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VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE, OIJECOX, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918
NUMBER 13(5
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RIGAN ALLIANCE DEPENDS
ON THE OUTCOME IN RUSSIA
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If Movement Toward Siberia Is Made
It Will Be a 'Joint Enterprise With
a Full Statement of Aims Promul
gated In Advance.
CABINET WILL
PROBABLY
TALK IT OVER
opposition or ius.max fac
tions IS 1 KAltl.D 1
ALL IS LEFT FOR
' UNCLE SAM'S DECISION
' Answer Will Likely Follow Insist
ence of Allies For An Early De
cision, i
(United Press) .. ...
WASHINGTON, March 1. Up to
this dale neithor President Wilson
nor Secrotury Lansing have' given
out any decision regarding Japanese
Intervention in Siberia but it Is like
ly that an answer to the Japanese
suggestions will be made as soon as
it Is evident that the Allies become
sufficiently pressing for a decision.
The Allies have left the question up
to America to decide whether the
Japs shall act alone, or in conjunc
tion with the United Statos or
whether the project should be
abandonod altogether.
The American decision liinges
largely on the outcome of the pres
ent German invasion of Russia. If
this Is 'stopped President Wilson
may decide that the Siberian move
will not be necessary, as It would
be likely to cause the Russian fac
tions to misinterpret the motives.
Russian, diplomats suggest thut
the undertaking by the Japanese
alone would cause trouble. It Is
very essential' that whatever action
is tnken should be mado jointly with
a full explanation and statement or
the aims in advance. All the Allies
arc in favor of the expedition us
outlined by Japan.
tierninn Chicanery Suggested.
WASHINGTON, March 1. There
will be a meeting of the cabinet this
afternoon at which the Siberian mat
ter will probably be discussed. Some
officials fear that many Russians
will join the Germans if Japan un
dertakes to enter Siberia, and, in
explanation of this view, say that
the German "Berlin to Tokio" threat
is in reality a Gorman-made "Hob
goblin" to cause Japan to enter Si
beria and thus cause a split umong
the Russians.
After the British ambassador had
had a conference with Secretary
Lansing the latter took the mutter
up with President Wilson.
o
Kncmy Attack ltcH.'llcd.
LONDON. March 1. British raids
have taken place North of the Yprcs
Staden railway. There is mutual
artillerying East of Yprcs near Va
cuerie. Tho French and. American
forces repelled nn organized enemy
attack southeast of Butte-du-Edsil.
Congratulations ;re being show
ered on Dr. and Mrs. A. C. McCown
over the birth of an eight-pound
g'rl.
Fred Ashley of Enterprise Ib ex
pected In town today on business.
AMERICAN ARTILLERY AVENGES
THE GERMAN GAS ATTACK
(United Press.)
ON THE FRONT WITH THE
AMERICAN AR!ftY IN FRANCE,
March 1. American artillerymen
have avenged the recent German
gas attack by completely leveling
the trench from which the sras.
bombs woro firpd. In which fivi
Moose Lodge has
New Silk Flag
The Mooso Lodge of La Grande
has a new silk flag which is not
only a thing of beauty but is treas
ured as the Insignia of loyalty by
the members of the order. Tlio
Moose Lodges throughout the coun
try; be it known, are , very active
in various activities for the promo
tion of war work benefits. As one
single instance of tills sort of pat
riotic effort the Moose lodge, is col
lecting a fund of $600,000 for war
charities. It is estimated thut there
are 100,000 members of tho order
in war service in ,the American and
Canadian contingents.
Tho new flag is hand made and
to Mrs. A. M. Blrdsell of this city Is
due the honor of its artistic crea
tion. The flag Is now oil dlspluy
In the window at Young's confec
tionery on Adams avenue.
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COAL ORDER JS DEFENDED
Congressman ISuilncy Charges Dlffl-
culty to Transportation.
WASHINGTON, arch 1. Do
fending Fuel Administrator Gar
field's coalloss order Congressman
Raincy declared In the House today
that the fuel situution was so ser
ious that all the Allied cause was
threatened after January 15 when
the American lines of communication-
with Prance were "absolutely
destroyed," owing to the clogged
condition of transportation which
did not allow coal or steel to reach
'the steamships. The sudden fuel
j less order was Imperatively neces
sary in order to coal 250 ships
j which woro ready to sail. He said
ithe railroad tie-up had lowered pro
ijcctilc steel shipments 45 percent,
ibut after the fuelless ordor sup
! plies huvo been moving regularly
Franccward. He says there was
nothing tho matter witli the coal i
' but with the transportation. j
School Children
are Complimented
! School Superintendent Ivanlioc
i made a special address today in the
! nature of a complimentary apprccia
J tion of the splendid work done by
! the puils of Iy Creek school dis-
trict, three miles north of Summcr
villc. On the face of the record
I made this appreciation was well de
served and naturally dieted tho
i most heart-felt accord on tho part
I i-f Mrs. - Ivanhoe.
There arc but eighteen pupils In
; the Dry Creek school and every Inst
' i,ne of them have gone over the top
'end much more to spare. Tho pu
! nils- alone have purchasedSl ,003
ivorth of stamps and the total
'amount sold In the district is $2,151.
Tills is the condensed record of
War Stamp speed as shown by the
i Dry Creek school.
TEX AMERICAN'S CAPTIKKD
According to ltcKrts Coming From .
- German Sources.
r BERLIN, via London, March 1.
! At Moseyr, 50 miles South of Minsk'
'the Cermans captured a flotilla.
The German army has reached 1
Dnelper on the north of. the Uk-!
; raine front, capturing Rjetschlza, j
aftei a hot fight near Chukningnon. j
Ten Americans were captured.
American soldiers were killed 'and
sixty ot Iters overcome. French avi
ators directed the fire which com
pletely destroyed the trench batter
ies and demolished the trench.
There are no accurate figures as to
the German mortality. Rain con
tinues nlong the battle front.
Our
MA SEMT. WILU6 To
TrfB STORE FOIfc A BIS
order thimkikk; sue
jET TWO B?W4D3 OF
-SIXJA.E WITH IT1
GRABS THE
I
The La -Grande high school bask
et ball .'.team won the' undisputed
Eastern Oregon championship and
established a mighty good claim to
the stuto championship when they
gave the Baker high school tentr
a full-sized trimming In the local
gym last evening. The final score
was 65 to 11 with Baker mighty
lucky to get the 1 1.
Garity and Tnylor were tho prin
cipal point getters of the locals,
"Toots" scoring 28 points and Tom
26, while McDonuld at center and
Judy Ash and Mose Lymun lit guard
kept tho visitors from scoring with
the exception of four field , goah
which they managed to slip in the
hoop.
Shaw of Baker refereed und guvt
the local fans heart failure by his
actions in culling fouls on the loc
als. He evidently Is used to havinr
pink tea served at the .games played
in his home town, since the players
had to walk on their toes with
fingers crossed and talk in a wills
per. The local boys are used to go
ing at top speed but wore unable U
under those conditions, .. and the
game was the slowest played, here
this season. '"'' ' " L V
The La Grande team closed
season with last night's game and
have gone through the season, with
out being defeated by a high schoo'
team In Oregon. They have scored.
In the last three games played,. 189
points to their opponents', 37. Fol
lowing Is lastnight's line-up with
the individual scores:
Taylor, F, 25 '
Garity, F. 26.
McDonald, C, 10.
Ash, Capt. ), G,
Lyman, G, 4.
HOUSES SELL Wl-
Large .Number of lluycrs Have .Made
(Many Purchases.
The sale of horses lias been
among the prominent activities in
the community In recent days. There
have been probably a hair dozen
purchasers in the veal market and
nearly all have made purchases.
Mr. Day, ' the Colorado buyer, re
cently sent out' two car loads and
also a car of cattle.
The horses mostly In demand ure
of the draft class and they are to
be used in general farm work. Good
young horses or the draft class
have been selling at (154 to $209
a head. ' .
Mooiicy Tletrial Is Denied,
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1. The
Supreme Court nas denied a retrial ,
for Mooney and only the Governor:
or the President can save his life.
MiGN
SCHOOL
A
Great American Home
amo- that's
I OROEOO
TUIW6S ToPAM !!
would
Local Mills are
Not Yet Affected
Local ' luHiboring mills are riot
effected, at. least not at present, in
tho government operation of plants
and adoption of the buslc eight hour
day. This order, according to pres
ent understandings of things, ap
plies only to , spruce lumber mills
and does not effect- the mills wit!',
fir and pine products. Mr. George
Palmer, of the' Palmer Lumber com
pany, stutcd to tho Observer today:
"Wo huvo not yet received any
notification of having been placed
under the new governmental regime
and assume thut our plant will con
tinue as usual. ' However, wo expect
to know definitely as to all the con
ditions the fore part of tho coming
week."
Service Flag Is
Still on Display
It has been decided to keep the
O.-W. It. & N. service flag in La
Grande for a day or two longer and
it is still at the employes' club
rooms on Fir street. The officials I
would like that all who have not !
had the stars of their friends or
relatives affixed to do so. There
appears to be something like four
teen Btars yet to bo attached to the
flag tq show the list of the com
pany's employes who arc now with
the, - colors in some part of the
world. It is desired to have the
service, flag as fully complete as
possible In its decorations of lienor.
THE LAST WORD IN
;i i '
A 1
ViT
There's no limit. It seems.' to what the'armles will com
mandeer. This potlu appropriated a baby carriage the only
vehicle handy when the barrel of wine he was taking to hi
comradea In the trenches became too heavy, t
. vmy
ALL TUESB
DOUBLE BILL -IS
STAGED
T
MAI.N CARD IS THVE- LAMBERT
I'l.MSll CONTEST t:V'
Then .luck O'Xclll Will Undertake
llnudlcuii In Putting Jluzukos
: On tho Mut.
Tho Thye-Lnmbert finish wrest
ling mutch at tho Arcade this even
ing is arousing considerable Inter
est nnd those familiar with the rec
ords of the two men aro undecided
as to the selection of the winner.
In comparing these two well
known athletes, one Is naturally im
pressed with tho contrast in gonoinl
appearance, Mr. Lambert being a
short, powerfully built man with ro
murkublc strength and lute of
wrestling ability, Willie Thyo is tall
and slender, with long tapering
muscles, which are under tho con
trol of a splendid wrestling head,
which has guided him out of many
closo iiuarters In battling a danger
ous opponent.
The contest will start at ten
o'clock, immediately, following the
pictures at the Arcade. - A good pre
liminary has been arranged -as a
curtain raiser and tho main bout,
which Is to be a two and a half
(Continued on Page 4.)
COM M ANDEERLNG
,, .
FOR TO
Branch Trains
on New Schedule
A chango in tho schedule of the
branch line grains will go Into ef
fect Monday morning. ; This Is fol
lowing the ruie in vogue for several
years past that of an" earlier start
and earlier- arrival than tho sched
iio in effect for the winter months.
Beginning Monday; March 3r the
schedule will be: , ;
Outbound Leave La Grande at
8 av ni., arriving at Joseph uc 12:10
p. lu, ;
Returning Leave Joseph. 1:30 p.
m.( arriving at La Grande, 6:30
p. m.
"MURDER IX COIJJ IJIiOOD"
This Is Verdict of Coroner's Jury
at Lour Crock.
LONG CREEK, March 1. "Mur
der In cold blood," Was the verdict
ot the coroner's jury impanelled In
the inquest held here Friday to in
vestigate the; dentil of E. E. McGue
who was shot by Frederick, better
known as "Fritz," Rader, Wednes
day, February 20.
According to the testimony given
at the inquest" Rader and McCue
had had a misunderstanding over
some land, but no real trouble until
McCue returned from Silvies valley
two' weeks ago. , ,
They met at the old Johnson cab
In Wednesday and the two started
to quarrel. Frank Hale, who was
present, fearing that , there would
be trouble left tho eabln, but had
-mnly a short distance when he
heard some one calling for ' help.
Returning to the eabln he found
Rader and McCue struggling on the
floor. Rader had called for help.
' Hale then separated the two men
and wbb dragging Rader from the
house whon he drew a revolver and
fired five shots at McCue ' under
Hale's aim. All five shots took 'ef
fort. ' " ' ' - i '.' '
k Halo remained with MoCuo while
Rader rodo ' to' the noarest"rHncli to
summon a physician.
Medio was operated upon,' 'but
as the physician was obliged to hur
ry, he had not sufficient, chloro
form, tho stitches pulled out.
McCue remained conscious until
the end and was able to talk until
a few, minutes before his death.
Ho dictated his testimony as to tho
shooting and signed It before ho
died.
o
A. Durnll und family left Just
night for Seattle where he has ac
cepted a position with . the Sound
Produce Co.
; . . o 1 :. s
Full Uniforms
for Home Guards
Quartermaster Nolan Skiff has
ordered through the N. K. West
Company of La Grande, 100 full
uniforms for the Home Guard. With
tho arrival ot these uniforms Union
County will have one of tho best
equipped and officered homo guards
In the State.
MAX POWER IS LIMITED
Itrltlsh Speaker Is Optimistic Over
Western Drive.
NEW YORK, March 1. Sir John
Frazer, chairman of the British lec
ture committee, In an address liore
denies the report that Great Britain
can raise an additional army of two
million men. He says they cannot
put more than three-iiunrters or a
million more In the field. He ex
pressed the utmost confidence thut
the German west offensive will be
most sanguinarily repulsed.
o
Judge .Morris Critically III. .
SEATTLE, March 1. Supreme
Court Judge George Morris, who is
critically 111, has been rushed from
Olympln to be operated on this
morning for what is believed to be
intestinal cancer.
BIG CLASH IS
I
I PETHOGRAD, March 1. The en-
; einy has thrown largo forces against
j the brslia front, 300 miles South of
Petrograd. Thousands of armed
I workmen have been rushing there
from Moscow and hove thrown up:
trenches behind Orsha and a big I
battle Is expected. According to a ;
BETWEEN
PREPARING
FOR THE BIG
E
Local committees ot the Union
County Advisory War Board aro .
working many weary hours bring
ing the coming Liberty Loan drive .
to a complete and detailed arrang-.
mont before the hour of the drive
cornea.' ' . Collectively . and Individ
ually the precinct commllrocs will
ferret out the precinct quota strictly
on a , basis ot assessed valuation
and pay roll. Isolated cases where
such a method of arriving at the
amount each person in the county
should give would not apply will ;
taken up by the local commlttoo In
that district, but on the whole that
Is thaj,msnner, of determining tho ,
precinct qtiota, and, to oarry tho
plan further, Is to be the manner of
arriving ' at what each individual
should give. Realizing that It will
be vastly harder to raise the quota
for the county this time, due to
numerous conspicuous reasons, tho
committees are - preparing the way
thoroughly for a fine-tooth comb
ing of the furthermost recesses of
the county to get every resident on
the list. Each taxpayer and each
person on a payroll is being card
indexed by the committees which
In the aggregate number consider
ablyover 125 and represented the
lines of industry every wheie.
The assessment and payroll basis
la rapidly becoming the favorite
means for establishing precinct and
county quotas -everywhere in the
State, and is held up by the work
ing committees as the most equit
able and fair arrangement that, bus
yet been offered anywhere. -
Almost daily . conferences and
much burning of, midnight oil is the
general fulo of these committees in
the various, precincts which Jointly
constitute., tliej guion County Advis
&Vp v li'-6b1!'.Tiiricir"W'. lp direct '
th canvass at the coming drive.
1'AHIS REPORTS FIGHTIXO
Violent Hand to Hand Encounters
Follow Artillerying.
- PARIS, March 1. Sharp fighting
Is In progress at several, points, In-,
eluding violent hand to hand en
counters following '.artillerying cast,
of Chavlgnon. Tho enemy, uflof
fierce artillerying attacked nt that
place but were repelled with heavy
losses.. There IB violent artlllorying
at Croanna, ' Rhoims, Chumpugnu,
and In the Argonno nnd Woovra dis
tricts. NEW Ll'MIIEH MOVE
Semite Comruittoe Recommends En
tire Production Controlled.
WASHINGTON, March ; 1. The
Senute military committee has re
ported favorably a bill putting all
the nation's lumber production In
tho hands of President Wilson.
' The appropriations committee lias
reportod the executive and Judiciul
appropriations bill to the House.
The bill carries total approbations
of seventy millions.
o - .
ItlCE FLOUR AS Hl'HSTITl TE
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 1. Food
Administrator Hoover has explained
that bakers may be compelled td
use rice flour as a wheat substitute
all this month. The difficulty In
procuring other substitutes has
caused the extension of the time till
March 30.
Near-beer makers have been lim
ited to a 70 percent of tho grain or
other foodstuffs they used last year,
the same as the brewers.
Kaiser Convokes Crowned Council.
WASHINGTON, March 1. Tho
Kaiser has convoked a crowned
council representing all the reigning
families to assemble nt the great
headquarters, it is officially learned.
EXPECTED
Bolshevik statement made last night
the German offensive has been
stopped, owing to the resistance of
the Russian revolutionists. Soviets
i In the larger cities are demanding a
holy war against Germany, and arc
advocating the arming of the entire
Russian population.
LOAN DRIV
S
RUSSIANS