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LA GRANDE, OREGON,' SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918
NUMBER 121
UNCLE SAM'S ;NEW TWO MAN! SUBMARINE CAN TRAVEL
200 M.LEg WitfidUT COMING' UP FORI AIR!
TROTSKY BACKS DOWN, ;
CONTINUES CONFERENCE
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Rather Than Have Onus of Discontinuing Negotiations,
Continues Conferences for a Month at Brest-Litoysk .
DEATHS ARD
MUCH DAMAGE
DONE (MI
HOl'TltUtN ATLANTIC STATICS
SWEPT 11V CYCLONE
WIRES ARE DOWN,
RAILROADS RUN BLIND
Itlchmond lU'ports Twclvo Head
Soldier Killed nt Camp Wheeler,
Georgia .Many I'MroH lteportcd.
RICHMONB, Va., Ju'a. 12. At
least twelve persons are reported
dead and thousands of dollars worth
of dnmago done from the gale
abled wires In Georgle and Alabama
and elsewhere have stopped com
?4 munlcatlon of the full extent. of the
damage.
SoTen aro dead at Cowarts, Ala
balna. A soldier was killed when the
storm wrecked tents at Camp Whoul
r, Georgia. Many fires aro reported
In soreral localities.
Washington, Jan. 12 a storm
of cyclonic proportions hit hero this
morning after sweeping the Southern
Atlantic BtateB, leaving reports o
death and damage. Wlrea aro down
South of Richmond and railroads .arc
operating blindly.
. Tho conter of the nationwide
storm has expanded and extended
from the upper lakes to tho St. Law
rence valley and south to tho sea
board. Intense cold Is predicted un
til Monday.
SIX KILLED AND FOUTY
WOUNDED IN ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 12. Six
wero killed nnd forty wounded by the
tornado at Cowarts. Seven were re
ported killed cast of Dotham, and one
at Troy. Georgia points reported a
heavy property loss but no casualties.
POPE IS READY
10 MAKE
PEACE
CALLS ATTKXTIOX OP At STKIA
TO PKESIDENT'S ADD1IESS
ROME, Jan. 12. It is understood
here thnt tho 1'ope, tli rough his Aus
trian representative, lias called Em
peror Karl's attention to President
Wilson's speech and suggested that
ho consider meeting its terms.
The Vatican refuses to comment
on tho rumor.
Inofficlnlly It is rumored the Pope
will eventually gather together the
threads of tho Allied and Teuton
statements and endeavor to weave a
fabric aB a groundwork for peace.
High School Football
Team Given Banquet
G. King Promised Hoys Banquet If
Tlicy Heat Kabcr Frank Car
roll Elected Captain
A banquet was given last night at
tho Foley hotel to the members of
the 1917 football team or the l.a
Grande High School by J. G. King,
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Super
intendent Hamilton. Principal McNeill,
J. E. Fulkerson, H. M. Iluliois ami!
H, W. Mason of the high school, Coach
Chas. Reynolds, and the host, Mr.
King, were present besides the team.
Short talks were given by Messrs.
Hampton, McNeill, Reynolds and Che
nnnlt. The election of a captain for
the lfllS season was he'd and the boys
elected Frank (Mike) Carroll caption.
Mr. King before the game with Baker,
which the locals won "9 to 7, promised
them a banquet if they won.
HOl'SK PASSIM WOMAN'S
HI KIT.AGH AMKXUMKXT
WASHINGTON, D C, Jan. 12.
(Special) Woman suffrage by Fed
eral constitutional amendment won
In tho House Thursday with exactly
the required number of affirmative
Totes. While members In their seats
tnd throngs In the galeries waited
with Interest, the House by a vole of
274 to 136 passed a resolution pro
viding for submission to the stales
of the so-called SuBan D. Anthony
amendment for National enfranchise
ment of women. Hut for the promise
Of Speaker Clark to ca3t his vole
from the chair for the resolution If
It was needed, the change of a single
Vote to the opposition would have
meant defeat.
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Tho men in the picture are th3 entire crew of Undo Kam's newest submarine. The American two-man submarine iiven'tion may revolutionize tills
type of vessel; naval experts say. It can stay under wnter 72 hours and can travel close to, three miles an hour submerge:'. In other' words, it can dive
nnd travel approximately as far as from' Washington to Piitsburg before coming up. It is subnte-jjcd by means of pumps in a few minutes, '
Island City Boy
Accidentally Shot
- OREGON AGRICULTURAL
4. COLLEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 12.
(Special.) While cleaning
J a revolver, Gilbert Huntor, a
Junior student, accidentally
J shot himself in the instep
if.' Wednesday night. The wound
J is rot serious, but will confine
5 Huntor to the bouse for sever
! al days. He is a member of
J Sigina Nil fraternity and a rcs--l-
Ident of Inland City, Oregon.
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TO HAVE PEIHSIIEI)
LONDON, Jan. 12. Tho destroyer
Raccoon hit a rock and sunk off the
coast of Ireland. All on board arc
lont. . It is believed one hundred
perhdicd.
Ea:t of Looe the Hi ilish siicccss-
, fully raided trenches this morning,
taking u few prisoners.
SENATORS D0U8IE
KErTS GUI
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1:2. The Sen
ate military committee changed the
plan of investigating the construAion
cf cantonrr.cr.ts, and resumed raking
Secretary linker's claim of adequate
army supplies. Senator Chamberlain
said tiie commander of one camp told
him his men were th'irt several thou
sand b'.ouacs. Senator Chamberlain
held it would be impossible to get leg
islation nerJcd if Congress and the
people accept Secretary Eakcr's state
ment that evcythiig was fi ;io.
SENATOK BRADY IS
P.KI'OIU'EI) IMPROVING
WASHINGTON, Jun. 12. (Special.)
Scnnior Brady of M; bo, slrirken with
an i'i-.iie ::tttH 1; of heart trouble Thurs
day, wr:s s:i,:u.y irr.pro.veu lo . -y ana
hopcr. for bis recovery a
by bin t.hysiciaTis.
entertained
Vote f-f i Vitifldence.
f'Or.VALI.lS, Jan. 12. (Special.)
The O. A. C. rerents iir.ve publicly
endorsed President W. J. Kerr and
denied tha. he bad practiced decep
tion In t.etil:ig bis salary raised. The
cl-srro Lad been made that Dr. Kerr
got bis cahiry r,iired on the strength
of the report that he had been off
ered the presidency of the Kansns
Agricultural Collese and that he had
never received such an offer. The
board expresped their confidence In
Dr. Kerr.
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CHILEAN EMBASSY IN WAR TIMES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Senior Don Aldunate, the
Chilean ambassador, is now facing .the biggest job ol' his
life. German agents have concentrated their efforts on
his country. Chile is to be made the center of German
propaganda in South America as a guarantee against
German failure should the Argentine ropuWiS siiflcocd in
casting out 'the Teuton workers.
Far removed from intense, South American politics
yet in intimate touch with the situation, the ambassador
has had trust upon him the job of advising his nation
on a political course that will alter, the country's entire
history which ever way the decision is made. Ambas
sador Aldunate with his numerous staff have just in
stalled themselves in one of the capitol's palatial resi
dences, at 2223 R street. There, in the quietness Sheridan
circle neighborhood, will be decided .the tremendous poli
cies that effect all western democracies, unless perchance,
the ambassador, like American envoys abroad before we
entered the war has. already made up his mind on
whether Chile is in the path of the Kaiser's world scheme.
Count Luxburg's niessages indicated Chile must be
brought to German sway.
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CAPTURED SOLDIERS KEEP SILENT
LONDON, Dee. 10. (fiy Mail.) General ftyng's suc
cessful tank advance on Cambrai was due, in thr last
analysis, to the steadfastness of forty Jhitish Tommies.
.rue morning nerore tlie
ns made a raid on the very sector behind which '.'70.
were mobilized for the attack. Forty unwilling
oniimes returned from the
When this was known at
descended on the cam) like
"Will, thev put the Germans
the lips of all the staff and "if they do we're lost," was
their own reply.
Next morning's triumph proved the men had kept
their mouths shut during the
of prisoners.
A high In-itish oflH-er,
(he slightest tip about the tanks to the Germans would
have meant the total collapse of the tank offensive.
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LONDONERS SING- DURING AERIAL ATTACKS
LONDON, Dec 10. (Hy Mail. ) The g
many office and apartment buildings ar
for public shelter during air raids, and
many of the shelter seekers console themsi
popular songs.
The other night in Ihe United Press
came
"The
floating up from below the
End of a Perfect Day."
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PRESIDENT PLAYS
"WASHINGTON, .Jan. 12,
East did not interfere with
at golf. . '
Fiiidino-. the course covered with snow, the ('resident
secured a number of red golf balls, easily spotted by
"caddy," and enjoyed his usual game.
Secret service men following him are not rver-cnthii-siastic
about winter golf.
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auvance was sciieimied rue
rani with the roehe.
Byng's headquarters, gloom
a winter fog on London.
wise'?"' was the miewtioi) on
usual German examination
discussing the incident, said
round floors of
thrown open
m raid night
lvc: ly singing
iiiiilning
then
appropriate strains of
GOLF IN BLIZZARD
-The
recent blizzard in tin
President Wilson's daily I'onn
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Compulsory Food
Regulation Discussed
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.i-I-
Stringent regulations of Auior
icaii food Consumption, and
compulsory whcatloss and
4 meatless days were considered
J at a conference botween Hoov-'l-
cr and Congressional loaders
J hero today. '
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RAID
(;i;oit(;io kvi.io iutoes ho.miih
ON (JElt.MAN MUNITION!
PLANTS
WITH TUB AMERICAN ARMY,
Jan. 12. A French communique
says five American corporate, Includ
ini; GeoiKO Kyle, of Portland, Oro
Kon, conducted a daylight raid over
Rombach l.tidwiKsliafcn recently, de
stioyln!! munition plants and rail
way depots back of the German linen.
The aro awaiting transfer to the
American aviation corps.
They were heavily shelled. Kyle
dropped olKbt bombs on tiio Lud
wli;sliafen plants In a rain of tiro.
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To ItcRiilatc Securities
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (Special.)
Regulation of the issue of practi
cally all private securities will soon
be proposed by the government.
READING MAY BE I
NEW ENVOI
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HAW.
HEADING,
Lord Heading, tord chief Justice
'of England, has been asked to be'
coma tho now British ambassador
to America to succeed Sir Cecil
Bprlng-Rlce; . accordlngX-to.jL.im-Vatchea
,'rom London "
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PETPiOGRAD, Jan. 12. The Teutons formally an
nouneed the aeceptance of Trotsky's proposal to continue
the liussiaii-Gorman armistice another month.
The first truce expired
Bolsheviki Prepare for War
PETROGHAD, Jan. 12. The Bolsheviki are preparing
for the resumption of war. Mobilization of men up to 32
years old is expected soon; all officers' leaves of absence
have been stopped. They are confident, however, tho
Germans will not attack the Russian lines. German offi
cers are vainly seeking to stop, troop fraternization with
the Russians as the Slav propaganda is tilling the German
soldiers with their ideas.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 12.
is determined to place the
negotiations with the Germans. ...
Jirest-Litovsk reports that in order to remove the
Teuton's pretext that they be
lations it switched to neutral soil, irotsky announced his
acceptance of the German demands to continue delibera
tions here.
The Ukrainian delegate
until the formation of a'
determined the status of TJkrainia.
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ARE KILLED
POUt CIVILIANS HUSl'liCTUD OP
. tiKUIOUS ClUMK. AT 1
' CAMP PliNSTOiV
(United Press)
CAMP FUNSTON, Jan. 12. Kear
ney Wornell, n wounded survivor of
the bank nttack, recovered conscious
ness this afternoon and insisted a man
dressed as a captain executed the mur
der and robbery.
CAMP FUNSTON, Jan. 12. Mili
tary officers suspect four civilians
who were noticed reaving the camp
with a suit caso, of robbing the army
bank last nltht, killing four men and
wounding another with hatchets.
While the soldlcra are not under sus
picion they nro not allowed to leave
the camp until all quarters have
been inspected.
Police dogs followed tho trail of
tho four nion to the railway station.
Knights of Columbus
to Start Big Drive
The Knights of Columbus drive for
the soldiers abroad nnd in tho conton
mcnts will start Monday. Union nnd
Wallowa counties nre asked to give
$11000, 1 The money will be used to
provide huts and entertainment at the
mini, io wiucfi an HumierM, no runner I
of what creed, will be welcome.
The following letter shows how tho
work la regarded by army officers:
Ihe Krughts of Columbus, ,
wimp i.ewia, ii mm.
Oentlemen: I desire to express to
vnu my appreciation of the great work
which your association is doing
among officers nnd enlisted men of
this command. Your several buildings
erected In this cantonment nnd mnin-
tallied by your association are sources
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of great comfort nnd benefit to the
members of the command, and the
work which you are performing is ex
tremely commendable and deserves
the support of every patriotic citixen.
Wishing for you in the future tho
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' Very respectfully,
(Signer) FRED S. FOLTZ,
lirig. Gen. N. A. Commanding,
January 11, 1918.
Red Cross Dance
Cross benefit dance nt
The Ited
ubera Hall on Monday night will be
under the direction of the entertain
ment committee of the Red Cross.
Tho chninnan of the committee, Mrs.
E. Polock, nnd the following ladies,
will act as patronesses: Mrs. M.' K.
Hall, Mrs. George Cochran, Mrs. T. J.
Goodhue, Mrs. L. A. McAllister, Mrs.
H. C. Grady ar.d Mis. J. J. Carr. The
punch table will be in charge of Mrs.
Oscar Neale, assisted by a number of
the younger set. The music will be
excellent. A large attendance is expected.
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ROBBED. FOUR
today. .
Foreign Minister Trotsky
onus of breaking off peace
forced to discontinue nego-
said he would act independent
Russian federation of states
BATTLE WITH
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MICKUNUACH HKACHK9 POttT
CHIPPLUO AFTER SUVKKB . '
' , ''"S - 'attack
.' WASHINGTON, i Jan.. ' Tho
steamor Luckenbach, reported sunk,
baa reached port badly crippled. The
ship had a four hour battle with a
submarine during which enemy
sheila exploded In the gun orow
quarters, burst a fire mala and put
an aft gun out of commission.
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Unique Plan For
Armenian Relief Drive
A unique plan to conduct the Ar
menian Kellof drive In this City next
week has been drafted by the local
and county officials. County chair
man II. L. Underwood announces
that next Thursday each business
bou o, each professional office and
each manufacturing' establishment
will bo askod to do Its own solicita
tion. The plan will work out this
way: :
Any given store or office manager
Will solicit his own firm only on that
day, getting such donations in cash
as each employe and the firm itself
I enn and will give to these starving
people. Friday morning these do-
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treasurer's office at tho Y. M. C. A.
Aa nna, la nun.,nlnllv ranlllrall I (
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,.,,,.,, 8nmll as t0 amountB,
,)nt 11)0ra, ,n nllmbcrB.
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cent firms In La Crando as possible.
Ono dollnr for each employe, and
more If possible, and a gift from the
firm Itself will make any establish
ment 100 per cent generous.
tiin In lima mnra will tin
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explained concerning the contest.
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LEGISLATION TO ENFORCE
WHEATLESS, MEATLESS DAYS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. It is an-
miunccd that legislation will be intro-
iduccd in both houn simultaneously
U ',e authority to compel wheatless
! meatless days and require the
miller to get more flour out of wheat.
IiniH-rinl Potentate Coming.
! PORTLAND. Jan. 12. Imperial
l'otciitato Charles Ovef'-rc of
Minneapolis will arrive u. . 'innu
on Sunday, January 20, for the pur
port of participating In the greatest
ceremonial over staged In tho North
wust by tho temples of the Order of
tho Myrrtic Shrine. Shrlners in all
sections of Drltlsh Columbia, Idaho,
Washington and Oregon, are already
heading toward Portland and It Is
expected thnt tho attendance will be
enormous. The meeting Is consider
ed tho most important alnce the Im
perial Conclave at Seattle several
years ago.
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