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3' A. vmw v. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE; OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917. NUMBER 186. LET EVERYONE BOOST FOR THE BIG CATTLE AND HORSE RAISERS' CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN LA GRANDE, APRIL 24 AND 25. -iris II III II LABOR PARTY IN ENBLAND VOTES FOR 10 OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTS RESOLUTION FOR IMMEDIATE PEACE PROPOSALS. ALSO OPPOSE LABOR CONFERENCE AFTER WAR 'Convention at Manchester, England, Refuses to Endorse Peace Pngram Resolutions Are Adopted De signed to Make the Rich Fear More War Burdens Want 75 Per Cent Income Tax. Manchester, Eng., Jan. 25. (United Tress) The Labor party overwhelm ingly rejected a resolution urging im mediate peace proposals. It rejected by two to one the pio posed international labor conference after the war. It adopted resolutions designed to make the rich bear more of the war burdens. It urged a 75 per cent tsx on all lnrge incomes. Russians Tell of German Attacks Petrograd, Jan. 25. (Unitsd Press) It is announced that German at tacks at the Tirus swamp have been repulsed. A German counter attack -was successful on a one-third of a mile front southeast of the River A. They forced the Russians back. NINETY ARE INDECTED It diL mi ;rand Jury Investigating Returns Six Scaled. Indictments and Ninety De fendants Are To He Arrested Im mediately. Cincinnati, Jan. 25. (United Press) The Grand Jury investigating the vote fraud returned six scaled indict ments, naming ninety defendants. It was announced the police would im mediately begin arresting the accused, revealing their names later. THE WEATHER Portland, Jan. 25. (United Press) The United States weather bureau forecast: Fair southwest; probably rain northwest. Rain and snow cast. Southerly winds. Land Office Still Busy With Land-Seekers Names There has been no decrease in the daily business received at the United States land office since January 2, due to the 640-acre homestead law. There has been approximately 120,000 acres of Uncle Sam's public domain appropriated. Over $10,000 has been received and receipted for. The of fice is working at its full capacity with some four or five hundred appli cations not noted. Since January 12 the following en trymen have gone to record: Gardner W. Sheppard, Baker, 280 acres. James W. Wheeler, Heppner, 480 acres. Eddie A, Hammer, Gurdane, 320 acres. Roy Hinkle, Nye, 200 acres. Joseph A. Rush, Nye, 200 acres. Walter Seigor, Baker, 320 acres. John D. Bellenbrock, Monument, 320 acres. Joseph B. Jenncdy, Baker, 320 acres Otto A. Schuck, Durkee, 320 acres. John M. Smith, Durkee, 320 acres. John M. Ieonnrd, Durkee, 240 acres. Otto Schuck, Durkee, 320 acres. Constantin Mpnmpatns, Durkee, G40 acres. Nicholas Spyropoulas, Home, 320 acres. Cleveland Ebell, Baker, 320 acres. Harvey I Howry, Baker, 640 acres. Charles Howry, Baker, 480 acres. Jeremiah J. Troy, Pleasant Valley, 320 acres. William Coffey, Baker, 316.21 acres. GEORGE FIRST PREMIER! TO HAVE WOMAN AS SECRETARY!.' ft -122 - i v ' ' 1 , I I i v jr" - at' f f HISS- STEVENSON Miss. Stevenson is one of Lloyd George's private secretaries, the first woman ever secretary to a British prime minister. Sho held the same job when George was chancellor of the exchequer, went with him' to the ministry of muni tions, then to the war office. - She is a graduate of Roval Holloway eolloge. Union Shriners Leave For Portland Tonight Twenty or More Shriners and Candi- , dates Will Attend, the.AnnutLC.re monies. Twenty or more Shriners and can didates will be in Portland tomorrow and Saturday for the annual ceremon ial. A few are already in Portland; the majority plan to leave tonight; one or two will go tomorrow morning. I The men plan to be back Sunday even (infl. I Candidates for the Shrine from this ! section are Arch Bacon, James Dob bin, James Y. Walman, Dave Fitz Igerald, John Allen, G. Blockland, A. j Blockland, G. C. Bilyeu and Jerry Ricker. Harris French is now in j Portland and L. L. Snodgrass will ; probably leave tomorrow morning. Fred J. HolmSj C. C. Pennington, Clint Van Fleet, C. T. Bacon, Arch Bucon, Howard Davis, James Dobbin, James Y. Walman, Dave Fitzgerald, John Allen, G. and A. Blockland of Island City, G. C. Bilyeu of Enter prise, Jerry Ricker of Enterprise, Fred J. Holmes and possibly George Cochran and Al Daniels will leave to night. LOST Pocketbook containing four or five dollars. Return to Clarence Ford and receive reward. l-25-2tpd Francis M. Troy, Pleasant Valley, 320 acres. Martha Wilcox, Baker, 320 acres. Jennie Crawford, Baker, 320 acres. Frank T. Ponry, Lena, 320 acres. Clarence R. Rice, Monument, 119.69 acres. Patrick Gregory Farley, Heppner, 160 acres. John Brosnan, Lena, 160 acres. Grace Bellenbrock, Monument, 320. 26 acres. Chester W. Gardner, Baker, 640 acres. Worth H. Janney, Monument, 320 acres. George Spiropoulos, Home, 320 acres. Omar Stubble-field, Enterprise, 320 acres. Frank A. Boyd, Enterprise, 320 acres. Bessie L. Pyles, Enterprise, 40 acres Charles W. Wortman, 'Imnaha, 640 acres. James E. Warnoek, Imnahii, 320 acres. Benjamin F. Ecklcy, Joseph, 80 acres. John W. Emmons, Enterprise, 34.64 acres. Florence M. Cook, Enterprise, 316.09 acres. John W. Young, Lewis 319.49 acres. Harley F. Battles, Paradise, 320 acres. Robert Reese, Enterprise, 200 acres. (Continued on Page Two) FARMERS "TO MEET ON SATURDAY NATIONAL A mass meeting of farmers of Union County is hereby called for the purpose of organizing a National Farm Loan Association for Union County, said meeting to be held Saturday, January 27, at 10 a. m. in the City Hall at La Grande. At this meeting the National Farm Loan Act will be discussed and explained, and such steps taken as to aid in making the Federal Farm Loan Act popular and ef fective. ' This call is issued after consultation with the Agricul tural Council of Union County and all farmers and others who are interested are urged to attend. ; Sain Brooks, Imbler. Rernal Hug, Elgin. Frank McKinnon, Alicel. II. II. Weatherspoon, Horti- J. E. Chenault, La Grande. C. D. Huffman, La Grande. J. K. Lantz, Cove. Chas. Playle, Alicel. Geo. Benson, Union. Lane Goff, North Powder. Walter M. Pierce, Grande. SUFFRAGISTS PICKET few Suffragists, carrying big banners, are stationed all around tho white house so President Wilson cannot help seeing them every time be comes and goes. The banners read: "Mr. President, What Are You Going To Do For Woman Suffrage?" It is planned to have more Uuui a thousand pickets about the houso by Inauguration . day " LATE NEWS BY WIRE Leak of State Department Messages Is Explained. Washington. JJ. C, Jan. 2"j. (United Press) A high official has declared confidential state department mess ages have leaked because our code is known abroad. Prince Leopold Reports Capture of Russ'ian Prisoners. Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 25. (United Press) It is announced that Prince Leopold captured six miles of Rus sian forts, fourteen officers, and seventeen hundred men. Thirteen machine guns are operating on both sides of River A A, in the Riga sector. Liutenant Guynener Bags His Twenty-Seventh Aeroplane. Paris, Jan. 25. (United Press) It is announced that Lieutenant Guynener destroyed his twenty-seventh Mer man aeroplane, the second within two days. The French repulsed a (Jernian attack south of TicrrY 15;n The en emy lost heavilv. German Raider Identified As Former Hamburger Liner. Pmcnos Aires, Jan. 25. (United Press) MonteVi.lo dispatches said the German raider has been identified as the Camp Ortegal. Him was formerly the Camp Oreta and formerly ran from Ruenos Aires to Hamburg on the Hamburg-South American line. She is built of steel, is a twin screw steamer, of seventy-eight hundred tons. Japanese Diet Dissolved; Teraychis Is New Premier. Tokio, Jan. 25. (United Press) The Japanese diet has been dissolved. Count Okumu's ministerv is over thrown. The political situation is critical. The Mikado has appointed Teraychis premier replacing Okunm. Vis count Kato led the opposition. Jt is claimed Teraychis' cabinet selection is unconstitutional. 10 FORM L cultural Commissioner Robert Withycombe, Super intendent Experiment Sta tion. Paul II. Spillman, County : Agriculturist. BRANCH Lart'larkc Leiter, Editor The Oliservcr, La Grande. THE WHITE HOUSE! V3f J- v . k - miss it UNSAFE. REPORT ASKS BETTER MEETING ROOM County Court Asked to Take Action ;- in Itegard to C.iinly Bustile Five True Bills Kutu.noi Four Served Several Matt' re Have Been Post poned for Kuril. it Consideration. The Rrand jury, has returned five truo bills and in the if port submitted says the present county jail is unsafe and asks the county court to tuko ac tion to make it safe. The report also asks that a suitable room for thu meetings of the grand jury be pro vided, such room also to be used as a store room for records and stationery. The true bills returned were those against Adolph Newlin, chaged w.h unlawfully selling liquor; Louis Evi'l, charged with burgary; William Curte man, charged with assault, and Til ford J. Shipman, charged with lar ceny from a dwelling. . Brill, who is but 18 years of age, has pleaded guilty, sentenced to an in determinate term in the penitentiary of from two to five yearn, and has been paroled. Service on one of the true bills has not been made as the man can not be found. The action of the grand jury in re gard to the county jail was taken be cause the recent attempt at escape by Louis Brill showed how easy it was for a prisoner to bore his way to free dom. The members of the grand jury were: Rudolph A. Hug, foreman; A. J. Elliott, H. H. Cleaver, E. G. Ad cock, Chris Miller, William Swiger, F.d Ayers. John Shoemaker, Elgin is Dying -- Paralysis I'ionoer Groceryman, 65, Has Been Sick Since Early Summer, Jdlin Shoemaker, pioneer grocery man of Elgin, is dying at his home to day of naralvais. His Dhvsician Drives jiim but a few hours. He suffered a stroke or paralysis lust summer and has been confined since. John Shoemaker has been engaged in the grocery business in Elgin for a number of years, and up to the time he was stricken last summer was ac tively engaged with his son in the Shoemaker Grocery. lie has two sons, j I'rnhk Shoemaker, groceryman, and Richard Shoemaker, an employe in the Elgin National Bunk. Mrs. John Shoe maker is with her husband. Outlook After The War Is Not Dismal Pittsburg, Jan. 25. (United Press) Vice-President Willard Straight ad dressed the opening session of the American International Corporation. He said American trade leads the world because United States is the leading neutral nation and the most productive. He declared tho future after the war j was contingent upon the ability of American business to develop immedi ate opportunities along broader, and more generous lines. "International Trade ia essentially an exchange of commodities. It can not hope to continue selling three bil lion dollars worth more yearly than brying. We must purchase goods i! load if we wish to sell.'' ()-W. and Meteors Taste Defeat. A defeat of W to 1!) registered against the Meteors by the High School and by a score of 19 to 11 against the O-W. by the Comets were the results of the games played in the "Y" gymnasium last night. It is the unanimous opinion of the basketball fans that this league is one of the best ever conducted and is worthy of a much larger crowd. The scores show that the games were close. The standing of the league now is: Teams. W. L. P.C. High School 2 0 1.000 Comets 2 0 1.000 O-W 0 2 .000 Meteors 0 2 .000 Police Itaid Chinatown. San Francisco, Jan. 25. (United Press) The police raided a China town house, chopped down doors, and rescued Jung Oy, seventeen, a slave girl. Mrs. Donaldina Cameron of the Presbyterian Mission, led the raiders. Tho girl disappeared three months ago. An experimental plant that obtains power from tho ebb and flow of the North Soa tides has been built at Hamburg. BONE DHL IS IT WILL BE MADE A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS ; MONDAY. BOWMAN'S BILL IS INDEFINITELY POSTPONES 'House Memorializes Congress Urging ritablishment of Naval Base at As toria Also Urges Improvement of Harbor at Crescent City Lewis and Bvlland in a Tilt Congreea Asked to Pass Suffrage Amend ment. I Salem, Ore., Jan. 25. (United Press) The committee on alcoholic traffic reported the bone dry bill to the house. It was made a special or 'der of business for Monday morning. I At 10:30 o'clock the judiciary com , mittee adversely reported on Bow mari's bill prohibiting the circulation of initiative, referendum and recall petitions by. hired agents. It was in definitely postponed. I The house memorialized congress, urging the establishment of a naval j base at Astoria. Representative Tiche nor protested, advocating Port Orford. Representative Peck urged Coos Bay. i Representatives Lewis and Stott op posed "continually memorializing con gress." : ; Mr. Lewis said it cost the house $810 for daily operating expense). He charged that the time was wasted. Mr. Belland replied, asserting that Lewis wasted much time talking. j After a bitter debate the house. memorialized congress to appropriate l$:!00,000 to improve the harbor at Crescent City, California. j The Rogue river delegation argued .the improvement would benefit their 'district. , The house adopted a resolution pro viding for a joint committee to dis cuss the Columbia river fishing laws with a Washington committee. The house memorialized congress to urge the development of Oregon water ' resources. I The house asked congress to act im mediately on the Susan B. Anthony , suffrage amendment. FIFTY KILLED IH A QUAKE j Amsterdam, Jan. 25. ,(Un;'.oI Press) An earthquake shook Bali Inland, a Dutch possession in the M' hy Archipelago. Fifty were killed and i three hundred injured. Thousands of houses, factories and temples wer? de rlioyed. Babe Unwelcome; n ir i i a i i i motner Acquitted Paris, Jan. 25. (United Press) Josephine Barthelemy, aged twenty, was acquitted of tho charge of killing: ror own baby. She told the jury she killed the child because it had a Ger man father. She pleaded a German soldier at tacked her and that the baby was un welcome. Her lawyer said: "Would you condemn a girl for stifling the life of a child whose father killed France's son, and violated France V daughters?" Government re-established UW cus tom of placing a cradle outside of townhalls where mothers leave un welcome children, tho government guaranteeing support. Borah Is Against All Entangling Alliances 1 Washington, Jan. 25. (United Press) Senator Uorah introduced a resolution warning the United States against "danger of becoming involved i. entangling alliances with European nations." He asked the Senate to re affirm the Monroe doctrine and prin ciples. The resolution is aimed at President Wilson's speech. REPORTED TO IHE HOUSE D
