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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1908)
r1 !r Kt ft J I ?f th V to 4 volume ra. PBIDIEIOII PLftHS FOR REVENUE WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW t ' ; ONE OP TWO PLANS. Pendleton Will Civ Prohibition Fair . Trial Laws Will Be Rigidly En fornix! Various Forum of Taxation Discussed Occupation Tux Receiv ed Favorable Consideration More ' aloone In Pendleton Than In La 1 . Ctaande. ';, , At the meeting of the city council of Pendleton, following the election, the mayor spoke to the councllmen expect the council and the members of the police force to stand together with me In aeelng to It thit the law la enforced. If tha people de clare that they want a dry town. I am .ready to agree that we should have mm. The police must be depended upon to arrest any violators of the .law, while to the council will be dele gated the duty of passing any meas ures that may be required to meet the needs of the new order of things." All members of the council present voiced their approval of the mayor's words, Councilman Mumm saying: '.Since the people of the county have voted for prohibition, I believe In giving It a fair trial. That Is the only way to tell if it Is a good or 1 bad measure." The shortage In the revenues occa aloned by the loss of . license mone: called forth two principal suggestions. One wss to tax various occupations This method Is In use In many cities of tha south, and had met with sue cess. This method of raising revenue was favorably considered by the council, As It lays the burden upon those best able to bear It. The man "with a large Income would pay a pro portionate ahare of the expenses of the city. The other form of taxation . discussed was to levy "taxes against the businesses. Objection waa found this way of raising revenue, on the grounds that It might tend to drive enterprise to other localities. A list of the different enterprises In Pendle ton was read, and the amount of the proposed tax, while not heavy In any particular Instance, would In the course of a year, add a great deal of tiard cash to the coffers of the mu nicipality. Cortclyou Accused. New York.. June 5. -The topic of discussion In the streets today Is that former Secretary Shaw's announce ment that he had dlMnlnsed a num ber of rascals, and that Cortelyou had Immediately reinstated them upon as suming the portfolio. The recent dls- ' missal of William Theobold provoked the statement SHOOTING OF DREYFUS -CAUSES SENSATION ASSAILANT ACCUSED OF BRING AGEXT OP SECRET SOCIETY. Antl-Krmltlc Society of Frenc h Capl t to! SuKiNVtrcl of Being RrMnlhle for Keemlnaly Unwarranted Attack Upon Major Iryru Gregory Only Agent. Paris, June t. it Is suspected In Paris that the attempt of M. Gregory, the noted editor, upon, the life . of Major Dreyfus, was Instigated by a powerful anti-Semitic organization.. The police freely assort that the al legations, first given volte by the friends of the persecuted victim, are ,jrue, and are bow busily engaged In hunting Incriminating papers. Dreyfus, at the Urn or his sentence 00 Devll4 Island, waa tha only Jew In the French army. It Is believed that Gregory 111 snake determined effort to have th , "Pray fas easa reopened when ha I tried for the shooting.' As such an I event would eerleusly disturb the peace ef Prance, it aIll b strenuously I fpostd. FRATERNAL MEMPRLUj. Baker City Lodges TVU1 Hold Blcmorlal Service Sunday, Baker City, June 6. On next Sun day afternoon, June 7, the Modern Woodmen, Woodmen of the World, the two lodges of the I. O. O. P. and perhaps the Knights of Pythias will hold memorial services. The various orders will meet In their "respective halls and march, headed by thef Ba ker City band to the cemetery whore the services will be held. Captain Samuel W'hlte Is to deliver the address for the uniform ranks and the Pres byterian choir will furnlHh the music These exercises are held annually by the lodges owing to the fact that on Sunday so many more are able to go than on Decoration day. . Disastrous Cloudburst. ' ports received here say that cloud burst killed 10 persons and destroyed 120,000 worth of property at Guan Xjuato. Heavy rains have flooded many cities and damaged several tun nets, mocking railroad traffic com pletely. . " ,.- ' . , Modify Rate Demands. Chicago, June 5. The movement Inaugurated recently by the western railroads to Increase freight rates 10 per cent In western territory, has been practically abandoned In western classification, and the transcontinent al agreed to a much'smaller Increase that was first demanded. CONTESTS IN CONVENTION OVER SEATING DELEGATES. Foraker Intends to Make Trouble for the Administration, and Incidental ly for the Friends of Ute Taft As Predkted In Yesterdays Wires, the Brownsville Ineklent Will Be Used Against Aaft 200 Contents Over Seat. Chicago. June 5. Over 200 seats In tha republican convention figure In the contesta which the national com mittee, which began Its sessions today, will be called upon to decide. The Alabama contests will be taken up first Arkansas contestants will next be heard, and so on down the list in alphabetical order. Among the state contesta to be decided are Alabama. Louisiana, Mississippi. Oklahoma Snuth Carolina, Tunnrssee, Texas and Florida. Arizona and Alaska furnish territorial contests. The district con testa come from all over the country. but mainly from the aouth. Among the political sensations which have been sprung concurrent with the meeting of the national com mlttee la a report that Senator Fora ker Intends to Introduce the Browns- villa matters aa a bona of contention in the convention. While Foraker Is not a delegate he may get on the floor through a proxy and present the resolution himself, or he may get one of his friends to do It for him. Should the resolution In sent to the committee on resolutions without being read, as would nrobablv be done, he could have It brought out In a minority report and placed before tha convention. Senator Foraker does not doubt that the calling up of tha Brownsville trouble In the convention will cause trouble for tha administration leaders. Tha ynow have before them a delicate task In placating tha contesting dele gations from several southern states, many of which have colored members. In a letter to John E. Mllholland of New York, Senator Foraker ahowa his hand la tha Brownsville bill matter by suggesting to tha ten million negro votera of tha country that they, de mand of any presidential candidate that he will support tha Foraker bill for.the relief of the discharged negro soldiers. . The Ohloan knows that If I her. u a general' aegro demand UDa flacr. tary Taft to nledn hinir tt.i. km and ha does so, rlft wIM be created la tba RoeaeveU-Taft lute which It will require, errata tinkering to repair. TROUBLE BREIVS III CHICAGO LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FIUDAVi MAT 5, 1908. 1CIHEL VOTE FDR DAD RUTH BRYAN-LEA VI TT MAY ' : BE A DELEGATE. Woman Suffrage In Colorado May Re suit In the Daughter of W. J. Bryan Having Uie Honor of Voting for Her Father as a Candidate for the Pres idency She la Already tlie Head of flie Denver County Delegation. , Denver, June S. Aa matters politi cal now stand in Colorado, it la re garded by tha wiM-aoro probable that' Ruth . Bryan-Leavttt, daughter of the eminent Kebraskan, will have tha unique distinction of be Ing the first American woman to vote for her father as a candidate before a national convention for the office of tha presidency. Mrs. Leavltt has been elected aa a delegate at. large to the state convention, and will head the Denver county delegation at the state gathering of the democratic clans. This will probably give her enough Importance, together with her rela tionship to her eminent father, to lead Bryan's friends to force her election aa a delegate to the national conven tlon. .1 1 Ill CAIIAL ZONE OCTBREAD FEARED AND . AMERICANS APPEALED TO, Aavontorera Gathered In the Canal Zone Have Caused Trouble For- elgnera Are Ignorant and rjuii. Prejudiced Election Seems to Have Created Crisis ,000 Men Are In volvedAmericans May Assume Control. Washington, D. C, June '. Thr seriousness of the political situation In Panama was greatly increased to day, according. to reports received here which say that trouble among tha 4$,. wuo men employed In the canal sont Is Inevitable. Soldiers of fortune who have collected on the Isthmus In the last six months have aroused dlssen slons among the men and there Is ser ious airnrulty over payrolls. Most or the men working on the canal are for eigners, and adventurers have found little difficulty In Instigating trouble among the Ignorant. An outbreak Is feared and th combined ' threatened revolution and the practical certainty of trouble over the election has arous ed the officials to tako careful consid eration of the situation.' Appeals from business men for the Americans to assume control until peace Is restored, continue to reach Washington. . Nelson Wants to Fight. Portland, June 6. Battling Nelson today posted $500 which he wants to bet with Fltzslmmons that he (Nel son) defeats Cans at Colma, July 4. Fits recently ventured an opinion that Nelson. will lose. Nelson roasts the Cornlnhman, declaring that he has been afraid of blacks ever since John son knocked him but at Philadelphia. Nelson and Flta are both here. Nel son appearing In vaudeville this week, Flta appearing next week. HIlclMiM-k Trial Begins. New York. June t. Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian. Is on trial to day for an ellegd attempt to mistreat Helen Von Hagan. age 14, who aays Hitchcock enticed her to his country home, on Long Inland while he was playing at the Broadway theater. John Hard, expressman, waa selected foro. man of the Jury smd court adjourned until Monday.' : ' - ; Charlea Reynolds ' returned ' this morning from Corral I Is. where he went to attend tha track meet. ; H remained two days la Portland ta take la the Rosa carnival. TROUBLE WORST IN YEARS AND ; TOWNS ARE UNDER WATER. Melting Snow In Buffalo Hump Coun try Cauxe Disastrous Rise lit Sal- - tnun and Clearwater Rivers Towns Inundated, Housea and Brk1ea Are Waxlied Away Dams Carried Out Electric Light Plants Ruined Traf rif Interrupted, Lewlaton, Idaho. June 6. The Clearwater and Salmon rlyera ara on - - tin town "Of Stltea Is more than five feet under water, and the Northern Pacific bridge has been washed out at that place. Log booma, sawmills and housea have been wreck ed by tha worst flood In the history of that aectlon. Tha flood Is caused by melting snow In the Buffalo hump country. The railroad track between Stltes and Kooskl Is under water. At Oro flno the river Is rising a foot an hour, and the business district of the town is already under water. Grangevllle was dark last night, owing to the power dam having been washed away. White Bird, on the Salmon, has three feet of water In the street, and the electric plant Is wrecked. DELEGATES TO CHICAGO WILL HAVE TROUBLES. All G. O. PJom la Watching Chicago Much Depend on Reenlt of Con teats Over Seating Delegates SO Delegate May Lose Scat Knox Is Boomed by Pennsylvania Friend Taft Men Claim Former Advantage. Chicago, June 6. Taft men began the fight here today with victory In sight, when the 229 contests are heard by republican national commit tee. The antl-Taft forces have, rn.a protest against the admission of Hitchcock on New Mexico proxy.. The committee voted to tuble the pro- testa admitted by Tsft's manager. The allies are indignant at the action. u. N. Bryan, a leading antl-Taft mnn. said: ' 'Taft opposition Is being killed by slow strangulation." Senator Fulton of Oregon, hohlina Knight's California proxy, was seat ed by the committee. Negro contes tants hove opened hesdriuarters and announced that they will make a de termined fight to secure recognition. They have Invited Foraker to address a mass meeting Tuesday night. GOULD ROADH IN TIIOUBLE. Director Pawned Reguuir Dividend Creates Flurry. ' New York, June 5. The serious fi nancial condition of the Gould roads waa shown today when the directors decided to pass the regular dividend. This action caused stocks to drop nearly two points In the local market and affected othor roads, but undur the guidance of the Union Pacific the others regained the loss before closing. Washington Man Forgets Sister, Belllngham, Wash., Juno $. Iturhel Stanscl, only alster of Franklin L. Kennedy of Lyndr, Wash., filed a contest to the will of her brother, which provides thst half his estate be given to the Masonic lodge and the In come from the other half be used to cars for his grave. JajM Boycott Chines Brethren. San Francisco, June 5. Ban Fran cisco's Chinese quarter la greatly agl- tated today by tba boycott declared by local Jspsnese against tha Chinese gambling houses and restaurants. Th Boycott la la retaliation aaalnst th.'X .. . x Chines boycott af Japan tea goods. I REPUBUCAHS tOIITESFIIIC BANK SHORTAGE, The Depositors S Ouly 1 100 to Pay Los Angeles, June 5. There Is but 1400 cash to meet MO.009 deposits In the Consolidated bank, according to the report of temporary receiver Lew Is, who took charge yesterday. W. H. Carlson, who was pract'cally the en tire board of directors. In missing. ;' Friends of Carlson scout the Idea that he has skipped and say he will return to settle affairs. LAWSON HAS A VISION. Soya There la Trouble Afoot for Sec retary of War Taft. Boston, Mass., June 6. Thomas W. Lawson has announced .that h -puDttcan - national " convention ' will "double cross" Taft m a stampede for Rooseevlt. He does not' charge tha president with being a party to the scheme, but says Taft will get the knife..; -. .-. ' OFF FOR UNION. Grand Jury About to Ftnl.lt ha Work Tills SesMlon. This afternoon the members of the Union county grand Jury left In an au tomobile for. Union, where they will Inspect the county poor farm. Thoy expect to return this venlng and com plete their work anA make their ro- f'port tomorrow afternoon. -mi ' . ' jf .."T1V STRIKING LIKENESS m , MAY SAVE NECKS. Murderers of gad Vratk lxefl Policeman Last Thursday, Look 80 MucS Alike That B0U1 May Escape Though a Tcchnkmlity One of Two Twin Brothers Doca Sliootiug Both Are Looked Up, But Both Deny the Deed. Bon Francisco, June 5. Bocanse of the striking likeness between Thomas and James Young, twin brothers, one of whom shot and killed Policeman Helna Thursday morning, the actual murderer may escape. Both men are charged with the crime and are close ly guarded In separate cells. Each accuses the other. One brother gave a revolver to the other, who shot the policeman, according 'to witnesses. The man who fired lay on the side walk pretending to be hurt and when Heine leaned over him he fired. The men look so much alike that It Is im possible to tell them apart, even when they aro, together. June Mason, who han been verv ill In this city for tha past month, has an , ' " "'"-" wrings, tnis afternoon on the delayed No. 1, THE MURDERERS II ESCAPE OUGHT TO BE Tilt HAPPINESS AND CL0RY ol every citizen to so live and act that his fel low citizens will esteem him for his goodness IT his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of good citizenship should constitute the code of rules for every kind of business whether public or private. This applies particularly to the drug business, be cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities X of drugs by the general public. It follows that the re liability of the druggist good service. ' HILL'S DRUG STORE I L 9rk ; v : '." ; :f ;v.. NUMBER SG3. HlffR CHIEF WITNESS IN GRAFT PROSKCU TION THREATENED, Repeated Attempts on the Life of tlirt Former SuiervLwr Chief Depend euce of Heney In Ca Yet to Coiner to Trial, Leads Judge Calwniss ta Refuse Request of Ruef to PttjKtH5 Trial. San Franclsop-.June-S Th 1 attempts -of soma one to "lalfe "the "Hf" of Gallagher, who has now become of the greatest Importance to the prose cution In the trials or the graft ca5 In this city, have caused Heney and his alda much uneasiness. ToUp.y. when Ruef s attorneys requested a postpone ment for two weeks of the Parksld realty cases, Police Judgo Cabanlso, backed by a request from Prosecutor Heney, peremptorily refused. Heney makes no bones about voicing his be lief that the attempts to murder Gal lagher are instigated by the "highet up," who want their grentt mc.naca disposed of before the arralsnment ot Rueff on Monday, ,-, 4'T',' . . ' Ryan Disgorged. """1h' New York, June 5. The testimony of Jacob Schlff, the banker, to the ef fect that h made Thomas . F. .Ryan disgorge $7,000,000 when the Metro politan Securities company waa form ad, la an all-absorbing toplo on th atreat Schlff said his firm had un. dertaken Joint ownership with Ryan, of watered stock and that ha had to buy him out to protect friends of tha 'Carries Hour on TrWr "") I-oa Angeles, Julie In a de.ner- ata race with death today, Harry Burke, a messenger, after knocking ar bottla ef carbolic flcld from th. n of Fred Perkins In a roomin hou. threw the writhing body of the man over the handle bars of his bicycle and dashed to the receiving hospital. De spite the boy's heroic efforts Perklna died half an hour later. The despon dent man had quarreled with his wlfd. nig Straw berry Crop. Freewater. Ore.. Jun R p,..,i ' this section of the country are buMIy engaged In gathering the strawberry crop. They are being shipped In large quantities, the growers realising about per crate. Besides the regular packing houses here, the laraest shin. ping houses In Walla Walla hnv tnlillshed branch houses here. Several outside buyers arc on the ground and arc picking up all they can get. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wrlaht of Siimn- ter, arrived In the city yesterday eve. ning to visit Mr. Wright's brother and fahier -. nut remain nera Mrs. Wright will remain here acts business In Portland. He left for Por,Und toduy., Mi No. 1 is the chief guarantee of ; ; . Oregon' Jil Bai ill Eli