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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
DEATH COMES TO
MAN AS HE SITS
AT AUTO WHEEL
GEORGE UCKMAN, WELL.
KNOWN FARMER PASSES
AWAY AT la GRANDE.

LA GRANDE, ore, Jan. 7.-George
Ruckman, aged s6 years, and we'll
known Alicel farmer died at o'clock
last evening at the steering wheel Of
his automobile. In company with
Mrs. Ruckman he was returning from
the home OF his son Sam Ruckman,
nearby. and while leisurely driving
along the machine suddenly swerved
into the fence and stopped. The turn
OF the car called Mrs. Ruckman's at
tention to the fact that something
was wrong. To her horror she dis
covered her husbands lifeless body
at the wheel. He had spoken a few
moments previous.
Later investigation proved that the
machine had been shut off 1t is sup
posed that Mr.. Ruckman felt an at
tack coming on and instinctively shut
off the apparatus of his car, dying
In the same instance.
Mrs. Ruckman gave the alarm and
was taken TO her home.
About a mile from the Sam Ruck-
man home. the auto went into a snow
drift and Mr.. Ruckman got out TO
clear the way. and soon drove on. The
arrival of death took place about
three miles farther on.
Mr. Ruckman had been in the best
OF health and has had no known af-
fections of heart trouble.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced this afternoon.
Three sons, a daughter and the
widow survive. The sons are Will
and Sam of this valley, r. ]. of Wal
la Walla and Mary Peal OF Joseps
Many distant relations, including the
Cochran family, live here and at Port
land, and most of them will likely be
at the funeral.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
submarine is Conuucror

BERLIN. Jan. 6.-An official an
nouncement made public through the
official press bureal says:
"A German submarine boat report
ed by wireless to the admiralty in Ber-
lin that 1t has torpedoed and sunk in
the English Channel off Plymouth
the British battleship Formidable.
THE submarine was pursued by
British destroyers but escaped undam-
aged"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
ARIZONE DRY" LAW
VIOLATOR SENTENCED

TUCSON, oriz., Jan. 6.-Louis
Gherna. a saloonkeeper arrested Jan
uary l, by pre-arrangement, to test
the Arizona prohibition law, was found
guilty in the superior court and given
a sentence of 80 days or a fine of
500.
Gherna refused to plead prior to
Judgment in order to give basis for
habeas corpus proceedings, which will
be instituted Wednesday for the pur-
pose Of bringing the validity of ;ho
law to legal test,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07

A decrease is noted for the past
week due largely to improved weather
conditions and more employment. On
the other hand the Coffee Club Is at
tracing more OF the better class OF
laborers who are through its agency
finding substantial positions
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
Japancsc Nurscs Ieaye.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. s.-Seven.
teen Japanese nurses and three Jap.
anese surgeons. headed by DR.. Jirc
Suzuki. surgeon general Of the Japan
ese army, arrived here on the liner
Shinyo Maru and will take the first
train for the east, They will re-em-
bark for the European battlefields
Three nurses are the pick OF the
Japanese Red Cross. and all have
been decorated for bravery and eff
cheney under fire. Some are heroines
both OF the Boxer rebellion and the
Russo-Japanese war.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
JUDGING CONTEST OF
STOCK FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS WILL Be HELD
FARMERS WEEK AT o. A. q. FEB
RUARY 1 TO Z TO HAVE
UNIQUE FEATURE.

Any Person OF Either Sex In State
Between the Ages OF 10 and IS
Years May COmpete-Secret Mum.
Der System VIII BE Used in Enter
ing the Contestants.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07

Words OF wisdom are few, but there
are many echoes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07

OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Ore, Jan IA
boys and girls stock judging contest
will be held In connection with Far
mers' Week at the Oregon Agricultur-
al College. February TO Z. In thif
contest any boy or girl in the state
between the ages OF ten and eighteen
years may compete. Contestants will
be entered under the secret number
system so that the official judges will
have no knowledge OF the individual
contestants.
The contest will be held In the stock
judging pavilion OF the college. on
entering the ring each contestant will
be given a blank card on which to
write the placing of the animals to-
gether with the reasons therefore.
There will be three classes, one OF
Jersy. Holstin and Ayrshire cows
each, and four animals In each class.
Each animal will be identified by a
card displayed By the holder OF the
animal.
Contestants will be allowed twenty
minutes each In which to make a
study OF the animal and write their
scores and reasons for placing. Sew
enty points will be given for correct
placing Of the cows in each class and
thirty points for clear concise and
logically stated reasons.
No fees will be charged but liberal
cash prizes will be given to the win
ners. To those who win in the coll
lectlve placing. the prizes will be So
SO. IS. 81, So and IS respectively. Ad-
diuonal prizes OF SO and respectively
will be awarded to contestants making
the best rating in judging each Of the
three classes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
OREGON GERMANS WANT
CONTRABAND CUT OFF

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The Ore
gon German-American societies ask
the oregon delegation to have laws
passed enabling the president to lay
an embargo upon all contraband of
war excepting foodstuffs thus tending
to end the European war by withdraw
ing all aid from the conteding powers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07

$50 1-2 down to 15s "a. but rallied
and closed at $50 IA. A large busi-
ness was done in war loans and con-
soils. while the official board record
ell several markings in American rails
and bonds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07

had long kept company with the
young girl. was arrested and charged
with her murder and other offenses
against the dead girl
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
BUSINESS IN AMERICANS
IS BRISKER IN LONDON

LONDON, Jan. s.-Business was
brisker in the American section on
the stock market especially in the
United States Steel shares. which
changed hands between 81 Is and
81 S-4. Canadian Pacific sold from
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-07
COFFEE CLUB IS
INSTRUMENTAL IN
FINDING II WORK
NEW INSTITUTION SECURES EN-
PLoYMENT FOR MEN HERE
OUT OF A JOB.

Seventeen more men were given
employment during the past week
through the agency OF the Coffee Club
according TO the report Of Manager
Percy Hilbert. bringing the total Up
to So. The following is the report for
the week ending January 3
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ARE NOW. WORK
Ing ON new Note

Washington, July 12.-Consideratio
of the German reply to the American
note on submarine warfare over
shadowed all else in the work of the
state department today. Secretary
Lansing spent most of his time pre-
pairing data, and opinions for the next
communication to be sent to Ger
many, and indicated that very prob
ably he will not 60 to Cornish, but
that President Wilson will return
here by the end of this week. The
situation as described in official quar-
ters is critical, no concealment being
made of the fact that the relations
between Germany and the United
States have become more strained
than at any time in their history.
High officials tonight said that the
policy of the American government
will be carefully worked out, in order
to meet the situation firmly, and that
the utmost deliberation will be re-
quired. This information was given
out in order that delay of possibly
week or more, in preparing an an
swer might not be misrepresented as
meaning that the United States in
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
CAPSIZED CAR
CAUGHT CHAS.

While going up a hill past the dump
grounds southwest of the city Monday
morning, Chas. Craswell met with a
very exciting accident. Although the
road was very narrow, it had the ap-
pearance of being very much wider as
the grass in the bitches on both sides
of the road had grown filling the space
to the level of the road. Then as Cras-
we'll turned off to let another car go
by, his car slid on the grass and turn
ed turtle backward. 1t caught Cras-
we'll, nearly smothering him to death.
The seat of the car had pinned him
across the neck. Owing to his great
strength, however, Mr.. Craswell was
able to free himself, and escaped very
luckily with only few scratches on
his face and neck. 1t was miracle
that he was not either killed or badly
hurt. The car was only slightly dam
aged. The axle and fender were bent
little, but were easily repaired. Bet
ter care should be taken of public
roads, either that they be sufficiently
wide to permit two cars to pass, or at
least have the grass cut so that the
width of the road might be determined.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15

The Valley City X. of P. team wend-
ed their way to Enderlin Sunday and
met the fast 500 line team There
was considerable feeling between the
opposing teams and each entered the
game with blood in their eye and with
the firm determination to win Ryan
and Lynch did the battery work for
the K. of P's, while Schmirler of VIM
bledon and Cole of Enderlin did the
battery work for the Enderlin bunch.
The Enderlin boys played air-tight ball
in the first two innings and X of P's.
were unable to score. The third inning
was started by Bowen with a hit and
he was followed by Johnson with an
other hit. Thurston famed the air and
Ryan, next up, walked. Bases were
full, with one man out and Lynch at
the bat; he landed for single, scoring
Bowen and Johnson. Christensen,
next man up, walked and was followed
by Beal, who touched the smiling
southpaw up for a two-bagger, on
which all three men on bases scored.
Beal tried to steal third and was
caught. Markuson, next up, famed
and the side was retired with five for
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K, P, TEAM REVENGED FOR A DEFEAT

the K of P's. In the sixth they scored
two more, making them seven to the
good, which won them the game. Ryan
was a trife wild, but pitched big
league ball when he needed it and the
first four innings proved of no avail
for the Enderlinites. The fifth inning
was rather disastrous for the Knights,
when two scores were tailed against
them. Only one hit was made, but
two walked and together with two er-
rors made the count. Again in the
eighth inning the boys on the 500 line
pulled in two runs, giving them to-
tai of four. The ninth proved a goose
egg and the game ended to 4 in ia
vor of the K. of P's.
One of the features of the game was
two fast double plays pulled off by the
K. of P's.
Summary of Game
Struck out by Ryan, 8; by Schmir-
ler, 9. Hits off Ryan, 4; off Schmirler,
IL.
Score by innings -.
K of P's. .............0 .005 002 OOO-7
.
U'mpire-Dr. Strong.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
TELLS INTERESTING STORY
OF CHAUTAUQUA and CITY

Importance Of temperance work even
in a prohibition state is emphasized.
The Reading Course association
continues the work Of the Chautauqua
through all the year. 1t is under the
direction Of H. L. Taylor and Miss
Starkweather. For small fee the
subscriber is given four worth while
books which are studied and talked
about in the reading circle or club
which meets every little while. A
superintendent keeps in constant
touch with the clubs and directs their
work by means of lectures, moving
pictures and social meetings. Yester-
day a large group who had finished
the course were presented with diplo.
mas by President Mcfarland, of, the
Normal school, Commencement day
at the Chautauqua was made an i'm
portant occasion and the value of the
training was emphasized in the vari-
GUS addresses delivered. =
This year the work is to be extend
ed, if possible into every county in
the state and splendid list of books
have been selected dealing with pro-
blems of American government and
with state history.
The consolidated band concert was
a great success. There were two
classes, for old, better organized bands
and for new organizations. In the
Continued on Page So
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
FISH AND GAME
BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Fargo, July III. T. Purcell of Far.
go and J. P. Reeve, of Beach, were to-
day appointed by Governor L. B, Han
ma as members of the state game and
board of control.
The appointment of w. F. Reko OF
Mandan. and E. B. McCutcheon, OF
Minot, as state game wardens, also
was announced.
w. R. Main, of Towner county, was
made fish and game commissioner
and Alfred Eastgate was made as.
sistant game commissioner.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
MUCH CULTIVATION IS
NEEDED, SAYS FLINT
Bismarck, July 13, 1915.

~.s Bismarck, July 13, 1915.
Times-Record, Valley City, Nd.
with six weeks of very warm
weather and no frost until after Sept.
Is, a very fair crop of corn may be ex-
pected, providing thorough shallow
cultivation is given until the tassels
begin to appear" This is the opinion
of Oscar H. Will, of Bismarck, who
has been grain grower in North
Dakota for the past "a years.
While grain at this date is unusual
ly backward, conditions with this crop
are not different than with others,
which are fully 20 days behind what
they were on an even date last year.
A distinct advantage this season over
others-and it is an important one-is
that a much greater percentage of the
seed planted this spring was North
Dakota grown
Too much Importance can not be at
tached to. the necessity of giving
thorough cultivation from now until
tasseling out, so that the corn will be
given an opportunity to make the best
progress possible, as it would be de-
cided loss to the state if fairly good
crop of corn is not matured this sea-
son.
September, almost invariably, is the
best corn month of the year, and opti
mists in North Dakota are looking for
ward to satisfactory results, even
though present indications are not all
that could be desired. re
R. F. FLINT,
Commissioner.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15

Cards have been received in the city
from Mrs. Bell G. Flemington announc-
ing the marriage of her daughter, Mary
Bell, to Albert G. Strand, at Ellen.
dale, on Saturday, July 10. Miss Flem-
ington was a member of the state
board of education and the superinten-
dent of schools for Dickey county. She
is a popular and talented young lady,
and has many friends in Valley City
who will wish her much Joy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS
IMMIGRATION BILL ALIVE

Bismarck, July 13.-According to a
written opinion by Attorney General
Linde submitted to Governor Hanna
today, Senate Bill 1874, creating a state
board of immigration and appropriat-
ing 100000 for the purpose Of en-
couraging immigration, is now in
force and the commission may organ
ize at once and enter upon it's duties.
\ 1t appears that two separate and
wholly different petitions were circu-
lated against this bill, one by the
Equity people and one by F. o.. He'll
strom. Notwithstanding the material
difference in the wording Of the peti-
tions Secretary Of State Thomas Hall,
Joined the petitions together and
counted them as one, arriving at a
total of S,272 names, which is % more
than the law requires to submit the
bill to the vote Of the people.
The adding together Of the names
appearing on the two petitions in the
opinion Of the attorney general sis
wholly improper and as the total num-
ber Of signatures attached to each
separate petition is insufficient to
make up to the percentage required
by the constitution, it is held that the
attempt to invoke the referendum
provision against the law failed"
It appears from the petitions that
the Equity people only intended to
suspend the appropriation, while F. O..
Hellstrom's petition embraces the en-.
tire act.
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president finds his advisers practi-
cally unanimous in the belief that a
crucial point in the correspondence
with Germany has been reached. If
the American government is not to
recede from its previously announced
position, the next note must convey
more or less pointedly the purposes
of the United States in the event of
further violations of American rights
in the war zone.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
FRENCH ADMIT DEFEAT
AT HANDS OF GERMANS

London, July 12.-From what ap-
peared to be a lull on the western
front has sprung suddenly some of
the most severe fighting in months
with the German aggressors the vic
tors. g.-
Souchez cemetery, seven miles from
North Arras, has been wrested from
the French after German gas at
tack which was followed by hand to
hand fighting with bombs, and bay
onets. The French admit this loss
and are fighting to regain the ground
which they won at such heavy cost.
Slowly the French have been tight
ening their grip on the village of
Souchez, until the Germans are aware
that the capture of the entire position
will be an important step in the
French offensive toward Lens and
Lille and have launched a terrific
counter stroke, which left them mas
ter of shattered burial grounds and
with over $50 prisoners. "
The fighting among the houses
which fringe the western edge of the
town, still RACES. There is also a re-
newal of activity in other areas Of
France and Belgium. The situation in
Poland and in Galicia has not reached
a crisis but the public is rather weary
of following the complexities Of the
Russian retirement and where the
German goal is Warsaw.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
COL. ROOSEVELT ON WAY
TO The PACIFIC COAST

Col. Roosevelt passed through Val
ley City Tuesday night over the 500
line on his way to the Pacific coast
and the fairs at San Francisco and
San Diego. Such notables as the Col
onel and General Miles have been fre-
quent Valley City visitors in recent
years. They consider this section as
their country" and have many admir-
ers in North Dakota.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15

tended in any way to recede from the
position taken in the two notes al
ready sent to Berlin. ~
The trend of official opinion is that
the evasion of the American argument
in the German notes has narrowed
the field of negotiations so that the
next communication from the United
States must state to some extent the
intentions of the Washington govern
ment in case it's rights are further vio-
lated and declare the position it will
take in reference to Germany's re-
fusal to disavow the sinking of the
Lusitania. a%
Washington, July 13.-The first Of
fetal announcement of the immediate
plans of the president for dealing
with the situation that has arisen be-
tween Germany and the United States
came tonight in telegram from Cor
nish to Secretary Tumulty, stating
that the president will return to
Washington soon,. and lay the entire
subject before his cabinet. 1t is indi-
Gated that the president has not yet
arrived at a decision regarding the
policy of the government. 1t is said
that the president has given the Ger
man note his closest attention, con-
ferring by wire with Secretary Lam
sing. He said:
GAS soon as the secretary of state
and have maturely considered the
situation will go to Washington and
get into personal conference with him
and the cabinet. There will be as
prompt announcement as possible of
the purposes Of the government"
The statement sets at rest the re-
ports that President Wilson already
has made up his mind on the German
reply. He does not view the situa-
tion as seriously as other high Off
cials do. The official opinion contin-
ued to regard the situation as grave.
Secretary Of State Lansing and others
of the cabinet hold this view, but are
giving no intimations how they think
the problem will be dealt with.
It is assumed that President Wilson
will return here the last of this week
and that the subject will be- before
the cabinet next Tuesday Emphasis
is laid by officials on the fact that
the issues involved are of such seri-
BUSINESS that important consideration
for week or more Of the kind Of a
reply is to be given. This ought not to
be construed as meaning a necessity
for firm definition Of the American
policy is under-estimated. AS far as
their opinions have been gathered the
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nesday night by the board when
Secretary Garrison will be present,
Mr.. Garrison is giving the subject his
personal attention and acquainting
himself with the conditions and reas-
oning by which every suggestion Of
his advisors was arrived at.
The board is composed Of Brig.
Generals Scott, chief Of STAFF; Bliss.
his assistant; Macomb, president of
the war college; Crowder, Judge adj
vocate general and committee Of
officers from the war college.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
BRUTAL CRIME COMMITTED
near PARK RIVER SUNDAY

Park River, N. D., July 1T. G.
Moi, abed IS, of Bemidji Mimi, mur-
dered Miss Alma Gutterud, agen 10. of
Thief River Falls, Mimi, and then kill
ed himself, at the David Aitken farm
two and half miles north of Park
River, yesterday afternoon.
Insane jealousy, revealed in series
of notes written by Moi over a period
beginning last Friday, the last being
written evidently after he had killed
the girl and just before he slew him
self, caused the double crime.
Prior to his murder of the girl he
forced her to sign statement, written
by himself, exempting him, Moi, of
blame for the affair, and admitting
that she, herself, was partly to blame
for the trouble.
Two blows upon the head with a
blunt instrument of some kind, one
of which fractured the girls head,
followed by a revolver shot which
took effect in the left temple, were
used to kill the girl.
One bullet, which he fired into his
own temple, killed Moi.
Both bodies were lying across the
bed in Moi's room. Both were fully
clothed and evidently, with other
members Of the household absent, Moi
had forced the girl into his room
where the terrible tragedy was enact
ed-sometime between the hours of 2
and o'clock Sunday afternoon. Dis
covery of the double crime was made
about o'clock by farm hand, John
Snow, who came home after spend
ing the day in the city, to find the
house locked He succeeded in max
ing his way in and found the two dead
bodies.
That he believed farm hands on the
Aitken farm, of which he was fore
man, and where the girl was employ
ed as a servant maid, had interfered
with his suit for the girls favors, is
shown by Moi's several letters. One
of these is addressed to David Ait
ken, Mois employer. To Aitken, Moi
wrote as follows:
Forgive the trouble l am causing,
but my honor is at stake. l forgive
the boys for the trouble they have
caused me this summer. May God
forgive them as 1 hope he will for
give me-"
To his sister, Mrs. D. L. Sjugstad,
of Mcintosh, Mimi, Moi wrote:
II am going to another world, but
I am not going alone. The person
who caused this is going with me, be-
cause it is her choice. May God be
lenient with her"
The statement which Moi forced
to girl to sign follows:
II, the undersigned, do not blame
T. G. Moi for the treatment he gave
me, for 1 was to blame, in part. my
SELF" This letter was written by Moi,
the girl writing her own name with a
trembling hand, indicating that Moi
probably was then threatening her
with death.
Yesterdays tragedy was the culmi-
nation of an attempt made the day
previous by Moi to kill the girl. Sat-
urday afternoon, while Moi and the
girl were in the house alone, Moi at
tackled her choking her and holding
a gun at her head, when the girls
screams called Moi's attention to the
of a neighbor, Mrs. Olaf
Larson. Miss Gutterud told Mrs. Lar
son of the affair, and the latter ad-
vised the girl to leave the place, but
she expressed herself as being with
out fear, not thinking that Moi
would carry out his threat.
An inquest was commenced this
afternoon.