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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1917)
Enterprise Is To Have a Horse Show On April 14. That's a Good Idea. Union and La Grande Will Help Boost It Along ; M III M PHONE OBSERVER YOUR WANT ADS. MAIN 37 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR NEWS. MAIN 37 TOLTJME XVI. LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1917 NUMBER 232. WAR WITH GERMANY SEEMS CERTAIN PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS EXTRA SESSION APRIL 2 CONGRESS CALLED TO MEET III EXTRA SESSION APRIL 2 PRESIDENT WILSON DECIDES TO MEET GERMANY'S AFFRONTS ON THE HIGH. SEAS WITH SWEEPING ACTION. MOTOR 10 10 6 BEGINS PR .1 O.-W. K. & N. CO. WILL IMPROVE SERVICE BETWEEN TWO TOWNS. WITH STATE OF ACTIVE OPERATIONS Ml DEPEND ON CONGRESS Possibility of Averting Hostilities Seems To Be Growing Less. Country At Large Seems Determined To CITIZENS OF ELGIN AND LA GRANDE FILED PETITIONS Campaign for the Motor Car was Fathered by Edwin Morrison of Summerville and Assisted by the Commercial Association and Busi ness Men's Committee of La Grande Motor car service will start be tween Elgin and La Grande, April 1. The O.-W. R. and N. Co. will put on a motor car which will probably make two round trips daily except Sunday. The service "will bo in the nature of a CE DENNIS 10 GO QUCT CAMPAIGN LA GRANDE MAN TO BE EXECU TIVE SECRETARY OF LEGIS LATIVE COMMITTEE. CONVENTION SCHEDULED IN PORTLAND FOR APRIL 7 Mr. Dennis Is In City Today Tending to Personal Affairs. Will Have Of fices in Selling Building, Portland Automobile Licenses Will Retire Bond Issue and Pay Interest CZAR IS TAKEN AND IMPRISONED IN PALACE EX-RUSSIAN RULER AND CZARINA ARE BOTH TO BE VERY CLOSELY ' GUARDED AT TSARKOESELO. OTHER ARRESTS MADE. Bruce Dennis last night informed the legislative committee working to secure the passage of the $6,000,000 road bond measure which will be voted upon by the people June 4 that ho would accept the tender of the of- AvOnCP I iOCSQ nt AmPriffln I ilVPS. trial nH its rantimnnni it is under. 1 fice of executive secretary to tho o . rf Further Submarine Attacks On American Merchantmen May On Actual1 Declaration of War. stood will depend upon the patronage received. American Merchantmen May Bring i?fsn? Bbre Z?bm? win Morrison of Summerville haa been the leader m the campaign. Mr. committee and would direct tho in cidental publicity campaign for the bond measure. Mr. Dennis, who is in the city today tending to personal business, made, the announcement to the Observer.. . lie will return to PortWind in a day or two and open Washington, March 21. (United Press) The Presi dent has called an extra session of Congress for April 2d. He has decided tc meet Germany's high seas affronts with sweeping action. War seems just ahead. Congress may be asked to consider aggressive steps to ward Cermany. With a state of war admittedly existing further sub marine attacks on American merchantmen may result in declaration of war by Congress. The possibility of averting hostilities is apparently killed. The President's decision is based on the tremend ous appeal from the country for revenge for Germany's killing American citizens and destruction of American property. It is recalled that a year ago the President told his ad visers he believed if America entered the war actively the struggle would terminate within a few months. Senator Chamberlain Will Confer With President. Washington, March 21. (United Press) Senator Chamberlain declared lie will confer with the President soon regarding universal military training and other pre paredness measures. RUMORS OF GERMAN REVOLUTION UNFOUNDED. Amsterdam, March 21 (United Press) Rumors of a German revolution circulated on the stock exchange to day aroused intense excitement. Uninterrupted commu nication of railway wires and regular arrival of German papers indicated the report was unfounded. FIVE AMERICANS LOST IN VIGILANCIA SINKING. Washington, March 21. (United Press) Five Amen cans died in the sinking of the Vigilancia, the Consul at Plymouth reported. Morrison circulated a petition a year headquarters in the Selling building. or more ago and got many signers. ' In Portland, April 7, a convention Recently he took the matter up again, (of delegates from all over the state and secured tho cooperation of Pres- wju meet w map out. tnc campaign ident Snodgrass and the Commercial association. Mr. Miller brought up the matter before the businessmen's luncheon and a resolution endorsing the proposed service was passed and special committee appointed con sisting of George T. Cochran, E. E. Kiddle and Fred L. Meyers to handle IS ST1LLRETREATING Ixmdon, March 21. (United Press) The German retreat has apparent ly not (reached the "hindenburg line" today. Nevertheless stiffer fighting indicated the Germans are preparing to make a stand. Seven Killed, Town Wrecked By Tornado NORWEGIAN IS TORPEDOED for the passage of the bond bill. Any one is entitled to attend this conven tion. "We need roads," said Mir. Dennis this morning. 'Thr.t we all agree up on. The only disagreement is upon the means. We in favor of the bond ing measure believe that a program tlm matter mid to show the interest of road building, for permanent of the citizens of La Grande for more i roads, not nnnual tinkering, is the best convenient service between La Grande scheme, 1 he plan we propose is tno and Elgin. President Snodgrass one other states have found to tc suc- called upon the O.-W. R. nnd N. of- cessful. ficials as did also Mr. Cochran on re-. me automoime is me roaa ac cent trips to Portland and urged the stroycr and the automobile, therelore, mutter. should be the road builder. This is The fact that the service is to be the basic idea in tho bonding scheme. established is quite a personal victory j "The automobile licenses for the next for Mr. Morrison, because he has , u years, under our pian, win reure pegged awav :it it in season and out 1 prmeipml nnd interest of the cost of of season and kept things moving. j the road construction. 1 he taxpayer Mr. C.nrhmn nnnoiinced the fact ' does not pay one cent more in taxes: 1H ho started nt. ' this is the important fact. If the Mr. William McMurrav. eeneral I taxes were increased one cent u would passenger agent of the O.-W. R. & N. bo opposed to the measure tor as it company in announcing the new ser- , is taxes are as high as 1 want them vice wrote as follows: W " "I nm .rrpjitlv nletiHcd to be able to Mr. Dennis nas just returned trom advise weather conditions permitting, Alaska where ho and associates have the proposed motor car service be- ; been negotiating lor nn on lease, tween Elgin and La Grande will be j ' -" inaugurated April 1st. n II . n: X "As it looks now will probably ; rH M H III riUMCCI Ul start it out with two round trips daily except Sunday. "Mr. Hicks, our traveling passenger agent, will go over the situation care fully agam at La Grande and fcJgin fo' tho purpose of deciding schedule that will be most suitable to the peo ple as whole. AFTER ANNOUKCING POLITICAL AMNESTY THE NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES PRISONERS Several High Dignitaries of The Rus sian Church Are Imprisoned. Those Arrested Presumably Refused To Support New Regime. Czar Re ceives Offer To Go Into Vaudeville. Loudon, March 21 (United Pr,es) A special dispatch from Petrograd declared the Provisional government ord ered the former Czar and Czarina deprived of liberty and taken to the palace at Tsarkoe-Selo. Other dispatches said "The Czar would soon rejoin his family at Tsarkoe-Selo. Apparently the new Russian government began whole sale arrests of royalty immediately after announcing po litical amnesty, several nigh dignitaries ot the Russian church were arrested. Presumably those arrested refused to renounce their allegiance to the Royalist regime. Khieff advices stated the clergy there formally recognized the government. Czar Offered $5000 Week Salary. New York, March 21. (United Press) Louis- Selz nick, the movie producer and millionaire, formerly a pen niless Russian exile, cabled Nicholas Romanoff, former Czar, today offering him five thousand dollars weekly salary to come to America to appear in a film story en titled "Behind The Throne." 1849 Died Today Pendleton, Mairch 21. (United Press) William Piper, 95 years old, pioneer of 1849 died this morning at his home near Helix. RUMORS CONTINUE TO TE OF SERIOUS RIOTING BERLIN Finland Is To Have Its Own Constitution. Petrograd, March 21. (United Press) The Provis ional government issued a ukase decreeing general po litical amnesty. The ukase also confirmed previous an nouncement of a constitution for Finland and ordered im mediate convocation of the Finnish. United States Will Negotiate New Treaty With Russia. Washington, March 21. (United Press) America will undertake the negotiation of a new commercial treaty with Russia after recognizing the government. Ambassador Bakimstoff formally notified the state department today that a new regime had been created. Washington, March 21. (United Press) Norwegian freight steamer Davangcr, enroiite to Rotterdam was torpedoed on March 14; the crew was saved. One American was aboard, Robert Ieroy Bragg, of California. Amsterdam, March 21. (United Press) Rumors of serious rioting in Berlin requiring the presence of troops were circulated this afternoon. It is reported many de tachments were called to the eastern front to pacify rioters. HOW THE UNITED STATES WOULD WAGE WAR. Littlo Rock. March 21. (United Press) Seven are killed nnd eight in jured in a tornado near Delmark this Washington, March 21. (United Press) A member of the cabinet outlined the following probable course of action in the event of war and an "alignment with Allies." The British and French fleets in the western Atlantic would be released. The American fleet would patrol there. Our ports would E. L. Devereaux, president of the Deavercaux Mortgage company of Portland was in tho city yesterday. He . A Allioc ff oil nnmiwin THviftrnsimi of iin ..... .. m. . M v , nt j uu uucucu iu uiv awes " r . remark I thT business men's luncheon. i limited credit to the Allies would also result. Allies Will Furnish Food To Switzerland. Paris, March 21. (United Press) Denys Cochin, min ister of blockade, today told the United States the Allies agreed to continue revictualling Switzerland. Cochin an nounced this as evidence of the ineffectiveness of sub marine operations. Ue just returned from studying the Swiss situation. French Premier Ribot Makes Declaration. Paris, March 21. (United Press) "We arc now in po sition where we fight with equal strength. We have what our enemies do not have, the sentiment that we are de fending the cause of right and civilization," declared Pre mier Ribot, in a formal cabine declaration today. I. W W. Speakers Made Threatson Street Seattle, March 21. (United ProsB) Numerous Everett policemen testi fied today that I. W. W. speakers made violent throats at street meet ings before attempting the invasion of Everett whorv JelTerson Beard, deputy sheriff was killed. Serjeant Rico put the newly formed liiprh school caHet corps through its second drill yesterday. The boys ore enthusiastic alxuit the work and will soon elect the corps' officers. Joan Ropers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adna B. Rogers, is sick with th measles and lias boon quarantined. For the time being the family ia not with Jean.
