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Newspaper Page Textt An IlMlennAft ' I Newspaper ' ' j Print the New'i the J I Day It Happen. I VOLUME XXI LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918 NUMBER im m HERTLIMG ' Oil PEACE ONCE MORE SAYS THE GERMAN LEADERS , V.'lIJi CONfclDEK HOMCST SINCERE PltOPOSAUS CLAIMS GERMANY IS FORCED TO CONTINUE A hm' its That Hieeclics Of Wilson And llulfiiiir Show That Allies Are Willing To See Germany Destroyed And Fight Must Uou- tlnue. . LONDON, ;u;y 12. (By United Press.) Chnncollur von Hortling, in the Reichstag, has declared that the leadors of Germany are, ready to consider any sincere peace pro posals from . the ontente allies, Tho German chancellor said thai the recent speeches of .President Wilson irtd Railed r plainly indicate lug our- enemies aro willing to de stroy Ocrmany, a,nd, under the cir cumstances, Germany Is forced to continue tho struggle. He, declared that the closest unity exists anion); tho political and mil j Itary loaders of Germany regarding their readiness to receive and con sider sincere peace proposals com ing from the allies. ' : WELSH TltOOIH MAKE RAID. LONDON, July 12. (Dy United Press.) Field-Marshal Halg re ports that the British have captured more than 120 prisoners and 10 machine guns In u minor enterprise southwest of Merrfs yosterday. Welsh troops carried out a raid at Hamol, capturing 16 Germans and machine guns. BERLIN CONFIRM CAPTUUE. BERLIN, July 12. (By United Press.) "Five airplanes "of an American squadron of , six, which intended to carry out a raid on the city of Coblonz, were caHturod, und the, crews taken prisoner," the war offico 'announces. DESTROYER TILLMAN Laic Senator Was Member of the Naval Affairs Committee. ' Secretary Daniels has named the latest destroyer the Tillman in honor of tho late Senator Benjamin R. Till man, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate. Secretary Daniels, in making the announcement, said: "Senator Tillmnn had been a mem ber of the Naval Affairs Committee for nearly twenty-four years, in feeble health, he has fciven himself unstint edly to the work of increasing the navy, "often permitting his zeal to overtax has strength. Ho died as truly at his post of duty as any of ficer or sailor in tho war zone. There fore it is fitting that a destroyer should bear the name of a loyal fighter whose victories strengthened the navy. A. DEMONSTRATION TRAIN WASHINGTON, July 12. Uncle Sam is going into the county fair business. . This summer nnd fall, ten baggage cars full of government ex hibits will tour the country, carryinf to the remotest corners examples of what is being done to win the war. The army anil nnvy and agriculture, commerce, and interior departments will have exhibits, as well as the food administration and the committee on public information. Fairs or expositions will be staged in five districts, two cars going into each district, beginning August 1 and ruining through November. The exhibit of the agriculture de partment will be particularly educa tional, showing the latest scientific methods of home canning, domestic science, and crop raising and con servation. WOMAN SOLDIER DEAD Life Short for Mrs. II. Carter, Whose Sex Is Discovered on Shipboard DOUCLAS, Ariz, July 12. Mrs. Hazel Carter, who last fall went with an infantry regiment from Douglas to France, disguised as a soldier, died at Lordshurg, N. M., today. ' Mrs. Carter's husband was a cor poral in the regiment with which his wife went to Europe and still is in France. Her identity and sex were not discovered until shortly before the ship bearing the troops reached its destination, and she was sent back t; the United States on a returning transport. . 1 RAYMOND T. BAKER Raymond T. Baker, director of tho mint, who recently married Mrs. Regi nald Gwynno Vanderbllt TEAM OF CITY PREPARED TO DO RED CROSS CANNING FOR THE PUBLIC Miss Inez Knowlcs Is the Captain Meet Thursdays in High School Building, A. N. Prince, Y. M. C. A. secretary, and ex-officio emergency city and county 0. A. C. ' extension service agent, announced this morning that he , had arranged with Miss Inez Knowles, the daughter of Circuit Judge J. W. Knowlcs to lead the can ning club class of girls in the high school. '-!. . This team, or club, meet every Thursday in the high school building to can fruit or vegetables and will take orders from the ladies of ' the city to put up their fruits, or veget ables, all the proceeds of their work to be donated to the Red Cross local chapter,: -..-.i 4,,.. .-.v..1-.,'. The price this team will charge its patrons in iLa Grande for their ser vices will be left to the judgment of Miss Helen Cowgill, state boys and girls club leader, who is scheduled to be in La Grande oh the 18thl9th and 20th of this month. f In the meantime, as Mrs. Ivanhoe, the county ' school superintendent is away from the city on her annual va cation, Mr. Prince has arranged meet ing for Miss Cowgill in Island City, Union and Cove. Mr. Prince expects to be advised of Miss Cowgill's arrival date in a day or two. s CAUSE FOR WAR AGAINST TURKEY TURKS AltlJ RESPONSIBLE FOR ' OUTRAGES AGAINST II. 8. ' PROPERTY AT TAIIHI,. WASHINGTON, July 12. (By United Press.) Turkish'.'" regulars wore responsible for the outrages against the American consulate and hospital at Tabriz, the, state depart ment has learned from the Spanish governor. This has . aggravated the strained relations between . the United States and Turkey. If this is corroborated by Turkey It will probably bo accepted as a cause for a declaration of war betweon tho two nations. , , ' r FORTY CENTS AN HOUR Is Declined "Living Wage" Ily Will- WASHINGTON, D.C, July 12, (By United Pfcss.i Foitv cents pr,r hour is dcclnrod a "living wage" by the War Labor Board.-In a decision affecting eight plants at Waynesboro, Penna. A basic eight hour day was also ordered. TlltKS MCTLNY. ATHENS. July 12. (Bv lliilteii Press.) A Turkish regiment order- utiniod and murdered its Moor. man officers. The mutineers were later pardoned. , . - o , UltlTISH DROP IIOMIIS. LONDON. July 12. (By United Press.) The air minister today an nounced that 13 German airplanes wero foiled by the British on the lllth of July. Four British ma chines were lost. Ten tons of bombs were dropped and dugouts werq destroyed. Oilier successful raids were car ried out at Meteren. The British re.puised a German raid south of Bucquoy, GIRLS CMS BERAT IS AS FALLEN STRATEGIC ('ENTER UOKH INTO THE HANDS OF THK ITAL IAN All.HY. GREAT BOOTY FELL IN TO THE ALLIES HANDS Immediate Objective Of The Allied Offensive Won Gained Anil Many Prisoners As Welt As War Mat. erinl Is Secured, v . ' WASHINGTON, D.C, July 12. (By United PtosB.) Official ills patches to tho Italian embassy hero declare that Borat has fal'cn before the Italian forceps advancing in Al bania. . Borat is the strategic center of tho road to Servin, and was thu Immediate ohjcctlvo of 1 the ailiod offonsivo. A great ' 'quantity of war booty and many prisoners were taken. AN OLD TIME SCOOP English Reporter . Reported To Use ' . Of The Wire. .' LONDON, July 12. (By United Press. ) William Le Sago, - editor of the Dally Telegraph, who has just been made a knight, first broke into journalistic fame In England through a feat of resourcefulness that gave his paper a 24-hour scoop and knocked tho pinB from under his competitors. Le Sage was covering an assign ment at a seaport .town in compe tition with a dozefn other reporters, all old, experienced heads at the news game. 1 When he had obtained the tacts they went off into quiet corners to write their articles and on finish ing, discovered that the ' last train had left for London. Everybody took it ' for granted that the pleco could not see print until 24 hours later except Le Sage. " . , "After long meditation,"' says the Dally News," he resolved to send the essentials of his story by tele. graph. It was liejd to be an am azingly daring and Ingenious coup. ' But of course that was a long time ago.; ' ( Hl'IM H PASTOR ARRIVES Rev. Fred Coley, Of Eugene, 1 Eslnblislied In La Gmndo. Rov. Fred Coley, of Eugene, Oro. has recently come to La Orande a.) pastor of the Christian Chui'ch. and will occupy the pulpit Sunday. .Rev. Coley is a man of pleasing person ality, and conies woll recommended. All arc cordially invited to the, ser vices. . ... . . . . . .- HAS BETTER POSITION Night Pallolinaii Smith leaves li (iranilo For Pendleton. Night ralioliuan J. L. Smith left lust night for Pendleton, his old home town, to accept u similar po sition in that city, at a higher sal ary. - AUSTRIAN AIR JPiW"1"""" i i n 1 Li , ,,n, mi mammmmmF'g''"' Venice Is being sndlv mutllnled bv the Austrian raider, who lire dropping their bombs over (lie pleturcsquo .city. This Is a view of the Carbon, along wjilch many old and beautiful buildings were demolished. ' WILSON IS : PRAISED Aim Towards A lxNigite Of Nation In Crystalling. LONDON, . July- 11. Loudon newspapers today Indorsed Horbort Asqulth's eulogistic praise of Prel dent Wilson during the national liberal' club dinner Wednesday night In honor - of Admiral Sluts, Goneral Blddle'und other American officers. ' . .-."j Asqulth compared Wilson with Washington nnd Liucoln, dcclurhig: "President Wilson has canted his people with him In the greatest decision of the- nga He has laid before "the world tho grounds for that decision, In . state papers wor thy to live side by Bido with the most sagacious and Inspiring' ut terances of tho most famous or his" predecossors." . Uurgliig a league of nutlnn.i. Auqulth snld: ' ' .:- .. - - : . "Wilson has dono more thnn any ontonto statesman to concentrate tho minds of Americans, allies and neutrals upon this, our dominat ing world-wide aim." heavy emus DELAY DRIVE INTERMITTENT MtOWEHH NliW ISECO.ME HEAVV DOWNPOI ft l ieiith Make liiiKrtnut iailis On A ' five Mile I'liint, Ciiptui'liig hti'oiiKliolds, ' ' ON THE WESTEKN FRONT, July 12. (By United Press.) Heavy rains along the entire British front seem to Insure further delay in the resumption of tho j German offen sive. Intermittent showers which fell yesterday, :tw :nso; to a steady downpour last night and today. FHENIH CAPTUHE8 VITAL PARIS, July . 12. (By Uulted Press.) Driving forward on a flvo mile front, the French have again made Important gains between the Alane and tho Maine, capturing the village of Longpplnt and several adjacent strongholds, according to an official communique, ; German artillery is active In the Verdun sector. The French carried out successful raids in the region of Campaigny and north- of Montdi- dler. , ' AMERICAN PLANES MISSING. WASHINGTON, D.C .July 12. General Pershing .reports that five American airplanes are missing as a result of bombardment by anti aircraft 'glins. - : .. , A German raid against the, Amer ican position at Vesets was repuls ed, the losses in' the American lines being very Bmall. PACIFIC CABLE PARTS Direct Communication With Philip pines Temporarily Suspended. HONOLULU, T. H July 12.-Thc Pacific cubic, . linking the United States with the "Orient, has f artefj somewhere nt sen. Local authorities believe the break occurred near Guam and intimate that communication may be interrupted for two months, durimr which time messages to the Philip pines will have to be svTit via Europe at $2.0!) a word. BOMBS SMASH VENETIAN BUILDINGS ciaiiiE PREDICTED BY PARSONS UH'AL . KAII,ltOAI MA.NACJEHS CALL ATTENTION TO Fl'KL , CONDITION. STARTLING FIGURES ARE QUOTED IN THE SUPPORT (ioveiiimi-iit lllllllcN itlust (in On Or a Ijose Thu War Private EutorprlMs lust tilvo Way Passenger Trnlns To Ho Keduccil In Him A111J N umbel'. "The llnltiyl Stale Bovoiumonl is now calling on us, mid through ev ery .shipper, in tho land, to load ears to fullest capacity in tho flrsl ind release tho omply cars at once, In tho Bocond, and .for the' firemen on' tho ' railroads to use caro In firing their engines, making Btcam with thn least possible consumption of coal, nnd to hbo only clean coal, to avol,d carrying dead ash weight long dlstancos," says Manager M. J. "Buckley. ,, Mr. Buckley , called attention to some startling figures, appearing In an article in. the Saturday Even ing Post, of July 6, on "'Our War Limitations," by Floyd W. Parsons, an acknowledged authority on tho subject ' now undor : discussion In government circles, as by interested pooplo all ovc,r the broad land. Af tor giving soma Interesting de tails as to the shortago In cars, Mr. Parsons says something about coal in these words; ' - ,'''' . "The clilef concern of American industries and pcoplo Is the outlook for coal next winter, 1 I do not waut to be unduly alarming, but It is impossible to analyze the situation and discover any , hope ' therein, Nothing short of a miracle can prevent a serious fuel .scarcity this coming January and February; If not earlier. We are hp against a iltuntion that has been a very long time in the making. A few years ago coal formed 36 per cent of the country's ' total freight; this has gradually decreased until today coal is less than 29 per cent of all the freight that our railroads carry. In 1008 wo produced 415,000,000 short tons of coal, and the railroads' had 800,000 coal cars in which to move it. ThiB year the production of coal estimated as " necessary . to fill known requirements will have to total 738,789,000.' short tons, of which 100,000,000 Bhort tons are anthracite. To move ' thlB ,.- large tonnage wo have only 960,000 coal cars. In otbor words, during tho last decade the output, of coal has Increased 70 per cent, and the num ber of coal caiB only 20 per cent. The, railroad program as now out llnod proposes to Increase the coni cal'' supply 5.2 ,; per . cent.. .!At tho same tlmo we ure aiming to pro duce, 15 per cent more coal. It cannot bo done. . Wo shall havo to reduce our war, program, or .cnrlull our less osscntial . Industries - THEWEATIIEIl PORTLAND, July ;. 12. Probable showers. CAPT. H. G. NEWC0MBE ii CtDt. . H. Q. Neweamhn. uthA schooner, thn EriwarH' M t a I m .' u,.. sunk off the New Jersey coast by raining tumarine. . .. CIIKTOiaB WINH. UN , AND FLEETFOOT VLVn TO HAVE IilU FEED. I'I'Im-b Offered For The Contests lo Titko Place Sulldny And ; Monduj lliiiiquet Follows Thn annual contest of the mom. bers or the -Wing, Fin and Fleet foot Club will be hold tho comlns Sunday and Monday and for' this event some extra prises ' have been offered. The list up to this date Includes: F. L. Lilly, first prlxo for larg est Eastern brook trout,' bamboo rod, value $6 00. Putuian Drug Company.' first prize, for largest Rainbow trout. Bamboo rod, S6.00 La Grande Pharmacy, for beat average catch, , sole leather case. 7.6U. . . - W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.,' first prize for largest Dolly Varden, au tomatic reel, 16 00. Golden Rule Company, first prlzo for largest white fish, flash light, 3.50. Bert! Hughes, heaviest catch, fly book, $6.00. . ' Levy-Voger Drug Company, sec ond prize for largest Kulubow, bas. ket, (5.00. Banquet Moudity Evening. . The. annual banquet will be held on Monday evening. As usual this will- be one or the Important feat ures of the event,, and it Is exopct-' ed that a largo , number . of the. club's .membership will be In at tendance. Those who desire extra seats should see A. V. Andrews, se cretary. . ; . ' -" ' LETTER FROM CZAR STILL ALIVE-IN NEED WOULD KEEM TO DEMONSTRATE CZAR WA.S NOT ASSASSINAT ED AS REPORTED ' MY JOSEPH SHAPL1N , ( .STOCKHOLM, July 12 Czars let ter to former general published here believer to demonstrate czar was not assassinated. It said, "we aro living in need. Books denied us. When we I left Extutcrinburg bandits sought to do us violence; providence saved us." ' STRUCK FLOWING WATER Artesian Supply at Imblcr Has Bccti Secured. . R. A. West bas struck a flowing well at the John Berry place at Imb lcr. The well is 190 feet deep and while tho water is not of heavy vol ume it is of the ''over the top" kindr Mr. West has started tho Binking of another well in the same locality, lie has put down eight wells in all in that district. MOTOR LAUNCH SUNK. Craft Was Fired On Ily German " Shore Battery. WASHINGTON, July' 12. The navy department has announced that the motor launch; No. 342!), was sunk by German shore batteries while as sisting a French destroyer to tow nr. American sea plane ashore. Three members of the crew were picked up; two were taken prisoners and two are missing. ' ' LA HUE Alt.MY OF PEASANTS. STOCKHOLM, July 12. (By United Press.) An enormous army composed mainly of peasants, and led by M. Tchernolf, leader of the Hoclal Revolutionaries, has reached Moscow, says a dispatch from the old Russian capital. SPORTSMEN'S ANNUAL EVENT NEW GRADE : Giii lira SCHOOL NOW HKINO CONDUCT. ED IN LA UltANDK. PROF. HYSL0P, OF 0. A. C. AND PROF. MARTIN FOR U.S. 'roduccrs Aud Buyers Attend fr'rpm All Parts Of Union And Umatilla . Counties Harmony Bought' To . Be Ktub!Uhed School In, Hes. ; slon Two Days,, s i. ., Prof. Geo. U. Hyslop of the Ore gon Agricultural College ' Is con ducting the, grain 'grading school now In progress jn the Y. M. C. A. building. In a short Interview this, morn. Ing, the professor said, in part: ' ThlB new .departure, In tho way of summer schools, hag opened with- a much larger registration than I had thought possible on the opening day, with farmers and warehousemen from , Eastern Ore gon, with others on the way from, nearby i points over ' the, line ; lu:: Washington, r : '. : , . . ,; "Prof. H. A. Martin, the super visor of grain Inspection for the state, so far as grading Is concern, od Is personally looking after the grading of grains, under the U.S. Government rules to see that they ar enforced, us established by the -U. . S. Agricultural. Department at Washington. The, Public Service . Commission of tho state has made these Bamo rules effective ao far as Inter-State traffic la concerned." 'This grain grading, school will be In session all day, and 'will close tomorrow night. The, object ' of these grain schools Is to acquaint growers, or purchasers, with the rules under which their grain must be Bold., . j. ,..,., ... i..-. .,, i', , The Hood Wheat Questlou. . "I shall, tomorrow,, before re ; turning home, inspect certain wheat fields as to their wheat being Al seed variety, and upon the preser. vatlon of fine clean, grain for. seed In the spring, hangs a large lpss, or gain, as; the case may be. 'In Umatilla county we are ex- perlmentlng now with a variety of wheat especially adapted to sowing In climates like th08e of all. East ern Oregon, for the .most, part, on unirrlgatod land. It Is callod the Early Duart, and I am Interested in the outcomo. , . 'After Inspecting a few fields of , this variety of spring wheat we can easily establish tho result." . Those In Attendance. , Those who aro enrolled' among - tho attendants i lnclude:-rH. ,(W. , Wagnor, G. H, Johnson, O. E. Ilorgmnn, or Pondloton; E. A. Dob. bin, Mike Hoko. W. H. Spence, En terprise ; W. O. Belth, J, Rose Les lie,, Wado Slier, of Jpnoph; Chrla ohnsonj, A. P. Bahn, John Shaw, H.'W.,Laughlln,' North' Powderf B. , A. Nelson, HalneBi J.. F Scholl,-J. J. O'Brynnt, of Baker; C, L. Bowe, Cove; F. A. Bldwell.' F. C. Tuttlc,. Union; J. B. Thompson, Grass Val. nv: ' J. H. Jackson: A.' J. ;Poley, Lostine; H.' H. Huron, W. E. Vade, E. A. McGoldrlck, 8tella B.-Huron, luiblor; R. Maxwell,' Honi-y Spence, Wallowa; Fred Kiddle, Island City; C, T. '.'Johns, Hot Lake;' Frank Mc Klnnon, Allcel; Paul H. Spillman, B. F. Owsley, La Grande. ' -O "''' WILL MEET CHILDREN Mrs. Dutton, of Idaho, Has Arranged Meeting Tomorrow . Mrs. Minnie Priest Dutton, of Ida ho, arrived in La Grande this morning and announces that she will meet the children from three to ten' years of age on the high school grounds to morrow afternoon. She is to tell them stories from Eugene Field and give readings nnd have a social and enjoyable time. ( ' , Mrs. Dutton nnnounres that 'she is to give a lecture and she will give a free talk to girls at a date to be an- nounccd. - Mrs. Dutton is a soldier's mother, her son being with the Hi 1st infantry in Franco. ... , WAS RED CROSS WORKER LOS ANGELES, Cel., July 12. Miss Goldie Schneider invited 1,000 friends to her wedding, rented a bio; hall for the occasio.i, and charged 60 cents admission tn trie Invited guests. The Red Cross got the gate re ceipts and neither- attendance nor number of presents received was cut down by tho admission charge, ' '. '. I .,