La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 19, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA -7. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916. NUMBER 25. BREMEN IS DUE IN AMERICA GREAT TO GREET SHIP wfoTORBOATS CARRY HUN DREDS ABOUT HARBOR TO GET FIRST GLIMPSE. . DEUTSCHLAND'S PIPES FAULTY, CRAFT WAITS Getting Tips from New York News papers, Bridgeport People Spend Day on Shore and on Bay Waiting Arrival of- Second U-Boat from Germany Departure Is Rushed. Bridgeport, ' Conn., July 19. Crowds today lined the water front here expecting arrival of the German submarine merchantman Bremen. Many chartered motor boats and are patrolling tbe waters hunting thle Bremen. The Lake Submarine Boat com pany has established a special motor- boat patrol hoping to closely inspect i the Bremen if she arrives. A New York newspaper has asserted the Bremen is due here. Departure Is Delayed. j Baltimore, July 19. The Deutsch- . land's departure has boon delayed on account of defective pipes. Kepairs are being rushed. Hugh barges are moored nearby to hide the submarine from the public. RACING CIRCUIT GROWS ij .Secretary of Institution Here to Meet With Promoters Tonight., j Joe Waddell, one of the chief fac- j tors in bringing together one of the greatest strings of race horses ever i seen in the Northwest, tor racing in the Intemountain Racing circuit of whidh La Grande is a part is here from Baker today to meet with the directors of the La Grande meet. The meeting is slated for this evening. "Our wonderful success in getting together about 150 horses from a half dozen important racing states of the west," said Mr. Wiaddell, "ihas had the effect of reducing entries in the bigger-purse circuits where there are fewer meetings. We have modern regulations governing horses and the races, and it is no wonder that La Grande people have become interested and enthused over the possibilities of the race meet here once they have seen the quality and quantity of horses entered." Mr. Waddell predicts a success such .as the northwest ha never dreamed of. Mr. Waddell reports William Staurt, a Humboldt, Cal., horseman has fivo head of horses in the 2:07 1-4 to 2:12 classes which arrived yesterday in Baker for training for the circuit. These and some dozen others have been entered since the entry list was first published in the Observer a few days ago. Song Sparrow, a trotter from The Dalles,' is also at Baker training for the circuit. New Bonds Being Floated. t New York, July 19. The Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg banks Ihave offered a new French war bonds sale. The French want to borrow $100, 000,000. J. P. Morgr.n is handling the loan. The bonds will cost 98 and bear five per cent interest. Blacksmith Shops Closed. The railroad company's blacksmith shops were closed this afternoon in Tespect to the memory of the late A. Floyd. RATES PROVIDED. O.-W. to Grant Fare and a Third for Motorcycle Races. Points between Huntington and Pendleton and Joseph will have a fare and a third rate provided them for the motorcycle races. The tickets go on sale tho 21st and have a return limit of Ju!y 24th. LINING CAFE OCCUPANTS JAILED. Police Quell Disturbances by Arrest ing Man and Girls. Early lint evening H. I). McDon ald, Ruby Day and May Evans were arrested in the Club cafe, once known as the La Gr.vndo restaurant The man is charged with having had alcohol in his possession and being disorderly and t'.c girls with either heing drunk or disorderly. McDon ald gave bonds for appenrnnce at his trial. Olive Boyer was arrested on Adams avenue on a charge that alleges he was intoxicated. I PENDLETON WILL SEND HER BAND SPECIAL TRAIN COMING TO RACES. Roundup Town Will Repay La Grande for Her Patronage. (Pendleton East Oregoman.) One (hundred or more Pendleton men, accompanied by the Pendleton Roundup band, will leave hero Sunday morning at 7 o'clock on a special train over the O.-W. to take in the Speed 'Em Up races at La Grando. A com mittee of men leaded by .1. V. Tall man from the Commercial association, are working up the trip today and from all indications there will be lit tle difficulty in securing the required 100 for the special accommodations. The train will leave itoere at 7 a. m. and will reach La Grande about 10. Returning in the evening the train is to leave La Grande at 9 o'clock and will reach Pendleton before midnight. The Speed 'Em Up auto races will be among the finest held in the north west this year and Pendleton is for tunate in being close enough to La Grande to be able to make the round trip at nominal expense. The race committee has received a large list of entries. , ; The band is practicing and promise to toot long and vociferously to lot the thousands of La Grande visitors know that Pendleton is very much in town blowing herself. La Grande has each year sent a large delegation of visitors to the Roundup and it is due La Grande that Pendleton reciprocate this year. Al ready it is reported that at least one and probably more specials will be run from La Grande to Pendleton for the 1916 show. The chances offered now is thought to be the best to show La Grande that Pendleton appreciates the kindly feeling existing between the two cities. FISHERMEN PREDICT RECORD. Canning Stations Swamped With Fish' from Columbia River. Astoria, July 19. A record-breaking salmon run has swamped the cannerw stations. Gill netters arrive atAstbria from both Wash&iSton and Oregon sides reporting extensive catches. Some predict thle heaviest run in Columbia river fishing history. Marshfield Vessel Rescued Marshfield, July 19. Lifesavers have rescued the Hanson. When her engine stopped while crossing ' thle bar, the boat drifted toward South Spit. Captain Britt lead the rescue of the crew and towed the Hanson in to Sunset Bay. Argument Filed by Committee. An argument Silas been filed with tho secretary of state by the Equal Rights to Oregon Industry, in favor of its proposed amendment, permit ting the manufacture of beer and its sale within the state under the re strictions now in force. Big Irrigation Project. Some 150 landholders in Umatilla county have organized themselves in to a municipality and have voted bonds to pay for an irrigation project to cost $53.81 per acre. The land is adjacent to the towns of Hermis ton, Stanfield and Echo. W. O. W. Files Answer. Holding that they have no proof that John L. Huffman is dead the court has dismissed the case against the W. O. W. lodge at Baker. Mrs. Huffman sued the lodge for $2000, the amount of the policy carried by her husband Who disappeared nine years ago. Sunday School Meeting Scheduled. Every Sunday school in Lewis coun ty, Washington, is expected to be represented at the meeting of the In terdenominational S. S. association to be held in Pc Ell August 23 and 24. Presbyterian Synod Convenes. -Over a hundred ministers and lay men are attending the synod of the Presbyterian church nt Eugene this week. It is not only the occasion of the synod, but the ministerial confer ence is held at the University of Ore gon, giving the visitors the benefits of the addresses of the conference. Home Lot Cannot Be Attached. Circuit Judge Morrow of Portland has rendered a decision stating that a man's home, to the ext6nt of a city lot or 10 acres of land in the county, cannot be taken away from him by creditors through any process of the law, not referring to foreclosure of mortgage. Repairing and Straightening Roads. All ronds in the La Pime basin are being repaired and widened, to ac commodate the increasing automobile traffic. Money Pledged for Boy Scouts. With $2500 already pledged by the businessmen of Portland for the sal ary of the Boy Scout executive and to meet the costs of the permanent or ganization an order in Portland is as sured. A committee has been ap pointed to consider names and to look for a good man for the position. WORLD'S BEST RIDER ARRIVES TO BE IN RACE IRWIN JANKE AND OTTO WALK ER REPORT FOR THE GRAND PRIX. AUTO PARADE TO BE A MIXTURE OF ATTRACTIONS Decorations Go Up Over Night and Merchants Are Being Called Upon to Decorate Their Stores Every i Car in La Grande Should Be in Pa- rade Saturday. Irwin .Tanke. world hnmninn lnno-1 distance motorcyclist and Otto Walk er, popular favorite in La Grande by reasons of past performances - hore. drifted into La Grando this morning f f ; ci. ,. . 1 v i.uiiljci.d lit wits uoiuiunj i.tn:v the same time lesser lights arc show ing up on each train and by Friday night the banner galaxy of speed demons will be ready to beg::i the grand prix on Saturday and continue over Sunday. At the same tone that motorcycles and their riders are gath ering from Massachusetts, Wiscon sin, California, Idaho, Oiegon and Washington with others yet to come, merchants at home end officials of the Motor club are bending every ef fort to close up the minutest delaiU in the way of perfect arrangements for the show, ast evening the Motor club held its last meeting before the races and went over a lai-jre calendar of important questions'. This afternoon all those wno have subscribed for memberships are be ing asked to pay their iac.i if they have not already done so. All mem berships not paid by the tiir.e the races start will be void. The transportation committee is al so out today working out the best available means of handling the crowds. Decorations Go Up. Like mushrooms, street decora tions blossomed out over night. The principal down-town streets were put in the hands of professional dec orators last night and banners and flags float in streamers at all inter- (Continued on Page Eight) PRORI "KEYNOTE" b f "J 4 ' 4 4 "h HAN LEY, SULTZER, CANDI DATES. St. Paul, July 19. The prohir bition convention has opened. J. Frank Hanley, of Indiana, and William Sultzer of New York, are seeking the presiden tial nomination. Sultzer is re ported to bo speeding to St. Paul hoping to arrive in time to prevent Hanley adherents nominating their candidate one day ahead of the scheduled time. Religious bitterness is noticeable. The American Fed eration of Patriotic societies, an anti-Catholic organization, is supporting Sultzer. J ! St. Paul, Minn., (Auditorium.) "The callof the hour is the chal lenge of a supreme opportunity, to an unparalleled sacrifice. These are thta words of triumph, Peace, Prosperity, and Prohibition. Elect Prohibition. Write woman into the constitution. Turn out the exploiters of the people. Take private profit from war. btop the slaughter of peace. Save Ameri ca and serve the world." In these words Temporary Chair man Daniel A. Poling concluded his key-note address at the outset of the Prohibition National convention, which convened at St. Paul, Minne sota this morning. Mr. Poling, declaring that the Pro hibition party was now the solo rep resentative of Progres-sivism in na tional politics, extended an official and heartly invitation to the 4.000,000 votsrs who supported the Progres sive party ticket in 1912, and suggest ed that whatever the technical name of his own party should be upon the official ballot this year, it would be known henceforth as the Liberal par ty of the United States. Militarism Decried. Expressing the evidently over whelming sentiment of the conven tion, Chairman Poling assailed Wife cmpaign of Militaristic Prepared ness, arraigned the Republican and Democratic parties alike for what he alleged to be an extravagant waste of national funds, eulogized Jane Ad dams, attacked at length the activities of the Navy league, and after ad RECRUITS SOUGHT IN THIS SECTION DETAILS FROM CAMP WTTHY COMBE COMING HERE. Union and Wallowa Counties Will lie Combed for Men. ,'. . Not later than Thursday three re cruiting parties consisting of a com missioned officer, a sergeant and a private in each party will leave Camp Withycombe near Portland for vari ous points in the state. Towns will be visited and recruits gathered. Squad No. 3 will go to Eastern Ore gon and its itinerary will be: Umatilla county Pendleton. Union county La Grande. Wallowa county Joseph. Baker county Baker. Grant county Prairie City. Malheur county Ontario. As the parties visit the respective towns, recruits will be hurried to Camp Withycombe where they will be mustered into the federal service without delay and entrained for the border at once. If the response to the parties is to the extent expected by Captain Wil liams several hundred men will be ready for service with the Oregon companies by August 1. Postmaster E. E. Bragg has re ceived word from Chief Mustering Of ficer Williams ct Camp Withy combe, which soys in this connection, among other things: "Would advise that Cuptain Lee M. Clark, Artillery Oregon militia re cruiting officer, will arrive in your city on July 23, and will remain in your city for three days for tho pur pose of accepting recruits for the Oregon National Guard now on the border. Able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five are wanted. Any - person having rela tives depending on them for support will not be accepted. The wages of the soldiers are from. $15 to $45 per month. (In addition to the pay all clothing, rations and medical attend ance furnished free. The quota for the State of Oregon is 800 men short of the required number it Should fur nish in response to the call of "the President of the United States, of June 18, 1916." RESCUE WORK HEROIC. After 56 Hours Without Food , r Water, Miners Reach Safety. Webb City, Mo., July 19. Rescuers have save tour miners entombed with out food or water in the Babcock mine five or six hours. Two thousand spectators watched the rescuers dig ging in 15-minuto shifts. Victims' shouts were laintly heard at first. Three hours before renching the vic tims, rescuers drilled a hole into a subterreanan dhomber, admitting air. Later miners walked out. They said fear of death stopped hunger pangs, but they lost all sense of time. EXTOLS PARTY vocating unequivocal loyalty to the Monroe Doctrine, the establishment of a world court of arbitration, in. ternational reciprocity of trade, Tad. ical reform in the treatment of im. migrants, the development of a na- ticnal program for the constructive use of the United States Army in time of peace, and the immediate enact ment by federal statute and amend ment of woman's suffrage and vari ous social reforms, he concluded his plea with the dictum thut "Prohibition spells Preparedness," and that the hour had come to change the popular slogan among temperance forces of "National Prohibition in 1920" to the campaign battle cry "A National Pro hibition President in 1916." Iln summing up his outline of the party's prospective campaign, which calls for a whirlwind campaign backed by a million dollar war fund, with ' two million homes readhled directly with Prohibition argument before No vember 7th, Mr. Poling detailed as the nucleus for the party's national decla ration this year the following, which! he termed j "The High Covenant." ' "To the people of this nation we ' pledge ourselves to begin immediate ly on election to power an authorized ' campaign to establish a world court; 'and we further pledge that we will move at once to secure reciprocal trade arrangements with the coun tries from whom we purchase and to whom we sell. j "We will proclaim our constructive I program to secure the practical broth erhood of the nations. And as we move to stop the slaughter of war, remembering the unnumbered dead, the unnumbered unborn cursad by al- .cohol, we will immediately deprive the liquor traffic of the u.,u of the mails, vtake from it the nrotertinn cf inter state commerce, ph'ee upon it a pro hibitive tax, movu i a accomplish a prohibition amendment to the Consti tution,. "We pledge ourselves to fortify the , nation, to make her a citadel im pregnable, but to conserve her human and natural resources with every dol lar that builds her army and her : fleet. We covenant with the people to take private profit out of war, and :to punish the traitors who placed rot ten armor between our country's de- ! fenders and their foes. And we sol- (Continued on Page Three) GERMANS FASTEN GRIPS ON BRITISH STRONGHOLD OF DEATH VICTIM A. FLOYD SUCCUMBS, ENDING CAREER OF RARE INTEREST AND INCIDENTS HELPED.BUILD THE OLD SEA FIGHTER MONITOR Was Oldest Living Employee of the Railroad Company Now Known as O-W. Funeral Will Be Held in The Dalles Fought As Fireman on Board Warships. Oregon's oldest railroader, and one of the last survivors of the mechanics who built the Monitor, died at his home on Sixth street at 4 o'clock thi3 morning after a short illness. This man was A. Floyd. Had he lived un til next month he would have been 74 years of age, but though not so un usually old in years he had attained rare distinctions in railroad Bervico for he had a constant record of em ployment in railroad affairs ever since the first half dozen-miles of track, that eventually girdled the Union Pa cific with Portland, were being laid. The remains will be sent to The Dalles for burial tonight with services in the Catholic church at The Dalles immediately after the arrival of the body there. Short services will be held in the Bohnenkamp chapel at 8 o'clock this evening. He is survived by Mrs. Floyd and son Frank. Several other children had died previously. Mr. Floyd had the distinction of be ing one of the workmen employed in the construction of John Ericson's historic Monitor, the vessel which in the civil war revolutionized naval war fare and from which was subsequent ly 'evolved the modern super-drend-naught. He was among the very oldest, in point of service of the employes of the O-W. R. & N. compnny, being, in fuct, with the company through all its changes and employed as well by the original Oregon Steam Navigation company, the predecessor of all the later companies. With the earlier company he was at both Portland and The Dalles when the main line wa3 first built out of Portland, and at the latter point did a great part of the repair work on the single two drive wheel locomotive used to operate the sixteen miles of portage road between The Dalles and Celilo. He was transfered from from The Dalles shops to the shops at La Grande about 1890, and he worked here continuously in the blacksmith shop department up to the time of his retirement about three years ago. Of this oriirinal crew in the blncksmith shops but one member, Frank Brook lcr. now remains. During all these years there was no more familiar figure and none more reirularv seen eoinir to nnd from his dailv tasks than that of A. Floyd. When, fina lv. he reached the age of seventy and was justly entitled to go on the compnny's pension roll, he still declined to leave his place beside the "flaming forge." In a few months however, he was induced to take leave of the shops and accept the conditions provided by the company for nil em ployes of continued nnd faithful ser vice. Since then he has lived in prac tical retirement nt his home in I.a Grande. He came to Portland with Ben IIol liday, nn old contractor, from Sacra mento in 1870, nnd went immediately into the employ of the railroad com pany. He was transferred from Port land to The Dnlles in 1872. and re mained there until the late 80's when he came to La Grande Ho and his first wife stood un at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gulling, over 30 years neo. Mr. Flovd's full nnme was Peter A. Floyd, but it was under the name of Peter that he enlisted in the nnw. His record nnd other personal nnd mil itary history is given tinder the sen! of the Soldiers and Sailors Historical nnd Benevolent Society nt Washing ton. P. C. under date of Muy 9, 1910, and includes the following: "This certifies that Peter Floyd en- PATRIARCH MEN (Continued on Page 8.) LOHEVALA SCENE OF BIG NIGHT BATTLE OUTSKIRTS ALREADY . IN GER MAN HANDS AND FIGHT STILL RAGING THERE RUSSIANS CROSSING THE CARPATHIANS ONCE MORE Turkish Submarines Sink Several Rus sian Transports in Black Sea . Movement of Slav Troops to Cau casus Said To Be Under Way With Great Vigor. Berlin, July 19. It is announced Germans have recaptured Longueval and Belleville wood in counter-attack- : ing the British the most successful German counter since the allied of fensive started. Intense bombardment at Longueval preceded the attack. Thick masses of German infantry men advanced behind a terrific ma chine gun fire. French attacks south west of Peronne were repulsed. ? Berlin, July 19. It is announced General Kuropatkin's Riga front at-, tacks have collapsed. His columns suffered heavily. A violent artillery combat continues southwest of Uutsk. London, July 19. General Haig re ported today Germans obtained a footing in the outskirts of Longueval and recaptured a portion of Belle ville wood and are heavily counter-attacking the British right wing north of the Somme. The assault started a; dusk last night and fresh forces of Teutons charged repeatedly. Tho British countered at several points. Savage fighting is going1 on in tho outskirts of Longueval. Grenade Attacks Still Used ' ' Paris, July 19. It is announced French grenaders have progressed against Germans northeast of Verdun toward the Sainte Fine chapel. French had no important fighting at the Som me front, but artillery is active on tho Meuse east bank, near Fleury. Turks Sink Transports Berlin, July 19. It is announced Turkish submarines sank three large transports in the eastern Black Sea. The fourth transport was forced to run ashore. Russians are moving thousands of troops to Caucasus. Russians Cross Carpathians London, July 19. The evening Star's correspondent has reported Russians have crossed the Carpath ians and entered Hungary. A swift Russian advance threatens the Aus- trians and also Austrian lines north east of the mountains. Russians and Austrians are heavily fighting on a 60 mile front and Austrians are un able to use artillery on account of muddy roads. The Austrian front is shattered north of Jablonitz Pass. STEPHENS FOR GOVERNOR. Congressman from California Slated to Get l'OHition. Los Angeles, July 19. A political authority has stated Congressman Stephens is scheduled to become gov ernor of California after tho August primaries. It is indicated Stephens had received assurance of tho govern orship before resigning from con gress. STRIKES LEAD TO PROBE. Judicial Departments at Tacoma Take Hand in Labor War. Tacoma, July 19. Following at conference, four superior court judges have summoned a grand jury to meet Friday to probe the longshoremen's strike. The men are scheduled to thoroughly investigate causes and al leged police inactivity during tho riots. Villa Alive Again. (?) Columbu, July 19. Mexicans have reported Villa has discarded his crutches, although Uncle Sam thinks him dead. He is leading bandits against Minaca 8,1 miles west of Chi huahua City. The report is unconfirmed.