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mtmi .PHONE OBSERVER YOUB WANT ADS. MAIN 37 f V AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ... PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR NEWS. MAIN 37 VOLUME XYL LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. NUMBER 363. mmm SEE NO PRESENT PEACE P,BSSEMISTIC VIEW FOLLOWS 1 MICHAELIS' SPEECH TO " REICHSTAG . . "T-.- ;V HFCLARES ALLIES HOPE TO ANNULATE GERMANS ' AttitudeyShows That No Desire Peace Exists; Denies Central afc-cTS Inspired Pope's Note. - r . tj& iterdam, Aug. 22. (United P-J J -Berlin doesn't see any present Hopeyr peace' -Respite the Pope's plea.l Dciiui uiapuiciiBs inaicaxeu a pessi mistic "lew following Michaelis' speech la he main- committee of the Reichstag. Michaelis declared, ac cording to today's Berlin dispatches, that the Allies war aims prove that their intentions are to annihilate the Germans, showing that no peace de sire exists. He denied that the Cen tral power- .nspired the Pope's note. The SMlrnts welcome the Pope's proposal, ed the pea .haelis said they regard aiv sympathetically. PRESIT 5 tiCTION HITS J A COAL DEALERS Washingt'in, Tibiig. 22. (United Press) Thous J J of small coal op erators were ol business by the President- A establishing a , price of approxit vly two dollar a ton for bituminor! 5 $.1 at the mines, according to Chat:.. Peabody of the Defense Council's coal committee. FIFTEEN FOREST FIRES . IN YAMHILL COUNTY Salem, Aug. 22.-(United Press)- Fifteen forest fires have been discov - ered in the timber land in Yamhill County selected for the colony of Belgians, according to the report of District Fire Waejlon MfHenhall. ,. . . German sympathizers 'wishing to damage the land as much as possible before the Belgians arrive, are blamed. Fires Getting More Serious. Spokane, Aug. 22. (United Press) Forest fires in eastern Washington Idaho, Panhandle and western Mon tana are getting serious. It is esti mated that two thousand men are fighting the flames now. 'Additional Money Raised from Incimcs ' Washington, Aug. 22. (United Press) Advocates of the conscription of wealth won a decisive victory t'i day when the Senate adopted the Gerry amendment raising forty mil lion dollars additional revenue from incomes. A telegram (received by Sheriff Lee Warnick from the U. 8. Commissioner 'General at Washington, D. C. states " that Harold Christensen, recently ar rested on a charge of evading the draft law, arrived at New York Sept. 2, 1915 on the Oscar II. He gave his age at that time as 51. He claims to be 33 now. Christensen has been bound over to the Grand Jury and is now out on bail waiting trial. ITALIANS TAKf JN BIG DRIVE Rome, Aug. 22. (United Press) The prisoners taken by the Italians in their offensive reached a total of over thirteen thousand men and three hun dred and eleven officers this after noon. It is also announced that thirty guns and a great quantity of booty has been taken. . CHRIST EN5EN BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY LW PRISONERS BEATING THE HOT WAVE. 8weltering Kiddiej Fd One Way to Keep Cool. m'.-.1 jr.. rx.rm ... at-.- -. 3:.i m-.t i:-.- Photo by American Presa Association. Hot waves which have swept over the country lately caused untold snf SX'cZf LsJer8 found an excellent way for kt cool In a municipal swimming po ; Alden Haller Doesn' 3 .C3 Want 10 HP rXPnint.r- U1K,,V Alden L. Haller of Bridgeport, Ore gon, who was called before the ex emption board this morning, altlhough entitled to exemption has at his re quest, been granted an extension of time ufeiwtiich to sell his property. (Mm. '-Her has 50 head of cattle 5 head of horses and owns 200 acres of land in Baker county and other personal property. When told that he Itrrn. - a 1 1 " " w ",m . IOK"e? "la'B "e wa"lea wa "me m wnicn to dispose of his property and then he would be ready to go. He was given until Jan. 1, 1918. E AVIATORS LOSE LIVES AT FRONT Paris, Aug. 22. (United Press) Front dispatches confirmed the death of American aviators Chadwick and Biddle, and the capture of Corporal Harold Willis, of Boston, Miss Ethel Sullivan returned yester-d-v morning after spending two weeks visiting frier.ds and relatives in Port land, Seattle and Concrete, Wash. W. L. and Hasie Landrum are on a fishing trip in Wallowa county. Danger Of Forest Fires Imminent Mr. J. Garfield King this morning received the following telegram from the Oregon Forest Fire Association: "Fire weather conditions predicted with north and east winds." This makes it especially imperative for campers to be extremely careful during this dry season, says Lowell Williamson, head fire warden for Union County. If people are especial ly careful from now on we may pos sibly get through the season without any serious fires, he tihinks The State Forester has issued a statement that all burning of slashings under permit are to be discontinued until the dry season i3 over with. At the present time there is a for est fire on the Minam Forest Reserve near Eagle Creek on the Minam River, not far from the mouth of Little T inn m Ron rrnv 1?ni.arna n Stf lV.tr a and crew oi men nave Dcen ngming it now four days and are still at it. Another fire broke out Sunday back of Mt. Harris out of Elgin a ways. However this is under control. The Union and Wallowa County Fire As sociation also have a number of small fires under patrol but they are all well under control. Fire Warden Oliver Young of Elgin went to the Navy as a volunteer yes terday and Jim Hallgarth has been appointed to fill the vacancy and be gan his duties today. 1 p. fe 111 RICAN PEACE MOVE IN DENOUNCED BY REDFIELD 3 o. HETARY OF COMMERCE . ALLS GERMANY "DESPER ADO AMONG NATIONS' miungcoji, Aug. 22. (United -..) Secretary of Commerce Red- lie., in the first formal utterance of any inemoer or tne presidents cam- usr. s-nco me rope s peace proposal was -received, scathingly denounced the peace movements launched In tiM iled btates. He declared that tho world has two great opposing idealf, ideals of autocracy, and of demom- ' ,; . ' . j He called Germany a desperado a i v. B imuuua biiu ueiameu uiui si .van against her militant autocracy Ji-t America was fighting. Mr. Redfield wrote the pacifist or- Kamzation "In this fearful combat i ..mi,i- i t disaster this is the time you cun- ,ift yur f beha,f? News Of a..... -ltave For Clackamas F. C. Crip- U. S., Infantry Drill Regulations; U. and William Vehrs left today for'o Field Servicn Reirulations: Battle- i.iaBKamas to joinme nospiiai u,mv. fjelds of Today (Map); Colemanv 'bo' ., , ' ". u ,,r j From Mons tov Ypresj Hay, . First SSlrjkes Artesian Well-Mr. Woods Thousand! Aldridh, Hilltop a well driller, while drilling a well! , ' , , ' r near the Grande Ronde Lumber Co. , on the MameShetwood, Worn Door mill at Perry the other day, struck eP Hoar, The Submarine Torpedo an artesian feet. well at a depth of 183 Accepts Position in Walla Walla S. L. Johnson, who has been acting agent of the American Express com pany here during the absence of F. A. Clyde, has accepted a position as agent for the same company in Walla Walla and left here Monday night to take up his new work. '.' Honor Guard Sends Dish Towels-- F. C. Crippen and William Vehrs wbo left today for Clackamas took with them 6 dozen dish towels .collected and. made by the Honor Guard girls for the boys of the Hospital Unit. - Lights Installed The Eastern Ore gon Light & Power company at the solicitation of the Y. M. C. A. has in stalled two 300-watt lamps over the tennis court next to the Y. M. C. A. building for the convenience of tho Home Guard who are drilling there twice a week. . Congregational Meeting Sunday A congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church will be held Sun day morning, Sept. 2nd, after the morning service. Important business to be transacted, a full attendance is urged. C.E. Holds Meeting The C. E. So ciety !of the Presbyterian church held its regular monthly business meeting last evening in the church. The ac tivities of the Society are varied in cluding Red Cross, social service, army service, and distribution of mag azines for the soldiers, etc. New City Editor Maurice H. Hyde has taken the City Editor's desk on the Observer and began his duties last week. Mr. Hyde is a graduate of the University of Oregon, and came here from Stansfield, Oregon where he has been editing the Stansficld Standard. How To Dry Vegetables How to dry vegetables and fruits is the sub ject of U. S. farmer's bulletin No. 84!. O. A. C. Extension bulletin 187 gives directions on the same processes. A large assortment of pamphlets on the economical preparation of food has been recevied at the public library. Returned From California N. Nel- J 1 r T U jfc . son, ar inspector iur v. ... ... IN. jO., returnea ouiium.v to California. He viBited with Ms son Artur in San Francisco, and also took a run down to Santa Cruz. Hs reported the weather quite chilly in San Francisco but waimer in Santa Cruz. New Books at The Library Miscel- laneous books recently purchased by the public library are: Hicbons, In the Wilderness; Frank, The Unwel- come Man; Hall, Clover and Blue Grass; Woodbridge, The Drama; Mat- thews, Study of the Drama. The library has the following books on military training and the war: Ellis and Garey, The Plattsburg Manual: Moss, Manual of Military Training; DECLARES HE HAS PROOF OF BIG SWINDLE SENATOR LEWIS SAYS GOVERN MENT MUST CONSCRIPT WEALTH Washington, Aug. 22. (United Press) Senator Lewis, of Illinois, dramatically attacked tax dodgers, de- daring that the Treasury Department ha(1 proof of a hundred and , m!ilinn Hnllr aorindla tmrna. trated on the government through per jurv tn!ui deception and different forms of individual and commovciul trickery. ' 1 He said that if the government doesn't conscript the wealth to pay for tne war tne peopie wiil rise and selze the corporations. t M g ,ey Emma M and ., ,, . Tt j jj Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hyde were din- ner Kuests of Mr- a,ld Mrs. William Bartholomew Tuesday evening. La Grande Boat; Talbot, Aeroplanes and Dirigi bles of War; Cheradamc, The Panger man Plot Unmasked. Returned to Kansas Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Corey and grand-daughter Irene Poston, of Dodge City. Kansas, who have been here for the last six weeks visitinsr their daughter. Mrs. E. J. Brown a nd family and eister, Mrs. C H. Finn, icturned home Wednesday .morning. Mr. Corey is a conductor on the Santa Fe Railroad at that place. La Grande Boys go to Texas Paul D. Beck, Carl D. Beck and Clyde W. Spencer, La Gli-ande boys who en listed in the Army recently, left Van couver Barracks, Wash., last night for Ft. Sam Houston, Texas where they will do construction work in the Aviation Corps. They have not as yet been assigned to any companies, but expect to have this done as soon as they get to Texas. Celebrates Golden Wedding Anni versary Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Gaskell celebrated their fiftieth wedding an niversary last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haskell. They wore married fifty years ago in Lapeere County, Michigan, coming to i this valley over, twenty five years ago. The day was spent in reviewing old times, and a wedding dinner was served at three o'clock. Among those present were: Mr. anil Mrs. E. D. Gaskell, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gaskell, Mjv. and Mrs. Franklin Zurbrick, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ruhl, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gaskell, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Zur brick, and quite a number of grand children of the elderly couple. Visits Boys At Clackamas 'Robt Pattison returned this morning from Clackamas where he has been visit ing his son Robert who is in the Hos pital Corps. Everyone there is in fine spirits and enjoying themselves immensely, he reports. The camp has been condemned therefore all troops must be removed by the first of Sep tember. No one knows where they will be sent to, but they all hope that they will be permitted to come through La Grande on their trip. Five hundred of tho Engineer Corps boys left Clackamas Monday for an unknown destination. Yesterday at- i V. V -II .. n 1 m wuu wya 014 uiiucj wciib u doubIe vaccination, one for smallpox and one for typhoid. In ten days they will undergo another vaccination and in another ten days a fourth. No outsider is permitted to enter the real camping grounds, but there is a small park or enclosure adjoining where any friends may have the boys called out. Mr. Pattison yesterday called out jou' a number and treated them to j a watermelon feed which the boys greatly enjoyed. . Mrs. E. J. Mattice went to Port' ,and for a ghort visit Miss Nellie N. Stevens of Portland , is stonninir at the Foley and will be I here a few days visiting friends. BRITISH MAKING STEADY PROCESS TOWARD LEfiS IS HE STILL ALIVE? ' 8latr 8aya That Lord ' Kitohenar la Not . Dd. Photo by American Preas. Association. That'. Kitchener of Khartum la n prisoner in Germany Instead of having been drowned when the cruiser Hamp shire was sunk is still the belief of his sister, Mrs. Parker. She refuses, how ever, to state the grounds for her be lief. High School Will Have Military Drill Military drill was adopted for the La Grande High school at rjbe meet ing of the school board last night. Tho work will not be compulsory but it Is possible that credit will be given for the course. J. E. . Fulkerson, in structer of . mathematics, - will have charge of uh drill. The board accepted the resignations of Sarah Smith and Jennie Cunning and elected Miss Rotto. Mary Kirk wood and Hazel Radtke . as grade teachers. E T E ' Washington', Aug. 22. (United Press) Senator .Lodge predicted that before the war ends it will be neces sary for the government to take sixty, perhaps eighty per cent of the war profits. Lodge defended the revenue bill as it now stands. Lodge declared that peace is now impossible. He said peace without complete victory for America and her allies is impossible. AMERICAN AND FRENCH SAILORS FRATERNIZE An Atlantic Port,. Aug. 22 (By United Press) American and French sailors do not wait until they arrive in France to fraternize. The French tairs are here with French ships lying in the harbor, while American sailors by the thousands are at a navy-yard nearby. Residents witnessed a novel sight recently. Four of Undo Sam's sailors and four from France paraded the main thoroughfare an a sight seeing tour. The men were paired and each man wound bis arm about the other's waist. Pals they were despite the fact that they could not understand each otber's language. Apparently it made no difference. Hundreds turned to watch them and momentarily reflect, perhaps, on the significance of the comradship. Big Sugar Contract Let. Washington, Aug. 22. (Special) Contrncts for 100 000 tons of sugar have been placed by the government for army and navy requirements at a price to be fixed by the food adminis- tration A present prices the order will total between $12,000,000 and $15,- CANNOT A PEACE W THOU 000,000. RESUME OFFENSIVE BETWEEN LENGEMARCK AND FRAYENBERG ; . GERMAN COUNTER ATTACK FAILS TO DENT LINE General Haig Reports Germans Un able to Stop British Advancing On LeM- .;.. ' London, Aug. 22. (United Press) The British troops this morning re sumed the offensive between Lenge- marcK and Frayenberg. I he German's violent counter at tack failed to dent the newly advanced British lines around Lens last night. Tb British are still advancing, Gen eral Haig reported. AUSTRIAN CASUALTIES REACH 35 THOUSAND1 BY JOHN H. HEARLEY With the Italians Afield. Aug. 22. (United Press) Austria's casualties in the continued Italian advance have reached thirty-five thousand dead and wounded, headquarters has estimated. - The Italians captured Desola, Britof. Vanale, Bombrez and Ross. All were found to be destroyed. . ... . HOTEL PENDLETON IS SOLD N. D. Swearingen Buys Lease and , Fixteures From Collins and ' Good. - ' Pendleton, Ore,, Aug. 21 (Special) N. D iSwea.ringei yesterday pur- dhiased, from H. W. Collins and George E. Good, the Hotel Pendleton lease and fixtures) and assumed active manage ment. The hotel is one of the beet of the : smaller instittitkms of th Northwest and has been but lately (renovated. Mr. Collins and Mr. Good only a few weeks ago bought the interest of Fred Block, of Portland, in the establish ment and' Mr:1' Good has been acting - manager. " , .,i . Mr. iSwearingen is an old resident of Pendleton and but recently sold the French restaurant and rooming-house. which, 'witfh his brother, he had op erated here for the past ten years. Murderer Escapes. Salem, Aug. 22. (United Press) Jans Hassing, convicted wife murd erer, a life termer, escaped from the penitentiary today. WILL GO EAST KIT WEEK BOYS EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH LA GRANDE ON SPECIAL . TRAIN ., 1 City Manager Currey re'urneii to day from a visit to Portland, where he was called on matters connected with the Oregon Patriotic Service League, being secretary for Union county. While in Portland, Mr. Currey took a run out to Camp Withycombe and called upon the La Grande Hospital Unit boys and the boys of Company M. Mr. Currey found the Hospital boys all in fine spirits and felling well, none in the hospital. They have just been given their anti-typhoid serum and seem to be getting over it nicely. They now have their uniforms and present a real soldierly appearance. Their hospital equipment has arrived and will fill three flat cars on their way cast. The boys expect to leave ,for Long Island New York, next Wednesday or Thursday and will pass through La Grande. The people will be notified whed they leave so that they will have an other opportunity of seeing the boys. The unit will travel In a special train consisting of two coaches, a din ing conch, (tourist) and one stand ard coach for the officers, and three flat-cars for their hospital equipment. The hospital unit now has a full quota of doctors, the following being added: Dr. Waffle, formerly of Pen dleton; Dr. Vincent, of Astoria;; Dr. Frost, of Forest Grove. AW the boys sent many messages through Mr. Currey to the folks at homo'. ''',''. " '' HOSPITALUNIT
