are planning to co-operate in their mar keting this fall more completely than in any former year and will put themselves in line with the new gov ernment plan which will be in opera tion throughout Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Eadh of the fruitgrowing commun ities' of tho Grande Ronde valley, Imbler, Cove .Elgin, Union and La Grando will form their own local as sociations which will be units of a larger organization co-ordinating the activities of all. . The work of perfecting the organ izations of both the local units and tho Valley league are in the Ihsinds of the committee, Messrs. I. Binga- man, ol lmblpr, J. K. uintz, Cove, J. E. Witherspoon, Elgin, Wm. Baxter, Union and J. B. Stoddard, La Grande. They are being assisted by Paul V. Spillman, County Agriculturist and Prof. G. Ijansing Hurd, of the Bureau of Markets of Oregon Agricultural collogo. Concorning the working plans . Mr. Hurd sain today: 1 "The function of the local associa tions will bo to handle the assembling, packing and loading of the fruit at the local points of production. No new organization will be necessary where an organization is already in existence. The local or community organization will have an ' inspector who will supervise the pack to see that it conforms to the standardiza tion and packing rules that have been adopted by the general Northwest as sociation, which is to operate to carry out the government plan, known aa the Fruitgrowers Agency, Inc. "The county organization, which may be called the Grande Ronde Val ley Fruitgrowers League, will bo very similar in its plan and operation to the Wenatchee North Central Wash ington Growers League which operat ed very successfully last year. It will exercise control over the physical handling of the fruit of all its mem bers, to the ends of securing a uni form and standard quality of product and of reducing costs through use of central packing plants equipped wiUtl the lest devices and machinery . for handling the crop economically. "The actual method of selling has not yet been considered sufficiently to enable any prediction to be made as to which method or methods will be adopted, lit is likely that the Grande Ronde growers will follow the ex ample of the growers at Wenatchee. There the utmost freedom is allowed to the grower and he is permitted to choose whatever selling agency or outlet he wisnes from among these upproved by the league; the selling agents will be required to be members cf the Fruitgrowers Agency and to have agreed and contracted to follow the provisions of the agency uniform contract. To put the local league in a position of independence, it will probably take out an active member ship in the Fruitgrowers Agency wihieh will put it in position to do its own selling on a par with any other selling airency of the four northwest states, so far as the privileges of the market information and other ad vantages of vhe larger co-operation, are concerned. "Ira Cleveland, secretary of tho Wenatchee league writes: 'One of the things done by our league which zives growers more satisfaction than any other, is the fact that there are not 50 or 70 men with cars going over the district visiting ranchers and telling them of the wonders of their Iiarticular selling concern. To our inowledge there is not one man in the field today visiting the mdmdaul grower and soliciting tonnage. The Units, through the pooling of the resources of their members, were uhle to finance their growers through tlhe harvesting season, this left them free to sell to whoever they pleased. Large savings were also made on purchases ot supplies and materials. "The uniting of all the several com munity units into tho valley leairue will promote the advertising of tho entire product and make it possible to develop special mnrkpts in which there is found best opportunity for placing the peculiar or special qual (Continued on Pair Eight)