La Grande evening observer., January 30, 1918, Image 1

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VOLUilE XVII
Gigantic Steamer
Leviathan Carries
Troops Abroad
Thousands of American Soldiers are
Landed Safely In France Voyage
Uneventful-No Submarines Sighted
Fif teen German-Seized Vessels Also
Carry Troops Abroad.
(United Press.)
A CITlf, IX I'RAXCK, Jan.
80. Tho gigantic steamer, Lev
iathan, formerly the German
Vaterlitml, has nri'lvcd ' lit a
Kuropcnn port, currying thous
ands of American soldiers.
Tho voyage was uneventful.
No submarines were sighted.
It Is permitted also to an
nounce fifteen other seized Ger
man vessels have arrived in
Kurope safely, bringing thous
ands of troops uml thousands or
tons of supplies.
All were in commission ton
months sooner than tho former
German crews believed the dam
ages they had Inflicted, could
be repaired. Half a million Urns .
of former enemy - shipping are
now active.
CREST OF FLOOD
ilLLIONS
E
LOODS SWKKP PAItTS OP OHIO,
KENTl't'KV, INDIANA AM)
- ILMXOIS
WEST VIRGINIA AND PENN
SYLVANIA ALSO VISITED
Tennessecta Loss in Itiverboats Alone
Is Two .Million Tli ice Deaths Arc
Reported in West Virginia.
INCINNATTI, Jan. 30. Tile
crest of the flood, breaking the Ice
and destroying river property( has
arrived.
Ice floes are tearing steamboats,
launches and barges from their
moorings, some going to the bottom
and others being carried on down the
stream.
The property loss is over ten
million dollars, it is estimated, as
the result of floods sweeping parts
of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia.
Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Tennessee's loss In riverboats
alone is two million dollars' while
many bridges have gone out. Three
deaths are reported in West Virginia.
Fort Rock During last qouarter
of 1917 permits were issued to Irri
gate 600 acres from "Ana River and
155 acres from Thomas Creek. Cost
$5,000.
Roseburg Contract let for one
new Pacific Highway bridge across
South Umpqiia river.
Klamath Falls Six cottages will
be erected here Immediately to sup
ply demands.
Three Killed In
London Air Raid
.;.
J- LONDON, Jan. 30 In an air -j-4
raid last night there were three
J killed and ten injured. The In-
vaders were repelled before pen
4 etrating the city's defenses.
:
God Bless Our
God bless our hoys in France,
And just give them n chance
To show their might. '
They stand for all that's right.
They'll fight a winning fight,
Keep them beneath your glance,
Our boys in France.
This may he sung to the tunc
Grande Hospital Unit.
DOES I
OF I
DAMAG
(Sratute
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
BENEFIT TONIGHT
J. Tonight in the Nelghbor
J hood Club rooms lu tho library
J- promptly at 8:15, the follow-
ing program will bo given for
J tho Bcholarahlp loan fund bon
J eflt: Piano selections, "The
J-i Spinner" (Raff), and "The
Prcludo (Schutt), by Miss Hll-
da Anthony; reading, "Broth-
ers of Angels," (Tarkington),
Mrs. Loster- Murphy; vocal
J solos, "Ono Fine Day" (Puc
A cinl), and "The Wind's in the
f
J. South (John Trindle Scott),
by Mrs. A. L. Richardson
farce, "The Proposal" (Anton
Chekoff), Stepan Stepano
vltch Chubukov, a prosperous
land owner, Mis. H. A. Zur
brlck: Natalya Stepanovna, his
daughter, Mrs. Lynne Bohnen
kanip; Ivan Vassilivitch Lo
mov, a wealthy neighbor, Mrs.
Carl Evans. Social hour tea
will bo served. The public is
invited.
J j -J- J . J
BlilTISII TISAXSI'OItT IS Sl'XK
DKMTKOYKIt KKSCl'lXU VIC
TIMS IS SI ISMAItlM-:!)
(United Press.
1,0."I)(., .Ian. 80 The Ilril-
ish transport Aragon was tor
pedoed and sunk In the Kast
Mediterranean December , JIO,
with the loss of 000 men.
JV destroyer engaged in rescu
ing the victims, was also sub
marined. The Aragon carried two thou
sand men.
The auxiliary transport Oa
manci, carrying eight hundred,
was submarined a day Inter.
Since the start of the war,
liritain has transported eleven
million men with a loss of nine
transports and nine thousand
men.
. o
Senator Hughes of
New Jersey Dead
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 30. William
Hughes, senior Senator from New
.Terser, died tn.'hiv aft.nr fi lonir illness.
; He was Congressman and Senator 12
! years.
liKITISIl I'ATHOI, SICCFSSFI LLV
! ATTACKS A UKItMA.V POST
LONDON', Jan. 30. Northeast of
I Havrincourt ,a British patrol nt
I tacked a German post, killing and
capturing a number of the garrison.
! THE WEATHER
4- 4
I'ORTLAND. Jan. 30. The
V. S. weMlier bureau forecast; 4
"Fair and colder."
4-
4
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Boys In France
We sent the lest we had,
Each one a n'b!c lad,
.Some mother's pride.
We place them in your care;
Protect them over there,
Biing them saf-o home again,
Our boys in France.
By MAY G. KING.
of"Amcrica"
aid Is dedicated to the La
i lira
LIKES LOST
LA GRANDE,
Our
CLAIM TO I1AVK AXXIHIl.ATKD
TWO KXKMV DIVISIONS
NKAK COIJDKHOSSO
GUNS, HUNDRED OFFICERS
AND 2500 MEN TAKEN
The Italian Forces Now Hold Coldel
rosso and Monte Dl Vnlbclhw Forc
ing Teutons to Itetrent.
ROME, Jan. 30. Two enemy di
visions were annihilated around
Coldeirosso. Near Rossobella , tho
Italians took a number of gnns, one
hundred officers and twenty-five
hundred prisoners.
The Italians now hold Coldeirosso
and Monte Di Valbella, forcing the
Teutons to retire.
uinu.ep
SCHOOL
MM
RECORO IP,
PENDLETON WAS IIEATKN LAS
NIGHT iY A SCOUE OF
28 TO 14
Tho members of the La Grande High
School basketball team returned today
noon from the longest and most suc
cessful trip ever taken by any school;
team in the state. The trip was sue-;
;cessful in every detail as a good time
was enjoyed by the boys and every
' game counting towards the champion
jship of the state was won by a decisive
score.
The first game was played on Tues
day, January 22, with the Franklin
High School of Portland and although ,
a late train did not put the local boys:
in that city until 3 p. m., they regis-1
tered a 23 to 11 win over the Portland:
team, even though handicapped by the
long train ride and playing on a I
strange floor. I
The second game was played in
i Corvallis with the high school, where
'the blue and white was again victori-j
ious, winning 2o to 10. During their
'stay in Corvallis the La Grande boys
1 were guests of the O. A. C. fraterni
j ties and also were in Eugene where
a game was played the U. of O. fresh
men. The three games in a row and
the long travel proved too much of a
handicap to the locals and the u. of O.
(Continued on. Page 6.)
Just one mops now
' s Ahv them Voo children must llv
x GO TO BED - ONCB VPOH A . illv
fj TIME mej?E UVEO A WTTLE WlfcY V.
.lllst WNCE3S-llER fVAME. WAS MARV tmp ss ImS.
$M3rJANE ANO ;ne WASVfpm Khun- rWlMf
iiisBiosiiiDiir
GUI A RIG li OF THE LUSH
BOY
MAKE
OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
Great American Home
High School tobe
PresentedWith Flag
,j.
4- Tho presentation of tho ser- 5
4 vice flag of the high school -
I- will take place in tho auditor-
J. ium at 3 o'clock Friday after- )
4 noon, February 1. All Mends
4 and relatives of tho enlisted
J. men of the high school are In- 4
4 vltedand requested to be pros-
4 eut. It will have ono star for 4"
4 every high school hoy who has
I. joined the colors. J
4 The following program has J
J. been arranged: J
1 "Song: "Over There," Boys' 4
Clee Club.
4 Reading by Imngnno Orton.
4 Solo by Marguerite Winters, 4
accompanied on violin hy
Florence Lytich.
Speech by Prof. McNeil. "J
4 Duct by Gladys Iliack and 4
J Jeanette Stoildard.
J. Roadlng by Miss Williamson.
? Solo by Mrs. Scroggin, aecom-
I
4 panled by high school
chestra.
or- ;
"America,'
by entire audience. !
RITSSH HI
HiS 10
E DRAFTED
WILL HE GIVEN Til.ME TO RE
TURN HOME II'- THKY DON'T '
ENLIST, DItAI'T FOLLOWS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3'!. Great
Britain iiarrccd the United States may
draft their subjects here into the
army, Secretary Landing announced
to the Senate. He sairi Hi-itishers and
Canadians would be given a specified
for enlistment and afterward would be
subject to American draft.
!
Baker T.lilli'iterS FaVOr
A "nv-ir-x-Heai" Kundav
U-lC-cUeBQ jUi1c-dy
j BAKER, Jan. I!!!. In line with the.
other "less'' days, linker ministers ad-
vocate the "funeralitss Sunday." The
; matter has been discussed at several
sessions of the Mir.i.itcrial Association,
and the public may be nskod to hnve
funerals on days other than the sab-,
bath.
j This will reica e florists, under-
takers and pastors from working Sun-
day, and leave all people m ire free ti
(to to church, s.iy the minittcrs. wha
; declare the plan has been a success
in Eastern cities where tried out.
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JANUARY 30, 1918
CIPHER CODE REVEALS DUPLI
CITY WARNING GIVEN TO
TRAVELERS EXPLAINS, -
JOHN R. RATHOM PROVES
GERMANY'S CRIME
World Almanac Was Used as Code
Rook German Embassy Received
Orders to Print Advertisements
Warning Public,'
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Tho cipher
message which proved that Berlin di
rected the sinking of the Lusitania is
made public for tho first time in the
World's Work magazine, published to
day. John R. Rathom, editor of the
Providence Journal, which exposed
t numerous German plots in this coun
i i try during the last three years, in an
2 ! I.. ,lntnM flin tnnthnrla ho
.,1 VIIU ,11 UtMlll fcllV ,,,., .......
V...... I 4-.. .,nn.,tl, tl, nrb nf tlin flnr.
unci, v n .
man agents, quotes this message from
his files, and explains how it was de
coded. The message, in cipher, reads
as follows: '
From Berlin Foreign Office.
To Botschaft, Washington,
lif.fl (H-W) Welt ninetoen-fifteen
warnc 175 29 'I stop 175 I 2 stop
durch 022 2 4 stop 1 7 18 stop LIX
11 3 4 5 0.,
This cipher message came through
' from Naucn, Germany, to Sayville,
Long Island, at 2 o'clock on the morn
ing of April 20, 1015, and was caught
by tl.o operator at a wireless station
maintained by tho Providence Journal.
It was especially interesting because
it followed none of. tho codes which
I they had previously observed. It was
, evidently important, because four at
! tempts were mude to put it through
before the German station succeeded
,in overcoming tho unfavorable static
' conditions which prevailed that morn
! lag. Every attempt to decipher It
! failed, until somebody with a line on
the internal activities remembered
that during that morning Prince Hatz
feldt of the embassy staff had been
looking for a New York World Al
manac. The first two words of the
message "Welt (German for 'world')
Ifllo," supplied the clue. Following
lhp outnumber. In In. message
representing papre, line, and word in
I the World Almanac for 1915, the
Journal men decoded the rctr.sRKe as
follows: "Warn Lusitania panseniror
(,) ,hVu-'n ',res" not -vai!' acro,8a
the Atlantic!- Two days later the
Rrmnn om,SSy printed the now
h itor-ic advertisement in the New
y(,rk papers warning travelers not to
croR, tyie Atlantic, and a week later,
oll ay ; the l.usilania was sunk by
crman submarine,
A dramatic touch of suggestion of
! death in the messnice lies in the fact
thlt the wor(i not in it is taken from
,),,, frst sentence of an obituary of
t)c (C Joseph Pulitzer, former owner
0f i,c World, which publishes the Al-
j - -
(Continued on PuRe Five)
Berlin's Strike
Is Reported
Growing Fast
Movement Is Spreading to Provincial Towns Danzig
and Hamburg Are Affected Workmen's Council
of Five Hundre Formed in Berlin
ACTION COMMISSION OF TEN MEN AND
WOMEN FORMED MANY RIIOES AFLOAT
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30. The newspaper Vorwacrta aayg half a'
million strikers were out in Berlin Monday.
Five airplane factories have; closed. A railway strlko is likely,
disorders are frequent. ' .
It is reported some Krupp workers arc striking and that the
entire war industry is paralyzed. Hamburg ship workers have quit.
Kiel munition workers quit Sunday. ,
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 30. Late Berlin dispatches say
Berlin's strike is growing hourly.
The movement is spreading to provincial towns.
Danzig and Hamburg arc affected.
The workmen's council of five hundred formed in
Berlin is to be represented by' an "action commission of
ten men and women."- '
Humors have been circulated that German soldiers on
the east .front shot some officers; also that disturbances
occurred among members of the fleet at Kiel, This is
unconfirmed. . - 1
' All Social ip'-rijisses joined the council.'
.Scheidcnuiif trild Dr. Haase, the leader of the inde
pendent Socialists, and two workmen, told the Under
Secretary of the Interior von Wallrolf, of the formation
of the workmen's council and demanded pegotiations rela
tive to the strike be held in tho presence of the workmen.
Wallrolf prohibited labor meetings and announced he will
not negotiate with the strikers but, would receive a dele
gation of Socialist members of the Reichstag. -
One d ispatclj says ,.s venty-f iyc tljfiisnp,d are sto-iking. ,
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND '
v STRIKING IN BERLIN MONDAY
BERNE, Jan. 30. The Frankfurter Zeitung received
today says one hundred thousand were striking in Berlin
Monday. There were no demonstrations or processions.
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ANARCHISTS IN
PETROGRAl), Jan. 30.
T M
diers and workmen at llelsiiigforin, Finland, ultiniated
the American ambassador
sonally responsible for the
Bcrktiian, the aiuir 'list convicted m America ot com
batting the draft, -atcr the Bol'lieviki reported the
capture of lleLsingform from Finnish revolutionists.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. A. dangerous international
situation developed from the Finnish anarchists threat
to hold the American ambassador at Russia responsible
for Berkman. The order for the execution of Berkman's
prison sentence is in the mail.
The news of President Wilson's intervention in the
Mooney ease was cabled Russia and is being widely spread
there. .
THRIFT STAMPS
TO BE SOLD IN
n
OlMiAXI.ATloX TO SI'ltKAl) TIIH
DOCTItl.MOS Oh' TllltlKT AM)
SAVINti IS KOItMKI)
Ono of the most comprehensive
and far-reaching organizations yet
devised as an adjunct to I lie Groat
War Is the machinery now set in mo
tion to stimulate the sale of thrift
stamps. Oregon Is being cast and
molded Into a compact organization
that has a nilnature of the state as
sociation In each county, and each
district In tho county Is but a con
tinuation of the parnt organization.
Yesterday afternoon C. X. Wona
cott met the Union county committee
and laid before them tho minute 8e-
(Contlnued on Page 8.)
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NUMBER 137
FINLAND
An anarchist group of sol
that he would be held per
life and liberty of Alexander
B. C. FEDERATION
OF LABOR HOLDS
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 30. Thu
eighth annual convention of the Brit
ish Columbia Federation of Labor got
down to real business today, following
arrival of the last delegates and the
close of preliminary business matters.
The question of a separate political
organization in the interests of labor
will be one of the big questions to be
settled at this session. Reports on the
I iNotiingnam coniercncc win aiso re
ceive consideration.
VANCOUVER ISLAND
BREAKS COAL RECORD
VICTORIA, 11. C, Jan. 30. Pre
vious production records of the Van
couver Island colletles were shat
tered during 1 !1 7 when 1,1)98,235
long tons of coal were mined. This
was an Increase or nearly a quarter
of a million tons over 1916. Owing
to lnbor troubles in other districts,
the district output will not be ex
ceptionally large.
West Linn Modem 100 room ho
tel building to be erected by Crown
Willamette Paper Co.
AMBASSADOR