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LA GRANDE, OREGON, 4MONDAY, JULY 1,1918
NUMBER 236
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TWO SPECIAL
TROOP TRAINS
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Secrets o f War Department Must be
Closely Guarded-Matter in Hands of
- Interstate Commerce Committee V
' WASHINGTON. July 1. Presi
dent Wilson has asked congresp for
power to take over the telegraphs,
telephone, -radio and cable systems,
snd in furtherance of his proposi
tion lias written a letter to the
House- Interstate Commerce Com
mittee, the letter being endorsed by
Secretaries Burleson and Daniels,
stating that such power is abso
lutely necessary to prevent the sus-.
pension of the telegraph service and
to guard , the military secrets in
government communications. The
passage of the resolution wag av
erted, thus leaving the matter open
for future consideration..
HOSPITAL SHIP
1ST
0 0
LA (iltAM)H VISITED BY TROOPS
OX WAV MtO.M CAMP LEWIS
f TO FRONT
IjIOHTA'I.NO CAUSES EXPLOSION
I.
Two OH Tanks In Cnllforuiu Are
Set Ablaze. .
LOS ANGELES, July 1. (By
United Press.). Two huge oil tanks
of the Standard Oil Co. at El Seg
unda, wore struck by lightning and
exploded. The lightning also struck
an oil dory, firing the oil issuing
from tho well, and both tankB of
fifty-thousand barrels capacity.
A deafening and blinding flash ac
. coinpanled the explosion, which was
followed by a fire of alarming pro
portions. The firemen are now de
sperately seeking to . prevent the
blaze spreading. "
; "Thirty minutes for breakfast'
was the command givpjn to the sol
diers on two special troop trains,
as the cars rolled into the deptt at
an early hour this morning, and
the tired soldiers gladly detrained
for exercise on the streets of La
Grande, the cynosure of thousands
of palrB of admiring 1 eyes as they
marched and counter-marched thru
the streets.
Each of the troop trains con
tained thirteen cars, carrying not
only the soldiers, but many supplies
and officers' attaches in charge.
The first train was the one hav
ing on ' board batteries E. and I'.
Field Artillery, regiment 347, under
command of Captain It. H. Gillespie,
training at Camp Lewis.
' The, Becond train carried tho
troops of tho general headquarters
QM. and band 235 of the 348th
Regiment, 91st division, and with
three more battalions to como thru
LONDON, July 1. (By United jiu a few days, will clean up the
Press.) The British hospital ship j 9 1 st division In Camp Lewis, which
ONK HUNDRED AND THIRTY ARE
MISSING CANADIAN MEM.
CAL OFFICERS DROWN -
Llandovery Castle, carrying 80 Ca
nadian army medical officers and 14
women nurses, wns torpedoed and
will bo prepared for tho men in the
next draft, many of them already
on their way.
sunk, 160 miles off Fastnct, thai, Captain W. M. Smythe was In
numlralty lias unuounced. one command of this headquarters
hundred nnd thirty are missing.
The ship sank in ten minutes af-
HEADLINERS
Sl'PEHII HAND HAS ARRIVED
. TO APPEAR TONIGHT
ROAD MONEY
. IS
AVAILABL
E
An English MHjor Who Has Itccn
Under Fire Will Also He On
The Program.
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STELLAR M'MUICIl TO . T
APPEAR TONIGHT.
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One of tho very beBt
bands in the United States
is in La Grando today and
played a short concort this
afternoon and will give its
regular numbers tonight.
As a band it has few
otiuals and extremely - few
that can bettor It. La
Grando Is Indeed forlunalo
to have tin organization of
this character on its Chau
tauqua program.
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FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS
.... READY FOR UNION CO.
Rids Called I or Work liotuecn El
gin mid Wallowa Hill And.'
i Another To Follow.
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6BTS A WHIRLWiSaHT
It is rofrcslilng to the advocates
of good highways, and especially to
those who were working In the re-
J"cent Btatewlde campaign to better
i Oregon's road conditions, to know
S that tho section of the statq east
I of tho Cascades has not been ovcr
4? looked, for today County Judge Phy
received notice from tho State
4 Highway commission to tho effoct
I'ithat $3S,000 was ready to bo placed
4 I to the credit of the roadwork from
Elgin to tho ton of . tho Hill to-
41 ward Wallowa county, and . that
4 $14,000 was ready to bo expended
4' UDon tho roads bntworn La Grnnile
4iand Telocauet.
I This Is post road money and
Plans of Action ' for the Work of the
r Campaign" Will be put "Underway--
; Committee is Now Kept Very Busy-:.
4 1 JVtconies to tho county juRt as the ad-
4 "l" l" I J ! 1 I Vocato8 or good roads claimed It
Chautauqua patrons aro assured won eoino under the plan adopted
. big doublo-headerUonight. A Pe at special good
poclal war lecture has been added iroads eIocUo" ln thls ?lB,! 0VRr a
to what normally Is a whole' even- r PB .- ;-
Ing or band music. It so happens I Advoi tisemcubi for bids for tho
that tho speaker sent out under (construction . work will soon begin,
1'ROIiTEEItl.NO RAMPANT.
Liovornnient May Take Over All Air
. 'craft Factories.
ter being torpedoed. Thero were no
sick wounded' on board. Twenty
four ot tho crow have, arrived In
port.
Tho admiralty rupoits that all
Canadian medical officers aro missing.
DRAFT AGE NOT CHANGED
President In Given Unlimited
To Raise Army.
government nuonices to fill the vn-!1" far'., thq olio for the roadwork
train, and It may be suid. in pass- cancy caused by the troubles W bpynd Elgin appears today, while,
ing. that both Captain Gillespie andltween the government ami "Count" jthe order for the submission of bids
do Honmort, wlio way to liave spolc
on Sunday afternoon; cannot roach
Oregon' until today. ' He will speak
tonight after tho regular concert
Captain Sniytho left no doubt In
the minds of those, who saw them,
that, whon tlioy arrive "over there"
at the head of their commands,
''Hoinio better watch his .steps." -
One of tho pleasant occurrences
this morning took place when a
bunch or soldiers hud halted In
front of Silvertliorn's and Ice cream
cones were, passed out among tho
boys by Honor Guard girls, nnd af
terwards, just before, the trains
(begun to move out from the Bta-
Bv iion, uio same onor uuaru gins
in the Telocacot district haB been
made. : ... . . . ,;
, ' Judge Phy Pleased.
"I know you will exctisa mo while
by Thaviu's band, which also played j smile." said Judge I'hy today, "to
this afternoon. The special speaker j get money for roads for a county
is an Englishman, Sr,rgt.-Major niakos a Judge feel a lot Happier
fSniith by naino, und ia leputed to -than was the prodigal son when ho
bo a speaker with much force a I got a check from homo. No counlv
man who has boon under firo forjjudgn eve" had sufficient runds for
many months. - i (roads and-tills $50.00, which is lo
With an orator or this sort, and bo expended -in this county comes
the noted band as a regular at- at a tlmo when wo need It and
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(By . United Press.) Following
- Startling discoveries - made by the
Senate committee on Its tour or in
vestigation Into the aircraft Indus
try, following the charges made by
Borglum, it now plans to recom
mend that the government take
over all aircraft factories. Accord
ing to the comihlttee many of the
plants are operating upon a shoe
string and profiteering, is rampant,
WASHIMHTriM Inlv i.
United Press.) The Senate passed handed out to the soldiers, as a
tho $13,(1001100,000 army bill, glv PUnR gift, bundles ot magazines,
July 1. Ing tho President unlimited power aa reminders that there Is a pat
rol- raising an army.. Tho draft "oue l"ac0 on t".e mP Eastern
jlICKWll, UU1III1IUUIJ' KUUWll HS UH
Grande one of the Blue Ribbon
tcountios of Oregon.-' Miss Ryan, of
'Red Cross fame is responsible for
FRENCH ADVANCE LINES
ages were not changed.
MOW DESTROYERS HEADY.
WASHINGTON. July 1. (By
United Press.) Tho navy depart
ment announces that thirteen new
destroyers 'will bq launched from
tho American yards on July 4.
Prisoners Taken in Operations Along
the Marne.
t, PARIS, July 1. The' Frenc ad
vanced their, lines slightly on a five
lmle front northwest of Chateau
Thierry. In an operation southeast
of Ovcy they took two hundred pris
oners, says an official report. In op
erations along the Marne they took
forty-six prisoners.
, ' APPROPRIATION VETOED
Bill Doea Not Provide Increase Pay
' ' for Overtime.
WASHINGTON, July 1. President
Wilson vetoed tho legislative appro
priation bill, because of tho Borland
umendmcnt increasing the hours of
government workers without providing
for overtime pay.
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dr: stansfield
to be orator
Enterprise Business
Men to Visit La Grande
Last Saturday Frcl Holmes en
tertained, as his guests, "Dollar
Hill' Hlnterman, the popular cashier
of tho Enterprise Slato bank.
Fred 'Ashley also came over from
Enterprise, the old-time merchant
of that thriving suburban city. '
. Mr. Holmes' nephew was in En
terprise a few days ago, and re
ports that the crops ln tliat vicin-
thls work of foresight, which is
better than the hindsight of so
many who never think that soldiers
have minds to reed, as well as
bodies to save from starvation.
Do you get the Idea?
The Ones to Blame. .
City Manager Currey and George
Cochran were the ones who dropped
to the idea of treating the band to
the ice cream cones nnd when the by
standers got next to what was going
on there was a riot to see who would
get there first to pay for the $2.40 for
the ice cream.
WILL CLOSE ON THE FOURTH
It is announced that all the stores
in the city will be closed all day on
July 4th as many of the store
keepers and their clerks will be in the
line of the parade. Housewives There Is nothing but praise to be
lty are ln good shnpe for coming should do their necessary shopping be-said of them. .
harvest. fore the Fourth arrives. (Continued on Pncro Six.)
traction, the program tonight should
draw hundreds in addition to the
regular patrons. ,.
Extra Seal." Provided.'
Extra seating capuolty is being
prepared during tho, day to handle
all that may come, so that the
space alongsido the pavilion may
bo filled. . , - . .
The prpgram the balance or the
assembly Is stronger than tho first
half by a considerable degree,. War
lectures, music nnd on the closing
evening the Hawailans with . their
wonderful pictures of the island..
"! Sunday Programs Tlne. . ;
dommencing yostcrday morning
and continuing all day, the program
at the park was of high standard.
In the morning, Sunday school ser
vices were' held and at 11 o'clock
Rev. Smith of the, Methodist Church
south preached a splendid sermon.
In the afternoon the Zedcler's
troupe' gave an augmented program
on account or 'the absence of . the
speaker. This company appeared
in the prelude, last evening again.
As . an organization each member
possesses talent, finish and pollsl'
that fow' orchestras can muster.
appreciate it. I might say that
bids for the work will be received
according to the advertisement and
we, will push road work as hard as
wo can."
'Safe and Happy'1, is -Word
From France
Word has just come from Dr.
James Graham, now in the hospital
service .In France, that Mrs. Gra
ham is on her father's farm near
Portland, working as a farmerette,
arid is making the dirt fly.
On . Sunday this same patriotic
women leads the church choir, be
sides teaching miiBic.
Can you beat It?
A cablegram just received from
France from Rov. G. L. Clark,
states that ''the hospital unit is
safe and happy."
Green ribbons will be the style,
nnd Jack Peare, with Carr and Sel
grist,. might ns well have been born
In Ireland, as they have fallen In
with' tho big Idea, and are working
llike Trojans! '--. i . '."
. Talk about campaign managers.
Well; if Waltor Pierce or James
Witliycombe either would hire Joe
Carr," Will Seigrlst .and Jack Peare
to run a campaign- bets would be
safe on their candidate.
, Tho way those gontlemon took
ovor the, Bales department for thjs
Liberty Queen contest was a lesaon
lor Tammany Hall or Abe Democrat
ic national committee.
' Saturday morning they began put
ting into practice their plans of
campaign and by noon the office
forco of tiie Red Cross contest was
weighted down with work and
money. Hundred dollar visits to
the office wore no exception,' The,
man ' who had expected to take one
ticket and thereby cast a thousand
voles for the Liberty Queen Vent
away wearing from five to ten
green ribbons. Jack Pearo loves to
pin on the green at any time,
whether there is a contest or "not.
hnd Carr and Seigrist soon acquir
ed the habit, doing it with as much
grace us though they, too,- had been
born In Ireland. - .
Girls. Working -Hard..'.
Girls who are in the contest tor
Liberty Queen and Honor Guard
girls, almost without exception, put
themselves under tho command or
the thrco generals ln the ticket sell
ing campaign and the way they
did make an appeal to the men and
women ot La Grando was a joy to
see.
Mr. Carr, who is chairman of the
selling department, remarked "there
are no snch-wovkers as' these young
ladles. The way they enter into
the spirit of tills occasion makes the
patriotic blood of every good Amer
ican run faster. It is too bad that
the war department cannot .find
HH1TISH CASCALTV REPORT.
LONDON, Juno 29. (By United
Press.) British casualties during
the .- pust . week totalled 32.178.
Among the killed were 122 officers
und 4,200 men.
places for such active young - ladies '
whose whole wish Is to do . some-., i i
thing that will help win the war. -. 'v
They fully realize that every ihous
and tickets . sold for the Liberty , ,
Queen means, more money -to aid1., ';
the boys -who have gone ' to the ;"
front." '.,''"'' v' .V-,'.-'-1
Queen Contest Closes Tomorrow. :f . ; ;
Tomorrow Is . the . last day for ' ' j
the girls to work for' the honors of,! r1'
queen and It la expected' that there ;'.?
will be a doubled effort this even-.
Ing and all day tomorrow. ' . ',' vijy
"Leave no one uiiBeen,"- Is to.'berJ '
the slogan for tonight and aJ .day ;.':'.
tomorrow; Selgrlut is planning a,. . ..
garrison flnlshi for the glrhj under-,
his leadership,' 8,nd Carr contiuues V '.
to oNst, on. those that are helping" ' ;
him, while Peare, with his usual '
still tongue. Is saying little,' but la
rolling in tho money also. '",-.
Remember, the list of tho girls
In the. campaign as they appear '
here: - ij, :"-..
Miss Mabel Oesterliug. " '
Miss Ethel Hanley. , " ';'
Miss Zoo Golden, i ' " : V'
Miss Dorothy Meyers. ' "''.''"''.-!"'''-' ". : ',.'
Miss Lois Given.' . . v .',.!' ' i
Miss Stella Desllet. ' ' (V'V'AvK
Miss Mary Warnlck. . ; : ? ;
Miss Marguerite, Winters' ' ' V
MIbs Bessie Alllnson. 1 : ";-'-; ' v :''.?vr';x
Miss Delia Rayburn. V".". '.. f' !''
Miss Vivian Hansen. X f: ; '-:
Miss Ethel Wr.lght. -.' '
Miss Wilma Oesterling. - - ; '."' ;-.
Miss Margaret Corbett. ' "V', '4
Miss Florence Stanchfleld. ! "" ,'
Miss Fern Geddes.
MIbs Marjorlo Logan. : ; '
Miss Etha Hufrman.' ,.' . '
Miss Aladine Scroggin. i :' ,:' . ,
Miss Helen Postum. ... s
Miss Helen Sims. .
'M iss Irono1." M u rpliyf'-;f
Miss Eileen Peare. ' - i '
Miss Miriam Smith. ' .. ' I .' V,
MIsb Imogene Orton. -. ; - .''
MIbs Jeannette Stoddard. . w ?' . ,
Miss Nellie Davis. ' ' ,.' ; , ! i
FISH VILL ARRIVE
First Consignment Comes to Hilgard
Tomorrow Morning.
The shipment of trout fry from
Clackamas will arrive at Hilgard to
morrow morning at 4:30 o'clock.
Members of the Wing, Fin and Fleet-
foot club are requested to be present
with about ten autos to take the
young fish out for distribution. On
the day following the fish car will ar-j
rive at La Grande at 4:50 a. m. On
Tuesday fifteen cars will be needed
to take care of the trout fry.
WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, July l.r
-Fair
Thaviu's Exposition Band at Chautauqua
Only Band Honored With
Return Engagement at
San Francisco Exposition
VOTED SPEAKER ENGAGED IX
WAR ACTIVITIES ORATOR
FOR I'OIHTH.
Dr. Slansricld. of Portland, will
be ' tho orator of tho day at the
Union County celejuatlon. This is
the report submitted by. George
Cochran. wio was appointed- as o
rommlttoo W look after this part or
the business.
' Dr. StansHold is a speaker noted
both for his eloquence and his ear
nestness: For n long time ho has
been engaged in war activities and
knows the entire history of Prus
sian Intrigue for. generations past.
Ho is rnmlllar with every step which
developed In the unholy ambition of
the kaiser to throttle the world to
appease his own lust lor power. It
Is said that Dr. Stansfield con call
the kaiser by 'his right title nnd
with more appropriateness than any
public speaker who eve undertook
the Job. Ills speeches every whre
are received with torrents of enthu-
RlBSm.
Among all the prospectlvos, Mr. j ' During the Pannmn-Pnciflc Exposition nt San Francisco In 1015 sixteen of the greatest band of the country were used". They were pleW with extreme enre and only organizations of
. Cochran says. Dr. Stansflld Is pre-i established national reputations were engnged. Thnvlu's Band was one of these nnd was given the honor of tho opening engagement.' The greatest mnrk of honor nnd nnnreclntlon. linnwer.
eminently the, man to deliver tliej as when Thavlu was requested to return for he closing series of concerts of the Exposition season. ' HI was the only bnnd of the sixteen great organizations lo receive a return engagement.
right Kinu or an annress in; me .
r neonle of Union county on the'
WHOLE FAMILY - :
OF PATRIOTS
Mr.
AND MRS. JAMES BROWN.
HAVE FOUR SONS IN ARMY
Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, of
La Grande, enjoy a distinction that'
is the lot -of a very fow.. They
have four sons In the service,. ; Fred X
the oldest boy Is' 38, Is with the
heavy artillery; William, agod 32, .
is in the infnntry at tho Presidio; '
Nell, the next soil. Is a machine. I
gunner in sci vlco ln France; and ,
James, , the youngest, Is ln the
Marines, . ;.' ' i
If the, time comes when they have .
aces" among the' mothers who
have sons in their country's ser-' .
vice, Mrs. James Brown, of La
Grande will be eligible to member-
ship. It Is a distinction worthy the .
honest pride of any matron.
CLEAVER IN NEW PARTf. ,
Grande Hondo Mnn Would Deliver '
All Prohibitionists.
' PORTLAND, June 29. (By Unit- ;.
ed Press.) Whn the Prohibition
party of Oregon met In state conven
lion here today, an attempt on the,'
part of George L. Cleaver to obtain
an endorsement ot the new National
party was expected. Cleaver is a
member of the National Prohibition
party committee. ' J
Clqaver recently addressed a com
munication to Oregon Prohibition
Ists In which lie urged them to re- .
gard the work of the National party '
as their work, and declared ''the ' '
hope of tho National party la In 1
you." The state Prohibition party,
may not nominate a state ticket to-
day. It may decide to liquidate lta
debts and then Join -.with the now,
party. . ': . : "'
'WAS BIG CONVENTION
Fourlh.
- ... ... . .... ,vui u vi uir ujkn,9iiioii nrn'ii. nw ni nitr ..inr 1,11111, in nit; iitiil t,i)iiuis.miimr 10 mnrr n reiuni engagement.
Thirty selected nieniliers of this superb bnnd aretcumlng to your Chuutnuqnn on the fifth day under the leadership of the great Tliavlu.' Thnvlu's Kxiosltlon Bnnd will not aoly be fh
largest, but by all odds the best bnnd ever brought West for Chautauqua audiences. Two full concerts, afternoon nnd evening, will be presented. In nddlllon to th bnnd In the evening, three
prsnd opera singers will appear as soloists. Thoy mmc from Thaviu's own grand owra organisation snd ocnipy position!' nf prominence In the world of musical achievement.
voices nre rcquirca wnen supported by so large nn instrumontnl aggregation and Tbsvln has secured for these solo parts voire of unusual power and brilliancy.
Unusual
Ed E. Kiddle Returns From Meeting". "(.
in San' Francisco. - :
Ed, E. Kiddfe returned last SaU;
urday from the bie Y. M. C. A. War's
iconvention, and reported that it waa : :"
' the biggest .convention yet, held.
1 .It is estjmnted that the next War 'S;
driva of the Y will raise in the neigh-
borhood of $112,000,000. .-, ., '',.:
Every, letter received from France
whether' from officers or privates In
;the ratiks states that without,the ef- , .
ificient work of he Y workers, even onV. .
the firing lino, the soldiers would be !
. without that encouragement needed to ?
,wm the war. ? . ' '.
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