La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textsnrer il An Independent Newspaper. Print the News the jcttttttt Phone The Observer l ; ' the Newa and : Your Want Ada. i Main 47 I............... Day It Happens I.. VOLUME XVII .A. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918 GERMAN STRIKE GROWS, AUSTRIA ON VERGE OF REVOLUTION m xmwt Minister Will Not Negotiate German Newspapers Say Industrial Troubles Are Spread ingRevolution Is Said to Be Reigning in Austria, Says One Dispatch LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT PRAGUE REPORTED UNABLE TO CHECK RIOTS The Vorwaerts Newspaper Served on Government by Moves on Basis of "No nities Be Hurried Democratisation of State, Equal Suffrage and Secret Ballot Demanded. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 31. Copies of Germans news papers received declare the German strike is still growing. Minister of the Interior Von AVallrolf continues his refusal to negotiate with the workers. A dispatch to the Democrat declares "Revolution and not strike is reigning in Austria." Reports from Prague state local authorities are .unable to suppress the strikers, and troops have been summoned. The Vorwaerts newspaper prints an ultimatum it says the strikers served on the government, demanding acceleration of peace on a basis of no indemnities, and no annexations, the democratisation of state institutions, and equal suffrage with direct, secret ballot. Furth and Nureniburg munition workers arc'out. Kaiser Telegraphs "We Need Help" AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31. The Kaiser telegraphed the King of Bavaria: "We need the hejp of all who love our severely tested people, especially the help of our political leaders." . o Disorders in Several Towns Reported COPENHAGEN, Jan. 31. The Hamburg Echo, a Socialist paper, says the military commander of the Hamburg district has declared a state of siege against Hamburg, Altona and Wandsbeck. .This is unconfirmed elsewhere. new submarinTdestroyer in vented, SAY SECY DANIELS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 Secretary of Navy Daniels, explaining his request for $45,000,000 to the joint naval committees, said nearly two billions had been spent on the navy during the war, and further heavy expenditures were certain. He said the work was started on a new in vention, "the most deadly foe of the submarine ever in vented," and promised that many of these new destroyers would be active in a few months. Mrs Lorinda Margaret Sullivan Passes Away For Forty Years an Invalid and Af fectionately Known as "Aunt Maggie Sullivan" Mrs. Lorinda Margaret Sullivan died at her home, 1702 Adams avenue, yes terday afternoon, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Sullivan was in the seventy-fourth year of her age and during a period of nearly forty years was a cripple. Notwithstanding this affliction, she was of a sunny tem perament and wa3 affectionately known among her friends as "Aunt Maggie Sullivan." She was born near Mexico, Missouri, March 1, 1844, and made an ox team journey to Oregon in the spring of 1864. She was married to Dr. R. M. Baker in Union, July 24, 1870. This Union was severed by the death of her husband. February 22, 1875. In 1878 she was married in Union to J. P. Pill-! livan, who died that same year. Mrs. Sullivan mnvpd to Ijl Grande in 8lJ'l and has made her home here since that! vm npolc r",m C"vp attended jlme pilie lecture at La Grande Friday In' her first marriage three children' r'l'ht. K11 "V tlie ihr Canadian were born, Mary Edith, Rollin M. and' ""'"7s ' " the Lynn Baker. The letter is deceased, trenches In France and Belgium, and the surviving two are residents of i . 0 La Grande. She also leaves three sis- ters, Mrs. Emma Mason of Caldwell,! Idaho; Mrs. M. Ethlene Rounds ot.uscn in tnc aciuai construction oi tne; Boise, Idaho, and , Mrs. Mignon Gor - don of San Francisco. i The funeral will lie held tomorrow.! Fridav, morning at 10 o'clock at the; home, and the interment will be in the Union cemetery in the afternoon. With Workers Says Ultimatum Has Been Strikers, Demanding Peace Annexations and No Indem MT. FANNIE GRANGE . IN REGULAR SESSION COVE, Jan. 30. (Special. ) Mt, Fannie Grange met In regular ses sion on January 19 with a good at tendance. A business meeting was held In the forenoon and was follow ed by the regular grango dlnnor, after which the lecturer had chargo of the following program: Song Grange. " Iteoitntlon Clarence Carter. Vocal Selection Mrs. Ray Barker. Reading Miss June Chadwlck. Vocal Duet Miss Lavine and Marvin McNeil. Reading Miss Louino McNeil. . Vocal Selection Mrs. Georgiana Chadwlck. Roll Call "To What Extent Should People Who Are Not Tillers Of the Soil Be Admitted to Our Order?". A literary contest with Miss June Chadwlck and Clarence Carter ! captains has been planned for th year. (Jetting Airplane Lumber ! About 200 board feet of wood isj 'averne nirpianc. To obtain this ma- terial it is ordinarily necessary to work about 1500 feet of select lumber.' which often represents all that can be used of lo.llOO board feet of standing : timber. FOUR VARIETIES OR ALLIED SALUTES . ' 'TIs said thai no two men saiuie exncuy aiiKerOr courso tnavsdeucate "comparlson7It would take a good eye to note the difference between the salutes of two seasoned Amrlcan regulars. But the iullled Baluto" well, there's co such animal. Here, tor iustanco, are shown. At salute French, English, lSSfi.tCb a.ndl American soldiers. PLANS MADE FOR LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE L. MICYUlt.H AND A. T: HILL AT TKND CONFKKKNCK OF STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE F. L. Meyers, cashier of the.. La Grande National Bank, has returned form a trip to Portland where he had been on banking business. While there ho attended an executive com mittee meeting of the next Liberty war loan. Nothing definite Is known as to the time when the drive will start or the amount to be subscribed but it Is believed that the drive will probably start on March 1, and that the estimated amount to be raised will be from six to eight billloi dol lars, and that Oregon's quota will be fifty million dollars. The matter will be systematically handled. Absolutely no one In the county will be overlooked or not given an opportunity to "do their bit." Thoso who are able to sub scribe and do not evldonce a will ingness to help and do their share In supporting tho government and as sisting In carrying on the war will be listed and later the matter will be taken up officially. The organization will be very com plete and every precinct in every county will be thoroughly combed. A. T. Hill la the chairman for tins county and he also attended tho con ference. The rest of the executive committee of the county will be ap pointed later. Mr. Hill will name his committeemen and bis recom mendations will bo sent to the Stnte committee in Portland who will make the appointments. In regard to the Thrift Ravings, this county is In process of organiza tion. The selling agencies have been designated In the city of La Grande and will be in every section of the county. This campaign will con tinue all of the year and the govern ment hopes to realize two billion dol lars from the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps. Oregon's quota Is eighteen million dollars. Of this amount Union county will be ex pected to raise about $350,000. -o. Spruce for Paper Pulp Studies at the Forest Products La- j boratory at Madison, Wisconsin, have shown that Engelmann spruce treated by the sulphite process gives a pulp that compares very favorably in color and strength with that of white spruce High Prices Bid for Oats and Barley - 5 - PORTLAND. Jan. SI. 162.50 per ton was bid for $ oats and $!2.75 for brewing barley. Although these are .J. the highest bids in the nation's .J. J history there were no sales. .'. .J. .J. .t. .'. .J.I J a -J fir E? ""T jj " " "v SIX DEGREES LAST NI8HT COLD WEATHER RECORD OF LAST SIXTEEN YEARS IS BROKEN The thermometer at the weather Grande, last night registered six de grees below zero. At Baker it was 18 degrees below. Since the weather records have been kept at the city hull for the last six- Iteen yams, there have been only two I days in that time when the tempora jture went below zero. January 1G, 1917, was one of those days. CENSUS OF WORKERS 15 TO BE TAKI (JOVEISXMK.NT ASKS MEN KXI'KK MCNCEO IN SHIP WlLJMNt; AND AI.LII'.K IXIHtSTitiKH TO ENItOLL Tho Union. County Council of De fense, T. J. Scroggin, chairman lias been asked to assist the United States Public Service. Reserve In fie curing the enrollment of men exper ienced in ship-building and allied industrial lines. Men in other trades also may be enrolled. From these lists men needed in essential war Industries will be drawn. The enrnllinenl in this counly will be done through the Union County ! Council of Defense. In La Grande the work will be In charge of F. I!. Currey, city manager, at his orfico In the City Hall. The enrollment Is to hu done between February I and 11. Application cards and blanks may be obtained there. Other mem bers of the County Council of De fense In the otlier cities and towns of the county will look aftjr the work In tlielr localities. The instructions from the United States Public .Service Reserve s.iys: "A particular efrort should be made to secure ns large an enroll ment as possible of men with oiite experience In shipyard work and oth er industries allid thereto. "Care should to taken to sec that no Impression Is created that men are needed Immediately for any war emergency such as ship-building. The object of the enrollment is to secure a cenpus of trained men for future government, ufc. The men ; having the proper qualifications will be personally examined ns to fitness, lability and willingness to give serv ice to the government. Those c:i- (cfontlnned on Page 2.) BELOW GERMANS BOMB HOSPITAL IN MANY CASUALTIES REPORTED, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN . PARIS, Jan. 31. Last night's Ger man air raiders bombed two hospi tals in addition to other buildings. Many casualties, including womon and children, were reported. The second interallied council at Versailles is expected to conclude to day after two days' of secret meets. Generals Pershing, Bliss, Half? and Cadorna, and Premier Lloyd George, ,were among those attending. ' Marines Swear on Oath PARIS ISLAND, S. C, Jan. 81. (Special.) No fraulein, or whatever it is they call a pin-feathered broiler Unter den Linden, will ever sport a Mnrine Corps ornament at the end of her hat pin if the oath taken today by a recruit company of United Stales Marines in training here, means any thing. This company (designation ami destination deleted by censor), in formal conclave, swore to destroy itheir corps devices and to lose their I lives if need be, rather than see their honored emblem fall into tho hands of the enemy to be worn by his women as a token of victory. The Kaiser's Record Arrnnlinir to one of the German for estry journals, the Kaiser, in 1008, killed 'i,(l!ir. pieces of wild game, In cluding 7p stags, elk and roebuck. At that time lie hnd slaughtered a total of (1,780 pieces, of game, more than a nnn ,.f which were stacrs. and was the leading o-tcrminntor of wild life in tho world. As a siaugnierur vi men, women and children, since 1B14, however, he has been the foremost exterminator of human life in nil his tory. o WAT LENINE LOOKS, LIKE. ;t' mm Here's ""tho" latest "picture bf JClcholas Lcnlnc, Russian Bolshe-; Tlk leader a clnsenp which abowsj what ho really looks like.. THEIR AIR RAIDS 1 Two Americans Killed Four Are Wounded Germans Make Raid on Small Salient Held by Our Troops and Barrage Fire Cuts Them Off from Com munications One American Captured AMERICANS BATTLE ODDS; MIST Lack of Counter Barrage Makes German Advance Easy. German Losses Are Unknown as Dead and Wounded Are Carried Away Five Americans Killed Recently by Chance Shell Captain Kingman Shot by Mist ke by One of Our Own Men. By J. W. Pegler. . WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, Jan. 30. (De lnyfifl.) Americans suffered more casualties through a raid this morning. Two were killed, four wounded and one captured in a sortie against the small American salient. The Americans battled heroically against superior .. odds. .. . Taking advantage of the mist,, the enemy suddenly and intensely barraged the small salient and listening post, destroying lines of communication.''- , The mist hid rocket signals, forcing the Americans to fight without our own counter barrage, making the German advance easy. ; ; ; c ; Blood and disorder show the men fought fiercely The German losses are unknown as they , took away their dead and wounded. . .' ' It is announced five Americans were killed recently : by a chance shell. . v' , .i ; ' "' The 'billy 'officer- id the rtrceitly'Vbunded'list is Cap tain .Kingman. lie was shot by an American, who thought him a Boclic, while reconnoitering. A soldier carried him in. ; -r ...:Vy:r.j.. "' o ' ,' . ' SEIZES APPEAL TO E "WK AUK FIGHTING KOK LllilOlt ' TY AND MKLF GOVERN MENT," 1110 SAYS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. In nn address ho had planned to dollvor at Urbana, 111., President Wilson wnrncd tho farmers that they must do their share to help win victory. "The culminating crisis of the struggle is yet to come," he wroto. "Achievements this year on one side or tho other must determine tho Is sues. In facing this crisis, it turns out that tho forces fighting for the freedom of tho world depend on us In an extraordinary and unexpected do- gree for sustenance "It will be our glory 'en the war Is over that wo have supplied these millennia abundantly. "It will ho more glory because In supplying them wo have made our supreme effort and sacrifice. We are fighting as truly for liberty and self government of the United States as if tho Revolution had to bo re fought." train no. 17 c.irsun DULAY AT KAMF.LA Train No. 117 duo ut La Grande at H:55 a. in. west bound was 40 minutes late yesterday and had to take a siding at Kamela, owing to the deep snow she pulled a draw bar on the dining car and was delayed ubout two hours and put No. 6 an hour and .'10 minuteB late. No. 6 brought the dinor back to La Grande and No. 17 proceeded west expect ing to make up her time as the tracks aro clear and In good shapo between La Grande and Portland. OltFGON SOI, DIF.lt IHKH. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. General Pershing has cabled that twelve more deaths In tho American army have lesulted from Illness, Including George W. Manning, of McMlnnville, Oregon. FARMERS MAD B PRES DENT AGAINST HEAVY HIDES ROCKET SIGNALS ALL T WINNIPEG, Jan. 31. All wheat in Canada's elevators has been seized by the government. Lake shippers have been ordered to cancel orders in United States and to transfer them to the wheat export company, the gov ernment corporation for over- ' seas export. Physical Rules of Army are Relaxed WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Provost Marshal General Crowdor today an nounced changes In army physical re quirements permitting more enroll ments, Indicating ;he army Intends to hold all but Incurables for special or genoral service ' Wldor latitude in heights and weights are permitted. Hoards are ordered not to reject men for foot troubles but to lot the med ical men dccldo on these. Flatfoot . Is no bar. Spinal trouble will not disqualify; neither will color-blindness nor deafness in one ear. o Hates to Coast Advance WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. In-rerres of about 16 per cent in railroa.l o ro tundity rates from tho East and In terior points were authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission yes terday in finally deciding the famous inter-mountain rate case, pending in various forms for years. This nctbn will make the through rates to the Coast ciUcl to higher rates maintained to Spokane, Denver, Salt Lake City. Reno and other intermediate cities ana remove the rate discrimination against which commercial interests of these cities have long protested. The order becomes effective March 15. Visit Eagle Creek Camp Nearly one hundred thousand peo ple visited the Eagle Creek Camp and Picnic Ground, on tho Oregon Na tional Korest, in 1917. Total Timber Cut The total amount of timber cut on the National Forests in the fiscal year 1!H7 was 840,012,000 board feet, as against 714,505,000 board feet in 1916. THE WEATHER j. 4 PORTLAND, Jan. 31. The J- United States Weather bureau !! report: "Fair, continued cold." ! j. -I- -I- I -1- -I- - -i- -I- -I- -1- -I- -I- I RER IE