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

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Newspaper Page Textr I ' PHONE OBSERVER YOUR WANT AOS. MAIN 37 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS PHONE THE OBSERVER YOUR NEWS. MAIN 37 VOLUME XVII. LAGRANDE OliEtlON, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1917 NUMBER 71 -T-1 .-11 Vi-'.:f U. S. ENGINEER'S ARE NOW UNDER FIRE IN FRANCE AMERICAN RAILROAD MUX AIM', RUNNING TltAI.MS IX ac tivh nec?.;ii SAMMIES HAVE CHARGE OF ENTIRE R .R. SYSTEM Trains Aro Hun On Schedule, Curry, ing l-'ood mid Shells to (he I'Yvucli Troops at the Fi-out. I)y J. W. PEGuER (United Press Staff Correspondent.) AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR TERS, FRANCE, Oct. 12. (Dj Mail.) Somewhero In an activo sec tor, tljg Aiuprlcan-Railroad Engl-:iU-ors. ((fo running trains right up tc that front. They arc the first Amerl can regiment to come under shell flro In the Great War. An entlro railroad system from the policial manager's officu to. tho beat of the lonely track-waiKer has beer handed ovor to tho Saturnics by t: French War Office Trains manned by American boys are moving on a strict schedulo, . carrying shells foi tho giijt, pb1 for tho French troop? and the .dally movement of pollus go ing forward or coming back on leav to rest. Temporarily tho regiment is loanci! to tho French for thu operation ol that railroad. Tho Sammies ma; stay on tho job thcro for tho dura tion' of the war or they may be slott ed to some other line. They gel French rations and tht-Ir road la; part of tho French system. - But the wear their own uniform, draw Ameri can pay, and run the road by theh own method, which means cconom; of man-powor. - - - At Bomo points their lino Is within the range of tile Uuciio guns and shells crump at raudom along the right of way. At night there is dan ger of Bochc aeroplanes slipping through tho tight French aerial pa trol and bombing the Sammies a! work. This has happened, but so fai our troops have had no. casualties. I was with engineers last nlghi when thoy marched to ino troop trair to move forward. 1'he movo was mado without any unm-cossary sound to guide Bochc nir-rniders. Along pltchdark streets they fwung through the town to the music of their owi hob-nails heating on flint pavements. Tho bandsmen were there with thc-ii horns smothered In green klmona'' to prevent tho moon-light from glint lug on the brass. Tho American comnundor kept the time of departure secret so that half the town would not stay awake til one a. m., to see his boys off. Breaking Into single Hie the Sam lilies r.teppod out of the darkness into the American Red Cror-is buffet at th( railroad station, stowed away their rifles and steel helmeU and lined nf for freo chow. Fifteen American women, worked like bi.-icuit-priKliers in a heanery an? when they began to lose grouml against the crush of hungry Sam mies the colonel himself jumped be hind the counter and poured coffee out of a big pail. . Thero wasn't much time. The troop-lra.'n slid into the station, the Sammies plied in, forty to a car and the officers clambered into their coach. Up forward the whistle looted cautiously a lantern fl-ished and the train moved out carrying the first American Sammies to the front. And some of them aren't coining back. Nick Sinnott Pays Visit To La Grande Congressman N. .1. Sinnot arrived In La Grande last nluht and spent tills morning hen1, looking after some business and chatting with friends who called upon him. He left tills morning for nakor. "The lust session of congress, was of course tremendously Important, and the strain of the sessions was groat. The task of getting the country into tho war was one which required all the energies of congress and we gave the nation our very host services," said Mr. Sinnott. ,JThe President did not want war, none of ur, wanted war. It has been forced on us. There is nothing to do now but win it." n ti ... ,.f ,1m 1 V.. . ..leifkUHll. 'l c-m- ii. "i iiii Oregon - Washington Exhibitors , League, visited in La Grande J ester-1 day! ' W. 0. W. Initiates 42 New Members DlOI.IXiATKS FROM HAHlill AM) PENDLETON WKItK IX ATTENDAXCK K. P. Mart ill, Deputy Head Coiuunil, Hook Good Future in Store for lo cal Camps. (United Press.) iW; Tho Woodmen of the 'World brought their month's campaign" for new members to close last night with a Vouslng mooting In the Eagles' Hall, when 42 candidates were inl Hated Into the ordor. Delegates from Bakor, Pendleton, Enterprise and other towns wen here to help put the neophytef. through. The Pendleton degree team exemplified the work of the new ritual which waB shown in Lb Orando for tho first time last night. E. P. Martin, Pcputy Head Conn- sul of Portland was present and ad dressed the gathering. Mr. Martin said that he was very much pleased with the spirit displayed at tho' meet ing and that while La Grande chap ter although It was one of tho oldest camps in the state, had become some what Inactive during tho last fei ycai-B ho was sure that with th addition of a bunch of live, new mem bers, tho old spirit would be revived and the camp would become again one of the leaders of the state. He. stated that tho W. O. W. had over 4000 men enlisted In tho U. S. servico and that those men woro receiving their Insurance without extra wai rates. Tho meeting closed with an oystei supper. , TEUTONS STORM LEONE, BERLIN DISPATCH REPORTS. (United Press.) BERLIN; Nov. 13. Fonszano and Monte Lonara have been captured, it is officially stated. . The Austro- Germans reached and stormed Leone and the works around Diacmpo Dilina. E OF PEI RADICALS I'LKIO FROM GOVERN' MICXTAI. HHAIX.X AUTIOIIS; RESISTANCE! WEAKENING GREAT NUMBER KILLED IN STREET FIGHTING Casualties Steadily Increasing; Wave of Anarchy und .Murder Sweeping City; Rolsheviki Well Armed. (United Press.) STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13. Kcrc nsky's troops entered Petrograd and captured part of the city, according to telegraph agency dispatches, Kere nsky now controls Nevsky and Pros pekt. The Radicals are fleeing from the Sinolny Institute, their Govern mental head quarters. The Bolskevlkl resistance to ad vancing provisionals is steadily re ported weaker. Sailors from the Kronstadt Garrison are aiding the Bolshevlki. Tho Radicals are well armed. LONDON, Nov. IS. It is authorl tivcly learned that eight hundred were killed nnd wounded in Petro grad and seven hundred In Moscow fighting. Tho number of casualties is steadily increasing as the 'fighting continues. The latest Petrograd dispatches report a growing wave of anarchy, robbery, murder and rapine. It Is reported that Kerensky is heading two complete army corps near the city. The Bolshevlki stead ily weakening. i LONDON, Nov. 13. Tho Bolshe vlki claim a full, and complete vic tory at Petrograd, according to thli afternoon's dispatches. Two prccis mntions, prldefully announcing the entire defeat of Komilo'f f and Kerensky's troops, v.v?-,- rocfivi-d. The Radicals call Kerensky and Korniloff counter-revolutionists. The arrest of Kerensky Is ordered. Cau casus front army representatives adopted resolutions opposing the Bolshevlki. After having previously canned nearly every vegetable that grows In the valley the Eugene Fruit Grow ers' association has begun work on the potato and expects to put up a large quantity of it this fall and winter to be used In tho army nnd navy. KER N3KY HAS CAPTURED ROGRAD V'-"- .-. ...-.? ,, ,. , .. . . : t- I I at MNTT JIIM 1 IMF H1IMMIP IIWil lYr k. , '; ft',' -OHE 20S, TVO ZOG, "Z6 ZoJ r'MSiK " ' '! '.' J n"Mf, TAN,- HAILErV gfMP ' ' fK ' -SCALLEM. VlfitSlM MAILEM .TEE. f1 Vj7Mbk ' WK ' , LEADERS WANT CONFERENCE Building Trades Henda Want to Dis cuss U. S. Work Conditions. (United Press.) BUFFALO, Nov. 13. Building trades heads nt tho American Feder ation of Labor convention wired the President and asked for a confer ence to- dlscuss-Tjrttfi the frovernnient work conditions all over the United States. ,. . . The request followed a telegram fvom Secretary of. War Baker warn ing1 the heads of the building trades that the strikes at Quincy, Mass., dc-1 laying- the work on the destroyer! plant must be quickly settled. I BUFFALO, Nov. 13. Gompers suggested that some delegates to the convention were employed by the Burns Detective agency und were nt the convention as spies in oppos ing tho resolution demanding that a verbatim permanent record be made of all proceedings. The con vention decided to keep a pedmancnt record of only the important special articles. - It is evident that labor is soundly patriotic. Patriotic speech es were loudly cheered. WILL VISIT EASTERN OREGON ' SALEM, Nov. 13,-Scnator McNary has announced that he will leave for Eastern Oregon Thursday to investi gate personally the effect of Ilous er's grain embargo, the. various irri gation projects and tho Hcrmiston cantonment site. WOMEN WIPEHS mmi It Canadian women have stepped bravely Into the work their men did before they wero .-lllcd jay .o. . war service Few occupations up there have not been entered by women. This engine puturej .ibjve Is only one of thousands which depend upon Canadian winiiiu labor for their dally baths. And they make good enrlne wipers. Toronto railroad men say, being c.Tofitl to eet all the grease uud dlit .ml ur thu tj; ners, which often the men wipers used to overlook . .THtTCREAT AMERICANrHOMEI j&- I Be Liberal To Army Y.M.t.A. '. Ji; - j By he Ed'fcbr. ' .;' I am asl.cd to write a front page editorial tourie the people of Union 'county' to?be liberal in' theArmy Y. M. CJA. drive. , ' 'lirotcn'nrTr rte-e(lcd.-Whcn has- Union or Wallowa counties fallen down in any na tional drive, Red Cross, Liberty Bonds, Library fund, food pledge cards, recruiting or anything else?. However, here goes. ' Tho money you givo the Army Y. M. C. A. is spent on our boys nt the front to make them more comfortable. What batter cause in the world than this? Don't your dollars tingle to help our heroes? JUDGE KNOWLES IS UPHELD Supreme-Cjyirt Affirm Decision in Railroad Case. PORTLAND, Nov. 13. The Su preme Court affirmed the decision of Judge Knowles in the suit of Mich ellod, appellant, against the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. for damages for goods destroyed through alleged negligence on the part of the railroad. Texas livestock arc reported starv ing. MAKE BIB "GHQO &W S. ARTILLERY DOES WELL Americans AcquitThemselves Credit, ubly, Unkcr States, (United Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Ameri can artillery In France is acquitting itself vory creditably secretary BRk er's weekly war summary declared. .Bjiker declared that-the .' illan sl".a tlon is dovoloplng normally. Ex perts declared that tho British cap ture of Passchendaele and Germans the retirement from the forty square miles of territory north of Alsne is most Important. LLOYD GEORGE CRITICIZED Bitter Attacks Made on Premier Fol lowing Paris Speech, (United Press) LONDON, Nov. 13. Bitter at tacks were made on Lloyd George, following his frank Paris speech yes terday. Ex-Premier Asquith plainly greatly excited, demanded in the House of Commons this afternoon that Lloyd George explain his state ments. , Tho press everywhere) if criticii ing Lloyd George. Cheers greeted Asquith's demands in the House of Commons. . It is indicated that Lloyd George will be forced to fight bitterly to maintain his position regarding a joint allied council. Hood River Two new bridges across Hood River aro nenring com plotion. They cost $11000 each. Walsh Funeral Is Held Today OLD TL5IE ItliSIDKNT AXD KX IAV()U 18 LAIU TO ItKST. Many Railroad Officials and l'llelids - Attend Service Held In Catholic Church. Tho body of Thomas Walsh, old time resident of La Grande, rail road man and ex-mayor, was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery this morning. Funeral services were hold at the Catholio church and wero attended by a host of tho friends of the deceased. Mr. Walsh died Friday night in Spokane of blood poisoning. The news of his death was a severe blow to his friends here who remember him as a man whoso friendship was valued, whose ever ready smile mudo him welcome to any gathering, and a man who was capable and pro gressive business ninn. Tho ten living chlldron of tho family of twelve wero prcsont nt tho services this morning. Mr. Walsh lived in La Orando 25 years. He came here as a dis patcher and rOso to chief dispatcher and finally superintendent. In ,LS!I4 ho was olectod mayor of the city but resigned when his term was half over. , ! Pillhearere for the casket were: T. E. Buehlor, J. W. Egau, F., I. Meyors, J. H. Peare, Fred Schllke, J. L. Miller. ' Honorary pallbearern wero: Ml J. Buckley, W. Bollons, A. W. Parley, W. H. Drossell, C. J. Sutherland. t J. F. Grant, A. Buckley, J. F. Corbett, - J. C. Shea and Martin King. Officials of the railroad who at tended the funeral were M. J. Buck ley, General Superintendent; A. W. Perley, acting Oeneial Suneiipten- dont; J. F. Oraham, General Suneri lntendent of Motive Power; C.; Gi Sutherland, Assistant General Man ager; W. H. Drossell, Master Ma ahanlc or First Division; Dick Buck ley, Assistant Superintendent of FlrBt Division, and wife; Josoph L. Miller, Chief Clerk of Superintendent's of fice. ENTIRE FRONT SPCCKSSI PL COI NTHH-ATTACKS MADE AGAINST (iEIIMANS; (iALLILO lrj-ICAI-ICRHD FURTHER RETIREMENT BELEIVED UNLIKELY Soldicr-H nnd CIvIIIiiiin fxave 'oiricc So That ffcrmniiN Will Have Xi Kxctise for Deslnictloii. of Art Works. (United Press.) ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Official Rome cables declared that the en tire Italian battle front has stiffen ed. The Italians successfully coun- ler-attackcd at a number of points. Further Italian retirement Is bc- liovcd unlikely. Veteran Italian Infantry brigades reconquered Gallllo. Tho fighting horo was desperate and both sides lost hoavlly. Between tho Taglla mcnto and Lorcnzugo rivers a large detachment of Italians broke through the encircling body of Germans by a furious bayonet assault. ROME, Nov. 13. Every uniform ed pinn has been taken from Venice nnd all civilians aro leaving. If the Germans capture tho city thoy will have no cxciiso for destroying the priceless art works. The Italians succeeded in repulsing an attack on Asigo. SOLDIERS TO PRESENT PLAY Military Thespians Will Stage Shoud Worry, at Tacoma. 'We ' TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 13.-I.ay-ing aside their guns and uniforms for mask and costumes, soldiers of the '103rd infantry regiment will present the farce "We Should Worry" nt a down-town theatre here. They will also present the show at the new Y. M. C. A. auditorium nt Camp Lewis. C. J. McNnughton, who, ns n civil ian was a California producer, has charge of the affair and a number of professional actors arc in the cast. Tacoma girls arc helping the men put on the show. Small ehnnge Isn't necessarily short ehnnge. ' Russia is short of medical supplies. ITALIAllSBEGi TO STIFFEN ON TEAMS REPORT GREAT SUCCESS YJI. DRIVE FIRST DAY S CAMPAIGN IS BUR. PltlSKt a,iW 1MJSK1) HI, Tl'RNH INCOMPLETE. ALICEL MAKES GREAT RECORD; TRIPLES QUOTA , Committees Slot ut Foley Hotel Hi Is Noon to Chock I'm; TIii-co Tchius . Huvo Not Vot Ropoiicd. With a flood of dollaia and a burnt of public approbation that surprised even the most sanguine, tho first day's .work In tho Y. M. C. A. drive for $7,000 in Union couoty enmo to a close , today noon nt'a workers' ,., luncheon at tho Foley. With three La Graudb teams not report ing, tho ... . total reached by sovou La Grande teams and the wonderful money Bet tors from Alicel, tho total turned la today noon for the great catu-.u was $3,350.00. Thin io!j- -r' !.."'.. - ' - i North powtici, vjliAjici",; i..i.j:;.v-A and Silmmervllle. i i ,, . " S Alicel l-'lrst U tsvn Quota. , ' UnquostionablyKAiii 1 1,; the Illtlo farming communlty on-llic Satidridae. , is tho first precinct Tin thi- UiUttMf . . States. With a nna., o $44 t v raise, Captain Floydlr3mKennon,jJd y his noble workers -Cliad - iiarnei-ecl'Sp' over $1000.00. at oCn.iThts'..is not '. only nearly three .-.ftofes the -jjuota" but probably breaks irui nceoju itn any precinct in tho statu oyi.jjuUou, If tjp truth wore known ; Ciialrman Williams tolort)fmcdn from I in bier that their qu;iM $500 would bo raised by 4 thlH, atonioon , . Sinnott is Speaker. . ' Nicholas q.. Sinnott, M. O. for East-' " em Oregon, was in the dining rooiti r.. brt tho F-attifti .hjt, ivfi,iiMiitrted.ti- a xifll tor a few. touMi iiii'.fMr- his olorircut way oiiJuluBiiziHl the, utter . obliteration (jfs'erteed llneg. In tho . work of the Yff&Z C. A. and, utelcen lally, called tnS Kaiser sonic ol tho things that man in. . "Hainan Catho lics nre wrlt'inp theil'.lottero to tlu ir friends from tlic- ticntheu on i . M. C. A. ntatlonm(.'!ttfw-Wiid, "and that la but one sign ot tho unity bl pur poso und nliaohot):' 'tej.oroed In this groat strife." Ttior'addrom) was In spiring. ' "r5.V;,:S., '.': All tennis that -dld nenoi-t madn - substibtlal hoe . Mrs. O. E. 'Siivcrtlioi u, ladlta' team captain, rccoiu oonded that tho husbands lenvo kiom money at home with their wives during tho cam paign. Mrs. SIlvorlhoriVH toam hid raised 'Mb in small amounts, show ing tho scope ot their wont. SldeliKlitH on the "Y" Drive. Union is making a hallnnt effort in the drlvo. Yesterday chairman i W. T. Wright organized ulKlit teams to get up steam bright and early this morning. Great things are ex pected of tho Union district. Hot Lake Is apportioned to Mr. Wright's territory. Now- Cashier ni Work. North Powder has a' new bank cashlor. Ho arrived yesterday and was Introduced to Chairman Kiddle jand Lieutenant J. Garfield King. "My iiisLiiiiiion win giyo. an much us any and I will donate as much work a;i any man," was tho way the new money handler spoko up In mcetlng North Powder was a llttlo late In or ganizing but promises to rmiko up for lost time at once. Poor Dog. Were it possible, some or tho fund;-, now being raised would unquestion ably bo used to heal tho wounds of a certain mongrel dog wTTo gut in the way of "Lieutenant King's car wiioels v.'ticn the orgnnii-ers went to North Powder. yoBtcrJav. The c.-in-'ut! wan disfigured sotno by tho con tact. (ionoial In the J-'iel.l. Chairman Kiddle Is spending most of his time out on ll.e front line tronehei;. Yesterday ho- wnlrin NoH LOIiiO.lO.V lit ...k,. . policy. Is a splendid one. too. . Uv. Kiddle's personal team Is under tho direction of "Larry" Lnrlsnn, Luiirlioiiii mi Thiii-Mlay. Altornato days is tho pace sot for luncheons for the workers, Thus the next one will be on Thursday noon, and "Mine Host" Snndgrass will be tho caterer at the Sominer Hotel. I'. S. COMMISSIONS AVIATORS (United Press.) AMERICAN HEAIHJUAHTEUS, Nov. 13. All American aviatorii fighting In French armies wore for mally commissioned officers In the I'nlted States nrmy ,iv:utlon servico today. : i 4 iS':l.-,.. V