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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS TH E DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916.
NUMBER 80.
WILL
SUl SOUTH
IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL NOT
PART OF PROGRAM TENTA
TIVELY ADOPTED.
MEXICAN PATROL ON
BORDER ALSO PROVIDED
While Definite Terms of Tentative
Settlement With Mexico Have Not
Been Made Public, Reasonable Au
thoritative Information Says Per
shing Will Remain in Mexico.
New London, Sept. 21. The Mexican-American
commission has nearly
completed a settlement of the border
patrol problem.
The tentative program provides
that General Pershing remain in Mex
ico for the present, but an additional
clause provides that Carranzistas as-'
sist the border patrol. The exact
terms are not revealed.
The United Press has received posi
tive assurance that the plan contains
no immediate withdrawal recommen
dations. General Bliss must approve the pro
gram before Washington and Mexico
City can approve it.
Villa's Chihuahua activities do not
affect the situation.
PRISONERS CREATE RUMPUS
Baker Officials and Citizens Alarmed
for a Time
Baker, Sept. 21. Prisoners in the
county jail stirred up quite a rumpus
last evening when placing an im
provised torch, inithsv w'.-viow of the
cage on the top floor of the court
house, they started an outcry that was
heard for several blocks. Hearing the
cry of "fire" for a distance of sev
eral blocks, hundreds of people were
soon on the scene and the flickering
light from the torch did make it ap
pear as if the entire interior of the
jail was ablaze. Sheriff Anderson and
deputies, together with city police,
officers, arrived at the courthouse at
about the same time, and when they
were heard coming up in the eleva
tor the prisoners took the torch from
the window and put it on the floor
of the cage, where the officers found
it.
The loud outcries included "mur
der," "fire," etc., which were plainly
neuru uuwmc uim
gave rise to the story of the double
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ine iJiioui.cio n uixu uiiiicu
vnce HB to WHU pcipetiabcy uic aouiii.,
their only statement being that they
wanted to have a light and that as
the electric lights were off they did
the best they could.
KIDNAPING PLOT UNEARTHED.
Nation-WideBlackmailing Scheme In
cluded Murder in Category.
Washington, Sept. 21. An agent of
the department of justice has dis
closed a plot to kidnap and murder
Frank Croker, an impoitunt nation
wide blackmail witness. Croker has
fully confessed regarding the crime
syndicate s workings. '
ELEVEN PRIVATES DROP OUT. ,
Desertions Occur During Lon-.r Hike
Border Troops Undertook,
Austin, Tex., Sept. 21. Eleven pri
vates deserted from the 12th provi
sional division during the march from
San Antonio to Austin. Recruiting
officers jailed the men and they were
sent to Fort Sam Houston this morn
ing. CHICAGO AM' AITS PRESIDENT.
Democrats Arranging to Conduct
Auditorium Meeting Soon.
Chicago, Sept. 21. President Wil
son plans to make a campaign speech
here in October. Democratic head
quarters have announced that they
have virtually decided the President is
to speak in the Auditorium.
NATION'S BIGGEST
REVIEW ENACTED
El Paso, Sept 21. Twenty-six
thousand militiamen and regulars
formed in a column 20 miles long,
marched past the reviewing stand for
seven hours, making the greatest in
fnntry division review in American
history. General George Bell and
Major General Clement reviewed the
troops.
ALONE. HE BAGS 22 AEROS.
if boelkeT
Captain Boelke of the German aero
corps has brought down 22 allied aero
planes. He always coca up alone, act
ing as pilot and operating mounted
guns.
PRIMARY EXPERT
IS ON PROGRAM
Government Educational Bureau Rep
resentative Secured for Teachers'
Meeting Here.
Good fortune perches on the efforts
of the program committee of the
Eastern Oregon division of the State
Teachers' association. The officers of
the association, drafting the program
for the big convention to be held in
La Grande this fall, have successfully
negotiated with Florence Fox, of. the
department of education to be in La
Grande during the three days of the
convention. Not only will she be
heard by the teachers, but Mrs. A. K
Ivanhoe, secretary of the association,
announces that an evening will be set
aside for La Grande parents. Miss
Fox is a primary department teacher
and one who is widely recognized as
extremely expert and proficient. She
win be th North but a la
tively short time and the teachers of
Eastern Oregon are fortunate in that
they will hear her.
Car Shortage Investigation.
Portland, Sept. 20. Official in
vestigation of the car shortage situa
tion began today, before the public
oniriifi nnmivilceinri SVii nnoi'a -u caai-f
that the lumber business, in particu
lar is handicapped through lack of
cars. The hearing will probably Con
itinue several days.
Youth Dies in Harvest.
Moro, Or., Sept. 20, Geo. Wright
sen of Dell H. Wright, a farmer east
of Wasco in the Hay Canyon district,
was instantly killed this morning at
the Wolford Belshe farm in the Monk
land section.
He was mangled while placing the
drive belt onto the separator.
Bridge Company Men Here.
George C .Sears and John Whitlovc,
connected with the Coast Bridge com-
; pany of Portland, are transacting
u"J'
BOMB CASE IS NEAR END
Defendant Billings Rests Rebuttal and
Final Arguments Begin
San Francisco, Sept. 21. The Bill
ings prosecution has closed its re
buttal and Prosecutor Fickert began
his argument this afternoon. During
the rebuttal the state called several
witnesses to corroborate John Mc
Donald, who swore he saw Billings
leave a suitcase nt the corner of
Stewart and Market streets immedi
ately before the explosion killed nine.
WOMAN IS A LAZY HUSBAND
Tacoma Man Promises to Overlook
Shortcomings, Later on.
Tacoma, Sept. 21. Mrs. Lvdia
Munce has been arrested as a "lazy
husband." Her husband and a con
stable brought the woman home from
Seattle, where she went after desert
ing three small children three days
ago. The case against Mrs. Munce
was dismissed when her husband
agreed to receive her again.
DISTRESSED STEAMER IS SAFE.
Umatilla Reef Damage Proves to be
Slight
Seattle, Sept. 21. A wireless re
ceived this afternoon said the five-
masted schooner Inca was reported
distressed off Umatilla reef last
nieht, but reached the Strait of Juan
De Fuca in good condition. She is
proceeding to British Columbia.
CAR SHORTAGE
EFFEC1S HERE
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WHEAT MOVEMENT BEGINS AND
SITUATION MAY BECOME
ACUTE SOON.
BAKER MILLS CLAIMING
CRITICAL SITUATION
Big Mills of Union County Curtail
Output Slightly, But They Have
no Fear of a Shutdown on That Ac
count, as Is Reported to be True in
Baker County Just Now.
From one-third to one-fourth of the
total cars needed to handle lumber out
of La Grande this week are unobtain
able, it is found after a survey of lo
cal lumbering conditions. But, al
though the companies do not have a3
many cars as they would like, mill
men forsee no reason for closing down
their plants for that reason, as is
rumored to be imminent in Baker
county. The Grande Ronde Lumber
company mill at Perry is not running
to capacity, although that is due to a
shortage of labor in the timber, but
the planing mill is curtailed in its
output this week through lack of ship
ping facilities.
The Palmer Lumber company has
been using open cars instead of in
closed ones, and for that reason has
been unharmed to any appreciable ex
tent. iSmall mills are reported to be
feeling the lack of equipment,
At Baker it is rumored the milfs
are hard hit. Emissaries of the Ore
gon Lumber company and the W. H.
Eccles interests have gone to Port
land in person, and tho Baker White
Pine company has filed remonstrances
with proper officers against the short
age of shipping equipment. Newspa
pers at Baker declare the crisis to be
acute in some instances.
The Kiddle interests at Island City
have folt the shortage up to this time
in handling wheat and flour only mod
erately, tout a heavy movement of
wheat has begun and it is possible
that the situation may become acute
if no relief is offered. However, as
stated, there has been no cause for
serious complaint up to this time.
Railroad Defense Given
Portland, Sept. 21. At the car
shortage hearing today many South
ern Pacific agents submitted exhaus
tive statistics showing lack of engine
power, repairs and slow orders as
contributory causes to the car shortage.
Government Expert Profuse
In Praise of Water Supply
La Grande's water supply shed is
given unstinted and unqualified praise
by government experts'. Dr. John
Samuel Boggers of the government
health department was in La Grande
yesterday on a tour of inspection of
municipal water supplies of Eastern
Oregon. In company with Water Su
perintendent L. M. Hoyt he inspected
the intake dam and reservoir. "Hao
the most expert men modeled a sample
reservoir in clay and then hewed out
of the mountains the facsimile, they
could have done no better or as well V , "'""V" V vation, trame 'building to tamping ot
couia nave aone no Dv.ti.er, or as wen, Grant0 -while Captain C ark goes to fn,lntinn mivincr nf mnerptP nnur
as nature has done for you right I pendieton with a comoral for a week I ?oundaVn' mlxinK ot concrete, pour
here " exclaimed the cxnert after i S ! ! I C0JP0Tal or a ween. In(? an( BUrfaCirig are all carried on
viewing the reservoir. He cited the
fact that wind whipping the reservoir
supply docsn t touch the dam itself. !
The taste of vegetation which has,
prevailed m the water this fall he
pronounces unharmrul. He recom
mended that the reservoir be drained
and chips and debris, certain to fol
low the construction or a new reser
voir, cleaned out, and then, next year,
he predicted, La Grande will have a
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wonderful supply of water. The shed,
tho 1-nonMrni t nitrl thn I n rr ae h r tirn.
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nnnniu1 thn hnct ha hoH cita. sunn
had ever seen
Absence of polluting matter was com- j
menoeo, and ne declared tne newing
out of the deep forest of a reservoir
such as exists at Beaver creek was
admirably done. On his return from
the intake, Dr. Boggers was most
profuse in his praise of the whole
system, and expressed as a certainty
the opinion that the vegetation taste
prevalent nas no harmful effects and
will disappear when the reservoir is
rinsed this fall.
Albany College Opened.
Albany, Or., Sept. 21. Albany
college opened Monday with the
most flattering prospects in its his
tory. Registration in all depart
ments is above normal and the im-
Conscription
I RATIFY
SENATE VOTE
LOWER HOUSE PASSES COM
PULSORY MILITARY LAW
WITH GOOD MARGIN
SENATE'S ACTION WILL
BE SIMILAR IS BELIEF
At Later Date People Themselves, In
cluding Women, Will Vote to Ratify
Measures Now Pending Before Law
Making Bodies War Situation
Changed But Little Today.
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i c J i it . 1 doned in recourse to the eight-hour ln the way of immediate construction
London, Sept. 21. General Haig aw The course taken by the admin-lo,f tne overhead structure, and, fur
is reported that British advanced at . istration would lead to civil war, de-! thormore, the city's portion will be.
has
a point south or Ancre last night.
Germans countered strongly against
the New Zealanders, but were repuls
ed with heavy losses. Paris has re
ported that the French have captured
two trenches at Thiaumont. They
gained 100 yards at Vuux Chapitre
woods. They took 100 prisoners.
French Balkan forces have advanc
ed nearly three miles near the Mona
stir allies' left wing. Many prisoners
were taken.
The Bulgarians vigorously counter
ed the Serbians and entered Boresnica,
but later were ousted. Bloody street
lighting ensued.
Petrograd has announced that Rus
sians captured 700 Germans in tho
Korythinza and took positions east of
Pauthermt, where 400 prisoners and
six machine guns were taken.
- Australia Has Conscription. '
Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 21.
The Australian house of representa
tives has adopted conscription by a
vote of 47 to 12.
The House measure merely provides
and women's votes will probably decida
it is considered certain the Senate
will adopt a similar bill.
A national election on the proposi
tion will be held within a few weeks
and women's vote will probably decide
whether they want to send husbands
and sons to war, or not.
Berlin, Sept. 20. An official state
ment has indicated Teutons are per
fecting a new Roumanian invasion
from the Northern frontier. They
seized frontier heights on both sides
of Vaulcan Pass and defeated Rou
manians who recently drove 10 miles
into Transylvania.
The Dobrudja battle is deadlocked.
Grande attendance as the automobile
proved financial condition assures a being drafted vigorously. Yester
better record for tho coming year. I day along actual count revealed 72
A field secretary will be appointed
to look after the finances and new
students.
RECRUIT STATIONS SHIFTING.
Captain Will Take Detail to Pendle
ton for One Week.
This evening a recruiting office de-
tail of two men which spent six days
nn tVtA KnnsVi linn nt-iiwMC T n I n
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..Your citizon' c E Anderson, who
tw from Pattsburff yesterday,
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. the ced of preparedness declared
Captain Clark last evening after read
ing an interview with the La Grande
man who attended the big training
camp. "Such sentiments and motives
as expressed therein and such patriot
ism aB reflected by his action, reveals
ion. no iciidkcu uv ins 0V.1.1U11, icicaia
that not all ta neglccte dthe ques-
.
tI0n of national preparedness."
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SPILLWAY JOB
LET TO O'BRIEN
1 Ion the Btreet and died in the hospital
Bert O'Brien has been awarded the govern) hours later. His action is be
contract for lowering the spillway at lioved to have been due to an alleged
Beaver creek dam a distance of three estrangement from his wifo, over
feet to reduce the pressure against
the dam itself is reinforced with
ed and these will be used later when
thee dam itself is reinforced with
wood braces, in nn effort to circum
vent reconstruction.
Mr. O'Brien will start the project
as soon as possible.
Bill Passes
WHITE MURDERER
HANGED TO POLE
t
Olathe, Kansas, Sept. 21.
Fifty armed men stormed the
county jail last night and
broke down the iron doors,
fired at Sheriff Carroll and
otherwise created a riot to get
Bert Dudley, white, who mur
dered Henry Muller and wife.
Before the fire department
could disperse the mob by
turning hoso on them, they
had found their man. They
took him a quarter of a mile
to a railway and hanged him
to a pole.
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Ex-Governor Supports Prohibition.
Seattle, Sept. 20. Former Gover
nor Henry McBride and Republican
candidate for the state of Washington,
endorses the state's prohibition law
just as it stands.
Soys Wilson's Stand Blow to Labor.
Green Bay, Wis.; Sept. 20. In his
address here today Charles E. Hughes
flays the eight-hour railroad bill as
a surrender to force. He says that
a principle has been yielded and as
a friend of the workingman the action
was unpardonable. Mr. Hughes ad
vocates arbitration as the correct
principle and that such was aban-
clared the nominee.
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TRUE BILLS
ARE RETURNED
STATUTORY CRIME CHARGE AND
LIQUOR NUISANCE ACCUSA
TION DROPPED BY JURORS.
One of Two True Bills of Indictment
Has Not Been Made Public Others
Local News.
Two true bills 8, id two not true bills
of indictment were reported at noon
today by the grand jury called yes
terday morning. One of the true bills
has not been made public but the sec
ond was an indictment charging Will
iam Lovelace, a minor, with assault
with intent to commit a statutory
crime. He is already in custody.
The not true bills returned exone
rated William Hogg of a statutory
charge and Harry Baihs, James Han
son and C. K. White or a charge of
conducting a nuisance under the pro
hibition law.
The grand jury is still in session.
Round-Up Drawing Many.
Some indication of the number of
people who will support the Pendleton
Round-Up which began today, is seen
in the fact that 70 people went to
the show town on last night's train and
4( more left this morning. This does
not, of course, fully picture the La
machines crossing the Kamela pass.
Students Laying Cement.
lAs a part of the schooling they will
receive under Manual Training In
structor Mason, of the high school, a
group of boys this morning began
pouring cement into sidewalk frames
previously built by them, for the pur-
, poae of constructing cement walks in
the rear of the central school. Exca-
- . m
oy me pupus unacr Mr. mason s or
rection. As soon as the class perfects
itself somewhat in tho science, walks
will be built in front of the Central
building.
"Sprat" Montgomery Hurt
W. S. (Sprat) Montgomery was
quite severely injured this morning
while at work in the timber south of
town. His hand was squeezed by his
horse against a tree and the injury in
flicted was of such extent as to re
quire the services of a surgeon.
Bend Carpenter Commits Suicide.
Bend, Or., Sept. 21. O. H. Has
kette a carpenter who has lived here
I for the past year, shot himself in the
head with suicidal intent Tuesday
which he had brooded for some time.
Recently he had been drinking, but
an acnunintance who met him a hnlf
hour before the shooting, saw noth
inor out of the way with the man. A
sistor is living near Monroe, and his
mother is believed to live in Eucrene.
but her name is unknown here.
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DISPLACE OLD
MINOR DETAIL ALONE IS HOLD
i ING BACK CONSTRUCTION
! OF BIG BRIDGE.
CITY'S PORTION HAS
BEEN GREATLY CUT
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AP"roach to Viaduct Will Begin Near
Grandy Avenue on the South and
at X Avenue on the North Subway
System Abandoned As Impractical.
Quick Action Sure.
Construction of the Second street
su' way has been definitely abandoned
ana in its stead win be built a viaduct
to care for traffic on North Second
street. One minor detail alone stands
in the way of immediate construction
fully one-third less than if, the sub
way plans wore adopted. Just as
soon as Commissioner McKennon re
turns from Portland, final decision ,
will be reached, and, if agreeable to
u r Tir l i ..Tn . j
with the work post haste.
Alter years of negotiation the oro-
ject is about to come to a head. The
councilmanic form of covernmont
chose the subway and excavation was
begun and a drainaeo sewer laid. That
has been abandoned entirely as im
practicable. Then Commissioner Mc
Kennon held out for a change to Third
street instead ot Second, 'but other
commissioners persuaded him to
change his mind. Then, with Second
street alone left to deal with, " the
question of apportionment of expense
came up, and after a time the bridge,
witn tne city 10 maintain it. That
was modified so that tho company now
wants the city . to maintain the ap
proaches only and to care for damages,
to abutting property. It is under
stood that Commissioners McKennon
and Haworth want to obligate the city
to no maintenance cost, but it is also
understood that Manager Foley and
Commissioner Palmer realize the city
is making a good deal anyway and
arc willing to take the uporoach main
tenance. Tho matter of caring for
abutting property is now under con
sideration. In the last analysis, there
remains only for the commission to
reach an agreement with the railroad
company on tho maintenance of the
approaches.
The plans as drawn for the project
start a reasonable! inclino to reach the
crossing span, almost at Grandy ave
nue on Second street. The 'south ap
proach will be 440 feet long, the
crossing span will be 22 feet in the
clear and 150 feet long and the north
approach will be 375 feet, coming to
the street grade nt X avenue. The
span and approaches will.be 20 feet
insido with a wide sidewalk on one
side clear of the drive-way.
The North Second street crossing is
therefore nearer today a final solu
tion than at any time since 1911-1912,
when the subway was first broached.
Big Odds On
Gov. Hughes
New York, Sept. 21. Congressman
Frank Doremus of Michigan, who is
chairman of the Democratic congres
sional campaign committee, tele
graphed General Chairman McCor
mick today as follows:
"Alleged Wall Street betting odds
do not disturb me. A Wall Street
gambler three months ago was betting
Roosevelt would get the Republican
nomination."
National election wagering is in full
swing. Hughes' money is plentiful in
Wall Street and Wilson backers are
increasing. Over $50,000 were bet on
Hughes today at odds of two to one.
George Ball Bailiff.
George Ball, not H. C. Ball, is the
new grand jury bailiff. H. CBall
was yesterday announced as being the
new grand jury attache.
BEAR HUNTER IS SUCCESSFUL.
Government Predatory Animal Slayer
Bags One of Great Size.
Cove, Sept. 21. (Special.) 31ar-
unce Richards, hunter on the Minan,
has killed several bears lately, the last
and biggest kill being a bear weigh
ing (500 pounds.
The government has sent him two
thoroughbred bloodhounds for th
purpose of hunting bear, as the bears
have been killing stock on the govern
ment range.
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