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Don't Forget The Date Of The 0. W. R. &. N. Employes' Picnic-Saturday, August 18th . ; 'sr. mm wothf. ototmh wrafinK .VKOHE OBSERVEB YOUR WANT ADS. MAIN 37 1 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS " f PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR NEWS. MAIN 37 1 VOLUME XVL LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917. ... NUMBER 35a I THE PRESS SAYS I" TO POPE'S PROPOSALS CONSIDER CONDITIONS CATE PRO-GERMAN , .' TREND INDI- ALLIES WILL REJECT PROPOSALS IS BELIEF Italians Declare Pope Failed To In clude Principal Points for Which Al lies Are Fighting. London, Aug. 16. (United Press) With new emphasis following the official publication of the peace, pro- . posals of the Pope, the British press answered "No" to the proposals, look ing toward the end of the war. The conditions outlined by the Pope are considered as indicating a stronger , German trend then an unofficial out line. (Rome, Aug. 16. United Press) The Pope's peace proposals are cer tain to be rejected by the Allies, the Italian press believes. They unani mously declared that the Pope failed to include the principal points for which the entente allies are fighting. Four Killed In Airplane Raid In Venice Rpmev.Aug. .16. iUnited Press) Four were killed an&Wtwenty-seveii Injured when Austrian airplanes raid , d Venice Tuesday. The hospital was struck,: two pat ients killed and twenty-one injured. It is reported several raiding air , planes were downed. Italian air plane destroyers fougni ine raiaers, V Bishop Paddock Here. Bishop Paddock arrived last night from Baker and remained over night. He had been to Sumpter where the Episcopal church was the only one saved from the fire. He tendered the use of it to the other religious bodies of the town who had lost their touild ings. The guild hall of the church . he placed at the disposal of the lodg es. He left this morning for Pendle- The Rev. Charles H. Powell, of the Cove, was over this morning to meet Bishop Paddock and accompany him to Pendleton. , , "1 HERO-OF THE FRENCH ARMY REGEIVES3IGNAL HONOR Captain Garandeau, Who Began War As Sergeant Award- ed Legion of Honor For Recovering Body of French Officer Under Fire. - By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the "French Armies, July 15 (By Mail) Captain Garandeau, who began the present war as a sergeant, has been awarded the Legion of Honor for recovering under most exceptional circumstances the body of a French of ficer killed just in front of the German trenches. While French machinegun operators, hundreds of yards behind the French lines, executed a barrage fire of protec fho AvaA hnAv. Garandeau in full daylight ana under the eyes of both the French and the Germans crept face downward to the spot, and attaching the body to his leg with a rope, successfully dragged it back into the Frenchlines. ' , ' A ' The. Hpnd officer. Lieutenant Seve by name, together with his orderly named Ollmo, had been killed during a jthe some five hundred fair minded ad 3St raifon the German trenches.- Immediately after-M- J- -. wards another party had lett the jrrenen treiu-nes iul ui purpose of bringing back two bodies, but after searching all night in vain, came back in the morning empty handed. During the course of the forenoon, the French finally succeeded in locating with strong field glasses the bodies lying in the tall grass just in front of a German trench and where anv effort to recover them would be in full view of the enemy. As it was certain that if the bodies were left there till night, the Ger mans would be able to ambush any one who sought to recover them, Cap Hospital Boys Are Busy At Clackamas ; i 4 Clackamas, Oregon, Aug. 16. J -(Special) The hospital unit 4 V under command of Major Gra- J ham and 77 enlisted men arrived f Wednesday morning. Strenu- 4 ! ous half day was spent arran?- 4 4 ing sleeping quarters, kitchen. 4 etc. The medical examination 4 and muster will be held Thurs 4 day. An average of ten per cent t 4 are usually rejected. Lieuten- 4 4 ants Plamondon and More and 4 4 the men are jubilant over the 4 4. prospect of going to the front 4 4 soon. -" - 4 4 4. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 The following : registered at the Imperial Hotel, Tuesday; F. A. Oharboneau and wife of La Grande; H. C. Street, La Grande. CAN'T STARVE LLOYD GEORGE London, Aug. 16. (United Press) Premier Lloyd George announced the English food 'situation is better than for many years. He declared the stock of wheat now exceeded last year, by sixteen million bushels. He declared it impossible for submarines to starve England. Discussing . the military plans Llloyd George declared he intended to -make one big move this year, but the Russian 'claw of the nipper broke. HOME GUARD AUXILIARY ) WILL DRILL ONCE A WEEK Members Who Live 'Near Palm Mill to Work Near Home One Night To Save Walk. At a meeting of Home Guard mem bers at the Lane Chapel last night arrangements were made for the drill ing near home of membersVof Com- I panies A and C who live along North second street ana jn me vicimvj uj. Palmer mill. These men will drill once a week at home and the other night with the companies. This ar rangement was made to save members living in that vicinity the long walk. Eight men, a sergeant and a cor poral compose the squad.. The men in charge are Sergeant McEwen and Corporal, Swan, both of A Company. Of the ten men five have seen ser vice in the regular army and militia and five are new recruits. The first drill will be held Friday night. On Tuesday night they, will meet with their regular companies. tain Garandeau, who barely knew the dead officer personally, volunteered (Continue on Page 6.) ENGLAND A PENALTY SEVERE FUFIIl WHO EVADE DRAFT MEN NOT APPEARING BEFORE BOARD AUTOMATICALLY . '.-,.; j3 -; l DRAFTED ' i.'.. i v : Portland, Or., Aug. 16. (Special) From now on the fate of the man who tries to evade his duty under the draft law will be anything but ' en viable. Failure to appear for physical' ex amination when called up by his local exemption board will not help the slacker. In fact, it will be about the shortest cut he could take to get him self drafted automatically into the army without further consideration. If a man does not appear before his local board when called unless he ap plies by reason of absence from his district . to have his examination transferred to another board, or can give very good reason why he was unable to appear his name will bo certified to the Adjutant General of the state as having been called for military service and not exempted or discharged. " The Adjutant General, who acts un der instructions from Washington, will give him one more chance, and only one, to clear his record. , A notice will be sent to the address on his registration card directing him' to report within five days, either in person or by mail or telegraph, to tho .Adjutant General. If he doesn t re port as directed, at the end of the five days he becomes automatically drafted in the army of the United States.- Failure to appear for duty will then become equivalent to deserting from the army. Men who desert from Un cle Sam's army in time of war are not treated very kindly. They are classed in the same category as traitors.- " .Such men' will be rigidly hunted down by the military authorities. They either will' be compelled to serve, or court martialed as deserters. In time of war a court martial can inflict the death penalty for desertion. HONOR GUARDS MEETING NIGHT TO- The Honor Guard Gills will meet at the City Hall tonight for their regular meeting. They expect to com plete the housewife kits they haveJ been 'working on. A STATEMENT. Mr. Christensen's advertisement in last night's Observer in which he of fers to throw me five times in an hour strikes me as a huge joke and the very cheapest kind of advertising and must appear very interesting to the local sport lovers, who on June 19th witnessed the undersigned put such a crimp in his anatomy and tied him up so effectively in less than one fifth of the time stipulated in his handicap bluff that he was unabje to again make his appearance on the stage, to say nothing of going on for another fall. Ho was licked so badly he couldn't even talk. His reference to "being a good fel low" in his first match probably re fers to when he kicked me in the eye, thereby decorating same neatly for a couple weeks. Further, as stated over my signa ture in The Observer, I agreed in good faith to give Mr. Ch'ristenscn a return match but his manager and promoter failed to post the purse as per agreement and made remarks which caused the wrestling followers to lose confidence in the match and there was no other alternative but to cancel the arrangement. Now that Mr. Christensen has in vited comment, I will call the locnl wrestling fans attention to his handi cap match with J. Nooragard in En terprise in June in which he offered to throw the little fellow (who weighs only 160 pounds) three times in an hour and he failed, again demonstrat ing that he allows his aggressiveness to dictate to his better judgment ana that a challenge as issued in The Ob server is looked upon by myself and est variety of advertising and menus nf miblicitv and a huge joke. I work for a living, I have never Inst a day since I arrived in La Grande and do not depend upon wrestling for my existence and am nrnnd of mv cast Tecord, wh'ch stands without a blemish and I hereby pledge that any time I appear b fore the wrestling fans they will wit ness a straight, honest match. I ignore Christensen's bluff in last night's paper. g. IR.lt JACK O'NEILL. GRADUATES OF I GOME 2000 RESERVE OFFICERS WILL BE SENT TO FILL r'( ,fr GAPS . Washington, , , Aug. ; 16. (United Press) Over two thousand graduates of the' first series of officers' train ing camps have been assigned to go to France.. They will receive further intensive training there and will ulti- mntalv fill nna caiihimI hv promotions and casualties. Other assignments will probably be made later. Farewell Banquet Given Pat Foley Tho Volunteer Fire Company gave a iareweu banquet ac ti.o sommer Hotel last night in honor of Capt. Pat Foley, who leaves tomorrow night for the Presidio . at Sun Francisco where he will enter the training camp of the Officers' Roservo Corps. Those present at this banquet were: P. A. Foley, L. L. Snodgrass, Frank Bay, Nate Zwoifcl, L. M. Hoyt, S. A. Weagol, H. Bohnenkanip, J. H. Keenoy, Rube Zwoifol, C. L. Mackey, Frank (Bradley, Ex-Chief Joe Homes. COUNTER PLOT TO RESTORE Petrograd,. Aug. 16. (United Press) A counter revolutionary plot aiming' at' the' restoration of ";5ie Czar to the throne has been discov ered, it has been learned. . t Personal Mention Mrs. Lot Snodgrass of the Milinery department of Westfs store returned this morning from a five wcelcs' com bined business and pleasure trip. She visited near North Yakima and also in Minnesota. 8he also attended the Style Show at Chicago, and all in all reports a very fine trip. Walter Nelson of Hot Lake and Edith Hughcy of Baker were married yesterday in the Grande Ronde Valley house by Rev. Chas.' A. Edwards. Rev. and Mrs. S. M. Roberts of the M. E. Church South, returned Mon day night from an extended trip through the East. Miss Ethel Richey of the Golden Rule left today for a two or three weeks' vacation. iShe wont by auto from here to Pendleton and from there I slio will go up into Idaho on a visit. Mr. Cook of iWoodard-Clairke Drug Co. who lu s been- helping at Silver thorn's during inventory, has accept ed a position with Frank Evnns in his drug store at fayette, Idaho. Mr. Dol Bergen of Silvcrthorn's who went to Portland last week on- account of the illness of his wife, will not be b.ick. The Misses Fannie and Mary Sum mer and their niece Miss Carolyn Sommer who are here from Spokane, spent a few days in Union the first of tho week. A party of folks drove to Pendleton Sunday in cars. Thjey were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monoghan and children of Heppncr, (Mr. Monoghan is a stock man of that place,) Mr. P. Connell, wealthy sheep man from Hefner, Miss Anna O'Rourke, nioce of Mr. and Mrs. Monoghan who .has been visit iig Miss Anna Klees, Mrs. Marion Klces and daughter Miss Anna. Mr. Connell had been looking over his holdings in the vicinity, while the Monoghan's have been spending about two weeks at Hot Lake. They had both motored over from Hoppner, end on the return trip took Mrs. Klces r.nd daughter over as far as Pendle ton whore they visited with their daughter and sister Miss lolcnda Klces who is in the employ of the O. W. R. & N. Co., there. FIRE BURNS WOOD PILE. A small fire that destroyed a por tion of the wood pile belonging to the Sawyer-Holmes Mercantile Co. broke out this afternoon at 8 o'clock. It was extinguished before much dam age was done. CZAR LEARNED Changes Stripping. Kaiserism Of Power PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO MAKE SECOND APPEAL TO ;:; . LIBERALS ., : ,, 't. v Washington, Aug. 16. (United Press) Political changes in Germany are strinoinir Kalnnrlam . ,..,. The President appealed once to the minerals to cast off their yoke. It is strongly believed that he will a second appeal. Allied diplomats aflv that event. ally the seed will grow and tear fruit. iw uriimu jMnoussy stated mat peace can come only with realization of the Allied war aims. .. t . Liberal diplomats say there must be a constructive answer to the Pope. 1 ine teaven or Democracy, already .working in Germany must be en couraged by the Pope, the Allies and the United States insisted. A sum mary refusal would indicate a deter mination to thwart every peace move. WRESTLER CLAIMS TO BE 83: OTHER PLACES GAVE AGE AS 28 YEARS i Harold Christensen, a wrestler who has been in La Grande for some time, was arrested at 11 o'clock this morn ing by Sheriff Lee ' Warnick on a charge of not having registered and is now lodged in the county jail pending further investigation. The arrest was made at the request of i United States District . Attorney Reames at Portland. - ; , v,i ' Clirbten sen. says that he is 83 years of age and does not have to register. In several places it is said that in his wrestling publicity he gave his age as 28 years. " ' .-Christensen engaged R. J. Green as attorney ..who winrod for hi3 birth ipapers from New York. .' He states that Christensen is a Danish subject and would not have to register un less 'between' 21 end 81. As a Danish subject he says Christensen (would not be subject to draft and would have no object avoiding registration. , Quilts Stolen From Line WARNING! Do not leave clothes on lino after dusk. Last evening two new quilts, which had been hung out to air, were takon from the line in the back yard of Mrs. Kleos' home on 4th and Spring St. while the family were sitting on the ftont porch. It was just beginning to get dusk when Mrs. Kleos thought she would bring thorn in hut when she went out to get them, they were gone. They had been there but a short time. IS PLACED UNDER ARREST EVERY SAMMY TO HAVE PRIVATE SECRETARY (By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, August 16. Every Sammy in France will have a secretary to write letter to his folks if he is too badly wounded or too busy swatting the Bodies to do it himself.' Adjutant Qeneral McCain has arranged the same secre tariat system' for the first 687,000 draft Sammies in can-1 tonment camps in this country this fall. And for the mili tiamen, likewise. "Our plan to enable mends and relatives ot American soldiers to sret nromnt information as to their weltare, said General McCain today, lion men, about 1,200 officers, enlisted men and held clerks." . . "World headquarters for this organization, which is al ready at work, will be in the State, War and Navv Build ing in Washington. It is known officially as "The Sta tistical Division." Jn addition to writing letters and post-cards, the duties of members of the division will include: Gathering information concerning individuals at gen eral, divisional, regimental and company headquarter?, neid ana oase nospuais, ports n fniuiinviiwim auu iu"jo in this country where troops are mobilized and trained. Handling inquiries concerning pris- Sammies' secretaries has been estab oners of war, both German prisoners Hshed at the war department and is i a M.j.n ..j Amoi:an nrlannsn in nnm-ntlon now. Officers of the di- 111 xviiivi l-a aiiu .i,... v ' 1 i' - in Germany. A big training school for these 'Sffm Oil WITH FURY DELIVER TERRIFIC BLOW TO GERMANS ON SIX MILE FRONT , FIGHTING AT LENS EXTREMELY BLOODr Canadians Crush German Lilt Flies in Fierce Counter Attacks German Attacks Repulsed. BY. WM. PHILLIP SIMMS British Headquarters, Aug. . 16. (United Press) The British swunx another terrific blow against the Ger mans, attacking on a front of six miles. :, . ; .' Simultaneously the French struck.' 1 The forces of both nations are press ing forward with relentless fury. Sidestepping to the left the Britieh delivered a blow at Northeast Yprea, while the Germans were still stagger-' ing in bloody confusion from the Lena assault. Haig's forces advanced, after per fect preparation from opposite Poly gon Kood to junction with the French. Fighting at Lens was extremely bloody during the night. The Canad ians crushed the Germans like flies in the counter attacks. The German at tacks were repulsed. ' HAIG CAPTURES LANGEMARCH. ; , London! Aug.. 16 (United - Press) It was announced in the Commons that Haig had captured Langeraarch, taking twelve hundred prisoners and capturing five guns, - , . , . , HOGS TAK E 'ANOTHER JUMP East St, .Louis. -Aug. 10. (United Press) Hogs umped twenty-five t fifty cents today, reaching a record price of eighteen dollars and forty five cents. Rebekah Delegates Attend initiation. Last night Mr. and Mrs. M. Elledge, Mrs. E. J. Brown and Miss Florence Stansfield motored over to North Powder to attend a Rebokah Lodge, inition. The (Baker team had charge and initiated two now candidates. The work was dono in the usual Baker style, fine. After the initiation ceremonies, a dandy chicken supper was served. There wore about seventy-five present, mostly from North Bowdor and Baker. The La Grande people who- were there report a splendid time. . School Opens September 10 City Superintendent of Schools to day announced that school would open in La Grande on September 10. "will require, for every mil i .. - - i , -i . , r 1 (Continued on Page 5.) , .
