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VOLUME XL
'LA ; GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1917.
NUMBER 355.
LA GRANDE III
WIN MITOSIS
AS CAPTAINS
ANDREW R. MARKER AND
RALPH HURON ' ARE
APPOINTED -
MARKER IS TO HAVE
INFANTRY COMMAND
Ralph Huron is to be Captain in the
Commissary Department Captain
Marker Will Have Furlough and
Arrive in La Grande on Aug. 18. ,
News was received in La Grande
today that Andrew R. Marker had
been commissioned captain of Infan
try and Ralph Huron captain in the
commisw-y .department of the new
Army, i.iu-are iLa Grande men who
vent to San Francisco three months
ego to undergo training in the of
ficers training camp. . v
Captain Marker will be sworn in on
the fifteenth. He will be given a
-ten days' furlough and will arrive in
La Grande about the eighteenth.
It is not known whether Captain
Huron will be given a furlough or not. ,
Weather Man
- . - - - t . i i ! -
Predicts Showers
: 7' -
. Portland, Aug. 13. (United $
j Press) The U. S. weather fore
4 cast: "Showers tonight, fair 4
V tomorrow."
DR. HOLT IS
ACTING STATE
OFFICER
FORWER LA GRANDE PHYSICIAN
IS REPORTED TO BE SUC
CESSOR OF ROBERG
The Evening Telegram of Saturday
printed the following:
STATE HEALTH OFFICER
BEGINS ACTIVE SERVICE
"Dr. Roberg Leaves Post To Take
Charge of U. S. Army Hospital.
",Dr. David N. Roberg, state health
officer who recently received a com
mission as captain ire the medical re
serve corps U. S. A., left for San
Francisco today to take charge of
HOOVER S NEW
IIATIlAL MENU
TO BE OUT SOON
a . 11 x ? - - M 1.1 T
Probably no one in La Grande waa e 18DOTO."e!. '
jnore pleased than F. S. ' Ivanhoe, .-erai f yi-
vhose associate . Mr. Marker was . in H been ch8!n
-the law ernment for this post because of his
"No one will lose more by Captain fitness. handle the work. "He is a
Marker rami? to war than I but no bacteriologist and spent two years in
one is more glad to hear of his suc
cess," he said. Mr Marker is in every
way en exemplary man. He has no
bad habits. And .to him devotion of
-country is his highest aim. I feel
the Philippines studying oriental dis-
eases. Two years ago he was ap
pointed state health officer.'
"No successor has yet been nho3en
to fill the position of state health of-
o i..f nv i, Th fleer. -but Dr. R, JS. u Horc, wno re-
fires of his patriotism burn intensely, j cently came to this sity from La
"His appointment as a captain of .Grande, is temporarily in charge. Dr.
Infantry . in the face of his recent Holt is a candidate for appointment
operation and the most fierce com-land Dr. E. P. Geary, formerly county
petition is a wonderful tribute to nis , health officer, is also seeking the
qualities a a ,maa.,,.Itdwrti?9.th)it port. The state boar.. of hea-has
the officers of the army recognize been unaWe to reach a choice,- as Dr.
him as a leader of men, with . the Holt has three and Dr. Geary three
capacity and executive ability to take of the votes of the six members. Dr.
charge of one hundred and fifty men 1 R. J March, Dr. M. B Marcellus and
and make them into military machine. Dr. H. E. Clay are supporting Dr.
I had kept Mr. Marker's position with Geary, and Dr. Andrew C. Smith, Dr.
me open, as I had not felt free to A. C. Seeley and Dr. C. T. Bacon
make othjer arrangements, until I favor the appointment of Dr. Holt,
heard from him as to whether or not;' "The next regular meeting of the
he had been successful. I predict ' state board will be on September 19,
that both Captains Marker and Huron at which time, it is said, a choice will ;
will make fine records and will be be made."
a credit to La Grande. The city When shown the above clipping Dr.
should be proud that both of its re- c. T. Bacon, of La Grande, member
presentatives at the training camp ' 0f the state board of health said:
were selected; the third Mr. Coolidge "When it became known that Dr.
would have been too but for an un-, Robere would be called away, it was
fortunate illness." suggested that a meeting of the state
board be held to fill the vacancy. The
chairman of the board decided that
the matter could wait until the regu
lar meeting of the board In Septem
ber and authorized Dr. 'Roberg to
nbvslcian temporarily in his
! place at a salary of $2000 a year in
! stead of $4000 a year until the state
I, 3 i Tl- TTlf raii1ntlv was
Oflf Tt RaL-Al selected by Dr. Roberg although I
UClll 111 UOIVCI hnve nad n0 official statement to that
! effect. As to any division in the board
i nnnnintment. I have' dis
cussed the matter with none of the
members of the board."
Dr. Holt was formerly a well-known
T.a (irnnnp nhvsician. ' He recently
sold his. interest in the Grande Rondo
moved his family to
Fire Rages In
Sumpter; S.O.S.
PLANS TO CUT PORTIONS AND
PRICES IN HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCES PLANS
Government Is Prepared to Take Over
Whole Wheat Harvest If Necessary
To Conserve Supply.
Washington, Aug.- 13. (United
Press) Hoover's war on high prices
turned on restaurants today. . Experts
began compiling full details of Amer
ican eating habits.' Hoover proposes
to issue a new national menu de
signed to reduce both portions" and
prices from a third to a half in din
ing cars, restaurants and hotels.
The food aHminintrntion Annnnnpfirl
last night its plan for controlling
wheat, flour and bread, revealing that
the government is prepared to take
over- the whole 1917 wheat harvest if
necessary; to conserve the supply, ob
tain just prices for America's fight
ing forces and their allies and reduce
costs to the general public in . the
United States.
, Establishing of buying agencies at
all the principal terminals, licensing
of elevators and mills, fixing of prices
to be considered fair, regulation of the
middleman and of grain exchanges,
with the elimination of trading in fu
tures, are the chief features of the
plan. The licensing will begin Sep
tember 1. ,. .
Minimum Effective in 1918.
The minimum price of $2 for wheat
fixed by -Congress does not become
effective until, next year, but the Ad
ministration proposes' to exercise a
very thorough control over thiB year's'
crop through powers conferred under
the food and export control bills. . .
Following is the Administration's
announcement: ..
"The disturbance to the world's
commerce and short supplies nas
caused a (greater disruption of the nor
mal markets for wheat than any other
cereal.
Normal Trade Interrupted. -"1.
As a result of the isolation of
certain- of the world's wheat-producing
countries by either belligerent
lines or short shipping, the normal
determination of the prices of wheat
by the ebb and flow of commerce is
totally destroyed.
"2. In order to control speculation
Land to obtain more equitable distribu
tion or the available wneai ana iiour
between their countries, . the allied
Baker reports that Sumpter is
afire and in danger of complete
destruction.
The town has asked for help
from Baker.
Part of the district is reported
as already destroyed. The fire is
spreading.
Details are lacking.
(Continued on Page 8.)
STRIKERS AGREE
NOT TO RETURN
Portland.
Boy
Leave For
A Week's Outing
Smeltermen Indicate
Desire For Strike
WITHOUT RAISE
Quite a number of the M. 1. A.
Scouts and the Y. M. C. A. preps and
juniors left this morning at 5:15 for
the Hall ranch at Uatncnne reeu lor
a weeks outing and camping trip,
expecting to return next Friday. They
were taken out in five cars driven by
five of the prominent men of the
town who are friends of the Club.
One young lad, Russel Stewart, who
happened to be in Pocatellc, was so
anxious to be include! in the list that
he wired from that place for them to
reserve a place for him as he sure
did want to go with the party, and
he came over last night on the miu
night train in order to go with the
boys vis morning.
Anyone wishing to communicate
with the camp can do so by phoning
the Hall Ranch on Catherine Creek.
Red Cross Exhibit
V A very interesting exhibit of Rod
Cross articles is in tha window of
the J. J. Carr furniture Co. and is
attracting quite a good deal of attention.
Butte, Aug. 13. United Press)
Early balloting indicates that twenty
four hundred Anaconda smeltermen
will vote for a strike. A full vote or
unionists is expected. Two-thirds ma
jority is necessary to cajl a strike.
Mr. Max Gemmerman, a tailor of
Enterprise, motored over yosterday
and is returning today.
CHINA WILL
DECLARE WAR
- Tl
FIVE AMERICANS
LOSE LIVES WHEN
SHIP IS SUNK
"CITY OF ATHENS" EN ROUTE
TO CAPETOWN, SOUTH
AFRICA, MINED
FOUR OF CREW AND TEN
'OTHER PASSENGERS LOST
Vessel Was Almost in Sight of Des
tination When Catastrophe Occur
red Passenger Were Missionaries.
Washington, Aug. 13. (United
Press) Five Americans - iwere lost
when the American vessel "City of
Athens was mined off . Capetown,
South Africa, last Friday.
Four members of the crew and ten
additional passengers were lost.
The vessel carried missionaries
from Brooklyn and New York, to
Capetown. ' The destination, was al
most in sight when the vessel sank.
Nineteen missionaries were saved.
HERE ARE THE
MEN WHO GO
TO THE FRONT
LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD
HOLDS ITS FINAL
MEETINGS
Argentine Minister
Resigns To Fight Duel
J Buenos Aires, July 7 (By 4
4 Mail) Dr. Gomes, the Argen
4 tine minister of the interior, la A
4 at his official desk again after 4
having resigned to fight a duel
4 with Marco Aurelio Avellaneda 4
4 a member of the chamber or 4
4 deputies, who found fault with 4
f him because the federal govern 4
4 raent took the governorship of 4
4 Buenos Aires province away 4
4 from Dr. Marcelina Ugarte. ' - 4
4 Dr. Gomes promptly resigned 4
his portfolio to challenge Da- 4
4" puty Avellaneda. Aa soon as 4
I his resignation had been accept- 4
4 ed he sent this seconds to call 4
on those of the deputy. The 4
5 result was that the letter- said 4
4 he spoke of Dr. Gomes 'purely 4
4 from a political standpoint and 'h
J without the slightest intention 4
4 of reflecting upon his personal
honor." , 4
4 This was satisfactory, the J
3 duel was called off and Dr. 4'
4 Gomez was reappointed by Presi 4
Went tlrogoyen to the interior n
4 ministry.
4
SOCIALISTS NOT
TO BE ALLOWED
E
Nil
ALLIED NATIONS AGREE NOT TO
ISSUE PASSPORTS TO
CONFERENCE
San Francisco. Aug. 13. (United
Press) Fifty more United Railroads'
platform men have signed the pledge
not to resume work until wages are
advanced and hours shortened, strike
leaders have announced.
i They declare that twelve hundred and
fifty men will quit by tonight wnicn
will practically tie up the system.
The company denies the statement.
Aside from a clash between the po
lice and company guardsand the
strikers this morning, the strike has
been free from violence.
The local exemption board held their
final examination of the affidavits for
exemption and "out of the twenty-two
men that had been called to be ex
amined,, found thirteen not exempted,
which makes two more than necessary
as the quota for Union County is elev
en men. . ' :
The following are those not exemp
ted and in the order in which they
will have to go, provided they are not
excused by the Appeal Boj"d: y
, Union ''."
' Serial No. .
1 436 Elmer Potter
La Grande ; .
2 854 James L. Collins
3 1095 Lester Dallas Butler
4 783 Joseph Edgley Dalton
5 676 John Franklin Spahn
Elgin
6 275 John Henry Stowe
' La Grande
7 509 John Alfred Groupe
8 564 Sidney Montgomery
9 945 'Rhuel Gresham Tompkins
North Powder
10 1267 Frank Oscar Harris
La Grande
11 536 Harvey Corbin Street
Union
12 1495 Louis Edward Ingram
Aliccl
13 126 Ben Harrison Comstock
There were two who are already in
the service, namely: Jay Conloy, of
Alicel, and James Bernard McLaugh
lin, both of whom have already en
listed in the Hospital Unit.
Three were Dhvsically exempted
Charles Anderson Riley, Alexander
Dee Davis, and Harlcy Hamor Rich-
ordnnn nil of La Grande.
Four ware exemwea ior me iui-
TWO GERMAN
PLANES ARE
DOWNED
TWENTY-THREE KILLED
FIFTY INJURED IN
' ' AIRRAID
AND
GERMAN ATTACKS ARE
REPULSED AT AISNE
British Artillery Successful in Throw
ing Back Enemy With Heavy Ioaaaa
in Flanders. -
London, Aug. 18. (United Press)
Two German airplanes which raid
ed the south end and other town
Sunday were downed, the admiralty
announced.
The machines were brought' down
off the coast of Flanders. , i
One was a new type of German
plane, the other a seaplane.
The admiralty announced that twen
ty German machines participated in
the raid, killing twenty-three and in
juring fifty.
AUSTRIANS HURRIEDLY
REENFORCING CARSO
Italian Airplanes Are Very
Over AU Fronts
Activa
(Continued on Page 8.)
SUBMARINE
Him
Tokio, Aug. 13 (United Press)
It is semi -officially stated that
China will declare war on Ger
many and Austria tomorrow.
BATTLES WITH
STEAMSHIPS
New York, Aug. 13. (United
Press) A half an hour engage
ment is reported between a Ger
man submarine and an American
steamship off the Irish Coast.
Neither scored a hit.
NATIONAL ARMY
WILL MOVE IN
3 INCREMENTS
, London Aug. 13. (United Press)
The allied nations have agreed that
no passports will be issued to Social
ists desiring to attend the Interna
tional Peace Conference scheduled for
September. -'.-...i.:-'---::,.".
Andrew Law, chancellor of the ex
chequer, announced that the United
States, France and Italy have agreed
with England .that passports permit
ting the attendance of Socialists at
the Stockholm conference be withheld.
Before the House of Commons this
afternoon, Henderson charged the
War Cabinet with double dealing in
connection with his visit to the White
House. -
Henderson's visit to Paris started a
storm, causing his resignation.
Amsterdam, . Aug. - 13. (United
Press) German Socialists probably
will not attend the Stockholm con
ference if the Socialists insist upon
discussing the responsibility for the
war, according to a semi-official
statement.
Rome, Aug. 13. (United Press)
AuBtrlans are hurriedly reenforclng
the Carso front, anticipating a strong
Italian attack. -
Italian airplanes are extremely ac
tive at Carso and other fronts.
Alleged Murderer Of
Wm.McAllister Caught
Grants Pass, Aug. 13. (United
Press) After a chase through the
heart of the Cascades, Ralph Turpine,
alleged murderer of William McAl
lister, last Friday was caught this
morning at Klamath Falls.
ACTIVE FIGHTING
INJ1SNE REGION ;
German Attack on North St Quentln
' Successfully Repulsed 1
Paris, Aug 13. (United Press)
Continued artillery duels in the Alsne
region and renewed German infantry
attacks on North St Quentin are re
ported officially.
All enemy attacks are reported re
pulsed. ;
BRITISH SUCCESSFUL IN
FLANDERS, REPORT
London, Aug. 13. (United Press)
The Flanders' battle entered its
third week with Haig announcing
nothing, of special interest to report
Sharp, brief engagements hav
marked the past forty-eight hours as
the Germans endeavored to regain
some ground that the British cap
tured. British artillery have been ex
tremely successful, repulsing the en-,
emy attacks with heavy losses. ; .
U. S. Will Ask
Germany About
Americans Held
MANY RECRUITS GO
ING TO JOIN ARMY
The army recruiting officer over
the Post Office has been doing quite
a lot of work in the last week r-r two.
Seven men left here last week to
take the examinations snd eight more
are to leave tonight. Those leaving
last week were: Courtney, Mont
gomery, Judd Smith, Fuller, Temple,
Gilbert, and Warder. Those expect
ing to leave tonight are Howard F.
Richardson, Paul D. Bock, Guy W.
Spencer, James F. Perry, Harly C.
Owens, Herbert A. Mc' Ginnis, Thos.
F. Jones, and Edwin U. Ulson. inese
men have their applications
enlistment in different lines
THIRTY PER CENT AT TIME WILL
BE SENT TO CANTONMENTS
PROVOST GENERAL
' ANNOUNCES
in
of
for
the
Religious Objectors
Be Sent To Camp
Washington. D. C, Aug. 13 (Unit
ed Press) Tho national army will
move to cantonments in three incre
ments, th'rty per cent in each, Sep--tember
fifth, fifteenth and thirtieth,
Provost Marshal General announced
today.
Dates specified are for entrapment
at home' stations. The last ten per
cent will follow as soon after Septem
ber thirtieth at possible.
Washngton, Aug. 13. (United-
Press) Drafted persons whose re
ligion prohibits them from making
war will be forwarded to the mobili
zation camps where they will com
pose the quota irom their district to
be assigned duty as non-combatants
Adjutant General Crowdor announced
Coauille New shingle mill in oper
ation on Catching creek on Bartlett
ranch.
WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAS BE
COME OF PRISONERS TAKEN
BY SUBMARINE
Washington, Aug. 13. (United
press) The United States plans to
ask Germany through the Swiss gov
ernment what was done with the cap
tain and four American naval gun
ners taken prisoners when a subma
rine sunk the "Campana", the state
department indicated this afternoon.
DISTRICT EXEMPT ION
BOARD MEETS TOMOKKOW
The district exemption board for
Eastern Oregon will meet tomorrow .
at 10 a. m. The members are N. i.
West, Walter M. Pierce, r. S. Ivanhoe, ,
Dr. C. T. Bacon, and J. r'. u pennon.
The meeting will be held in Mr. Ivan
hoes' office. The duty of the board ia
to handle appeals of drafted men
from local boards and also to pass
on exemptions in certain industries.
Ex-President Taft
Is Improving
N
Clay Center, Aug. 13. (Special)
Ex-President Taft is showing con
tinued improvement,, his physician
said. It will probably be three weeka
before he can " walk. Taft com
menced to eat regularly today.