La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 13, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text(Sratw (Bibs&ntsK: Phone The Observer the News and Your Went Ada. Main 37. ' An Indeptadeat J Newspaper Print the New the Day It iippeaa. A ': - III VOLUME XVITI LA GRANDE, OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,, 1918 NUMBER 39 MORNING EPIDEMIC IS NOW RELIEVED ItV HEALTH OFFICER TO UK UNDER CONTROL SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY "WATCHED Schools to Resume Next Monday Teachers' Meeting Culled at the Mini, School Building Satur day Co-operation Willi Health Doimrlmcul. ' Dr. Richardson, health officer, announced this morning, "Tlio ban will be raised on everything .Vrl day morning.' This means that all of the re structldiis ' heretofore In effect to curb the spread of Influenza, will be removed. Commenting furthor on the situation. Dr. Ilicliardson said: " "I bollove that tlio epidemic is now under complete control, and tlio ban'is to bo vemoved on eve:y tlilng m it would bo entirely in advisable to niako any distinctions. However, if It appears that furthor cases huve developed,- the samo stringent rules and even more stiiict than was la effect will again be put In lo:ce." Schools Ik-gin Monday Superintendent Kampton announc es that the public schools will ro opon Monday. . An Important touchers' meeting - Is called for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in room 'three In tlio high school: building. Tills meeting -is to con fer in regard to die general school work, and particularly with ref erence' to a plan for co-operating as far as It Is possible . with the health officers. It is to be the plan for the teachers to watch each pupil carofully and any evl donco of Indisposition will result in the child being returned home Immediately. All Places to lie Open As tlio ban raising is to bo general ill tills community, tlio cliiviehes, lodges, movies and all the other gatherings will bo re sumed as usual. DEATH AT NORTH POWDER Mm. Lulu CuKsidy, Aged Thirty five; Fuse.s Away. NORTH I'OWDEU, Nov. 12 (Special) Died, at lior homo in this city, Nov. !, Lulu Cassldy, ago 35 years. Mrs. Cussiiiy w;is born on Clov- or Creek, whero ilie grew to wo manhood and was married to Lee Cassldy. She - leaven a husband and daughter, Miss Hazel, besides a mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Youncs, a brother, John Youncs, and a host of nelativus and friends to mourn her death. Tlio remains were laid to rest in the. ccmolery hole Monday af ' tornoon. No funeral was held on account pf 'contagious disease. . NOTICE TO W. It. C. All members of the W. R. C. are notified to be at the Iiohnenkamp Chapel" tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of attending the funeral of the late W. F. Burnett. WAR CHEST PLAN Another ddy the War Chest drive has proven tho theory estab lished yesterday thai the plan is extremely popular. Workers are having splendid success and only now and tbrtn, -jo far less than half a dozen. and such cases will be deultli later. Some cheering rases are report ed. One widow lady who has a boy in service and works for her living hunted up her team captain and paid her share, (.dvanced mon ey for her daughter and only e-. grotled thut she couldn't give more. Then, In one Nor'h side district two husky men last night quibbled and fussed and finally turned down the request entirely saying they didn't ilke cei tain phases of the AND MEETING WITH SUCCESS THOMAS SAMBOLA JONES Tnonnu niiuv,. to to the senate to fill out the term of the late Ollle Jamee of Kentucky. r . VOLl'NTEERS WILL NOT TAKK vDEPAHTl'RE. Col. Coritidgo and Dr. Phy Among Those Who Were to llcport ' For Duty. In conjunction w:th tho counter manding orders which have been Issued on all outtlrandlng draft calls, a number of local volunteer officers, not yet In service, have been notified that - tho traveling orders have been cancelled. Among these aro Col. H. E. Cool- idge, . who had received traveling orders to oeport for duty at Camp McArthiir, Texas, and he was to have taken his daparturo Monday morning. Dr. W. T.J'hy, at Hot Lake, was also among tho accepted volun teers and -was slated for the rnrik of captain . and had been assign ed to duty at the Lerttorman gen eral hospital In San Francisco. Dr. -Phy was also In tho midst of prtfirations for tho handling of the sanatoiium when he recolved tho notification that tho order had been cancelled. Tho doctor had about completed arrangements for leaving for Saa Francisco tomor row. In .many ways theso sudden changes have boon a disappoint ment to those who. had proffored their services toward the great end of helping to win the waf. GARAGE MEN APPEAL Wnnt an Order for Oil Without - ltestiictlons on Hours SALEM, Nov. li. '(Special) The Hilton, Smith and Hamilton garages of La Grande and the Auto Electric and O. K. garages of Bn terprise, petitioned the public Ber vico commission today to compel tho Standard Oil Company to sell gasollno for the retail tiado with out restriction as to hours. Tho petitioners object to being -to-strained from making sales nftor 6 o'clock, p. m. V- It Is announced that the com mission has no Jurisdiction in the matter. MUTINY REPORTED Officers We're Killed lay German Garrison Uprising. LONDON , Nov. 13. Neutral travelers arriving here reported that the German gnrilson at.Buus scls had mutinied. It was stated that some of the offices were kill ed. IS POPULAR work. When wldjws working for a living can subscribe . and do It willingly, men of muscle and hrawn with no care on earth exceptthelr living, no doubt will blush with shame and get behind the move ment. Fortunately, there Is yet reported less than a half dozen such men. The work Is about Tour fifths fin ished In La Grande. District after district report 100 per cent sub scriptions. General Manager Kiddle Is In Iniblcr today getting things start ed there, but before leaving re ported his nightly returns from over the county was unusually cheering. Except' for odds and ends, the campaign will b over by Friday or Saturday morning. ORDERS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED CLASSIFYING ISJO CEASE work or fight order be- , a.C'OSlliS NO.N -OPERATIVE. Wit ' f huso Who Full to Obey Draft Hoards Aro Stiir ;.. Hold I,hi"!o: WASHINGTON.- Nov 13. Draft boards wero ordered' yesterday to stop classifying men under 19 or over '88. years, and to withhold questionnaires for such registrants not already sent out. . It was officially announced at the provost marshal general's of fice that registrants of 18 and from 87 to 48 years old who have received questionnaires noed not All thpm out. : Formal orders or announcements will be Issued soon covoMng all such questions. . ' Cancellation of all draft, calls and Inductions Monday practically has nullified the. famous "work or fight" order promulgated last sum mer, although local boards have boon o; do red to discontinue classi fying, after physlcul examination men between 19 and 36. The work or light order falls by reason of the fact that the only penalty at tached was that of being placed In class 1. The stopping of tho calls does not relievo any delinquent who has failed to obey draft board orders from the penalties which are attached under tho law. A single order from tho general staff would sufflco to start' another stroam of men flowing into the cantonments and bring tho woik or light and, all othor wartlmo require ments buck into force. WAS WELL KNOWN WAR VETERAN WILLIAMS JHHNETT, DE CEASED, LEAVES TWO SONS . IX TIIK SERVICE. William F. Burnett, whose death was announced yesterday evening, was 73 yoars of age. He has been In poor- health for a long 'period and has been confined to his bed the past four .week:;. He was a well known Grand Army veteran, sowing In tho .- Civil war from Septumbor 21, 1863 to August 31,4 1866. . ' He leaves a wife and seven chil dren to niouru his loss. Tho chil dren "are: O. F. Hurnett, of -Enterprise) Mm Seigcl Coffman, of Medloaf Spilngs; John E. and Wil liam Scott Ilurnott, of Tolocaso't; Mrs. Thoma.1 Uruce, of Olynipla, Wash.; James M. llurnett, now at Camp Lewis; and llenson 1(. Bur nett, of the U. S. army hospital corps In Franco. , Ho also leaves two brothers, W. S. and Pros Burnett, . of Starkey, and three sisters. The funeral will be hcld.fom tho Dbhiicnkamp tinpei Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. , E.MI'EHOH LEAVES VIENNA BASLE; Nov. 13. Empo:or Kai! and family have lcfi Vienna, it U reported, presumably for Switzer land. WEATHER FORECAST Nov. 13. Rain. GERMANS DESERT LOOT IN FLIGHT . r. ' The Gi-rtnann have Ih-Ai forced to abandon huje Moron of loot In their by organized looting psrtles, great qnniititli'S of supplies wire foraged from official photograph thn a"lllise collertlnn of books tnkrn from Ihe public plied behind the enemy lines to be taken- away, bat the I're'xh achine 3 KB BILL REMAINS I AUTOCRAT ADOPTS TITLK- OF COUNT HO 1IENKOLLEHN , AND EXPECTS TO STAY IN HOLLAND DEMAND IS MADE FOR HIS BANISHMENT ICx-Anibussailof Itiands Former H u lor us Arch, Murderer anil Says Ho Ouglit (o Ho Hung Many Humors Refolding Crown Prince, AMSTERDAM, Nov. 13. The for mer kaisor has taken tho name of Count Hohenzollorn. Ho will prob ably buy a largo estato and re main In Hollund Indefinitely. ' Exile or Execution LONDON, Nov. 13. (By Ed. E. Koen, United Tress Rroprescn tatlve) Joint action of tho powers will be neccHsany to send the for mor kaisor to Elba or St. Helena, or to subject him to criminal prosecution-, it was pointed out by British officials today. . No anxloty is foH thut Wilhelm will again interfere with world peaco. Ho is regarded ns Impotent for farther evil, considering the drastic armistice provisions. The Internal situatt6n In Germany, It is believed, w-111 precluda any slight pro-knlser bontlmont that may linger' .there..,. Count Wlihomn Holienzollodn, as he now "calls himself, is holploss and hopeless as far as any Na poleonic "roturn f:om Elba" Is concerned. The Torinor kaiser Is wholly lacking In lionopurt's gen ius to swuy tho puople. , British pupers are demanding tho seizure of Wilhclm's poison and his committment to exile. Gerard Says Hang Him 'NEW YORK, Njv. 13. Extradi tion for the kaiser -and his trial in England on tho charge of murder, for which ho has been Indicted thore, was urged here by lorinor Ambas sador Ger ard. - Asking if a man should bo al lowed to escape who had killed onough people to form a line around tho world,. Mr. Gerard an swered his own question: -'- ' v- "I should say not." A treaty exists between Holland nnd England, ho said,' by which they and extradito (he ex-kaiser and try him befdro an .English court. There Is no doubt about what the verdict would bo. Tho hangmau would do rfway with tlio world's greatest murderer." "; Will Be Discussed LONDON, ' Nov. 13 The wholo question of the foimor kalsor's pos sible extradition will probably be discussed In a. conference which is likely to he held at Vo salles be foro tho eric? of the year. 'Many Reports Current LONLON,. Nov. lo. Rumors con-1 tinuo to circulate regarding the! Ge:mnn crown prince.. Berne ro-j (Continued on Page 3) . RAILROAD MEN AND WAR FUNDS SUPERINTENDENT ROLLINS EN ','.' DORSES MOVEMENT. Subscriptions , and Payments May He Mado to . Team Captains. Tho-.e soonis" to be misunder standing among railroad employees as to how they aro to be solicited for the War Chest nnd whero pay ments ure to be made. Superin tendent Rollins has been Interview ed and has endorsed the movement heartily and urges every employee to fulfill the duties of citizenship in. this regard. Shortage of office help makes It lnipcsslble to handle the colluctlojis through the com- Fany and the employees will make their payments and subscriptions to team captain 3 and workors" In tbo districts in which they 1 live,' and not at their place of employment. Field assistants have been ap pointed among the railroad em ployes for the 'purpose of giving gcno'al Information and assisting tho city chairman In a gonoral way. ': Endorsed by leAdno. ' 1 ,' -Mr. E. E. Kiddle, county enm puiga manager of tho Unitod War work, Is in receipt of a circular from Win. G. McAdoo", director gonoral of railroads, which, Bbiongly endorses tho war work campaign. Tho circular siys in pact: The workers of theso organi zations have gono to tho front and shared the dangors and hardships of our soldiers and sailors. Through their tlroloss onorgy, thoughtulness and dovotlon they have eairlod choor and comforts and assistance to our 111 on fighting in tho trenches und on the high sea as well as to men in training oiiinpo here and abroad. The splendid work of those organizations has boon offici ally rocognlzcd by tho American government and . llicy are worthy of tho support of ovoiy loyal Amer ican. Every Individual . who can afford to do so ought to glvo aid by making tho most .liberal possi ble contribution. 'The sorVlco that each of those great organizations ronders Is- dis tinct in that. It h.m roforence to tho popular neods o those who (11 f for In their rollglous beliefs or preferences, but this is a distinc tion without a difference, for all are Imbued by a common deal to to make the gospel of Faith, Hope and Love a 'teallty of tho 111 on who are fighting- for humanity. This unity of purpose Is expressed in the unity of thd appoal that Is now being, nude t..., tho people of the United States' and I urgo that every railroud employee shall no- spond to It generously and oven to the point of foregivlng the things that he can do without that, those who aro away from homo, and aro Biidorlng, may bo cared for and comforted and feel that they aro fighting or engaged In work of construction that must follow tho wur." IllMAMA DECLARES WAR (in-many Is Given Twenty-Four Mourn to Irf'HVC. ZURICH, Nov. 13. Bucharest dispatches declaro that Rumania has doclared war on Germany and had Issued an ultimatum Saturday giving the Germany army twenty four hoii:s to leave Rumania. T!ie time limit expired at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. FROM FRANCE hurried flight from France. Collected occupied French town. This French library of Montdliller. The books were in rspld 'tit the flan was hwtted. j ALBERT STRAUSS r ' Albert Strauu Of New York nnnnlnt. ed to succeed Mr. Warburg on the fed eral reserve ooard. . E IS STILL NEEDED WORK Or 1'ROTEtTIVE LEAGUE , NOT ENDED. Criciilar Is Addietised tu uKul llouils to Contlii'ie the Work ,' us lloretofoie. '"' Tho local hoads of tho Ameri can Protoctlvo Louguo have, re ceived from hoadquairlors the fol lowing circular: "I understand that among a few of tho members of tho American Protoctlvo Leaguo thcro has devel oped a feeling - that peaco with Germany Is practically In Bight and that tho neod therefore for tho services, of tho American Protective Leaguo Is no longer felt. . . : "Nothing could ho furthor from the true sluation. The need for tho Amorlcan Protective Lontio Is as groat now as It has boon In the past and t am entirely satisfied that tho need for this organiza tion will continue for somo time to como entirely without regard to the progress of the poaco negotia tions. Tho tremondoiiB machine which huve been organl.'ed b" the government for the prosecution or this wur cannot bo stopped abrupt ly and must continue to operate for many months under any circum stances. ! ' "Tho necessity und Importance for protecting from espionage' iho army and property "of the United States will continue for somo time to como and I ha neu.l for tho vig orous oniorcemeni. 01 s-jsuooa ij d 14 of tho selective service net and for wulehfulne.is for enomy propaganda and linanelal activity will probably Increuso. "To achieve tho greatest success, It is essential that overy war ac tivity bo kept at Iti hlghes; pitch at this time until tho full rrults or tho efforts of our armies nnd those of our Allies, aro nut only In slghtbut actually realized. 'Tho American Protective Lcnguu. has had a largo shauo In tho work in tills country which has made possible the united nup port and the success of our arm ies abroad and I m sure that your organization will continue to play lis full ipart until tho De partment Is willing to say that It has no further need for Us great est endeavors" LATEST DRAFT ORDER Papers to Ho Itotiiiiied Hut Need Not He Filled Out. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Anew ruling promulgated by Provost Mur- h Crowdor today stipulated that all draftees who have receive 1 questionnaires shall return tlieiu to tho local board" but they ncjci not be filled out. WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. Ger many loses her eniiro fleet of sub marines unib r thn armistice terms, as amended by Marsha! Koch bo fore ho algm-il thorn with the Gor man envoys Monday morning. In stead of 110 vessels, everyone ono of the undersea plrato craft must bo surrendered to the allies, and the United Slates within 14 days. A reduction In the quantity of some of the military equipment to be delivered up is mado, but In stead of '60,000 railroad cars, 150, 000 must be surrendered. VIGILANC ARMISTICE TERMS MORE DRASTIC THAN AS ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED E RECEIPTS HAVS INCREASED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ' OVER LAST YEAR. . STAMP SALES HAVE REACHED LARGE AMOUNT Amount of War Saving Stampa and Thrift Stamps Exceed the Sum of $200.000.00 Local Office Hal Had the Busiest Year In Ita Hlstorjr FlguresMre Supplied. ' " 1 The postal receipts at the La Grande postoffico for the year ending September 30, 1918, amounted to $51, 328.09. This represents the sale of stamps' for the entire county. ' The stamps at all the other offices in the county amounted to $20,574.37, and the La Grande office sold $30,753.72. This , is about $5,000.00 more than the sales for the Bamo period of time the year ' previous. : -. During the eleven months ending October 31, 1918, there was sold 45,008 War Saving Stamps, amounting to $187,598.43, and 65,268 Thrift Stamps amotin'tingjto $13,817.00, or a grand total of $'.'01,415.43. This amount, however, does not include the large amount of War Savings Stamps which banks and others have sent to Portland and elsewhere for, and which have been sold in Union county, in ad dition to the above mentioned figures. Tho La Grande postoffice has had the busiest year of its history, per haps due to the natural increase of business nnd the additional work made necessary -- on account of the-large volume of War Savings Stamps han dled. Parcel post, insured registry and C, O. D. business has also exper ienced a large increase. . j ... j A very heavy holiday business is anticipated and it is suggested that everyone do' his shopping and mailing oarly, thus aiding the postoffice de partment in handling the mail in a safer and more expeditious manner, . WILSON IS FAVORABLE , Food Supply to Germany If. Condi " lions Are Satisfactory. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (United Press.) President WilBon is ready to consider "favorably" the supplying' of Germany, with food stuffs, if he is as sured that order prevails and is main tained. This reply was sent to Ger many. The only other condition placed on the matter was that thore be a guarantee of equitable distribution o( the supplies sen. "VICTORY DAY" Resolution tn M-iko November Eleven' li National Holiday, WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. A joint . resolution declaring November Eleventh a national holiday and to bo designated as "Victory Day" was introduced In the house of -representatives today by Represen tative Hicks. A resolution making that dato a . holiday, . commumorullng the end of the war, was. Introduced ill tho French chnmber o doputlea, ac cording to dispatches front Paris today. GERMAN SHIP TORPEDOED AMSTERDAM. Nov. 13. It is reported hero that n German trin lng ship was torpedoed by work men and soldiers at Schlesnlg. ' More Time Granted. LONDON, Nov. 13. A Paris u-lreless announced that the allied I1UI1 command had informed the Herman high command that a sup plementary twenty-four hours had been added to the time for the evacuation of Rolglum, Luxum bu g and Alsuce-Lorialne. Germans Giro Warning , LONDON. Nov. 13. The German high command has warned the at- . tie that mines placed , in Ostcnd - are timed to explode today. . . BUSINESS IS IICHS 11 mm