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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1916)
It TUB. tfltTUl AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 191C. NUMBER 47. STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS SON'S HANDS IN WE ; i Belief Prevails Brotherhoods Will Yet Consent To Full Arbitration TEUTONS Washington, Aug. 14. Railroad optinuHtic. One high official said : "There will be no atr The opinion grows thut employes' request of the President. Washington, Aug. 14. President ing, after New York meetings has ended arbitration after long sessions Saturday night. The tra B. Garrettson for the Conductors brotherhood said:' " AVarren Stone, for the Engineers said: "We are optimist the 'best it has yet." Employes are railway managers at 8 o'clock. President Wilson will spend the ceedings, and formulating proposals which he will make t sonted to accept arbitration provided trainmen departed, Federal Mediator DEATH CALLS I. A. GATES DECEASED WAS MEMBER OF A PROMINENT FAMILY. ; Mr. Catcg Was a Regularly .Nomi nated Candidate for County Clerk. John A. Cates, aged seventy, died yesterday at the home of his son, Ce- ,.. ' ... , ,,. , . oil Cates, near Alicel. His demise was due to injuries following an ac: cident by a .fall at the son's farm a ; week or so ago and which resulted in .... 5 . i . ...i...,i ti, a condition of partial paralysis, lhe earlier pioneer families of Union roiinrv. ms na renin eLLiiuic . uu w. settling . on w. Union in the early .". "5- rv " "u" sixties. The surviving members of the original fumily are Robert b. Cates, former county clerk of this countv and now a resident of King- man, Kansas; Ed E. Cates, of Sparta; , IW. A. Cates of Vancouver, Wash.; j George, of Baker, and an only sister, ! Mrs. Josephine Ison, also of Baker, i whose husband was former district . attorney for Eastern Oregon. I John A. Cates has been a resident i of Union county practically all the j time since the earliest days. For many years he was at Telocaset and j a few yearB ago removed to La Grande. At the primary election held : in May Mr. Cates received the en- J dorsement of the Democratic voters of the county for nominee for county clerk to be voted on at the coming gen ral election in November. For years . he has officiated as grand jury bailiff. The surviving members of the im mediate family are a wife and one son, Cecil. The death of an only daughter occurred some years ago. The funeral was held from the . home of his son at 1 o'clock this af ternoon and the interment was at the cemetery in Union. Cold Weather Beneficial. New York, Aug. 14. Unusually cold weather today caused a reduction in infantile paralysis but notwith standing there were 95 new cases and 31 deaths. SUICIDE PREVENTED. North Powder Man's Life Spared Now Awaits Sanity Board. Having been apprehended while in the act of choking himself and ham mering his head with a heavy boot at the same time, and brought to La Grande Saturday, Peter Stalzen this afternoon awaits the sanity board's findings. His home was in North Powder. TEDDY CAN'T COME. Informs Round-Up Management that He May Come at Later Date. Pendleton, Aug. 14. President T. T). Taylor has received an autograph letter from Col. Theodore Roosevelt in which the famous Rough Rider ad vises that at present he cannot accept the invitation to witness the 1916 Round-Up, September 21, 22 and 23, tut if at a later date it is possible for him to make Oregon during the pres idential campaign now on lie will be glad to accept. The Round-Up man agement still has hopes that he will be able to come for it is certain that the 1916 attendance will break all records as it is and with Mr. Roose velt here it would be a high water year. As for the show it will be up to the usual Round-Up standard with many new, novel ond daring features. Already ticket reservations are dou ble those of last year and equal to those of 1913. The prize list has been increased a couple of thousand dollars which insures a big number of high class contestants. . 1 managers met Pr esident Wilson at 3 Ike." representatives hare Indicated willingnesa to submit to arbitration at the Wilson met rep in complete fail resenUtives, of the four railroad brotherhoods this morn ure mediation failing and the brotherhoods rejecting inmen left tha White House at noon, smiling broadly. A. Negotiations are entirely in the President's hands." ic." W. P. Lee for the Firemen said: "It looks good e President again this afternoon after his conference with scheduled to see th Intervening tint e studying stenographic reports of the morning's pro- o the managers. It the railror.ds will withdraw any counter proposals. Immediately after the ferred with the President. Chambers again con Chicago, Aug. 14. W. B. Storey, Sante Fee operating deportment chief, told the United yPrcss today some of the western railroads are pre pared to continue running all trains in the event of the strike. They have hundreds skilled non-union men ready to begin work. It is conservatively estimated a strike would make a half million job less here, directly and indirectly. STORM HITS ARKANSAS. Fire Meet Death and a Score Injured by Tornado. I Memphis, Aug. 14. A tornado has swept eastern Arkansas. Five were kil'ed and 17 injured. Four fatally. Twelve buildings were destroyed at jjdmundson 17 miles west of here, TWO LUNATICS ESCAPE. Blacksmith Jerks Bars from Window , , m..i. u -blacksmith and W. A. McKav. havi 1 it . - ; ... . P "om ineswie insane asylum. inompson jerKea on tne Oars. Of- ,Ka.. ,, , tj ' 6 . ' - THE ONE MAN President j'','rin 'I " ''in Jin i. o'clock.. .Administration officials are is reported the employes have con- 0 3 Government Probing Wheat Prices, Chicago, Aug. 14. Assistant Fed eral Attorney Fleming declared Disi trict Attorney Cline has started in terrogating big brokers and traders regarding wheat prices. The govern ment wants to ascertain whether tradei t, have deliberately caused the increase. Prices declined today. Paai Schultz, head of the 'big bakers corporation said he might immediate ly increase the price of bread, crack ers and rolls. , With possibility of ojie brief excep tion, Union county-made flour is the highest today in the history of mod- BETWEEN COMMERCIAL PEACE Wilson, in Whose Hands Ti tank Labor III tmip niTU mek. linn io uni Mmsj. em milling. When Blue Stem, top of home-made grades went to $1.65 a sack, this being accomplished by a 60 cent jump per barrel this morn ing, it bested bv five cents a sack the prevailing high record so far as local retailers remember, but milling company officials are inclined to think that in early .history of mill ing that grade commanded $1.70. Some brands jumped 80 cents per barrel. The serious question of increases in bread is being considered by retail ers and bakers alike, not only here but everywhere. In Chicago today it (Continued on Pare Eight) AND A STRIKE. Struggle Rests. TOP, LEFT MISS MAUD YOUNGER OF ! CALIFORNIA; TOP, RIGHT MRS. SARA" BARD FIELD OF OREGON; BELOW MRS. WILLIAM KENT OF CALI FORNIA. Woman's political power , has more than doubled since the last presidential election' and 4,000,000 women of the United States are eli gible to cast ballots for presidential candidates, according to leaders of the National Woman's party, which held a conference at Colorado Springs lust week. .GIBBON FARE CONFUSING. ' The public is confused on the rate prevailing lor the U.-W. Employes' excursion to Gibbon ' Thursday. The fare is one fare for the otind trip providing ' one fare is more than a dollar. Therefore, the rate is $1.60 ' from La Grande for round trip. one way under ordinary condi tions being $1.60 too. If the 1 ticket is sold from Kamela or 1 some point where the round trip is less than a dollar ordinarily, ' no rate applies. To find out 1 what the rate is to the picnic, ascertain the one-way rate and you have the price of the ticket tor the round trip it that Iigure is a dollar or more. BOOSTERS ORGANIZING. Northwest States May Amalgamate to Advertise the Communities. Seattle, Aug. 14. George Hardy, former secretary of the Portland Chamber of Commerce has arranged for a meeting here September b ot representatives of railroads and civic organizations in many Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho cities to arrange a central advertising bureau to boost the northwest. Ihey may establish the bureau in 'Seattle. i MINERS SEE HUGHES. Candidate Leaves Spokane to Go to Couer d Alcne During Day. I Couer .d'Alene, Aug. 14. Mr. Hughes and party arrived here today and the candidate addressed a mass meeting. He returns to Spokane this afternoon. , Big crowds of miners greeted the candidate. ANOTHER U-BOAT SIGHTED. New London, Conn.. Aug. 14. The FiHhers Island wireless operator said he sighted a submarine this afternoon off Montauk point. While the submarine sighted may bo the 'Bremen, long overdue, dis patches say there is no great signif icance in the obseration, as U. K. submarines are in the waters in that vicinity. MOUNTAIN DAM BREAKS Near-by Villages Quickly Warned by Gallopin.7 Couriers Ashvile, Aug. 14. The Lake Toxa way dam broke today and mountai neers galloped through aienrby vil lages shouting a warning. Hundreds fled to the hills and, while much property "was damaged, no lives were lost. STEMMING TIDE OF REVERSES ALONG 700-YARD FRONT ENG LISH ARE PUSHED BACK BY KAISER. j ITALIAN GAINS ABOUT G0RUZ CONTINUE TODAY . t Press Dispatches Tell of French Sue-C'1 cess, Italian Advances, Russian Pro gress and Reversal to English Forces in Vicinity of Pozieres Loss is Admitted. - Rpriin. lAncr 1J Tf jo otmnl.nnn German counter last night drove Brit- ; L r r r- . i j. . ion ivm uoiuuwi urm-iine trencnes along a 700-yard front south-west of Thiapval, near Pozieres. The British occupied these trenches yesterday. 1 German and Austrian nffinnl stat. menta reported Russian attacks were repulsed practically at every front. Russians vainly attacked northeast of Stanislau and suffered heavily. Two long assaults were defeated near Lup and Grabecker. Austrian officials say: "On Archduke Karl's front our troops maintained positions against violent enemy attacks. West of Stan islau we repulsed two- Russian di visions in a 36 hour battle. Hinden burg repulsed Russian mass attack Over Brody Austrian an aeroplane Bet . a fire that destroyed the Russian' Liuabruss uerupiane. itussian imper ial guard suffered heavily in vainly attacking the Stochod front." London, Aug. 14. General Huig has admitted that Germans have gained temporary footing in English trenches west of Poziores. British conducted a successful raid south of Yeprcs. French Have Advantage Paris, Aug. 14. Fiench capturerf Denicourt road and trenches south of Somme last night. They also wid ened previously-seized positions. Three German Verdun attacks were repulsed. A new French thrust north of the Somme is believed to pressatre capture of the villages of Maurapoas and Cleary. Italians Still Advancing ' Rome, Aug. 14. It is announced Italians have pierced the Austrian line south of Georitz, and gained east of Nadelilum Height. They drove Austrians across the Carso Plateau. Experts Find Value of Machinery. Cedar Rapids, la., Aug. 14. Ex perts from Iowa state college at A me at the state tractor demonstration here today are trying to find the value of the different, makes of machines ex hibited for the farmers. They are testing for fuel cost and the amount of power required to operate plows and other farm machinery. Experts say it is as necessary to measure the ability of new farm machinery as it is to measure the amount of food re quired by a cow and the amount of milk she produces. Farmers and im plement men from all over the middle wast are attending the tractor demon stration, which will continue for four days. - ' First Trial a Conviction. Wallowa, Aug. 14. Guilty as charged was the verdict of the jury Saturday evening in the court of Judge McCrae in the case of the State of Oregon vs. William McKenzie, on the charge of assault and battery on the person of Supt. Barnes of the George Palmer Lumber Co. camps at Vincent The case was a hard-fought one in the justice court. Many witnesses on hoth sides were examined. Attorney Finn of La Grande and County At torney Corkins represented the state and Attorney Trill handled the de fendant's side of the case. : The jury composed of Edwin Mar- vin, foreman and Marsh Davis, John McDonald, Henry Schaeffer , T. E. Mitchell and George Evans recom mended leniency of the court when handing their verdict. Judge Mc- . Crae in sentencing the prisoner, fixed . the fine at $30,00 or 15 days in the county jail. The prisoner ohose the latter and this morning Constable Giles Plass took the prisoner to the county seat whore he was turned over . 1 to Sheriff Marvin, to serve his sen tence. The trials of Frederick Basinger and Edgar Frost on a chargo of as sault and battery on tho person of Su ncrintiendent Barnes at the Palmer Lumber camp at Vincent on August 7, i will be held in the same court today.
