La Grande evening observer., January 25, 1918, Image 6

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LA (iKJ.KDiu KVKKIXG OBSKRVEh
GERMAN
BON
AMERICAN
TREASON TRIAL
TAVh IIKNXIO KACKS CIIAIifiK
PKXAI.TY, DKATIl
i Oil I IXK.
ACCUSED OF TAMPERING
WITH NAVY TORPEDOES
--IIpiinlK Wns Arrcwtwl Dec. 21) Iio
foro i'omliiR o I nllcil States Ho
t Served In (icrmnn Nnvy Heenim
'. 8. Citizen in 1018.
(By United Press)
; NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Paul Hcn
nig, 43, German born American, tho
J first man to plead to a charge of
treason was placed on trial lieforo
" . Judge Hnrland B, Howe, here yoBtor
- day.
, Ilennlg, un employee of tha E. W.
: Bliss Torpedo company, of South
" Brooklyn, l charged wi'h tnmiier
. Ing 'With gyroscopic alcncliinmls on
torpedoes so that the course, of the
. .. torpedoea would be cliangnd en-
dangerlng the vessel from whirli It
" was fired.
Y '. Hennlg was arreBtoa on Docem
. ber 29, following an Investigation by
i... Lieut. O'Shca an Annapolis utadu-
ate, covering several months.
N: According to government officials
', '-Honnlg came to the United States In
" 1908 nnd received Ills citizenship
'.;..' papers in 1916. . .
Before coming to the United
States Honnlg served as a potty of-
'.- flcor In tho Imperial Gorman navy
J. nnd was for a time stationed at tho
....Klol torpedo base.
his son Karl, age 23, who was
horn In Germany was Interned ut
Kilts Island on September 23 as n
' dangerous enemy alien.
, Honnlg's second wlfo In an Amer
ican; A son by this wlfo was born on
. the day Thoodore Rooaovolt returned
. ifrom an African hunting trip and In
V honor of the event waB named Theo
;.j dore Roosovelt Hennlg.
'y- For the past five years Hennlg has
, been employed In the gyroscope do--7-
partment of the Bliss plant.
. During this time he handled
' thousands of torpedoes now aboard
. United States war vessels. As a re
'ult of the revolatlonB by govern
iment ngeoii the JUayy, Dopartmont
Tmay"oKlM-'1i Ytf-Malntfatitth Sf all
-.'torpedoes furnislted the navy by- the
Bliss company durlnglftnkjflino. '
i . Speclflclally Hennlg Is accused of
mutilating the gyroscope which con
. trols the course of tho torpedo. The
mutilation was so effectively done,
the government agent claims, that
; the torpedoes were rendered unfit
' for offonstvo purposes.
Experts claim the mutilations
might cause the torpedoes to altar
their course to such an extent as to
' bring the vessel from which they
wore discharged Into range. '
Emory dust, imperfectly fitted
'bearings and wheals which wero
either cracked or scratched wore
found In torpedoes that had been
. ..handled by Honnlg, according to In
spectors from tho Navy Intelligence
' Bureau.
. So Ingenious wag tho Jraltorous
work Hennlg la alleged to havo done
that microscopic examination wns
necessary beforo it was dotcctcd.
, ,,, Lieut. O'Shca, shortly after being
detailed to tho Bliss works as In
spector detected slight Imperfections
In several torpedoes. Hennlg was
BiiBpoctod. For two weeks govern
ment ngents shadowed him both day
nnd night.
: In the meantlmo Lieut. O'Shea
made microscopic examination of
torpedo parts handled by Ilennlg.
. Evldenco secured In this manner
was placed beforo tho Grand Jury
.and tho first Indictment charging
1 treason since tho United States en-
tored tho war was returned against
Honnlg.
i The penalty Is death. Jl 0.00(1 fine
ORIGINAL JAZZ BAND 1200 YEARS Gl.l) AND CHINESE!
r It's -all off, this stuff about the Jazz band being a creation
Of Broadway, Tho Chinese did it 12d0"years ago! Here's a
picture to prove that tho original Jazz band was well known
some (TOO A. D. These four Chinese Images, made about that
your, have Just reached Now. York after bolng burled for
hundreds of years, and 'are now In the possession of M.
Parish-Watson of 660 Fllth-T. The girl to the left has a
flute. Next to her is a reod instrument performer, whoso
modern counterpart Is the JuzzTsuxophoniat. It doosn't take
any stretch of tho imagination to seo where tho nkelole comes
from after glancing at the next performer. The 'girl to tho
right Is the official nolso-makor, with cymbals.
These Images wore mado by the imperial potter for EOlno'
former Empress of China, and were placed iu her tomb at her
death to fucnish music for hor spirit. .
or Imprisonment for five yearB.
The district attorney Is prepared
to aBk the extreme penalty.
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ELGIN NEWS AND PERSONALS
ELGIN, Jan. 25. (Special.) Mr.
James Henderson of Elgin left last
nluht for Idaho where he will visit at
various pluces.
Mrs. William Russell nnd Mrs. II. F
Shoemaker, both of Elgin, went to La
Grande Thursday evening on Red
Cross business.
Mr. Leo Goldine nnd his daughter,
Mib. Ada Itectcl, of Elgin, left last
Tuesday for California, where they
will visit with relatives nnd friends for
a period of six weckB.
Mrs. Dan Summer of Elgin went to
La Grande last Wednesday evening.
Sho will return Friday morning.
Mr. H. II. Wontherspoon, a farmer
of Elgin, left lust week on an extended
trip in the South nnd East, whore he
will dispose of hm potatoes and apples,
Ho is not expecting to return until
next snring.
Mr. Dave Zweifel has moved into
tho residence vacated by Mr. fW. A.
Haekctt, and is now comfortably set
tled thero.
Miss Elolno I.eighton, a populnr
young lady of Elgin, who has been at
tending school nt Albany for the last
two years, has entered the University
of Oregon and will finish her college
education there.
Prisoners Hate to ,
Leave Warm Jai
PUTS OFF THE UNPATRIOTIC
Jitney Driver Will Not Take Fare
From Persons Who Talk Against
America.
Nn'shvllle, Mich. German sympa
thizers would Hiiro have n hard time
getting nlmut the country if nil com
mon carriers adopted the rule that
Roy Wolfe lins put Into ofTwt on his
Jitney bus.
If he hears uny one voicing opposi
tion to America uhllo riding with him,
off ho or she goes, to walk the rest of
the Journey, lie bus only one nnn, the
other being taken off lit the shoulder,
but hp put off two men the other day
nnd offered to lick them both In the
bargain.
Wolfe runs n Jitney from hire to
Ooldwnter by way of ltnttlo Crock nnd
Union City, mnl tliouuli Hint Is Hie way
lie makes Ills llvlnc he has tho grit to
refuse fares from unpatriotic people.
SH0TES HELP KILL BRUIN
Pennsylvania Boy Gota Able Aisiat.
ance In Landing 250-Pound
Black Dear.
Warren, Un. Willie Hiu-kensehmldt,
Vftcen, of Salmon ereek. cnuio to town
the oilier ilny with n '.ISO-pound hlaek
bear on his farm wniron.
"I couldn't have got him If It hadn't
been for father's plys," he explained.
"I was out In the woods after rabbits
when I heard one of the plits Hcjuenl.
I run toward the Hound and when I
got then! a bin blnclc bear had one of
the little siiuealers In his paws. The
others were crazy. They were piiwlnw
the bear nil over, lie dropped I ho pig
nnd started to run when he saw me.
but the pigs hold blin until I could
get close enough to ulvo him both bar
rels."
, NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Prison life
mny bo llko Hying in tho nether and
hotter regions but who wouldn't
rather these days!
During tho recent cold snap with
the mercury hovering at a point bo
tweon 20 and 16 below zero In Os
slnlng, tho terms of three Sing Sing
prisoners expired, For years th
men had looked forward to the day,
minute and hour which would mark
their release from tliolr stay in
"Hades". When 0 A. M., the . hour
of release, arrived they wero prompt
ly nt tho gate waiting to stop forth
Out they flocked. The first sight
that met their eyes was a frigid,
shivering thermometer, nnd a cold
stinging blast straight from the
north side of tho North Pole struck
tholr faces. They stepped right out
and turned around and stepped right
bnck again. Accordingly twenty-four
hours were ndded to their term of
Incarceration.
Knill Reska, a largo Finnish gen
tleman, doesn't care much foryNew
York. He's going back to Philadel
phia, his home town, where things
don't happen so rapidly and unex
pectedly. During tho holidays Reska cele
brated not wisely, but too well, and
terminated his Bpree by cutting cap
ers In a Fourth Avenue subway train
on route to Brooklyn.' On Manhat
tan Brldgo the wayward spirit moved
him to disembark immediately.
But hero enters our heroine. Flor
ence Uliischnefer, one of the new
lady B. H. T. Guards moved up to
the ambitious Reska and told him In
a stern voice to "sit down." Ho did,
but for n further prank brought his
fist Into active conjunction with a
pano of glass. The noise of break
ing glass was too much for tho new
Guard. Sho gently grabbed tho
husky fin by the collar and, unas
sisted, rushed him out of the train
nt the Gold Stroet station, where be
was taken in tow by one of the
stronger sox.
Miss Uliischnefer, clad in her snap
py blue uniform, appeared in court
against Reska and preferred a charge
of disorderly conduct.
The Now Jersey commuters arc
certainly "up against it" wnrso thnn
ever. Many are even moving tem
porarily Into New York City. They
had been getting to their desks at
almost noon, and after a hard day's
work, had spent hoars on a chilly
train arriving homo between 8 and
10 o'clock.
During the frigid spell many
morning suburban trains were tem
porarily suspended. Notices were
posted that suburban traffic was
tnit -iviy curtailed on account of
tho limited supply of coal, and water
shortage from frozen pipes. The
notice gaily added that they would
put through trains whenever poss
ible. At 5 A. M. on several mornings
tho early toilers gathered at their
loclil stations to take their usual
trains Into the great city. By 6
o'clock frequently the crowds had
Increased to hundreds. When trains
finally did begSn to move slowly
cltyvard, these hundreds tried to
crowd on trains already crowded to
their capacity. About the only hot
thing about tho situation wero the
tempers of the passengers.
HONOACHE"
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CHI ItCIIKH HELP SOLDIERS
Episcopalians to Raise Fund
Hpeclal War Commission.
for
Tho Episcopal churches (through
out the United Stnte3 next Sunday
will receive an offering for a special
fund -war conimlsBlon of the churches
In this country.
Thero are, it is estimated 71,315
Episcopal men and hoys In the serv
ice, and tho church Is desirous of
dolniT Its part In providing chaplalnB.
To do their war work for 1918 they
want to raise In the United States
SKIRT AND fcLOTJ&E..
AGAIN IN FAVOR
y-r.
V.JVY
n r. 4 st1s "
KNIT IN WORKHOUSE
Many Men Sent There Are' Forced tc
Labor.
Fourscore men are sitting In n long
whlte-p!u8tcrod room, working ns
many of thoin never expected to work.
On their broad striped blauk-and-whito
knees each mun holds somo unaccus
tomed Instruments. They are in the
Stark countr workhouse at Canton, O.
Among tho men lit stripes are chick
en thieves, wife deserters, habitual
drunks, curriers of concealed weapons,
assaulters and batterers of their fel
low men (nnd women), and many other
sorts of petty criminals. All of them
arc busy.
"buy, bo," Inquires Shifty Sura
Smith, ns he handles' one of his bone
needles as (hough he were harpooning
a nsn, "'ow In the 'ell do y'u purl?"
"Arsk m sumptln'. ensy,. like crack
In' a crib, or frisltln' a rubo or somo
other light work," replies Alabama
Otis. "Wot I want to know Is, does
tho Constitution of these hero United
States say a man can be sentenced to
embroidery work if he only puts a mun
to sleep and cops his roll?"
"Their time might Just as well bo
spent in knitting for the government
as in any other wuy," (Superintendent
Boycr said. "They cannot light for
their country, but they can knit."
Enterprise Scout llapiiuet,
ENTERPRISE, Jan. 25. (Spec
ial.) Tho throe companies of boy
scouts which wero rocontly organized
hero held n banquet Monday night at
which 150 men nnd boys were pres
ent. The -i-niiis ni' provfni; very
popular among the boys here and ar
rangements have boon mndo to or
ganize the fourth company as there
aro now more boya than the thiwe
companies will accommodate.
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Soon Over His Cold. j
Everyone speaks weir ot Chnmber-
laln's Cough Remedy after hnvlng
used It. Mrs. George Lewis, Pitta
field, N. Y., has this to say regarding
it; "Last winter my little boy, five
years old, was sick with a cold for
two or threo weeks. I doctored him
and used various cough medicines
but nothing did him much good un
til I began using Chamberlain's
Cough Remody. He then improved
rapidly nnd In a few days was over
his cold." Adv.
LEGAL NOTICB
Notice of Filing Final Account.
in tho -matter of the Estate of
Goorgo Stoddard-, deceased,:
Notice is hereby glvon that tho Ad
ministratrix of said Eatato has filed
imr final account as such adminis
tratrix nnd that the County Court of
Union County, Oregon, haB rixcu
Mnndnv February 25. 1918, nt ten
o'clock In the forenoon of snld day
and tho county court room In tho
nnnrt Houso In La Grande, Oregon,
aB tho tlmo and place for hoarlng nil
objections. If any there he, tno ap
proval of said final account nun set
tlement of said Estate."
Dated January 25, 1918.
ELLEN I. STODDARD,
Administratrix of Estate of
George Stoddard, doceasod
C. H. Finn,
Attorney for Administratrix.
First nublicatlon. Jan. 25, 1918.
Last publication, Fob. 23, 1918.
If a Utile cold water is added to
wulllo batter and thoroughly beaten
the waMos will be lighter and will
brown more easily. '
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For Fine Watch, Clock and Jewelry
Repairs See
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Fashion tnnkors are' revealing
In their newest designs the peren
nial favor In which woman-kind
(till holds the scparato blouse and
skirt. . -J
The now model Shows the com
fortable low collar and lon3
slocves. " '
Tho skirt Ib an unusually clever
design ot soft sorgo in seal brown,
Its chocker-board border worked
out in huge squares of sand color.
Tho pocket flaps and bolt show a.
unique solf-bucklo ldoa that adds a
distinctly, smart touch.
$500,000. The general executive
chairman of the campaign Is Bishop j
William Lawrence or .Massacnusetts;.
Bishop Lawrence was general chair
man of tho committee ' 11 at raised
more than $7, 000,000 for tho Epis
copal clergy pension fund. The war
commission' is- represented overseas
by Bishop
Michigan.
-McCornilck, of Western
A good definition of
an optimist is a man
who pays his good
money for a new kind
of tire and hopes it
will' do as well as a
GOODYEAR
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CIMPB j
La Grande's Leading Jewelers and Optometrists
Broken lenses duplicated on the premises. We are the only
firm in Eastern Oregon who cm surface and grind lenses.
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"Our Boys in France,,
TOBACCO FUND
Tear Out This Coupon, Fill It In and Send as
Much Money as You Can Spare to Buy Tobacco for
Our Fighting Men. Each Quarter Provides a Pack
age Enough for One Man for a Month.
Tn tho Tobacco Fund Department,
The La Grande Observer:
I'.iH'heil find to buy packages
of tnb.irco. through "Our Hoys in France" Tobac
co Fund for American fighting men in France.
1 umh -rstainl that each quarter buys one paek
.ii;c with a retail value of 43 cents, and that in each
parkagc will be placed a postcard, addressed to
!"c on which my unknown friend, the soldier, will.
a:,M ce to send nie a message of thanks.
Name .....
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APPLES
We have a large sup
ply of the best Apples,
Oranges and all kinds
of Fruits and Vegeta
bles on the' market.
City Grocery
; (Si. BaRery
The Home of Fancy Groceries.
E. Polack, Prop. '. ' Phone Main 75
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