La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 18, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti nm nminnAifH fiA Ann An imn nix i ir in irnnnn n irflTlfiai nhntrtliriiif AM flirt AO tm TV T A C1T AWTW A HTYT. OA A Km OH " fxttpttitut AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS mnm . VOLUME XVI v LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917. NUMBER 180. BRITISH CRUISERS SEEK GERMAN RAIDER Union Opera House Destroyed by Fire; Loss $7000 f PERKINS LEADS NEW FIGHT FOR PROGRESSIVES STARTS REVOLT AGAINST NA , TIONAL REPUBLICAN EX- ECUTIVE COMMITTEE. CONFERS WITH ROOSEVELT AND MAKES HIS DEMANDS Demands That National Committee Immediately Meet and Cancel Ex ecutive Committee's Work Gov ernor Johnson Wants to Make the Republican Party Progressive. New York, Jan. 18. United Press.) George Perkins is leading a Pro gressive revolt against the national Republican executive committee. He conferred with Colonel Roosevelt and demanded that the national committee meet immediately and cancel the ex ecutive body's work. , Governor Hiram Johnson telegraph ed: "I am in full svmoathv and hearty accord with your efforts to make the ( Republican party progressive. Uo to it. All Progressives are with you." T 1 a Jf President Wilson Holds Conferences Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. (Unit ed Press) President Wilson went to the capitol and conferred with Sena tors Shields and Bankhead regarding 4-1.. nnA luiDiniv Hill nrttv Ht i the water power leasing bill now be fore the senate. He returned to his office and sum moned Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee. s Bloodhounds Lose Trail of Convict Salem. Ore.. Jan. 18. (United Press) Bloodhounds hunting J. Clark an escaped convict, lost the trail at Turner this afternoon. Officers be lieve the fugitive may have boarded a train. Villistas Win Six-Day Battle. El Paso, Texas, Jan. 18. (United Press) It is reported the Villistas have repulsed the Carranzistas in a six-day battle at Palomas. Losses were heavy. General Murgia roshed his entire Chihuahua garrison to the battlefield last night, reinforcing his exhausted troops. Farm Loan Act Creates New Form of Securities New Financial System Is a Money Loaning Agency and a Money Assembling Agency Government Puts TJp the First Nest Egg As Capital Rest of Funds to Lend the Fanners on First-Class Security Comes From Invest ing Public. . , , BY FRANK R. WILSON (Of the Federal Farm Loan Bureau, ' Written for the United Press.) . Washington, Jan. 18. As explained before in these articles, the operations of the farm loan act are divided Into two main classes a money assem bling agency and a money lending agency. The government puts the first nMt . egg into the farm loan plan by buyin? the original capital stock of the 12 federal land banks if necessary. WVn this has been lowed and farm mort gages taken in return for the mopey loaned, the federal land banks may Is sue, bonds; against these mortgages-.,. Those bonds will be among the moat . ktraciva securities ever ' offered : t ;e(rien investors. A explained be EACH MEETING OF CITY POSED VIADUCT CLOSER Grandy Matter Is Settled Satisfac torily. Further Developments Await Signature of O.-W. R. & N. , Co. President. Reports Read and Are Accepted. At the meeting of the city commis sion last night a resolution was passed accepting the release given by Charles Grundy for any damage which may be done his abutting property by reason of the existence of the proposed Sec ond street viaduct The agreement between the city and Mr. Grandy is that the city will re-pay Mr. Grandy for installments made on the assess ment levied for paving the street in front of his property and that the city will also release him from the future installments as they come due. IThe original contract between the O.-W. and the city of La Grande has been returned to the railroad's office in Portland for the signature of Presi dent J. D. Farrell. The commission made the interpre tation that the articles made at the .time the subway under Second street was being discussed did not affect tha present plans for the viaduct. The three members of the commis- tiion, President Vincent Palmer, and Commissioners McKennon and Brown ton, City Manager Currey and City Attorney Slater were present at last right's meeting. . The city manager's report was read as follows: assessments. Think we will be ready by next Monday. ' ...,; The city recorder and city treasurer report that there is now due the city approximately $20,000 in past due in terest, and approximately $GO,000 past due assessments. The water superintendent reports numerous shut-offs and several large and expenditure 0f $80, ' . 75 for the week for labor. The chief of police reports four ar rests, $10 in fines and $5.50 income from city pound. The fire chief reports no fires and three wire inspections. The street superintendent reports an expenditure for the week of $6.50, cold weather made the service of white wings unnecessary, and the superin tendent has been devoting most of the time to repainting and cleaning inter ior of the jail. Instructed the chief of police to purchase three mattre-sses and to keep one compartment in shape to care for women prisoners, should treasurer may bring their depart ments up to date. As soon as same is done will expect this office to keep up its work with usual force. Think this can be done by February 1st. A. Shilling claims that he is injured to the full extent of the value of his property ($4000) by reason of the erection of the viaduct, thinks the dust will blow off the viaduct and ma terially injure the value of his two acre tract as a home; made personal inspection of property and fail to see (Continued on Page Eight.) fore, farmers are permitted to bor row only up to 60 per cent ot the val ue of their land. This means that ev ery dollar's worth of bonds issued rep resents $2 worth of land as security. The fact that each federal land bank guarantees the bonds of all the other tanks also puts behind these bonds as security the nine million dollars orig inal .capital stock of the banks and their required surplus earnings, plu.i the 'required annual deduction of the mortgage loan. Besides this, the security constantly increases proportionately by reason of the constantly increasing, capital con tributed by .the. farm .loan association. . - So the investment end . of the farm (Continued 'on' Pag five) U- SHIPS ON TRIP OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM BERLIN TELL OF SUB MARINE'S EXPUMTS COPENHAGEN REPORTS SINK ING OF RUSSIAN STEAMER ilhe Skiftet Is Reported Submarined on Dec. 14 With the Loss of Two Hundred Lives French Report They Repulsed German Advance Guard Russians Report German Retreat and Defeat in Kou mania. Amsterdam, Jan. 18. (United Press) Dispr.tches s.'.id that Berlin htd officially announced that a sub marine had returned to port after sinking sixteen ship3. Copenhagen telegraphed that the Russian steamer Skifete had been sub marined December 14 :nd two hun dred lives lost by drowning. Russia Reports Victory. Petrograd, Jan. 18. (United Prcr.s) It is announced that the Germans evacuated Brr.ila and tint the Rus sians defeated Teutons on both wings. The Roumunians surrounded Gcrmr.nis southwest of Pralcs, capturing .many. Fcur machines pins wove taken. French Repulse Germans.., Paris, Jan. 18. (United Prcs.i) It is announced that the French repulsed th-: German advance guard on the Jleuse Heights, following :. throe-hour bombardment the night wi'.R quiet on the whole fror'.. Y. M .C .A. Board Sat isfied Witlv Program The board of directors of the Y. M C. A. held their regular monthly meet ing yesterday afternoon with the fol GERMAN inj yesterday afternoon with the fol- Had the wind lx-cn blowing as us lowing directors present, Mac Wood, ual toward the southeast Union people Linden McCullough, E. E. Kiddle, ,1 not believe they would have had George Stoddard, George Gilbert, G. L. Larison, J. T. Williamson, Dr. H. S Brownton, Dr. 11. L. Underwood, George H. Currey and E. D. Crowe. The members discusccd the reports presented and were very gratified to lit to the interest and the financial out look of the work. It was decided to hi've the swimming pool and the room put in excellent shr;pe for the spring ai.d summer use. I he pool and tne flror and sib wall of the swimming pool room will receive two coats of San-A-Cote. The association will al se have the depth of the pool painted in numerals o-i the side wall. Firemen's Dance a Success. About 100 couples enjoyed the di.nce given by the volunteer firemen li st night. THE WEATHER Portland, J;.n. 18. (United Press) The weather forecast: Partly cloudy. Temperature unchanged. Southeast winds. Dispatches Say Weather Moderating. Dispatches received by the chief dispatcher of the O.-W this morning R.-.y the weather is moderating throughout Oregon. Thermometer readings r.re: Menchnm, eight below zero; North Powder, 10 below; Hunt ington, 10 below; Idaho, weather ecld but moderating. Warmer Here l.ast Night. The official thermometer at fire department headquarters was lowest lust night at eight above zero. At eight o'clock this morning it was 16 above. But t'-e ear.t wind seemed to indicate a number of degrees below zero. Cold Delays Railroad Trains. Extreme cold weather in Idaho and other more eastern states has re layed train service. O.-W. No. 17, how evtr, was but SO minutes late today. With hopes of weather moderating it is thought the service will improve steadily. FIRE DESTROYS UNION OPERA HQUSE2.3QA.M ADJOINING HOUSE OWNED BY BRASHER AND BAIRD ALSO BURNED LOSS IS ESTIMATED TO REACH $7000 Stove Used To Heat Building Causes the Fire Volunteer Firemen Turn Out Strong Wind Was Blowing Pressure Excellent After Hydrants Are Thawed Out. Fire starting at 2:30 this moi-niu? in three hours totally destroyed the Union Opera House and an adjoining house belonging to Brasher and Baird. The loss is estimated at $7000; $0000 Joseph YosZnVof the Opera House, carried $4000 in surance; and Brasher and Baird, $700. Stove Causes the Fire The fire originated in the northwest ccrncr of the Opera House from a stove used to heat the building last right for a final practice of the Un ion basketball team which was sched uled to meet the La Grande Y. M. C. A. team tomorrow night. Because of the fire the game has been postponed. When discovered the fire hail en veloped the Opera House and the volunteer firemen under Chief C. L. Ci:dwell tinned their attention to ad joining property. The thermometer showed zero weitlw and a strong wind was blowing. At fiist sonic dif ficulty was had i:i getting the hyd rants thawed out but when this was done the excellent pressure, secur-.-d from the gravity system originating four miles up Catherine Creek from Union, gave the fire fighters a good stream of water. The chief says this fact probably enabled the volunteer firemen to save adjoining property. Whole Town In Danger. Had the wind lecn blowing as us n uch of a town this morning. Lucki ly the wind was from the south and, aside from the Brasher and Baird j vopcrty north of the Opera House, nothing was burned, though the rail road property and other smaller build ings north of the Opera House were in constant danger. Firemen Praised. "Over the telephone Mr. Baird, part cwner of the house destroyed, and Chief Cndwell, praised the efficient work of the volunteer firemen. They said the heroic work of the men as thev fouirht the flames in the bitter cold was appreciated by every Union citizen. Sometimes the fire fighters' clothes were soaked, and in a minute 1hey would be a mass of ice. "It could have been much wor?e," sc id Mr. Baird, a game loser, "and the fire boys were the ones who prevented il from being worse, too. Too much praise can not. be given the boyB." Chief Cndwell had nothing but praise for his men. Fire Iist Summer. The Opera: House was completed but two or three years ago though it v.as five or six years oki. A hard-v.-ood floor had just been put in. A fire in the Opera House last summer was put out before much damage nad been done. Snow Makes Pretty Scene at the Front BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS With the British Army in France, Jan. 18. (United Prass)-Thick snow is steadily falling and. has transformed the battlefield into a stupendously beautiful vision. Barbed wire en tanglements seom lovely and harm less. They resemble airy woven white webs. Snow covered men arc uncom flaning in trenches. Canadians ore pleased. Guns, nialntauv their monot onus thundering through ,. world of white.- . ;t , ! IWEH TOTAL MERCHANT MEN LOST AS RESULT OF RAID Copyright Dispatch of United Press Tells Graphic Tale of Hardships of Survivors of Captured Ships. PRISONERS SAY THEY WERE CLOSELY CONFINED BETWEEN DECKS AND HALF STARVED FRITISH STEAMER ARAGUAYS. AND FRENCH STEAMER LA TOUCHE TREVILLE ARE REPORTED MISSING JAPANESE CRUISER JOINS PURSUIT CAPTAIN DAY OF SCHOONER NANTES SAYS THE RAIDER FLEW THE BRITISH FLAG AND DID NOT RESEMBLE WARSHIP.. Buenos Aires, Jan. 18. (Copyright by the United Press) The last British cruisers Glasgow, Edinburgh Castle, and Oram have started a vindictive pursuit of the raider Jt is reported a Japanese cruiser left Punta Arenas to join in the chase. Latest advices indicated that twenty-six merchantmen were sunk and captured. The fleet is also hunting the steamer Tiuto, which left Santiago imdcs suspicious circumstances. It is believed she furnished supplies to the raider. y The French steamer, Admiral La Touche Treville and the British steamer, Araguays, are missing. Survivors said tin; raider .left Kiel and ran the British blockade under the' Danish flag. Prisoners from mercliantmen are closely confined be low the decks and suffer severe hard sliips. They are half starved. They bitterly complained of bad treatment. The raider's crew consist of 250 men and four officers. The Brazilian government is preparing for the strictest surveilance to pevent neutrality violations. The Pernambuco survivors included one hundred and eighty-three Hindoos. These arc the Indians referred to in yesterday's dispatches and are British subjects. Fifty .Ihree are Frcndli1. - It is declared there are. several Jumdred other prisoners whose fate is unknown. ' The survivors said the raider uunl tlio nfiximm. Kr Tlmrxlnvn 5i ri "ririx.m shin". Captain Days, of the French schooner Nantes, said the raider flew the British flag and commanded him to halt. It then unmasked its batteries and hoisted the German -colors. ' She dynamited the Nantes after transferring her crew. Said: "Raider did not resemble a warship". It is still persistently reported that four hundred ncrished. British Take and Abandon German Trenches At Serre. Berlin, Jan. 18. (United Press) It is announced the British occupied and abandoned German trenches at Serre after several days' bombardment. The British advanced near Loos following blasting operations. Later they were repulsed. ' ; "Star Ace" of The Air Establishes New Record Lieutenant Guynemer, Who Recently Brought Down His Twenty-First German Aeroplane, Fights An Aerial Duel At An Altitude of More Than Two Miles, After Chasing His Opponent Over 43 Miles French Now Superior Over German Aircraft. BY HENRY WOOD (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the French Armies, Jan. 18.- (By Mail) Lieutenant Guynemer, "star ace" of the entire French aerial service who recently brought down his twenty-first "officially confirmed" ed a German squadron of two observa Gcrmnn airplain,' established at the tion airplanes with an escort of two same time a new world's record for fighting machines, heading for ; tha aerial combats, the air duel -having French lines. taken place at an altitude of over two There was nothing to prevent Guy miles, after a chase of over' 70 kilo- tnomer giving immediately battle ex- meters. The entire battle was one of the most dramatic air episodes that tne entire war nas prouueeu. . The French's Undisputed maatery of the air, which how renders H jprac-"' tically Impossible for a German ma- chine ever to ero9 the' French linen, . , . .L'. . U . nas imposca on ine r nmcn iiyvia ins necessity of flying far back sack of 0 li; German lines to get in contact with the German machines. It was while oh one of these hunts that Guynemer, flying at an altitude, of over 13,000 feet and at a distance of over 70 kilo meters behind the Gorman lines, sight- cepl that should he be forced co.iana he would full in the German lines. n tnereiunj iwn -njiunu uumw friondty ' clouds until the German squadron should pass ahead of him, then started the pursuit from behind, closing up sufficiently so that ,if h n , . i . , in it .n.-h-n " -i - - "- ' " - , ; , t the i " (Continued n rage, rivei .