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VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916.
NUMBER 62.
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PASSAGE OF EIGHT-HOUR LAW
BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY
WOULD STOP STRIKE
TRAINMEN WAITING TO
RECALL STRIKE ORDER
Afternoon at Washington Pregnant
With Noticeable Improvement in
Strike Situation, Although Danger
Is Not Over 'Yet Conference At
Capitol Fruitful.
Washington, Aug. 31. Chairman
' Adamson has introduced the eight
hour bill in the House.
St. Paul, Aug. 31. The Northern
Pacific has warned all travelers, pre
dicting delays, but promised to try
to run one train daily.
Chicago, Aug. 31. Chairman Hig
rina nf fho Oru'ral Railway Manag
ers' Association, hag announced the
western railways have already hired
.strikebreakers.
Washington, Aug. 31. For the first
time in several days, otiicial Wash
ington refuses to believe the strike is
unavoidable. It is generally expec
ted tonight that congress will pass
the eight-hour day law.
Recall May Yet Come
President Garretson of the Conduc
tors' brotherhood said this afternoon:
"If the eight-hour a day law passes,
we will flash the words that a satis
factory settlement to the question has
been reached and the brotherhood
members will be told to stay in then
place. That will mean there will be
no strike'
Gompers On Hand
Such a law must pass before mid
night Saturday in order to stop the
strike, it is agreed. President Gomp
. ers of the American Federation of
Labor heard Mr. .Garretson discuss the
-situation with the interstate com
merce committee, and other officials,
and heard him tell the committee and
the interstate commerce commission
what the trainmen's terms were. Mr.
'Gompers nodded his head energetic
ally when Garretson demanded eight
Tiours.
"Things Are Moving"
President Wilson left the capitol af
ter conferring with congressional
leaders and urged quick action. He
told the reporters:
Things are moving. We are mak
ing oatisfactory progress."
.Later the White House made an
official statement saying:
"Brotherhool leaders are unable to
give President Wilson any assurances
this afternoon."
The President has arranged to con
fer with congressional leaders tomor
row morning. Brighter though the
outlook is, the strike is not yet avoid
ed. Senator Lee of Maryland, intro
duced a resolution yesterday morning
asking the brotherhoods to postpone
the strike a week to permit congress
time to consider legislation intellig
ently. Tentative drafts submitted to
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee propose to attach to the pend
ing bill amendments enlarging me
commerce commission's membership,
establishing an eight-hour day on in
terstate commerce railroads, presi
dential appointment of a commission
of three men to investigate workings,
interstate commerce commission to
accept findings and grant rate in
creases accordingly to insure fair re
turn on the invested capital, an
amendment to the existing arbitra
tion law, providing that differences
be referred to a board of investiga
tion, pending decision of which a
strike or lockout would be unlaw
ful; empowering the president to
take over the railways during strikes
and in case of military necessity.
Lost Valley Wants Postoffice.
The heads of 18 families in Lost
Valley, Wheeler county, have peti--tioned
to have a postoffice established.
11 FOUND
TO SATISFY
Of White
Hog Prices Highest Since 1863
Santa Fe Has Train Crews Ready
Chicago, Aug. 31.--The livestock embargo lias skyrock
eted the hog market. Choke hogs sold at $11.40 per hun
dred pounds today the highest since 1865.
Other meats, are jumping. Kansas City hogs reached,
$11.10 and East St. Louis hogs $11.45, the highest since
1863.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad has embargoed
all freight except government ammunition, and the Chi
cago & Northwestern has embargoed all perishables and
explosives.
Yellowstone to Close Up Hotels
St. Paul, Aug. 31. It is announced all Yellowstone park
hotels will close tomorrow on account of unsettled trans
portation conditions.
Santa Fe Will Run Trains
Topeka, Aug. 31.- The Santa Fe general offices have
announced 46 train crews are stationed at division points
ready to mian passenger, mail and express trains. - Two
crews are stationed at each of 23 division points ready to
operate the trains each way.
SPECIAL WILL
EIGHT CARLOADS TO LEAVE
BLACK FOOT SATURDAY.
Train Will Reach La Grande Ahead of
Strike Hour Sunday.
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SEAT AND SPACE SALE TO
j MORROW.
4 With ice cream to be served
near by, and the box seat auc
4 tion in addition, the band con
4 cert tomorrow night promises
4 great social festivities. The
4 sale of the seats in boxes at the
4 fair grounds from which to 1
watch the big races next week, 4
4 will be conducted during the 4
4 evening, and this will unques- 4
4 tionably draw a big crowd. A 4
4 splendid concert is being worked 4
4 up by the band, and an oppor- 4
4 tunity for the people of La 4
4 Grande to get out and be enter- 4
4 tained is provided. Automobile 4
4 spaces will be sold at the same 4
4 time. 4
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Telegraphic arrangements were
made today by President N. K. West
of the La Grande Racing club, and the
owners of race horses who will como
to La Grande next week, which guar
antee the race meet here, strike or no
strike. The horses are at Blackfoot
this week and concluded their racing
there Saturday. Arrangements have
been made to run an express train out
of Blackfoot Saturday night, for La
Grande. It will reach here Sunday
night, several hours ahead of the time
set for the strike.
There are eight cars in the equip
ment and each will hold about 20
horses, so that the entire lot can come
forward.
The arrangements guarantee the
race meet next week, without fail,
and stops speculation on that score.
Hears of Father's Death.
Friends of the George L. Small
family were advised that Mr. Small's
father died at Eugene today. The
son is camping on the Minam, and
his wife is visiting in Portland. Word
has been sent to Minam this after
non advising the young man of his
father's death, and he will come here
tonight and proceed to Eugene at
once.
One Nun Killed, Three Injured.
Lewiston, Idaho, Aug. 29. Sister
Rose of the Benedictine order was in
stantly killed, another 6ister was ser
iously injured, and two others were
badly bruised in an automobile acci
dent yesterday near Lake Waha. Wm.
Hoordsman, a retired farmer, of
Genesse, driver of the car, sustained
injuries that may prove fatal.
Hoordsman, who wa3 conveying the
sisters from the St. Gertrude convent
at Cottonwood to Lewiston, lost con
trol of his machine on a Bteep grade.
The car left the road and turned over.
Sister Rose's neck was broken. .
RACE HORSES
PROVIDED FOR
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BRING NAGS
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SCARES VETS
KANSAS CITY ENCAMPMENT IS
BROKEN UP
P1""? Visitors Flocking A way on First
1 Available Trains
Kansas City, Aug. 31. Hundreds
of Grand Army veterans have left
the reunion and hurried home. It
is feared the railroad strike may ma
roon them. The union station was
thronged today. New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Washington
and California delegates were first to
depart.
YOUNG COUPLE WED.
Joseph Williams and Edna Aycrs
United in Marriage Yesterday.
Joe Williamson, erstwhile secretary
of the La Grande Commercial club,
and more recently operating a ranch
in the Durkee country, was married
last evening at the home of the bride's
parents, to Miss Edna Ayers, daugh
ter of Mir. and Mrs. Ed Ayers of May
park. The wedding was witnessed by
the relatives of the two principals,
Rev. Chas. A. Edwards of the Metho
dist church officiating. Immediately
after the wedding the happy couple
left for Portland to enjoy a wedding
tour and thereafter will return to the
Durkee country where each have a
ranch.
WOMAN FOUND INSANE.
Mrs. Purdum Sent to Hospital at
Pendleton After Examination.
After an examination of her men
talities, county authorities have pro
nounced Mrs. Purdum -of this city in
sane and she was taken to the hospital
nt Pendleton. Mrs. Purdum realized
!her destination and was much broken
up. She has been a resident of La
; Grande for a couple of years and for
a time after her arrival was known as
the "mystery woman."
Rind to Giro Dance
Labor Day will be celebrated by a
dance in the evening at which the
Elks band will be host.
An embargo order covering the O
W. out of La Grande, and modifying
the one issued yesterday, was sent out
by Division Superintendent Bollons
today, as follows:
"Embargo No. 1, dated Aug. 29th,
1916, is modified to permit receipt of
all shipments of freight other than
perishables, live stock and explosives,
out such acceptance will be subject to
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AMENDED EMBARGO ORDERS
EXEMPT FOOD NECESSITIES
1
uters
THOUSANDS
FACE TRAPS
GREAT NUMBERS WILL BE MA
ROONED IN NORTHWEST IF
STRIKE OCCURS
RIOT PREPARATION IS
MADE IN INDIANA POINTS
Chicago Lines Give Out Notice That
Those Who Quit Will Be Punished
By Losing Their Seniority Flavcl
Passengers to Get Home on Boats
It Is Expected.
Portland, Aug. 31. It is estimated
1000 travelers will be marooned in
the northwest in the event of a strike..
Over 30,000 will be marooned else
where on the coast. Thousands are
leaving Los Angeles for the north.
The Great Northern has arranged to
run the river steamer Bailey Oatzert
to Flavel to bring the Hill liner pas
sengers to Portland if the trains halt.
Riots Anticipated
Richmond, Ind., Aug. 31. It is
learned Superintendent Leboutillier of
the Richmond division of the Penn
sylvania lines is prepared for strike
riots. He has stored in the offices
large quantities of ammunition, many
rifles and several hundred maces.
Will Discharge Those Who Quit
Chicago, Aug. 30. A statement by
President Ripley of the Santa Fe
railroad, which will be followed in
substance by other railroad presi
dents, contains a warning that all
employes failing to respond to the
call for duty Monday will be consid
ered discharged and will be re-em-:
ployed only as new men, forfeiting
seniority and other rights. The new
men will be returned as long as sat
isfactory and men remaining in em
ploy will be given preference of posi
tions. Those temporarily thrown out
of employment will be considered on
a vacation without pay, but not for
feiting pension or insurance rights.
Railroads Prepare For Strike
Chicago, Aug. 31. Throughout the
country yesterday and this morning
the railroads gathered their forces to
oppose the strike set for Monday. The
summary of the situation by Presi
dent iRipley of the Santa Fe, mem
ber of the committee which conferred
with the president, intensified pessim
ism here. Ripley asserted the rail
roads had no hope of settlement be
fore Labor Day and are making every
possible preparation for eventualities.
Practically every railroad involved
served notice of embargoes on perish
ables and livestock, or is pi-epar-ing
to do so. Agents everywhere were
instructed to warn passengers of prob
able delays.
Ripley on his arrival gave three
statements. The first was the for
mal expression of the party of rail
road officials returning from Wash
ington, the second a warning to
Santa Fe employes, and the third
Ripley's plans for meeting the strike
and analysis of the railroad's side
of the controversy. He said there
was some difference of opinion
among the officials when they first
arrived in Washington about the
course to pursue, but later became
unanimous when asked to abandon
arbitration. He said the railroads
would make an attempt to keep at
least one pnssenger train on each
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indefinite delay account of-impending
striKev Notwithstanding the embargo
the company reserves the right to ac
cept and move preferentially between
points on its line food stuff, forage,
fuel, perishables and live stock and
further reserves the right to limit the
volume of shipments of other com
modities to the end that the public
may be supplied with necessities."
Strike Sidelights
What will happen to La Grande's
school teaching force? Unquestion
ably the faculty will be curtailed if
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on hand by Monday.
The stock train out of Eastern Ore
gon will be run Saturday night in
spite of announcements from Portlmd
to the contrary last evening.
It is the aim of the O.-W. to get the
division cleared of all freight cars but
is finding it a hard job. Other, di
visions are shooting great gobs of
trains to the mountain divisions. Just
about all the trains tiiat cti be run
are being sent out of here today in an
vffrt to get all yarn cleared before
Sunday.
Peaches to the number of 60 car
loads were handled on this division
yesterday. As the crop is in its
height, it is plain what the loss will
be if transportation is denied. This
item does- not interest Union county
as much as prunes do.
The prune crop in Union county is
the one that will feel the strike the
hardest of any fruit. Apples can
wait so can wheat, hogs, cattle and
the other products. In this respect
the county is fortunate. Milton,
Walla Walla, Freewater and the
peach district along the Snake river
will feel the blow hard.
In Enterprise and other Wallowa
county points today several prospec
tive travelers waited until noon for
some ray of hope in strike news com
ing to the Observer before packing
their trunks and starting for various
destinations. Most of them preferred
to play safe and came out this evening
seeing great likelihood of trouble.
War news has been relegated. The
Observer telephone buzzes all day
long with queries about the strike.
Sherry's theater has closed arrange
ments whereby it will have films in
the case of a strike. Automobile re
lays will carry the films from Port
land to La Grande and the house will
continue to run indefinitely, in spite
of a tie-up of transportation.
ILL CLOSE
JUDGE J. C. HENRY TO QUIT FUR
NITURE BUSINESS
One of La Grande's Oldest Merchants
to Close Out Line
The announcement made today by J.
C. Henry that he intended to quit the
furniture business caused considerable
stir in business circles as the Judge
is one of the oldest business men in
the city to
day. He came
to this coun
ty in 1876
and for four
teen years
worked with
the late W. J I
Snodgrass in
the general
mcrchand i s e
business. He
left the Snod
grass estab-
purchased the J- C- Henry
Murphy-Stuchell furniture business
which was then located in the Cool
idge building where Oxner's paint
store is at the present time.
Since 1892 Judge Henry has beon
continuously in the furniture busi
ness in La Grande. In 1900 he erec
ted the handsome store building :n
Fir and Adams and fitted up express
ly for the furniture business. The
stock that he has carried has always
commanded the appreciation of the
buying public and he has been very
successful in business.
Wants to Take Life Easier
In speaking of retiring from the
furniture business the Judge said to
a reporter for the Observer: "I am
some older than I once was, and I
find that to enjoy life to the fullest
it is best not to have too much to do.
I do not moan by this that any man
should quit work and rust out not
a bit of it, but I do believe that I
have been on the firing line of the
furniture business a sufficient length
of time and I am going to close out
the stock."
Continues Undertaking Line
When asked what he intended to
do after he had disposed of the fur
niture business Judge Henry said:
"Everything in the store is to be
sold, including cash register, safe, de
livery automobile and store fixtures.
1 urn positively going out of the fur
niture business. I shall continue in
the undertaking business and will de
vote my time to that. It is my in
tention to erect a modern chapel on
Fourth street near my home, and to
equip it with every convenience that
tho present day furnishes for that
n-k. on can say to the many
manv friends of the Henry Furniture
tine that 1 have deeply appreciated
their patronage during the many
years I hnve been in the business,
and that I am going to close out the
present stock and quit.
OUT STOCK
(RONSTADT
CAPTURED
TRANSYLVANIA'S BIGGEST CITY
IN HANDS OF THE ROU
MANIANS NOW. ,t I
AUSTRIA EVACUATES LOWER
TRANSYLVANIAN DISTRICT
Upper, Danube Fleet Destroys Im
portant Positions and Property Be
longing to Roumanians Struggle
in the West Important About Kor-
raine Territory Last Night
Rome. Auar. 31. DisnatrhefT nnvA
declared Roumanians captured Kron-
scaat tne most important Transyl
vania city and also captured nine
Hungarian towns and villages during
three days. They have been pouring
11110 1 ransyivania.
Germans Gain and Lose.
Paris, Auir. 31 It is announned
Germans have temporarily penetrated
I'Tencn srencn in raroy Forest, Lor
raine, last night but immediatelv
were ejected. The western front else
where was calm.
Danube Fleet Busy.
Berlin, Aug. 31. The Austrian
flotilla in the upper Danube shelled
and destroyed the Roumanian trans
ports, magazines and military estab-
usnmcnig at lurum ana ijevennu.
They captured two Roumanian tuint
and two motor boats.
Austrian newspapers have an
nounced the general staff plans to
evacuate all southeastern Transyl
vania and shortening the Austrian
lines. j
Turks have declared war on Rou
mania. TROOPS TRANSFERRED
Oregon and Washington Companies
Returned Others Moved
Sun Antonio, Aug. 31. Gen. Funs
ton has announced the following troop
movements as a result of the threat
ened strike:
The First Missouri to Saint Louis;
Third Missouri to Kansas City; Fifth
California to San Francisco; Fourth
Maryland to Baltimore; Third New
York to Buffalo; Fourteenth New
York to 'Brooklyn; Seventy-first New
York to Manhattan. The first units
move tonight.
San Francisco, Aug. 31. General
Bell has announced all Oregon and
Washington infantry regiments -will
be returned to mobilization stations
immediately.
San Antonio, Aug. 30. The first
movement of returning guardsmen
will occur in the next 18 hours, Gen.
Funston announced tonight. The
movement is expected to be well un
der way Friday or Saturday.
UPSET IS REMARKABLE
Roskamp Car Turns Turtle But None
of Occupants Hurt
One of the most remarkable turn
overs in automobile history of this
county happened last night near El
gin at the spot where Bob Mays was
killed about a year ago. "Heinie"
Roskamp, his wife, and Mrs. Schleur,
of Joseph, were on their way to La
Grande after Mr. Roskamp had com
pleted extensive contracts in Joseph.
They were running along at a good
rate of speed near r.Igin when the
radius rod on their Ford car broke
and threw the car over, but against
tne hill rather than over the embank
ment, in which case they would have
rolled many feet. The lower half of
the wind shield was broken, but that
was the only damage aside from the
radius rod. How the three escaped
injury none of them can explain. The
Stoddard car came along and brought
them to La Grande after which Mr.
Roskamp returned to Elcin with new
parts and brought in the upset car.
1 hey are a mighty appreciative trio
today appreciative of the fact they
were neither maimed or killed.
Killed in Fist Fight.
Dallas, Texas. Aue. 31. William G.
Snyder, 45, died last night from a
broken neck, sustained a few minutes
before when he was struck in the jaw
by Peter Shaw, during a fist fight.
Shaw surrendered and was placed in
jail.
40 Boys on Hike
Forty little fellows. Boy Scouts and
members of the boys' class of the Y.
M. C. A. left this morning by auto
mobile for Mt. Glen, where they were
unceremoniously thrown upon Shank's
horses to climb to the peak of Mt.
Emily where they will spend threfl
days on a grand hiks tour. Scout
masters and Y. M. C. A. officials ara
"chaperones" of the party.
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