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I VOLUME" XVIL
LA! GRANDE, QREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMEER 13, 1917,
Number 17.
Headquarters of
Korniloff Have
Given up, Report
Sweden Claims
U. S. Also Used
Neutral Cables
UTEST PICTURE OF KERENSKY AT WORK
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Premier- Announces Sweeping Re.
Forms; Military Authorities
Have Control of Fronts.
. WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) General Korniloff is prepar
ing to surrender. The mutiny failed
-completely, Kerensky told the United
Press today. Kerensky announced
sweeping reforms. He is confident of
the powers of the soldiers' committees
to entirely settle matters behind the
fighting lines.
Military authorities will be given
supreme command of all fronts. He
declared that Generals Alexieff and
Verehofsky, now commanding the pro
visional government forces, form a
brilliant combination. ' STRIKEBREAKERS ARE
He , added that the guilty mutineers . EXPECTED TO STRIKE,
will be delivered to the revolutionary
tribunal. I ' SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.
Foreign Minister Tereschenko told (United Press.) A general strike of
the United Press that the government the imported strikebreakers of the
was determined to punish with death United Railroads is expected mon.en
the traitor propagandists. Entire tarily.
(Russia will be united to prosecute the '
PETROGRAD, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) Minister of Labor Skobeloff
announced that General Korniloff's
headquarters surrendered to the pro
visional government today. It is not
stated whether General Korniloff him
self surrendered.
LONDON ( 'Sept. 13. (United
Press.) General Korniloff's uncondi
tional surrender is believed imminent,
according to a Pctrograd dispatch fil
ed Wednesday and received here to
- day. --., .- - v 1 . -; - .
The provisional government has
taken positions at Zmrina, Tuga and
Narva to protect the capital..
FILMS SHOW
PUBLIC HOW
E
E. 'R. Sues, of the Willys-Knight
automobile factory,' gave an interest
ing lecture at the -Star Theater Tues
day night and showed the audience sev
en reels of moving pictures of the
great Ohio factories, which make the
Overland-Knight cars.
The films were intensely interesting
and described in detail the mechanism
of the Silent Knight motor, which is a
licensed invention and which only' a
few factories are able to use. Mr. Sues
told in an interesting way the struggle
of the inventor to market his inven
tion in America and how finally it was
given a trial by the Daimler factory in
Europe and how it was finally ac
cepted by the manufacturers of the
most expensive European cars. Among
the claims for the motor are its silence,
non-carbonizatior, strength and that it
improves with use. The pictures show
ed the Willys-Knight factories ave
wonderful organizations of machinery
and efficiency. The exhibition was un
der the auspices of the Galloway-Ress
Company, of La Grande, whom Mr.
Sues complimented in his lecture, as
being "live wires."
MILLS HOT TO
BE
KV.W YORK. Sent. 13. (United
Press.) The United States grain cor
poration officials denied that there is
danger of the mills being forced to
close because of lack of wheat ship
ments. They confessed that wheat
shipments now are not heavy, explain
ing that the farmers are busy harvest
ing and that the real wheat movement
had not started.
AUTOS ARE MAD
OFFICIALS SAT
SHUTDOWN
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Insane Murderer
. Lynched By Mob
HILLSDALE, Mich., Sept. 13.
(United Press.) A mob this morning
lynched Frank Vantassel, insane, who
last night killed Sheriff George Rals
ton, Vantassel was penned in a bam
by the mob. The structure was fired
and the man's body riddled with bul
lets as he tried to escape. .
Druggist Arrested Adolph Newliu,
proprietor of the La Grande Pharmit
cy, was arrested yesterday afternoon
on a charge of selling liquor without a
signed requisition. He was released
under a $250 bond. His case will be
heard before Judge Robert Eakin to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
jJETKUUKAD, Sept. 13. (.unu-30
Press.) Colonel Verscoffsky, com
mander of the Moscow garrison, has
been named minister of war, Admiral
Verdislvosky has been named- minister
of Marine.
RUSSIANS MUST LENGTHEN LINE 200 MILES
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1 DANZIG y O GRODNO '
Occupation of Riga by the Germans forces the Russians to fall
back to the next line of defense. This means, as the map shows,
lengthening their line 200 miles northward to Reval at the tip of the
Livonian peninsula, controlling the entrance to the Gulf of Finland
and the water route to Pctrograd. Reval appgars'to be the next im
portant city to be captured by the Germans, who may use both tlveir
naval and land forces to do it.
PEACE CONFERENCE
LONDON, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) Because, of the American
Luxburg disclosure, Germany has de
cided to cancel the Stockholm peace
conference. The German agent sug
gesting that the conference be held in
Switzerland.
PRISONERS ESCAPE, BREAK
GUARANTEED LOCK
George Evans and W. H. White
broke the lock on a guaranteed jail
break proof cage at the County Jail
this morning at 2 o'clock and escaped.
j They are at large.
I The prisoners, arrested on charges
j of grand larceny, were both awaiting
trial by the Grand Jury. Evans had
een held for two months for horse
, stealing and White had been in a week
: for robbing a garage.
! The two men broke rp an iron bed
in the cell and used the parts as a lever
jto break the lock. The cell was guar-
: " Here Is Alexander Kerensky n his dealt, looking Russia's futur
squarely in the face. . His face shows lie realizes the welfare of lluksin
and perhaps of the world, rests on his shoulders. .
anteed to be unbreakable. Owing to
the high wind .the noise was not heard
and it was not until 7 o'clock this
morning that the escape was discover
ed. .
The Sheriff states that he expects t j
A have the'men back in a few hours.
ITALIANS LOSE W
IN ISONZO BATTLE
VIENNA, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) The Italians lost 230,000
men, including 20,000 prisoners in the
eleventh Isonzo battle alone, it is offi
cially stated.
LONDON, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) Only the predominating
strength of the French artillery pre
vented a German infantry assault on
Bixschoote last night. - General Haig
reported minor operations.' German
airmen bombarded- Dunkirk.
ALE.XAMDE.R.
FALL OF PETROGRAD WOULD BRING GERMANY
HUGE GAINS
y AUSTRIA- ' ! :
'nu V,IANCE. BY
"IT
SWEDEN MIGHT
IjAND AND
ALLIES. .
With Petrograd In his hands, the kaiser might dictate a peace to
helpless Russia which would turn Hie Baltic Sea Into a Gorman-Swedish
lake, as It was before the rise of Russian power under Peter the Great.
The separation of Finland from Russia would result and the Finnish
independent party would line up with Oermaiiiy.
Sweden would very likely .iiuer on (he side of Germany with ijc
object of restoring as far uo possible Hie power in the Baltic bi ii
vhich she once possessed. ' v
Russia as a modern power would cense to exist and her commercial
merles to the outside world would all pass through ijerman erriim y.
AMERICAN TRANSPORT
IS
FIFTY LIVES LOST
NEW YORK, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) The big American Atlantic
transport Minnehaha was submarined
off the Irish coast, survivors arrivinir
today reported. Fifty were lost.
WOMEN TO REGISTER SATURDAY.
Saturday is Registration Day for patriotic women,pf La
Grande who wish to enlist in the service of their country.
The duties will not be many or onerous. But every woman
can do something and the main object of the organization
and registration is to get team
uniform lines. No expense is involved. All that is needed
to do is to register on Saturday at either the City Hall or
any of the city's public schools between the hours of noon
and 8 P. M.
Spend 6 Weeks In
j Open Boat in Pacific
IKED AB AY, B. C., Sept 13.
(United Press.) The missing life
bout containing the captain and .- lfi
members of the Japanese steamer
Kotchira Maru, arrived - after six
weeks spent on the Pucific Ocean. Tho
vessel was wrecked July 27. "
. Portland Visitors Registering on
Monday at the Imperial Hotel, Port
land, were as follows: J. F. Corb9tt,
Mrs. John' E. Hilary, H. L. Lyon, of
La Grande; H. J. Baughman Bnd wife,
Miss B. M. Pettigrow.'Mr. A. M. Run
nels, of Joseph, and Al Daniel, of La
Grande.
WILL ADDRESS REICHSTAG
ON LUX BURG DISCLOSURES.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13. (United
Press.) Chancellor Michaelis will ad
dress the Reichstag Friday on the
Lux-burg note disclosures.
BERLIN, Scpb. 13. (United Press.)
German airmen did not intention
ally attack the allied hospitals, it '
officially stated. a
WOULD GAIN, EITHER BY
THK CAPTURE OF PBTROORAIJ.
AND VO-
JOIN GERMANY
AGAINST THE
BERLIN. Sept 13 (United Press)
Under strong Russian pressure the
German cavalry withdrew from Mor
itz and Neukipen, it is officially stat
ed.
work and co-operation along
RUSSIANS FORCE
BACK GERMANS
SAYS OTHER NEUTRALS ACTED
IN SIMILAR CAPACITY
FOR GERMANY. .
Affair Not Considered Diplomatic In
cident as Far as United State
Is Concerned.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.( United
Press.) Sweden's reply to 'the United
States exposure of the Luxburir af.
fair was delivered orally to Lansing by
cnarge de' Affairs Akerhielm. who
submitted the Swedish explanation.
Sweden is not obliged to make a full
formal answer because the affair is
not considered a diplomatic incident as
far as the United States is concerned.
Sweden contends that Minister I.
wen acted without official knowledge
or luxburg's language when the Ger
man . messages were . transmitted
through Stockholm, adding that other
neutrals, including the United States
had acted in similar capacity for the
central powers.
Charge d'Affalrs Akerhielm dtclar-
ed tho American minister at Turkey
used the neutral cable rights to send
and receive messages.
WATER SUPPLY
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DRAINING OF BEAVER CREEK
RESERVOIR STARTS " "
At a meeting of the City Commis
sion last night a full report on the con
dition of the Beaver Creek water sup
ply was submitted by the delegation of
business men who made the inspection
trip. Tho report states that the sup
ply on hand behind the dam is stag
nant and unfit for domestic use and
recommends that the water be re
leased and the reservoir cleaned. A
report submitted by City Health Of
ficer A. lh Richardson, stating that the
water was entirely froe from typhoid
germs wag also read.
On the strength of the report tfw -
Commission has decided to release the
impounded water at once and return
to the use of the direct flow of Beav
er Creek until the reservoir could b
cleaned and repaired. ;
On the complaint of the chief of po
lice the license of Spencer to give
public dances in Zuber Hall was re-'
voked on the grounds that the dances
were not properly conducted.
A controversy between Chief of Po
lice Rayburn and E. W. Eastman was
given a hearing and the matter was
turned over to City Manager Curroy
for investigation.
The valves in the Beaver Creek res-
ervoir were opened at noon today al
lowing the. impounded water to dram
off into the canyon. City Manager
Fred Currey estimates that it will take
three days to drain the lake, during
which time the city water will be the
same as at present. When the reser
voir is dry the water from Beaver
Creek will be turned into the mains
and La Grande will again enjoy good
water.
5000 ME NWILL QUIT TOMORROW
IN SEATTLE, IT IS
ANNOUNCED.
SEATTLE, Sept . 13. (United
Press.) Despite the settlement of the
wage controversy with the Govern
ment Adjustment Board, metal and
building trade unionists voted a strike
today rather than work with the lum
ber from the 10-hour day mills.
This means that 5000 shipyard car
penters quit tomorrow. J. G. Brown,
nresident of the International Shingle
Weavers" Union announced today.
Seventeen; thousand metal trades
workers will strike within three days,
he declared.
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