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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1908)
.,:.-,:.-fr ) 4 VOLUME VU. mi (inn sAtoofi AFT ASSURED "TAFT ALLIES SCORE A SWEEPING VICTORY TODAY. Foujt Hundred and Ninety-One Pledg- - w ami Matfiwa uii.iwui a,-a Fact Which Insures Tart's Nomination at the Chicago Conven tion National rbuform to Have a SUtmg Tariff Plank Anti-Tart Men ! Say They Have Surprlsea to Spring When Permanent Roil U Hade Up I the Credentials Committee. . V Chicago, June 11. Enough petdged Taft delegates to Insure the secre tary's nomination on the first .ballot In the Chicago republican' convention, wereplaced on temporary roll of the convention today, when the national committee ended the contests In the First and Fifth districts of South Car ' ollna by seating Taft men. Taft Element Elated. ' ' Taft leaders fere Jubilant over final assurance of victory, as it is generally believed that Taft will capture the en tire state delegations from Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. , Enough to Elect. ' "When Taft men were seated from the First district of 8outh Carolina, Taft boomers announced they had positively pledged 481 delegate with Jhelr names on the temporary roll. The cpntest la- the Fifth district of Carolina followed; but was disposed of In quick order, giving the desired two more, making 4tl, which number Is , necessary for Taft's nomination. . ; Surpriaea in Store, The allies are still Inclined to dis credit the claim of the Taftltes. They assert they have surprises to spring. The center of the fight from now on Is to be in the credentials committee, where the permanent roll will be made op, as far as ultimate results are concerned. , The. "allies" Intend to fight hard In that committee, but Hitchcock today said there was abso lutely no question of possible contin gency arising that might prevent the nomination of Taft on th'e first ballot. It appears the Taftltes will win the rest of the contests. Strong Tariff Plunk. Chicago, June 11. Since It became known that W. H. Taft wrote the tariff plank in the Ohio platform, ef fort Is being made to have a plank Inserted In the republican ' national platform. The exact wording of the plank Is-j, "Revision of the tariff by a special aesslbn of the next congress. Insuring maintenance of the true principles of protection by imposing such duties as will be an equal difference between the eost of production at home and broad, together with a reasonable profit, to the end that, without excess ive duties, American manufacturers, ( farmers and producers and also all wage-earners may have adequate pro tection." Former Oovernor Benjamin B. Odell of New York", brought forward today as a new candidate for the vice-presidential nomination, Calvin J. Mc Knlght Odell's confidential ' secre tary arrived to test enthusiasm. Hitch cock said that the Taft forces positive ly had no preference regarding the second place candidate. Attorney General Ellis, of Ohio, arrived today with the platform prepared -binder Taft's direction. Guild Fighta Alone. Boston, June 41. It is announced today that Dovernor Oulld will form ni alliance, either offensive or de-t-Vftve, with John Hays Hammond, la JiAiM fart th4 renuhlfteftli irlm.nrMi. f f ' - , . . Ue1 nomination. Guild ssys he rx- ' . ' t the endorsement of Michigan U . . . iii all of New England. On Hundred DoUafa Per. ' Chicago, June 11. The demand for Uckst te Che; republics convention la aa great that I lit la the apialelst figure at which they caa be obtained. The men who subscribed toward the expenses of the convention are receiv ing tickets at that rate, and not' one received more than one ticket" ' : To Appoal Ohio CpntcM.''- ' ." Columbus, O.. June 11. Charles L. Knrtse, Senator Foraker's manager, today declared the action of .J.he re publican national committee regarding the contests, as outrageous. "The con duct of Hitchcock Is the most repre hensible of all." he said. "His sense of fairness, or th committee's sense of decency, if Hitchcock does not pos sess that virtue, should have prevent ed him from sitting while the contests were being taken up." Kurts said an appeal win be taaen to the convention on a decision of the national committee on the(Ohlo con tests. New York, June 11. The first party of New York delegates to the republi can national convention In Chicago will leave tomorrow, and will be fol lowed on Saturday by a second party for up-state delegates. Little enthu slasm for Hughes Is manifested by the delegates. Astute politicians of the Empire slate look upon the selection of Taft as a certainty, and consider Hughes only as. a vice-presidential possibility. Hughes does not want the office which is known as "the tall of the ticket." and has declared that. If nominated and elected, he would not serve. . With all probability of secur ing presidential honors for New York ers removed, the Empire 'state 'dele gation goes to Chicago shorn of any vital Interest In the action of the con vention and content to play second fiddle. There is a confirmed belief among some republican politicians here that (Continued on page I.) GREAT VICTORY FOR , , ' GOVERNOR I'll AS. HCCHES. Futile Attempt Made by Foes of the GovcrnmenUlo Frustrate Pawning of the Famous Anil-ltaclng Hilb -Try to Kiel imp Oho of the (Senators Nuive Saves the Day by Clever Hcadnork Hills I'miI by a .Ma Jortly of Ono Vole. Albany, N. Y, June 11. A darlna plot to defeat the anti-race track bill was frustrated today by the cleverness of a trained nurse, who blocked four men In an effort to kidnap Senator Foelker, whose vote gave the needed majority that won a victory for Gov ernor Hughes sgalnst the racing inter ests. The kidnapers called at Foel ker's home, where one said he was a doctor. Foelker was 111 and In bed. They ssld they came to take him to the senate. The nurse delayed them while the message was sent to Foelk er' s friends. In the meantime the regular physi cian arrived and the kidnappers es caped. Foelker was then removed to the capitol. supported to a seat, but he sank down several times and came near fainting, but was able to cast the deciding vote. The result was II to 31 In favor of the' bill. Governor Hughes said: "I am greatly gratified with the re suit It Is a great victory for law and order." TACOMA MAX SANDBAGGED. Loae Honey and Watch. Walks Home After Regaining Cbnarloosnem. Tacoma. Wash., June 11. O. J. H. Swift, deputy shipping commissioner, on his way home from visit in the north end. last night, while pssslng a clump of shrubs at the corner of Wright and Park streets, was struck on the head with a blackjack and ren dered ' nneonseioua. Tha hntdun mn lok III and gold watch. Swift re-' Swift re- miwiiic BILL PASSED "' .or .swv..nn.,Bad whereby a teat will be mi it feeftM sWe.1 -- -- ft. . I Mtea. hat aMi k...uiM r j -tea, bet sreat home ena-.ed. LA graxde, cniox cocjmr, oregos. PUBLICITY EXPERT SI IS BY PICTURES AND PEM WILL DESCRIBE EVERT ' DESCRIPTIVE PHAMPLET WELL BE PLEASED TO RECEIVE GIFTS OF 'ANY DESCRIPTIVE PHOTOGRAPH OF COCXTY. R. C. Rohrabacher, Representing Pacific Monthly of Portland, Now In La .Grande Seeking Dat With. Which to Write, the Boost Literature A Meeting Tonight to Further Plans and Work Out the Details of the Big Campaign of Advertixlng Local R emtureea and Industries. That every Imaginable industry, minutely Just where each of the many business, ' pastime and natural re- photographs will appear, and Just source of the Grande Ronde valley Is where each article will be placed, to be depicted by pen and picture Is ' After this Is done the booklets will be now an assured fact, as the publicity' published at Portland. campaign Inaugurated by .the busi aess men, In conjunction with the Commercial club recently, is now in n J full swing R. C. Rohrabacher. special reore tentative for the Pacific Monthly peo- pie. la in La Grande and already has in outline of the work which lies be- tore him. His business here Is to pro- Mire dsta for the 64-page booklet of which there Is to be printed thousands and thousands of copies. Ia this book a worn or art win be conservative ly written write-ups and pictures In numerable. . Illsht hura tat If .iit.il that Mr. Rohrabacher will be pleased" to receive any descriptive picture of the valley or Its resources. I they are handed to him within the next two jf days it will confer a favor on both e Mr. Rohrabacher and the board of managers of the Commercial club. L The Pacific Monthly representative reached here this morning and for a period of several days will confer with authorities on the varied Industries of the valley. After he has secured this data he will compile it Into readable form and will then present . to the board of managers for approval, a dummy" of the write-up explaining,. 3NE HUNDRED AND TEN TAXPAYER TO HAVE ! MAY PROVE SOLUTION OF A petition which Is at the present time sanctioned by 110 business men of ths city. Is being circulated this week and which, if the purpose of the petitioners Is fulfilled, will mean thai the rlty council will take up the mat ter of artesian tcr for tli. city sup ply at a nearby date. The preamble of the petition ex plains that It Is the prayer of the pe titioners that the council look Into the matter of sinking an - artesian well within the city limits, or some nearby location and to procure data which, when compiled, will give the taxpay ers exsct figures as to the nsture and expense of the venture. This move ment has been on foot for some time, but not until this week has the propo sition taken such a shape that It could be called tangible. That artesian wa ter is available hero is almost an as sured fact. , While nothing of a public nature has been given out as to the probable eost of the Ventura, It la nevertheless Hkatv tiimi uiu mnin..l . v. T ' ""' . , u tM aeeod supply ef wster k,; BUSSINESSMEN Ttf SEME .Hit Thursday, jcxe ii, ioob ULTY POSTIM REACHES CITY Fl THE TO.BE ISSUED AT OKCE Among the things will be given thor ough consideration by pen and pic ture are the following subjects, each Individual subject to be handled through information gleaned from au- thorities on them- M..rf ( bottling works, foundries, railroad shops, machine shops, amusements, theaters, rinks, baseball and football. county fair. Hot Lake, lumbering and timber, beet surer industry, imnnrt. and exports, cattle. har .h..n . . ........ I additional side tracks, switching faclll l , . ( ll repair snops witnin the towi of La Grande, This summons Is published for slf ... consecutive weeks by the order of thi Hon. T. H. Crawford, Judge of th aoove entitled court, made on thi S4th day of April, 1908; the date o the first publication thereof belna- the 1st day of May, log. and the 12t day of June, 1101. Is to be the dat of the last publication thereof. W. W. COTTON, W. A. ROBBIN8. and COCHRAN A COCHRAN. Attorneys for Plalntlffi FOR RENT Three-room Four'h street; close Hi bouse on 5-Jstfj Ataj 'A fi UADCC C found, the city can pay the contracted plrre. If nothing comes of the pro Jectf then the cost would nsturslly not be much. The city , needs water and needs It badly. If the council finds that the artesian wa'ter proposition Is a practicable one, It ran do nothing better than to experiment with It. Thla petition will be presented to the council t Its n.ixt meeting and. If the council sees fit, an Investigation will follow. It Is to be hoped that this style o a well Is obtainable here. Tammany to Have Oasis. New York. June 11. Denver, host of the democracy, has reckoned with out Its guests In announcing that the national convention will be "dry." The thousand or ao Tammany brave who will go out to Denver In a ape clal train have no Intention of risking death by thirst. In the area of the statesmen of Tammany, water la all right to make (c of and float ship, en, but poor for drinking purpoe-s. A great big. well-Iced, well-etockee loaoeq mm ine train s luxe, gad It .m Mve the live. f the ot will be loaded an the traia it '"' : ' M.VliKit S-JS. pfflrlililE Tammany 'atatosinen. t , ;; Tammany braved say that the pro hlbitlonlata who have captured thJ"; democratic convention .six ..weeks 'in advance are all good men, ..no. doubt, and don't require anything ..stronger than cool tea.' But Tammany men Vlio were brought up under, the Hulnes la ware accustomed' to have what they want, and as much as they want, when tV want it. ... NEVADA BANKER ROBUED. Help t'p In Broad Daylight by Tavo Masked Men. Reno. Nev., June II. August Fro llch, of .the Washlo county bank . held up early today while on hi way to his office. Two highwaymen blocked the way at the point of a re volver and forced him to stoD. search. ed him and took a small amount of money. They then drove away with his horse. The robbers wore niasks. Ilelrem Secretly Married. 8an Francisco, June 11 n became known today that Miss Jennie Stan ford Lathrop. tha daughter of Charles Lathrop, treasurer of Stanford uni versity, and niece of the late Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, was secretly married April 1 to Walter Watson, clubman, man about town and a prominent ranehor of Napa county. Mrs. Watson was left million dollars by Mrs. Stanford. Bankers Lone BSO.OOO. Los Angeles. June 1 1. The postof ftce department today confirmed the report of the disappearance of a mall pouch containing tun ana .ti. i ' I HI VI, iwki bnIt tPPd to correspondents In New Tnrk ; Th - nt .. " on ne fcankers If the pouch la not recovered. . EILLEK MUST " -' MTREME C'OVRT HOLDS SENTENCE WAS LEGAL Bohemian Fortune Teller Who Was Sentenced to Hang Tomorrow Hut Who ApiM-aled for Slay of Execu tion necause He Was Not Given on Ontortunlty to Explain, Must Ilaiu; Prlt Hushing Over City to Se cure a Stay I'rlw.ner In (irief. Springfield, III., June 11. Herman nillek. the Bohemian fortune teller, fl onvlcted of the murder of Mary Vraal U nd four other monitors of the Vnal j-amlly, hangs tomorrow, acrordlng to i decision of the supreme court hand ed down tody. Blllek appealed on the ground that In sentrniln. the court failed to a.k him If he had snv- hlng to say. The supreme court holds this contention has no merit. The (Continued on psge 4.) OUGHT TO BE THE ol every citizen to so lie nr JL low citizens u III esteem him for his loodness his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of food citizenship should constitute the code of rules X for every kind of business This applies particularly I cause, owlni to the limited of druxs by the general public. It follows that the re liability of the druMst is the chief fuarantee ef Z food service. HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande . '... . .' '.''' V, . ". ' ' ' ! " ;- S Tn?nnni rii ,i ran hot me: WIN FIRST SKIRMISH IN I LEGAL FRACAS TODAY'. Charging Uka .Action on. lha irmtt . " or the Connty Sherirf, ttiirctmistr"" Court and Hie County Clerk, Juliua Rxa h File Complaint for IWupo- rary Rttralnlng Order I'rayer Granted TliU Afternoon Suy No tliea of Liquor Election Were No Posted PrMTly-i4ouiity Court , Cannot Act Tomorrow as Intended. Z Prayer is Granted. :' Circuit Judge Crawford, sit- ting In chambers this afternoon, at t:ii issued a temporary re- strtinlng order enjoining the county court fronj declaring the local option law, as adopted at the recent election. In effect at the meeting of the court tomor- row. . Looking toward either a stay In Bra. ceedlngs or eventuah annulment of th recent liquor election, the saloon ele ment headed by Julius Roesch of this city, have employed Judge Wilson of union, to draft a complaint against the manner of posting election notices prior to the June election and this af ternoon filed the same with the cir cuit court. The action has been the ali-absoih- Ing toplo of the day. The purpose of the attack s evidently to secure a temporery Injunction, on the county court, which meets tomorrow, to de clare the prohibition law effective. A Flank Movement. It has been the. genera! opinion that the saloon Interests would attack the validity of the election on the ques tion of whether or not the county clerk worded and Issued the liquor election notices properly. . Dut this Is not all of It. After probing Into the matter for the past two or three days, Judgo Wilson of Union, today drafted a complaint which discloses the source from which the real aitvk will co .e. It Is not directed sgalnst the countv elerk alone, but also Chllders. In their compiuint the saloon men allege or Inltmate that the sheriff posted his notices Improperly. They maintain that In some instances he left the mat ter of posting the five notices In close proximity to thevotlng pieces In each precinct, to some unsuthorlzed per son. This can only be done, they say, through a duly appointed deputy. They admit the form was right, and that In ((.'ontlnueil on page 4.) HAPPINESS AND CLORf live and act that his fel Z whether public or private. to the druf business, be- knouledie of the qualities i .