La Grande evening observer., August 07, 1916, Image 1

AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS TflE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916.
NUMBER 41.
BIB STRIKE
CRISIS 111
WAY CLEARED FOR Ait' iMMED
IATE STRIKE ORDER IF
. CONFERENCE FAILS.
SWITCHMEN REPUTED TO
BE FOR ARBITRATION
Formal Announcement of Strike Vote
Will Be Followed Immediately by a
Conference with Managers, Which
Is Last Voice of Managers and
Men White House Optimistic.
New York, Aug. 7. The four rail
road Brotherhood leaders have rushed
preparations for a strike when they
finish the ballot .tabulation. They will
formally announce the vote result to
morrow. As ,it is sure to be for a
strike, managers will meet the
brotherhood officers tomorrow for a
conference and unless the roads con
ceed demands at that meeting, the
strike may be called quickly.
Switchmen May Mediate.
Washington, Aug. 7. The adminis
'tration viewed the strike situation
' more optimistically this morning
when it was learned switchmen prob
ably will sign an, agreement before
night accepting arbitration.
Report Without Detail
Commissioner Hangar : of the
United States board of mediation and
conciliation at New York is expected
to report definitely soon regarding the
switchmen's agreement. Hangar's
preliminary report indicated the
switchmen are the only trainmen
reaching decision thus far.
The Mediation board cannot act un
til the vote is announced but plans to
offer its services immediately there
after, upon request of either side.
Live Models in Bathing Suits
Chicago, Aug. 7. Live models the
livest of whom wore bathing suits and
were exhibited in a special fountain,
characterized the Fall Style show of
the Chicago Garment Manufacturers'
asociatibn which opened today and
will continue all week.
Wholesaler's invitations to buyers
to attend the show at Bismarck gard
ens dwelt particularly upon the group
of feminine swimmers in up-to-the
minute 'bathing costumes. Why the
bathing suit display for fall wear no
one knew and none seemed to care.
It was a great attraction.
Chicago store windows were in the
beginning of a week's ooycott on out.
of?town "goods and gave their entire
"J: '," :i
window space over to we ajy i
"M io.in.r.hippcrn" IirOdUCtS. taKim?
this method of doing their share to
boost the show.
A half hundred garment manufac
turers of this city had entries in the
display. Each manufacturer was al
lowed to enter four garments pro
vided they entered them on live mod
els. From 6,000 to 7,000 middle wast
buyers are attending the style show.
A feature of the show is a revolv
ing stage which permits quick chang
es of scenery. Dinner will be served
each evening, after which the show
will be held.
Hospital For Cats and Dogs
Cleveland, O., Aug. 7. Crippled
and senile cats and dogs will soon
have p home here. The Cleveland An
imal Protective Association, having
just raised $5,000, is spending it for
a home for domestic waifs. There
will be a hospital, an ambulance to
chase after cat and dog victims, and
an electric chair to end the miseries
of the incurable. The hospital will
toe kept open night and day.
Ontario Editor Here.
George K. Aiken, at one time editor
of the leading paper at Roslyn, Wn.,
was in La Grande yesterday the
euest of former Rosyln neighbors,
Messers. King of the Y. M. C. A. and
McCollough, school superintendent
elect. Mr. Aiken is on his way to On
tario where he .has purchased a paper.
Iowa Lady in Town.
Mjss Joy Sewell, of Missouri Val
ley, Iowa, was an over-Sunday visitor
with the W. R. Jones family. Mr.
Jones formerly lived in Miss Dewell's
home and sne ana na uuuiunc
are old cronies.
The Hospital Haircut
Houston, Tex., Aug. 7. Houston
today claims the long distance hos
pitality championship.
A company of New ork militia
was passing a fire station during an
exercise stroll while firemen were
shearing a horse with electric clip
pers. One of the Guardsmen, whose
head was hot beneath a heavy thatch,
broke ranks and asKed ior a naireui,
xti- nnttr tii he accommodated but I
also was a score of his fellow militia -
menand it didn't cost 'em a cent.
LARGE MAT
SIGHED HEAR
MAINE COAST
H-. . ; ,. . . . -
LIFE SAVER SEES BIG CRAFT
RISE AND THEN SUB'
MERGE.
NO DISTINGUISHING
MARKS WERE VISIBLE
Traveling West, Submarine of Large
Type Skirts Coast of Maine This
MorningRumor Arises That the
Boat Is the Long-Missing Bremen,
Coming to America. s
J. STRANGE U-BOAT SEEN.
f" Boston, Aug. 7. A message f
! received 'here said: "An uniden- 4
$ titled submarine, apparently of 4
large dimensions was . sighted n
off the Maine coast. She rose 4
to the surface for a few min- !
4 utes and then submerged."
$ $ $ f t
Machiasport, Me., Aug. 7. Life
Saver Dunn of this port has made a
formal report that he sighted an un
identified submarine here this morn
ing. He saw the submarine rise to
the surface and then submerge.
The boat was traveling in a west
ern direction but he was unable to see
any distinguishing marks, and doesn't
know it it was the Bremen, or even
if it was a merchantman U-boat.
Considerable speculation is rife be
cause of the report.
CONFEREES IN BOTH BRANCHES
READY.
Several Fights Pend When Measure
Is Called Up in Congress.
Washington, Aug. 7. The general
army appropriation 'bill has been re-
ported to both branches of congress
5w th Hiip nH Senate conferees
-".,, rr rn; " .
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The largest previous army appro
priation was a hundred and one mil
lions last year.
Several fights on the bill are im
minent.
To Circumvent Prohibition Law-
Denver, Aug. 7. tAii effort to cir
cumvent state prohibition laws is be
ing made by the United States Brew
ers' association, accdrding to charges
brought today by the Colorado Anti
Saloon League officers.
Initiated petitions for a constitu
tional amendment allowing the manu
facture and sale of beer in Colorado
probably will be referred to the vot
ers next November. The petitions, al
ready filed with the secretary of state,
contemplates an amendment to the
present prohibition law to permit tne
sale of beer in original packages de
livered from the manufacturer to the
consigner.
The amendment would not mean the
re-introduction of saloons, its advo
cates claim. The manufacture of the
beer would be under state supervision
and would be taxed 10 cents a bar
rel. Anti-Saloon leaders declare that
measures identical with this one have
been initiated in Washington and Ore
eon. They declare that the amend
ment would open up all of a state to
the sale of beer, including territory
formerly dry under locl option.
Students Join Aviation School
Mineola. N. Y., Aug. 7. Seven
more Harvard students joined the
aviation squad at the Thomas and
Wright flying schools at Ithica and
Mineola. tonar.
Of the new recruits chosen by the
Harvard undergraduates aero train-inD-
fund committee. Herbert Pulitzer,
of New York, Kennetrt MemcK, oi
Brookline, Samuel Mandell, 2nd, of
Hamilton and Arthur L. Richmond of
Boston, went to the Thomas school.
The remaining three, Thomas T.
Hoopes, of Newburyport, Earle H.
Bean, of Melrose and George C.
Whitting of Hingham will take in
struction at Mineola.
The first contingent of Harvard
' men, ten Rtrong still is at the Curtis
school in Buffalo.
ARMY Bill IS
$267,997,000
"TUBBY" NILES i
FACULTY MEMBER
.WHITMAN FOOTBALL STAR TO
TEACH HISTORY.
La Grande School Board Employes
Well Knwon Athlete as Faculty
Coach.
Rbval F. fTubbv Niles. four vearS
all-mOrthVwesterri football player, gen
erally at full back, and rated as one
Of th mightiest gladiators of the
checkerboard game the Northwest
has produced the past half dozen
years, and probably more, has ac
cepted an offer to teach history in
L lirande schools. The duties oi
coaching football, basketball and
track will fall upon Mr. Niles, who is
familiar to all followers of the col
legiate frame (because of his spectacu
lar woric on the gridiron while with
Whitman college. He has been teach
ing at Marshfield, and now comes to
La Grande where he succeeds Prof.
Mcintosh at teacher of history and
Charles Reynolds as athlete instruc
tor. '
The contract (with Mr. Niles also
means that a special athletic instruc
tor will not toe a part of the faculty
hereafter but that sports will be
handled by a regular high school in'
structor. r or some time the board
was without such a man, but Mr.
Niles fills the bill nicely.
MANY FILINGS MADE.
Homestead Applications and Addi
tional Homestead Filings Made.
The homestead applications and ad
ditional filings made at the land office
today include:
Frank H. Elliott, Lena; May M.
T r onn TTr oi'nr!cci Uaima n A Cf-
fhno "Roiooo
Coverhill; Walter G. Keeney, Long
Creek; Martha M. Kobinson, Hani-' "
man; August DeRoest, Baker; Wesley ' Hu?.hos aidres4?d commi"ee rep
M .Hutchinson, Pilot Rock; Lois IS. resenting the Welfare .Workers of
Jordon, Pilot Rock; Frank C. Pearce, fyerV blS Detroit factory. He spoke
Pleasant Valley; Omer N. Lovan, in an overheated hotel room and ex
rv. tv, iro fnttA;. . pressed hope for co-operation between
Arthur J. Wright, Ritter; Lavair,
Cove,
ti, ii,;no. iio ,.,.( fen
been applied for:
Johnnie Durst. Loner Creek: Ohan-
cie E. Round, Monument; Roscoe W.
Show, Long Creek; John E. Johnson, .
Cottonwood, Francis D. Round, Mon
ument; Walter R. Dickey ; Long
Creek; Lest. Paine, Cottonwood.
CONFRENCE IS HELD.
Railroad Officials' Talk of Subway
with City Officials.
Late Saturday afternoon J. P.
O'Brien, general manager of the
O.-W., and a group ot other high ot-
ficials, conferred with city adminis-
.........,
ond street subway which has .been
held up several years. Immediately
after going over the matter in hand,
the visiting railroaders continued east
rn visiting raiuuaueia cuiitiuueu eaai
E. . &S3SFJSS1
for the west, on further inspection er
rands. In addition to Mr. Owien, there
were General Superintendent M. J.
Buckley, J. r. liraham of the me
chanical department, Superintendent
Bollons. Division Master Mechanic ,d
Thomas and other division officials.
LIGHT ENGINE
A middleaged man named Nash, re
siding on Jefferson near Greenwood,
was instantly killed and horribly
mangled at noon today when he was
struck by a light engine following No.
6 down the hill. Apparently unaware
of the engine's approach, he stepped
on the track near the stock yards al
ter he had been walking along side
the rails for a considerable distance.
Death was practically instantane
ous.
He is survived by a family.
A woman witness to the early stag
es of the accident declares that Nash,
carrying a pail, was walking along
the track but not on it, just after
No. 6 had passed, and the engine crew
on the locomotive say that sudden
ly the man stepped onto the track
without changing the direction he was
going. This was apparently done en
tirely unconscious of the approaching
engine. The engineer whistled and
rang the bell and stopped the engine
"Just to look over some of the Mt.
Emily Timber Company's holdings
and see the west," is the mission of I
Mayor E. W. Ellis of Grand Rapids, '
Wis., head of the Ellis Lumber com- I
pany of that city, and Charles J.I
Kinzel, head of the Kinzcl Lumber
company of Merrill, Wisconsin, who
arrived in La Grande this morning
in company with August J. Stange, of
Merrill, Wisconsin.
Mr. Stange is still a "citizen of La
Grande" to most La Grande people
and his greeting to everyone was
very cordial indicating that he felt
like he was again at home when he
walked down Adams avenue.
The party will leave in the morn-
WISCONSIN
TIMBER
HUGHES MEETS
WITH WORKMEN
FROM DETROIT
EVERY FACTORY, .WELFARE
COMMITTEE REPRESENTED
AT INFORMAL MEETING.
CETROIT WELCOMES THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
Candidates Bows and Smiles as He Is
Taken frm Depot Through Long
Line of Citizenship to His Hotel
Promises Endorsement of National
Betterment of Workingmen.
Detroit, Aug. 7. Charles E.
Hughes reached Decroit today on his
swing around the circle in the interest
of the Republican presidential elec
tion. Several hundred people had as
sembled at the Michigan avenue de
pot and applauded when his special
train, 20 minutes late, arrived. The
crowd line the route to the Pont Ohar
train hotel. 'Hughes bowing and smil-
mg tne entire distance.
Jrle makes
speecnes """h, .
Ptl and labor. He indorsed the
' j national movement for welfare of
American workers ana saia "we are
not laborers or capitalists.
We are
all American citizens."
CHERRY CROP HARVESTED
Nearly 20 Carloads of' Fruit Leave
Cove Orchards This Year
Cove's cherry crop is about har
vested. With actual shipments in
carload lots already made, and now
ready to leave, added to home con
sumption, the total cherry yield be
comes, this year, between 18 and 20
cars, which is but about a 15 per cent
crop. Prices arc firm, and $15,000
h b gieaned troul cherry sales.
jjjgj. spring's disastrous climate Dad-
. wiUwhat looked earlv in the
vear to be a monster yield.
j , . i
Judd tieer was over irom uove to
, . . 4.v.o). ,i,;i tiint-a in n
Sklgofl f '"omerUrd",
the big orchards
are practically
picked clean.
Taking Vacation.
Dr. and Mrs. W. D. McMillan and
daughter have gone to Portland to
spend their vacation, haying in mind
several side trips tne wnue.
KILLS
with all possible haste but couldn't
avoid striking the man. The right
arm was carried a considerable dist
ance after the mangled body ceased
moving. The right leg was all' but
cut ott at the hip and the lower por
tions of the body terribly lacerated
The left side of his face was torn
away and the fracture in the skull
was so great that the brains fell out.
and the brains were later picked up
and assembled in. the bucket the dead
man had carried.
He was brought to the Henry un
devtaking parlors where the remains
will be held until the inquest which
will probably be this evening. Cor.
oner Graham is out of town today and
unless he returns this evening, Justice
of the Peace Williams will conduct
the inquest late this evening. J V '
The victim was deaf but able'lo
talk, and this may explain disregard
of the engine s warning signal.
E
ing for the hills with John T. William
son, manager of the Mt. Emily Tim
ber company, and remain in the tim
ber belt for several days. After re
turning they will look over the
I Grande 'Ronde, probably visit Wr.l-
Iowa Lake, take a bath at Hot Lake
and start for Portland, returning
homo by way of Seattle and Van
couver. 'Mr. Stange is looking fine and in
formed a reporter for the Observer
that he was engaging in active, hon
est toil each of thj six days in every
week. He snys La Grande looks fine
to him, and in this opinion Mr. Ellis
and Mr. Kinzel joined him.
MAN
IN
EAST AFRICAN
DOLLAR PRICES
ATTRACT MANY
. IMBLER WHEAT B IRONS
NOW
HARVESTING.
While Some Hold Crop for Present
outers Let uo at the Uollar
Mark.
Imbler, Aug.' 7. (Special) Head
ers are at work on several ranches
and IS. L. Brooks has started his com
bine. A fair yield is anticipated and
agents are offering the "dollar" but
many ranchers are holding out for a
better price. A few, however, are
contracting their crop at $1.00 per
bushel.
Work is at a premium in this vicin
ity, ranchers coming in night and
morning on the hunt of help.
Ted, the Cantaloupe Kid.
There is a commercial concern in
La Grande tyiown as the La Grande
Fruit company, but as a matter of
fact the whole working part of the
company is Ted Ludlam. He has a
bunch of officers and directors situ
ated in some remote city but he does
the work. He is the liveliest chap in
a dozen states and has worn out two
Fords since last October. Today he
appears in the role of the "Canta
loupe Kid" for he has in a couple of
carloads of cantaloupes and is placing
tnem wirougn tne grocers ot we city.
Tney are very nne ana seem to "nit German .Port iSandani in the German
the spot" for breakfast on a summer east Africa. They dislodged Germans
morning. from the entire area and other naval
' (Operations are progressing along the-
COMMITTEES TO CONFER. 'coast. Germans also surrendered tie
. blockhouse ISO miies inland after des-
ArrangemenU) for O.-W. Employes' P,era? resistance, while General
Picnic Up for Cinsideration. 1 Northey campaigning in the southern
. part of the colony defeated Germans
This evening all committees han- near Mala"?a''.'. Northey has ad
dling the O.-W. Employes' picnic ar- vanced to Madibira.
rangements will meet at the club .
house to go over final arrangements.1 , Russian Lines l ighting.
The picnic is set for August 15th, and Petrograd, Aug. 7. The war office
tho m.rrioH loniio nf on.-i, a nmmnji. has stated Russians cantured stronur-
tion have been left to numerous com-
mittees and sub committees. These
are the men who meet tonight to con-
fer jointly.
RECRUITING AT THIS
THOROUGHGOING
Added' Force Needed to Handle Busi
ness One Recruit Sent Down Today
La Grande has suddenly become a
considerable military center. Last
week Captain Lee M. Clark was de-
NEW DUTIES
GIVEN OFFICER'
taued to make ta urande nis nead- and that the Somme situation is un
quarters for all eastern Oregon 're- unchanged. Germans are shelling the
cruiting but at that time his duties Allies from Ancere to Somme.
were to interest young men and British raided trenches east of
send them to Clackamas for enlist- Nemillstraasel last night,
ment and the oath. This morning he British have chased Turks 18 miles
received blanks and full instruction east of the Suez canal and they are
with orders to complete enlistments completely driven from Katia-Umae.
in this city. He will employ La Thirty-one -hundred Turks surrend
Grande physicians to assist in certain ered. Dispatches called the prisoners
phases of the examination of recruits, "a very fine Ibody of men" indicating
and when Captain Clark is through them to be the 'Sultan's crack troops,
with prospective soldiers they will be , Germans Pounding Verdun.
boarded and roomed at Uncle Sam's Paris, Aug. 7. French fire halted
expense Until small squads accumu- two violent German attacks at Ver
late and at such times as deemed ex- "n. Shrapnel prevented Germans
pedientall will be sent direct to some debouching and three German aero
outfitting depot. Sergeant Harley P.'a"es destroyed while two observa-.
K. Wickham, who made the Eastern t" balloons were burned.
Oregon itinerary with Captain uark 1
has been called to the border and
Sergeant Faymond R. Riddle, of the
third company, coast artillery, at Eu
gene, has been detailed to La Grande
to assist the recruiting Captain.
Recruit Sent Today
The week began with one recruit
leaving on No. 17 this morning for
Clackamas. He is Elmer Heard, 19, of
Baker, who came here for finnl m
structi'on. He takes the oath there,
rather than here, but in the future
that function will be administered by
Captain Clark. In addition to the
complement of officers now in La
Grande another sergeant and a cor
poral are expected to join the detail.
rrf T t 1 ,.. ! 1 .1 1
RecruitTng'" fta. who ord
established in the civil service do- I erlJ 'nree cars sent to Summit. . .
pr.rtment of the Federal building on The total shortage today was 42a
the second floor. At that place any cars, there being 804 orders on file
interested narties will find attend
ai.ts, and there the examination of
recruits will be condducted.
New York Strike Ends.
New York. Aug. 7. Platform men
of the New York railways have rati-
fied the strike settlement agreement cornet section of the Elks' band in
and it is expected the strike will be this city. He has an enviable reputa
settled before night. Union men de- tion as a musician.
clared the railroad has recognized the
union. All subway employes will re
ceive temporary pay increase.
Paralysis Cases Continue.
New York, Aug. 7. A 'hundred and
forty-five new infantile paralysis
cases appeared the past 24 hours.
There were 44 deaths; the total deaths Hub store, hos returned from an ex
are 1143. I tended trip to Montana points.
PORT FALLS
IN HANDS OF
THE INVADERS
GERMANS ALSO SURRENDER A
BLOCKHOUSE 150 MILES IN
LAND IS REPORT.
TURKISH TROOPS NEAR
SUEZ CANAL R0U1ED
While Allies Claim Strong Advance
Against Turks and German Forces
in German East Africa, Teutons
Are Pounding French Front Hard,
Especially at Verdun. '
London, Aug. 7. It is announced
British naval forces captured the
ly-fortiried Austrian positions south
of Brody and that Itussionj are ad-
.vancing steadily toovari usniberg.
Fierce bayouettiiiir took place in a
Sereth river wilj. Steady raiu had
made the baf0c'ij.i a s-vac.j:.. Aus
trian attacks forced slight Cossack
retirement south of Vorekhta while
Russians a 1 r.-ve-l several mi'.cj on
the l.i'icaaus front
English Gains Retaken.
Berlin, Aug. 7. It is announced a
German counter recaptured portions
of trench British temporarily occupied
near rozieres.
Austro-Germans captured Plaik
POINT heights and forced the Russian left
wing to retreat. Many Russian at
tacks were repulsed.
Uermans ihave air-raided Russian
concentration camps on the "'. Kovel
Sarny railroad.
Crack Turk Troops Surrender.
London, Aug. 7. Gen. Haiir has
reported several small German coun-
ters were repulsed east of Pozieres
CAR SHORTAGE WORSE
One Mill Closes and Same Alternative
Is Faced by Others '
Salem, Or., Aug. 4. The car short
age on the Southern Pacific in the
Willamette Valley continues to in
crease daily, according to reports re
ceived by the Oregon Public Service
: Commission, and the closing of lum-
ber mills is foreseen unless speedy
relief is afforded.
, The Commission was notified today
that the Summit Mill Company had
been forced to close. The situation
was called to the attention of the
and 379 empties.
New Cornctist Comes. '
Andrey Loney, solo cornetist with
the famous Elks' band at Portland.
arrived today noon to make his home
here, and to take leading roles in the
Lodge on Vacation. '
During the month of August the
K. of P. lodge in this city will "go on
a vacation" and there will be no
further meetings this month.
Back from Montana.
E. A. Stravens. manaror of t.h