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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1918)
; WEDNESDAY, . MARCH G, 1918 LA GRANDE EY EMNti UtfcuiAiiv juc FALSE RUMORS SHAKE BRITAIN Irresponsible Talk Is the Worst. Form of Enemy Pro- ! ; paaanda. , PEACE BRIBE TO BERLIN Thousand Asses Losded With Purs Gold Reported to Be Sent Wild ' Talo of Fight Between Two Kiltie Regiments. London. The most dendly form of ' tSerniiin priipiiKtindii In Urcut Brltiiln tixlny is the month to niuutli rumor. Wherever one sees, In clulis or restnu rimts, at the theuter or In the rnllwuy car, one's pence of nilnd will be Irre . trlevably Bhntlcred by some kindly u teutloned stranger, , The keep of the London Tower has been overcrowded with riddled corpses to a positively unsnnltury degree. Now It will be an ulrmun of worldwide re nown.Tho next day nn ex-lord chun cellor of the realm will toe the line fol lowing him ; King George will have his . Germanic extraction flung In his teeth, and un ex-priine minister receive the welcome. news that he bus sold the country to save his financial interests ;In the enemy's country. Your truc propagandist Is no respector of per" sons. . ... Of Eastern Origin. I There was one story of distinct East ern origin. Great Britain, ran the jbumor by way of kindly neutrals, had 'sent a thousand asses laden with pure gold as a peace bribe to Berlin. A later ;effort, told will" dun pathos and dra imatlc effect, concerned the loss of a ilarge American transport, which had jbeen sent down by u German U-boat, jjvlth a totul loss of life and material. !The rumor was common property, with, (perhaps, the possible exception of the American naval authorities. I "Thousands of Woolwich arsenal workers, unable to obtain food, ivero rioting furiously, and the troops had 'to be called out," was the preface !to another. Inquiry showed the cuse to be Unit of a woman of lnebrlato llmblts and revolutionary tendencies, u misapprehension with a local police, 'constable and a sympathetic crowd, hungry and disappointed, supplied tho Inecessary background and climax. Another case was that of two kiltie regiments. The Highlanders, hold ing the left flank of a big advance movement, were to have been sup ported at 0 a. m. of a freezing winter morning by the Black Watch. The 'latter failed to put In an appearance. The Highlanders, sadly mauled by shrapnel and machine guns, returned to Test billets tit -quarter, -strength and sweurlug vengeance (lire. On the road ;the Black Wutcb. was encouutercd. Forthwith the two battalions set about ono another with their dirks and bay onets, leaving the dead and dying by the roadside in the hundreds. This story to the troops individually con cerned proved extremely, acceptable 'from its humorous element alone. PIGS HELP GET BEAR Held the Animal While Lad Let Go Both Barrels of Gun. ! ! Willie Hnckensclimidt, fifteen years, !old, of Salmon Creek enrae to Warren, 1 il'a., the other day with a 250-pound! 'black bear in his farm wagon. i ! "I couldn't have got hlra if it hadn't I 'been for father's pigs," he explained. i"I was out In the woods after rabbits! when I heard one of the pigs squeal. 1 Iran toward the sound and when I got jthcre a big black benr had one of the : little squealers in his paws. The oth ; ers were crazy. They were pawing the ; benr all oven He dropped the pig and j : started to run when lie saw me, but 1 the pigs held hlin until I could get close i :cnough to give him both barrels." i Woman's Burdens arn lightened whon eho turns to the right mini to Inc. It her exisMMii-o is made ! glcxmiv by tho chroniit wraknssos. deli j en to rfru n fen mortis, and jminful disorders that afflict wv sex. sho will find rflinf and j.mniiKlitiitinn fi-nni hnr triiiihlf!! in Dr. ! I'ireo's Fnvorito Prej-eription. If si id's ; i vprwitrkfd. nervous, or " ruiwlown." she . finds nmv lift) and strcntfth. It's a power- ( , ful. inviiroriiLinir tiinit mill norvtuo vvincn was disco vitivd and nsl by nn eminent ifstcian for many year?, in nil eaes oi . female I'tiitdniiiLs" and wnakirews. 1-nr . ?riitn sills just eiiterhiK womanhixHl ; 1 or women at tho critirstl "I'hange if life": in bariiitt-down senslitfons pcriotlii-Hl t iiuin ii.'t:i iltm. Ir.ttaitimation. and evfry i kindred ailment, the Favorite Preset-in-; linn " is the only mediVhie put up without ah'ouoi irutmnenM on wrapper. iM-imy nil drutcirKut sell tho 'Proscription' in j I ti 11 Id or luhlMs.- For free medirnl advice write Dorter1 V. M. Pierce. Ilultalo. X V.. nr st-nd It) cents for trial packago ut tablets. RosnBl'ito, On:;aox. I tuitTer some-, tti lint ternhie. nan diepjaeometit so had , tlvii. I 1,1 ,nrt-pr P-'-r st;ufcl on mv feet, ' f ; "il also had inllamma-' J' ..I lion. 5Jv head and hack netted hanl and 1 as wek ami tier?- ons, Mv 1(l's and ieet Bruod would dlmit. and 1 was tronti ed with ton"ti- iiattim. I had a l1 vero pain In mv side. and Pleasant PelMs 'c; niia iney nume inc well and strong. Thon.dnrinir.mtddle lil a?Hin look Mien medicines and thniiivrh wi wi ll -wa strntin aud well , ST All, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY " WITH OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES PELL3 BENjNKTT IN SCENE FROM TRIANGLE fLAY. "BECAUSE OP THE WOMAH.'''- ' " ' ' rnuniniii niritiniM i CHAMPION AMERICAN GRENADE THROWER - I iH: j i nezen iveny of me fi.vnn'une unlr iverslty unit has the distinction of be jing the champion liand grenade 11lY-. Tlie most er among tho American troops in France. Young Kelly's good right arm will probably account for muuy llltms when his unhj enters tho itrencbes.- He has mude grenades & special study. ' - ! IBIS CAMOUFLAGE 4. ri DRAWS SHELLFIRE British Remove Their Guns, but ' Old "Scenery" Is Left " Behind. Major General O'Callaghnn is re sponsible for a camouflage story that puts tho reverse English, as It were, on the camouiluge. "Somewhere out there," he says, "I was- looking over some artillery em placements, and among others found a big 12-lnch howitzer planted hard by a little farmhouse in a small orchard. It had apparently been there only a few days, and I asked the lieutenant lu Immediate charge to tell me nbout It. . " 'You see,' explained the lieutenant, 'we were over yonder half a mile in an xcellent position, but the Boche got our range and strafed us something fierce the other afternoon. So I asked the major If we might move her down here. We got the engine up at mid night, the sappers laid down the rails In a little while, aud we brought her here before daylight.' "'You've cot a good position here,' ilLSoon realistic, thrilling ARTHUR La Grande Evening Observer WATCH FOR IT! I reiuarked, 'but yriti don't seem t Unve done, much by way of conceal inent.' " "'No.' fepllwl the fubaltern, 'we carefully left the camouflage tu Uie old plucc; you will notice the Huus are still glvlug It fc .' "'Oh.' 1 uld, 'getting the Idea, 'that's u new one; has It been tried be foref , . "'Yes, sir, replied the youngster, grinning blandly i 'last week we took a 00-pounder out like that and the Boche has been wasting several tons of good shells on camouflage every day since.'" WIFE TO PRODUCE NOISE Explosive Boss Doesn't Think New Job Is Sinecure. ' When Constable F. Buel Andrews of Kast Haven,. Conn., who is also the town dog warden, tire warden and un officially known as town "chief of po lice," received a commission from the government, appointing him director of explosives for the town, he stood lu the village post oDlce and displayed the voluminous document. Some of the curious bystanders allowed that "Ru" wouldn't have much to do In this town, as there weren't uny explosives to di rect. , "Huh, there ain't I" said the consta ble. "Well, you Just wait till my wife hears they've saddled a new ofllce onto ;." WILLAMETTE TACIKIC , OPENS RICH TERRITORY . With the transfer of Engineer II. P. Hocy and his forces from Eugene to San Francisco, where they nre now in the office of Chief Engineer William lllood, the final chapter in the comple I tion of the Willametto Pacific railroad has been closed, says a Southern Pa cific announcement, j This line, running from Eugene to j Mavshficlil, a distance of 121.6 miles, I was opened for trhffic in October, : 1910, and is being operated under Su4 SEED POTATOES ' The New York Wonder Spud Before you buy your seed potatoes, call and see my special selected seed, grown in tho Grande Ronde Valley lust season. Wonderful yieldersj large, round and white; splendid keepers and splendid cookers and bakers. I have also a stock for sale, selected for table use, and one lot u little under sized for boiling. Before you buy potatoes for any purpose whatever, call and see the New York Wonder. L. M. JENSE.N ' AT THE GRANDE RONDE LUMBER YARD Greenwood Avenue 11 " . ' . L-l - - ' Start The Great War Story W m m Detailing the A Machine Gunner and first-hand war experience that has ever been given to the Will appear parintendent S'.i:xkhnlter s the Coos Uny branch of the Portland division. LMr, Hoey hail remained at Eugene to finish coitnin engineering details. Construction on the rood started in 101) and ovor 111,000,000 was expend ed on it. It taps one of the richest sections of Oregon. Of particular in terest at this time is the Important factor it lias been in making available for government aeroplanes some of the choicest spruce timber in the northwest. The character of the country trav ersed presented many difficult engi neering problems, but a standard road bed has been constructed of the high est type with easy grades and light curves. Five and one.half miles of permanent trestle had to be built and there wero thirty-nine Btream, lake or bay crossings at which steel bridges were required. Those at Cushman on the Siuslaw . and Reedsport on the Umpqua have drawbridges that are large enough to allow the passage of ocean steamers. The great draw bridge over Coos bay, costing I GGO.OOO, is in all nbout a mile in length. The drawbridge is the longest in the northwest. Over nine thousand tons of steel wero used in these bridges. The nine tunnels, if put together, would extend for two and seven tenths miles. Eighteen thousand tons of steel were used in rails for the (Continued on Page Six.) The Pneumonia Sanson The cold, dump weather of March seems to be tho most favorable for the pneumonia germ. Now is the time to be careful. Pneumonia often- re sults from a cold. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger. As soon as the first, indications of n cold appears take' Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. As to the value of this preparation, ask anyone who has used it. Adv. Phone Main 732 or Black 3331 Experience of GUY E Serving in France serially in the Arcade TOMORROW ONLY vr . van Larry,Kviins' Gripping Story Concerning a Marriage (!m tractcd for Vengeance. .I-'" Coming Friday and Saturday -- Geraldine Farrar WAR I We make War Bread f resh every day. Every Monday and Wednesday regular War Buns. 1 Tiy our Liberty Breads .?, We also have the niost complete line of Home made Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts, Snails, Coffeo Cakes and Cookies in tho city. , All made aeeording to Government regula tions.. DUTLI BAKERY 317 North Fir St. Just Across the Track ; MPEY Theatre Carmel Myers m- The Wife He Bought Miss Douglas at the Organ Other Features READ t public.
