La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 12, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1917. PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THE OBSERVER ! hite, may have been a true and bona . fide defense. But no true man would have used it, nor forced his wife to! tell her story as she did upon the wit- j neiis stand. Harry Thaw should have ; fir r-iii ami nni ' An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La 1 , his penalty like a gentleman. I Medical testimony connected withi rt and to Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER rt cent events has strengthened the PUBLISHING CO. theory and proved beyond any ques- I tion of a doubt that Thaw is un- J. D. MEYERS, President, H. B. hJanced uml a dangerous man. He LEITER, Vice President, CLAKKb should be adjudged insane again, if w I'TTt'D O..V.i;al.i i i : LEITER, Editor and Publisher. So the Point Entered at the Grande, Oregon, matter. Pontoffice at La as second class . T1ithe birds in the morning and is taken Address all communications to THE : ,own wjth C3re at niKht adding OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. 1 10 tne regulations made and prescribed 7. - . . 77 77". 7 . , ' bv the army. That is right. The U J (1 1 III VlilCl UIMCJi VI V(,V1I News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Member Press Associations. United SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 5c Paily, per week 15c Daily, per month 65c Daly, per six months in advance $3.50 Daily, per year in advance . . . $7.00 By Mail Daily, by mail per year, in ad' vance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.50 j The Observer carrier boys are in - structcd to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do . this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phene the Observer, as this is the rnly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in-j atruction. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 o clock ana a paper will be seit you i by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. Advertising rates on application. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917 HARY THAW. No one should feel anything but n-mpathy and sadness for Hurry Tbxw. He knows not what he does. Back of the Thaw tragedy goes thousands of years for heredity. In the Thaw family and Gins of the fath ers are being visitd upon the sons and the mother. Now, there is no doubt in the world that Thaw is a paranoic, an abnormal tjpe of man. How much responsi bility to place upon him is a question. Little we think. If he had been anyone's son but a millionaire's he might have lived an obscure life, worked hard, lived n fair ly docent life, and never have attrac ted much notoriety. Thaw ha sa fair amount of brains, mixed in with a certain amount of shrewdness. Thaw's misfortune was to be born f kh, to grow up surrounded by arti ficiality, to get things without work or giving value received. He lived a life of ease, and dissipation unsettled what brains he was bom with. Then came his marriage, the rcHult of in fatuation and the murder of Stanford ' White. Thaw's defense, that his mind was inflamed against White, by the story told him by his wife that she had been wronged in her early career by The La Grande National Bank Issues Booklet "BANKING MADE PLAIN" tdiK-ating the public in a practical knowledge of the simple methods ef banking is a mission to which enterprising bnnl-.B all ver th country are more ami more devoting themselvt, and as a means of service to tho commuity, one of the Intent booklets along this line entitled "Blinking Made Plain" is now being distributed by the Ui Grande National Bank The lnKiklet is noteworthy because of condensing into a small space a really remarkable amount of practical information, concisely yet readably stated, and typographically attractive. The forepart i f this booklet gives in a concise manner the pre liminary requirements of banking in relation to deposits, clucks, and accounts. There are fifteen sub-heads under the heading "Accounts", thirty sub heads under the heading of "('hecks", fiftein wib-hends under the heading of "Deposits" and other main headings followed by various sub-titles are "Identification", "Overdrafts", "Banking by Mail" and how a "Clearing House" operates. A few of the Sub-heads will serve to indicate the nature and scope of the booklet, as follows: "How to Open an Account'", "Forms f Accounts which can be Opened", "How to Balance Your Account", "liunk Stn'.ement", "De posits for Collection", Deposits by Mail", 'Deposits of Husband and Wife'', "Death of Depositor", etc. We find more good information under ''Onecks" such as "How to Draw n Chock", "Altered Chock", "IxBt Check", "Undated". "Post Dated", "To Stop Payment", etc. The latter part of the booklet deals with what every borrower should know and gives a similar wealth of information and in cludes brief and adequate treatment of such subjects as "Notes", "Collntc-rr.l", "Discounts", "Note Made by Minor", "Note Made by Married Woman", "Negotiability" ond many others. Under the head of 'Draft.-!" and "Pills of Exchange" are "Accept ance", "Acceptance for Honor", "Due Date' "Joint Drawee", "Notice", etc. . - -SH Then follows "Indorsements", civine an explanation of many kinds and linbilitv of 'ndorsers. following jects of "Protest", "Collections ', ful "Bunk Don'tn". Any one who wishes a copy need will be distributed free. U recovers, HHU JtUfk ill tuiumcmcjiu THE CITY'S FLAG. I The city's new flap; now rises wilh flag cannot be treated with too much reverence and respect, and the city should set a good example in patrio tism to its citizens, as well as in economy and thrift, in progressive ness and enterprise. LLOYD GEORGE. i Lloyd George stands right up in r'.fiptincp nnH tpllc whut hp thinks I straight from the shoulder. We ad-1 mire a man who is a doer,-a thinker land a iignier. li meres anyming worth having it's worth fighting for. 'And if you start in fighting, don't for- .get that the other fellow is likely to strike a few blows, too. ' WHEAT. j If we had a few bushels of 31.50 ,Vhcat,.we wouldn't know what to do. j One minute we'd want to sell, and the ( other hold on. We guess every time v e went to town though to buy a few things for "mother'' we'd cash in and Ml a few bushels just to jingle the .money in our jeans. WORK. I These blight sunny I make us all feel like I singing at our work. day.-- should working and TODAY. Tomorrow never conies, some of the things we a talking about today. Let's dojj" e always i TF 1 Trianp-lfi Basketball League Organized l The intermediate class of the Y. M. C. A. organized the Triangle basket ball league yesterday afternoon. Th league will be composed of three teams: The Washingtons, Lloyd Chandler, captain; the Oregons, El wood Lyman, captain; and the O. A. C.'s, Howard Stoddard, captatin. The teams are very evenly matched and j many interesting contests are prom-1 iscd. Besides Chandler the Washing. . x ...III V. A 1 r. C r-V. 1 - I u II itrum mil uv i;uniJuni.-u ui Vfiiui icj Ash, Howard Ball, "Bud" Thcisen. Theodore Heinderich and Fred Ki vc tte. The Oregons will have Lyman, Park Taylor, Harry Proctor, Claude Haisten, and Thomas Hill. The O. A C.'s will have Stoddard, Audmei Playlo, Theodore George, Reed Taylor and Kenneth Keoney. British fruitier Sunk. Constantinople, Jan. 12. (United Press) It is announced that a Brit ish cruiser was sunk. thin ud with the important sub "Ixst Taper'', and some very use only apply at the bank where they And We have enormous stocks' of Fall and Winter Merchandise left. Our entire stock is first quality, newest styles, and always the lowest prices. We could hold this mer chandise over until next year and sell same at higher prices as all lines are advancing rapidly. But we are merchants not speculators and would rather give you the bene fit of this merchandise now so we have reduced the prices to induce you to clean these stocks up in a hurry. Our profit comes in the new friends we make the good will we create in serving your interests first. "ft lab Reduced i ; !Germans RePulse TWO British Att3CkS ' Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 12 (Unit- . ed Press) Germans repulsed two British attacks at North Ancre early' this morning. A strong German coun ter north of Beaufort ousted the Brit ish from the Teuton trenches. Fifty prisoners and two machine guns were taken. Statement said that minor m- Ifantryine was proceeding near Beau mont. Germans raided trendies at Combres Heights, capturing sixteen j Frenchmen. .1 Austria Sends a Note. Amsterdam, Jan. 12. (United Press) Austria addressed a note to all neutrals following the same gen eral terms of the German note sent yesterday. Greece Must Answer Allies. London, Jan. 12. (United PresB) It is authoritatively reported that the Allies demanded Greece make more definite answer to their ultimatum. They cabled the demand to Athens. Acquiescence is necessary before the Allies' blockade is raised. The Greek reply failed to specify when Venizelist prisoners would be released. Grain Handling in Bulk Is Considered Very Favorably State and Nation al Rural Credits Laws Discussed. Lyceum Course to Be Given This Year ElliMn-White Lyceum Bureau Will Supply Y. M. C. A.-High School Course Russell Conwell, Hampton Courts, Robert Rauman and Qthers Booked. The Y. M. C. A.-High School lyceum course for the year 1917-1918 will be furnished this year by the Ellison Vv lute Lyceum Bureau. This is the same company which supplies the at tractions for the successful 1m Grande Chautauqua. The numbers selected aie: Mr. Russell Conwell with his famous lecture "Aires of Diamonds"; The Hampton Courts, a highly sue cssful musical attraction; Robert Tamil, lecturer; The Berkely Sextette, a troupe of young women; and the committee will have their choice to se lect a number from the following three musicals, Tho Russian Trio, The Ve netians and the Musical Artists. The i curse tickets will be sold at a very low cost. The purpose of the com i 'ittee is to give Ii Grande people a course at n low cost and sell as many as possible. The numbers will be given at the High School building. The last number of the l!Uti-1917 , ccurse will be held on Thursday even ing, January 18. wilh Judge W. W. Cotton, of Portland, as the lecturer. His lecture will be on his travel? through Egypt. Anti-Liquor Ad Bill Passed. Wahinrton. D. C, Jan. 12. Unit Press) The Bankhead anti-liquor ad- THIS SALE This Advertisement Prices Throughout the Entire Store vertising bill, forbidding use of the j mails to newspapers or other publica- t tirtnc pnntniTiinff ltnunr nrlvnrtisino. in- ta st8tes wnse laws forbid such ad- vertising, was passed by the senate late today. j . Bartholomew In Pen. Salem, Jan. 12. -(United Press) Edward : Bartholomew arrived at the penitentiary and began serving his life term for the murder of John Lind, in the "Green trunk" mystery. LaGrandeConvention Attracting Notice In a letter to Fred Kiddle, Frank one t0 brinK the club membership Standish, livestock commission man from 240 to 350. Toastmaster Hoyt of Kansas City, says that he may that the La Grande men had al come to La Grande for the Cattle and ways been considered "live" and that Horse Raisers' convention, April 24 he wanted u,e state officials to realize and 25. ! "iWhat will this meeting amount (to? Mr. -Standish asks. "Will there ; be a good many cow men present? 1 do not know for sure," he continues, but adds that he would like to come if he thought there would be a chance for him to do any business here. .' . MCl X I j n J PS. OtantielQ nOllO ff QAn'o PflCltinn Ul OUII O rUolUUIl Attends Opening Session of Legisla ture and Sees Robert Made Speaker of House. Salem, Or., Jan. 12. -(Speoial ) "I am proud to be here and see Robeit made speaker of the house," said Mrs. R. N. Stanfield, of Stnnfield, Umatiiia county. Mrs. StanfieH spent much of the day in a chair besido her son's desk in the house and was an inter ested spectator of the work of getting the twenty-ninth assembly under way. Mrs. Stanfield is just old enough to have a motherly air, but at that she doesn't look old enough to be the mother of the speaker, as many re marked who saw her. Mrs. Stanfield recalled the time when her husband died, and she leased the farm to her son the Stanfields have a fair sized farm in Umatilla county, and had olways raised stock. "Robert made good, and I leased tho place to him again, and he has con tinued to make good as a stockman. And I feel sure he will make good as speaker of the house." House Will Stand by National Militia Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. (Unit ed Press) The house military affairs committee will stand pat on the na tional defense act passed last June re gardless of ony senate action. The chairman made this announcement fol lowing the committee's decision to hold no further hearings lest the mili tia be further criticised. STORTMEVS BANQUET (Continued From Page One) crows, fo hat, Hill's Department Store; T. L. Fisher, third, f9 magpies and 10(i crows, 20-pound Mt. Emily ham, Grande Ronde Meat Company; Nate Zwiefel, fourth, 131 magpies and 15 crows, 10 pounds of Chase & San born coffee, J. G. Snodgrass Grocery; Ben Beusing, fifth, 95 magpies and 20 crows, $5 pair of automobile gloves; women's prize, Mrs. Walt Zwiefel, 42 magpies, $2.50 box of candy, presented by George Y'oung Confectionery; rpe cial prize for destruction of English sparrows C. Becker, 24 sparrows, $5 cash, Pat Foley. The total number of magpies, crows and English sparrows destroyed in the competition and re ported to the club's secretary, Al An drews, was 1053. I The president urged the members i to ronsider themselves a. committee of that the eluh was o-rowinp. The nresi- j .j tw .the nffinora W1 : nmd fisi, a,,r,nir and a Won- ! DfeffeP opain this cominir fall. j Clark -.j. was caIled upon for a speech and told the club banqueters , that the impressjon among a number I of taxpayers of the state was that the state fish and game commission was 'expending money from funds other -than, the funds contributed directly by j the sportsmen of the state and the commercial fishermen. Mr. Leiter nointed to the fact that the commis- sion receives no money from taxation. "The sportsmen provide the money that is spent by the state fish and game commission," said Mr. Leiter, "and the sportsmen should have the 'say' as to how the money is spent. It is no one else's affair." Among those seated around the t ibles were: Dr. Ray Murphy, A. C. Hampton, E. F. Andrews, Roy A. Creek, J. V. Mc Culough, Lexington, III.; L. McCul lough, A. V. Andrews, R. Zweifel, Al. Daniel, D. Taylor, C. D. Emahiser, F. L. Lilly, Geo. Noble, Goose Allstott, Frank Culton, Clarke Leiter, B. W. Hughes, Geo. Young, E. L. Windom, F. G. Henning, R. M. Baker, D. J. Kimme'l, J. G. Kimmell. J. A. Mc Carthy, S. D. Crowe, L. M. Hoyt, Pat Foley, Chase Bohnenkamp, A. W. Nel son, Ray A. Cook, Oscar Berger, J. G. Holm. J. 11. Keiney, Frank Bay, W. A. Zweifel, T. L. Fishor, Nate Zweifel, Chas. Murchison, G. C. Hopkins, Harry G. Becker, Ed. Meyersick, Clarence Becker, Benj. Buesing, Clarence Car ter, Lawrence Dinneen. BARTLETT PLANS POLAR TRIP (Continued From Page One) 1 urposes from the base of operations, always the ship and might prove in valuable in returning to civilization should the expedition meet with dis aster. How the natural forces operate at the Pole; whether the perpetually moving icefloes of the Arctic sea,, CUM1 1 n fl inntinllnlli! Kllln nlinni U swirl in a continuous circle about the Pole; whether their movement is di rected by a constant east wind so frequently noted in former expedi tions or whether by ocean currents, just what atmospheric conditions pevail these are some of the ques tions we hope to be nhlo to onswer Lefore tho trip is concluded. A careful study of the fauna life 4 4- 4- 4 op the ocean-floor of the Arctic, with comparisons with the animalculae ex istence of other waters, will also form a part of the research work. Charting of new lands if such exist and soundings of the Arctic ocean in various 'latitudes are further objec tives. Admiral Peary, making deep soundings at the Pole, probed for 9, C00 feet nearly two miles without finding a bottom. Our ship,- which we hope soon to have under construction, will be built of toughest live-oak, with special con structive features to resist the terri fic impact with icefloes naturally to be expected on such a trip. It will be small, to permit of quick moving, which is often imperative to escape being caught; and crushed like an egg shell, .between rapidly approaching ice fields.i-ftlf caught in such a cul-de-sac, the only recourse is blasting' out a "berth" with dynamite, or abandoning the vessel to her fate. The ability to sense danger from f.pproaching ice, and to act swiftiy and decisively.Xis one of the most i.ecessary requirements of arctic ex plorers. The ship -will carry a most com ple'te' Equipment of scientific instru-ments-many' probably supplied by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Tinned foods of all kinds, tea, cof fee and chocolate, will be carried to provide a varied diet for the long period in which we shall be distinctly out of the pale of the" menu card and the warm bath. Our principal food, however, will consist of seal, walrus and, polar-bear steaks. We can, at some convenient place in the arctic, kill several thousand of these and pile them on the ice, covered with snow, as our. food reserve. They will keep, of course, indefinitely. The average winter temperature we will encounter will be 35 or 40 de grees below zero, this slightly moder ating in the brief summer. Starting out from some port on the I Pacific, probably Seattle, in July, we will pass through Bering Strait and proceed north around Alaska. Ar riving at some point off the Ameri can coast in September, we will "set" the ship in the rapidly forming icefields, and resign ourselves to a continuous drift with the ice, where evtr it may lead us. We expect to come out at some oint between Spitsenbergen and Greenland. In thus drifting with the ice. we will be able to note its trend and just what forces are operating in its directions. Whether it is moved principally by the water currents be neath, or is driven by a constant smd, is yet to be determined. Num bers of important scientific theories may be cither blasted or substantiated through these observations. Frequent, hourly if possible, sound ings will be taken of the sea bottom and specimens of the fauna from the sea-floor collected. The theory that at some former age, the earth's equa tor was located at. what is Vole and fnanpM jts t .. . to.r, by "flin-flon" of the earth. i e somewhat cleared up by a study of dead fauna life of the Arctic ocean, if -"ly or.n be obtained. The expedition will include some dis Mnrruished metrologist. in order that :m intensive study of tho ntmosnheric ';iws obtaining at the Pole, may be p-tde in the interests of science, and navigation.