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VOLUME XVL
LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1917
NUMBER 351.
THEYMETTHE
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ME THEIR S
WING FIN AND FLEETFOOT
CLUB MAKE CHARGE ON
FINNY TRIBE
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
FOR THE BIGGEST FISH
If You Believe the Stories Told At
the Banquet Last Night, There' Are
Mighty Few Left in the Streams
At Any Rate the Gamest Fighters
Have Ail Been Caught. '
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
Biggest Rainbow First prize, W.
C. Kelley, 15 1-4 in.; rod case pre
sent by Bert W. Hughes.
Rainbow Second prize R. Zweifel,
141-2 in. j 'bamboo pole presented by
Adolph Newlin.
Rainbow Third prize, Chase Bohn
enkamp, 14 inches; musselback reel
presentd by F. L. Lilly.
Kainbow Fourth prize, Ed. Cool
idge, 13 1-2 in.; silk line presented by
the Golden Rule Co.
Easternbrook First prize, L. M.
Hoyt, 13 1-8 in.; Martin reel presented
by W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.
Easternbrook Second prize, C. N.
Palmer, 12 1-2 in.; No. 3 basket pre
sented 'by Putman Drug Store.
Bull trout First prize, William
Fleeser, 13 1-4 in.; fish basket pre
sented by T. M. Shannon Store.
White fish First prize, Frank Cul
ton, 18 1-2 in.; fly book presented by
Jay Van Buren.
The annual fish feed of the Wins;,
Fin and Fleetfoot Club was held last
night at the Foley Hotel, and the tales
that the fishermen told were like
those of the Ancient Mariner.
From the time they rose in the
morning and brushed the sleep from
their eyes to the time they unslung
their trusty rods and got their 42
centimeter flies into action, they told
last night how they lured the trout
from the deep holes, dallied with the
Eastern brook trout, angled for the
foxy Bull trout and cast for the sus
picious white fish.
The club had gone out to their fav
orite streams on the fifth and sixth.
They met the fish in mortal combat,
captured them, and the spoils were
served last night in delicious style
at the banquet. It was an event long
to be remembered, and the fishermen
proved that they were good trench
ermen as well.
President L. M. Hoyt presided and
proved an able toastmaster, calling
upon the prize-winners to tell the
stories of how they lured the fish
from the waters. Among the speak
ers were Bert Hughes, Rube Zweifel,
W. A. Zweifel, H. IS. Coolidge, S. D.
Crowe. Pat Foley, Clarke Leiter,
Chsse Bohnenkamp, L. M. Hoyt, C
v'k'cdtoBrjAnAJ-l
j t... Tnfcna nf Ppniilpton
een and James Johns of Pendleton.
A telegram was reaa irom . "jcmrchi Gather an 0f your old shoes,
Bramwell, of Grants Pass who sent ' them together in pair8 accordin(r
mr. vooiiuge uuC '
for the banquet and congratulated I
the club upon being the best bu..ch in ,
the state.
Those present at the banquet were:
A. W. Nelson, A. T. Hill, B. W.
Hughes, A. J. Allstott, Alfe Carlson,
H. E. Roskamp, J. U. Hilary, cugene ;
Newlin, J. G. Holm, C. D. Emahiser, j
Frank Bay, H. L. Browning, t. & -
Oxner, W. A. Zweifel, Oscar Berger, ;
H. E. Coolidge, S. D. Crowe, K. M.
Baker, Pat Foley, George Gilbert,
Clarke Leiter, Chase Bohnenkamp, C.
N. Palmer, G. W. Hillman, H. L. Ly
on, Dr. W. D. McMillan, E. D. Selder,
James A. Hugg, E. H. Boylen, Clar
ence Becker, C. L. Graham, Harry L.
(Continued on Page Six)
serbiaTree
is england's
DEMAND
BEFORE PEACE IS POSSIBLE
SERBIANS INDEPENDENCE
MUST BE GUARANTEED I
London, Aug. 8 United Press)-
The independence of Serbia will be
one of England's demands before
peace is possible, Lloyd George de -
dared, addressing a luncheon in hon -
or of Premier Pashitch, of ero.a.
Lord Cecil echoed the British
mier's declaration.
pre
Innoculated Candy
May Cause Epidemic
.
Lordsburg, New Max.,' Aug.
8 (United Press) Three chil- !
dren are dead and a dozen oth
ers ill as the result of an epi
demic of diphtheria, believed !
caused by the distribution of in- 4"
noculated candy. 4
Several children who oontrac- 4"
ted diphtheria told the health 4"
officers a stranger gave them 4
candy ten days before they 4
were taken ill. Descriptions of
the stranger tallied. 4
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HOLE IN ROOF
AND ESCAPE
LOWER THEMSELVES IN FRONT
OF PENITENTIARY; AVALK
OUT FRONT GATE '
Salem, Aug. 8. (United Press)
Two convicts daringly escaped from
the penitentiary this morning.
They were employed in the shoe
shop and sawed a hole through the
roof, and lowered themselves over the
front of the building, and calmly
walked out the front gate.
Trusties saw them crossing the
brick yard and told the guards.
Ten minutes later bloodhounds were
trailing them.
They headed southward and are be
lieved to have only a small chance of
escape.
Their names are Robert Burns and
J. H. Burg, both serving two to
twenty years for forgery.
Cibeque Indians
Go On The War Path
" I
Globe, Ariz., Aug. 8. (United
Press) Reenforced by the Cibeque j
tribe of Indians the striking Apaches i
and Mexicans cut the telephone lines
to the Asbestos mine. Lieutenant
Sticker reported he expects a pitched
battle between the Indians and posses.
The Cibeques took the war-path this
morning.
Red Cross Chapter
Submits Report
Waffles, golden, crisp and hot, will
be served tomorrow, Thursday, morn
ing from 6:30 to 10 o'clock by Aux
iliary "A". Orders for tables should
be made today as tickets are selling
iasi.
.Shoes-The collecting of d carded
snoes nas Deen piacea m uie "
rf D &
to the numbers and telephone Black
gQ31 or B,ack im and a Scout win
them gome haye voiunteered
to ti(jy up the g, wjth new button:;,
laces or s0cs. But whether this is
! dme or not don.t fnil to collect all that
ican be spare(j. All sizes, men's wom-
en,g and cmldren's are wanted.
Tne Tuesday class in surgical dress
- mga listened to a very instructive
lecturo on "infection", given by Dr.
Dora Underwood. The next lecture
will be on Tuesday morning.
This morning the young women
were instructed in the making of
bandages by Dr. A. L. 'Richardson.
The uses of the many kinds of band-
aires were demonstrated. These lec
tures are much appreciated by the two
classes.
Auxiliaries are sending in well
made supplies. A partial list is giv
eh below:
Elgin Auxiliary.
7 dozen handkerchiefs.
( Continued on Page 6.)
SSUE OF T
CERTIFICATES 15
LARGELY SUBSCRIBED
Washington, Aug. 8. (United
Press) Subscriptions for the issue of
three hundred million dollars of short
1 time treasury indebtedness certificates
.tota ed tjiree Jiuna an
. million ,""" T
- ! thousand dollars, the treasury depart
ment announced.
CONVICTS S W
SIXTY-FIVE
PERCENT CLAIM
EXEMPTIONS
RETURNS FROM FIFTEEN CITIES
SHOW MANY MAKE
REQUESTS
NEW YORK EXAMINES
THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND
Of These Eight Thousand Seven Hun
dred and Eighty-Nine Are Accepted
Chicago Examines Twelve Thous
and Four Hundred .and .Accepts
Thirty-Two Hundred and Seventy
Five. New York, Aug. 8. (United Press)
Sixty-five per cent of the men
drafted are claiming exemptions, re
turns from fifteen cities throughout
America showed. This improvement
over the earlier returns which showed
exemption claims averaging seventy
five per cent. New York examined
thirty-eight thousand, of whom eight
thousand seven hundred and eighty
nine were found eligible.
Chicago examined twelve thousand
four hundred and accepted thirty-two
hundred and seventy-five.
Hospital Unit Notes
While Co. M. was here the Hospital
Unit used the High School grounds
for drill work, but since the Fair
Grounds have been.' vacated by the
going of Co. M. troops tho boys have
been drilling there. In the morning
they drill under the non-commissioned
officers and in the afternoon under
the commissioned officers. It is be
coming quite a fad to go out and
watch the boys drill and to wntch
the improvement in their work.
RED CROSS OFFICER
VISITS LA GRANDE
Mr. Harry R. Bogart, Supervising
Director family relief of the Bed
fVnno Paiifi'i TlviaiOn. IS lit town tO'
day conferrinjr w;th the Red Cross
memters. Tonight at seven o'clock he
.,, t with tne civilian Relief
Committee to talk with them and give
them pointers and instructions as to
what their duties will toe and now to
perform them. The work of this com
mittee will largely be to upnoia tne
financial, moral and mental stand
ards of the families having men at the
front. ;
ALLEGED DETECTIVE
, RAIDS CHINATOWN
.1. W. Jeffries, who claimed to be a
private detective for the State Board
of Pharmacy, maae a raia on wnna-
town the other day looking for opium,
He later arrested Lem Yenn and Lee
Chune. on the charge of unlawfully
having in their possession a quantity
of opium, but which to the present
time he has failed to produce. no
locked the Chinese in an adjoining
room, while he took a cleaver and
chopped open the trunks and thoroug
ly searched them, all without a search
warrant. In pushing these Chinese in
to the room in which he locked them
up, he roughly pushed one of the men
who is about sixty-five years old
against the door jamb making an
ugly cut above the eye.
The case first came up lor nearing
in the police court but the city dis
missed the case as not having suf
ficient evidence to hold the Chinese
on, and immediately Mr. Jeffries filed
complaint against them in the Justice
Court and the case has been set for
tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. Ii
the meantime the Chinese have filed
complaint against Mr. Jeffries for the
theft of a gold watch, 'lhis disap
peared, they say, during the search.
German aliens
in Honolulu are
forced to work.
SENATE PASSES
BILL FOR FOOD
T
Washington, Aug. 8. (United
preBg)The Senate passed the
food bill at four ten this after
noon, establishing a virtual food
dictatorship.
Senators LaFollette, Gronnn,
IFrance, Hafdwick, Hollis, Penrose and
DICTA
ORSHIP
Fort technically on
.
1 against mib iuvu urn. i. 6" "
the President for his signature.
FOUR OF GREW
LOST ON SHIP
ARE AMERICANS
THIRTY-EIGHT PERISH WHEN
BELGIAN PRINCE IS
SUBMARINED
ONE AMERICAN NEGRO
SAILOR IS SAVED
Report Reaches London That When
the Steamer Was. Submarined,
Crew Was Stripped and Put Atop
the Submarine, Which Then Sub
merged. '
London, August 8. (United
Press) Four Americans were
among the thirty-eight members
of the crew of the steamer Bel
gian Prince who perished when
the vessel was submarined, it was
learned today.
One American negro was saved.
The submarine crew stripped
the sailors, and put them Atop of
the submarine and then sub
merged. MISS
JOHNSON OF
O. A. C. TO LECTURE
Next Monday afternoon at tho T?.
M, C. A. Miss Johnson, of the 0. A.
C. will lecture on and demonstrate
various methods of canning and pre
serving fruits and vegetables. She
will carry on this demonstration work
at the Cherry Fair at Cove next week
and has been asked by ihe Committee
on vacant lot gardening, of which
Mrs. G. M. Curtis is chairman, to
address the ladies here in this respect.
This Committee is a branch of the
general food conservation plan dir
ected by the U. 'S. Government.
Senator Lewis Says
Troops Go To 'Russia
Washington, Aug. 8. (United
Press) The next American troops
sent abroad will go to Russia, and oth
ers will soon go to Italy, Senator
Lewis declared on the floor of the
Senate.
EXHIBITS TO BE GATHER-
. ED FOR STATE FAIR
The County Agriculturist, Paul
Spillman has aleady "begun to as
semble exhibits for the Oregon State
Fair to be held in Salem the latter
part of October. Last year he won
first prize for beauty of, arrange
ment and second prize for merit of
exhibit. This year he is out for first
prize in both of these features. The
State Fair this year will be bigger
and better than ever before.
Visit of H. S. Shangle.
H. S. Shangle, of the Columbia Col
lege and Conservatory of Milton, is in
La Grande today in the interests of
the Conservatory. The college occu
pies a beautiful building in Milton and
has built up a high standard in the
musical world.
The United Master Butchers at
their convention at Minneapolis sug
gested two meatless days.
WHEAT CROP
SIX FIFTY THREE
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMEN IS
SUES FORECAST ON CROPS
OF NATION
Washington, Aug. 8. (United
Press) The Agriculture department
forecasts the total wheat production
this year at six hundred and fifty
three million bushels, as compared
with six hundred and eighty-seven mil
lion forecasted a month ago. Tho
average production for five years was
e:ght hundred and six million.
The corn production is forecast at
three billion one hundred and ninety
one million bushels, as compared with
two billion seven hundred and fifty-
four million bushels for he five year
average.
Snrine wheat production is est!
V.A ,intr wW four hun-
" -- - ----
' dred and seventeen tn.llicn bushels.
ML 0
Argentine Will
Mobilize Its Army
.
Washington, Aug. 8. (Unit
Press) Believing a break with
Germany inevitable, Argon- J"
tine's army of one hundred fc
thousand will be mobilized with- j
in a month, the government was 4
reliably informed. Probably
sentiment was sharpened!
through revelations of German 4
espionage plots. 4
GERMAN SPY
SYSTEM IS
EXTENSIVE SYSTEM FOUND
WHICH REPORTED SHIP
SAILINGS
Benos Aires, Aug. 8. (United
Press) An extensive German spy
plot which revealed ship sailings and
other vital information was discov
ered through the miscarriage of a
letter intended for the head of the
espionage organization.
The Foreign office secured the let
ter.
No arrests as yet.
Mr. Borgcn of the prescription de
partment of Silvorthorn's Drug Store
was called to Portland this morning
on account of the illness of his wife.
Dry Winds Predicted.
Portland, Aug. 8. (To the Union-
Wallowa County Fire Patrol Associ
ation, La Grande) The weather
bureau predicts probable drying north
east winds throughout Oregon.
OREGON FOREST FIRE ASSN.
Russians. Say. They .
Are Fighting Again
Petrograd, Aug, 8. (United Press)
Russians resumed the offensive at
Bessarabia capturing two villages
and three hundred prisoners, it is an
nounced.
Rev And Mrs Roberts
Enjoy A Fine Trip
Washington, D. C. Aug. 4, 1917.
To the Editor of the Evening Ob
server and the people of La Grande,
Oregon: It has been one month since
we started east on our vacation. We
have had a most delightful trip thus
far. We are now stopping at the Na
tional Hotel, Washington, D. C, lo
cated at corner of Sixth and Penn.
Ave., 4th floor room two hundred. We
had a very fineurip through Canada.
Two days the conductor had to turn
tho heat on in the cars. We have
been here three days. We have been
through the Congress and Senate Hall
or Chamber. Have met and been in
troduced to a large number of Con
gressmen. We shall remain here one
more day. We stopped off in Winnl
peg, Canada, also in Toronto, Ni
agara Falls, Buffalo, New York City,
visited Coney Island, West Point, was
in Philadelphia some ten days, visited
Atlantic City, N. J. Saw 300,000 peo
ple there the day we were there.
Visited a number of other nearby
cities, stopped two days in Baltimore,
Md.
I shall be there to fill my pulpit at
Lane's Chapel on August 12. Will give
you a full account of our trip when we
return.
REV. and MRS. S. M. ROBERTS.
Miltcn Block returned last night
after a two weeks' outing in the Wal
lowa country.
German Agent
Arrested As
Army Deserter
Seattle, Aug. 8. -(United Press)
A nation-wide search for Louis Holl
weg von Bettcnhausen, a Krupp ag
ent, and deserter from the American
army and suspected German spy, end
ed today when Edward Wright, a gov
ernment investigator identified him.
a charee of desertion. He will be tak-
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en to Alcatraz Island.
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TONIGHT "
MASS MEETING WILL BE HELD
IN CITY HALL
TONIGHT .
LAGRANDE MEN, YOUNG
AND OLD, ARE INVITED
Plan Is To Organize Companies For
Military Drill and for Service ill
Local Defense Committee Will Re-
, port Officers Will Be Elected
Form of Enlistment
Tonight a mass meeting will be
held in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m.
for the purpose of completing the or-'
Conization of the La Grande Home
Guards.
All those interested, young and old,
who wish to join, are asked to be pres
ent .promptly so that the work' of
organization can proceed with . dis
patch. The organization of the Home
Guards was determined on at a meet
ing of the Public Safety Committee,
in view of the fact that company M
has gone and the Hospital Unit is
soon to go.
The purpose is home defense. The :
members will be given military train- -ing
and respond to the call of their
officers, who will work in conjunc
tion with the Bherlff of the county.
At the first meeting a committee
consisting of H. E. Coolidge, chalr-
in: Fred. L, Meyer, A. W. Nelson
and H. E. Dixon, were appointed to
prepare the by-laws and enlistment
blanks for the enrollment of members
of the organization, i
This committee will report tonight
and will also' recommend that tho
companies elect their own officers.
A company of boys tinder twenty-,
one is anxious to work as a (branch
of the Home Guards, and other com- '
tpahles wiir be BrgumVed as numbers
enroll. V
' It is important that all who were
present at the first meeting .be pres
ent tonight.
The enrollment enlistment is simple
and docs not bind the signer to ex- ,
cesslvo service. It follows:
WE. THE UNDERSIGNED, do
hereby enlist for the period of ONE
YEAR In the LA GRANDE HOME
GUARDS. We promise full and
faithful obedience to all orders from -......i
nnrfitnfpd authorities and
from all duly constituted officers of
said organization. The said la
GRANDE HOME GUARDS shall be
conducted with military discipline.
And we promise to submit thereto
To attend all drills and to answer all
calls for service unless properly ex
cused. THIS ENLISTMENT is entirely
voluntary and the purpose of the said
LA GRANDE HOME GUARDS shall
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 our
citizens. .
All patriotic men in La Grande,
young or old, will be welcome tonight
Mrs. Rav Holland, a competent
dressmaker of Spokane, has opened
dressmaking parlor in tho Fisher
Bldg., over Young's Confectionery
Store.
The appearance of the O.-W. R. &
N Co. depot here is being greatly im
proved by the repainting of the same.
THE SOUNDS
OF BATTLE
WINDOWS IN SOUTH END OF
CITY VIBRATE FROM CON
CUSSION OF ARTILLERY
LONDON
HAS
London, Aug. 8. (United Press) '
The roar of the big guns hurling tons
of metal against the German linos, .
was distinctly heard last night with
in thirty miles of London.
Windows in the south end vibrated
from the concussion.
The sound was the most distant
heard since the beginning of the war.
General Hnig announced active ar
tillerying near Ypres and raiding on .
the coast.
Ypres is one hundred miles from
London.
The Intense bombardment increased
the tenso feoling of expectancy.