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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
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BEGINS
PR
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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
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DENNIS
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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
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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.