La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 21, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3 P La Grande InVifes Yon'TdHis Speed Em tip Tomorrow Reduced Vilroad RaieiV -"J y HONE OBSERVER YOUR WANT ADS. MAIN 37 1 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS I PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR NEVVS. MAIN 37 f .VOLUME XVL LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917. -NUMBER 336. "SPEED 'EM UP DRAWS CROWDS TO LA Witt tta GRANDE KEREIffl 13 NEW L HE R IIQQ I A M PRC M I PR TAKES TWO OUT ANSWERS THE nmtn OF THREE FALLS CHANCELLOR Russian Revolution Is Ended Many Killed And Wounded In Five Days Disorders--':-Russian Soldiers And Workmen's 'Central Committee In Control Of New Government. Government Arrests Revolutionists As Traitors Petrograd, July 20 (United Press) (Delayed) One killed and seven hundred wounded, completes the list of civilian, soldier and sailor rioters. Six Cossacks were-also killed and wounded on the Government side. Russia's second revolution has ap parently ended after five days' rioting. The government is in control. Re-organization of the government resulted from the revolution. The gov ernment is now in the hands of a cen tral committee of the Workmen's and Soldiers' congress with provisional representatives acting as an adminis trative body responsible to the com mittee, i . London, July 21. (United Press) Minister of War and Marine Kerensky was temporarily named premier, suc ceeding Prince Lvoff, resigned, ac cording to an announcement in the Petrograd Bourse Gazette.. Kerensky retains his place as military and nav al chief. The new government arrested all participating in the rebellion as trait ors. Idaho Town Is Destroyed By Fire Coeur D'Alene, July 21. (United Press) The town of Harrison, Idaho, with a population of one thousand is being wiped off the map by fire, start ing early this morning in the planing mill of the Grant Lumber company. The orierin of the fire is not reported The mill lies on the lake shore below the city. The flames climbed the hill to the city. The entire business district burned, the residence section is now aflame. The damage is estimated hundred thousand dollars. at five Germans Attacks Repelled Paris, July 21. (United Press) Through last night the Germans con tinucd their offensive against France on the Chemin" Des Dames, hurling great masses in fruitless attacks, it is officially stated. Assaults were re pelled. . RUSSIANS RETIRE BEFORE THE GERMANS Petrograd, July 21 (United Press) Because the Russian troops at Tar- ector are not showing the necessary stability, and elsewhere are not fulfilling the commands of their officers, the Russians were forced to retire under the general Teutonic of fensive, the war office stated. GENERAL GOETHALS SAYS HE WISHES TO RESIGN Washington. July 21. (United Press) General Goothols has offered - to resign as manager of the Emerg ency Fleet, corporation. As a climax of the long drawn out argument be- - tween himself and Dcnman, Goethals vrnb n letter la the President sug gesting it would help matters if he I resigned. L L Washington, July 21. (United Press) America's first food control became law at four o'clock this af ternoon. The bill was passed by the Senate by a vote of eighty to six. , The Senate defeated the amendment mak ing one man, H. C. Hoover, sole food dictator. An anti-hoarding amend ment was adopted. Chamberlain's amendment, empow ering the President to fix prices and setting two dollars as maximum Jcr best grade wheat passed. " 1 . DRAFT IS OVER Washington, July 21. (United Press) General Crowder announced he had located the number missipg when the draft lottery was completed. With this the lottery became history. The draft has been checked up. Of ficial lists will be on their way to tho exemption boards before nightfall. The draft machinery will be under way the first of the week. Where and how the missing number was drawn was undisclosed. Crowder said he couldn't recollect what the number was. The Missing Number. Washington, July 21. (United Press Crowder this afternoon an nounced that four thousand six hun dred and sixty-four was the missing number. It was assigned to the ten thousand and fourth place. Honor Guard Fete '. Is Brilliant Success The Honor fete at the Y. M. C. A. last night was a brilliant success. Everything was there in the way of entertainment. Fortune tellers, danc ing maidens, Hawaiian hula hulas, musicians, singing all entertained the visitors. Two playlets were given and proved enjoyable. The show is well worth seeing and will bo repeated again tonight. From the Hawaiian Village to Bofco who eats 'em alivt- every tent was packed and what is more every one was satisfied. The evening's entertainment started with n grand paral3 at seven-thirty and the shows oponcdtfl eight sharp. Thers were si prei'.y brown hum hula girls, dressed in grass skirts and garlands of floweis and a winning smile. Many of those who saw the dance and heard .the real Hawaiian music stayed through two or three performances and one prominent doc tor shook hands with tao dancers and said the performance was the best he ever saw. , The one act play also drew very favorable comment. The play was very good and the players showed that they had put their heart in the work. Standing room only was the rule in F HIIRO BILL IS IDV LINE MISSING NUMBER FOUND TED THYE OF SPOKANE TOOK THE FIRST FALL IN ,. . 28 MINUTES - O'NEILL STILL SHOWS HE IS STILL THE MASTER Spokane Wrestler Shows He Is Clever nd Aggressive O'Neill Says He Is One of Best Men He Has Ever Met Fast Preliminaries Make Up An Interesting Program. ' Wrestlers come and go O'Neill, of La Grande, is but Jack still the champion1. He threw Ted Thye two out of three falls last night after a hard fought, highly . interesting ' and spectacular match which brought .,the spectators to their feet many .times. From the moment that Ted Thye stepped on the stage last night at the Arcade Theatre, it could be seen that ONeill was to meet a elever, alert aggressive young wrestler, who was also experienced at the game. Thye has afine build; he weighs about 165 pounds. His shoulders are broad,, bis arms strong; his neck sturdy." When the match started the fans soon took a liking to Thye. He was fast.. He . wrestled cleanly. ., He mixed it enough to make it interest ing, arid, he wriggled out of many dangerous positions in which the vet eran! forced him. In the first bout O'Neill got his toe hold under way. It looked for a time if Thve was to h thrown by this route but Thye by clever twists and wriggles broke the hold. He took the offensive and O'Neill was forced to wrestle faster and harder than he has had to for some time. After twenty-eight minutes and P.2 seconds of hard, fast work Thye took the first fall by a head Bcissors and wrist lock, displaying skill and clev erness in getting the hold and making the quick shift necessary to clinch it. The crowd was just a little aown cast but they never lost confidence in O'Neill. - The second bout opened with O'Neill gofng at his man like a tiger, and be fore the crowd had really realized that the men were wrestling, he had 3e cured a combination hold consisting of a half nelson and a rear chancery end O'Neill had won the second fall in two minutes and 5 seconds. The third bout was also fast and furious. Thye was cautious and O'Neill took the offensive. The two men both wriggled out of dangerous positions and O'Neill finally took the third fall in five minutes and 4 1 seconds with a body scissors, half nelson ind hammer lock. The match was refereed by A. W. Nelson. J. H. Peare was time keeper and Mr. C. D. Emahiser announcer. The audience was large and well pleased with the match. The match was for a purse of $250, winner tnke all. Although Thye did not receive anything for the match, he took his defeat in a sportsmanlike , (Continued on Page 10.) TYPI'ICAL SCENE This picture shows four of the greatest world-famous riders who participated In races last year. From left to right they are: Dave Kenney, Springfield, Mass.; Otto Walker, international world's champion of 1915, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Irvin Janke, international world's champion of 1916 of Milwaukee; Carl Rose, Portland, Oregon. MICHAELIS PROMISES SHAM IN DEPENDENCE AND SHAM DEMOCRACY HE SAYS SUBMARINE MENACE IS RAPIDLY GROWING LESS Great Britain la Incrcaging its pro- tection and Also Increasing its Num ber of Ships Food Supply For 1917 and 1918 Are Already Supplied Increased Cultivation Makes 1919 Supply Safje. v " "" London, July 21. (United Press) -"Sham independence for Belgium, Sham democracy for Germans, Sham peace for Europe," is the bitter epi tome of German Chancellor Mjchaelis' speech, spoken by Premier Lloyd George. Lloyd George declared at the Bel gium Independence celebration that unless Germany's military autocracy was wiped out, Germans again will punge Europe Into a welter of blood. "The Chancellor's statement con tained phrases that the German mili tary autocracy understood," he de clared. "These in chaTge of German affairs are elected for war. The junkers have thrown the old Chan cellor into the waste basket. It will dot, be Jong before junkerdom falls. "I am sorry to disagree with the German Chancellor regarding German submarines. Gradually, though sure ly, we are increasing our protection and diminishing losses. This year we are building four times as many ships as the preceding year. Next year we shall build six times as many. "Our food supply for this year and next are already secured. Our culti vation program makes the supply of nineteen nineteen-secure, even if loss es are increased." vf FIRE PUT OUT. THREE SPEEDERS ARRESTED The fire department was calktl ot'.t last night at 9:05 to the corner of Birch and V streets, where the rail road fence was on fire. It was blaz ing rapidly When tho department ar rived but Chief Mackey and his men put it out quickly with their chemi cals. There were three speeders ar rested this morning for speeding to the fire last night. From now on all speeders will be arrested, no matter who they are. Mrs. Bruce Dennis and son Jack will return, to Portland tonight after several weeks visit here, Mr. Dennis is oIbo in Portland. j j A Special Morning Service, i Tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock .company M and the hospital corps ' will worship at the Methodist church. This will be the last Ifrblic gathering for our boys. 1 CHARLES A. ETJWARDS. ' Will Speak Tomorrow. , Rev. ert S. Hughes, of Ohio, will gpeaic in the Presbyterian church to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock. AT LA GRANDE'S FAMOUS SPEED 0 ANn MOTOR CYCLE RACES ATTRACT Many Visitors Came From Neighbor ing Cities To See The Speed Kings Dash For Records And Prizes. Fine Program Is Put On They're offl The Speed 'Em Up is on. La Grande today is the host to thousands of visitors. They have come on foot, by train, by automobile and motorcycle, by' team. . La Grande to day is a study in transportation meth ods. But however they came, the visi tors are here. They commenced ar riving bright and early.. Some are from as far east as Boston. Portland is represented. All of the towns of Union, Baker, Wallowa and Umatilla are well represented. Pendleton, the Round-Up city, has sent over a spe cial delegation to repay La Grande's frequent visits and more people are coming tonight for tomorrow's big race the Northwest championship. Adams avenue is in holiday array. Beautiful flags are streaming in the air, and no more beautiful Bight could be imagined than the national banner as its colors catch the sunshine of this beautiful day. This morning the automobile men paraded the streets in thajr ww- cars and, some .of f the UcIn-4, models, queer v eights...., when stripped fof action, were also entered in the parade. ' Then the exodus to the track began. Special transportation arrangements had 'been made for visitors and tho crowd was taken oui without incon venience. ; DODGE CITY SCORING PLAN USED AT TODAY'S RACES Patrons of past motorcycle' races realize full well the difficulty with HERE IS THE First Race 5 miles for Motorcycles. Open to all riders on 7 H.-P. S. 8. machines. Entrance fee $1.00. Purse $25.00 divided $15.00, $10.00. Second Race 5 miles for autos. Open to all. Entrance fee $1.00. Pur30 of $25.00, divided $15.00, $10.00. Third Race Finals for track records by both autos and motorcycles. Fourth Race NORTHWEST CHAM PIONSHIP for motorcycles. 25 miles restricted to riders residing in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Open to all 7 H.-P. S. S. machine?. Purse of $200.00, divided $100.00, $50.00, $25.00, $15.00, $10.00. En trancc fee $5.00. Fith Race 10 miles for autos. Open to all. Entrance fee $1.00. Purso of $50.00, divided $25.00, $15.00, $10.00. EM UP RACES. i- m 1Vii,(i. , iV" '. 4 ' - S . ' .""i.rw Todstf And Tomorrow-' which correct scoring of any big , motorcycle race is conducted. It is a delicate and particular undertaking. Profiting by the same worries in oth er big racing localities, the directors have udopted the Dodge City method, which was used today, which briefly is that there is one scorer for each rider and the individual scorer is con- ' corned only with the number of times his particular man passes the grand stand. Supposing for- illustration, that there are 20 riders. On a platform so arranged that the scorers work : v behind the board thus not obstructing the view of the talley sheets from the eyes of patrons in the grand stand, . are 20 different hooks and upon each hook are as many slips of paper con secutively numbered as there are laps to the race. Supposing the illustra tive race is a 10-lap affair. The scorer who handles No. 1 rider, for instance, tears off one sheet for each lap No. 1 makes and the grandstand will be able tb determkie that the work .,, proporly;do?(0. , The confusion of : Wyi'g to Jj'r&, the' numbers of 15 or 20 "rWor!(rt'lashlng, Iby t once in tornado of speed -'JI be eliminated, for the scorers have but one number each to watch. The scoring was somewhat costly but the manifest sat isfaction is more than commensurate 'with the costs. The fact that The Speed 'Em Up of fered $1500 in cash prizes, this year (Continued on Page 10.) Sixth Race NORTHWEST CHAM. PIONSHIP for autos. 50 miles re stricted t6 drivers residing in Ore- gon, Washington arid Idaho. , Free for all machines regardless of mnke or displacement. Purse of $500.00, divided $250.00, $125.00, $75.00, $50.00. Entrance fee $5.00. Classification All auto races shall be open and free for all makes of autos regardless of displacement. All mo torcycle races shall be open and free for all motorcycles which hav not to exceed 61 cu in. displacement but shall bar 8 valves and ports. 11010 SPEEDER HIIS II BOY What might have been a very seri ous accident took place last night at Adams Avenue and Fir street. A fire alarm sounded and Dr. George Vehrs was speeding in his au tomobile to the scene of the fire at the O.-W. railroad fence. Lester Huntley was on a bicycle going east and the doctor was going i north. They collided and young Hunt- I ley was thrown into the air. Dr. i Vehrs stopped his car as soon as he ! could and rushed out to where he ! thought the boy would be lying dead, i . r ,. ,i tt,nt tt,n 1,.. M.na tnM RAGE PBD i FOR TOMORROW BICYCLE iuuiiu uiab uvjr naa BiAiiuiuy on his feet alive. Young Huntley had been knocked about twenty feet and his wheel about forty. Dr. Vehrs was placed under arrest this morning for speeding. Young Huntley is about today. His leg was bruised. Dr. Vohrs took him in charge and dressed his wounds. The boy lives at 1402 0k street. , (Continnw! Psge 10.)