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VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1917
NUMBER 209.
SUBMARINE IS
GRAVE MENACE
TO BRITAIN
FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY
SPEAKS IN PRESENTING
NAVAL ESTIMATES.
INVENTION BOARD TO
FIGHT UNDER SEA PERIL
Lord Fisher, the Former Sea Lord,
Heads This Anti-Submarine Depart
ment New Order in Council Pro
vides That Vessels En Route to En
emy Ports Must Enter Allied Ports
or Submit to Capture.
London, Feb. 21. (Unit
ed Press) Sir Edward Car
son, first Lord of the Admir
alty presented the Commons
with the new naval esti
mates. He asked four hun
dred thousand additional
sailors on account of naval
expansion, lie said: "The
submarine menace is grave
and serious. And is still
growing.. It is not yet solved.
J am confident measures are
now being developed which
will gradually mitigate seri
ousness." It is announced that Lord
Fisher, the former first sea
lord, rejoined the Admiralty
staff as president of the in-
entiohV board. He explain
ed, the invention's board as
a unit of the anti-submarine
department. It is said that
during the first eighteen
days of unrestricted subma
jining six thousand and seventy-six
vessels entered the
United Kingdom's ports and
5873 departed.
The order in council pro
vides vessels en route to
enemy ports must enter al
lied ports to submit to ex
amination. Otherwise they
are liable to capture. It is
explained the German block
ade caused the order.
Carson congratulated the
nation upon having Admiral
Jellicoe as first sea-lord.
AT THE HOTELS
Sommer.
Dan Hynes, W. C. Yocum, M. W.
Case, W. W. Shappiel, C. E. Chekery,
D. Webster, George McHonry, H.
Loveland, D. E. Clark, E. H. Cum
Tnings, David Robertson, Ward Goin,
Portland; Guy F. Navarre, J. M.
Rehreiber and wife. W. H. Ragsdale,
B. R. Nickles, Seattle; D. Albert j
Mount and wife, Joseph; G. H. laylor,
Fred Haus, Salt Lake; W. A. Welch
and wife, Olympia; Fr.ul Bost, Spo
kane; F. H. Ladd, Boise; T. F. Wilson,
"Washineton. D. C: O. M. Nelson, Cor-
vallis; Owen Roberts, Chicago; J.j
Strong, Telocasot; S. A. Anderson, I
Cove; George W. Beer, Spokane. I
Savoy.
'John Mayfield, Elgin; James Wool
el, Summerville; IW. E. Wade, Pay
ette; Gerald Tuttle, Spokane; R. L.
Sprague, Joseph Beddes, Wallowa; :
Oliver Wood, J. W. Beecher, kostine;
D. H. Ervine, Prescott; E. E. Hughes
and wife, Eugene Petti john, Alicel;
Frank Millard, Mrs. E. S. Sunwall,
A. C. Bauer, Enterprise; Sadie A.
Resch, Joseph; Geo. L. Cleaver, Im
bler; Mrs. R. H. Roberts, Union; Sam
Runny, Anton Hansen, L. Boswell,
Harry Ruhl and family, Ruth Graham,
Vclva Peebler, Dick Galloway.
Foley.
L. Miller, E. H. Weatherford, Ba
ker; F. P. Williams and wife, I41
r.rande; E. T. Schluer, Joseph; C. W.
Todd, Great Falls, Montana; F. E.
Graham, Mrs. Whiting, J. W. Chand
ler, W. Jacobs, Elgin; L. H. Mills, T.
G. Kelly, L. R. Sutter, F. H. Greenia,
G E. Jackson, E R. Hunlock, Thomas
Harper, F. Burns, Portland; G. L.
Fisher, Boise; C. P. Scully, Denver;
R. C. (Bean and wife, Pendleton; E.
Galena, Chicago; J. W. Smeed, Cald
well; Wm. Cunningham, Buhl, Idaho;
Charley Briggs, Starkey; W .J. Town-
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THIRTEEN THOUSAND TON
FREIGHTER MONOGAHELA
ON ITS WAY. .
AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN
ALGONQUIN FOLLOWS
These Are the First United State
Vessels to Leave New York En
Route to London Since the Subma
rine Warning Names and Regis
tries Are Painted in Huge Letters.
New York, Feb. 21.
(United Press) The thir
teen thousand ton American
Line freighter Monongahela
sailed for London today. The
American merchantman Al
gonquin followed closely.
These are the first United
States vessels to leave New
York en route to London
since the submarine warn
ing. They are painted in
their regular colore with the
names and registries on both
sides in huge letters.
LENT BEGINS TODAY
Today the penitential season of Lent
begins. Throughout the world Chris
tians regard the time between today
and Easter .Sunday as a time of medi
tation upon the sorrows of Christ.
Particularly do the Episcopal" and
Roman Catholic churehec oberve the
season. Services were how. v-Jay in
both the Catholic and Episcopal
churches and services will 'be held
throughout the coming weeks. Wed
nesday and Friday nights services will
be held in the Catholic church.
GEORGE STODDARD VERY ILL
Telegrams last night from Santa
Cruz, California, where George Stod
dard lies critically ill said Mr. Stod
dard was very low. Stomach compli
cations have set in in addition to his
bladder trouble. Mrs. George Stod
dard of La Grande, Mrs. Ellen Stod
dard, Mr. Stoddard's mother, and
Ellen Eckles of Logan, Utah, a sister,
are with Mr. Stoddard.
MOOSE MEETING TONIGHT
A number of candidates for ad
mission to the La Grande Moose lodge
will be initiated tonight at the regu
lar meeting. "Daddy" Burt requests
that all candidates meet in his room,
No. 2, the Foley hotel, at 7:30 p. m.
Two Marriage Licenses Are Issued.
A marriage license was issued on
Saturday to Merle E. Tidd and Miss
Viola Knapp, both of La Grande. A
license was issued Monday to Clem
Ward and Miss Mary Barnes, both of
Enterprise.
Fire Alarm Given This Morning.
An alarm this morning at 10:45
called out the fire department to the
home of Fred B. Cuirey, city man
ager. Mrs. Currey became alarmed
when a defective flue caused smoke
to pour into tho kitchen. No damage
was done.
Two Chinese Examined.
Police Chief Rayburn arrested two
Chinese Monday as they alighted
from the Portland train and took them
to the police station for examination.
They were unarmed and stated to
the chief that their business in the
city was to investigate the Friday
night shooting here and report back
to their tong, the Hip Sing.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Jones are Port
land visitors.
in
cry session. I The banquet was served by the Iji-
I The Presbyterian church became too dies' Aid society of the Presbyterian
T-TXp A T-TTPT? small for the increasing crowds as the church.
A I T Jlx X llUlw convention progressed and the pastor At the close of the banquet program
of the M. E. church kindly offered his 16 delegates were granted diplomas
'spacious and comfortable church for by Mr. Carrick, these had taken spc
Rain west, snow east; southrinda. the closing service Sunday night. The Lcial work and Htudy in Christian En-
General Pershing Appointed.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. (Unit
ed Press) Secretary of (War Baker
appoirrt)od "General i Pershing com
mander of the southern department,
succeding General Funston.
ley, Union; E. Rivott, M. F. Bryant,
Huntington; O. J. Olson, St. Paul;
Carl Roe, Enterprise; J.1 B. Titus,
i Baker; Ray Norval and wife, Imbler;
I J. W. Schreiber and wffe, Seattle; G.
O. Barnhart, Spokane.
Finley Lecture Attracts a
Very Large Attendance
It is estimated that 1100 school
children and 600 adults of La Grande
heard the illustrated lecture of Wil
liam L. Finley on Oregon's bird and
animal life in tho Arcade theater yes
terday afternoon and evening. Four
lectures were given.
The women of the Neighborhood
club, under whose auspices Mr. Finley
came to La Grande, were aided by Su
perintendent of Schools Linden Mc
Cullough and his corps of teachers in
making the lectures of educational
value. All the grade school children
were admitted free yesterday after
noon. Mr. Finley frequently travels
Loans to Farmers
Will Soon Begin
Salem, Ore., Feb. 21. (United
Press) The state land board today
directed .Clerk E. . G- Brown imme
diately to prepare rural credits loan
application blanks and send them to
the state land board attorneys in ev
ery county. State Treasurer Kay es
timated a million and a half dollars
'.worth of rural credit bonds would be
sold the first year, making that sum
available for loans.
! The state plans to purchase tfie
first issue of $50,000 five-year bonds
using the state industrial accident
trust funds. Within ten days $50,000
will be available for loaning farmer
at 5 per cent interest under the rural ,
credits law provisions. .
MARINE RECRUITED HERE
Elmer Bert rand, 20, of Sumas,
Wash., but a resident of La Grande
the past four months, enlisted today
in the United States marines from the
local office. Bertrand left last night
for Mare Lsland where he will have
14 weeks of training before being as-J
signed. Marines enlist for a period of
four years.
One Game Tonight
in Y. M. C. A. League
On account of the high school game
tomorrow night with tho Pendleton
high, only one game will be played
this evening in the Y. M. C. A. bas
ketball league. The, contesting teams
are tho Comets and the O-W. R. &
N. The game will be the full time as
prescribed by the rules and this will
give the teams a better chance for
scoring. The O-W. team is coming to
the front; the addition of Pearson as
center makes this team one of the
strongest of the league. The game
will start at 8 o'clock.
H. C. Roskamp left last night for a
visit in Burlinton, Iowa.
State Christian Endeavor Convention
Closes In a Blaze of Enthusiasm
Many people in La Grande will not
soon forget the Christian Endeavor
convention which closed Sunday night
after a three-day session.
The greater part of the state east of
the Cascades lies within the conven
tion zone and delegates came from
far and near.
Ono young man traveled by stage
70 miles to get to tho railroad and
came 170 miles by rail.
Other delegates came from as far
as lone, Boise and Walla.
One hundred twenty-five delegates
registered altogether.
A more enthusiastic crowd would
be hard to find anywhere.
ft was an enthusiasm fired by pur-
posefulness and sincerity, an enthus- 'gram adding much to the spirit of the
iasm electrified by the very spirit of convention. The Saturday night bnn
the Christ indeed the motto of the j que in the "Y" wns one of the special
convention was "Christ Exalted," and i features of the gathering there being
well did they ho:or the motto in ev- j 200 in attendance.
oner was acceptea ana tne nouse was
well filled.
Not a single speaker, failed to ap -
pear, every ono was on the job
promptly. Daniel A. Poling, Boston,
assistant superintendent of the United
; Society of Christian Endeavor, ad -
dressed the convention not less than
six times and every address was a
masterpiece. Mr. Poling is a young
man of about 30 years and very popu
lar among young people.
Miss Ixmella S. Dyer, state presi
dent of the Washington Christian En-
throughout Oregon giving lectures on
Oregon's animal life. For this rea
son pictures such cs he lectured upon
yesterday can be shown for the small
admission charged adults, and free to
children. Mr. Finley received no fee
for his lecture.
Mrs. George T. Cochran is chairman
of the college extension department of
the Neighborhood club, upon whom
fell the direction of Mr. Finles ap
pearances here. She was assisted by
Mesdumes R. W. Logan, O. E. Silver
thorn, Vincent Palmer, George Gil
bert, L. D. Butler, C. B. Miller and
W. A. Wade.
WOIN PLEAD
FOR FOOD III
VISIT THE MAYOR AND DEMAND
ACTION THREATEN TO
.STARVE ON CITY HALL STEPS
UNLESS AIDED.
; New York, Feb. 21 (United Press)
Mayor Mitchel promised to do ev
erything possible to stop the high
food prices. The women visited the
mjiyor demanding action. They
threatened to starve on the city hall
steps unless relieved.
"Sweet Marie" Ganz led fifty wo
men to the city today at noon. She
demanded to see tho mayor. One
hundred women appeared shortly aft
erwards. Seven representatives of the Moth
ers Anti-High Price lcr.guo appeared,
carrying resolutions from the mass
meeting held last night.
The mayor received a small com
mittee and mude the promise.
Mrs. Fred Eckongren of Island City
was in La Grande today.
Mrs. Pearl Mettler Buried.
The funeral cervices of Mrs. Pearl
Mettler of Elgin, who died in this city
Sunday afternoon, were held in tho
Baptist church this afternoon.
Public Library Will Be Open.
The public linrnry will be open to
morrow. Will !.ocate Near Island City.
M. J. Wittmeycr of Montrose coun
ty, Colorado, plans to buy some prop
erty near Island City and farm there.
Mr. Wittmeyer has been near Island
City for some time but has just de
cided to locate permanently. With
Mr. Wittmeyer are his two children,
a girl and a boy.
deavor union, led v.ho devotional hours.
Miss Dyer is ono of the very few wo
men to bo honored with the presi
dency of a state union.
Miss Helen On- of Portland, of win
ning personality and of intense spirit
ual fervor won the hearts of the dole
gates at the very first session. The
retiring president, Lloyd Ii. Carrick,
Portland, was presiding chuirman and
I the program was carried out on sched
ule time under his careful direction.
He Is a senior in Heed college and ex
pects to enter some theological semi
nary next fall.
Miss Effie Torgerson of Milton, su
perintendent of the intermediate, de
partment," also appeared on the pro-
:aeavor eirtciency.
During the Sunday afternoon serv-
jice 24 expressed tho determination to
devote their lives exclusively to some
Trind of Christian work if the way
. opens for them. There wore four
1 more decisions in the evening serv-
The delegates began leaving late
Sunday night and by Monday evening
all "were gone.
La Grande is much the richer by
having entertained the convention
richer in things social and religious
NEW Clli
ALLIES SHIPS
ARE VICTIMS
OF THE (J BOATS
A CROWDED ITALIAN TRANS
PORT AN D TWO ARM ED STEAM
ERS ARE SUBMARINED.
EXTENT OF SUBMARINE
SUCCESSES NOT KNOWN
Treasury Secretary Helferrich De
clares the Undersea War Is a Suc
cess and That Germans Will Allow
Nothing or Nobody to Wrest Vic
tory From Them He Declares
Britain Food Supply Is Shrinking to
Danger Point.
Merlin, via Kayville, Feb.
21. (United Press) The
omciai press bureau an
nounced that a crowded Ital
lan transport, two armed
steamers, an Italian merch
antman, the 'French freight
er Moveimtaux, and the
French schooner Aphrodite
were submarined in the
Mediterranean. They de
clared the real submarine
successes were not known
until submarines report.
Treasury Secretary Hel
ferrich addressed the Ger
man agricultural council and
discussed the ' submarine
war. . He said success was
certain. He would "allow
nothing op nobody to wrest
successes from us." He as
serted that British naviga
tion was already depressed
to danger point.
II elf rich: said the subma
rines reduce British com
merce about fifty per cent,
lie declared the British re
serve stocks of meat and
other necessities wrere re
duced so .that plentiful im
portations were imperative.
He said: "The British
world empire has already
been shaken to its founda
tions. They are now suffer
ing the powerful and merci
less strokes of our submarine
navy. They will continue
until the day, which every
German heart ardently
awaits, dawns."
M. I. A. Tournament
Scheduled Thursday
Five Ti'ums Are in Race Three 1 41
Grande Men Disqualified .Mt. Glenn
luniks Strong.
Five Eastern Oregon M. I. A. bas-1
ketball teams will contest here Thurs-I
day in the high school gymnasium for j
tne silver loving cup emiiiemauc 01
the Eastern Oregon M. I. A. basket
ball championship. The teams are La
Grande, Imbler, Union, Mt. Glenn and
Buker. Three members of the I41
Grande team, Bean, Hollistcr and Lar
son are disqualified: Bean and Larsen
because they are officers in the East
ern Oregon M. I. A. und Hollister, be
cause he hus not yet reached a quali
fying position in the M. I. A.
The games will -begin at 11 a. m., 3
p. m. and 0 p. m. The final game will
end just as the Pendleton and La
Grande high school teams are ready
to take the floor.
The silver cup was offered last
year for the first time and was. won
by the I Grande team. , .
The following were registered' at
the Imperial hotel, Portlnnd, Monday:
George W. .Wyatt and Cliff Wade of
Enterprise, Mrs. G. R. KeiT and J. J.
Qulnland of La Grande.
Senator and Mrs. Walter M. Pierce
have returned from Salem. Mrs.
Pierce last night and Mr. Pierce this
morning. '
George Good returned last night
from a business trip to Baker.
PRESIDENT WILL
ASK CONGRESS
u on ii
WILL GIVE ADDRESS ON GER
MAN SITUATION PROBABLY
LATE NEXT WEEK.
WANTS POWER TO PRO
TECT AMERICAN RIGHTS
Belligerents Will Be Notified of Cir
cumstances Surrounding the Ad
dress to Avoid Misunderstanding
Cabled Received That Turkey Will
Support Germany Naval Bill Re
ported Favorably In Senate.
(By Kobert J. Bender, U. P.
Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Feb. 21.
President Wilson practically
determined to address Con
gress on the German situa
tion probably late next week.
lie plans to ask broad pow
ers to protect American
rights after adjournment,
lie will advise all belliger
ents as to the exact circum
stances surrounding the ad
dress to prevent misunder
standings. It is believed the
President must take every
precaution in order to pre
vent Germany from misin
terpreting his act.
It is announced that Am
bassador Klkus cabled the
state department that Tur
key reaffirmed the pledge
to support Germany and
Austria. She is determined
to fight to victorv. The cable
said the Turkish Chamber of
Deputies was anxious to
strengthen the good rela
tions with neutrals. The
Chamber unanimously voted
confidence in the new cabi
net. The Senate naval commit
tee favorably reported the
Administration's naval bill.
I t carries a total of nearly a
half billion dollai-s. One
hundred and twenty-eight
'million have been added
since the House passed the
bill. It authorizes the Presi
Ident to commander private
shipyards and munitions
plants in the event or war.
Youg Men Break
Records at Y. M. C.A.
, At the regular senior gymnasium
class at the Y. M. C. A. last night, a
new athletic record was made and the
old record badly smashed. The event
was the flying 1 ing vault and several
of the boys cleared the top of the
standards. There Is a belief that a
bettor record would be established if
the standards were higher. The fol
lowing young men cleared the mark
which was 7 feet 6 inches; Virgil Bol
ton, Ij&wrence Graham, W. A. Brad-
way and Elmer Horstman. During
the class a numoer of the young men
were trying to impersonate Frank
Gotdi on the wrestling mat and today
they will be noticed by the way they
hold up their hiads because of sore
necks. The next regular class will be
held on Friday evening.
Mrs. A. Buckley left Monday night
for Portland where she will make her.
home. Dick Buckley, formerly assist
ant superintendent of the O-W. R. &
in. company nere, nas oeen in ronisnv
FOR HEW POWER
since the first of tho month. Mr.
Buckley is assistant superintendent of
the Portland division. . C
Charles Albert Small returned this ;
morning from Salem, where he served
as a representative from Union coun-"''
ty...-, . .. ' t
E."W. Cox left last night for Ttffio. '
Ohio, where he will manage a moving"
picture theater.