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VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST, 29, 1916.
NUMBER 60.
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MILITARY DRAFT LIKELY IF STRIKE COMES
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PRESIDENT
RECOMMENDS
MANY LAWS
APPEARS AT JOINT SESSION OF
CONGRESS WITH RADICAL '
RECOMMENDATIONS.
EMPLOYEES MAY STRIKE
BEFORE LAWS CAN PASS
.Absolute Control of Rolling Stock
Asked for, New Eight Hour Law
W anted, and investigation ot its
Effects as Soon as Possible Re
publicans Suggest Delay.
Washington, Aug. 29. President
Wilson this afternoon recommended a
I half-score vitally important pieces of
legislation to a joint session of con
gress with the request that it be put
through at the earliest possible mo
ment. The message contained about
3500 words and included, some of the
most drastic legislation yet suggested
to congress by a president. He re
viewed the strike situation and recom
mended among others the following
. laws:
"Immediate provision for enlarge
ment of the administrative power; re
organization of the Interstate Com
merce commission, enabling the com
mission to perform duties with
promptness now practically impossi
ble; establishment of an eight-hour
day for all railroad employes operat
ing trains interstate; authorization
for presidential appointment of a
commission to study the eight-hour
day law's results, reporting to con
gress at earliest possible date without
recommendations; congressional ap
proval for Interstate Commerce Com
mission investigation of the proposed
freight rate increases to meet the
railroads' additional expenditures as
the result of a shorter day; amend
ment of the federal law providing
mediation by making a full, public in
quiry compulsory before a strike, and
.lockout may be declared; empower
ing the president in the event of mil
itary necessity taking control of roll
ing stock necessary for military ser
vice. Wilson outlined details of his ef
forts to effect a settlement and de
clared negotiations have resulted In
complete deadlock and asserted the
country faces "a great national calam
ity with cities cut off from food and
the nation's commerce paralyzed."
He said : "Countless thousands may be
brought to the very point of starva
tion." .
Republicans indicated it might need
considerable time to debate the pro
gram, but administration officials be
lieve all of this legislation will pass
within 10 days.
Washington, Aug. 29. It is learned
President Wilson plans military op
eration of all railroads if the strike
comes. He intends to make the pres
ent crews operate trains under mili
tary draft. Senator Newlands con
ferred with Mr. Wilson and then with
Attorney General Gregory. tfnter
! state Commerce Commissioner Clark
and Chairman Adamson of the House
Interstate Commerce committee, re
garding a bill legalizing such action.
President Wilson addressed a joint
session of congress at 2:30 this after
noon on the railroad situation.
Must Be Law Ere Monday.
Brotherhood leaders said today that
if Wilson plans to halt the strike by
a law similar to the Canadian Dis
putes act, congress must act before
Monday. Otherwise the brotherhoods
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leaders also declared the law will be
ineffective if the strike began before
Mr. Wilson signed the measure.
Mr. Wilson had completed the con
gressional address this morning. It
contained 3500 words.
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During uie HiuiiiuiB . """,r.rr
presidents officially handed Mr. Wil
son a counter-proposal and Secretary
BIG BILLS SIGNED.
Washington, Aug. 29. Presi
dent Wilson has signed the
army, navy, Philippine and the
bill of lading bills. A Tiundred
spectators, including Secretary
wOM Ti n L n r .nncrrr ssmen and
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prominent citizens witnessed
tne signatures.
IN THE! DAY S NEWS.
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3". STUART BLACKTON
Col. iBIackton is suine Henrv Ford
! advertisements libelled the photoplay,
"The Battle Cry of Peace," which
daemon produced
BOILING HER
MRS. ELLA RYNEARSON SUF
FERS SEVEBE BURNS.
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Granddaughter Displays Rare Pres
- ence of Mind in Crisis.
Mrs. Ella Rynearson was very seri
ously scalded and burned in an acci
dent which happened at her home just
north of town yesterday. Mrs. Ry
nearson had undertaken to remove
from the stove a wash boiler half
filled with boiling water. Either by
the "turning" of her ankle or by
stumbling she fell and the contents of
the boiler were spilled over her. Her
hand and arms and body were all
more or less scalded. By rare pres
ence of mind her little grand-daughter,
Bessie Scriber, ' began tearing
away Mrs. Rynearson's clothing, and
her son, George Rynearson, also came
to the rescue as hurriedly as possible
and measurably assisted in limiting
the injuries inflicted by the boiling
.water.
Dr. Holt was called to dress the in
juries, and while there is no expecta
tion of serious results the accident is
one of the most severe of the kind
that could be imagined.
Tumulty took the proposal to a meet
ing of the brotherhood executives.
Fingers Make a Difference.
Washington, Aug. 28. Men with
long, tapering "piano" fingers are apt
to desert after short service, while
those having stubby digits, denoting
stability of character and utter lack
of the artistic temperament, usually
stand by their oaths and make the
best Marines, according to finger print
experts at headquarters of the United
States Marine Corps.
Although desertions from the Corps
are light at all times it has been
found that actors, sign writers, and,
strange to say, waiters, furnish the
largest number ot deserters. J
Eecords, including finger prints, of j
all men enlisted in the Marine Corps
are kept Bt headquarters for purposes j
of identification, and there are cases
on record where bodies, with finger ,
tips intact, nave been positively iden -
tified through the finger print med
ium. TWO MORE ENLIST.
Elgin and La Grande Each Contribute
Soldier to Border Duty.
Two 20-year-old recruits left last
thing for the depot at Clackamas and
thence to the Mexican border to serve
their country. Harold Austin, of El
gin, wrote a letter to Captain Clark
August 14, asking for information and
then came to La Grande Saturday.
He went 'bacK to close up some work
in the harvest field and again reported
and was finally accepted together with
Arthur L. Jtsnll of La Grande. Both
are now being prepared for active
service.
Mason Orchard Burns
At 2:35 this afternoon the fire de
partment was called to the Ella Mason
orchard on the east end of Adams
avenue to quell a persistent blaze
which broke oat in the dry grass.
About half, or more, of the trees were
scorched and ruined, so far as this
year's crop was concerned. The blaze
was spreading with terrific speed,
eating its way towards a half dozen
'homes on the North side of Adams
when the department began its fight
with chemicals, emptying all hand and
tank supplies before mastering the
, blaze. The same orchard was burned
. over last year.
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STORE IEVES
BULLET PIERCES CHEST AND
LODGES IN ARM; AID GIVEN j
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FOUR, MAYBE FIVE, MEN I
ROB STORE, POSTOFFICE
Night Watchman Fires at Group and
Is in Turn Shot by Hidden Thieves
Standing Close by Sheriff Antici
pates Arrests Money Taken Triv
ial Store Robbed Year Ago.
Evans, Aug. 29. (Special) Alfred
Minnick, aged 69 and a brother of
John Minnick of Union, was shot
through the breast by a robber in the
Cp-Operative store here at 10 o'clock
last night. The bullet bored through
the old man's chest near the heart
and lodged in his arm. Minnick was
found a few minutes later and within
an hour and a half Sheriff Marvin was
on the trail of the would-be assassins
and robbers. The postoffice is located
in that building and the thieves, for
there were four or five of them, were
aiming at the postoffice money and the
store money as well. Of the former
they got $2 and of the latter $10.
Shot From Close Range.
Mr. Minnickas night watchman
sleeps in the store of which his son
Frank is manager, and has for a con;
siderable time. It was only a year
or so ago that he fired at some
thieves prowling about the place, but
on that occasion no answer came.
Last night he detected either three or
four men leaving the store. Mr.
Minnick seized his revolver and fired
at them but missed it is thought. He
was standing near the door and the
group was outside.
The moment he did so, a colleague
of the larger group of thieves fired at
.the old man at close range, sending
the bullet over a tie rack. Jt seems
he reached through the ties and
pressed the gun against the old-man's
shoulder. As Minnick fell, the as
sassin bolted through the door and up
to a late hour today no trace of them
has been located.
They gained admission to the build
ing by the pass key route.
Sheriff Marvin was in Evans and
Lostine most of the morning running
down clews and said that he had some
slight threads to go by and that it was
not impossible but that arrests would
be made during the afternoon.
The victim of the bullet was hurried
to his home and had surgical attention
a few minutes after the shooting
about 15 or 20, to be exact. Unless
complications or infection should set
in. it is 'predicted he will recover read
ily, although he is an old man and
may have trouble recovering his good
health on that account.
Frank Minnick, manager of the
Co-operative store at Evans, tes
phoned to the La Grande postoffice at
6 o'clock this morning, asking that the
inspectors' headquarters here send a
man to Evans at onee. The inspector
however is in Harney county today,
Telephone calls awaited E. S. NorriB,
1 ,reneral manager of the Oregon Co-
operative string of stores, and Secre
tary Sullivan, also of this city .
They have done all that can be done
from this end, and Mr. Norris has
gone to Evans.
G. A. R.
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Kansas ' City, Aug. 29. Fifteen
thousand veterans today attended the
fiftieth grand army encampment. Of
ficials predicted the attendance will
total 40,000 before the first general
session.
Two veterans have died of heart
disease and Red Cross stations are
located at several down-town points.
Grand Army Men Welcomed
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 29. The
National council of administration and
the committee on credentials of the
fiftieth annual encampment of the G.
A. R., concluded their sessions this
morning and havf prepared their re
ports for presentation to the official
session of the encampment Thursday
morning.
Tonight's semi-official meeting will
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HIGH LIGHTS AT FRATERNAL CONGRESS MEET.
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Three commanding figures at the con
vention of the National Fraternal Con
gress of America, at Cleveland, are
George W. Miller, president of the
congress (top left); Miss Bina West,
supreme commander Woman's Benefit
Association of the Maccabees; and
(below) D. P- Markey, supreme com
mander of the Maccabees.
AT
BORDER STAY
ARMY DEPARTMENT CHANGES
PREVIOUS ORDER.
Only Units Entirely College Organiza
tions Will Be Disbanded.
Washington, Aug. 29. The war de
partment has temporarily suspended
a previous order releasing college stu
dent militiamen September first. The
suspension does not apply to units
composed entirely of students. They
are scheduled to be disbanded thia
week.
There are several O. A. C. iboys at
the border with Corvallis and Salem
companies, and some from scattering
points. in the state. O. A. C. alumni
and students in La Grande and this
county had hoped their colleagues
would be back in time to resume their
studies in Corvallis when school opens.
Today's war department orders
changes that possibility, although the
delay may not be for a prolonged per
iod. How much longer these will be
kept on the border the war depart
ment alone knows.
Friends Express Sympathy.
J. H. Peare is in receipt of a note
from Congressman Nick Sinnott giv
ing the particulars of the recent death
of their two and a half years old
daughter in New York. Contrary to
general ibelief the little one's death
was not due to infantile paralysis but
to acute pneumonia. Eastern Oregon
constituents have been expressing
sympathy with Congressman Sinnott
and Mrs. Sinnott in their bereavement.
STUDENTS
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NGAfMENT FALL DEAD
bring together all the veterans and
auxiliary organizations at the Conven
tion Hall. Governor Elliot W. Major,
will deliver the main address of wel
come and will be followed by Mayor
George H. Efilfards of Kansas City.
William. H. Wormstoad, commander of
the Department of Missouri will wel
come the veterans for the state orga
nization. Commafidcr-in-chicf Monfort will
respond.
The various auxiliary organiza
tions, Sons of Veterans, Army Nurses
of the Civil War; Ladies of the G. A
R. and the National Alliance Daugh
ter of Veterans then will extend thnir
greetings to the encampment. Past
commanders of the G. A. R. will re
I spond.
SEBEVtLTOGAIOSEiBht GreMVn,d Gr66kS " le
Germany. Berlin diplomats believe
Ohio Primaries' as Well as California the war is inevitable. Chancellor Hol-
Vote, On Today. I w.eg receives the Greek minister to-
.morrow, i
Sacramento, Aug. 29. Whether Bucharest dismitches declared Rou
Gov. Johnson or Willis H. Booth of aucnareat aispatcnes declared kou
Los Angeles is to make the race for,1"81"8"8 have succeffully attacked the
United States senator on the Repub-! whole Teutonic front, Rome has wire
lican ticket next November is the chief lessed to Germany that Turkish of
matter to be decided by Republicans ; ficers were a8sassinated in Sofia,
of California in the primary election i
today.
Goverifor Johnson is certain to be in
on the finale in November, for he has
no opposition as a Progressive candi-
dated. If he wins over Booth for the
Republican nomination he will have
one opponent" less in the final elec-j
tion, being pitted against George S.
Patton of Los Angeles, Democrat;
Walter T. Mills of Berkeley, Socialist
and Marshall W. Atwood of Pasadena,
Prohibitionist, Patton, Atwood and
Mills have io opposition for the nom
inations. If Booth wins today, how
ever, Johnson will run only as a Pro
gressive. Judge Walter Bordwell of
Los Angeles announced himself as a
Republican candidate and went so far
as to have his name put on tho ballot
before he decided he didn't want to
make the race Besides the nomina
tion for senator, there are eleven con
gressional nominations of which nine
are candidates for re-election John
E. Raker, C. F. Curry, Julius Kahn,
John I. Nolan, J. A. lElston, Denver S.
Church, E. A. Hayes, C. H. Randall
and William Kettner. Raker, Curry,
Kahn, Church and iRandall are cer
tain to qualify for the November
election.
Detroit, Aug. 29. Political parties
in Michigan today named their candi
dates for the November election. For
the Democrats, the primary balloting
vas merely the formal ratification of
the selections of the party organiza
tion chiefs, but Republicans were wag
ing a rough and tumble scrap for
nearly every place on tne ticKec.
Candidates were being selected for
governor, lieutenant governor, United
States senator, congress, the state
senate and house of representatives.
Five men sought the Republican
nomination for governor. They were
Frank B. Leland, banker, of Detroit;
Albert E. Sleeper, former state treas
urer, of Bad Axe; Gerritt J. Biekema,
of Holland, ex-congressman; Wash
ington Gardner, former congressman
and former commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R. of Albion; and Sybrant Wes
sclius, of Grand Rapids.
Democrats cast their ballots for
Charles H. Bender of Grand Rapids
Gov. Ferris to seek a third term,
for governor, following the refusal of
Render's name went on the primary
ballot despite his protest that he did
not want the nomination and "could
not think of accepting it" because of
business responsibilities.
United States Senator Charles E.
Townscnd, of Jackson, was opposed
for re-nomination on the Republican
ticket by Willium H. Hill. Detroit
drug manufacturer and Theodore Jos
lyn, of Adrain, both former progres
sives.
TRAINING CAMPS OPEN.
Half on Hand This Morning Balance
Cam nir Durine tile Dav.
Torfima. Auir. 29. Reveille aroused
101) student soldiers at American lnke
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at 5:30 this morning. They drilled
for hours.
Many recruits are still arriving and
half of the scheduled number are on
hand. The remainder are expected
this afternoon and tomorrow.
Portland's enrollment is the largest.
KAISER MAT
FORGE GREEK
ARMY TO WAR
DECLARATION BY KAISER EX
PECTED TO COME AT ANY
TIME NOW. .
ROUMANIANS DRAW LINES
FOR DECISIVE BATTLE
Greeks Hastily Leaving German Em
' pire and Every Evidence Points to
Open Rupture Between Greeks and
Germans Along the Front in
France, '.Allies
Streak."
Have Winning 1
London, Aug. 29. Copenhagen dis-
nntoTiea RniH Hpi'Trinnv in nrAnnpinor rt
Frcnch Show Gains.
Paris, Aug. 29. It is announced
French have progressed southeast of
.Thiaumont. Germans twice vainly
attacked Fleury and Fort Vaux.
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Great Battle Pending.
.Berlin, Aug. 29. A great battle on
the Roumanian frontier is imminent,
Patrol skirmishes mark the beginning:
of an important emrncrement. The
Tageblatt has roperted Koumania has
concentrated large forces on the fron-'
tier for several days and Teutons are
massed in heavy bodies ready to meet
the anticipated smash.
Chancellor Hollweg has conferred
with leading ministers.
HENDERSON CLARK DEAD.
Old
Resident Passes Away at
Home in South La Grande.
His
Henderson Clark, an old resident of
South La Grande, died at his home at
about 2 d'clock this afternoon at the
age of 76 .years. Some months agc
he submitted to a surgical operation
which brought relief, but on account
of advanced age and deficiency of
heart action there was no way to stay
the inexorable decree. Mr. Clark has
been a resident of La Grande for up
wards of 30 years and leaves a large
circle of friends to mourn his loss.
The surviving members of the family
are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Hat
tie Montgomery and Mrs. Nettie
Wjaldrup, and four sons Jacob, Jo
seph, Martin and Harvey all ' of
whom are residents of La Grande. A
brother-in-law, Jas. McParland, of
Oklahoma, has also been present dur
ing his last illness.
The funeral arrangements had not
been completed this afternoon.
DRAWING CONTEST SET.
Thirty-day Pass at Arcade for Clever
est Cartoonist.
To the boy and girl each under 12
years of age, who draws the best
original picture of a clown, will be
given a 30-day pass to the Arcade
theatre. The contest is now on and
drawings must be left at the box of
fice by Thursday night of this week,
which is the night before the appear
ance of "The Clown" at the Arcade
for a two-days' run.
J. C. Dell, a cartoonist, will be the
judge. The Arcade box office will be
glad to give any further information
concerning the contest.
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LEST WE FORGET
4- That next Friday evening the 4"
La Grande Racing club will
auction on uie c cmnu bvbiiu
V box seats during ths progress
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the band concert. This sale
is held to give those who desire
UIU J Ulilivivn, uiniic vvj uiu lit
on them and have them reserved
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for the entire week of the races.
Eight can be seated in each box.
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