La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 01, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. A .1, ' p futtttitut Tf mtt&t PHONE OBSERVER YUUR WANT Ans M.m7 VOLUME XVL GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917. NUMBER 267, any ke AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ... PRINTS THF NFWR THF flAY IT HaPPCNC I PHONE THE ORSFRVFR YOUR NFWft MAIN 37 , i ,, , , , . . , 3 ' . LA Germ Wi Ma .Peace Offer GERMAN SUBMARINE IS GERMANS DESTROY SHIPPING FASTER THAN ALLIES CAN BUILD IT Standarization of Ship Building in England, America, Canada, and Ja pan and operation of Shipyards to Fullest Capacity la Essential to ' Prosecution of War. Washington, May 1. (United Press) That the German submarine menace is over shadowing even the question of sending American sold iers abroad was reported at the coa ference of the war commissioners. "The situation is very serious," British expert, Lord Eustice Percy, stJd. "Standardization of shipbuild ing in England, America, Canada and Japan and operation of all shipyards at their fullest capacity are abso lutely essentiul to the prosecution of the war. "Germany is sinking ships faster than the Allies are building them," Lord Percy said. "I can't give the exact figures. They're appalling." Nolan Skiff Re- ,w..."ccl Receiver.; .Washington, May ,. l.CUnitod 4 Press) The President today renomi nated: United States District At- ' torney, for Oregon, Clarence Reames. Receivers public money, Nolan Skiff of La Grande, L. A. Booth The ) uaues. Register Land Office, Woodcock, The Dalles. ON STRIKE DISPATCH FROM THE HAGUE TELLS OF GERMAN TROUBLES NO STRIKES IN ENGLAND. London, May 1. (United Press) Half of all the munitions workers in Rheine Province, Germany, joined the German strike, according to a special agency dispatch from The Hague. England has had no May Day demonstrations. On the contrary, fifteen hun dred striking clerks in the Wool rick Arsenal and three thousand dock workers returned to work this morning. War Tabloids (By United Press Association) London, May 1. Final returns in a nation-wide census of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, pigs and agricultural instruments are due in Great Britain today under a war department order. New York, May. 1. School teach ters of New York are completing to day a census of all vacant lots in Gieat New York available for use m the. home garden movement Speelton, Pa., May 1. Ten per cent wage increases in Bethlehem .Innta Vore. at Sdsv- i i i nknnnn urn o r - TOWS fOini aim at - -- f.fivo todav. They effect several thousand munition workers. New York, May 1. Columbia Uni versity will open a military training .n-mn fm- at.ndents and alumni at Dyker Park today as the first step in a plan to add courses in military to the regular university ID WORKERS E CHILE AND GERMANY ARE T 'REPORT SAVS ' THAT PRINCE HENRY NEGOTIATED SEC RET TREATY IN 1913 Buenos Aires, May 1. (United Press) Germany and Chile negoti ated a secret treaty guaranteeing Germany a foothold in South Amer ica when Prince Htnry visited Chile in nineteen thirteen, according to an article by Jose Molins, a foremost au thority on South America relations. The pact prevented Chile from sympathizing with the United States. Germany promised ail to Chile in maintaining its supremacy in west ern South America. Senate Passes Again - Conscript1 Bill PEECH IN SENATE SUGGESTS THAT OTHER NATIONS MAY BE INVOLVED BY ROBERT J. BENDER ' Wflshine-ton. Mav 1 fllnitcri preSs) That war with other nations 'than Germany threatens the Unit states was indicated by Senator GROWING SEROUS J ON PAG 'junamoenain, or uregon, iw-nen rein H Frank 't'oducing the army bill. "Upon the advice or tne juoge advocate general, I desire amednment to the bill," he said, "so as to substitute the word 'emergency' for the word 'war't where- Iever it appears. , "The reason given is the bill now applies only to war with Germany. If drawn into a war witn- otner na tions it wouldn't apply to those." The amendment was defeated. New York, May 1. (United Press) There will bo moaning at the bar3 of sixty-five heretofore all night res taurants and saloons of New York's erstwhile Gay White Way at 1 o'clock tonight. The sobering shadow of war will cut off the gaities while the night is yet young. By order of Mayer Mitchell all all-night licenses have been rescinded, effective today. GLENDALE MARSHAL IS BELIEVED TO BE LOST , Roseburg, May 1. (United Press) J A posse is searching the mountains for James Hays, marshal at Glendale, j who disappeared baturday. Bloodhounds are being used. It is believed Hays became de mented. The posse has abandoned hope of finding him alive. JOFFRE AND VIVIANI ARE GIVEN OVATION Washington, May 1. (United Press) The Senate gave Marshal Joffro and Vice Premier Viviani a spectacular tiribute. The chamber shook with cheers and hand clapping. The Wheat Market Chicago, May 1. (United Press) The wheat market today opened and closed as follows: May Open $2.71: high $2.71; low $2.55; close 2.57 1-4. July Open $2.26; high $Z.Z7; low $2.12 1-4; close $2.13. Kilbane May Wear Two Crowns. New York, May 1. (United Press) Kilhane festherweiirnt champion, will get his chance tonight -tr annex another championship when 'iho FreHHin Welsh here in a i aohortuler! tpn-rnimd bout. The men (are to weigh in at 135 pounds at 2 :Iock. TTillmno hns heen trvin? for more ittinn a vpnr to pet a match with ' Welsh. He is confident he can defeat the Britisher. Billy Miske will meet Battling L vinskv here tonight, in the fourth j match the pair has staged. DeadLock Reported On Western Front London, May 1. (United Press) A dead lock is appar rent along the British front. General Haig reported a suc cessful air raid. Elsewhere "nothing special". Both aides are deadlocked hurrying fresh troops and materials to - the front IB BE IN EFFECT PAQIEIO NORTHWEST MUST FUR BISH 13,609 MEN FOR EVERY 500,000 OF ARMY. Press) The Pacific northwest must furnish thirteen thousand six hundred and nine men for every half million troops of the new army when the con scription bill goes into effect, accord ing to an estimate of army officers. Registration of eligible men preparT atory to operation of conscription may ibegin within a week. No exemptions aro made during registration. Eligible males refusing to register turo subject to arrest and imprison ment. After registration farmers and mu nitions workers are exempted. Approximately one thousand one hundred and forty-one will be con scripted from each Congressional dis trict. Portland and Seattle will each fur nish one thousand one hundred and forty-one. It is reported registration will be completed June 1, and recruits called a month or six weeks later. Portland, May 1 (Special) Besides answering hostile objections to the road 'bonding bill, Highway Commis sioner E. J. Adams in his address be fore the Oregon Good Roads Rally in the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, ex-' plained some points that have not been clear in the public mind. ' On width" of paving and mileage that can be constructed from the $6,000, 000 bonds he said: "The hard surface placed upon these roads should be of sufficient width to accommodate all of tho traffic demanded of that particular section of rqad. In some parts of the state a nine-foot road will bo ample, in other section the traffic will re quire a sixteen-foot road. The aver age width tho state over will prob ably be about twelve feet. A good hard surfaced road, either of concreta six inches thick, or some bituminnui mixture, and placed on crushed rock where the soil conditions are suitable, can be-laid for approximately $1.20 per yard. But, estimating as a mat ter of safety, that this road will cost an average of $10,000 per mile, you readily see that the funds availab'a from this bond issue will lay 500 milea of hard surface road. There are sonic 970 miles of load designated in tlu bill as hard surface roads. Some of these roads are optional hard surface, and much of the optional road will not need hard surfacing now. "Then, again there are many mile3 of macadam and good gravel road, , particularly in the Valley, upon whicn the annual cost to maintain is not equal to the interest on the cost to place a hard surface upon it. There fore, these sections, as a matter cf business economy, should not be hard surfaced until the traffic increases to a point where the annual cost to ! maintain exceeds the interest on the cost of a hard surface plus the annual cost to maintain the hard aur face. For this reason we may de duct from this total mileage many CONSCRIPTION LI COMMISSIONER ADAMS SPEAKS ON $6,00010 BOND ISSd Dutch Village is Attached in Raid 4- Amsterdam, May 1. (United 4 Press) The Dutch village of 4 Zicriksee near the Belgian fron- 4' tier, was laid in utter waste by 4 an aeroplane bomb raid. The 4' aviators' nationality and the 4' reason of destroying the unpro- 4" tected city -js unestablished. 4 Five are reported dead. 4" 4 4 f i 2 i ATL MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER ICA DELEGATES ARE ENTER TAINED COMMERCIAL CLUB TO BE REORGANIZED Delegates to the Modern Woodmen of America Slate Camp and business men of the city gathered together in the dinning room at the Foley today for the business men's luncheon and banquet to the visiting delegation. Good fellowship and loyalty to our country was the favorite topic of ad dresses. Rev. Charles A. Edwards of the M. E. church opened the banquet with prayer. The delegates were. seated at dno table together with the members representing the r order of M. W. A. Following the banquet tendered the visitors Fred J. Holmes, chairman, called upon every one to stand and in troduce themselves, giving business and residence. The meeting was then turned into a business meeting to handle matters of the commercial club. At the next (Continued on Page 8.) miles of gravel and macadam roads, leaving approximately 600 miles out of the 970 that should now be im proved with a hard surface. You ("an see, thfrefore, that the funds avail able from this bond issue will prac tically hard surface every mile of roai designated in the Bill and on the map as hard surface road that now de mands such a surface." On the- application of funds in the construction of post-roads and forest roads he said: "If this larger bonding bill is not approved, the state highway depart ment is limited in its activities to co operating with the Federal govern ment in tho construction of post and forest roads only, for there will be no funds available for other work, but if the larger bonding bill is approved, then we will have funds to build thes hard surface roads and in cooperation with the government build the post and forest roads, and we will also have a surplus in the State Highway funds from the 1-4 mill tax and the auto license fees, after paying the in terest upon these bonds, which may be used to aid counties where such aid is necessary, or to build the roads in other parts of the state which are not post roads, or hard surface roads. Therefore, if the bonds are approved, your state highway, department can proceed to build a very complete and well balanced system of state high ways." To those who say the $6,000,000 Is merely the start of a $50,000,000 pro gram he says: "They get the $50,000,000 by as suming that 1000 miles of hard sur face will cost $16,000 per mile, where as the facts are, it can be built for less than $10,000 per mile. "They also assume that it will cost $10,000 per mile to prepare the grade ready for this hard surface. Most of these grades are now fairly well pre- ( Continued oa Pc Eight.) MORS 0 MR E GUESTS CHANCELLOR HOLWEG WILL ANNOUNCE TERMS TUESDAY DELEGATES TO MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER ICA HOLD THEIR TRIENNIAL CAMP IN LA GRANDE Delegates to ' the Triennial State Camp convention of Modern Woodmen of America which holds its first ses sions in our city today have been as sembling since last evening. Among the first to arrive was E. D. Gilson of Bend who is here with an invitation asking that' tho next meeting of the state camp of the M. W. A. be held in that city. The local members of the order in cluding the timberman escorting their prize banner which was won in tho state wide contest for membership last year mot the bulk of the delega tion which arrived on No. 6 this morning. From there they were es corted to the business men's luncheon at the Foley. The trip to Hot Lake that was planned for the benefit of the delega tion was postponed? on account of the high water and bad condition of the roads. Clint Ball, chairman of the Reception committee, was unable to be in attendance having been taken seriously ill. The rest of the program including auto ride, school children's concert, reception and motion picture show will be held as scheduled. A. where welcome will be extended to visitors and keys to the city turned over to the delegates. A program and motion picture show will also take place at this time. Tomorrow even ing a banquet will be given at the Methodist church. Rev. J. D. Tape, of Hood River, ex pressed the appreciation of the dele gation for the banquet and royal treatment received. He said the busi ness of the State damp would be legis lation for the home and firesides of millions that they represent as an order. J. W. Simmons, State Deputy Head Consul, spoke of the La Grando spirit of welcome tendered them by the city as a whole, and told of the pleasure of the delegates to be in the city for even a short time. He congratulated the local order of M. W. A. upon win ning the prize banner which was of fered in the recent 1917 membership contest. A. C. Marsters, of Roseburg, gave an address in response to the hearty welcome. Loyalty to fellow man was the kopnoto of his speech; he drew a vivid picture of it in these stirring times when the homes need protection of bodies of men such as the M. W, A. and other fraternities. The luncheon adjourned at 1:20. J. G. Snodgrass will be chairman at the next week's luncheon at the Sommer. New Members of Red Cross Society New Red Cross members are as fol lows : J. J. Carr, Henry M. Turner, Mrs. Donald Pngue, Miss Lucia Haley, J. B. McLaughlin, E. E. Bragg, Mr. and 'Mrs. Tom Peach, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Palmer, Jay Van Buren, Mrs. J. P. Rusk, Mrs. Elizabeth Donnelly, Mrs. Myrtle Bunker. Censorship Of All Wires Eastablished Washington, May 1. (United Press) The United States estab lished censorship upon cables, tele graph and telephones. All cables tq affected. Only telephone and tele graph lines along the Mexican border nre censored. The-wnr and navy do partment will establish regulations. CONVENTION ARE ARRIVING NEWS IS PRINTED IN THE BER LIN. TAGEBLATT AND TELE GRAPHED TO THE HAGUE Conference Between the Austrian Em peror la the Basis of Reports that Austria Demands Negotiations Swiss Minister Now Representing Germany Calls on the President. The Hague, May 1. (United , Press) German Chancellor Von ' Bethmann Holleweg will make , peace offer in Reichtag Tuesday, the Berlinger Tagcblatt an nounced. For over a month rumors of another peace "feeler" by Athe German Chancellor have been circulated in Europe. Conference between the Aus trian Emperor and the Kaiser is . basis of reports that Austria is ' demanding a new peace offer. : Recently it was persistently ru mored that the German economic , situation was forcing the Govern ' mcnt to make a peace offer to -. gain public support. Washington Is Silent. Washington, May 1. (United Press) The State Department withheld comment regarding the forthcoming Hollweg peace offer. Some thought Swiss Minister Bitter's appointment with the President was significant. Ritter represents Germany. It 1 is known if Germany merely making a politically stragetie -move or issuing a program in tended to influence neutrals the , effort will fail. PLOT TO CAUSE STOCK PANIC WOLF HERSCH, FORMER GER MAN SUBMARINE OFFICER, ACCUSED BY NEW YORK POLICE. New York, May 1. (United Press) Details of a wild plot to dynamite an important Wall street office, presumably Mor gan's, followed by tapping of tele graph wires, and spreading of a ' false report of the President's assassination and a submarine raid were revealed by the police ' following the cross examination of Wolf Hirsch, formerly an of ficer of the German submarine service. Hirsch, with George Heiringer, : another German, was charged with possessing a bomb. The police declared he prepared to cause a stock panic Military Censors In New York Today Albany, N. Y., May i. (United Press) Eighty-seven questions will bo asked of New York residents be tween the ages of 16 and 64 in tha military census which starts today. The questions will include listing of ownership of automobiles, launches, motorcycles, cattle and other stock, firearms and will collect a vast amount of dnta for industrial mobi lization. Thousands of women havo volunteered their services for thef clerical work of the census. The obligation to give permanence to the valuo of forests rests with ownars and lumber manufacturers alike. The old idea that a door is a door has been abandoned where fir doors have been introduced. , 5 w course.