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LA GRANDE, OREGON. , WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1917.
VOLUME XVI. : c
NUMBER 298.
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AMERICAN ARID RUT
IN SINKS GERMAN SUBMARINE
SUBMARINE FLYS NO FLAG
FIRES THIRTY-FIVE
SHOTS AT
VESSEL
SUBMARINE REARS OUT
OF WATER AND DISAPPEARS
Name of Steamer Is Withheld But It
Is Known Not To Be the Mongolia
Name of Vessel. Not Given Be
cause Mongolia Was Apparently
Singled Out for Attack.
Washington, ' June 6. (United
Press) After a ninety minute run
ning fight between an American
armed merchantman 4and a. submarine
the merchantman sank the submarine,
the state department officially- ad
vised. The submarine, not flying a flag,
fired thirty-five shots. The steamer's
twenty-fifth shot pierced the subma
rine, which reared out of the water,
stern up, standing upright for a few
seconds, then disappearing. The
steamer captain and the commander
of the gun crew believe the submarine
sank. The navy department is con
vinced if the description of the, bat
tle is correct, the submarine was un
questionably bagged.
The name of the steamer was with
held, but' it is known the vessel was
not the Mongolia. It is believed here
that the Mongolia was singled out for
attack because she attacked a subma
rine on her previous voyage. The
name of the -second Bhip .is with
held lest Germany try some frightful
ness' on this ship. , ' " "
Portland, June 6. (United Press)
Practically complete returns of all
counties give a majority of approx
imately seventeen thousand favoring
road bonds. Figures r.s compiled this
afternoon are yes, sixty-eight thou
sand six hundred eighteen; mo, fifty
one thousand three hundred eighty
eight. Austrians Recapture
'. Italian Trenches
Vienna, June 6. (United
Press) The capture of an im
portant portion of the Italian
trenches south of Jamiano was
officially reported.
A hundred seventy-one offic
ers, six thousand five hundred
men were taken prisoners. The
Austrians recaptured the
ground the Italians recently
won.
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STATE SUPREM
E
IE
DEFENDANT IN CASE BORROW
ED FROM SCHOOL FUND ,
- AND THEN SOUGHT TO
AVOID PAYMENT
Salem, June 6. (United Press)
The state law providing that mort
gages on real property shall not be a
lien upon property after expiration of
ten years from date of mnturity
doesn't "apply to loans made by the
State Land Board from the irriduci
ble school fund.
According to supreme court opinion
in the case of State Land Board
against Mary Osborne Leo, et al. de
fendant borrowed from the school fund
in 1902 and paid interest annually un
til 1912, and then sought to avoid pay
ment. The supreme court allowed the
foreclosure of the mortgage.
Another decision was rendered in
the case of E. Stuart against Camp
Carson Mining Co.
The appellant appealed from Union
county and Judge Knowles' opinion
was modified.
In the case of Camp Carson Mining
and Power company, appellant, against
Miles Stephenson, et al., which was
appealed from Union county, Judge
Knowles' decision was reversed.
ROAD BONDS ;
i ARE ASSURED
COURT I
5
MCI
SON
Cyclone Cuts Swath
Through Battle Creek
Battle Creek, Mich., June "6.
(United Press j A cyclone cut a
swath two blocks wide through Bat
tle Creek this afternoon.
... Several wore injured but none were
reported dead. Tho damage - was
heavy, u he twister toppled over
houses, luted roofs and demolished
business 'blocks. . ,
L
DEPOT IS PART-
PHOTO RECONNOISS A.NCE
SHOWS WORKSHOPS UE
TROYED OR SERIOUSLY
' DAMAGED
London, June 6. (United Press)
Yin:' . -H,'e linrtiKo fAmnnt- in(lnt-nA
vasdamage on the German naval de- I
pot at Ostend, the . admiralty an
nounced. fhoto reconnoissarice' shows ithat
the majority of the workshops .,are
destroyed or, seriously, damuged. The!
entrance gates to the ..ilaek . yards
busin and submarine shelter are de
stroyed or under repair. Several ves
sels were sunk.
' " ' '
HOSPITAL UNIT v
AGGEPTED BY
THE o.n:g.
GENERAL WHITE APPROVES OF
PRELIMINARY STEPS FINAL
MEETING WILL BE HELD
FRIDAY NIGHT
The La Grande unit will undoubted- '
hold a meeting of the members and
those who desire to join at the Y. M.
C. A'. Friday night. Eighty-four have
now signed up.
Dr. R. E. L. Holt returne-l today
from Portland where he held a con
ference with Adjutant General White
with the following results:
General White thinks that La
Grande is to be congratulated for
forming the hospital unit.
The army department and the Na
tional Guard is snowed under with de
mands for equipment, so that it will
be some time before the hospital unit
can be equipped.
The La Grande unit will nndaubted
ly be accepted and it is probable that
it will be mustered in first to the Ore
gon National Guard, and then when
fully equipped into the Federal ser
vices This will probably take a month
or six weeks.
In the meantime the unit would re
main in La Grande, become fully or
ganized nnd drilled" and be recruited
up to full- strength. ; .
Steps are uridcr way to muster the
organization into the Oregon National
Guard. ..; ' i
A- full meetinir is requested at the
iY. M. C. A. Friday night so that the
J organization can get down to brass
tacks.
Goes To The State
Bankers Convention
Fred L. Meyers, cashier of the La
Grande National bank, left last night
for Portland and Eugene. Mr. Mey
ers .goes to attend the btate Wank
ers' convention lit Eugene of which
he is the president.
Young German Registers.
Paul Karl Rchwinkle, a young Ger
man of this vicinity, was among those
who registered in precinct No. 9 yes
terday. Rehwinkle has fighting in the
German ranks one brother and twenty-six
cousins. He has recently tak
en out his first naturalization papers.
OSED
V
LI DESTROYED,
REPUBLIC OF
CHI R
E
AUTOCRACY IN CHINA , PRAC
TICALLY TRIUMPHED CHINA,
'MAY BECOME TWO NATIONS ,
LONG STRUGGLE BETWEEN
FACTIONS IS EXPECTED
Dr. W. W. Willoughby, American
Constitutional Advisor to Former
, Republic Says That Present Trend
, Is St'oaRly Toward a Monarchy
. Militarists Control Situation. ' '
.TVL-irt Turin R ITinitnA Trnc-
Autocracy in China has apparently!
triumphed. It is evident today that
the republic is practically destroyed,
The division of China into two sa-
tions seems probable. A long strug-
gle between .rmiitarism and constitu-
tionalism.is expected to follow the
present revolution.
"The revolution is most serious,"
said Dr. W. W. Willoughby, 'American
constitutional adviser to the" former
republic, en route to United States.
"The republic is practically lost. The
present trend is strongly toward a
monarchy. Militarists absolutely con-
trol tho . situation." Northern and
southern China are expected each to
constitute a separate nation.
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HOLD HEARINGS
HEARINGS WILt
BE .HELD 'AT
I PORTLAND. TACOMA, SPO
KANE AND PENDLETON "'
i l
Salem, June 6. (United Press)-1-The
Public Service Commission of
Oregon and Washington will hold four
joint hearings .before
prescribing ;
rules and regulations for the stand-,
ardization ot grains and nay. )
Frank J.' Miller, chairman of tho
Oregon Commission, announced today
that hearings will be held as follows:
Portland, June 18th; Tacoma, June
19th; Spokane, June 20th; Tendleton,
June 21st.
The grain bureaus of Oregon and
Washington will operate under simi-!
lar laws. The two commissions agreed
to fix the same standards lor gram
in the two states and issue the same
rules and regulations and charge the
same fees, where fees will be charged.
Automobile Collision.
A slight collision happened this af
ternoon when the car of Mrs. C. E.
Short collided with the car of Dr.
Phy. The accident happened on the
intersection of Sixth and Washington
St, eets. To all appearances the car of
Mrs. Short was undamaged while that
of Dr. Phy suffered slightly, having
its guard torn from the front
cum
otherwise slightly scratched.
Circuit Court Convenes.
The June term of Circuit court con
vened today. Fred. Gaskill was ap
pointed court bailiff and H. C. Ball I
grand jury bailiff. The following were !
drawn for the grand jury: Everett 1
Walsinirer. S. K. Bnkcr, Ed. Logan, F.
M. Haines, I. C. Kennedy, D. L. Sand -
erson, Thomas Burns. - .
THE. WHEAT MARKET
Chicago. June C. (United Press)
The wheat market: ,
i July Open $2.19; high $2.23; low
$2.17; close $2,105.
I Sept. Open $2.00; high $2.0U low:
$1.93; close $1,951. 1
Portland, June 6. (United Press)
Club $2.49; Bluostcm $2.54.
PASSING
I
1
MISSION
WIL
i " ; , . , f Bert C. Hamilton today delivered
Paul B. Beck amved home today 1 t(J Fm, j nomos a fine now Pack
from Menomnen, Wis., where he ha.l nr(i ,00113 ich arrived today
been attending the State Institute. hy special fast froifrht, eight dns out
: . from the factory. This is one of tho
. Mrs. . F. Wilson, Mrs. Susan fine!!t automobiles that has eyer ar
aark. T;ss Clark. Mrs. Fred Fox, rivp(, in I-n Gran,(!. it js a twelve
Lvlenr' CTyde Wilson motored to the . cvmderi with 135 jnch -wheel base,
city to:'p7 from Imbler. 1 seven passenger, with natural wood
"rr ' ! wheels. The car is of a pretty ma-
iload Pond Returns. ., ,, lf (r,tay,A tn
The complete unofficial vote on the
road bonds in Union county is 1008
.rf.;i . a. onr
yes; no, .ajoriiy
Alicel prec.net voted yes 18; no 80.
REGISTRATION
FIGURES FOR
MANY ORGANIZATIONS REPRE
SENTED IN PARADE UNION .
WAS OUT AND MADE
GOOD SHOWING .
HONJ.A.BURLEIGH OF
ENTERPRISE MADE ADDRESS
Following Address of the Day Com
pany M Went Through Close Order
Drill, Guard Mount, Silent Drill and
Advance of Attack Boys Win Ap
lause. Registration was celebrated by the
ontlro Population of La Grande and
surrounding cities asa great national
holiday. Through tho atmosphere of
rf, day Patriotism prevailed to the
; ulest cxtent- Registration badges,
j Rcd Cross '3 and flags were to be
seen everywhere. In every detail the
j ?nrad,0 that fel at the Methodist
$urc at ' 2P .ra and mahed
through the principal streets of the
c,lty 3 pefect and the Commercial
;lub s ,to bo congratulated upon its
Splendid program for the day. The
farade as,one, Bystander expressed it,
. was a splendid r.nd glorious sight to
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iiiiiir
LL PROBABLY
BE RECALLED
UNION
COUNTY
Discrepancy In Some Precincts and IfSns a warrior . for his country-should
Is-Thought An Official Count Will
Be Needed to Decide the Close
Votes. j
Baker, Ore. June 6, (Special)
With f.hf r.nunt. frnm Cnnnerfieln
nnfl Hrennhnrn nreHnefs Inckintr. t.hfl
indications on the face of the returns
from tho TecaU election, as compiled
lllst evening( are that the recall has
carrieU by a majority of probabl"
Bl,,...t 50 votes nn(1 that William Du-
.bv the opponcnt of j. C. Mosaic!; in
the ,.ecall( win havo a majoriiy prob-
Lhlv anmowliovR Viptwnpn SO and: 00.
Some of the iato telephonic reports
anowed that the first figurCD reported
; from sonle of the pre,incts were jum-
Hn , .... th ount. on the reca1 oucs.
tion in several instances purporting
to be the vote for Messick and Duby.
This discrepancy makes it a bit diffi
cult o estimate what the final count
will be, but probably not far from
the figures noted. The race 'between
Commissioner Ritter and John Fraser
is closer and may require the official
count to definitely decide.
Lat yesterday afternoon the re
call was ahead by only ten votes for
a time, when Halway reported an
dnct No t which g(wo u a(WHional
error in its urst report oi rine pre-
votes against the recall, reducing the
I majority of 24 to 10. Later, how
'ever, Robinetto reported 14 for tho
recall and 7 opposed, while Connor
Creek came in with -33 for the recall
and two against. This boosted the
majority in favor of the recall to 47,
which cannot be materially changed
bv the report from either of the two
, pnnty CIerk com1)s win maltc the
off ivinl count tomorrow, assisted by
the justices of the peace from Green
horn and TSnkor and other assistants.
That the official count
will make
much difference is not anticipated.
New Packard Arrives
For Fred Holmes
der.
The car is fully equipped and
"-,u
'
w j Townley is in the city today
from Union
TO BE
11 WAR
HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED
WHEN GERMANS ATTACK
' I
Paris, June 6. (United X1
j. Press)-Extremely heavy loss-
es were inflicted on two Ger- f
man attacking divisions hich
J tried vainly to reach the French 4
lines near Hustebise, is re- ,
J ported.
Y V
RED CROSS
E
BIG WORK
TREMENDOUS TASK ' TO RAISE
$100,000,000 FUND LA
GRANDE'S SHARE
J15.000
Portland,. Juno . 6. (Special) At
last the war has gotten into Oregon
hearts.. "Our all ,in devotion and sac
rifice" is the spirit overspreading tho
state inee the Northwest "Mobiliza
tion meeting'', for the Red Cross in
Portland. Mondav. The universal anr.
vice of mercy was the proposal that i
recrunea eacn oi tne many prominent .
,men and women from every Oregon i
community for service until the state
has produced its $GOO,000 quota of tho
$iuu,uui),uuu.uu emergency Ken Cross
Fund which President Wilson by proc
lamation' has thrillingly appealed to
the nation to raise. . .. ,
"The stain of shame would indelib
ly be imprinted on Oregon's fair name
if by negligence of ours any mother
uiTin tnn rrivan her nmv nni) fcnnnnrh
he uncared for.'or if any 'boy a&.the
front wounded, should lack the hospit
al care needed to bring him baclf to
that mother."
1 The words, uttered by one of the
speakers at the great Red Crosscon -
ference of leaders from Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Utah and Oregon,
were the words needed to bring home
the nnture of Red Cross work and to
make the spirit of giving and of sac- 1
rifice burn clear and high in every ,
heart. It did not need to be said that j
the amount asked of Oregon is less
than a dollar for each member of the
1 it mUnwin. "V Tin rl n 'c- !
more than $17.00 for each man, wom
an and child of that country.
T. . ti!. ,
It wns only necessary to outline tne
i iim vhrh wa done
l v...,..n.., " - -
Pierce, W Zt Secret; Et!
...Vi r. 1 t r- vin
bett, state cha.rman and L G. N.cn -
ols, state campaign manager, 111 order;
to add definiteness to every state com-
mittee member's determination that
Oregon shall exceed rather than fall
(Continued on Page 5.)
ESTIMATES OF
POLK AND HOOD RIVER COUX
- TIES ARE FIRST TO SEND IN
THEIR REI'ORT. ,
Washington, June 6. (United
Press -1 he registration total is ex -
pectcd to exceed the war department
population registered.
Portland, Juno fi. (United Press)
-Adjutant General White estimated
that over seventy-five thounand reg
istered in Oregon. He is well pleased
with the results.
Manv counties registered conscrip-
tionable youth without charge to the I
frwornmnnfr. Pnlk nnd Hood River '
counties sent the first telegraph to-
tals, both filing telegrams, at 10
o'clock this morning. Josephine com
pleted her count soon afterward. It
will probably bo tomorrow before a
complete return of Oregon rcgista-
;ionjs knoWT,
tion
RUSSIA
CflNFBRENC
WAR DEPART
MENT SHORT
CONIC
ED
AIMS ARE JUST
JAPAN, UNITED STATES, FRANCE
AND ENGLAND SEND - i
STATEMENTS TO I
'.. . RUSSIA "
STATEMENTS EXPECTED TO
.
CHANGE RUSSIAN ATTITUDE
Allies Will Tell Russia They Are In
War Till Last Ditch and Will Dis
claim Desire for Indemnities ' or
Conquest
Washington, June 6. (United
Press) American and her allies ar
trying to convince Russia their war
aims are just.
Japan, United States, France and
England have already sent statements
to: Petrograd, or are preparing to dis
patch them, It is believed they will
swerve Russia from the trend towards
peace.
The Allies will tell Russia they are
in the warto the last ditch and will
shuw they are trying to make the
world safe from Prussian absolutism.
They will disclaim desire for penitive
indemnities or conquest. The latter,,
it is' felt, should have a tremendous
effect in Russia. v . . .
' Russia it is believed, lean give little
military assistance immediately. It
she needs a separate peace propagan
da the phychological military effect
will be a blaw. m . ' . ;
! America's message will soon , be
made public. ? v ; . . ,
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SIADISH SO-
-1
Stockholm, June G. (United Press)
Ten thousand socialists and labor
ers, rioted Tuesday when the premier
I of lower house of parliament re-
! tusea tne election 01 socialist leader,
, Branting, to the upper house.
i P,ice, and soldiers, wielding sabers,
. wounded a number of people. .
:
General Haig Renews
Offensive Says Report
! . London, Juno 6. (United f
4 Press) General Haig swung J
tne iintistii columns lorwara n
1 ; . ;
: and renewed the oflensrve.
. N
"Near North Scarpe we fur-
f P-.ressed on the western 4.
slopes of Greenland hill," was J
, , t . At Wea
14.
., ,, r.u.. J.
1- . JZZZ'L J. .
; i ' v r' i"-
! enveloping Lens.
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" Didn't Want To Be a Slacker. ' ;
Albany, N. Y., June 5. (Special)
Tryng to boost his 5 feet 3 inches
up to the standard required for mil
itary service, Willis Hartman, a pa- '
triotic youth from Glenwood, near
here, tried a form of elevation that
almost got by tho United States Ma
rine corps recruiting officers here, to-.
day.
Willis wont through without a flaw,
until hn" stripped to bo examined for
scars when tho 'doctor-discovered sev
eral layers of adhesive plaster and a
small cotton pad under each heel that;
gave A "French-heel t effect" to tho!
would-be warrior. When it was re
moved, ho lacked on inch of meeting"
the required height.
"T don't wnnt to be a slacker, so I
tried mv best to enlist." said Hart-
1 man, when he was reiected. "The-
, , w fc ,
nd(,od ,f j conW on,y H sti(
ho
stick."
Y. M. C. A. Picnic Tomorrow.
The girls' and boys' gymnasium
classes of the Y. M. C. A. will hold
their first picnic tomorrow on the top
of Rooster Peak. The crowd will leave
the Y. M. C. A. building at 9 o'clock
sharp, and will leave the peak at 1
o'clock. The vwill take their time In
mnking the climb and all parents can
M assured that special care will be
! taken so that the youngsters will not
tire out. ' The girls and the boys will
compete with each other in games and.
the old time rivalry th'at "tiaS existed '
all winter will open again.
ILISTS
LABORS RIO