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yOLUME XVL
LA! GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917.
NUMBER 331.
GERMAN GOLD SUPPORTS
AMERICAN HEWSTAPERS
EDITORS ARE
;: TIES ARE SENT WITH INSTUC
V TIONS TO ASSASSINATE RUS
SIAN CABINET.
PAPERS ARE BEING
PUBLISHED UNHINDERED
Russia's Armies in Their Advance Be
tween July First and Thirtieth Cap
ture 834 Officers and 35,809 Men
900 Troops Taken Prisoners Yesterday.
Petrograd.July 16 (United Press)
Germany is sending seven hundred
spies into Russia to attempt the as
sassination of Minister of War Ker
ensky, General BrusiIoft and other
leaders, according to information ob
tained by the Russian intelligence de
partment. A strong body guard was
immediately ordered for all officials.
Russia's advancing armies from
July first to July thirteenth, captured
eight hundred and thirty-four officers
and thirty-fivo thousand eight hun
dred and nine men and a vast store
of military supplies of all kinds ac
cording to the war office statement
Nine hundred " troops and sixteen of
ficers wore taker) prisoners yesterday.
F.J.Q.
OF O.A-C AT FOLEY
J. 'B. Horner, "professor of history
at the Oregon Agricultural college,
arrived in the city today with hi 8 wife
and they are staying at the Foley.
He intends to remain in the city until
Thursday morning at which time he
- will meet Ex-Governor T. T. Geer and
La Grande
Welcomes
Editors
The State Editorial association cer
tainly enjoyed themselves.
They arrived on a special train
last night at six o'clock and left after
half past nine o'clock but in that brief
time, they received a wonderful im
pression of La Grande and realized
the hospitality of her' citizens, saw
our beautiful park, were served with
a collation in the pavillion, listened
to speeches, enjoyed automobile rides,
and left all hoping to come again and
to be able to stay, longer.
When the six coach special train of
Pullmans rolled into the station, the
Commercial club which had complete
charge of the entertainment here, was
there to meet the editors with com
mittees of gentlemen and ladies, and
the members of the La Grande fress
club were also there to assist in the
welcome.
With arrangements perfected that
went off like clock work, President
Holmes and his committees escorted
the visitors and their ladies to the au
tomobiles that were waiting and they
went spinning about the city, seeing
the various places of interest. Ihe
newspaper men were much impressed
with the paved streets, the public
buildings, the city water system, and
vaitious other marks of public spirit
as well as the evidenco that. La
both will co to Joseph where they are , Grande is a home city, with lumber
scheduled to speak before the Wal- mills and railroad shops which employ
Iowa County, Pioneer association, labor.
Professor Horner speaking of the! After the ride the party arrived at
O. A. C. in connection with the eastern the (park and the beauty of the grove,
part of the state and especially La: and the stream, and1 the cool shade
.Grande said in -Dart: ' : ' i was very srrateful to the guests." Af-
"Dulrinff the Spanish-American, ter strolls through the park, which all
"War, William Hanley, the Sage of admired, a buffet luncheon was served,
Burns, in referring to the young men at which the home people mingled so
f Eastern Oregon, said 'The average ' cially and fraternally,
bunch-grass boy is physically able to I group of the younger people and
cope with Roosevelt's Rough Riders; ! 0f fa0 active metropolitan and
and with college training he can. be- Peleton newspaper men were enter
come competent to sit in the Presi-! ined by the Speed 'Em Up club,
Kent's cabinet.' College and universi- yftid, took them out for an inspection
ties endorse '.Mr.' Hanley's statement, cj tne raoe track,
and for this reason they seek more p,, Holmes presided as toast
students of the -kind. The young men at the gpeeches which followed
and their sisters as well have made a &nd wMch ied tne meeting.
reOOffXl true ill uujuui nwwtunwuo
learning wherever they have gone.
PLEASED WITH
THE SPEEDM
SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES BE
TWEEN ALL POINTS FROM
HUNTINGTON TO PORT
LAND. ROAD TO BE SPRINKLED
BETWEEN CITY AND TRACK
Local Transportation Problem Work
' ing Out to Satisfaction of Directors
Transportation . Committee Asks
All Cars That Have Not Reported
To Do So At Once.
Last night, while members of the
State Editorial Association were lis
tening to eloquent speeches, some of
the more restless ones, mostly from
Portland and Pendleton,, quietly left
the park and motored out to the
speedway to see for themselves the
much tooted oiled track. To say that
they were pleased with what they
saw, is putting it mild. They were
elated over the fact that they hadn't
missed viewing the speedway and en
thusiastic overhe splendid condition
of it. The Pendleton boys went home
determined to push the ."Speed 'Em
Uip and bring a crowd hero on tne
two racing days.
Special railroad rates for the rai
have been announced and include the
territory from "Huntington to Port
land inclusive, . including stations pn
Condon, Hoppner, Joseph, and ShanJ-
ko branches, also from Walla Walla,
Washington. The special rate given
is one fare and a third for a round!,.
a -n :j; J a 1 1: J,
imp. negaraing tne auuss ui sai Ujtfi
from stations, west of Pendleton, July U fi '.
20 will be the -only sale date while
.. . . ... i i r .
from other authorized selling pta-k.jn9
tions ticgets may oe purcnaaea . on
July 20, 21, or 22. The final retura
limit is July 23.
The local transportation question- i
working out to the satisfaction of the
directors and many applications from
trucks and pleasure cars to. run lor
25 cents have-- been ' received. Tip
transportation committee Icorsisting
of A. W. Nelson, Ernest Verhs and R.
J. Green are anxious that all who
want to make the passenger run ;'i$
the-track, report to them at once so
that they can line up on. the exact;
number of cars. As stated before all
cars except tho licensed taxis will
make the min for 25' cents one way
and will carry a card to that effect.
All 25 cent fares or 50 cent round trip'
Fred iB. Currey welcomed the news-
U.avO Ku. . i lul f tV, -U.ir in.
"The crave question at this time is vvr i...i -
whether young men will stand out as short speecn m wmcn oc w u
Coders or as subalterns in the great f the togs which make La Grande
a; ,ki,.h ; r Out f nearlv a city of happy homes.
four thousand students in tho Oregon Clarke ' Leiter also welcomed the
Agricultural college last year, nearly newspaper men to his home city- of
four hundred have offered their ser- which he is proud and to the home
..; rnitnr Dtners utkIhp nofmlo commented upon the spirit of
VK.I70 W UIVH ......... j . w 1 ' - , . .
;.,-..;., f-,rY, t-ho TI S War Tie. modern loumalism. which IS one Ol
M.tmf iffim WiripH thnt thev can natriotism and service.
.i ti,Din innmfi-ir t:ri most TKitri- R. N. Stanfield. speaker of the
otic service by remaining in college House of Representatives told of the
until their services are called for by work of the state council of defense
thp Government. ' and of the fact that it had offered the
"In this connection it will be inter- position of secretary to Bruce Dennis
afincr to know that the Oreeon Agri- I Mr. Holmes expressed the satisfac-
-,r.nTol mlWn hn. heim selected bv tion' that he felt that this important
the War Department of ..the U. S. as position had been offered to a La
Utrande man.
Mr. Dennis was then called upon
and in a speech full of emotion which
was ulainlv noticed by the audience
expressed the dilemma in which hej
had found himself, the- desire to en
gage once more in ' the newspaper
business and to serve the country by
organizing the various counties and
communities for the council of de
fense. He aid he had finally de-
PEACE IS BIG
QUESTION WITH
THE GERMANS
STRUGGLE DEFINITELY TURNS
UPON NEXT PEACE STEP
PUT FORWARD IN REICH- '
STAG.
GERMAN PAPER REPORTS
PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS
Large Crowd Saw General Hinden
burg Depart for Conference Cries
of "Give Us Good Peace f "Give Us
Early Peace," Are Heard.
GERMANY SENDS SPIES IN
TO RUSSIA IS I0IATI0II
Joseph Is
Fine Host
To Editors
Amsterdam, July 16. (United
Press) The international struggle
turned definitely upon the question of
peace terms today. The npxt step in
the political fight will come on the
EFFECTIVE PROPAGANDA WORK
AMONG AMERICANS IS LAID
BEFORE STATE DEPART
' MENT.
INFORMATION OBTAINED
BY RUSSIAN OFFICERS
Statesman of International Reputa .
tion Says Ministers Are Using Their
Holy Offices to Turn Americans In
to German Sympathizers.
Joseph was a gracious host yester
day to the State Editorial Association.
The SDecial train left Pendleton. Mia
Round-Up city, which had showered German gold is still being poured into
tho editors with the most elaborate """"'v propaganda worlc among:
Washington, July
Press ) Evidence that
16, (United
millions of
attentions, at 10:30 p. m. Saturday
night and came to La Grande, ar
riving about 1 a. m., where President
Farrell and his party in his private
car joined the train. .-, -I
' The arrival was made at Joseph at
i .. 1 1 ...i. : ..i. n . i !
K . . ,,:,. . j, 7 a. m. and from that time a most
lurnmu uy limits ifjr v. j"n t- .v-o 1 1. biiu . , .
Reichstag. The Likal Anzieger re- I e";'ble day was , spent The enter
ported a popular peace detdonaWation ' .ta,n.ment W88. "B tta nd" of M
when General Hindenburg loft for , lowing committees of the Joseph Com
nd bnHn,,rten, following a i meTClnl Ch,b undem the leadership of
a i ,a r:i nij,'they certainly did things up brown.
i .t o j,jitiU General arramrements J. Koo
- o I
Americans was laid before the State
Department today. A statesman of :
international reputation told the
United Press that German papers ar
being published unhindered under the
very noses of the American govern
ment. "Hundreds of ministers are using
their holy offices to turn, Americans
into German sympathizers,'' he de
clared. The condition is not local but
Dobbin and. J. Ross Leslie and --" " me niggest pa- ,
purs iu uiu itaisers pay is puDllsnea
RrTr immodintcly 1
aose as lluiJi.ibu- aj-pcareil ard
dried "Give good peuce," Then
man Verted: "Give us ojirlv ooaee."
cU TOe.nwscJianceUor ch,;Rsiirmd
a statement of his policy. .... i
in. tho east" (It was declared that
iho Allies should organize ticir own
ht
FRENCH ARE
TERRIFICLY
(Continues on Page 5.)
RHMRftRnPn
uuniunuui
Case Of Hen Lem Is
Now Being Argued
!!. t,ll, , B.nl w;i
Hn;m,l ' I propaganda work more strongly
EaU-Whda Filer; Tlldon Morelock. ?,uutral counJ"e8-
antorutJitnent--A. m. Kunrwiig, r. inr)
D. McCully, A. K. . Parker, F. H. L
Gaulke. Dr. Pittonorer. F. F. McCullv. UL
Transportation Dr. Albert Mount,
L. E. Cavincss, A. J. Richardson.
As soon os the visitors rubbed the
sleep out of their eyes they emerged
ARE
BEING WITHDRAWN
Rita !
CONCENTRATE IN DESPERATE charged with complicity fn the killing
All tliHl X 1 'J IVttlti DrtWV
ERAL PETRAIIN'S TROOPS. ;.
" if t;Ajfe::'s
Af " IcasB of State ''W'feom' lam,' who 1
Washington, July 16. (United
Press) German troops are , being '
withdrawn in large numbers from the
Italian and French fronts and sent to
Riga for counter-offensive against
Russia, according to the Russian Em
bassy dispatches. The Russian Bal-,,U(
" French Headquarters, July 16.
tOnitod Press) The most terrific
fWaibardment that Germany has yet
concentrated against the French wad
massed Saturday night in a desperate
attempt to force back General Pe-
train s troops from Jus new positions
around Moronville Crest.
rSu1air nriflt Virt innanlijlflfinn ft? -tllA
fares will be sold at booths and aH ritfcinch inea effected the French grrij?
W tightening with viselike hold, u.;
"TOie French hold the trenches dom-
BWHhg Moronville Crest. : ,
1-5
(Continued on Page 8.) "
GERMHOI
ERS ARE AMONG
cars will collect according to the. nuntt
ber of tickets they- hold at the time
of settlement. The licensed taxis
will charge 50 cents for one way far,
and wjU also carry a card stating
the fact. , ' vii
The roof on the grand stand is uni
dor construction and will be finished
within the next few days. A fencah
along the famous "rubber neck row"
which caused such a loss to tho organ-4
ization last year, i3 being built so
that the free fare seeker will be dis
appointed this year. ' The road be
tween here and the speedway will be
sprinkled so that those going out to
the races will not have to follow 1
the wake of another car's dust. .":.
The speedway will be opened to the
public each evening this, week but the
warning is again given not to race ft
the track. If you feel the speed nens
working on you it is better that .yoa
stay off the track, because as stated
before there is enough speed on tM
track every day and you will help
J.T ! tr nllinY i f altW
WHS TUCIIIK 'Wya uj wbu'P, g
This afternoon the "Speed lm upr-
'bovs started on a booster trip and will
cover the towns of Union, Cove, Elr-
gin. Tmbler and Alicel. ; t.
I tTFRNFn MFN
uwn FiiurtHir
umic criuiii mc
IIHVL I H1TIILILJ
. V. t IN
MEN ARRESTED NOT OFFICIAL
LY ACCUSED HELD UNDER
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
call of duty. Addison Bennett spoke iFour German Subma
rines Are Destr
. - v:
in a numerous veins oi sume i mo
newspaper experiences, telling stories
that got the laugh.
IW. L. Thompson, state highway
commissioner, told of the work of the
commission and that he was going to
I 1. tUt Pnrnefa nf fliA Rt H tf fit
j WUlft AVI V I n. ... ....... " .
large as well as the local commun
ities through which the roads passed.
sX fur as possible local needs wilt be
Washington, July 16. (United served by the state roads as well. He
Press) The arrest of German rioters said that he hoped that work would
and inciters among the I. W. W. dis- soon begin on the road between La
turbers in Arizona and Montana was Grande and Pendleton,
announced to the Department of Jus- Frank Irvin, of the Oregon Journal.
tjce. ) ' 'spoke in a light vein, delighting his
an. o ai-natpd are not officially audience with his stories and his evi-
aivnepri of inciting German interests, dent enjoyment of the whole trip
They are held under the President's which he described entertainingly.
Annmv Tiroclamation for examin-'' Ederar B. Piper also spoke in
- ati cm. vJareiui invtuuKouupp nBin. yc.h, Hc.u ... - r -
disclose the source of money at the to Mr. Irvine, Senator Pierce and
rioters' disposal. Officials said I. W. others, assuring the people of La
W. agitators are classed as anarchists Grande how much he had enjoyed the
and may be Imprisoned until some opportunity to visit the city,
connection is established between the Mr. Piper made a motion that the
central organization ana me uerman
iTWnn .Ttilv lfi. (United Press V-
According to German reports, Amei'f-
ean warshins convoying the first -eXr
peditionary force sdesbroyed four ol
the latest German type submarines.
Three Killed, And
F!o Aro Mnrfp(ilMt'iyette on June 15, Pcrformed
IVc Ml t? TYUUIIUOUjg honor at the tomb of the
SfXNY LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIB-
;!erS, REGISTERED FOR DRAFT,
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE .
RED CROSS. ! .
' Si'
tolumbus, July 16. (United Pross)
ppronerty owners, men with fam'.
flies, Liberty Loan subscribers, men
registered for draft, and contributors
to ,the Red Cross are interned here
With the I. W. W. 's according to the
leaders. '
At the Teauest of army officers the
leaders began a census. Four hundred
and thirty-three men are married,
three hundred and nine have children
arid two hundred fifty-six claim to
i property in Bisbee. Sixty-two
;r former soldiers of the United
States army.
jfH Soldiers Decorate Tombs.
'! Paris, June 25. (By Mail) One of
tba three American troopers who car-
Brted the magnificient wreath of 500
froses to Picpus cemetery where Gen
'ftraT Pershing decorated the tomb of
. . . . .. - . - r i il
Em-
of Wm. Eng. Crawford & Cochran
are arguing the case for State and
defense to the jury this afternoon.
Tomorrow Judge McGinn will cbse
for the denfense and Hodgins for the
State.
In the case of Ohong Bing, the jury
disagreed and were discharged last
Saturday. .
1
RUSSIA OCCUPIES IMPORT
ANT GA LI CI AN CITY
Rome, July 16. (United Press)
The Russian occupation of Dolina, an
important Galician city is reported.
The Austrians, it is declared, were
thrown back into the Carpathian
mountains. ,
1 The Weather.
Portland, July 16. (United Press)
-The U. S. weather forecast, "fari."
S. W. Tully, of Wallowa, is reg
istered at tho Imperial, Portland.
Horace Walter, of Corvallis, repre
senting the Oregon' Fire Relief as
sociation of McMinnville, Ore., spent
Saturday and Sunday with his broth
er, W. P. Walter, of this city.
Today Is Pay Day.
(Continued on Pago Four)
Washington, July 16. (United
Press) Three men were killed, in
cluding one American and five wer Ug resting place in 1912,
injured ' including two American
cruards. in tho submarining of tbn
American steamer Grace, tne
Department announced.
Today is pay-day for .he O.-W. em
ployes. J. H. Keeney had a 'bunch of
checks big enough to choke a horse.
Ho was smiling broadly. He was
asked what he was smiling about and
he said that he smiled because he al
ways liked to make people happy.
The reporter guesses that the pay
roll was pretty large this month.
Grays Harbor Mills
Are Short Handed
Hoquiam, July 16. (United Press)
All mill3 at both Hoquiam and
Grays Harbor districts are operating
short handed as a result of the I. W.
W. timber workers strike. Tho former
was called this morning. The I. W.
W. 's are picketing all mills heavily.
$eror of Japan. He helped shoulder
CK great wreath wiblch ex-iSecretary
Of State Knox placed on the fcmper"
fc- The Observer has received a postal'
st;&rtd from Mr. and Mrs. George Young
;d$ed Boston, July 10, "Just returned
-'froni Cambridge and Lexington. Some
Senate Asks Secre
tary For Information
-Washington, July 16. (United
Press) The senate passed a resolu-
Tlin Salvation Armv will hold their -in,i ab. Wa are with the Ore-Hkm today directing the Secretary of
picnic for children at the park nextiL ounoft. Very cool and plenty of i Commerce to disclose the system
Tuesday. All are welcome who want tAng on. Wish you were hers' whereby the recent draft figures were
to come. l (With ua." Obtained and wie nguree snemseivCT,
WEBS SHOW VAST
GAIN If, NUMBER
Washington, D. C. July 16. (Spe
cial) The following statement is is-
sued by the Red Cross:
The rapid growth m chapters of the T
American Red Cross since declara
tion of war with Germany is shown in
figures just compiled by the depart
ment of chapters. On February 1
Red Cross chapters numbered only
272; on July 1 tho number had reached
1,534, a gain in five months of nearly
six times the number of chapters or
ganized during the previous five years
of the society's existence.
During Red Cross week, from June
18 to 25, when more than $115,000,000
was subscribed for the Red Cross war
fund, a record was set in the orga
nization of Red Cross chapters. Un
der the stimulus of local campaign
committees permanent chapters of the
Red Cross were organized in more
than 200 cities and towns where
previously there had been no official
Red Cross organization. . i,;"
Iowa leads all states in the num
ber of chapters formed during the past '
month. In Iowa there are now 112
chapters actively engaged in Red
Cross work. New York follows with'
110 chapters and Pennsylvania ' is.
third with 96 chapters. T
Indiana Best Organized. r
Indiana, this report shows is more
thoroughly organized for Red Cross
work than any other state in the Un-
ion. Every part of the state is un-':
der the jurisdiction of a chapter.
Michigan' is also well organized, as is
New York State with tho exception
of a small stretch of mountainous ter
ritory up state. In other states Red
Cross organizations which before had
existed chiefly in the cities are rapid- -ly
spreading to every town and vil
lage. ' Under tho guidance of the
woman's bureau, just organized in the
Red Cross it is expected that this,.
work in the small towns and villages
will be pushed even more energetically.
Outside the United States Rod
Cross chapters have also been orga
nized by the department in Haiti, ,
Guam, Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Ca
nal Zone. Otaor new chapters have
also been started in Syria, Persia,
Turkey, and in sevoral South Ameri
can cities.
Chapters By States.
The number of Red Cross chap
ters in various states, os shown by ,
I -(Continued
on Page 8.)
propaganda.
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