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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1908)
, ' '' 1"i',,,,ta"M,l'al"l,", LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, PRECOX. SATCRPAY, FEBRUARY 108. i ( simnvn ' PiiiniiPii rnn liniiurMiMiiiiiii niiiiini5 f! 'J ) i-ni.un.uii i uu rr i nw nLrUDLD - mill LAUI MUI terrrsLr.r H RFVIRV HEW HEDBERS --.- Til PAY rnilNFl ill inumrc MASS MEETING WELL ATTENDED LAST NIGHT. Appointment of a Committee to Secure . More Members, the Only Panacea for Club's Future Life, Was Pro vided for Many Discuss Absolute 'Necessity of Retaining tlie Institu tionLack of Loyalty Is Directly Re. . sponsible for Conditions. '. There were between 60 and 75 bus iness men and club members who re sponded to the call for a mass meeting last night, for the purpose of getting an expression as to whether or not the rnmmwt.l rl,lV ihnnM ha nnrnatn. ated and to devise ways and means to straighten out Its. financial conditions. . President T. H. Crawford 'called the meeting to order and stated the ob jecta of the meeting and reviewed the financial condition that made all pres ent realize that It was not a theory, but a condition that confronted them, It was shown that there were but 111 paid up members and that the aver age expense of maintaining the club was 1200 per month. Thus the defi clt. Turner Oliver, J. W. Scrtber. and Coi. , ivaiinoe renewed the past history of the club, dwelling upon Its past history and what It had accom plished, and what it was accomplish ing for this community, and along with others, pleaded for a loyalty that would rally and place the club on a substantial hauls. A motion was made In order to as certnln the true expression of those prcsi nt whether or not they desired t'-!o club to be maintained, and it was carriod unanimously. Under the head or "How the addi tional funds were to be secured," ;t wis decided that if this commvnlty rermy desired to perpetuat? the clur, tVt a membership sufficient to maki thin possible could easily be secured, and a committee is to be appointed to make a canvass of the city. It is desired to secure a membership of not less than 300. Thus It will be seen that beyond securing an expression Of the business interests present, noth ing, beyond the appointment of this committee was accomplished towards clearing up the financial problem, and unless the public responds with suf ficient new members, the club will be 'closed and tlie building which for yeare has been looked upon with pride, will be sold to the highest bid der, ant' will doubtlessly be converted into a hotel or lodging house. The committee is expected to be appointed this afternoon and to begin its can vass Monday. An enthusiastic mass meeting Is only a part of the work membership In what counts from this time on. Republicans of portland meet , WILL AVOID ISSUE V " OVER STATEMENT NO. I. For the Pun of Outlining the Plans and Fiiclit at the Prliiiarin, Multno mah Rppublkann Are In Convention Today Griffin Elected Temporary Chairman Halls Hughe as the f, Next Preside lit. Chairman Favors ' "- tlie Statement. .'V Portland, Feb. 29. The republican county convention for Multnomah .'" fjunty Is In session here today for the ' . , purpose of formulating a platform upon which to make the primary fight. After a sharp fight M. O. Griffin , defeated F. F. Freeman for temporary chairman. Griffin Is pledged to his precinct to support statement No. 1, '. If the question becomes an Issue In the convention, but It Is believed the delegates will attempt to avoid caus ing a conflict over the platform by i ; ot making statement No. 1 an issue. caused treat enthusiasm bv declarin . lUAiif i ni l r n r i mi piinT . Charges Against Langdon. San Francisco, Feb. 2. A sensa tional letter written by Attorney H. L. Packard to Attorney General Webb, In which he charges district Attorney Langdon with conniving with R. A. Crothers and Fremont Older, on trial ior libel, charged by William Tevif with forcing Abe Ruef to sign a state ment supporting charges of Oldr of the Bulletin, has not yet reached the attorney general. That the letter was made public at this time caused con siderable comment Beyond an em phatic denial, Langdon, who Is not taking the charge seriously, says noth ing. , " Sheppard to Compete. New York, Feb. 29. Melvln Shep pard, the lrlsh-Amerlcan A. C run ner, whd was set down by the A. A. U. about a month ago, will compete in the games of the Spanish War veter ans tonight, one minute after his sus pension expires. I ONE TO" GET MEMBERS AND ONE ON FINANCES. Committees Asked for by Mum Meet ing at Commercial Club iMwt Night. Appointed by President Crawford Tills Afternoon Finance Commit tee Will Meet Monday to Irooc and Formulate Monetary Scheme Personnel of Roth Committor. Late this afternoon T. H. Crawford, president of the Commercial club, se 'ected the personnel' of the two com mittees authorized by the mass meet ing last night One of these commit tees was to formulate a financial plan, having for Its object to place the Commercial club on a sound founda tion. This committee Is to meet in the club rooms next Monday evening at 7:30. The other Is the membership com mittee which will make an active canvass of the business men, proper ty owners and all Interested In seeing the club porpeuated. Financial Committee. T. H. Crawford, chairman; J. W. Srrlber, Julius Roesch, F. S. Ivanhoe, N. Bolton, William Miller, Mac Wood, W. B. Sargent George Stod dard. Membership Committee. George T. Cochran, chairman; Tur ner Oliver, Fred P. Currey, J. B. Gil ham, T. J. Scroggln, C. S. Dunn, H. E. Coolldge, R. L. Lincoln. IS PROFITABLE BUMPER CROWD ON ' STREETS ALL DAY. Local Business Houses Hare Flour ished In a Business Way and Far mers Have Been Given a Real Holi dayMany Horses In for Sale, Bui . Buyers Are Kelkviit Zimmerman Makes Hit as Auctioneer After noon Sees Hundreds In the City. Max Zimmerman called the turn when he predicted more than a week ago that wives of farmers would In vade the stores of La Grande on Mar ket day, while the husbands dickered on "Wall street." Such was the status of the Initial market day In La Grande today. Early this morning fhe farmer began to fill the city. At noon business places were rushed with work in showing their wares to the farmers' wives. Sales have been' brisk In all (Continued on page 5.) COffllTTEES APPOINTED FT . w .... wwwi.vi-w III LVV IIIIUL.U1.U REVOLTS AT ANNCITY . ARRANGED FOR EVELYN. Tntl! Ills Attorneys Get Him Out of the. "Craxy House" Harry Thaw Will Not Pay His Attorneys a Single Cent Bargained to Re Released From Im prisonment and Not Committal to Matteawan Will Not Sanction An nuity Named for Evelyn. New York, Feb. 29. Harry Thaw has refused to pay the fee of his at torneys who defended him In the sec ond trial and has also refused to sanc tion the settlement of 1 15,000 per i'iUr uu uia ;,"), aiuorUlUg to a message received In Pittsburg today. Thaw bases his refusal to pay his at torneys on the grounds that he bar gained with them for acquittal, and not being sent to Matteawan, "My attorneys will not get one cent from me until they get me out o here, he declared. Aeroplane Competition. ' Munich. Feb. 29. Entries close' to- day for the prise competition for mod els of aeroplanes, to take nlace durin the Munich exposition this year: No restrictions are placed on the weights of models provided with motors. The aeroplane race will take place during the exhibition In a suitable hall, as ar ranged by the sports committee. No moaei snail be eligible for a prize which does not succeed In covering a distance of at least 15 metres, meas- ured horizontally from the starting pliice to be at a height of two me trcs. - The flight may be repeater- twice. , MORSE SOLVES FINANCES. Defunct Ice King Can See Bright Light Ahead of Him. New York. Feb. 29. Charles W. Morse announced today that he had worked out a plan by which the shat tered remnants of his Interests mlirht he saved from the slaughter of a forc ed sale. The essence of the plan Is tr ecuie 13,500 from stockholders In the National Bank of North America. This would pay off all creditors. With this the former ice king can get on Is feet and by enreful financiering Ultildate the remaining securities Ir uch manner as to pay all debts. Hiirrlnian Wins Battle. Chicago, Feb. 29. Adherenta of the Fish and Harriman factions among the Illinois Central stockholders are arriving here today for the last battle, which will be fought Monday, when 'he adjourned election of directors wll be held. The recent court decision al lowing the voting of Union Pacific proxies renders the victory of Harri man and the utter rout " of Fish a foregone conclusion. Mobile to Mnke Merry. Mobile. Ala:, Feb. 29. With the itreets decorated In a profusion of olnrs and all preparations completer1 'or the festivals and pageants, olt' 'loblle is ready for the three days o merriment that will mark the Mard Oras celebration here. rThe fun wIV 'legln tomorrow In a subdued way and vlll break forth In a riot of festivity on Monday and Tuesday. The Mobile carnival will be second only to that of 'ew Orleans and will attract thous nds of visitors. Railroad Cuts Wages. , St. Louis, Feb. 29. Alleging that the financial crisis and unfair legisla tion In the southern states renders such action necessary, the Mobile & Ohio railway will tomorrow put Into -ffect a 10 per cent reduction In the salaries of all executive officers, offi cials and employes receiving 100 a month or more. Ail employes recelv Inf from 150 to J100 are cut 6 per cent. Has Bible 384 Years Old. Letltz, Pa., Feb. 29. D. W. Deltrlch a Warwick school teacher, has In his possession a Bible 364 years old, bear ing the Imprint of Chrlstofer Frau shaur, Zurich, Switzerland. 1514. MURDERER SURRENDERS TO THE POLICE. Boston Tourist Shot In Her Apart ment by a Well Known Shriner and Mining Man Walked One Block to a Ball Room and Gave Himself Vp, Announcing the- Murder Woman Attacked Him With Bine Vitriol Troubles of Long Standing, He Said. Los Angeles, Feb. 29. Mrs. Char lotte L. Noyos, a wealthy widow tour- I... TA . l m oimiuo, was snot and Instant ly killed this morning In her luxurious apartments. 1 w. . McComas, a welt known min ing engineer and Shriner. committed the deed. A few minutes after firing the shot, McComas, with his face and hands blistered by vitriol, walked into a ball room at the Hotel Pepper, one ick from the scene of the shooting nd announced that he had killed Mrs. Noyes and gave himself up. Shows Officers the Corpse, McComas led the officers to the apartments where the body of the woman was found with two bullet wounds In her breast. He said he shot the woman because he had attacked him with acid and that in the scuffle he had pulled the revolver and shot. He said he had known the woman for five years. "She. had been bothering me lately ind I could not stand It longer," The ?oiiple had been spending the morn mgs at the Arcadia race track and tickets showed that they had won con Iderable money, but during the last two weeks the losses had aggregated at least 15000. S1IW NOT A FINANCIER.." 1'ornier Treasurer Has Failed to Make In Wall Street. New York, Feb. 29. When Leslie M. Shaw abandoned his honored and honorable position as secretary of the United States treasury, to cast his lot with the bovlnes and Teddy bears of Wall street, his admirers out in Joway predicted for him a brilliant future as i financier. Truth to tell, Mr. Shaw vas not made good not, at least, ac cording to the Wall street standard. He has resigned his 136,000 a year Job as president of the Carnegie Trust ompany and will retire tomorrow. Ostensibly this action was due to his leslre to become president of the United States. Praiseworthy as la thlr imbltlun, the financiers receive thj explanation with a grain of salt. Mr. Shaw is by no means a fool, anil he probably knows that his chance of andlng the plum Is about as remote is that of Eugene V. Debs or Emma loldman.. Mr. Shaw apparently realizes that he has not been successful In asslmi atlng the Wall street atmosphere, necessary to the profitable conduct of i great financial institution. This is not to his discredit rather the reverse. While he has never had an ouen tuarrcl with his associates In the man igement of the trust company, there have been constant differences of opin ion. These finally led to the flat ooted proposition that he could elthei buy or sell out. He accepted the lat ter proposition. While Mr. Shaw's Wall street ex- icrlence has been unsatisfactory to lis colleagues, It has not been with iut profit to himself. His one year's Incumbency as president of the Car -legle Trust company has netted i ""fit of 1111,000. Of this sum only 16,000 Is salary. The balance rep i sents a bonus on his shares' of th trust company stock .bought at I ISO a ihare and sold back to the control ling Interests at $200 a share. It Is likely that when the ex-secretary of the treasury closes up his af fairs this afternoon, he will utter a sigh of relief. His financial experi ence has been a rather strenuous one. While the Carnegie Trust com puny safuly weathered the financial storm that wrecked so many other Wall street craft, the skipper had his mo menta and hours o'f anxiety. There Is a well defined rumor that at one time during the "recent" panic th trust company was forced to call for help upon Andrew ' Carnegie. The steel king has no financial Interest In the Institution, but sentimental reasons led him to respond nobly tothe call for SJUtlstnn,. Shaw supplies another notable ex ample of the man who Is able to make a brilliant success of his career In other sections of the country, but who falls lamentably In New York. There are thousands of such failures In New York, brilliant men with enviable rec ords In other cities, men In all walks of life, who find themselves misfits in New York and yet like moths daxiled by flame,' abandon all hope of wealth and fame for a struggling existence In the metropolis. Mr. Shaw has exhib ited rare wisdom In knowing when to let go." Start on Last Lap. Callao, Peru, Feb. 29. The Atlan tic fleet la on the last Ian of Its Inn voyage. Led by ' the Connecticut. amid the booming of guns from Pe ruvian warships, and cheers from the thousands on shore, the fleet passed out of the harbor Into the Pa cific. ii ilLH m TOE CUT 'NTERSTATE COMMERCE HEARING CHARGES TODAY. Alleged That Twenty Railroads of the Interior Northwest Are Consplrini to Exuct Exorbitant Rules, Lmnber. men of the Pacific Northwest Are Today Presenting Their Case to the Interstate Commerce Commission No Decision Reached In Spokane Case. Washington, Feb. 29. Hearing was begun today by the Interstate com nerce commission on the case of the lumbermen uf the northwest against he Trans-Coatlnental Pacific rail way. The petition was signed by 43 companies located . In the Interior coast territory, naming 20 railroads as defendants and charging conspira cy to exact exorbitant freight rates. rhe defendant roads Include the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Cana dian Pacific and Oregon Short Line. "No Decision" Rumored. A report is current here that ' the 'nterstnte Commerce commission has been unable to reach a decision in the Spokane rate case, but this Is Impossi ble to verify. It Is known that the commission regards the case as fun damental and vitally Important, Nutchca Manll Gras. Natchez, Miss., Feb. 29. The Nat hex Mardl Ores association will begin Its Uth annual carnival Monday, to last through Tuesday, with every prcs- pect of tho most magnificent celebra tion In Its history. Reduced rates have been granted by the railroads, issurlng hundreds of visitors. '-fnnitinMHM4mt HEAR LIB rotir There Is no more vital question to be considered lt the family than that of the compoundieg of the doctor's prescription. There should be no half way methods re garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded lust "according to the doctor's orders." HILL'S DRUG STORE PLANS READY GREAT PAGEANT OF -SHIPS IN TRISCO BAT. Secretary of tho Navy MetcaU and Other Naval Officials Hav Arrang ed the Program for Review of the Atlantic and Paeifio Fleets In Baa ' Francisco Bay When Evans' Fleet -Reaches There Four-Column For niatlon Maintained There, 1 1 Washington, Feb. 29. Plans for the review of the fleet of 4t warships to be held In San Francisco bay upon a. arrival of the Atlantic fleet are ready. the fleet within the bay In four column formation of all fighting ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Sec' , retary of the Navy Metcalf and dis tinguished guests will review the fleet from the Yorktown, a tender to the flagship. Admiral Evans has been advised of the plan by cable. As semblage of the ships will be between Mission and Hunter Points, 1 , . , Jf Faith Cure Rector Resigns. New Tork, Feb. 29. Because hi "faith cure" doctrines, bordering on Christian Bclonce, were distasteful to the members of his flock, the Rev, John Woods Elliott, rector of Alt Saints' Episcopal ftiurch, Oranga VaU , ; ley, has handed In his resignation, ef fective tomorrow. It Is rumored that Dr. Elliott will become lecturer In Mrs. Eddy's church, .the Rev, Mr, Elliott created a sensation among the people when he began several month ago to preach his belief. In the ability to cure by prayer, and that healing could be accomplished by the laying on of hands. He was criticized by a number of his congregation and sub, mltted his resignation. At the annual meeting of the church In December the resignation was referred to ths wardens and vestrymen, and these, by a majority vote, declined to accept It, He then agreed to work more In har mony with his people. I To Try Orchard Soon. ' . Boise, Idaho, Feb. 29. It Is expect ed that Harry Orchard, the arch-as tassln, who was the prlnlcpal witness in the Haywood and Pettlbone prose cutlons, will be placed on trial for the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg next month. It is stated that Orchard will enter a plea of guilty and that, the trial will last but a few hours af ter a Jury has been secured. Orchard has already confessed under oath that he murdered Steunenberg and many other. Orchard Is In the state prison here, but the trial will take place at Caldwell, In Canyon county. Vanderbilt Coming Back.- ' London. Feb. 29. Alfred O. Van ' derbllt will sail from Havre today for' New Tork, but will return to London ; at the end of April to begin his Brlgh ' ton public coaching trips, which will continue during May and June. ions M4,H,M,