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fa (ifafl mn AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS - - ' 4. y W V X V) JLf.U t NUMBER 40, t BIG BATTLE : WITH ALLIED TURK TROOPS BRITISH POSITION ATTACKED BY 14,000 TURKS AT ROMAN I. BRITISH RESUME OFFENSIVE NORTH OF POZIERES French Repulse Germans at Verdun Seventeen Air Battles Are Fought Russians Attacfc Shattered Aus trians Were Repulsed in Their Counter Attacks in Galicia. London, Aug. 5. Fourteen thou sand Turks attacked the British posi tions at .Romani 23 miles west of the Suez canal Thursday night. The bat tle continues with great intensity. Turks ore unable ' to penetrate . the trenches. Romani is 31 miles south east of Port Said,' and three miles from the Mediterranean sea. The bat tle is along an eight-mile front both sides of the Egyptian-Syrian Caravan frail. At dusk Friday many Turkish assaults were repulsed. Fighting continued in the desert sands at a temperature of a hundred degrees. The British southern flank smashed the Turks and caintured five hundred prisoners. British warships in Tina bay near the northern flank are heav ily shelling Turks. , . CASEMENT DIES. BY THE NOOSE IN TOWER OF- LONDON. British Resumes Offensive. London, Aug. 5. The British sud denly resumed the offensive. Com mander Haig reported the capture of 2,000 yards of German trenches of the second line north of Pozieres, with several, hundred prisoners taken. Kitchener's Australian recruits de livered the attack. Repeated efforts of the German's to recapture the po sitions were repulsed. French Repulsed Germans. Paris, Aug. 5. The French re pulsed many German assaults at Ver dun during the last 24 hours. They defeated heavy efforts on the part of the Teutons to recapture Thiamont and Fleury. The German .attack started at 9 o'clock last night after the heaviest bombardment. The flnm. munique said "The enemy failed to gain an inch and suffered heavy loss es." Several German patrols were dispersed along the Somme. Seven teen air battles were fought andTour German aeroplanes were destroyed. Russian Attack Shattered. Berlin, Aug. 5. It is announced that the British lost heavily in at temntine to advance north nf Ovil lers, Foureaux forest. The Russian I fltomnta trv rnee thn Hirina Man. I Dwelen was repulsed. The Austrian war office has an nounced a cavalry and sabre charge that shattered the Russian attack. The Russians have abandoned all at tacks except on the Stokhod river. Austrians Repulsed. Pet.rograd, Aug. 5. Austrians are heavily countering' in Galicia. They compelled the Russians to withdraw from Kutv mountain nasses. Aus- " trians' attack south of Brody was re pulsed, and the Turkish charge was defeated near Kygi. MANY NOTABLES DIE ' m tlS' IN TOWER OF LONDON ""V'SH The melancholy Tower of Lon don where Sir Roger Casement was hanged has been the scene of many notable executions and murders since the fourteenth century, as follows: 1471 Henry VI, murdered, 1478 Geoi'Ke, , Duke of Clar ence, murdered. 1483 Lord Hastings, be ' headed. 1483 Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, sons of Edward IV, smothered to death. 1400 Earl of Warwick, be 'headed 1513 Edmund de la Pole, DUke of Suffolk, beheaded. 1521 Edward Bohun, Duko of ' Buckingham, beheaded.- 1535 Sir Thomas More, be headed. 163 Anne' Boeleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded. 1542 Katherlnc Howard, third ' wife of Henry VIII, beheaded. . 1544 Lady Jane Grey, be headed. 9 1618 fUr Walter Kaleivh, be headed. " 1083 Lord William Russel, beheaded. 1002 John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, beheaded. n7juro feovac, peneaaea. BLUESTEM BRINGS $1.14. . 4 Portland. . Aur. R iRli whaat sold todav for a dollar A J and fourteen cents per bushel V wnicn is a record price. With f oaa crop reports from the east r and from Eurone tho Pacific northwest crops are steadily 1- growinor cotter. The cron'est . ., . r. ! t mum in me norxnwest are iarg 4 er than they were ten days ago. T f f V V V V V V V Markets 1700 Gallons Gooseberries M. R. 'Thompson, known as the "gooseberry king" of Union county, was a visitor in Elein the latter of last week from his farm near Alicel ami informed a 'Recorder representa tive that during the present season ho had marketed 1700 gallons of goose berries, and that his total yield would exceed 2200 gallons. For these ber ries he has received an average price of 25 cents per gallon, or $425. Mr. Thompson owns a tract of 20 acres, which is set to orchard. Four years ago he set out 1000 gooseberry plants and for the past two years has been rewarded with excellent yields. The berries are of the Oreeron Chamn- ion varietypajidtiud.a. ready market. The bushi . tween rows of fruit iff y but . little ground V"1' ' : . v.'. Mr. 1 .es that in mar- tnt;nr. - - l. 1 "6 a jo,, :iuij iic ims ex perience! iaThtWe difficulty. He ship- pea a considerable quantityto various points by express and parcel post.- HUGHES GOES ON EXTENDED TOUR: 1ST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL AS. PIRANT IN TEN THOUSAND MILE TRIP. "ft CHICAGO PREPARING FOR ROYAL WELCOME Oregon, Washington and Idaho Are Included in the List of Pacific Coast Appointments Candidate Will Re. turn to New York September 12. Automobile Bandits Get Booty. Omaha, Aug. 5. Two automobile bandits held up Cashier James Nel son, of the Farmers State bank at Florence this noon. They escaped with over $1,000. . , ' ; Three Convicts Seen. Salem, Aug. 5. Three of the six convicts who escaped from the flax plant, have been sighted near Sweet Home traveling on foot. A posse is said to be hot on their trail. LAUNDRY HAS LOSS it FIRE DUNN BROS.'S ESTABLISHMENT HEAVILY DAMAGED Machinery Escapes With Much Small er Loss Than On Building PEARE CHALLENGES BUCKLEY Fifty-Year-Old Foot Racers May Con test Soon Today when Superintendent M. J. Buckley came into town he was feel ing fine. He took on some of his old ways and habits and incidentally mentioned thathe was about the best fifty-yard man in the state of his age. Whereupoiy the erstwhile Jack Peare, who nevergrows old except in years, said: "See here, Buck, ydu have been putting this stuff over in dif ferent parts of the state and I have been hearing of it. I am going to caU vonr hand rierht now. I I'll admit that you may be a better looking man J ai liny man i am, dui even ipbi should be decided by a committffe of disinterested ladies, if such can ba found, but I do absolutely deny that you can out-run me a distance of fifty yards or more." The rag-chewing continued ur.til "Buck" and Jack matched a race hich will probably be pulled off at the OW picnic on August 17th. No stakeholders names have been an nounced. ' v The A. B. C. Laundiy, owned by inas. and Luther Dunn, was serious ly damaged bv fire which was rlis covered at a quarter past one' this morning, -l he 'blaze had gained a good start before the alarm vparhpH the department and under this situa lion the lOSS to the l.llindrv huiM. ing was almost complete. Fortunate ly tne machinery which was not sus ceptible to heavy damage from water did not share the same dpiroo nf in. jury as that inflicted on the building. The roof of the building is practically gone and while there will be a slight salvage, tne estimates place the loss on the structure at about 70 per cent. The loss on the machinery and equip ment is figured at about 20 per cent. There was insurance of $2100 on the building and $1400 on the machinery. .The fire seems to have started in the boiler room but in what manner is not known. In the disruption of business which has come so suddenly, Clias. Dunn, one of the members of the firm, stated today that they didn't have time yet to figure on what they will do in re gard to. rebuilding but that they would of course rebuild as soon as thev can get preliminaries to that en.l proper ly aajuscea. Small Grass Fire The fire truck was run out this forenoon to put out a small grass fire in the vicinity of Elm and Jefferson. ROMS WILL HELP HUGHES CHAIRMAN OF LAST PROGRES SIVE MEETING SPEAKS. "Gladly Enlist Under Hughes Leader ship," He Tells the People Chicago, Aug. 5. Raymond Rob bins, chairman of the last. si ve convention, issued a statement today supporting Hughes .for the presidency. He urged Proeressivflu to join Renubli things he said: "For myself I gladly enusi witn tne great majority of Progressives under the leadership of Hughes." . " He denounced the Illinois Democ racy as a corporation and boss con trolled political machine. ARTESIAN FLOW STRUCK Attended Baker Entertainment ' C. D. Smahizer, George Young, P. A: Anderson and Scotty Adairrlrove over to Baker last evening to a trend a literary entertainment. They re port good roads and a pleasant journey. Water at the Depth. of 108 Feet on the Hempe Farm R. A. West struck a irood flow nf water at a depth of, 106 feet on the Sylvester Hempe place, four miles from Union, Wednesday .. morning, after drilling for about a week, says the Republican. The bore is six inch es, passing through 75 feet of gravel, blue clay and into black sand, when the water came in. Mr. Hempe is more than pleased with the flow, and prizes his new well hirtilv. Tho wonder is that more people do not bore for artesian water in this section. BOMB PLOT IS. ' DEVELOPING RAILROAD OFFICIALS HERE WILL STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT. A Thousand Street Car Men to Walk Out Is Report. Philadelphia. Aur. 5. A tihniiennrl car men plan to strike tonight at midnight following the traction com pany's refusal to meet the strikprs' committee. To Manage Laundry J. R. Miller, better known to all the ladies as Roily Miller, arrived today from Los Angeles and will have charge of the Enterprise laun dry for' George Gilbert. Roily is looking like a fresh daisy and is ap parently feeling fine. He says the south is all right, but Oregon for him every minute. Home from Trip. Mr. and Mi, rhnrlos nmn.r o- rived home last evening from The wrtut's wnere cney had been visiting relatives and friends Th trip overland with n mninnmi. j side car and had a very enjoyable outing with no troubles of any kind. President Farrell Makes Trip Over the Branch Line The most of the directing force of the O-W. R. & N. system are in La Grande and vicinity today. President Farrell arrived this morning and his private car was attached to the branch line passenger for a trip over the road to Joseph. On No. 6 another official party arrived including Man ager J. P. O'Brien, General Superin tendent M. J. Buckley, Frank Graham, superintendent of motive power, and Sam Murray', the chief engineer. The officials are on a general in spection tour and La Grande claims I attention at this time on account of ; the improvements under way in the addition to the round-house facilities and . various other physical 'better ments at this point. MEN MEET AT ANARCHIST NEWSPAPER OFFICE Camera Used to Carry Explosives nans W ere Well Laid . , jSan Francisco, Aug. 5. Deputy District Attorney Brennan revealed three developments which arp pnnsM. er'ed damaeinir to Warren Rillinira , the bomb suspect. He declared he ob tained a camera from Thomas Moon ey the night before the explosion and also claimed he used the camera in which to carry explosives. Billings is said to have njet Mooney at the office of the "Blast", an anarchist newspaper, where they discussed shortly before the disaster. The po- ' lice are endeavoring to trace the j threatening letter to Billings. i i TUNNEL ACCIDENT Bridgehampton. Lone- Island. An 5. Judge Charles Evans Hughes has started - on his ten thousand milo' speaking tour which, will cover tho entire country. He will ' return to New . York September 12th. Mrs. Hughes accompanied him. They'will spend Sunday niirht nt Nia The tour will include Oregon, Wash ington ana Idaho points. ' Enthusiasm in Chicago. . From Detroit he will cago, where he is assured a most en thusiastic greeting from all factions. Illinois, in recent years, has broken out ibadly with factional raah W. tho distemper is rapidly being cured. The nrogressive leaders are strong for Mr, Hughqs and the women's ,organ izations are all for him. Republicans are already lined up under the Hughes' banner, and the, candidate will have -a send-off in Chicago that will hearten him for his work farther wast. ; , ' The next stop will bo in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. This state is adr mittedly Republican this year, anoT the Democrats ihave practically de cided not to waste much ammunition. Minnesota, like Illinois. Trpflp.nta a solidification of the Republicans and rrogressives, and the old party has in its front ranks a Hat of Hninrhtv fighters of both brandsj'who know or ly one enemy in this campaign' that is the present WashimK ministration. iSo it is Mr. Hughes, following hl in Chicago, will gain uL '' steam and impetus in thJ Lncomntivn Eimfufo South Bend, Indiana, Aug. 5.-r-A lo , comotive on the Lake Erie and West iein passenger train exploded today killing Engineer Kissman, Fireman Holdcn, with many people injured. , The train wns blown off the track. LA GRANDE CLARK'S HEADQUARTERS Takes His Team to Baker This afternoon Nolan Skiff and his team of bowlers left in automobiles for Baker where they meet the Baker bunch this evening Captain Lee M. Clark, accompnnitd Coast Artillery, arrived in La Grande mis morning and announced that hereafter La Grande was to be head quarters for recruiting purposes and that he (Captain Clark) had been rdorcd to remain here and work out liom this point. He is empowered to rent offices and rooms suitable for recruiting work and to contract care of the new recruits during tho time he will hold them before sending th-m on to Clackamas. "I am very well pleased with the order," said Captain Clark to a re ported for the Observer this mr.rning. "I treated mighty well in I.a Qr&nde while I was here before i.inl I t: rw that permanent headquarters here will srive me a wider aequc St ance with La Grande people." Sergeant Harley K. Wkkhum, who was with Captain Clark on hU form er trip has been ordered to the bord er for service. Just where the new headquarters will be located had not been deter mined by the Captain at noon al though he has several locations in mind. C. R. Broughton, .Southern Pacific Chief, Loses Leg North Bend. Or.. Aucr. 4. C R ' Broughton, assistant chief engineer of the southern Pacific, narrowly es caped death today when he was thrown under a car in a collision in tunnel No. 7. His right leg was so badly mangled that it, had to be am putated. His companion on a gaso line speeder, Frank Lee, was not dang erously injured . The tunnel, a mile long, was densely clouded with smoke when the accident happened. This hampered the work of the rescuers, and it was some time before the injured men were rushed here, where Dr. L. B. Bartle, South ern Pacific surgeon, and Dr. George E. Dix, of Marshfield, performed the amputation. Passeneer and freight trains had just cleared the tunnel, leaving a great quantity of smoke in their wake, be fore the collision. The work train, which smashed into the speeder, was backing out. Mr. Broughton thought it would continue in the opposite di rection. Tunnel No. 7 is this side of the Umpqua River, about 25 miles from North Bend. The injured engineer supervised the construction of some of the -most im portant bridges on the Southern Pa cific system, including those over Coos Bay and the Siuslaw and Umpqua rivers in Oregon. CATTLE RUSTLERV Baker County Man Accuselj a Cow Baker, Aug.' 5. Charged iwiti. ing a cow belonging to Fulton Fi' wood, which crime the prisoner adniu ted, Lester Elliott terday afternoon near McEwen by Deputy Sheriff Nelson, who ' with Sheriff Anderson went to McEwen af ter him. While the sheriff was mak ing a search nearby, Deputy Nelson remained near the house, after some hours' starting out on horseback and coming up with Elliott about a half mile away.He was arrested and when asked by the officer what he had done with the hide, answered: "You passed within' ten feet of it, when you came after me.' ' Sure enouerh. it was found where Elliott saidi on the bank of a small stream. At the house the of ficers found a barrel of corned beef, the slaughtered animal having been well cared for, apparently. L'tliott is a young fellow, claiming to be part Mexican blood, while his wife is a Hawaiian. They have been living at the Adams ranch for some time, looking after the place, while the owner was absent looking after other property. Elliott was brought to Baker and placed in the, county jail. This is the first cattle ."rustlintr" case to develop in ' the county for some time. Here Checking Up W. S. Mitchell, traveling anrlitni. for the Accident department at Salem, was in La Grande this morning check ing up several nav-rolla and inci dentally calling on friends. He car ries a Huphes banner on his ma. chine that is of interest and is at tracting a great deal of attention. Advertising "Hons" Races C. D. Emahizer has a cartoon adorn ing his wind shield that tells in un mistakable language of La Grande's horse races on September 6, 7, 8 and 9. It is a good cartoon and creates a lot of comment by all who have seen It. Ml -' ft ...I V- 'H . n
