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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.