La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 06, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text.PHONE OBSERVER YOUR WANT ADS. MAIN 37 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR N5WS. MAIN 37 VOLUME XVL LA! GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1917. NUMBER 349. COMPANY m LEAVES, BIG CROWD CHEERS ROYAL FAREWELL IS GIVEN THE SOLDIERS ON THEIR DEPARTURE WHOLE TOWN ASSEM- ' BLES AT THE DEPOT Company Marched to the Y. M. C. A. Saturday Night and Stacked Arms News of Departure Soon Spreads Boys Say Goodbye to Friends , Great Crowd At Depot. Company M left La Grande Satur day night. Where they went and are going the censorship of the United States War Department will not permit us to say, but they are on their way, and on Saturday night they were given a royal farewell by La Grande resi dents, young and old. It was with genuine regret that the boys were told farewell, and many were the good wishes that followed them. There were some heart burn ings among those left behind and there were some tears shed as the train pulled out, the boys leaning their heads out of the window and -waving as the big crowd cheered. The company marched to the Y. M. C. A. at 7 p. m. and stacked arms, presenting a fine military appear ance as the whole company swung Into line. They then dispersed to say good lye to their friends, Captain Neer giving them two hours off. The news soon spread abroad and a few hours afterwards it seemed as if the whole town had gathered at the depot. Company M is composed of a fine lot of young men, they are a cred 'it to their home city, and La Grande feels that the company will acquit themselves with credit wherever they way go. , German Agents Are Guests Of Mexican General El Paso, Aug. 6. (United Press) With large German flags in their coat lapels, five prominent German agents are walking about the streets of Juarez today. They are the guests of General Murguis. Ameri can agents are watching their move ments closely. HOME GUARDS WILL BE ORGANIZED WEDNESDAY ., fi ' C T n-nnAn the City Hall to perfect the organi-. promise to learn the rudiments oi , military drill and be ready with their! services should home defense need it. : There is still considerable uncer-; tlnty about the nature of the enlist-! ment. To reiterate, tne guara is iw.. , in its status, having no military con nections. It is purely for home de fense. There is latitude in the en listment obligations, which read: WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, do herebv enlist for the period of ONE YEAR in the LA, GRANDE HOME niTARDS. We nromise full and faithful obedience to all orders from properly constituted authorities ano.'pant. from all duly constituted officers of He has als0 put in about 500 feet said organization. The said LA of track Jn and arouna the yards and GRANDE HOME GUARDS shall be expect9 to put j about a thousand conducted with military discipline, j fejt more He has also put in a pri And'we promise to submit thereto. vate 8jjmg for receiving lumber to To attend all drills and to answer all j lant and for wholesale shipment calls for service unless properly ex ensed. THIS ENLISTMENT is entirely voluntary and the purpose of the said LA GRANDE HOME GUARDS Bhall be for aiding and assisting the local authorities in the maintenance of law and order; and in the protection of the life, liberty and property of onr citizens. Elk Destroy Crops . 7iiih Wash Au'. 0 (Ur.Itcd Pess)-Elk are teari.u dewi. com - fields and trampling gardens neai . Zillah. fanners have compiainea to County .Game Warden Gfreenman SS: Russia Mobilizes Her Women Sailors ' ' J Petrograd, Aug. 6. (United 4 ed Press) The first detach- 4 J ment of one hundred and fifty 4 4 women sailors was forming to- 4 1 day preparatory to going into 4" service. ' 4 Mrs. Lulu Graves and her daughter Ruby returned last week from an ex tensive vacation trip to Portland, Montague, Oakland and Granada, Cal. They visited their son and brother at Granada where he ha been working for a big irrigation construction co. ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED EUGENE CAR GOES OVER EM BANKMENT E. D. MATLOCK FATALLY INJURED Portland, Aug. 6. (United Press) Miss Ollie Marquis was killed, E. D. Matlock fatally injured, and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Marquis injured when their automobile crashed over an em bankment near New Era, Oregon, about midnight. All are from Eu gene. Miss Augusta Kraft Drowned A telegram was received today by Rev. C. J. Black that the body of Miss Augusta Kraft who was drowned in the Columbia River near Blalock a few days ago will be brought to La Grande tomorrow morning. The re mains wilK be at the Bohnenkamp chapel . until two o'clock and then taKen to tne 1j. u. a. xooernacio wiieic funeral services will be held.. Miss Kraft was a former La Grande girl and lived here until last Spring when 'she nioved to Blalock. ,., ' PROMINENT YOUNG LA GRANDE COUPLE MARRIED LeOro Oliphant and Donald Sargent a prominent La Grande couple were married at Vancouver, Wash., at four .o'clock Saturday afternoon. Paul Hansen was best man and Verla Small was the bridesmaid. The bride car ried a tooquet of orchids and orange blossoms. . After the wedding the bridal party, which consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, the Messrs. Hansen, Garity, Redding and Ryan, and the Misses Small, Hover, J3ernschein and Dele hanty, had a wedding supper at the Hotel Benson in Portland, which was followed by a theater party and dance. The bride is very well known here and until about a week ago was lino- I type operator for the La Grande I Evening Observer. The groom is the son of Mr. and Investment Company here, and was a ptiH Apt., 43, Portland. KIVETTE'9 MILL WILL SOON START w Kivette wiu soon have his planing mill plant out on the old National Lumber Company's planing mill site, ready for business. He has installed a lot of new machinery in cluding a new 95 Berlin planer, a grinding and filing machine, a band re-saw, a rip-saw, a modern two saw trimmer, and other machines that go t0 make up a modern Custom Planer The capacjty 0f the plant when com- pleted will be about fifty thousand feet a day. but Mr. Kivette expects to average about thirty-five thousand a day. Editor Tours Alaska Corvallis, Ore., Aug. Pressl M. J. 'Brown. 6 (United a Corvallis newsnaDerman. is touring Alaska, and figures on writting some stories about . it. HU ICib new v w.j " ' - " ' - -ccived from him was mailed at 1 Dawson just before Brown started , . N AU 9 WRECK rk'orm went fishing on ihe Wallawo A . jim Buerir. w. u. rieny ana . ij. SEVERAL STRIKES THREATEN TO TIE UP BUTTE WORKERS IN MANY OF BUTTE'S INDUSTRIES AROUSED OVER LYNCHING CLERKS UNION TAKES STRIKE VOTE TONIGHT Street Car Company Is Trying To Break Its Strike No Cars Are Running Today Several Additional Strikes Are Threatened. Butte, Aug. 6. (United Press) Several additional strikes threaten completely to tie up Butte industries as the result of sentiment , aroused over the lynching of Little. The Clerks' Union takes a strike vote tonight. The Street Car company is attempt ing to break its strike. No cars have moved since Saturday morning. Open opposition to the draft add ed to complications here. Authorities fear trouble when the examinations begin Thursday. Electricians on the electrical divis ion of the Milwaukee Railroad served thirty days' strike notice on the com pany. Proposed Power Plant Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 6 (United Press) Engineers for the city of Ta coma today r.re surveying a proposed new power site on Lake Cushman. If the plans of the city council ma terialize, the city will spend $3,000, 000 for a plant which will develop 90.000 horsopower in electric enougy. The city has soeured an option to buy Lake Cushman for $440,000. RUSSIANS PREPARE TO MAKE A STAND Berlin, Aug. 6. (United Press) The Russians have prepared for5 "bat tle between the Dneister and Pruts jou rivers, it is announced. Merchants Attend Buyer's Week Portland, Ore., Aug. 6 (United Press) Several hundred merchants from all parts of the Pacific Coast wore in Portland today at the open ing of "Buyers Week." Personal And Society Bert Webb went to Union yester day . Tom Peach went to Hot Lake yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Green motored to Minam, yesterday. Mr. A. C. Miller of Enterprise came over last evening, returning home this morning. Mrs. C. D. Putman will return this evening from Walla Walla and Day ton, 'Washington. Mrs. Jerry Rusk and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Vest of Joseph, went to Walla Walla Saturday night. -J. M. Baker and wife and daughter of Harper, Kansas are visiting with the W. M. Days. Mr. Baker is a bro ther to Mrs. Day. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Birnie and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc Kennon have left for a week's camping trip some where on the Minam. Mr. Frank Harris went up to Mt. Emily Saturday morning for huckle berries and returned last evening bringing back five gallon of fine berries. Mt. and Mrs. John Humphreys of Milton stopped over here Saturday night on their way to Enterprise. While here they visited with their nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. White's Candy Kitchen. Part of the Golden Rule force went over the old Thomas and Ruckles road j to Mt. Emily yesterday. After going , as far as possiDie witn tne macnine, they waiKea tne Test ot tne way w the summit. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robinson, Mrs. J. T. Richardson and Mrs. Geo. Good, all of Pendleton, spent the week end here with friends and relatives. Mrs. Robinson is a niece of Mrs. J. A. Rus- n .nd Mrs Ruardson isthe mother (Nil- DRAFT S WERE TOLD TO SHOOT MEN WEARING WHITE SHIRTS WERE TO BE OBJECTS OF ATTACK FIFTY SIX MEN ARE TAKEN IN CUSTODY They Are Members of the So-Called "Working Class Union" Three Dead and Several Wounded As Re sult of Riots Most Sections Are Cleared of Rioters. Holdenville, Okla., Aug. 6. (Unit ed Press) "Shoot every man who wears a white shirt," were the order? of anti-draft rioters. A special train with fifty-six men who were captured and who are mem bers of the so-called working class union, were taken to McAllister to day. , Thus far three are dead and Bevcral wounded as the result of the riots. Most of the sections have been cleared of rioters. More' Riots Reported. Shawnee, Oklahoma, Aug. 6. (United Press) It is reported draft resisters are dynamiting and burn ing south of Shawnee. A special train with a posse of twenty-five left her for Romulus, where serious trou ble was reported. CHICAGO BUSINESS MAN APPOINTED ON EXPORT BOARD Washington, Aug. 6. (United Press) Thomas D. Jones, a Chicago business man was appointed to rep resent the department of commerce on the export license council. He suc ceeds Edward Shirley who resigned to become chairman of the Shipping Board. . v, Potato Seed Worth Money University of Washington, Seattle, Alio- fi fUnitcd Pressl Potato seeds are worth real money today. A pound Wright'ssecretaryship and the clos i, ,jii tatv. oovpml dollars inir of the Portland office immcd- from the right buyer. The reason is that potato seeds have almost gone the route of the ichthyossurus, the two-tced horse and the winged lizard. Continued planting of potatoes in stead of the little seeds which used to form on top of the vinos has pro duced a universal .race of real "seed less potatoes." Just as an experiment, tne uni versity of Washington is raising in its carden a Datch of potatoes grown from the seeds. Assistant Professor I J. W. Hotson of the department of botany has charge of the experiment. AUTO TURNS TURTLE OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY C. L. Lynch, C. R. Leighton and J. C. Reid, who went to Wallowa Lake last Thursday, met with an accident on the return trip yesterday. They were returning in the auto and when about two miles the other side of Elgin the car turned turtle with them pinning Mr. Leighton and Mr. Reid under it. All three men miraculously escaped any serious injury, being on ly badly bruised and the car was on ly slightly damaged. An inhabitant there told the men that theirs was the third car that had turned over at that very spot so far this spring. BOLD ATTACKS E BY GENERAL HAIG REPORTS THAT COUNTER ASSAULTS ARE , CHECKED IN FLAND ERS COUNTRY London. Aug. 6. (United Press) The Germans are launching heavy counter attacks against the British in Flanders. General Haigs report today de clared the German movements had been checked. Near Hollobeke the Teutons attacked last night and were rcDulsed. Another attack made at West Hokmdr under cover of a heavy barrage likewise was unsuccessful. Scattered raids elsewhere were ME ID TRE GERMANS stopped. War Whoops Will Be Heard At Front 4 Port .Royal, S. C, Aug. 6. 4" 4 (Special) The war whoop of 4 4 our American Indian will soon 4 4 be intermingled with the cries 4 ! of the once savage East Indian 4 4 tribes, who, trained to use of 4" J the rifle by Great Britain, are now fighting at the front for 4 the cause of democracy against 4 4 a common foe. 4 J ' Word received from Paris Is 4 land states that ' full-blooded 4 4 American warriors have joined 4 hands with Uncle Sam's Ma- 4 rines and are anxious to repre- 4 4 sent the "Billy Blues" abroad 4 J upon the completion of their .4 J" training. 4 4 4 4 ! . ED WRIGHT IS APPOINTED SECRETARY FORMER UNION COUNTY CLERK TO BE SECRETARY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMIS SION Salem, Ore., Aug. 6 (Special) Ed Wright, of La Grande, was Saturday appointed by the Oregon Public ser vice Commission as secretary to suc- eed Edward Ostrander, who resigned Aug. 1. Mr. iWiright was for soverul years County Clerlj of Union Uounty and at the last election was a candi date for the Republican nomination to represent Eastern Oregon on the Pub lic Service Commission. Wright will probably begin his dut ies .September 1. The appointment causes no further readjustment in the office of the Commission at present The office of the Portland examiner for the Commission will not be closed at present, though it is said that this might be done later as an economical measure. , A f ow days ago the Commission wns . considering tho appointment oi r . A. Kasch, fortland examiner, to tne iately. Mr. Wright was considered for the secretaryship when, tho commission was reorganized January 1. Wright's election wns ever the oppo sition of Commissioner Buchtel, who first nominated Rasch, then Roy Lcedy, present assistant secretary, and introduced a resolution to con solidate the grain inspection depart, ment and the examiner's department in Portland and to transfer Rasch to tho secretaryship in the Salem offica Buchtel's resolution was voted down, Commissioner Corey said after the meeting that the consolidation pro posed by Buchtel might bo effected later. Wright was nominated by Commis sioner Corey and the nomination was seconded by Commissioner Miller. GAR, FOUR ARE DEAD MR. AND M IIS. FRANK HAHN, SON AND DAUGHTER ARE KILLED Payette, Ida., Aug. 6. (United Press) Four are dead, and two in- iured. one nrobably fatally as the result of an auto accident between Payette and Woods Spur this morn ing. The dead arc: Frank Ilahn, s toe ic on of Council, Idaho; Mrs. Hahn, their son, Frank, aged twenty-five, and daughter Elsie, aged 17. An- other son and a daughter were injured. A local passenger train struck the automobile. U. S. Wants Clerks Portland. Aug. 6 (United Press) The United States government wants a bunch of forest and field clerks right away. . Examinations under civil ser vice rules will be held in Portland and Seattle simultaneously on Saturday. August 11. Salaries aro $110 and $1200 a year to start. Nearly all who pass will get appointments, the local secretary announced. Mrs.-Bertha Alford of the Golden Rule i9 unable to be at the store- on account of illness. IRAN STRIKES REVENUE BILL WILL RAISE TWO OIIS SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS FINAL DRAFT OF MEASURE INCREASE IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLIONS Taxes On War Profits, Liquor, To bacco, Freight and Express Bills of Lading, Bank Checks, Drafts, Are Increased Income Taxes Are To Be Raisedi By $727,000,000. Washington,' Aug. 6. (United Press) Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, presented the Senate committee s report on the revenue bill which proposes to raise more than two billion dollars. This is an increase of one hundred and forty millions over the bill the House passed last May. The revenue bill will come from an - income tax on war profits, liquor, to bacco and freight, parcel post, ex press, and transportation bills of lad ing, telegraph and telephone mess ages. Three million' dollars are to fee raised from second class postage and seven and half millions from a profit tax on newspapers. Bank checks, drafts, certificates oi deposit drawing no interest require a one-cent stamp. The largest Increase Is seven hun dred and seventy-seven million dollars in the form of a tax on incomes. FEW SUBS PASSENGERS ON STEAMER AR RIVE AND SAY THEY SAW A PERISCOPE New York. Aug. 6. (United Press) The Port of New York was closed today after a stemaer which arrived had reported sighting a strange sub marine some distance outside. This was a precautionary measure. the navy department announced. Passengers arriving reported : see- . ii J ing a periscope live tnousanu m away. They donned live savers. Guns were trained on the object, which quickly disappeared. CE DR VON KUEHLMAN SUCCEEDS Z1MMERMANN MINISTER OF MUNITIONS IS APPOINTED London, Aug. 6. (United Press) Dr. Von Kuehlman was installed as German foreign minister today, suc ceeding Zimmermann. The new post of minister of munitions was estab lished. Dr. Gess was appointed yes terday. Clarence Graves returned last week from Granada, Calif, where he has been for several weeks working for a big irigation construction company, . He says wages aro high, more work than workers, and that things are booming. This is in Siskyou county. More Than Three Subs Lost. Each Month Copenhagen, Aug. 6. (United Press) Between February and Aug ust an average of slightly more than three submarine were lost each month. Berlin announced that many more submarine were being built. Mr. Henry T. Hill is in Shoshone, Idaho, on business. PORTOFB YORK CLOSED, RINY HAS EW NISTER FOREIGN AFF AIRS -nrntprt snme oi uie nciu.