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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. - FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916.
NUMBER 33.
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BRITISH USE
HANI) TO HAND
METHOD AGAIN
ALL DISPATCHES- AGREE THE
" WORST FIGHTING TODAY
IS AT LONGUEVAL
MEASURE OF ADVANCE
A DISPUTED POINT
.Summary of Dispatches Indicate That
Between Longueval and Delville
Woods Lies Worst Combats Today,
and That Sharp Contradiction De
velops Is Shown.
Berlin, July 28. A Dutch news
paper, The Handclablad, reports a
naval battle of several German sub
marines and the British patrol boats,
Nellen, Nutten, Onward and Eve. The
Nellen and Nutten were sank. Three
sailors were killed. The Eve and On
ward are supposed to have sunk with
their crews.
London, July 28. The same des
perate hand to hand fighting toy which
British captured Pozieres from Ger
mans, is proceeding today on the out
skirts of Longueval, beyond Delville
woods, northeast of that town. Gen.
Haig has reported his troops are suc-
cessful, while Berlin communique in
sisted fighting is still progressing and
British attacks are broken. The Brit-
1 ish report strong German counter at
tacks directed at trenches newly won
by Kitchener's old troops, have been
-- 'beaten off, with heavy losses to the
enemy.
British Claim Denied
Berlin, July 28. The enemy can't
boast that it has progressed, declared
an official statement referring to
British attacks at Pozieres. Attacks
at Pozieres and southeast of Feure
auax woods have been broken. Bitter
"hand to hand fighting has occurred
at Longueval and Delvtlle Wood.
London. July 28. Britishers have
driven Brandenburgers out of Del
ville wood, according to Gen. Haigs
report today. A hundred and sixty
three were captured. Two German
counter attacks were beaten off with
heavv losses to the enemy. Near
Neuve Chapelle small parties of Ger
mans entered the front trenches but
immediately were driven out leaving
iheir wounded.
Petrograd Still Optimistic
Petrograd, July 28. The Russian
advance in the region of the Stonecvki
and Boldurcvka rivers continues sue-
cessfully. a communique has said
Gains are also noticed in Caucasia.
OPTION GIVEN GINNELL
Fine or Imprisonment Offered Irish
Leader in Commons
London, July 28. Laurence Gin
nell, the Irish nationalist who yester
day was the storm-center in an up
roar in the Commons, today was of
fered his choice of a fine of five hun
dred dollars or six weeks' imprison-
ment following conviction of false
representation, by which he obtained
admission to Knuttaford barracks.
London, July 28 Laurence Ginnell,
author, humanitarian and prominent
Irish member of the British parlia
ment, was placed on trial here today
by his government, charged with vio
lating the Defence of the Realm Act.
Penalties for conviction of the viola
tion of this act range from a ten
shilling fine to imprisonment. Gin
nell was arrested by order of General
Lloyd. Information came to the of
ficer that Ginnell had visited a deten
tion camp at Knutsford near Man
chester under an assumed name and
there spe;t some time talking in a
suspicious manner with Irish rebel
prisoners. Ginnell has long been
known for his sympathy with the
Irish cause. He has frequently and
openly criticised the government for
not givinp Ireland home rule. He was
particulaily bitter in denouncing the
government for what he termed its
failure to denl more leniently with the
Irish rebels following the Easter re
be!iion. Ginnell is a member from
County Westmeath, a hotbed of Irish
rebellion, from vf.ich he was elected
in H06. He Is n self educated man
and 9 fine natural orator. He was one
of the founders of the Irish Literary
society of London end is the author
of several books dealing with Irish
questions.
26 CHICAGOANS
DIE FROM HEAT
TOTAL; DEATHS IN 24 HOURS
.'' REACH 44. ' "
Hoat Wave Due on the Coast Within
' Few' Days Is Forecast.
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Chicago, July 28. Twenty-six died
last night in the heat, bringing the
total to 44 in the last 24 Ihourg.
Washington, D. C, July 28. The
weather bureau explains the worst
heat wave' which has enveloped the
country in 15 years is coming. It
sayc the high pressure which has
been over the Atlantic near Bermuda
the past month has let go, moving
from the seaboard to the . Rockies.
The 'greatest intensity is' expected to
strike the Pacific, coast in a few
days. The chief forecaster said yes
terday the heat Has only begun and is
certain to last through the week and
probably longor. Relief is nowhere
in sight.
CARRANZISTAS SO CLAIM IN
Mexican Issue To Be Made Campaign
Material By G. O. P.
Mexico City, July 28. Villa is be
ing driven into a trap. Ten thousand
Carranzistas are chasing him and his
capture is imminent according to. of
ficials here in replying to rumors in
'the United States that the bandit is
moving on Toreon.
Mexico Campaign Issue .
New York, July 28 The first form
al indication that Mexico will be the
main issue in the Republican attack
on the Wilson administration is con
tained in a statement by Chairman
Willcox denying sinister influence and
bitterly assailing' Wilson's military
administration.
STREET CAR STRIKE ON
One Strike-Breaking Motorman Meets
Death First Day of Trouble
New York, July 28. A strike which
has tied up surface cars in Bronx-.
West Chester county, and threatens
to extend throughout Manhattan
claimed its first life today, when a
brake on a car failed to work and the
car and trailer plunged down a hill
and splintered against a subway pillar
killing Motorman B. Horn, a strike
breaker and injuring two policemen.
TO GIRL
WAR BABY WON'T ATTALN TO
GREAT RICHES
Mrs. Matters' Pretentions of Mother
hood Held to b False
Chicago, July 28. Margaret Ryan,
a pretty Canadian girl, who gave birth
to a child soon after her blacksmith
lover left for England to fight with
the Colonials, was today declared the
mother of the famous Matters baby.
Judge Landis pronounced her the
real mother after a stormy season in
court in .which the rich Annie Dollie
Ledgerwood Matters claimed the baby
was her's and therefore heir to the
Matters millions. The imposter moth
er went to the hospital in Canada and
underwent surgical treatment, her
physician later testified, to leave the
impression she had actually given
birth to a baby. The Matters baby
after a year of court fights in which
the girl-mother could visit her in the
morning and the usurping mother in
the afternoons, now goes back to Can
ada nameless and poor. Had Judge
Landis decided otherwise it would
hnve been given a name and great
riches.
New Grain Yield Ripening for Harvest
Some of the fall grain in various
parts of the valley is commencing to
turn from brilliant green to yellow,
denoting that harvest time will soon
be here, records the Joseph Herald.
The yield is expected to be about
normal and the prices that will be re
ceived will also ue good in all prob
ability. Just now an offer of 85 cents
per bushel for last year's crop will
not tempt the farmer to part with
the product, while slightly less figures
are being offered for the new crop,
the prices varying from 75 to 80 cents.
F. D. McCuIly, owner of the Jo
seph Flour Mills states that he has
many unfilled flour orders on hand
and that he has so far found it im
possible to take care of them owing
to his inability to buy the necessary
wheat for milling purposes.
MATTERS
BAB
GIVEN
VERDUN'S MASTERY KEY
TO ALLIED OFFENSIVE
' BY WILL ACKKRMAN
(United Press Correspondent) .
'With the Germans at Verdun (Via Berlin and London),
July 28. Germany's mastery here has robbed the French
of the greatest chance to co-operate in the allied drive.
Had the French positions not been attacked here just
when they were, French would have hammered simultane
ously with the British trust.
Mastery Is Essential
German officers told me today that the main "thing now
is not whether Verdun will be taken but if the Teutons
can remain masters Of the situation and keep the French
engaged at Verdun, and restrict their assistance to the
English. Germans ,must remain masters at Verdun
just as they have been masters for these many weeks.
Wax Not Nearing End
Traveling along .the German front I find the opinion
that the war is not approaching the end that it will last
a longtime. ;
Underground Trenches Obstacles
French bravery in underground trenches, staff officers
told me, prevented Germany ;capturing Verdun.
DEUTSCHLAND NOW READY
TO TAKE
Baltimore, July 28. The Duetsch
Iand is prepared to take a pilot from
the Maryland Pilot ts association. That
organization said Pilot Coleman, who
brought her up the river is out of
town and not available. Captain Cul
luiiicii of the tug- Timmins wants
Coleman but the rules of the associa
tion reouire the first man out tO' be
j taken, which means the first on the
J pilot's list. '
24-nour crew is now aDoara ine
Timmins, giving the impression the
Duetschland's stay will be short. She
may lay over in the lower bry before
running the patrol.
AUTO HITS TRUCK. .
Slight Damage Done to Both Vehicles
When Machines Collide.
The Sawyer-Clark delivery truck
driven by Curtis Lindsoy and the
CAN SCIENCE CHANGE THE NAT
"THE WORST
Z?LrAMOJZ Z. I AIM i: Ft
The worst boy iis America!" is
what New Orleans police call Willie
Zimmcr, 13, who they charge has
crowned a record of thcftri and cruel
ties with the muidcr of his mother,
Mrs. Mary dimmer, ':. stuti'o is
trying to deci le whether Willie is
sane or if his criminal lt.Ienciei aro
caused by blood clots on hii brain,
ON ITS PILOT
Fred Wilson automobile of Union
driven by Mrs. Wilson, came together
at North Fir and Jefferson late yes
terday afternoon. The - bigger car
seemingly sustained the greater
harm, it losing . a , spoke and a foot
bourd. Mrs. Wilson's car was not
damaged extensively. None of the
occupants was hurt. "
CAPITALIST DROPS DEAD
Salem Landholder of State-Wide
Prominence Dies Suddenly .
. Salem, July 28. E. P. McCornack,
a capitalist, dropped deud here at
seven o'clock this morning, of heart
trouble. He was a heavy landholder
throughout the state. He was born
in Illinois.
' The "deceased was a cousin of Su
preme Judge R. Eakin, formerly of
La Grande.
URE OF BOY WHOM POLICE CALL
IN AMERICA" J
The boy who, at 1.1,
is charged
sister who,
orfii!;.;.; say,
to put in a
n ilh niurdi r and - hi.t
'uvonile lourt and rol'c
he tried seijral tir-.es
stove.
Lack of parental discipline, the police
charge, resulted in Willie becoming
unruly. When 10 years of age he was
charged with stealing a cow. Last
year he was arrested for running
' awa' from nome- Now he faces a
. charge that he shot and killed his
mother.
THE MAN LEADING THE ENG-
' LISH .
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GEN. SIR. DOUGLAS HAIG
General, Who Has Charge of Eng
lish .Hand-to-riand Fighting at
Points Where English Have Gained
and now Directing Great Attack
Centering at LongeuvaL
FAMILY MEETS DEATH.
St. Louis Head of the House -Escapes
Because1 He Slept on Porch.
; St. Louis, July 28. William Ritchie
after sleeping on the veranda - last
night broke into his home and found
his wife, .Sarahi, and two children as
phyxiated gas pouring from a bake
MONKHOUSE 175TH
Only La Grander to Win Choice Out
of 363 Names Selected , ,,
Fred Monkhouseof La Grande.-was
the only applicant for Col vllle viand
from this vicinity to be Ulwim)4in
yesterdays' drawings at'-" Spwane
when 363 names were take jpy,Mfja
house drew number lib. -raisf
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CABINET CRISIS BREW3if
Japanese Premier May , Resigft;
Army Man May Succeed Hun.
Tokio, July 28. Resignatio'nipf the
Okua cabinet is said to beimminent.
Field Marshal Seiki Terachi it Is be
lieved will succeed the Okuam pre
mier. 9
NOW IN JAIL
SAN FRANCISCO AUTHORITIES
EXPRESS CONFIDENCE
Names of Suspected Leader Not Given
Out Chief Hopeful
San Francisco, July 28. Chief of
Police White, Captain Mathcson and
District Attornoy Fickert are of the
belief they have in custody the men
responsible for the recent bomb out
rages, .which cost the lives of nine.
No names are mentioned and no
indication is given which one of the
suspects now held may be the leader.
All agree the explosion is not the re
sult of an anarchistic plot.
Bruised by a Fall.
J. T. Williamson, manager of the
Mt. Emily Timber company, has re
turned home for a few days rest and
repairs after an unusual experience.
Mr. Williymson has been engaged the
past two weeks in cruising the timber
company's holdings and looking after
business in general. While thus en
gaged he slipped and fell down a
steep declivity. He was bruised to
such extent an to bo scarcely able to
get around, although not seriously in
jured. Ho has therefore, suspended
cruising operations for a few days.
Gooding Encampment Installs
Gooding, Idaho, July 26. Gooding
encampment, No. 56, I. O. O. F., has
installed its officers for the now term.
They arc: Chief patriarch, Phil S.4
Turner; high priest, E. Lyle Stilson;
senior warden, Ross Graves; junior
warden, A. Thoma; treasurer, H. A.
Cleveland; scribe, Lee Verne Taylor.
Team Racks Over Grade
White Salmon, Wash., July 26.
On Monday evening when Mrs. Gil
mcr, of Bingen, and a party of
friends were driving up the Cook's
addition road, her team took fright
at some passing bicycles, and backed
over the grade. No injuries were
suffered by the occupants of the rig
other than bruises and scratches.
SUSPECTS
BROTHERHOOD
EH LEAVE
FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE CON
FERENCE BEGINS . AUGUST
8TH TO DECIDE ISSUE.
POLL TAKEN OF LAST
STRIKE BALLOT FIRST
Second Step Will Be Conference with
Managers, Then, if Unsuccessful,
Mediation by Federal Board, and
Then, as l-inal Action, Strike by
Employes. v " ,;
Chairmen of grievance committees
representing the 'fofur tyrotherhoods
of railroading in this part of the
west, commence thoir journeys . to
New York for final conferences with
managers, this week. ' John Hughes,
of La Grande, representing the Train
men of the O.-W., leaves tonight;
b ireman Clifford expects to leavo
Saturday or Sunday to represent his
brotherhood; George 0. Barnhart, En
gineers, and J. Rhodes, representing
conductors, will leave from their Spo
kane homes in time to join the em- '
ployce delegations for their first ses
sion August 8th in Now York.'' They
will proceed with the count of strike
ballots which have been cast over
the entire United 'States by , about
350.000 men. .
'' When the ballot is cast, ' railroad
men are positive that the majority in ,
favor of a strike will be close to the
complete mark. : After , tbvee days'
notification, the employees will meet
with isilroiid managers' and, proceed
to negotiate. ' At the conference held
in -New York on the same 'topics re
cently the employes were empowered
to negotiate only; when the ballots'
are counted this time they will have
authority to declare a strike if the
outcome is unsatisfactory to them.
Assuming that thero is no question
of the tone of the ballot about to ba
cast, and assuming that the confer
ence with the managers comes to
naught, the next logical step will be
for the Federal Board Conciliation
and Arbitration o step in to the
breech; in the event no solution Is
reached by that move, a strike will be
tho lust and final resort. ''.";
Representatives are going Ho' New
York firm in their conviction that a
striko vote will be overwhelmingly in
the affirmative and furthermore that
the ultimate outcome will be such as
to avoid a strike,' and although it is
claimed they will command full con
cession to their demands.
In chief the demands of the em
ployes aro '''je: Eight-hour day with
over-time pay at tho rate of time and
a half after eight hours on a 12 1-2
hour speed basis after eight hours as
punishment to companies who keep
employes in service longer than eight
hours. '
La Grande is one of those commun
ities which have peculiarly keen in
terest in the results of the pending
conference. Hundreds of her citizen
ship are directly and intimately con
cerned with the pending strike, and,
as no other Eustcm Oregon commun
ity, will keep her ears to the ground
to (ieterminc the outcome.
ENGLISH CAPTAIN EXECUTED
Berlin, July 28. Captain Fry at t a.
of the English steamer Brussels, has
been executed for attempting to rant
a submarine on March 28, 1915.
PIN FAST IN THROAT
Safety Pin, Unclasped, Removed from
Baby's Throat Successfully
A medium sized safety-pin swal
lowed by the 20-month-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicdeier, was
removed at the Grande Ronde hospit
al this morning without injury to tho
babe. Tho little one had swallowed
the pin while it was open, and lodged
in the throat, point of the pin upwards
which for a time baffled surgeons in
removing it as it fastened its point
in the throat when touched. It was
located by a new X-ray equipment
which the hospital has installed
equipment that has many now feat
ures and is one of the most advanced
I type extant and thereafter the pin
I wns turned over with difficulty and
finally removed once the point of tho
,pin pointed downwards.
I Numerous physicians and a throat
( specialist of the city wore present dur
ing the removal of the pin.
FOR NEW KOI