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VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916.
NUMBER 99.
WIDE-SPREAD
CONSPIRACIES
UNDERTAKEN
UNCLE SAM'S OFFICIALS INDUS
TRIOUSLY SEEK TO PRE
VENT BALLOT FRAUD
MANY BIG CITIES IN
SEVERAL STATES INVOLVED
Colonization, False Registrations, Im
portations and Other Fraudulent
Acts Charged Hope to Uncover In
stigators Before the Coming Elec
tions. Washington, Oct. 13. (United
Press) The department of justice is
investigating charges of widespread
election fraud conspiracies at Cin
cinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit,
Indianapolis, Terra Haute, Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia, and in Colorado.
The department hopes to dispose of
the cases before election time.
Briberv. illeiral registrations and
colonization, and proposed illegal vot
ing are included in the charges.
The department, has learned that
conspirators planned to import voters.
Government officials are making
every effort to prosecute the con
templated frauds.
PERSONAL MENTION
City Commissioner S. R. Haworth
is a Pendleton visitor today.
Mrs. L. Hr Bramwell has gone to
Grants Pass to visit with friends and
relatives.
Ray Barkhurst, a prominent Port
land business man, was in La Grande
yesterday.
L. A. McAllister went to Walla
Wall today to attend the merch
ants' meeting.
Mrs. Hattie Ralston left this morn-1
injr for Portland where she will visit I
her daugnter uertrude Kaiston snei
ley. The fire department was called to
the North side last evening on a false
alarm chase. It is believed some mis
chievous boys pulled the box.
John E. Crymes, Sunday School
union field missionary, left last night
for Albany where he attends a con
ference of all Sunday School workers
in thnt section of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Burns, of
Brooklyn, and J. W. Simmons of Port
land, who have been in La Grande on
Modern Woodmen inspection, left to
day for Walla Walla to continue their
trip over the coast states.
Joe Kelley has returned from Wa
terloo, Iowa, where he visited his
mother and other relatives. Mr.
Kellev reports living fully as high
in the mitidlewest as it is out here,
but that Iowa is prosperous and her
towns growing.
Mr. Gilkison, of the Clover creek
district out from North Powder, came .
down last evening to hear National j
lecturer Burns, and returned home
today noon. He is clerk of the newly- j
established camp of Modern Wood-
men on Clover creek. .
Attorney J. H. Nicholds of Baker
and William Horton, also of Baker,
passed through La Grande by train
this morning en route to Mr. Nicholds'
lodge on the shores of Wallowa lake.
Dr. Patterson and Mr. Horton will
join them by auto later and partic
ipate in a hunt.
Hughes Is In Missouri.
St. Louis, Oct. 13. (United Press)
Mr. Hughes has invaded Democratic
Missouri with speeches at Springfield
and Joplin. He plans to discuss "What
1M Dn Tf PrpqiHnnt." psnwiitllv rp. !
garrfing submarine matters.
Willamette "Prexv" Installed.
Salem, Oct. 13. (United Press).
Dr. Carl Gregg Doney of Buckanno.
West Virginia, was inaugurated as
the seventeenth president of Willam
ette University todny. A distin
guished assemblage of educators wit
nessed it.
Jobs for Packers.
Further proof that no one need go
hungry in this vicinity if he will work
is seen in the fact that more applica
tions for fruit pickers and packers
come into the free employment bureuu
at the Y. M. C. A. than can be fi led.
FIRST PHOTO OP GERMAN RAIDER U -53 WHICH
The first photo of the Gorman U-boat 53, the first armed German submersible to reach the United States. The U-boat was photo
graphed in the harbor at Newport, R. I., where it bobbed up Saturday unexpected and unheralded. After staying long enough to deliver a
package of mail for the German embassy the U-boat shipped out of the harbor. A short time later, reports of attacks on allies' shipping
off the coast began to arrive, heralding what is thought to bo the beginning of the most destructive submarine campaign of the war.
Below the map shows where the U-53 and perhaps other German submarines are sinking merchant vessels off the American coast.
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MORE DEATHS JJZIltr AUTO CRASH
AT RAYflNNF ! KINSMAN
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Bayonnc, Oct. 13. (United Press)
The strike situation here is growing
constantly worse. Last night's riots
resulted in one killed nnd at least a
score hurt. New Jersey militiamen
back from the border helped dis
perse the crowds. Today the police
advanced into the Hook and Gridrion
districts and cowed the Standard Oil
strikers. Many have been arrested
for sniping.
A man's corpse was found tod.iy
with a bullet hole in his head making
the third death since righting began.
MISS BATES WINS GOLD MEDAL
High Honors Won by Elgin Contest
ant at M. E. Church. , -
Miss Anna Bates, competing
against seven other aspirants for the
honor, won the grand gold medal con
test at the Methodist church last even
ing. She will, because of her signal
honors, be eligible to compete in the
diamond medal contest at Pendleton
next week. The contestants, each and
all, made splendid showings and it
was difficult to pick a winner.
Hughes' Special at Seattle.
Seattle, Oct. 13. (United Press).
Scores of honking automobiles greeted
the Women's Hughes' special this of
ternoon. A band led the delegates
from the depot to the theater.
German-American Women's club
members greeted the delegates here.
Sign At Welcome Gate.
A handsome sign, welcoming
strangers to the Y. M. C. A. for baths,
plunges and recreation, has been hung
up on the welcome arch at the depot
by Secretary King. The frame is
neat, large and catchy, and will be
a guiding hand to Y. M. C. A. pat
ronizers. Trial Nearing the End.
The case of Morgan vs. Johns went
to the jury this afternoon nnd court
will next take up the litigation of
Caster and Forsstrom vs. J. E. Hall.
The Grover alias HaiJand sentence
was postponed this morning until to
morrow at 9 a. m. when Judge
Knowles will pronounce the punish
ment for conviction of polygamy.
MELVILLE BID
LOWEST BY $14
J. Melville's bid on the city heating
plant job was found to be $14.00 low
er than others, by a committee ap
pointed by the City Commission, and
yesterday evening closed up a deal
with the low bidders. As soon as the
bonds are properly executed the work
of building the heating plant will be-
gin.
Mr.
Melville's bid was ?2,3S3.00.
Public Docks Engineer Here.
G. B. Hegnrdt, engineer of and sec
retary for the Commission of Pub
lic docks at Portland, and G. L. Hurd
of O. A. C, are at the Foley to re
main over tomorrow and will be glad
to discuss bulk handling of wheat
with anyone interested.
U. S. Ship Halts English Vessel.
New York, Oct. 13. (Special)
The American destroyer Sterret over
hauled the British steamship City of
Madras off the Ambi-ose channel light
ship and brought the vessel back to
Staten Island la:;t night after it ha 1
ignored the war vessel's signal to stop
when leaving quarantine.
It was said at qua'f.ntine late lat
night that the City of Madras would
be permitted to sail today. She wa:i
forced to turn back because she failed
to obev the destroyer's orders.
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A tlantic Coast Baked For
Possible
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U-53 LINGERS NEAR
Newport, Oct. 13. (United
Press The radio station here
has received a report that an
unidentified steamer sighted the
4 German submarine U-53, which
I is supposed ta have created so
much havoc to shipping, off
4 Nantucket shoals at 7 this
4 morning.
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Washino-ton .Oct. 13. (United
Press) Secretary of the Navy Dan-
lels has announced that an American
DR. WIRT AT
THE "Y SUNDAY
The first meeting for men to be held
this year at the Y. M. C. A. will bo
next Sunday. A very interesting and
profitable program has been arranged.
The meeting will be in charge of the
Religious Work committee and will
represent the start of their efforts for
the coming year. It is the intention
of the committee to only hold meet
ings when it is possible to get a
speaker of the same renown as the
sneaker for next Sunday. The com
mittee expects to conduct its Gospel
Team work to some extent as was
done last year.
The speaker for Sunday, Dr. Lincoln
Wirt, of Boston, Mass., is without a
doubt one of the greatest speakers
on the lecture platform today. He is
without a peer, many of the critics
say, and the fact that he has consent
ed to speak at the Y. M. C. A. without
charge, makes this opportunity one
that the men of La Grande cannot af
ford to miss. Dr. Wirt was permitted,
to pass freely through the jealously
guarded military zones, receiving
many courtesies from both civil and
military authorities in five of the
countries at war. He spent three
years in the Arctic region and has de
livered his lecture on The Conquest of
the Arctic over a 1000 times.
C. P. Ferrin will be the soloist of
tho meeting and an effort is being
made to have the Y. M. C. A. choral
society give a number.
FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH
Only Occasion of Its Kind This Year
Occurs This Date.
If things went wrong today, and the
iinx Was nersistent. blame it to the
I fact that this is Friday the 13th of
'October. Upon no other occasion this
year does Friday fall on a 13th day.
UPSET COMMERCE AND
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WEST DOIMT
TOQPEDOEO
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STAPH. NO
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U -Boat Stations
destroyer flotilla is scouring the At
lantic coast, hunting suspected naval
bases said to be maintained by bellig
erent nations.
Admiral Mayo, commanding the
Atlantic fleet, ordered tho destroyers
from Newport yesterday to search the
coast north to East Port, Maine, near
the Canadian border. Mr. Daniels
said: "There is no reason to believe
any belligerent is maintaining a base
. on this shore. During last year when-
j. ' ever sucn a Dase was suspeciea we ai
T.wavs ordered destroyers to hunt it.'
Officials believe Canadian, Ameri-
j can and Spanish shipmasters may be
i sunnlvini? helHcrprent vessels At. spn.
! It is reported the justice and treasury
department agents are co-operating
i in me neuron
WINDOW-BREAKING
WAR MUST STOP
An epidemic of window-breaking,
fire-alarm pulling and box glass
breaking, and other depredations to
private and city property has been go
ing on for some time within the city
nnd authorities are taking stringent
means to stop it. A handsome reward
ha3 been posted today by City Mana
ger Foley in an effort to overcome the
campaign. Boys with bean shooters
are said to be largely responsible.
War Bulletins
Berlin. Oct. 13. (United Press)
Vienna dispatches said the Italian Is-
onzo drive has failed. Austrians
blocked repeated assaults. Cadorna
has wasted his ammunition and failed
to make gains. British and Serbian
Macedonian attacks were defeated.
Petrograd, Oct. 13. (United Press)
It is admitted Germans have tem
porarily occupied a Russian trench
southwest of Bubnor. Russian coun
ter's were successful. The Dobrudja
situation is unchnnged. ,
Paris. France. Oct. 13. (United'
presslTi,itish aeroplanes raided the
Mauser works at Ollendorff and
dropped five tons of projectiles. There
is violent artillerying on both sides of
the Somme.
German Prisoners Taken.
London, Oct. 13. (United Press)
j bp'tween' Ouedecourt ai.d I-osbouefs
north of the Somme and captured ISO
prisoners. They repulsed Oerman at
tacks north of the Stuff redoubt.
Fourteen British raiding parties en
tered trenches nt Yprcs nnd Armen
tieres and inflicted causualties. They
returned with prisoners.
MAP OP HER COURSE
Salem, Oct. 13. (United Press).
Mrs. C. M. Matlock of Salem, was in
stantly killed while riding in an au
tomobile driven by Mrs. L. E. Weeks.
They collided with a machine driven
by Christian Aim of Silverton, in a
dense fog on the Silverton road. Mrs.
A. M. Matlock and daughter Eilen,
aged two, of Dallas, sustained cuts
and bruises,
Josephine Matlock witnessed
her j
mother is death.
Mrs. May Ivie of Salem, and other
occupants of the wrecked machine
were unhurt.
HURT
'
'Accident
MRS. JUDSON IS BADLY
Exact Details of Portland
Haven't Reached City
Except that Mrs. Victoria Judson,
mother of Dr. Dora Underwood, was
run over oy a Portland auto driver
yesterday noon on a Portland street.
no definite word has reached here of
the extent of the injuries. Mrs. Un
derwood left last evening for Portland
not knowing when she went how bad
her mother was hurt. The automobile!
passed completely over Mrs. Judson,
who was visiting her brother, Kooert
E. Menefce of Portland, according to
information received hero.
Mr. Pomeroy Out Again.
With his head eiy carefully band
aged up, Milton Pomeroy, who was
struck by an automobile recently, is
so far improved that he can leave the
hospital.
OFFICERS
W. C. T. U. ELECTS
Mrs.
Thornton Re-Elccted County
President of the Union.
Mrs. Para Thornton of I,n Grande
,.l,.twl KO i.lol tho ITninn
( w r t i! L.et at . fho
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conclusion of the county convention
Other officers chosen include:
Mrs. S. D. Wcatherspoon, Elgin,
vice president; Mrs. Alice McMillan,
Union, recording secretary; Mrs. I..
E. White, La Grande, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Belle M. Wright,
Union, treasurer.
Considerable routine business came
before the meeting.
FIRST AID NOW
WITH FIRE TRUCK
A very complete kit of first-aid mu -
, '11 I
.r.Zt f. ' i V
iXs and cuts as been .received
: L ' S ' , n,X
,.? ,u Amn,, frr.ci int
Th(, ka wiu ,)6 carrod on the fire
I tnlck ao lhllt if any one is hurt at u
( irc fil.st aiu will always be available.
The department has received three
copies of Red Cross instruction books,
which the members will study and be
conversant with first-aid details.
Red Containers Required.
Housewives frequently forget that
rpfl containers or labeled bottles are
requ"' "V law tor nandiing gaso
line. Grocers nnd others who handle
gasoline, not ns a regular line but oc
casionally as accommodation to their
patrons, must use red containers or
be subjected to heavy fines. Con
sequently if customers will send the
required sort of container, trouble will j
be avoided. j
Underwood Funeral Postponed.
Because a son couldn't reach here
from the east in time for the funeral
to be held today, tho body of the Inte
N, .T. Underwood will not be buried
until tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock. The
son is on the way to La Grande.
HOIS
SPEECH HEARD
PROGRESSIVE SOLON IS SUR
ROUNDED BY UNION COUNTY
MEN ONCE BULL MOOSERS.
BURNING ISSUES OF THE
CAMPAIGN HANDLED WELL
Mexican Policy, Broken Pledges, For- (
eign Policy, and their Issues Bis
cussed by Nebraska Progressive Be
fore Biggest Audience of Its Kind
in Years.
Before the biggest i.udience that
has been out to a political speech in
La Grande since tho days of Colonel
Roosevelt and Bob La Follette's ap
pearance here, United States Senator
George W. Noras, Nebraska Progros
sivo, l?.ot night supported ex-Justice
J0hnrles Evans Hughes for President
concise line of argument and
statements. The setting of the speech
was distinctly an amalgamation of
old-time Progressive leaders of tins
county with Republican generals. Mr.
Norris was introduced by A. S.
Geddes, one of tho foremost progres
sive workers this county has; R. J.
Green, who liko Mr. Geddes once was
Progressive committse chairman,
Hugh McCall, Progressive state com-
imiueman, uruco uenms, watiaco
Trill, Progressive leader of . Wallowa
county and other well known Bull
Moose who bolted Republican ranks
during the grand snlituu in 1913.
j either sat on tho platform with the
i speakor or were interested listeners'
from the. audience..
Mr. Nornis Md to tfke an early
train out-"and therefore wbefcan his
npeccn early and quit early, tie
found time, however, to touch upon
several of the important issues of the
campaign.
The Democratic secret Senatorial
and House caucus was bitterly flayed
by the speaker. Ho said: "The caucus
is the greatest known instrumentality
for party control and the Democrats
have employed it mo3t vigorously. In
secret, without record, the members
are bound hand and foot, lit is min
ority rule. Twenty-nine men and
sometimes fifteen control the liberty
and happiness of one hundred million
people.
Broken pledges occupied a consid
erable portion of the speech. "The
Democrats violated all their pledges
save one the enactment of the Un
derwood tariff the country suffered
1 because they didn't violate that. They
' violated the pledge to let the Inter
state commerce commission regulate
the sale of stocks and bonds by the
railroads one of the greatest evils in
railroading today. They violated
their trust pledges: they violated
'eir pieoge m gei
their pledge to get rid of useless of-
! "ccs and, instead, create new ones
A fillnrl tl,nm ,i(
and filled them with 'Deserving Dem
ocrats' as Bryan would s;.y, without
attention to civil service rules; there
are more offices now than any time in
25 yews; they violated canal toil
pledges; they violated the two-term
pledge; they violated, every day, their,
pledge to protect American citizens)
abroad.
Mexican Policy Attacked.
"As for the Mexican policy, it hai
been one entirely of letter writing.
Every bandit in Mexico has no respect
for Americans, and kills Americans
without fear and Carranza's men
have killed mote than any of them.
Women were outraged and men slnin
and absolutely not a Mexican pun
ished. They killed our soldiers hut
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fVIUIIIIi: 11 WUIIiJ I'lV.tilU UL1 VLU (
I -arranza s command, not to send them
rr,e but ""'j- 1'am.l'ts are .'
P."1 ,at ,aW a,u . l.he ""'! '.ve exPed"
ilron.niis accompnsncd Homing.
The guard on the border is being
changed in n way no nitny critic has
dreamed of. New men are sent down
to relieve those who have become
somewhnt accustomed and efficient,
and the only gain is that profited by
the railroads for raw guardsmen only
nre allowed on the border. When
the troops become acclimated ant
lr.n-n snmoiliinnr nbout their duties
they are sent homo. This fiasco on
the border will cost $100,000,000 and
tio good accomplisheci Villa nncaught
and bandits unpunished.
Underwood Tariff Raked.
"Had Democrats violated their
pledge for a Democratic
tariff how
much better it would have been! Dur
ing the tirst ten months of that tariff
we lionc-ht abroad, instead of at home,
$101,000,000 wo:h of goods and our
exports decreased Sl.Vi.OOO.OOO which
means a loss to trade and commerco
of S'HiO .000.000. When the Under
wood tariff had run 10 months, milltt
were idle, a half -i..iion people were
jobless but then the war broke out,
(Continued on Page Four)
BY BIG CROVD