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o o o o , 01 e o 90 O e O e e - Ad Independent Newspaper PrlnU the Newish Day It Happen Phone Thebaerrer the 6'ewi and Your Want" Ada? Main 87. volume xvin SIX PAGES ' LA GK.VypE, OKEaOS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919. SIX PAGES NUMBEL?117 COQIIl III BUTTE MONTANA MINING CITY IS NOW ON THE VERGE OF MAR TIAL LAW. MASS MEETING TO DISCUSS SITUATION High Cost of Living and Profiteering Held to Be Partially Responsible for the Trouble Two Additional Com panies of Soldiers Arrive to Help Cope With Emergencies. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 13. Butte is on the verge of martial law and disas trous rioting and business paralysis has brought down upon its own head the impending situation, perir.itlint; profiteering to flourish is also to blame. UNCHANGED That is the burden of opinion ox pressed here today following a mass meeting of citizens called by Mayor W. H. Maloney to discuss the strike situation in which approximately 15,- 000 men are idle. The strike is a protest against the dollar wage cut in miners' pay, while ' living cost continues at the peak. Tes timony offered at the meeting placed the blame on Butte's present predica ment on the high cost of living. Evi dence was submitted showing profits of 400 per cent and more iu all mat ters of business enterprises. The strike situation is unchanged. It is announced that street car traf fic will lie resumed. Not a wheel of the mines have turn ed. Mines are shut down and smelters are not in operation. . Interest centered today in what po tion the unions affiliated with the A. F. of L, will take. Many are reported as favoring endorsing the I. W. W. and independent organizations in the strike cause and demands. 'Two additional companies of United States troops, are on the scone today. They were sent from Fort Newton, Wash. . - noisi-; soi,iu:its ox way Are Duo to Arrive in New York on February 21. WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 13. The cruisers Pueblo and Montana -huve sailed from Franco with 6000 troops and are due to reach New York Feb ruary 21. The Pueblo Is bringing company 1, 161st infantry, 41st division; a medical detachment, and part of companies D, L and M of the' 162 Infantry of the same division, and casual companies. Units a board the Montana are the 14 8th machine gun battalion, complete, of the 41st division, and a detachment of 10 officers and 124 men of the South Dakota na tional guard; companies E, F and O of the 116th ammunition train of fjie 41st division; the 3n2nU trench mortar battery of the 77th division, and a casual company for Ilolse. WILL SHIP APPLES ' TO TEXAS POINTS iStackland Bros week three cars of apples, mostly from the orchards in the vicinity of La Grande. Thees consignments will go to points in Texas, whese previous shipments have been rende. Karl Stackland has just returned home from accompanying one of these smpments. This will about wind up The irpp'e sup- ply in this locality. It is said that a car or so of apples still remains at, tmbler to be packed and shipped to the outside markets. BIBSSQW AHO .. EAST OF fiEXVER. OSo., Feb,;, n. The ,ltocW Mounttfn countrand the east . vrA t&av tr rraSlt of nd?Ieet storm in Kansa. Ne au 0 n o o a anA Missouri. The t-xteift ,f damare has not been le.Mned buti and mile of polcjjare cV.wn between Penver and Cttlaha. Trains fromOthe east .-(VihoiiW late. The itormLwe into the cQjutain regions froui tl RADICALS ARE ONES TO BLAME HoriK'E OF TltOl'BLK POINTED Ol'T.BV Ol-'I'TCTAIj Ilolsheviks and I. V. W. Agitators Huve Their Heattquartera In Chicago, It is Asserted. CHICAGO, Feb. li. "Every rad ical movement mado in America in recent years, including the Seattle and Dutte disturbances, was engin eered from I. W. V. or Bolshevik headquarters In Chicago," P. J. Barry,' acting head of the intelli gence bureau of the department of Justice,' declared today. At the same time, Barry said, Chicago need have no fear on this account as "It Is easy to keep eyes on these outfits' and watch every move made at their headquarters. 15 isi'itrcE PHonrcrioN stock to GO AS ADVUKTISED. Ten Million Dollars Worth of Ma chinery and Equipment to Be Sold Next Suturduy. No sealed bids will De received by the sales board of the United States Spruce Production Corporation for the sale of any of its property after next Saturday, February 15, that be-1 ing the day upon which receipt of bids will cease. Teh million dol lars worth of machinery, equipment and material, brought together for use in gettiDg out spruce stock for airplanes during the war, will be sold as advertised. . A systematic campaign of adver tising throughout tha United States and Canada, designed to acquaint the public with the situation, has re sulted in the receipt of thousands of bids from all parts of these coun tries. Every mail la laden . with them, from large and small bidders, wishing to purchase all or some portion of the lot. ' Milling and logging machinery and equipment, much of which haB never been unpacked because of the signing of the armlstnce, is stored at Vancouver, Wash., where it is dally being inspected by representa tives of interested bidders. Final arrangements for tho rap id segregation and tabulation of the bids have boon made and It Is an ticipated that it will not be long af ter the closing date for receipt of proposals before announcement of results is forthcoming. RADICAL EDITOR IN SEATTLE JAIL SEATTLE,. Feb. 13. F.J. Cassidy, 28-year-old alleged editor of the In ternational Weekly, a radical organ, whose officers were raided by the po lice Sunday, is in jail here today on an open charge. Cassidy is a Socialist candidate fur the Seattle council. iti: OltD COI'UT (,'ASE AI.TOONA, Pa., Feb. 13. Here's a Itlair county court record: Damage suit filed at 1:30 o'clock. Taken up by Judge at once. Jury returns BIBS AFTER , verdict for plaintfff at 1:30. De- are shipping this'fendant paid $850, i. mount of ver dict, at 1:50. w HIGH I'ltlCE OK LIQUOR PRINCE RUPERT. B. C. Feb. 13. -Two women- who thought they j were buying forty-five gallons j whiskey paid a man $1,480 for the, keg and theTi discovered a capsule" .containing only 'one pint of whiskey had bepn fitted beneath the bung- j hole and -the remainder ot the con- italner filled with rater. SLEET STORK ROCKY mm IS ITexnj; painandte yeslerda, afternoon, I"'" alZJcomnginication nd leaving .'""h "h nd other LoTlc Star - 1 T. -6. ,o . . "?'?,' ty mnes nour ma siowea .oown to m . , C? . . . ir.g, Colorado and Teaa. lor y milssbiore hitting CReyenne. rAKIS.reb.ia 1 ne 4jreme coun- water which this would save wO'ld be ;in. It is Sloped, therefore, that there 1 Allied War Veterirlis band. Zn their The snow drilled U soma Places to-ll ai Its meeting ednci.ay decided wrtK. tin nor Av. or 1.600. BDDroxl- will b a comnlrte renreientstiM n(Viv in fill n enuaiemcnt ar Rakcst adepth t five OCT. Theft has been an tfie cclitiomcfor the renewal of matelv cWiir the peridot scarctiy. La Grande business places and homos w,!i a couple of othi nt &Jhcavy losstaf live sWck in Wyom- :the armistice with Germany. ;ord- Th renori ima been left with the toniirht and make the oneicetitiV-ilo had that lunirinovwh 0 I.M.1) SINN FEIN T DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS MAIN' TAIN ED BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. RAID IS MADE ON LONDON HEADQUARTERS As a Result Two Hundred and Twen ty Members Are Arrested in the British Capital and Are Now Await- ing Deportation Chicago Saloon Is i Implicated. ' LONDON, Feb. 13. From London directly back to Kelly's suloon, No. 17 State street, Chicago, is traced a com plete system of I. W. W. communica tion. The combination extends from Chicago, Boston and New York to Dublin and Belfast, showing a cbee connection between the I. W. W. cr gnnization and the Sinn Feiners, and including the strikers at Glasgow, As a result of a raid on the London I. W. " W. quarters, 220 members have been placed under arrest and are now awaiting deportation. LOGGING TRAIN GOES OUT. The Grande Ronde Lumber com pany's logging engine, which has been lying up at Perry all winter, being overhauled, pulled out today and took the logging train out on the branch line from La Grande to the Lookin; Glass camp. It is said that this is the) first time this tram has come back over the main line in two years. IN BEHALF OF MRS. E. T. ALLEN IS VISITOR DI RECT FROM PERSIA. While in La Grande Will Be Guest of Old-Time Friends, l)r. and , Mrs." Mussman. Mrs, El la Allen from Urimiah, Persia, passed through La Grande this morning on her "way to Wallowa, where she is to address a mass meet ing in behalf of the Armenians. Mrs. Allen has just returned from Persia, where she has lived during all these years of war and right in the center of the most terrifying scenes of the most ntrocious deeds of the 1 Hun. Mr. Allen started home with his family, but after hearing of re newed activities , against the Armen ians, turned back to the field again. Mrs. Allen returns Saturday on her way to Baker, where she will address a mass meeting Sunday. 'While in the city she will be the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Mossmnn, old time friends. AN IRON CROSS FROM GERMANY 1 IE 3 Sidnev Hnnnersett. a member of tlielhe stated, wherens there are now in hospital unit who is now with i.he army of occupation in Germany, hat 'which water is taken. iwent through yesterday morning, for sent to the folks at dome a genuine ' To remedy the shortage Mr. Nba1jthou(jh tne a(,uiicrs were nil apparent German iron cross, the kind that was suggested that water might be taken hy satisfied with the sincere welcomo 'ufied to decorate the kaiser's soldinp. ofjThe cross of 'course, bear3 th stamp of a crown afii the name of the rm- peror. In a letter accompanying the cross it is stated that these crosses were sold for a tjme to allied n Idiers relics and cost as hiirh as fifteen dollars, but the one sent to Ls Grande w-as secured for much, less rr.onoy. CHICAGO i. tv. w. i!Aifr:n CHICAGO. Feb. 13. today rallied the, once headquarters of the I. arrested 2 Idlers "U were atid why they were ling." an offlcMl did. lot work- rjoernment aenls r.rofowd ni Intere in Ihe raid Hhouidi the po-; JIre siid tho arrer whij ndf w'tion' bfllow the reeular hed of the' r-4 wi 3 n'j(fl-i wijlf - me Knowledge or in, povr.rf.n.ei.1. wjenge oi in; gni r-riiinei.i. N EW AltMISfrCE TER M S. jo ir-atti'dn official aanouuttnt. BERMANY WILL LOSE COLONIES THIS IS DECLARATION MADE BY BRITISH PREMIER. It Wat Slated Tha.t Thi Decision . Was Reached by a Unani mous Vote, LONDON, Feb. 13. Premier Lloyd George announced in the house of commons yesterday that it has been unanimously decided the German colo nies will not be restored to Germany. TREATIES WITH CHINA. LONDON, Feb. 13. Baron Nobau- ki Mukino, head of the Japanese dele gation at the peace conference, has been instructed to disclose all the un published treaties between China and Japan, says, a Keuter dispatch from Tokio Wednesday. WARMED:UP SESSION LAST NIGHT DEVEL OPED SOME INTEREST Extra Policeman to Be Hired Report of Cily Engineer on Water Sys tem Is Received. .Some business of Importance was considered at the meeting of the board of city commissioners held in the city hall last evening. Things waxed warm for a while and it is anticipated that a split in the McKennon-Grandy alliance may not be far away as the result of the discussion of some matters last hight. The question of increasing the city police fores wa one of Jhe questions cnusing dissension; It was. pointed out to the board by the chief of police that it is practically impossible for two men to efficiently patrol this city, and he asked that a third man be hired as traffic policeman. Dr. Brownton, the president of the board, and Commis sioner McKennon received the chief'p request with favor and over the oppo sition of Commissioner Grandy voted to engage another policeman. Chief Christinnson was instructed to find J suitublo man. Tho augmenting of the police force is a matter which has been before the board for a long time, and though constantly supported by lis. Brownton, had never passed a vote of the. commissioners. Representatives of the fire depart ment were present also, and it is hint ed that even yet all is not well 'n that department. It is understood the new chief would also like to have his staff increased. New equipment for the department is on the wny, as is shown by the mnnagcr's report, pub lished elsewhere in The Observer to- ECOIS The report of the city engineer onHheir work on behalf of the residents tho water system was another item of considerable importance, although no action on the report was taken l.y the board. Engineer Weal's report em phasized the fact that wnter in the city's reservoir h not satisfactory trt the users at all seasons of the year, on account of organic growths at cer tain seasons. He also stated fhat while the pipe line is in excellent condition, there is not the water "back there' to furnish an adequate supply for the city under the present arrangement. There were about 700 taps in the city when the system was, first instnNed, he stated, whereas thore are now in Uhe neighborhood of 1800 taps from;come the two hundred-odd men who ifrom the west fork .of Heaver creek, or as it is sometimes known, McLaueh - tin's creek. Th s would require thetne work of putting l,n Grande to the i construction of a small concrete diver-"; fore n thin respect should not all be "sion dam and the laying of about one:cf(, to these ladies who have always mile of pipe. The cost of this, he es timates. would be about 59000. There is a flow, of 320,000 gallons of wnter pel" Hay in this creek, he showed, which at the rate of fifteen cents per thou - and gallons would be worth $48 per, May. nro'OO during the Tour month" are mostly Oregon men. A number Tho poliic perU'd in which the jaty is usually j0f them belong to homes in La Grande busy general short of good witter. land the district around. Wic fart that W. K. andj The.refort slJo Wi,vc. that by re-"they will pa, through lute nt night, i ' 'h' y 'nairinir the leak inthf dam at the, which is exneried to be the esse, in i r-)uth of the fourteen -Tnch line at Travcr creek, the dailv loss of annroxi m,i,, 200.000 urallor could be pre entpfl. To accor,p!ih tW excava tj i the bui dine of a concrete gtr(,nm( the building (wall twelve inrljes thus, facing the idam and exteOime the full width of : board forjjuie ic.'astcatioo. v reim won ii tio rruirea. i ne v,art in ann u tinA-twi tsi tjtke a nun. imnwuni, tAL-.trt v-ui i'Mmiwm t,i tne REPORT IS STRIKE VOTE LOS ANGELES METAL TRADES COUNCIL TO HOLD MEETING TO CANVASS COUNT. REPORTS FROM SOME OF THE LOCALS DELAYED It Is Understood, However, That the Proposition of a Strike Failed to Carry by a Three to One Vote Reault Likely to' Stabilize Labor Conditions in Nation. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. Tho Los Angeles metal trade council will hold a special meeting at the labor temple tonight to complete its canvass of the strike vote of the union shipyard work ers. It was announced the council wus unablo to make public tho strike vote following last night's special meeting becauso somo of the locals failed to report to the council. It is understood that the strike pro posal failed by a three to one vote. STIUKUItS AIIE NEGOTIATING TACOMA, Fob. IS. In an offi cial atatomont issued Wednesday af ternoon, the Tacoma strike commit tee of the Molal Trades Union de clared that negotiations were under way which they believed opened a way for an early settlement ot the Tacoma shipyards strike. EVERY CITIZEN IS T MASS MEETING TO BE HELD IN CITY HALL. Feeling Strong That La Grande Should Be on the Job When .Returning .Men Pas Through. Every citizen who is interested in the return of the soldiers of this state, and particularly in the men from this city and the community, hits a right which is paramount to a duty to at tend the mass meeting which will bo held this evening in the city hall to effect a county-wide organization. the purpose of which will be to see that all the bovs now returning from of this community are accorded a fit ting and deserved welcome. Some of I.a Grande's boys are now returning with various units, and are going through two or three at a time, There is to be an especial welcomo for them, according to the idea of the leaders in the County Ctuncil of Ic ferine, who are th.e promoters of this idea of. organization, but there will also be an enthusiastic reception for nil men, of whatever rank or station and place of residence, who puss through thin city. There was sunie criticism of Lu Oanilo's failure to turn out and wcl- Uhcy received nt the Red Cross can- iteen, the opinion was expressed that worked so nobly It is' known that a large detachment , of troons will rass through the citv Saturday night on th'cir way to Camp 1 Lewis for demobilization. These men belong to'the 65th division nnd they considered rather uifortunate, but this witl he Hhu-tiKRPfl nt tkn meelinv Irt - - lniuht and somo aranirement made - ;ata(fe the welcone. L Grander are urged to remember that this is ntiL a work lor ft few lend- ers to carry out, but rather that It is someStiing everyone should have? WANTED 16 the uuutt& , u, LISTER GIVES I HIS OFFICE WASHINGTON EXECUTIVE WILL QUIT HIS POST. Poor Health Is the Cause and a Vaca tion From Duties Is Considered Advisable. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. i3. Gover nor Ernest Listor Into Wednesday af ternoon quit his post as governor of tho stuto of Washington and in a let ter to Lieutenant Governor Louis F. Hurt requested the latter to take over tho reins of government Thursday. Governor Lister, it was authorita tively sluled, is quitting his office only temporarily. Lieutenant Gover nor Hart immediately ussumed tho du ties of governor. Governor Lister has been in ill health for several months past. He will go to the western Washington hos pital at Steilacoom for treatment. Lieutenant Governor Hart is in real ity governor of the stnto of Washing ton, it was explained at Olympia. The constitution of the stnto provides that when the governor ia incapacitated or dies, the lieutenant governor shall im mediately be governor. Governor Lister addressed a letter to Lieutenant Governor Hart Baying that he was incapacitated. A parallel is found in the case of tho lato Governor Cosgrovo of Wash ington, who in 1010 sent a miliar let ter to Lieutenant Govornor Hny. The latter immediately become govornoc ol tho state. Governor Lister, ac companied by Mrs. Lister, their daugh ter and a nurse, left Olympia for a hospital. TERRY TUTTLE ONK 6l tfXWNTV'S OLDU8T PIO- M010HS DIED YE8TE11DAV Lived Continuously on tho Original HouicnUmuI Kfeir rluiiunorvLUo, Fifty-Five Years. Terry Tultlo, known as "Grandpa" Tutlle, died nt his homo yoHlurduy o fw mlloR oaHt of Suinninrvillo, aft er a loti k period of falling health. He waH one of tho oldest aa well na ono of tho moat highly respected among the curly plouoors of Union county. The docousod wnn. horn In Ohio February 17, 18:11, and lacked but a few dayH of lining 88 yearn of ago. at the limo ol his death, lie moved lo Indiana ut tho ugo of seven and later wont to Iowa. In 1 8 112 ,he crossed tho plains with his futility nnd at first Bottled (it Auhurb iu Baker county. Tho fol lowing spring he came to Grande Hondo and located on the homestead where ho hus made his homo ever since. He was the first county school su perintendent of Union county. Ho also served a term as county assess or and was a representative in the leiilslaturo.ln 1880. Ho was widely known as a man of highest worth. The dcuth of his wife occurred about four years ago. Among his Biirvlvlng children are John und-Kd Tultlo, farmers of tho Hutnmervlllu section and Mrs. Jesse Stnrlilrd. Lee Tultlo, editor of the Klgln Recorder,' Is a grandson of the deceased. No funeral arrangements have yot been made. BIOLLH SUOIl'l lloltVH Cnunty Commissioner Tnwnley shipued two lorouglihrfil Hliorthorn hulls from Union Junction to Port land last night. The animals trav elled by ex press . ' SOLDIERS PASSED PASSING . KEEP LOCAL CflEEl BUS! Th.mc local women wYo arc the moving Hpirit Ijp.himl tho worlr which tho Kcl Crntl is dlh.K tiiropi(h IU jcant-fcn t the depot here still continue 'tit fawl nlentvnf nntArtnnitv to ensrv IfMofit the woik it livo which v "ate mile to do among fcov 'eturninp: -from training campa ansllier hev ! tres of war activ ties. aTtier had al j most a rccorv yesterday -warn the a troop truin stopiOd here, and this men in jjnlfono, i .-Vi n i .1 Isouljr the realf.uiK out of the hanil: F All SON BANQUET II ABOUT A llLM)ltl:l) AND FIFTY J'ltKSKNT OTIIKJIS; TOO LATH. AVHIIU PRINCIPAL ADDRESS BY REV. S. LAPHAM Mnyil Chandler, Former High School Hoy, Gave Interesting Talk on "Tho Kind of n Dad n Iloy Likes" . Dinner nnd Program Thor oughly Kiijoycd by Everyone It was a fluo "got-togothor" the fathers of La C run do and their sons had at the Y.-M. C. A. lust evening. Tuoro woro almost a hundred and fifty of them there ono , hundred nnd forty 3ovcn to bo exact and thoro would have been more hnd thoro boon room for thorn nnd food for them nt tho bnnquut luble. Secre tary Cramer states that he was forc ed to refuse tlckots to quite a num ber who called 'up at the last mln uato, wanting to got In on the ovent. Tables wero set in the class room of the "Y," but they -wero filled almost at once and two others were plncod In tho reading room immedi ately adjoining. The dinner and program taken together, the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. As tho dinner was ready to be served, Robt. L. Cokor, pastor of the Christian church, Invoked the bless ing of tho Almighty upon the gath ering and the purpose- tor which It was, held. ... For, some little " time thoronftor every one was buoy dis posing of the Inviting dishes placed before them, l'rot. A. C. Hampton, as toaBtmnBtor, then gave a brief tnlk, setting forth iiloala ot rela tlonshlp betweon tathors and sons which nro worthy of attainment, and ho then Introduced Rov. N. 3. Hawk, puBtor of tho First M. E. , church, who Bpoko on tho "Relation of Fath er and eon." Rov. Hawk hold that fathers too often have no time at all for their sons, which he said was a 'condition of affairs which should ho rectifiod In ovory home In which It oxlsts. Tho foundation of the homo, he said, and tho. foundation of a flno moral tonkin the commun ity Hie Is the cluso comradosmp which exists, or should exist, bo twnun parents and tholr children. Hheldon Brownton, one of the youngor members of the "sonB" present, followed Mr. Huwk on tho progrnm with a piano solo, render ing Dvorak's "Hiiinoreske" in a manner that won him tho sincere ap plntiso of his hearers. Lloyd Chandler, ' a senior In the locnl high school, then gave, a short talk on "The kind of dad a boy' likes." Boys want a dnd who Is phy sically fit, was his first statement; then they want him to be so genu inely Intonated in his boy's pro gress that ho will get acquainted with the teacher under whoso care his hoy Is placed, and watch the boy In his. work through schoot. ;Hoys do liot want n dud whoso only ! Interest In their school life IB to Jump on them when they happen to bring homo from school a report thut Is not entirely satisfactory. Last, of all, ho said, a boy Itkes a dud who will ttkk to him through any Iroublo that miy come, and In stead of Joining with others who ei-nsuro him, help tlui boy fight his way through his battles. Hearty (Continued on Page 3) of friendship towards it, tlioron-fly satiafied before tho windows of tho canteen. Evlilen of their apprecia tion was plain on their faces as icy waved jrood-bye. from the coach win dows as thr traiiPlefR This, mib the gratification .which the women f thee Red Cross obtain from,, tha - .i;nowl!ir nf VJ rQW uvi-ua uuriD 111 VI worthy cause, is, the on nathev 'revive.. That it is ufficient, hwe er, W shown by their consiiUnq' jo frying withOh job. - m loniga. the canteen workers xpect ,,me eighty other merosome of whom ., i n v ud . n . are also members of the W'Q: Oitari uiu, baud, THROUGH e o o 00 O o 0 O ' O o o o - . O o O 0 o o e q o o o o CO