La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 30, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textftt ft I AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAT IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916. NUMBER 6L Will Meet Brotherhood Shippers ployers. Final Answer Wilson Washington, Aug. 30. The senate 'Interstate Commerce committee has announced a formal hearing of broth- ip.rhoods. railwav executives and big shippers for tomorrow to gather data ! for use in framing legislation Presi dent Wilson requests. W. G. Lee, the trainmen's leader, 'conferred with Labor Secretary Wil son, and said later; "No power un der heaven except a satisfactory set tlement can prevent a strike Labor Day." The first formal congressional ef- Jort to rush through anti-strike legis-1 lation has caused a quarrel. Certain j senators charged otner senators wiwi "trying to make political capital from the disasterous situation. All Proposals Fail "God forgive you, I cannot," ex- "God forgive you, I cannot, ex- claimed President Wilson today at the conclusion of the final interview with railroad executives when the rejected his every proposal. Want Strike Date Delayed 'Mr. Wilson is exerting every effort to persuade the trainmen to withdraw the September fourth strike order. Summary of Wilson's Speech. A more detailed summary of the speech President Wiison made in Washington to( congress last evening, than was published in the Observer yesterday follows: , 'It seemed to me, in considering the subject matter of the controversy, that the whole spirit of the time and the preponderant evidence of recent economic experience spoke for the eight-hour day. The whole presumption of modern experience would, it seemed to me, bo in its favor, whether there was arbi tration or not." ' ' . ,, "1 unhesitatingly oueieu ure ijAji.. "rl Jrt t-h. Ariminiatra,. r iinhp.RitatincIv ' ottered tne friendlv services noi. zne.-&umimB.nx? tion to the railway managers to see . W me . o - if that, iustice was done the rail roads in the outcomev I felt war ranted in assuring them no obstacle of law would be suffered to stand in the way of their increasing their rev enues to meet the expenses resulting from the change. om the cnange." "They (the railroads) fear the hos-, tile influence of shippers who would i me .---- - . ibe opposed to an increase of freight Tates (for. which, however, of course, the public itself would pay;) they apparently feel on confidence that the Interstate Commerce Commission could withstand tne odjbcuohs ui ,.u i, m Tt-v rtn not care to friendlv assurances of ; the Congress or the President. They have thought it best that they should be forced to yield, if they must yield, not by counsel, but by the suffering of the country." the country. ' 1 yield to no man iu ... ... ouiib- t ence, alike of conviction and of pur- pose, to the principle of arbitration in industrial disputes; but matters have come to a sudden crisis in this par- ticular dispute and the country has I ibeen caught unprovided with any conviction in practice, uy wuwoc iaui ,n nnf now ston to inauire." "I was seeking to compose the present in order to safeguard the fu ture; for I wished an atmosphere of peace and friendly co-operation in which to take counsel with the repre sentatives of the Nation with regard to the best means for providing against the recurrence of such unhap py situations in the future." The President's legislative pro posals are in substance as follows: 1. Immediate enlargement and ad ministrative reorganization of the In terstate Commerce Commission in or der that the Commission may be able to deal with the many great and var ious duties now devolving upon it with a promptness and thoroughness which are with its present means of action practically impossible. , , . , 2. Eight-hour day as legal basis of work and wages of trainmen engaged in interstate transportation. 3. Appointment by the President of a small body of men to observe the actual results in experience of the adoption of the eight-hour day in rail way transportation with the provision that the investigators shall report their conclusions to the Congress at the earliest possible date but without recommendation, that the public may learn from an unprejudiced source what actual developments have en- r-n.- t ha crnnted to Inter state Commerce Commission to con con-1 fixing; aider wage expenditures in freight rates. 5. .Provision mat iuu iiuum. vestigation ot tne merits 01 evciy such dispute shall be instituted and i -. - j i f ut .-il-o nr Inrknut . ... . may lawfully be attempted. 6. Power to be given President to operate roads and draft train crews in ' event of military necessity. Jn conclusion, the President says that arbitral awards should be madej Continued on Page Eight) j to is Refusal Re-appointed as Regent : Governor Withycombe ha ire-ap nointed W. C. Brvant of Moro as re gent of the state normal school Bryant's term expired on July 1 and his appointment is for the ensuing six years. Oregon Has 363 Newspapers. A irovernment i-eDort shows that Oregon has 363 newspapers. There are 24 states in the Union which have more newspapers than Oregon and 23 that have fewer papers than this 8tate. Victim of Santa Clara Wreck. j Miss. Alice Church aged 23, died at ; I.Marshfield from consumption which j devoloped from a ' cold contracted through exposure wnen mjss unurcn was overturned from a life boat at the time of the wreckinsr of the Santa Clara. FLOUR MILLS GftN RUN A WEEK DURING IHE STRIKE Omaha, Aug. 30. District Judge Sears has issued an injunction re straining Union Pacific trainmen from striking on Labor Day. Minneapolis, Aug. 30. It is reliab le ronnrteH thnt. flour mills . manu- . 7 v iL ..- , facturintr one-third of the - ration's ..v....B r flour supply will close within a week Mail Service in Danger Cleveland, Aug. 30. Edward Hook er, manager of the Brotherhood's publicity, predicted today that "Un- ci Sam's railway man service win h ,DaraiVzcd the instant the strike v ins He declared, every mail train will be halted. Fruit Growers Will Be Ruined San Francisco, Aug. 30.arris Weinstock, state market director de - clared last night that if the strike or railroad embargd on perishables ui iniiivnu B 1 continued long it meant the ruin of thousands of California farmers. He said many have been on the ragged edire for years and expected this would be a banner year and put them wuum uc a u.....i.. j-- - r-- --- -fpof It manna t.hn cuttine- uii i..g.. xvw. iw ----- off of fresh food supplies for city dealers, but if coal or gasoline fails it means a fresh. food famine in many communities.! RIVAL WINS WOMAN La Grande Man Waits Too Long, An other Gets Bride Boston, AAig. 29. (Special to Ore gonian) A current popular song relates the experiences of a man who, after withstanding the blandishments of the "white lights' of New York, decides to go back to his home state of Oregon. While Lynn, Mass., does not pretend to be as wicked or as se ductive as New York, it has been able, in this instance, to send an Oregonian n T a flr,at.Aa V tV flTSt aVail- UllLJV W " J able train. It was not altogether Lynn's fault, however, 'mere was a woman in it. In years gone by it is not neces sary to tell exactly how many J. H. Doherty and Annie F. Doherty at tended school in Londonderry, Ire land. They arranged that when the lad had migrated to America and saved enough money to tuild a home, he might claim his bride in the fore sighted Annie. Young Doherty came over, landed in New York, and worked in the East for several years as a railroad fire man. Then he went West, to better himself. He saved his earnings for many years and in 1911 he decided that it was time for his sweetheart to come over and see America too. She came, and after a short visit in New York she found her way to Lynn, where she obtained employment in a i r fm. 1ia nvt. row vears .x- ...... siiue im: w. j. y ' - - she and her childhood sweetheart cor-1 I responded and Iinauy went u i. chants ns a wnoie win be amply sup-in- i to clan the long-deferred nuptials.- nijB,i wjtn ,,!., to kppn the ritv I TT - 1 . In n nniflOEIirV h 1 RT.U R . i nere - " ; Either Doherty waited overlong, or : Annia firpH of waitin? for him. At any rate, Doherty appeared in L,ynn last week, prepared to pose as a P- perous bridegroom, only to find that Annie, one week ago tomorrow, had become Mrs. John P. Murphy. poherty had never heard of Mr. (Continued on Page Eight) IN THE DAYS' NEWS. ! 1 -A ROBERT Stevens is the man who says music !can be tasted. He is director of ma- sic at the University of Chicago. Notes from the flute are like sugar; ... ... nBf,-,t, ,he niano r , j, - , ' like clear water fthe violin like claret, and the saxaphofie like buttermilk, he say8- TEACHERS' DATA SOUGHT. 25-Year Records in Union County Be ing Accumulates. If nn.. viorafMi in TTtlirtn fftlintv TlflC taught schooi for 25 years, Mrs. A. i. lvannoe wouia appreciate iniormanun concerning such fact, that it may be used in the exnaustive survey now De- ! ing conducted by a committee ap- j pointed some time since from the State Teachers' association to look in- j to the matter of pensions tor teacners in Oregon. One meeting of the com mittee has been neld in baiem ana another is set for October 2nd in Portland at which time the commit teemen will meet and discuss further plans and recommendations concern ing the question of pensions. . Just at present a list of all teach ers with a teaching record of 25 years is being sought. Dr. Foster of Reed institute is chairman while other mnmhai-Q infllirlo- fVilintV iSimprin- tendent Churchill, Assistant State Su perintendent Carleton, Uounty touper- infanAonf P.lnnlr ftf Mnlhonr PnimtV. City Superintendent Imel of Astoria, uounty superintendent crown .01 Douglas county, iviiss 1 urtscnna anyi Miss Dennis of Portland, Superin tendent Ackerman of the Monmouth normal and Mrs. Ivanhoe of La Grande. . . . HIGHER RATES SUSPENDED. Transportation Companies' Raise Not permissible mow. Wnshincrhnn Allff. 30 Thp Inter state Commerce commission has sus pended the increased trans-continental rates proposed by transcontinental carriers. ESSARIES OF TO KEEP U i Thpro is tin nppH nf In HrnnH pit.i- zens becoming alarmed over the food There is enough food of the staple sort in uie grocery stores anu 111 uiv wholesale houses to care tor the nor- mnl innDnmnfiin f rv fiillir o wi rr t Vl IKUl X VS ft 1 O 14 A I h U 1 V 1 1 tfl 1U1IJ I llllIIVtlf but some sorts of food will be used up l.li.. An .1 ni : in procaoiy iu uuys. inese items are purely luxuries and will not in any .irnir liai-t-aaa 'I'unllifamnnlo tn liA J UMliaiDI IVUllVIIIlbD IfV 111... Vegetables can be supplied from home gardens Dut tnere is certain to oe a shortage of many fruits, principally npnchps. if ft strike romps nnd lasts for any period of time. fan aiyies Are snort. njATWit ncr nnn nir rnor n nnnt all rnn . . . . .. . ... " . . .. .. . .. treight tnat win get here it the striKe hag a,rea(, been received mer. plied with dry goods to keep the city going indefinitely. Some of the lead ing stores haven't all their fancy fall .- i . i i. e : block in uut ihvc eiiuugn ui necessi ties to do indefinitely. Cream and Milk With the use of gasoline trucks and farm wagons, La Grande creameries could produce more butter and have more cream and milk to sell than ever, paradoxical as it may seem. There is at present a considerable W. STEVENS NEC IS E TO FEEL If E NINETY PER CENT PORTLAND ; MEAT SUPPLY WONT COME FORWARD SUNDAY TRAVELERS CANCEL THEIR RESERVATIONS WITH RUSH Willamette Valley Points to Feel the Strike Too, as Oregon Electric Will Not Run if Strike Comes Wheat Trading Will Halt Unless Boats Can Run. Portland. Autr. 30. The Orezon- Washington Railroad and Navigation company has cancelled its Sunday stock train from Eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The train carries ninety per cent of Portland's , weekly meat supply. j The Great Northern has refused to accept perishables for delivery after Saturday and the order affected con- necting lines including the Burling- AM n ton. Spokane, Portland and Seattle "ay. traveling pumic is have refused to accept perishables," warned that trips-UW-ff-so-ni but accepted other freight under the ran&gci as to reach destination by 4 a. "unavoidable delay" clause. im. September 4th. The instructions , ,: , , . I sent to all agents on the La Grande Many prospective travelers have diviaion this morning by Superintend cancelled their reservations. 'en Bollons follows: Wheat trading will probably halt Tn viflW'of the published state Monday unless means are provided ments to the effect that a strike of for moving eastern Oregon's crop by tTain and engincmen on all railroads foot. Oregon Electric officers an- jn the United States, has been called nounce the strike will affect its train- f or 4 a, m. pacific time, September men ano reduce wuuamette vauey service to a minimum. The Eastern Oregon stock train which has 'been cancelled, usually leaves La Grande Saturday evening carrying from one to four cars out of this county. St. Paul, Aug. 30. Hill lines have simiilntrifinnslv nmharirnpH nil nnrish- able shipments not deliverable before "Agent receiving freight which Saturday.- The order affects the should reach its destination on regu Northern Pacific, Great Northern and 'ar schedule by the time mentioned Burlington. . u,llB ul MtuiiiK iiib lunuwuig, uc- mjSSed as a result of General Von Houston, Aug. 30 The Sunset Cen-1 Sei.ved. without liability for loss, or Falkenhayn's dismissal, and the ap tral, Gulf Coast an International de ? """f; . , Ipointment of General Hindenburg Great Northern Railroads have em-1 Notice further is given that per- 1 wh0 has been directing the eastern bargoed all livestock and perishable sns wno take passag on its trains campaign and who himself was an freight laft.er.i a' m" p"c time September outcast in military circles of Germany rji.ii iii,: A on q.L i. nm Philadelphia, Aug. 30-The Penn- sylvania has embargoed all perish- ,. it- . , , l oMaa onri liirpat.lr aunt hxr ovnrnao awes ano nvestocK sent ny express KRmi may be iney hint complete emoargo may ne placed on express shipments later. LIFE AMPLE II amount of milk and cream leaving the Grande Ronde on every train this would be cut off, and would naturally swing to local creameries, hence no alarm on that score. Gasoline Stored Up. Just what length of time gasoline supplies will keep up is not positively known but Standard Oil agents here predict they could handle all demands for a period of a month. Automobile service for short passenger hauls will of course be in big demand, and freight from point to point III 1MB Grnndfi Rnnd and Pvpn into Wftllnu-n countrn he hnndlnd in rnnsidernhln quantities by existing truck systems. As these methods of handling freight and passengers depend solely on the gasoline supply, the consumption would probably be above normal in that period, and reduce the storage now estimated for a month, to a slightly less period. Meats can be BUDiilied from local sources. iBread shortage is not anticipated with amount of grain available al though certain brands not made he.e would eventunlly be depleted yet actual bread famine is a long ways off. GRANDE MONTH TBI. OFF PUBLIC GIVEN FREIGHT AND PASSENGER BUSINESS LIMITATIONS SET '.IN OFFICIAL ORDER. FREIGHT MUST REACH DESTINATION SATURDAY People Contemplating Travel Urged To Be at Destination Before 4 O'clock a. in. Monday Strike Or ders at Washington Set Out Duties . of Strikers If Crisis Comes. Individuals contemplating travel l I Vi i w tVi a navr f nw A a t a tin A naATtl tx , . - . , . . . , who have frei&ht shipments to make, are warned today by the O.-W. that the company will not be responsible for transportation of either frieght or passengers after certain specified dates- Effective at once the company wiu receive no freight which cannot lts destination by 10 a. m. Sat- 4, 19115, notice is hereby given that hf said strike in fact takes places, un avoidable delays -will probably occur to passenger and freight trains. "The Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation, company hereby gives notice that effective at once, it will not receive any freight for shipment which cannot reach its destination on regular schedule by 10 o'clock a. m. Saturday, September second. should write or stamp on receipts or course of transportaitno reach their destination before that time, may be ..i.jtj t ji i ., ... m ... w.n DUUIItCU W UDIUV 11. biaiiouuiwiiuii . - .-... 1 b gaid gtrike gnd tllat the Oregon- Washington Railroad and NavigatMn mm v i, t u. reaDons ble for icuiTipuny win .noi. ins rcspuusiuie lor any such delays which do occur. The ioreuin nuLico is puuumieu lvr uiu information and guidance of our pa trons and the public. Cancellation or modification of this notice will be an nounced as conditions warrant." WARNING ABOUT STRIKE ORDER t , Jfa,,l'c'8 "eavy , ... . Los Angeles, Aug. 30. Willis Local and long distance traffic is has dmitted Governor John- rapid y increasing Numerous parties I son defeated him for the United tSat including those who had come for pro- es aenatorihip nomination on the- ... v., home or are making arrangements to do so ere Monday. Many La Grand ers away from home arc rushing hith erward with all possible speed, and there is an overabundance of demand for reservations for both lonx and short hauls. During the past 12 hours the pending strike has loomed as almost a certainty and so far as possible no one proposes to be caught away from home if he can help it. JU VICTIM IS WORSE TODAY r, w .., 1 i ' Au?- oo. opecmi. T V AIfrcd Mmnick, the old night- ! watchman shot through the A breast hight before last by a gang of robbers, is in a pre- 4 4. carious state this afternoon. 5- He had a restless night and 4 continued to grow worse dur- ! ing the day. 4 Postal authorities have an in- 1 J spector here tb assist the sher- $ i : iff in running down the gang, I Some clews are reported to ! have been unearthed but no ar- 4 rests were made at a late hour ! this afternoon. ! ! j ! Slavs Cross Roumaniato Attack Foes NEW PASSAGEWAY UTILIZED BY RUSSIANS WHO SUPPORT ROUMANIANS TEUTONS HAVE DEFEATED . ROUMANIANS IN PLACES Bucharest Ineffectively Bombarded by. Zeppelins- Last Nighf Smash Against Austria-Hungary Effective in Spots and Set Back Elsewhere . Western Front Active. London, Aug. 30. A Zurich report says the Roumanian calvary has. crossed the. Red Tower pass and is three miles inside Transylvania. They advanced near Hermannstadt. It is semi-officially announced Austrians have defeated two Roumanian bat talions at Verestornoy pass, south of the Red Tower, on the Hermannstadt ' railway. j . Paris has announced the French have progressed west of the Vardar river anT French artillery has fired the Struma front and Lake Doran de fenses. West Ostrovo lake, Serbians have repulsed a Bulgarian attack. There was the usual western front canonad ing last night but no infantry fire ex- lcept ..east Jit FlftlU3t.JEhar-ihe. Erench - gained. . . Russians Crossing Roumanta Bucharest, Aug, 30. It is announc ed that Zeppelins ineffectively raided' Bucharest last night. Roumanians have marched into Transylvania for 12 hours steadily and resistance was of the weakest and Russian troops are crossing Roumania from the Black Sea to join the attack. Russians and Roumanians have captured principal Carpathian passes, . Russian artillery ' shelling the Bulgarian city of Rust chuk and the Hungarian town of Or-. bovq,. ... - - : , 7" HINDENBURG IS CHIEF. Great Shakeup in German Staff Fol lows Dismissals. London Aug. 30. A Hague' cor respondent to the Exchange vTele- o-ranh hnsi rpnnrtttH t.hnfr. HO fjpv-mnn generals on iboth fronts will be dis- lor many years, to tne position 01 chief of staff. This is the greatest shakeup since the war started . lhe kaiser dismissed Falkenhayn L pp;. f w. nnnnTitn tX V. : ing Germanrto meet ihe Roumaman JOHNSON NOMINATED His Republican Opponent Concedes Bull Mooser's Elimination Kenublican t cket. The promaries were held yesterday. Shipping Bill Passed Washington, Aug. 30. The house has passed the administration ship ping bill. Planting Bull Frogs. A shipment of Michigan bull frogi of the edible variety has been planted in Lake Magoon in the John Day country. MEMPHIS IS ABANDONED Warship Comes to Grief and Is Fin ally Deserted by Crew Washington, Aug. 30. Admiral HpnnH hnq rpnnrtpr) that thu wrpMtoH crujser Memphis has been abandoned on the shore of San Domingo harbor. jt ja unknown how many sailors were drowned or killed by exploding steam pipes. Machinist Rudd of Minneapolis was killed and Lieut. Jooes of Charl eston was seriously burned. 1 ' A cablegram to the navy depart ment last night from Santo Domingo announced the armoured cruiser Mem phis, formerly the Tennessee, was ashore there and the crew being dis embarked. More than 20 men were lost with a motor boat in the harbor.