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VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918
NUMBER 129
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EIGHT ELGI
N BOYS ENLIST TO AVENGE TERRY TUTTLE'S DEATH
PETHOGRftD PREPARES FOR DESPERATE
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.AY LO(L QU1NTKT
DEFENSE: ALLIED LEGATIONS READY
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(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
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A GREETINGS
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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.
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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. '
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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.
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HEROES TODAY
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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.
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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
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, 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
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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.
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Proiiiiiirnr. (irant unity Mm-Kinnn
Siiiivnders After Sliootlng
llomestender.
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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.
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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.
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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.