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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916.
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SOLDIERS ESCAPE AND MANY
SEEK SAFETY AND SHELTER
'IN PRIVATE HOMES
TRUE STATUS ALONG
STORM ZONE UNKNOWN
After Striking Trough Rio Grande
Country Between Corpus Christi
and Harlinen Storm Begins to
Abate Somewhat No word From
, Steamer Reported Wrecked.
Galveston, Aug. 19. Meager re
ports indicated the hurricane which
broke on the gulf yesterday is follow
ing the Rio Grande, striking the army
camps. This morning it centered at
Del Rio, 50 miles above Eagle Pass.
No word of the fate of the steamer
Fort Morgan, 34 hours overdue is at
hand. A fishing fleet is missing.
Every Corpus Christi beach cottage
was wrecked and inhabitants fled to
the high bluffs.
Brownsville troops took refuge in
city houses.
Storm Gradually Abates
San Antonio, Aug. 19. Brownsville
has wirelessed here that the hurri
cane slightly damaged . the militia
camps. Tents were blown away, bu,t
no casualties occurred. The center
of the hurricane passed between Cor
pus Christi and Harlinen, 30 miles
northwest of Brownsville and di
minished greatly 50 miles northeast
of Eagle Pass.
. The 30,000 militiamen are safe. The
course-way connecting Corpus Christi
with the mainland was bad!y dam
aged. Working men are stringing a cable
and expect to establish communica
tion this afternoon.
C. A. Gates, manager of the Rock
Port Telephone office, walked 20 miles
west this morning and reported it was
Tumored there was "some loss of life"
on the Gulf off Eock Port.
War Game of Atlantic Fleet Begins.
Newport, R. I., Aug. 19. Hasty
preparations were being completed by
the Atlantic fleet today for the de
fense of the coast line against an
enemy attack tomorrow. Battleships,
destroyers, mine layers, submarines
and fleet trains are at their posts and
set to repel the invasion. At the first
peep of Sunday morning's dawn the
Atlantic fleet will attack and attempt
to effect a landing with its theoretical
army of invasion. It will be the first
of this year s war games, worked out
by the War College. Tbs problem is:
The reserve fleet, in commr.nd of
Rear Admiral J. M. Helm, with the
destroyer flotilla, will defend the ap
proach to the vital parts of the coast
from an attack by the present Atlan
tic flee, with the submarines as aux
iliaries. Rear Admiral Austin M.
Knight will act as umpire on the new
superdreadnought Pennsylvania. Par
ticular stress will be laid upon the
value of battle cruisers as an attack
ing force against a slower but heav
ier armored defending squadron. Tho
radius of action will be about that of
last year's.
CHURCH PICNIC TOMORROW
Methodists of Island City, Alicel and
La Grande to Gather
In spite of undecision in the mat
ter yesterday, it has been agreed to
hold the Methodist picnic at the park
tomorrow as schtduled. At the usual
Sunday-School hour Island City M. E.
and M. E. Church and M. E. Church
South Sunday schools of La Grande,
will meet at the park for their re
spective lessons. Alicel will conduct
its Sunday School services at home
and Rev. Richards will remain at Ali
cel to speak to those who cannot come
in for the morning services at the
park whereat Rev. Edwards of La
Grande will speak. After the ser
vice, there will be a big basket pic
nic at which all visitors will join and
the afternoon will be spent in as pleas
ant a way as possible. From 4 to
5 p. m. there will be vesper services,
and from 5 to 6 Rev. Richards of Ali
cel will lead a joint Epworth league
service, allowing all opportunity to
Teturn for union meetings in town at
night.
F. D. Haisten will have his auto
truck at the Methodist church at 9
o'clock and make regular trips to the
park until about noon for 10 cents
eseh way.
Coffee will be buyable on the
grounds.
WILSON VIGOROUSLY DEFENDS 8-H0UR DATA
UNWRITTEN LAW
MURDER RECORDED
AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFLICT
TO DECIDE.
Baker County Man Shot But Circum
stances Not Clearly Developed.
Baker, Aug. 19. (Special) Baker
county authorities are delving into
conflicting stories regarding a mur
der yesterday afternoon near the up
per Burnt river district in an effort to
learn if J. F. Allen shot Lewis Butts
in the Allen home or if he went
to another ranch house and there
killed Butts after the latter had or
dered Allen away. The stories are
conflicting.
Returning yesterday afternoon
about 1 o'clock from n huntinir triD
and finding his young wife in the
company of Lewis Butts, J. F. Allen,
a young rancher of the upper Burnt
river section, drew his heavy calibre
riflo and although his wife jumped be
tween them, shiot and almost instant
ly killed Butts, when the latter made
as if to attack him, the bullet striking
the victim in the breast and also clip
ping the end from a finger of Mrs. Al
len's right hand. After being wound
ed, Butts rushed outside tho house,
falling dead in the yard, presumably
shot through the heart. Allen immed
iately proceeded to the home of O. C.
Koontz. to take him to the countv
jail.
The story of the tragedy as outlined
above was told by Allen to the officials
after his arrival there. He was
greatly in fear that friends of Butts
would learn of tho shooting and
lynch him, and told the officers he had
not breathed easy since the shooting
until he arrived in jail. According
to Allen, Butts has been paying his
wife attention and had threatened to
kill him. As he related the details.
he returned unexpectedly from his
nunting trip shortly alter noon. Find
ing Butts there, he rushed at the lat
ter, and although h is wife threw her
self between them, succeeded in put
ting his bullet in Butts' breast. Af
ter tho shooting, he paid no attention
to Butts, he said, hut assisted his wife
in bandaging the finger which was in
jured, which seemed to concern him
more than the killing of Butts.
Asomewhat different version of the :
tragedy was related last evening by I
a Hereford man who was in the city j
and more or less familiar with the
details. He stated that the shooting ;
did not take place in the Allen home,
but another residence, where Mrs.
Allen was staying, having left her
husband some days ago. He stated
that Butts was in the house with Mrs.
Allen, but that others were there also
and that Allen came there and shot
Butts after the latter had ordered him
away from the place.
PICNIC LABOR DAY.
Committees Reporting Splendid Suc
cess with M. W. A. Affair.
Numerous committees having the
county M. W. A. picnic in charge for
Labor day at Riverside park report
fine progress. Among the new things
to come up for consideration at the
meeting which is largely social, will
be perfection of a county organization
in which all camps of the county
shwll be affiliated.
Tho program will begin prior to ,
the noon hour and continue with novel
features attending throughout the af
afternoon and evening. Each Wood-'
man in the county, each Royal Neigh-,
bor and friends of such, are invited to j
which is entirely a new thing here
will take place under the bending cot
tonwoods in the evening. Still an
other feature will be a comnetitive
drill for foresters.
RATES FOR RACES.
O.-W. Issues Formal Statement Con
cerning Race Meet Plans.
Bulletins concerning the rates &d-
plicable to the Inter-Mountain Racing
circuit meet here September 6-9 in
clusive, were issued by the O.-W. this
morning. Between Pendleton and
Huntington and Joseph and La
Grande a fare and a third rate will
apply beprhvnine Sentember 5 to 9
with return limit of the 11, and no
stop pver en route.
AGAIN!
The band concert last evening was
up to its usual high standard. Sev
eral hundred people turned out to
hear the music. Those who had ma
chines were comfortably seated dur
ing the concert, but only a small per
centage of the crowd attended In
machines. As a result a very large
number of people were forced to
stand during the concert, while
wooden horses
bought and paid
for by the city
remained snugly
stored in the city's
warehouse free from
wear and tear and i
handling.
ENGLISH HIT
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GERMANS WITH
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SIX-MILE FRONT SEES HARDEST
ATTACK SINCE OFFEN
SIVE BEGAN
GERMANS HARRASSING
THE FRENCH DURING DAY
Several 'Hundred Yards of Trench
Taken by Englishmen While Ger
mans Have Driven French Out of
Trenches North of Somme Between
Maurepas and Clery.
London, Aug. 19. General Haig
has reported British have attacked on
a six-mile front with the irreatest
blow since the offensive started and
captured the western outskirts of
Guillema, 300 yards southeast of Mo
quet farm and seized several hundred
yards of trenches in Forguet woods.
The east lines are nearer Martin
puch where they captured trenches be
tween Delville and Ginchy and occu
pied trenches in orchards north of
Longueval.
Fresh Assaults Come.
London, Aug. 19. Continuing their
attack this afternoon, British gained
a half mile between Ovillers and
Thiepval and took hundreds of prison
ers. Berlin Verifies British.
Beriin, Aug. 19 It is announced
British and French have tremendously
assaulted the German lines ore a 12
mile front eastward from Ovillers.
British captured trenches on both
sides of Guillemont.
A terrific battle has simultaneously
developed northeast of Verdun where
French artillery has destroyed
trenches and Germans abandoned the
wreckage. Elsewhere allied attacks
were repulsed.
Home From Chicago
Mac Wood, manager of the Golden
Rule company, has returned from a
short business visit to Chicago.
Mr. Wood was in Chicago 10 days
ago when it was almost unbearably
hot, but he found business generally
good in the middlowestern states. Af
ter transacting business in "Chi" he
went to Portland and he and Mrs.
Wood motored to La Grande from
there, arriving last evening.
BUTTER IS HIGHER
Retail Price Goes Up a Point At the
Week's Close
Creamery butter retails today at 40
cents for the pound roll and 75 for the
two-pound rolls. The advance be
came effective this morning.
Cottage Grove, Ore., Aug. 19.
A south-bound freight at the head of
LBass creek canyon today smashed into
an automobile containing R. A. Root,
wife and five children of Eugene.
Root's chest was crushed and his
wife badiy scalded.
Two of the children sustained bro
ken legs and ribs
The three youngest escaped unin
jured. COMMITTEE COMPLIMENTED
Letter
Thanks Employees for Well
Managed Picnic
Words expressing appreciation for
the thoroughness of the entertainment
and amusement provided at the Gib-
j bon picnic last Thursday, have been
I reecived by the committee headed by
J. M. Burley, foreman of the loco.
' motive department. One such letter
is from the La Grande Commercial
club. The letter says:
I La Grande, Ore., Aug. 18. Mr. J.
M. Burley, chairman O-W. R. & N.
Picnic Committee. I had the pleas
ure of attending your third annual
picnic, held at Gibbon, yesterday, and
I wish to congratulate you and all the
members of the Safety First club, and
the railroad officials for the effic
ient manner in which this picnic was
conducted. .
The grounds and accommodations
were the best I have ever seen; the
ontests were pulled-off without any
GREA
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CONTAINING
SIDECAR STOLEN
FROM C. ROBERTS
CHIEF DISPATCHER LOSES MA
CHIN &
Thieves. Pick Up Machine at Depot
and. Seemingly Make Safe
Getaway
Charles Roberts, prominent Motor
club member and ex-president of the
club, and night dispatcher for the
O-W. is minus his motorcycle and side
car. The machine was stolen some
time between 2 and 4 a. m. this morn
ing from the west end of the depot
where Mr. Roberts is wont to leave
it while at work iiights. No trace has
been developed this afternoon. Au
thorities anticipate the thieves made
their get-away before daylight but al
so expect that the side car attachment
will make it easy to detect when the
thieves hit surrounding towns.
The machine was a Harley-David-son
make with the license number
AL-4.
Naturally enough Mr. Roberts didn't
retire at his usual hour this morning
and is somewhat peeved, as it were. ..
MT.' EMILY WEATHER BASE
Some Signs That Don't Fail Surrey
Points Established
Mt. Emily, Aug. 19. (Special)
Frank Perry, the fire warden, furnish
es daily weather reports to the U. S.
Weather Bureau. Perhaps some day
Mt. Emily will come into its own as an
ideal place for an observatory. As
all our rains invariably come from the
west during a large part of the year
they may be seen coming for days
ahead. Whenever the Cascade Moun
tains can be seen from the top of Mt.
Emily there will be no general rain
for a few days. It would often be
worth something to farmerB and fruit
raisers in the valley if they wero sure
of the weather for a day or two.
Guy Masengale of the U. S. Geo
detic Survey has been at work on top
of Mt. Emily taking observations for
the purpose of establishing definite
points for others to start surveys
from. He will likely be up here for
several weeks.
CHASING THE HUCKLEBERRIES
Many People Go to Mt. Emily Dis-
trict Careless With Fire
! Mt. Emily, Aug. 19. (Special).
the woods fceve been lull of people
who are after huckleberries. Among
others who succeeded in gathering a
large supply of the delicious berries
were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stotts. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Gregory of
the La Grande hospital and were
camped on the Blumenstem place for
several days.
The recent rains have laid the dust
and will cause the rest of the huckle-!
berries to be unusually large. The
j cold and the dampness were bad for
ine campers, nowever.
Last night there was quite a frost
up here and the rest of the berry crop '
may be badly injured. More can be
told about it in a few days.
Some parties have again been very
careless about their campfircs. They
will be brought to realize the danger
of such actions one of these days even
if the fire wardens have to obtain the
, help of detectives to discover the guil
I ty parties.
fill AUTO
E
delays; the music was good, in fact
it was a big success, and if there were
any who did not have a good time, it
was their own fault.
Trusting that I may be able to at
tend your picnic again next year, and
with kindest regards, I am, Yours very
truly, J. G. Snodgrass, Pres. La
Grande Commercial Club.
STATION FORCE BIGGER.
Two Additional Attaches of Depart
ment Come to City.
Corporal Earl T. Baker, of the 2d
coast artillery and Private William L.
Dillon of the 3rd company, both being
from Eugene, are in La Grande today
to augment the recruiting force under
Captain Lee Clark. As soon as thor
oughly organized some of the deail
will go into the Eastern Oorgon field
after more recruits.
PENSIONS UPHELD
Union Iron Works Employees at San
Francisco Hear Hughes ;
San Francisco, Aug. 19. Mr. (
Hughes today addresses the Union
Iron Works employees. He upheld the
old pensions plan during the course of
his remarks. I
Compensation Bill Passed
Washington, Aug 19. Congress has
passed the Workmen's compensation
bill without a roll-call.
EUGEN
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PUBLIC HAS RIGHT TO
EXPECT ACCEPTANCE OF
PROPOSAL SAYS WILSON
Washington, Aug. 19. Up to a late
hour today the railroad strike situa
tion was still deadlocked, and the out
standing features of the negotiations
was a sharp talk to the railroad presi
dents by President Wilson that many
predict will brin at least a momen
tary peace-pact when his intentions
are carried out.
The railroad presidents went to the
White House this morning determined
to refuse Wilson's proposition. They
had previously prepared a statement
refusing to viold from the nrinninle
of arbitration. They expected a new
proposal from the chief executive
when they went to see Mm, and they
got it. .
Voices Disapproval.
The presidents immediately told
Mr. Wilson thev had refused to re
linquish their arbitration demands.
President Wilson replied with
sharp reprimand to the officials de
claring their attitude was unfair and
impractical because tho trainmen had
repeatedly refused arbitration.
Statement Is Sharp. ...
Mr. Wilson issued this statement:
; "I recommended a concession of an
eight-hour day believing the conces
sion is right. It should be adopted as
a wage basis everywhere although ac
tual work cannot be completed within
eight hours. . Railroads now having
eight-hour days don't seem to be at a
serious disadvantage compared to
railroads having 10 hours as a basis.
Only experience can make certain
what rearrangements are fair.
Experience for Commission.
"The experience would be a definite
guide to tho Interstate Commercial
commission in determining whether
the railroads are entitled to higher
freight rates on account of the in
creased wages or not
"I therefore propose postponement
of tho trainmen s extra overtime pay
demand. In the meantime I should
seek congressional authority to ap
point a small body of impartial men
to investigate and report facts with
out recommendations. At such a time
either party could terminate agree
ment, inviting inquiries for suggested
adjustments.
President Wilson has summoned ad
ditional western railway presidents
this afternoon.
SEARCH THOROUGHGOING
Travelers Into Denmark from Ger
many Stripped to the Skin
BY CARL W. ACKERMAN
Copenhagen, July 20. (By mail).
Everyone who leaves Gorman today
via Warnemuende for Denmark is
stripped to the skin. Ears, nose,
teeth and toes are examined to see
that no information or plans for the
enemy are being carried out.
Reichstag members, wives of offic
ials, correspondents and laborers are
treated the same.
An American crossing the border
yesterday remarked that before long
it would be necessary for the inspec
tion station to be built into the Bal
tic sea so that the travelers could un
dress on the Gorman border, walk
into the water and swim to a waiting
station near the ferry and wait for
the clothes and baggage to be ex
amined and forwarded by canoe.
When travelers leave the train they
enter a small wooden shed, resembling
in many respects a temporary bath
houBe at an American beach. Here the
passports are taken away and shoved
into an enclosed room where they are
examined. The holders are given
numocrs,
When the passport of a traveler Is
finished he is called to another room
7:eJli ?estioned about the ob-i
Jects of his journey. From here the
wayfarer goes to a large room when
the baggage is examined while detec
tives stand in front and in back to see
that nothing is slipped by.
Every scrap of paper or card-board
I is taken away, even wrappings and
paper lining to boxes. Cotton is re
moved from medicine bottles. Cigars
are examined, some are cut open, cho
colate in sealed packages is opened,
the wrannimr rintrnvI nA h.lf fki'"" r nem, openoa nero
Shoe-; w?.h tt Zlf l lservi:e mion of the American
.rJ TTJ ? h ha,f-80,e a,P-' Federation of Catholic societies; Rt.
tti. 8earCfer ls everything, Rev. Tho, j. shah rf vir.shinir
TnnwanM sec,wh,ethcr.th.7!ton, president of the Catholic charify
vIL l T'eUmbtll0S, ud! conference of tho United States; Sir
very collar up to the light to see that Jo5cph Frey, K. S. G., president of the
noining is written on tne lining. 'Gorman Roman Catholic Central
Atccr tne baggage is examined, '
said an American woman who crossed
wio uuiuer yvnwnmy, ine men una
women are taken into separate com
partments, about the size of a large
individual hath house and there every
bit of clothing is removed. Women
are examined'by women, men by men.
"The searcher went through every
piece of my clothes, examined the
border of my. underwear and held al
most every inch of my clothes up to
the light. Even the roses I wore were
examined petal by petal,' my wrist
watch was opened back and front, ao
also my shoes, umbrella and hat.
"I had to take down my hair and
my scalp was examined thoroughly
I suppose to see that I didn't have a
map of Metz concealed thereon. Than
my ears, teeth, hands, toes and back
were examined, but fortunately I was
not a suspicious woman because I
was not washed in alcohol to see if
there were any concealed maps drawn
on my skin. The alcohol and a basin
of water with towels wero there and
on a shelf I noticed a bottle of aro
matic spirits of amonia and drinking
water for those who might faint un
der examination, but in every way the
women were courteous and gentle."-
After that was over the passeng
ers were permitted to board the ship
but there they soon encountered a
score of spies who watched for every
move and who listened to every re
mark. The Germans take no chances
with anyone.
Articles which are taken away dur
ing the examination are wrapped up
before the eyes of the traveler and
posted back to an address he gives of
any friends in Berlin. Only -suspicious
articles are confiscated.
At present no rubber goods of any
kind can be taken out no matter if
it is the most necessary article. Not
an ounce of rubber leaves Germany
today.
CANOE VICTIM RECOVERED
Craft Upset Near Ross Iisland Grap
plers Recover the Body
Portland, Aug. 19. Municipal grap
plers have recovered the corpse of
Stanton Boribright, 21, of Los Ange
les, who drowned last night in the
Willamette between Hardtack and
Ross Island, when his canoe upset.
BUY PARK LAND.
Enterprise Will Have Ample Wooded
Area for City Park.
After much discussion, the city
council Monday night took a highly
important step, voted to buy land for
a city park, relates the current issue
of the Chieftain at Enterprise. The
tract consists of about 37 acres along
the river, on both sides of the stream,
starting a few feet south of Fred Afl
Wagner's house and stretching south
nearly half a mile to the county road
that runs east and west past W L.
McCormack's home.
Nearly all the land is wooded, parts
of it being very thick with fir, balm,
pine and other trees. It has been the
favorite picnic and camping ground
for the people of the city for years.
On its north boundary it almost
touches the city limits, and is only
two blocks south of Alamo street, the
east and west thoroughfare that leads
to. the depot. So the park, at its near
est point, is two blocks farther from
the court h ousc than the depot is,
placing it in e;,:y walking distance
from any part of town. ,
The land was bought of Mr. Wag
ner for $3500; of which $500 is to be
paid down and the remainder, with
interest at 6 per cent, in three annual
payments, making these payments
$1120 each; year. The city is to have
immediate possession of the land.
Fighters Escort Endurance Swimmers
Nantasket, Mass., Aug. Shark
fighters armed with long knives ac-
1" Jon a""
,e,h' "r,B.V, D8n.ana
out from" here 'onT 40-mile
8wimmilu, race acr0.., r.Iassachusetta
Bav to Provincetown todav. This is
one of the longest races ever staged.
Tho shark lighters are keeping
searchlights constantly playing on the
swimmers. ,
Conference of Catholic Workers Open
New York, Aug. 19. The first con
ference of Catholic social and charit-
j and Jo(m Paui chew prcsinent r
the Catholic Press association of the
United States, called the conference.
This conference preceded the fifteenth
nnnual convention of the American
Federation of Catholic societies,
which starts here tomorrow and con
tinues until Aug. 23. The week is
known as "Catholic Week in New
York."
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