La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 21, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textdrattfo An Independent Newspaper. Printa the New the Day It Happen Phone The Observer J the Newa and Your Want Ads, Main 37 ' ' 'j i VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918 NUMBER 129 L.ll,''i EIGHT ELGI N BOYS ENLIST TO AVENGE TERRY TUTTLE'S DEATH PETHOGRftD PREPARES FOR DESPERATE I '.M TO .AY LO(L QU1NTKT DEFENSE: ALLIED LEGATIONS READY II imABa vim A a ri i f. LU i. I ML L'l nil MA rn i r r n m nun i I IIWIII I Ilia Wbl IB Will llWIa (Delayed.) American and allied ambassadors arc pre . Thev are" overwhelmed bv Lenhie's and Trotsky's sud will .. Coining partially on their 1 own expenses Iji order llmt ! J. they may take if whirl at the !.. heretofore iniincihlo L Grande hifjh .school bavkct i 4" ball team, the Enterprise J. quintet will urrlvo . m La Grande-'tomorrow night Ip '2 'lay the locals ut the high J .. ;nol gym- Tlii:i ono team Is ; the only Eastern Oregon team that the La Gruudo team has j 5 not played or' been oliininat- ; ed otherwise. ' Enterprise i 4. alone .stands In the way of the lint;., championship and so cohfid- LODGE PLAN J ! ! ! 'h H- 4 A GREETINGS i but. sav even separate peace I ....... . !,;,.! .,,1... ,...f . p ii. ............ , eni are tne visitors of win- ....m: .iiiil mnum c i ,, """"" 4- nln that -they are coming In r our commissioners supporieu ana lour opposed, tne .t. spite or the fact terrible battle PFTROG.RAD, Feb. 20. paring fur a tjuii'k departure deu "willingness" to-sign the German ncarf mean a Russian-Allied break, cing his willingness to sign. latier men .created a s.ioriuv scene, saying a spurns -th. offer. . ine ur riiiiiMiiftMin i cportcd ."scores 01 iiiiiusuuus oi ueil vtuatus i,rc oiyaiuA-t.' .J.TI10 game is called for S:0 and the Pctrograd garrison is entrenching the city for a desperate defense.-" Pctro-j 4r o'clock. - Roiio Lyman, one of .idV f.-irn u-ill !,. iii.ilml in Fi.vf nicilit :iu n v,.Jiilr ,.f ., .-,...' I.. ,l,.l',.n,l l.ii..,fpi"i,l : the eracks of the team who " " ' " l" ""c"":.i. has been cut mosl nf llu, , 4. with Injuries, will Kturt in the game. -.J. ' . . : :- v v r splto of the fact that they i,S certain if Germany couldn'J get any other games .J. 1 .J. In .this county to help hear .J. ' ! 4 the heavy expense hurden. at all costs. Ukases Are Issued LONDON", Eeb. 21. The Germans are twenty miles east of Vitebeck and distrib uted proclamations saying resistance to Germany is futile. The Germans are pre paring to occupy retrograd. Arrangements for tho fitting en toitninment of the 1 'ort land Knights of Khorassan and the Grand Lodgo officers of Knights of I'ythlas lodge in this state when they come to town next Saturday has been made. A luncheon will bo given at the noon hour, for them 'and at that time merchants and professional men aro invited to Join and greet .the visitors. That evening' about 1 5 o'clock It is expected that the ; Portland crowd, 20 of whom con stitute the famous Portland patrol of the Dramatic Order of KniKhtn of : Khoraiisan. and the ' La Grande temple, will be out In full regalia. These regaling arc the mni't spec tacular and striking, probably, of any lodge costume In tho city. The , Portlando'rs will give a drill, weath , er permitting, before leaving for Elgin on the 6:30". lOVKItY I'lWIJU ; NOW A .KNlOlt DIVISION!)!! I'ostoffice Closr'd Toinormir The Holland says Germany declines-to make peace with Russia until the independence wi)I be'cl(),!,tl nll duy to of Russian Poland and the Jiussian debts to the Central powers are guaranteed. morrow, Washington's" birthday. c: Itell Austin Dead. . Tho de.tlh of Ilell Austin occurred at her home at J. V. Oliver's, 1519 Adams Ave., ut It) p. in., February 20, 1918. The deceased wus 50 llnanf nA tU. '. vmk nlrl tin.l I, i A ll.-a,l nf lha' m Many Advances Made ' o uml 10 o'clock, when the general de-i iver home 40 years. PETROGRAD, Feb. 21.--The Germans are attempting to cut the Lithua-Roiiian j11?- ieKi5trJ '"J carders' windows i Tim runerai win bo from the pap- , , , rm i i. i.- ,, , . , i i ! will be open. 7 here will be no city or 1 tlal chinch 1'ilday, February 22, at railroad, i lie Russians are retreatn: without resistance and abandoning supplies. . !,.ura, deliveries: i2 p. m. j. c. iiemy undertaker. Turkish troops have appeared at Treb.i.sond. Germans hayeoeeupiedllapsal, a Fin-1 nish seaport and arrested all officials. The Germans are approaching Pskoff from Dvinsk. Aiistro-Germaiis are concentrating" on the southwest front, while Ukrainians are cowentrating at Brest-Litov.sk under German generals. ' I : ; I " Suiniuorvlllc's school child ren have attained new distinc tions. Every active pup l en rolled in that school Is uow a member of tho Junior Rain bow Division, baring k ,d at least J50.00 worth of "hrllt Stumps. Word coiulni- n to Mrs., A, E. Ivanhoc, county school superlntenden . , from Principal Starr at tin minor- A vllle today gives the remark- uhle fact publicity. Thoro are 4 43 attending school and cv- 4 ory one is now "over the top." .. The last ones to go over are: 4 Elinor Campbell, I'rltzio Ott, 4. Doris Oswald, Kay Vermillion, 4. Fay Hamilteu, Clarenco Good- 4. win, Allco and Rex Ott, Eulah 4. Ott, Leila Ott, Ina Goodwin, Nina Goodwin, llcrhlcc flnek, 4. Esther , Vermillion, Maud 4. necker, Melba McKlnzIo, 4. .lames Jackson,. James Archer. 4. ill Pi HEROES TODAY 4. 4. 4. .j. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hugo Humor Completed. -KLAMATH FAi.LS, Or., Feb. 20. The big new s!b burner now bo inp 'D'r.iled byhe Klamalh Manu facturing 00.; y at Shlpplngton on the I'pper Klamath Lake Is near ly completed. The burner Is 90 foot hlsh and twenty-two feet in diameter. It weighs approximately 100 tons. A now log way also Is bolng constructed to facilitate get ting tho logB out of the wator to the mill. LA GRANDE PEOPLE WILL GIVE DINNER 'TO. GROUP OF ELGIN BOYS ANOTHER HALLGRATH IS GOING TO THE FRONT After Banquet This Evening at Foley Hotel for Elgin Boys, They will Pro ceed to Portland for Enlistment in Various Branches, Determined to Avenge Death. . 0 ACUIIITTE! YOl'TH GIVEN l'ltKEDOM AFTER lXCAItCUIlA'I'ION FOLLOW ING ltHt'EXT HOLD-l V SALMON TAKEN OFF NORTHWEST MARKET O, W. Service Flag Here . j' To Have New Stars Attached . PORTLAND, .Fob. .21. Salmon Administrator Dent ing of Delliiighaiii; has ordered winners throughout the Northwest to hold all varieties of canned salmon for the army and navy and cease sales. This was preceded bv a : request-for the. amount on hand. The government is to I fix the priceiV i ' . v . ; o , , GERMANS ADVANCE RAPIDLY i liElMJN, Feb. 21. The Germans are pressing east from Dvinsk, Piusk, Rovno on a 400-inile front and has cleared the country of the eneniv. JURY DELIBERATES FOR PERIOD OF 40 MINUTES FRENCH NIP SPY PLOT IN THE EUD ,-., ... ,. .. , PA RISFcb. 21. A spy organization to create insur-1 .Young Ma" Thanks Ills Friends lor! . . ' , ;, ? , , consideration siumn i iim Dining ! rcetioiis iif 1'i'aiice during the German olteiisive has been i His ArrcNt und Trial Leaves, discovered. It is alleged a German barkeeper directed i With His Fnther Oregon Tomorrow. for Southern Richard (Dick) Roberts was to day acquitted of the charge or as sault with a dangerous weapon and robbifi'y, preferred against him as a consequence of the recent holdup of the Silver Grill late one night a few weeks ago. .The case which hasjOllce. been before the circuit court hero; "-' for several days, went to the jury this morning. After 40 minutes or deliberation it returned with a verdict of not it. Many arrests were made, including a draftsman at, the arms factory. ; - . j : o i ENGLISH MILITARY CRITIC FINED HEAVILY LONDON', Feb. 21. Colonel 'Rcpington, a military i itic of the Morning Post, was fined five hundred dollars and costs for writing criticism of the Versailles confer- Ilie Posts editor was similarly fined. guilty.. Alter his full release, Mr. Roberts and his father, S. M. Rob-j HARMONY IS MIDDLE NAME, OF HAYS, NEW REPUBLICAN CHIEF crts, who has been here rrom South ern Oregon during the trial, made j arrangements to leave tomorrow j for the family circle. j "I want to especially tlmnk ull , my friends who were so kind and i considerate to mo during my Incar- i ccration and trial." said Mr. Rob erts this morning. I BRANCH TRAIN MAY CHANG E jyt.Allltl'.L OVKI! LAND ! IIIISI'LTS t. .MflSDEIl i , ' , Proiiiiiirnr. (irant unity Mm-Kinnn Siiiivnders After Sliootlng llomestender. if ..: '. ,''" ' ':: ' ' ' i ' ' ' , ( ' ' ( .. ( ' f . -., (. - s " ' ' . t '' " A " .' 9- i ' .l: -5 im -A Important changes in the sciied-; ulo of the branch line aro reliably : Will H. Hays Is a worker, an organizer and a harmonizer. Har- t- (.1. t'mMril. namnt oil reported to be under consideration. , eyfln ff fh() .,H doea gtand' It is expected that about a week I for something else he got at tho rrnm next Sunday a new schedule i cnnstening. -will become effect I i, and will take; the Joseph train out of Ln Grande nt 8 a. in., and return here at 5:30 ' instead of 6:30. It will likewise-; reach Joseph In time for dinner 12:10 to be exact and will allow; North end people to reach La . Grande before orrices and business j houses close In the evening. Address at "V" Sunday The fourth of the scries of lectures on lie prob-j lems by Rev. C. A. Phipps will be! given at the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday! afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. Phipps will review the first three lectures to some; extent and will take up the fourth lec- j ture, showing many other problem.; confronting the your. man today. M.r Harley RichRrdson will sing. The new Republican National Committee chairman is a country lawyer. 40 years old. He started as a rank and file Republican worker ln Indiana and in 1900 was made a precinct committee chairman, - Then he was graduated ' to county and finally state leader-, ship. " ' ; i When he became head of the state organization the party was-, widely split on Progrcssivlsm and. the Democrats were In. complete control. " j Under Hays' ' leadership " har-; mony was -restored and the party' gained strength until in 1916 bis; generalship had turned the state' to the' Republican i column.: Hughes carried it. and two Repnb-: Ucan senators ; replaced theAtwo Democrat.' ! CANYON piTY, Or. Feb. 21. ; ! (Special.) Alex McGUe, about 35. years of age. was shot and killed , i yesterday arternnon by Frits Rader, j ; at Pine Creek, about seven miles I from Loug Crock. McGue was shot I twice through the nead and once , j through the body with bullots from !a heavy calibro revolver, and lived! i less than an hour. : ' Immediately after the shooting, ! ; Rader, who is the son of George i ! Rader, one of tho prominent stock-j ! men and ranchers of Grant County, j i called lip Sheriff Howell, and gave. : himself up, telling the Sheriff to come artcr him In' person as he1 i (Rader) would not come with a i deputy. ! All the details of the crime were j not learned by the authorities here, ' but the shooting is believed to have J followed a quarrel between the two' men ovor some pasture land, leased by McGue from Rader. McGiio Is; survived by a wife and four child-, ren, tho oldest 12 years old and tho; ! youngest about a year old. j McGue and his family came from' I Spokane to this section last Fall ; and took up some land In the Trout i Creek district, but McGue had been 'in the vicinity of Long Creek with stock during the VMnter. The ram illy has been staying nt Trout Creek. I Sherirr Howell lert r.t 0 o'clock i ror Long Creek lo bring Uader and j the body or his victim here. It is i likely that the Coroner w ill rind it unnecessary to hold an Inquest. It Is understood there was one eye witness to the murder, but his name was not lea i ned. Aaf' W'WVffvJWH-;! iW.rf "i:"--'!- " - '.- - -. ..- VLite'W?-.-.:-- ' ' , : : -.-:; ' '.jt! ...... ' " ' J ' '--r."-'' " -rw.''J,'t'i'-,'i.- "' '- Floating majestically from an up per story or the Fpley building to day hangs the O. W. R. R. & N. Co. service fjng, dotted with 438' service stars one of them gold.' The "ono and only gold star among the total lnsignias of O.-W. em ployes now aU- the front, represents the sacrifice of Bert Andrews, of .Li' " Grande, who died In France re cently. The hand-embroidered star was sewed to the monster flag last evening by the mother of the. late hero, Mrs.' Andrews who made tho star herself w;hlle about her In the Division headquarters office - clus tered high officials of the company nnd a score of employes. It had been the purpose of the com pany officials to have each mother, sister or sweetheart of the 'soldiers i represented by stare on the service flag to personally sew on the stars, but this proved impracticable as It was impossible 'to get theso people together, hence the company has -afrixod the stars themselves. In La Grande, however, a group of office girls in the division head quarters will Bew on the 30-odd stars representative of this point. Tho sorvice flag is one of the larg est if its kind anywhere in the coun try. Its measurement Is 17x13 feet nnd is made of fine quality goods. It was brought to La Grande yester day by C. O. Sutherland, assistant to the general manager, who repre sented President J. D. Farrcll. . A. W. Pearly, acting general superin tendent; J. F. Graham, superintend-j Sworn to nvengo with all their pow ers evon unto their own lives tho death of Corporal Terry Tuttle on thff good ship Tuscauia, which a Hun diver sent to the bottom off the coast of Scotland recently, eight Elgin boys are in La Grande today. When the fact of Terry's death was established, these eight boys banded themselves Into a committee to carry out ven geance for Terry's death, and thoy are on their way today. The steel in their eyes is blue and it is safe i "'ture tho guess that there will be no more determined soldiers in the fight for democracy than these eight boys. City to Pay Honor Since the arrival of the octette last night, arrangements for a fitting fare well from the county seat has been made. This evening, at 6 o'clock, a dinner will be given in their honor at the Foley. Guests besides these eight heroes will be members of the Loctil Exemption board, members of the Dis trict Exemption board and members of the Union County Advisory War 'board. Among the eight is a relative of, James Hallgarth, who" wait with Tuttfo on the ship, but was saved from the briny deep that engulfed his compan ion from Elgin. W. H. Kloustra, a member of the group, is of German parentage, but tbat in no wise hinders him from be ing a member of tho following heroic octette: J, Hallgarth, Glenn Graham, W. H. Kloustra, George Rogers, Iver Slmonsen, A. ,L. Shelton, John Wisdon, J. R. Ray. T MEETS A BIG DEMAND At the regular monthly meeting jor tho Y. M. C. A. board or direct ion held last evening, MesBrs. T. J. Iscroggins and W, M. Nichols were olected directors to rill vacancies made by tho romoval of Geo. W. i Gilbert to Tacoma und Dr. J. I. Graham to France. Mucjh business of considerable) Im- ent of motive power; J. T. Langlcy, ; portan'ce wns transacted that will aFSlBiani lo mr. uianam; aim um crs. Mr. Iiollons nnd J. F. Corbett, assistant superintendent, and other division ofricials were also present to witness tho Impiesslve ceremony. Mr. Pearly told of how proud the company was of its soldier boys and how plans uro well undo way to when adopted by the committee appointed for that purpose, place the Association on an excellent fi nancial basis. Th-i Secretary's re port showed that the Association Is becoming' known ns a service sta tion for Uncle Sam and the cills and demands made upon the Institu- protcci tne dependents wn may ue ton provc8 )t lg wor. w,le as u in need. All in all, It was a very j B(lrvlc0 -Kazatn i the corn patriotic moment for all concerned. nmnity. Tho rCp,.t shows that An. auxiliary to care for this work , . copj0 visited the building has already been organizeu anti set j in motion. Those who arc represented, on the j during January than In any pre- J vlous month in the history or tho - Association. AH departments were flag by stars to be sewed on In La f()n,i t0 be flourishing and work Grande Include the following names: ; i.. Qvr time. Mr. W. M. Nichols Al)n O.-W. sei-vhe flags In hicli ninny Jilai s repre-.eiit:iii e of Ln (tl-illiile O.-W. emploje mm ill nar me being nttm-linl. and below. Hie Into I'-eri AndicMH, for nliom I lie only nolil stnr in neiii ly l-"0 has iM'on iilt.-ichcil. .Names Class xf Service Andrews, , llert, (deceased) Anderson, Charles E., Aviation. rtolokol, Krnest N Army. Hettinger, Maurice, unknown. Ulystono, Raymond E., Hosp. Corps, Rowers, Chas. K., Army. lluell, Harvey H Navy, Uoyd, Win. K Hospital Corps. ISradway, Lee I)., Navy. Iliickbee, Walter, Ida. Nat'l Guard flrlnker, Albert. Navy. Ilryant. Frank K., Army. Heck, Paul, Navy. Ilurnelt, Henson, Hospital Corps. Illckrord, Leonard, Navy. Horn, Marchnll J., Unknown. Cooper, Geo. I)., Murine Corps. Chandler, Riley, Navy. Connor, Harry L., Navy. Courtney. Karl C, Army. Cilppen, Frank C, Hospital Coulter, Norvln C. Navy. Cook, Paul Jos., Marines. Daly, Geo. S.. Aviation Corps. Davles, Herbert. Halters. Dailes, Frederick T Q. M. Corps was olected secretary or tho board 1 in place of Geo. W. Gilbert who has J resigned. i . o : . KL'LATIVF.S SHOULD SIGN A SHKVH'K AFFIDAVIT The local exemption hoard of Un . Ion County will appreciate very . much any disposition on the part i of friends or relatives of registrants , now in the military service of tho ! United States ir they will conio to ! the headquarters of tho local ex Icmptlon hoard at. the V. M. C. A. 'building and sign u.i affidavit show- lag that such registrant Is now in i the military service. j This procedure will help the local I hoard In classifying the men In class Corps. ' division D, and then the local : board will be able to send the Qucs tlonalre to the registrant and not j be anxious ir they are not returned ' In a specified time. This is a very -Important matter and relatives are especially asked to 'Continued on Page Seven) i1' nml sK" " affidavit.