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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -16, 1918
NUMBER 121
EX PREMIER
A TOOL BP-GERMANY
CAILLAUX WAS INTIMATE WITH
GERMAN AMIIASKADOIS TO
ARGENTINE
LANSING GIVES OUT
COPIES OF TELEGRAMS
German AinlmHsudor Wired t l!er
I in (hut Cnillaux Was lx-iiving anil
Should Ito Trailed C'onsitlenilcly
if Captured,
WASHINGTON, Jan. lC That
former Premier Caillaux now im
prisoucd on a charge ot treason In
France was intimate with tho Gor
man ambassador to tho Argentine
was indicated by telegrams of
Bernslorff which Secretary Lansing
gave out.
The first depreciated German
praise of Cattillaux because "lie
fcaro in Paris tho fato of Juniors."
Buenos Aires cabled Caillaux' de
parture from there, and Bald he rkl
iculed the French president, and
asked all communication with lilm
bo cautious. Ho cabled of the do
parturo of the ship with important
papers, saying it captured, Caillaux,
who waB aboard, should be treated
considerately.
PARIS, Jan. 1C. It Is charged
that Cailiaux also planned the dis
solution or tho chamber of deputies
and intended to appoint Harrail
commander in chief of the French
armies. Two regiments to bo re
cruited in Corsica were to be brought
here under command of two gener
als friendly to Caillaux, and then
after a final military effort, Cail
laux plaunod to submit the peace
question' to a popular referendum.
Ho also planned a reformation of
the French government restraining
parliament and giving a council of
stato absolute power.
Prominent Men Arrested.
PARIS, Jan. 1C Paul Comby, a
prominent lawyer and. Deputy Louis
Talot were arrested and charged
with being accomplices of Calluux.
John Wells Elected"
Chairman of Board
The Grando Ronde Drainage Dis
trict board ot supervisors met yester
day afternoon.
Those present were George W.
llenson, of Union, I. IS. Chenault, of
Island City, and John Wells, of Ali
ccl. Tho board organized by electing
John Wells president and Georgo T.
Cochran secretary and attorney.
An assessment of 25 cents an acre
was levied to bo collected immediate
ly to defray tho preliminary ex
penses and Hie cost of getting ready
for actual construction work. This
assessment will become delinquent
ill 60 days.
Ways and means of makiug the
Improvements were discussed and a
profile of the river was exhibited.
This profile showed a sand bar at
the mouth of the state ditch east of
Alicel which backs the water as far
up as the A. P. t'onlcy place uear
tho Cove.
This sand liar is said to be caused
by tho curves of the river below the
mouth of the ditch. There are two
ways of removing it, which were dis
cussed: By dredging or by straight
ening out the curves in the river
below.
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Near Big
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AMERICAN POUT, Jan. 11. A
bomb was found wltbui a few fcot of
one of America's largest hattiophips.
In dryrtnek. Moiubcrs of tho crew
dlBcov:rrtl it. It had a German in
scription on the side. Germans urc
blamed.
Ilertlinu To .llnkii AiWrtv.s.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. lfl. TVrlin
dispatches ray Chr.nc.ellor Hertlin? i?1
tn nddn-FS tho main committee of the
Reichstag Friday.
Swift, Says He
Favors Gov't Control
SALT LAKE, Jan. 18.
Swift, at tho Woolgrowors'
convention, said pacltors wel
comed government control be
cause the actual facts would
bo known, and there would be
no flse statements. Ha said
the packers profit was only a
dollar and a hu'f on each head
of stock killed. Ho offered
to subscribe to a stockmen's
fund tor sending a delegation
to Washington lobby for in
vestigation. Tho association
refused tho offer stating the
delegates in Washington
would bo working against tho
present stand ' ot the meat
packers.
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BUSINESS MEN
ERS AND
LABORERS MEET
VARIETY OV TOPIC'S PRESENTED
AT NOON LUNCHEON
TODAY ,
La Grando business and profes
sional men, farmers from the neigh'
borhood and laborers all joined in and
rubbed elbows together at tho busi
ness men's luncheon today at the Fo
ley hotel.
Colon It. Eberhard was the chair
man and he introduced Mr. Goudy, the
visiting income tax officer, who was
the first speaker, explaining1 that nil
unmarried men with a net income of
$1,000, and married men with net in
comes of ?2,000, must make state
ments of their incomes to the collec
tor of internal revenue by March 1
John Wells, chairman of the drain
age district, told of the organization
of the board of supervisors yesterday
and the, hope that tho improvement
(Continued on Pago 2.)
WALLOWA GIRLS WILL
PLAY HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday evening at the Ilifrh School
building the first -girls' basketball
game of tho season will be played,
the Wallowa High School girls team
will play the local High School girls-
team for the first time in many years.
Both teams are practising consistent
ly for the event and both teams will
appear on the field, confident of the
victory.
The Wallowa team is coached by
Miss Maida Doolittlc, former O. A. C.
star. They are on a tour and the La
Grande game will be their first on the
trip. Reports have come to the La
Grande team that tho Wallowa team
is out after the state championship
this year and the locals expect a hard
battle.
The local team is a comparatively
new team to the art of basketball.
Only one of the regulars of this year's
team played on previous high school
teams, but the stride that hr.s been
made the past ten days indicates that
tho team will go on the floor ready to
give their opponents a hard match
While not confident of victory, they
feel that their opponents will have to
work hard in order to defeat them.
At a recent meeting of the team
Miss Thelma Ocsterling was elected
captain and Miss Martha Schoficld
was elected manager. The following
girls have been made regulars anl
most of them will be seen in the game
Friday night: Thelma Ocsterling.
Martha Schoficld, Ruth Courtney, Ger
trude Courtnev, Jcuuette Stoddard
Thclinn Nickson, Helen Owsley, Mar
ion 'VVheaticy, Ardis Palmer and La
Rue Osborne.
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WAR7 NURSE TAKES
FIRST REST '
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"Off .PHYLLIS GOSCHEU
.Miss Phyllis" Evelyn Ooccbeg.
who has been a war nurse In t
London hospital since the begin
ning of the war. Is now taking her
first rest. She tn the daughter of
the second Viscount Ooschcn..
FAR
Knights Raise
$iOQO for War
Fund Today
AH of tho machinery for tho big
drive of tho Knights of Columbus is
now working perfectly.
General Chairman Meyers and
Chairman J. H. Pearc of the execu
tive committee have been receiving
good reports nil day.
Today's total at noon was $1,000.
All of the captains and lieutenants arc
working hard. It will take a steady,
continuous effort, but five days like
today will sec the task ended . and
Union county landed over the top.
The city of Union heads the per
centage list with $.'100.
North Powder is showing up well.
La Grande is holding up its end,
but has hardly got started yet.
Inclement weather is against the
drive, but it is a case of "win"; the
generals take no excuses.,
Tomorrow tho tanks will bo ordered
out.
American Lieutenant
Outwits the Germans
Wins Confidence of Ills .Men P.y Pro
tecting Them From Falling
Victims of Plot.
liy J. W. PEOLER
(United Press Staff Coricspunder.t. )
AMERICAN' FIELD HEADQUAR
TERS;' FRANCE. Dec. 1G. (Ily
Mail.) "I'll follow Mr. Short any
where." A young, slightly built Sammy
paid this trlbuto to his lieutenant
within a few hours after his -arrival
back from (be trenches. Ho was Hit
ting on a mile post at tho roadsbl",
before the bam where he sleeps,
oiling the rifle that he carried In
night patrols into No Man's Land
with Mr. Short.
The lieutenant himself was mak
ing an informal Inspection of his
men an Inspection that seemed
more like a friendly visit. As he
passed on down the muddy lane, the
soldier let his eyes wander after him
admiringly.
"Mr. Short discovered that the
barbed wire In front of our sector
had been cut during the night,",
said the youngster. ''I supposed he
would send for the engineers to come
up tho next evening and put new
wires in the hole. Ilitt the lieuten
ant was a wise man he snid 'no.'
"All day we Inf in the dugouts
with out shoes and socks and breech
es soared ond no dry clothe to put
on. Another bunch Rtood watch in
the little ditch of a front line, keep
ing their head? down and ready with
their rifles and a marhlnegun In
ease the ole Ilorhe would come over.
"At five o'clock In the even'ng
Mr. Short woke ns up. We had a
(Continued nn Pago 2.)
ROLL AWAY THE STONE I
RUSSIA GIVES ROUMANIA A
TWENH FOUR HOUR ULTIMATUM
PETliOCilJAD, Jan. 1C The Bolsheviki gave an ulti
matum ul' war on Koiiniania in 24 hours unless she released
arrested Russian officers. The ultimatum says tile Rou
manians surrounded and disarmed three regiments. The
Roumanian legation officials here were released after all
diplomatic circles vigorously protested.
GERMANY wTrENCH IRON
AMSTERDAM, Jan. Hi The Lokal Anzeiger an
nounces the settlement of the German political crisis by
which "Chancellor Jlertling's viewpoint will he main
tained in the East, (ieiieral Jlindciiburg will he given
a free hand in the event of a German victory to deal
with any possible, west front annexations." This appar
ently means that llertling's "no annexations" policy will
be executed toward Russia, and pan-Germanism toward
Franco and lielgiuni. Pan-Germans insist Germany 'must
not surrender the valuable French iron section.
FOUR - SHbfsFlHEDAt-. LENINE
PKTROGRAI), Jan. 10. Eon r shots were fired at
Eeiiiiic as lie was returning from the Red Guard depar
ture, lie was unhurt. i, ,
CRITICISES ShIo RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Daniel Willard resigned
the chairmanship of flic war industries board. He-criticised
Secretary of YVar Raker's administration in testi
fying before tlie Senate military committee.
WARSHIPS mIlADISTOCK
TOKIO, Jan. 10. Japanese warships were dispatched
to Vladivostok, to protect allied interests, following long
appeals of allied citizens for protection from murder and
confiscation. Cossacks and I'olshcviki have been fight
ing thereabouts for weeks. No troops will be sent.
District Exemption
Board Meets Daily
The district ext-uiption board, con
sisting or N. K. West; president; V.
S. Ivanboe, sTietniy'; Dr. O. T.
liarnn, J. V. O'ConnolI and Waller
M. Pierce, are inecilntf every day now
goin,' over the appeals of refiirtrnnts
for the army draft. They will be In
Respion tor pome time ni the work Is
arduous and each appeal talre'i time.
TAKfr A YitW
KASTKIiN IXIH 'STUMPS TO
CLOSK l-'OK I I VK DAYS
(I!y United Press)
'WASHINGTON, Jan. 1(1. All in
dustries east of the Mississippi river,
includiiiK Louisiana and Minnesota, ex
cept public utilities ami possibly hos
pitals and public institutions arc to
close tonight for five days, Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield has ordered. The
same rule is to apply every Monday
for ten weeks. Newspapers are lim
ited to one edition on Monday.
Britain Recognizes
the Bolsheviki
LONDON, Jan. 10. Lord Bal
'I' four told the House of Commons
Britain is about to establish of
4 ficial relations with Bolsheviki 4
Minister Kilvinoff, as the result
J of unofficial revelations through 41
J the Petrogrnd embassy, 5-
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AN UPHILL PULL
OLD TIM Kit ltliTl'UNH, ItMVIVINQ
TALUS' OK It.WGIC WAltl'AIti;
OK 1S1 VliAltS AGO
Enterprise, Jan. 14. (Special)
The Enterprise Record Chieftain
sayt:
The changes that 20 years have
brought in life und ways of thought
lit Wallowa county wore forcibly
brought to mind this week by the
revival or memories of tho old days
occasioned by tho return of James A.
Kouso. When Jay H. Dobbin first
eamo Into Wallowa county with
snoop, Mr. Rouse was hi partner.
Thoy remained associated togothor
sovornl seasons and, although thoy
did not mnko any money thon, thoy
laid tho foundation for business
methods, and rights which remain to
this d oiq of the county's boat aa-
BOtS. ' " " v "
Mr. Hon wont to Alaska with
Wornor Wronn, after leaving here,
then came back, and Is now living
In. Saskatchewan, where he Is pro
moting a winter transportation line
to tho lakes ot tho far north.
Mr. Dobbin and Mr. Rouse worked
togotlior In Union county before
coming In to tho frontier Wallowa
district. ' Each had saved a little
money and they bought a band of
sheep, consisting of 1,100 lambs and
800 old stock, mostly owes, and
drove them In. Thoy paid f 1 apiece
for the lambs and $1.40 for the
ewes. In the fall of 1894 they drove
Iho band of2100 head down on
Joseph crook, to rango them there
nnd on tho lowor Qrnndo Rondo.
Tho first winter's oxporlenco Is
worth remembering thlB year, when
everything looks so favorable, for It
shows how disastrous a season may
provo before tho shoep aro safoly on
summer rnngo again. Several hun
dred head of the sheep died during
tho winter. After the spring lamb
ing, the band numbered fewor head
than had been driven In In tho full.
To make matters worso, wool was
selling at eight cents a pound. The
sheep sheared six pounds each, so
each ileece was worth '48 conts. A
fleeco in 1!I1S in worth moro than
tun times that much.
Nor wore these tho only obstacles
met by the young Ilockuinstcrs. To
day sheep raising Is' recognized us
olio of the most desirublo and neces
Hiiry industries that can bo Intro
duced and maintained in a commun
ity. A decado ago many cattlemen
held a blttor prejudice against sheep,
and lniitinmorablo clashes between
the two Interests happened nil over
the country. There was no forest
reserve then nnd tho range was a
free for all proposition. Tho cattle
men wero first In tho field, and al
though they might not half grnzo a
(Continued on Pago 6.)
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CERE IS HOOVER'S .
JJtfRIENJD . ATV I'ROBE
Ketiator Junes of Now Mexico is a
'Vomer'' in the senate. He is pro
gressive. He is the man who puts
tiii ka in the road every time Jim Recti
'if Missouri gets to cavorting around
too strongly in his Indian dance of
hostility toward Herbert Hoover and
the food administration.
Throughout the hearings on the fond
Iministration he has stood out as the
only vocal friend of Hoover. His spe
cial delight has been in crushing the
rnntnnkerou.1 Jim Reed and In giving
Hooer a chance to tell what the food
administration has done.
PIEERinS
W "J
APPEAL FOR
PEACE MADE
BY LABOR
BRITISH PARTY SENDS ARGU
MENT TO RUSSIA AND
GERMANY
MOST SIGNIFICANT MOVE
IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
Charge That England Abandoned
Russia Is Answered Odium Cast
on Germany for Continuing War.
WASHINGTON, ' Jan. IB. 4- The
British Labor Pnrty's peace appeal to
Russia and Germany is regarded ns
one of the most compelling und ;;- -nificant
moves undertaken in the po
litical offensive on militarism, sweep
ing aside the Russian illusion that
England abandoned her and casting
on Germnny the odium of the con
tinuance of tho war.
Officials deem it most significant
that the laborites declared (or self
determination of the government for
India and Ireland and Wales and tho
German colonies, shutting off tho pos
sible answer that England Is not prac- .
ticing what she is preaching.
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LIEUTENANT SPOREMANIf
NOT GUILTY AS SPY
BALTIMORE, Jan 10. Following
an examination of tbo papers of
Lieut. Sporemann, foderal agents
said there was no evidence that ho
was guilty of anything but violating
the proclamation of the restriction of
aliens' movements. Navy Intelli
gence officers aro Investigating now.
Armenian Fund
Begins to Grow
Some splendid gifts aro coming In
from outlying districts for the Ar
menian Relief fund. One flno ex
ample of how tho campaign for re
lief to these starving people comes
from Reith, where flvo laborers
polled a fund of $7.60 which was
sent In to Treasurer King today. V.
L. Bakor, a' resident of Palmer
Junction, again distinguished him-,
self by sending in without any
solicitation the sum or $5. Previ
ously ho had contributed $10 to tho
Y. M. C. A. fund, llkowlse without
solicitation.
Allccl today sentdn about $30 to
tho cause, a part of hor contribution.
The school hoard of La Grande has
given the sum of $5. Tho Royal
Neighbors gave an oqual sum.
Thosu gifts aro extremely pleasing
to tho campaign managers who aro
iimkin,; arrangements for a one-day
drive hero a weolc from Thursday.
Canadian
Officers Here
Next Week
Arrangements wore completed this
morning by T. J. Scroggln, chnlr
man of tho County Patriotic League, '
for tho entertainment and n-ientlnn
of tho Canadian officers i.iiut'ininl
Colonel J. M. N. MacMillan, Major
P. II. Edwards and Captain E. J.
Gook, who will speak hero Friday,
Jan. 25.
The meeting hero will bo held In
tho L. D. S. tabernacle. There will
tie a musical program in charge of
Mrs. J. J. Carr. Two numbers will
bo given by the L. D. S. choir, oi.o by
Mrs. T. J. Scroggln and ono by Mrs.
James Purcell.
The officers tell a plain and un
varnished story of the war and their
experiences at tho front, the need
of America to rlso to the occasion,
and what the people at home can do
to help sustain the boys at the front.
The officers nrrlvo Jan. 24 and go
up tho branch to Joseph and Enter
prise nnd return here Friday night
when they will bo met with a mili
tary escort, consisting of tho Elks'
Hand, tho High School Cadets and
the Homo Guards and escorted to
the taberniicle.
Tho meeting Is free; no collection.
THE WEATHER
4. 4.
4. PORTLAND, Jan. IB. The 4
4.U. S. Weather forecast: 4
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