La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 17, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLET EVERYONE BOOST FOR THE BIG CATTLE AND HORSE RAISERS' CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN LA GRANDE, APRIL 24 AND 25. (Sratw AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917. GERMAN RAIDER SINKS BRITISH SHIPS BILLS DRAWN TO PROTECT ran REPRESENTATIVE T1CH EN O R WANTS LAW FORBIDDING PUBLISHING RECORDS. HOUSE VOTES TO POSTPONE LEWIS' MARRIAGE BILL .Anderson Presents Measure Designed to Help Out Small Local Loan Con cerns Senate Votes $2.0flU as Ex penses of Legislative beaslon Pro test Against 45 Year Cml Service Limit. Salem, Ore., Jan. 17. (United tress I Representative Uchenor in troduced a bill for the protection of ex-convicts. It prohibits publishing a convict's record either orally or in writing. It forbids making statements designed to prevent an ex-convict horn obtaining employment or for the pur pose of extorting money from tiwn:. The penalty is one hundred dollars or six months imprisonment. The house indefintely postponed the Lewis bill prohibiting whites from marrying negroes, Chinese and Ka nakas. It adopted a concurrent rosolu'.ion directing the wavnn jnpars commit tee to" presen'." , . ...Matioi bills within thirty days. Anderson presence! a nnuiuru aim- .pllfying .the present at if-vland loan, law in the interests of small strictly local concerns. It dedaied the bill intends to promote the organization and growth of such instituti n.s. The senate passed tho h'nio bili ap propriating $25,000 to pay the legis lative session expenses. It pnssed Representative Stjtt's house joint memorial, petitioning' President Wilson to use his office to crete national sentiment against 45 year age limit in the civil service, Nation Mourns the Death of Admiral Dewey Washington, Jan. 17. (Special) Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay, and president of the general board of the navy, died at his home here mst nigni, alter a week's illness, at the age of 79. His death was due to arteriosclerosis, according to his nhvsieian. Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewey, his wife, who was constantly with him a i mi ........ uuuuKiiout nis onei mness, was at his bedside when he died. Drs. L. Sheldon and A. M. Fauntleroy, who attended Admiral Dewey, also were with him, and Lieutenant L. E. Bretton, the admiralfe aide, was on duty when the end came. The doctors delayed the announcement of (he admiral's death some 15 minutes. He died at 5:56 p. m. The admiral's wife, who has been at his bedside almost constantly since his illness became serious, is said to be near collapse as a result of her long vigil. Citizens of La Grande Pay Tributes to Great Admiral. Admiral Dewey'e death called forth ma:iy exp.-osdo"B of roe-rn. from La Grande people, peopl j who did not know the famous sea fighter person- iiy du wno ion they knew mm bocnuso he wea a fort-most American. Judge J. W. Knowl i said: "Admiral Dowey vas a conDDicuous fimirc in American life. I think it will be concede.! that he vac one of our crentest admirals " City Superintendent of School linden MeCullourh said: "I foel that his work and ability arc the highest of all naval officers of our time. His work can be favorably compared wiih that of Nelson." C. H. Finn said: "Admiral Dewey was a wonderful man. He ran ha compared favorably with John Paul Jones, Nelson and Farragut. I turner Oliver paid the following eulogy to the dead Admiral: "Admiral ! uvwuy ui manna Bay snowort himself to be one of the greatest admirals that America has ever known. He will take his place in historv mnono- .h world's greatest men." FUNERAL OF OR. A. E.EAT0NT0 BE ILDTOMM REMAINS OF WEALTHY UNION PIONEER WILL BE INTERRED IN UNION CEMETERY. WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS PHILANTHROPY in 1911 Eaton Hall at Willamette University Was Built by Use of His $50,000 Donation Methodist Church Also Assisted Mr. Eaton Owned the Union Woolen Mills and Estate Is Valuable. TWENTY STEAMERS DESTROYED AND 400 LIVES REPORTED LOST Reports From Pernambuco and Rio Jamero Tell of the Destruction Wrought by Mysterious Com merce Destroyer. PAINTED BLACK AND CARRYING CANNON AND TORPEDO TUBES SHE PREYS ON SHIPPING The funeral of Dr. A. E. (Abe) Eaton, wealthy Union pioneer, who died in Portland Monday, will le hell AS COUNSEL TO PROBE NOTE LEAK do Witnesses Heard Today House Committee Asks For Appropriation and Permission to Employ Counsel and to Extend Inquiry One Month. :Elk", will put his trained "weenies" ; through a series of stunts. I A clever bunch of girls who will ap ; pear in specialties are: Misses Edna i Dolbow, Jennotte Stoddard, Florence I Lynch, Mario Love, Wilma Oesterling, iThelma Oesterling, Edna Jones, Ruby Graves, Jean Smith, Fern McColloch, Elsie Nash, Helen Sims, Marjorie I Kline, Josephine Evans, Lois Givon, I Esther Johnson and Mary Newlin. HUE REPOHTEO BY Washington, Jan. 17. (United; Press) The House Leak Committee '. djourned until tomorrow. No wit-' nesscs were heard. It asked th : iouse for an appropriation, and ner- i mission to employ counsel and to ex-' tend the inquiry's life a month. Chas. ! E. Hughes is suggested as committee's Military Authorities Have Issued Two Freight Crews Put On. Business is picking up so rapidly for the O-W. in this section that two freight crews wore put back on the runs Sunday. Chief Dispatcher Cor bett says "optimism" is the word that applies to the railroad situation right now. i counsel. requests. Baker Postmaster Still Improving The condition of Postmaster Joha C. Foster continues to show a slight but steady improvement that is bear ing out the hopa that he will ultimate ly recover, although it will be neces sarily slow owing to his run-down physical condition at the time he was stricken with paralysis. The House granted all the Elks' Show Cast Is Now Completed Many Specialties For "A Night in Bo hemia" Have Been Announced. V. II. Pabst Takes Coon Part. Threatening Manifesto to the Peo ple It is Humored Reichstag May Meet Elsewhere For That Reason. Rome, Jan. 17. (United Press) Berlin press wireless messages report ed serious disorders among the peo ple. Military authorities issued a threatening manifesto. Wireless said ii is rumored the Reichstag might n'lt't elsewhere on account of disorders. t United States Now Owns More Islands Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. (Unit ed Press) Secretary Lansing and Danish Minister Brun exchanged rati fications of their respective govern ments formally transferring Danish West Indies to United States. French Break German Lines Paris, Jan. 17. (United Press) It is announced that the French patrols pen etrated the German lines in .the Meuse Heights. In Apre niont forest German attacks were repulsed. Greece Accepts Ultimatum. Athens, Jan. 17. (United Press) The Crown Council (f Greece voted unreserved ly to accept the Allies' ulti matum. Release of the Veni zelist prisoners is imminent. Russia Claims Victory. Petrograd, Jan. 17. (.United Press) It is an nounced the Russians stormed and recaptured Vandeni, Roumania. A German attack south west of Pralcs was disas trously routed. The cast for the Elks' entertain ment, "A Night In Bohemia," is now complete. The three leading ladies ere Misses Iris Hughes, Gertrude Swart and Jean Rogers. V. H. Pabst hrs been given i: great "coon" part. Among the soloists are John Wells of Starkey who will sing, "I'm In Love"; 1 Rny Williams whose song is, "When The Right Little Girl Conies Along"; Ic Miss Mary Newlin, "Cant You Hear! Me Callin Caroline?" and Miss Etha ; Thomas, "Oh, How She Could Yacki, j Wncki, Wicki, Wacki Woo". Mrs. i Les v iiiiM; i.uuer ami ivirs. i. .1. scroggin ; .menenn arenas, may dance and Hurry Spaw, the "wild , ii. in the trenches. Volley Ball Games Start at Y. M. C. A. The results of the games in the M. C. A. Businessmen's volleyball ague last ev.Miing were as follows: Pecans 21, 21, vs. Hickory 11, 18. Almonds 21, 14, vs. Walnuts 21, 8. Iiarcy doesn't like smoke in They have more of How to Get a Loan Under Farm Loan Act Farmers Are Compelled Gradually to Retire Their In debtedness Through Long or Short Period of Years This Is Amortization Use of Borrowed Money Is Limited to Purchase of Land, Paying of Indebtedness and To Making Productive Investments. BY FRANK R. WILSON (Of the Federal Farm Loan Bureau, Written for the United Press.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. (Unit ed Press) One of the features of the federal farm loan act which makes a strong appeal to farmers is that it compels them gradually to retire their indebtedness through a long or short period of years. This process iB called amortization. Under it the interest and principal are paid off in equal annual or semi-annual installments throughout the per iod of the loan so that at the end of the term of the mortgage the borrow er is out of debt. All loans under the farm loan act are made under the amortization or installment plan. Since the borrower Buenos Ayres, Jan. 17. (United Press) Dispatches iroin Pemaiubueo, Rio Janeiro, said that the German raider sank nineteen steamers and two French schooners in the South Atlantic. An addition.il Ri tu2TJii !2aMer sank anothep British bWp. f hund lioon. Interment will hn in thn TTnim I . " o" cemetery. Rev. Cullison will officiate. A man of means, Mi-. Eaton used part of his money in philanthropies. Eaton hall of Willamette univetsity was built in 1911 largely because of a $50,000 gift made by him. The , the raider was painted dead black. ...w.tvuiai, uifiscuirai ciiurcii in union also was helped by him. As a tribute to Mr. Eaton he was made a traiee of Willamette university and tho degree of "doctor" conferred upon him. Besides property in the Grande Ronde valley and in Union Mr. Eaton owned both Portland and Boston Teal estate. Dr. Eaton owned the Un ion woolen mills. Friends here said they could not estimate his wealth as he was a man who spoke little con cerning his personal affairs, but guesses placed the value of the estate between $100,000 and $500,000. It is thought his Boston property was in herited but the remainder was gaiiv:d through his own efforts. He came to Union county in 1802 with liltl mon ey. I The widow and the following nephews survive Mr. Eaton: Lou and Lon Eaton of Union, John Eaton of Siilem, Abel Eaton of Baker, Ed Eaton of Washington state and Jess Eaton of Filer, Idaho. Though over eighty and in ill healtn for some time it was not known that Mr. Eaton was in danger. Ho was operated upon in Portland recently fot gall stones and probably never re. covered from the shock. Mr. anu rars. it. in. Kaird or Ui Grande will lie in Union tomorrow for the funeral. The pallbearers for the funeral are: .Willinm Wigglesworth, G. II. Rollins A. Hansen, J. W. Minnirk, IT. S. Criggs. nnd R. H. Rohrig. Dr. Eaton was a member of the Odd Fellows. THE WEATHER Today's Forecast. Portland, Ore., Jan. 17. (United Press) Today's forecast: Fair, cold; east winds. Pendleton Robins Are Chilled. The robins in Pendleton are getting up late thcae mornings and spring plowing has ceased for awhile. It was ten above zero in the Umatilla coun ty city this morning. Three and a Half Below Here. The fire department thermometer this morning showed three and half degrees below zero. Meaeham and North Powder Cold The thermometer at North Powdor nnd Meacluim was 30 below this morn- begins paying off his debts the first i year afer he ges it, and because a long time loan is best suited to farmers, borrowers under this act are permitted to execute mortgages to run from five to forty years at their option. Permission is givon to pay all of the loun or any part of it on any in terest paying dnto after the mortgage has run five years. Borrowers are not permitted to pay off within the first five years, because the money which they have borrowed has been procured by the bank through the sale of its bonds, and bonds cannot bo sold for a shorter period than five years. To give the prospective borrower an exact idea of the size of annual pay ments required to wipe out a mort- ' Ten Below at Huntington It was ten below at Huntington this Piorning. (Continued on Page Two) Sixteen Below At Intake. Caretaker Steel at tho city reser- kvoir, 26 miles away in the Blue Moun tains, reports it was 16 below zero there last night with throo feet of Brow. 25 Above At Portland. The government thermometer at LForthind last night registered 25 above zero, the coldest of the present year. Volunteer Firemen's Dance Tonight. The Volunteer Firemen's dance ia scheduled for tonight in the Rex Hall. Dancing will start at 8:301 Mrs. C. L. Larcom returned thli -eek .t kr ban ftr petvimr the last two month in. Bakes.' TIlB .Tannunca Grf rw. ,,..,. 1 1 . . ,1 -.r i ... i ' ..v. .r,w.vOV, Ji'i.oiuui xiuusuu iviiini laiKten z.n sailors from five steamers at Pernambuco. rhc survivors said the raider attacked ships thirty miles off Pernambuco. Many Indians landed. They declared the raider was painted dead black. It's name was indeci- pneraiie. She carried twelve cannons and four torpedo tubes. The following steamers are reported destroyed: Volatre Drum, Drania.tist, .Raduorshire, Samara. Or teff. Newportland Nesscr. King George, Yannondale, fct. Ihodor, Michanethiel, St. Sael, Snowden, Range Nou ant, Gaihy, llammei-slius. San Giorgio, Semple. Schoon ers Nantes, Asn ires. ." " British Admiralty Admits German Raider's Captures. London, Jan. 17. (United Press) The Admiralty ad mitted that a Gormau raider sank eiht British and two I rench merchantmen in the North Atlantic and captured tho steamers St. Theodore and Yairowdalc. Four hun dred prisoners are aboard the Yarrowdale. Raider Is Said to Have Sunk At Least Twenty Vessels Rio Do Janeiro, Jan. 17. (United Press) Additional reports indicated that the raider stink twenty steamers The messages said the raider's name was Vine.w Admiralty Announces Three Raiders Are Operating London Jan. 17. (United PressJ-a'he Admiralty announced that the raider sunk tho Steamers Mount Temple, Georgic and Minich Th U I added three vessels to the list of those already reported destroyed merchantman?'0' White froi,fh,cp' is thc worl(1's greatest lr,Jtiliea.ri1 lhe,'nlm"8 '" 'Putting prize crews aboard thc cap tured ships, thus making a big fleet of raiders The Admiralty statement indicated that three raideis are operating. ,2 ,? fi11 ' Im;rhll: '" St. Theodore and Yairowdalc are probably being used agamrt British commerce. The Admiralty statement referred to several ships lost in Northern Atlantic waters. The line. Aires calde referred to episodes in the Southern Atlantic. , .. . , National Capital Is In Mourning. - Washington, Jan 17. (United Pres?)-The Cr.pital joined thc nation ",.m"l"''V."R H'U ' "?h, of A,,",iral ny- T1 fneral will probably be SaU attend Vre'dent Wl,aon- s"cr"t'W Daniels, ami the highest officials will Says Three Years in Prison Camp Enough Officer a Brother of Rev. Upton H. C.iblm Knows Nothing of Present War Situation. zerland. The Swi.is government is anxious to do this bb tho British gov ernment pays all expenses and it helps the Swiss financially, but oa some pretext or other, the Germans after getting thc officers to the fron ier, make them return, thus causii them to suffer a cruel disappointment. The life of a prisoner of war is cer tainly an unenviable one, under the most favorable conditions, writes Rev. Upton H. Gibbs' brother, who was wounded and taken prisoner by the j Germans at the battle of Mons in the ' beginning of the war. For some time I he was in a hospital in Belgium where J he was well treated. When able to I move, he was sent to Crefeld, where he has been since. This camp was better managed than most of the oth ers. But the situation was naurally trying. Ho has now been interned for over three years, and is feeling the effect of the confinement strain and anxiety. While allowed to correspond with his wife, yet all references to the war are forbidden and all letters sent or received are strictly censored. So he does not know the nctual condition of affairs, or what tho outlook is. The food supply for the prisoners is coarse and scant, but ho is allowed to receive supplies from home, and every. fiv days bread and other provisions are sent him; otherwise he would about starve. He writes he is feeling des perate, as this was the third Christ mas he has been separated from his wife and children, and has no idea when ho may oee them again. The German authorities lately havo .been sending parties of officers among the prisoners, W' tho Swiss frontier, as if to allow them to bo interned in Swit- FIRM GETS PROJECTILE (HIT . S. American Manufacturers Are Under bid by Hadfields of Sheffield The Total Contract Involves Expendi ture of $3,141,000. SVashington, Jnn. 17. (United Press) The navy department award ed to Hadfield's of Sheffield, England, the contract for tho manufacture of fourteen and sixteen-inch armor piorc ir.g projectiles for tho United State navy. They underbid American manu facturers. The contract provides for delivery of forty-five hundred shells, ill. P!"G each, within nineteen months; three thousand projectiles, at $513 each within sixteen months. The total contract is $:i, 14 1,000. Fred Mitchell is quoted as saying ho Wouldn't have traded Bill James nt his best for Alexander or John- H(.n. Wonder if Miller Huggms would.