La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 13, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGET IT TODAY! An insurance policy costs money, und sometimes J ou have to die to get the money back. A Liberty Bond pays 4 per cent, is outanble and is the best kind of insurance-insurance against kaiserissa; (&rmtfr m 5a 4 ;PH0NE OBSERVER YOUR WANT ADS. MAIN 37 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR NEWS. MAIN 37 VOLUME XVIL Li GRANDK. MHWJOV SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1917. NUMBER 45. LIBERTY PAIGN STARTS MONDAY LOAM CAM White Sox, Come Back; Take 5th Contest S To CHICAGO BREAKS TIE AND f TAKES GAME IN EIGHTH INNING. CHICAGO BATTERS BREAK UP GAME Vin Places Chicago Ahead in Race; Tomorrow's Game May Decide Championship. Chicago, Oct. 13. Chicago took the fifth game of the World's Series from New York today by an 8 to 5 score. New York took the lead early in the game but Chicago took a spurt in the seventh and tied he score, winning m The score by innings: First Inning New York, 2; Chica go 0. Cicotte relieved Russell. Second Inning New York 0; Chi cago 0. Third Inning New York 0; Chica go 1. Fourth Inning New York 2; Chi cago 0. - Fifth Inning New York 0; Chi cago 0. Sixth Inning New York 0; Chica go 1. Seventh Inning New York 1; Chi cago 3. t Eighth Inning New York 0; Chi- acgo -3. Faber pitching for Chicago. Nineth Inning New York. '; Chi cago, R. H. E. New York ' -5 12 3 Chicago 8 14 6 Batteries New York, Sallee, Rari den. Chicago -Russell, Schulk. Lineup for today's game: New York Burns, If; Herzog, 2b; Kauff. cf: Zimmerman, 3b; Fletcher, ss; Thorpe, rf; Holke, lb; Rariden, e; Sallee, p. Chicago J. Collins, rf; McMullin 3b; E. Collins, 2b; Jackson, If; Felsch, cf; Gnndill, lb; Weaver, ss; Schalk, c; Russell, p. Rev. Geo. H. Feese .Begins Duties Here Ashland, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) The Rev. George II. Feese, D.I)., has been appointed to fill the pulpit of the Methodist Church at La Grande, and th Rev. Charles A. Edwards comes to Asl dihind. Mr. Feese is in everv wav worthy of full confidence as a citizen, gentleman and minister. He has fine success in various fields where he has labored. He is broad minded, toler ant, and in sympathy with all com munity interests. He will identify him self with every forward movement, eduiutional and commercial enterpris es, and will be active in every good work. He is a friend of the newspa per man. He will prove an important factor in your beautiful and thrifty city. He has a fine family, a wife and two children, and one son who responded to the call to the colors. Mrs. Feese's sister, Mrs. Gamble, who troR with them, is a very competent musician, has a fine voice and is a vocal teacher of fine ability. GERMAN ATTACKS ARE REPULSED. (United Press.) Paris. Oct 13. Powerful German attacks north of the Aisne were re pulsed last night, it is officially stat ed today. The Germans lost heavily. The artillery was active last night on the banks of the Meuse. EAST AFRICAN TROOPS fr'J NOW OCCUPY RUPONDA. ' (United Press.) London, Oct. 13. British East Af rican troops occupied Ruponda, it is officially stated today. The seizure of the village is important because the British ore now enabled to outflank the Germans. Home Guard Will March In Parade Monday evening will be an import-1 ant date for the members of the Ln ' Grande Home Guard battalion. Major ' Coolidge has called out every member ' for the Liberty Loan parade, with or- i ders to report to his company nt 7 . lows immediately afterwards will be I , participated in by the whole battal ion. Immediately after the parade! : Company A will elect a first lieuten-, I ant to fill the vacancy caused by the ! j resignation of Ben Decious. Mr. De cious found it impossible to give the I office the required attention on ac- count of his private business and the , vacnncy resulted. He was elected to j the office at the time of the organiza- tion of the company. j Last evening the Home Guarders i were called to drill and to assembly with' a new infantry bugle, recently . purchased, and Musician Loney pro- nounces'the instrument first-class af ter giving it its initial trial. RETIREMENT OF MIGHAEIIS EXPECTED SAY GERMAN (United Press.) Amsterdam, Oct. 13. A remarka-' bly frank German newspaper editor-! ials indicate that the political crisis . is expected to cause the retirement of Chancellor Michaelis. Newspapers . vigorously demand that only highly experienced men be placed in leading positions. ! The Tageblatt bitterly condemned the long Reichstag period, declaring the press cannot accept such evidence of slackening. SALES TOTAL LOCAL SUBSCRIBERS TO 1).' ARE SIG.r.r.0; CAMPAIGN STARTS .MONDAY. With a total to date of S-IC.'j'iO in vested in se.-ond Liberty Loan Bollux La Grande is answering the appeal (,;' the Government even before the loca campaign has started. The officii opening of the campaign has been r.c as Monday but every day the bani;; report more subscriptions taken. Those who have subscribed toda',-. are: U. S. National Bank. Frank E. Oxner. Evelyn Fay Wright. James Marian Wright. Artie I. Wright. Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, Mrs. F. .1. Colbern. W. R. Jones. Susie May Anderson. Henrietta Foley. L. C. Smith. M. L. Carter. Mrs. Guy Ellis. Emma A. Grady. Joseph Palmer. Flora M. Koch. Lloyd Chandler. Mvron Chandler. J. M. Ohl. George Rvnearson. Ed Kiddle. A. Palmer. Jnmes Quinland. James B. Quinland. Mrs. Belle Quinland. Mrs. Betty Kohr. Anne Alexander. W. H. Briggs. J. H. Friswnld. J. P. DeLong. LIBERTY mm is 1 n "iic ! ' V 1 1 ! uciii i,iiiDiia T!:0I I GKit: SUBS. I - P BATE OF yg" :;r?3siT!c?i LY "OWLS 2F MIGHT: I Dctlut I'd V, ai.ia u Negotiate . r.ilil: -t Position Is lea Fav bk: I r.j. i'.i'-l Press) Am :- 'ii, 0 '.. l;;. it many.- l.teul i.our.' She is Gcr cunnot mnintr'.i he- oooilicr. us a world pow- j er agr. Kn'iuid if she is not based ! on tin .icv.M' of might, declared Ad- miral Von Til pit::. He declared the '. final defeat of England is absolutely - ccrtuin as long as submarines sink. ' ing eounlizes. He said that success could not be expected immediately, : but victory vas certain. lie said England wants to negoti j air neate now while her military posi tion was comparatively favorable. SEVENTH GAIV1E 10 BE PLAYED N NEW Mm li'.el P:Cns.) Chicago, O.-t. 13. The . seventh1 amc ci the worid scries, if the sev- ' ' enth i3 necessary, will be played in Mow Yo.-c. , I G;.nv Hermann Hipped a coin, - PixskYn: '.'i "y f the Sox, called coin stopped spin cad was on top. ! Uils. V (T.ing. the lad V s n L r r tt n tl CITIZENS WILL TAKE ADVANT AGE OF OPPORTUNITY TO MEET VICE- PRESIDENT. FEW SMALL CITIES HAVE PRIVELIGE Details (f Elaborate Entertainment Will He Announced Later; Will Lecture at Methodist Church. Recognizing that smaller cities get the opportunity of entertaining a vice-president but once in a decade and even more seldom than that, a great program of preparation is now under way for fitting attention to Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall! and his party when he arrives on a lyceum lecture tour of a few Western States. La Grande will be one of the few inland communities to hear him. He will arrive on the evening of No vember 4th, coming from Boise, ac cording to present plans, and will re main over until either Tuesday morn ing or the Monday midnight. He will deliver a lecture at the Methodist Church Monday evening, The Methodist Church has posted a heavy guarantee with the Lyceum Bureau under which the viee-presi dent is making the tour, and for that reason a charge will be made at the d"or; yet the entertainment to bo giv en the second highest officeholder in the gift of the United' States, will be entertainment. I he de ese receptions are being now and will be announc ed shortly. MILITARY TRAINING TOO MUCH FOR GOLDBERG. (United Press.) SHAL WILL RTftlNEO Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 1.'. Millard Goldberg, of San Francisco, shot audi Wi! billed himself in a lintel this morning. Park) He loft n note declaring that a week) Gram' ,-' r-mip Lewis unbalanced his mind. Uiome. Make Strong Efforts To Avert Strike Sun Francisco, Oct. 13. Strong ef- Lforts to avert the threatened strike ol the five thousand employes or the Pacific Telephono & Telegraph Com pany are being made. General Man ager Fullerton is confident that a set tlement will be reacched after a long conference with employes' representa tives. Government Will Take All Ships Over 2,500 Tons (United Frees.) Washington, D. C. Oct. 13. Prac tically all ships in overseas trade, fly ing the American flag, will eventual ly come under the Government con trol. Government authorities stated the following formal notice: "Ships of 2.r)0l) tons will be requisi. tioned Monday." If the war continues vessels of over 1000 tons will be taken. i Oi nuuillihti aims mm (United Press.) ih . Heodni!-. - tors. -Oct., .13,- ' ' It,: Aust near mud. Else lian trooi' i forced their wnyl Passed .Jiidiiele despite the Gorman counter nttucks were -cpulsed. the assaulting enemy iven mm: b the British lines ;rc the; - v.er . no German at- ,'act tin ; the Geimans permit- Bi-itig! in hold their new po- tacks Th ted t sitioi ciallj cont i undisti :bi'd is considered spe iienifir int. It rained almost ously List night. Make Home Here L. Roy of Walla Walla is in Ln lie will make bis future ID 01 Cmu I CTD IU 816 MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR T MILITARY PARADE WILL MARK BEGINNING OF STRENU OUS CAMPAIGN. 1 BIQ SPEAKERS WILL URGE SUBSCRIPTION Full Week of Meetings Arranged; Committee, Will Commence lMv for Sale of Liberty Bonds. Like a ship with its decks cleared for action and every gunner at hig post, the general committee in charge, and patriotic citizens in general have bared their arms and cleared their throats to put La Grande and sur rounding communities in the front ranks of Liberty Bond subscribers during the week beginning tomor row. While the Liberty Week pro prams theoretically begin Monday morning, it will not be until 7 o'clock that evening when the first figure- -five salvos are fired in this city. Elab o-.r.ta prcptynuons have been made fol that momentous event. From then on i-nt'.! '.he finish of the week stir . ing sp -'aches will follow each other in quick succession; the splendid In vestment features of the Liberty B ,nds will be exploited and propound ed; the patriotic duty of every wngo earner and businessman to invest in Government bonds,, tp. canxin f;he woi wfih will be impressed antf enfy phasized; working along plans gener ally outlined by state and Govern ment committees and officials, the lo cal arrangement committee will keep up a continuous bombardment of words, speeches and newspaper ap peals that should quicken the pulse or the most dilatory, if such there be. I'nriide and Music First. General Clinirman Fred J. Holmes, G. L. Uirison, A. L. Richardson, J. G. Snodgrnss, A. T. Hill, E. E. Bragg ond William Miller met last evening to go ovor the arrangements for the first night of the week's drive for Liberty Bonds. As the hour draws near, it becomes apparent that a dis play of patriotism seldom seen will mark the first day of the week's push. (Push it will be. for overvu-hurn n..;' I nlmnv, II,.,,-., .,,. !!, i. . , nut munv wily must 1)0 :H"en to realization of their duty but, once there, arc truo to their Am erican instincts of loyalty, though they may have been dormant for a time.) About 7 o'clock Monday even ing the parade will move to the Meth odist Church where the speaking will take place. Four Units to Attend. Military air will be lent to the oc-" casion. After the band .will come four units of military and qunsLmilitory nature. Company L, 0f the Ifiu'd regiment, V. S. N. G., Rlst brigade. 41st divis ion, now stationed here, will be thq leading units in the parade; the Ln' Grande Home Guard, Major Coolide-o commanding, will be in line with Com pany A, Captain Nelson, and Com pany (", Captain Peare. As a de- Inched branch of the Home Guard will appear a Cadet Corps of SO youths ironi the High School, Coinmnndant Fulkvrsnn in command. But this parade of soldiery and guard will not be the entire line. Cit izenry too is nppealed to and will be asked to march behind the soldiery. Hundreds after hundreds shouhl swing down the main avenues of the city. MONDAY NIGH Line of March Prepared. The line of march for tho parade will be from the Y. M. C. A. down Washington to Greenwood, nlong Greenwood to Adams, west on Adams to Fourth, south on Fourth to the Methi dist Church and disband. The Home Guard battalion nnd Cadet Corps will form as one battalion In column of squads on Sixth street, head resting on Washington street, and oc cupying the cast side of the Rtreet; the Honor Guard girls will form In column of squads on the west side of Sixth street, head resting on Wash ington tho band will form on Wash ington head restine on Sixth, with Company L immediately behind. The citizen division will form on Elm, head (Continued on Page 8.)