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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1909)
lie FLAYS IfJiPROPER ACTS fllfcST QUARTERLY 'REPOIIT READY FOR COMPTROLLER, fbrniithU'Of the F. A T. ST. Bank To- ntlu imported to the Comptroller -l.Soircs Any Man Who Would Take Advniiatge of tlio Muddled Affairs -cria Mm Worts Than , Scribe Minpelf Bur Budget of Details to lie Seut In Soon. 'The condition of tho defunct Far ters & Traders' National nan at me cae ol'Wslness December SI, 1908 nown ea the first quarterly report, ill be prepared and sent to the otnptroiler of the currency within five ays by Receiver Nledner. This In the most voluminous budget h.a.thns ever gone out from the bank, n contains an enormous volume of ctfuls. Others that have preceded it ave haj to do with the condition of he Institution at the time it wart de lared Insolvent, but this one has to o with the affairs today. Its prepar lon hrts required the burning of mid night oil by the receiver and his as jioUnts. It records every step and (very lt m that has been transacted ilnee the receiver took charge. In an Interview today relative to the hatter of claims against the bank, Re (elver Wilter Nledner said: "If any man attempts to take ad antagv of the muddled condition of lis bank and profit by it, because the coords have been improperly kept and some Instances destroyed, I con- Hdr Mnva. wqrs culprit that th late mlifer. '- Tre is no' evidence 'that jlber was seeking personal benefit, knd as his assertion that he was sin- fiGHT Warms up GOLDEX STATE UNITED I.V FIC1ITIXG FREIGHT RATES. Monoy Tours hi From All Section to Prnttit. UaUwt. .Hates Effective Xext Saturday. Vw . San Francisco, Dec. SI. Pledges of financial support have poured In to day to the; executive committee ap pointed by the California shippers, who are protesting against the pro posed advance In railroad freight lates by transcontinental lines In the state. As a result of the meetings held throughout the state yesterday, brewers, manufacturers, merchants, agriculturists and commercial Interests are now united in a common cause. It is possible action will be taken by shippers to enjoin the change In rates before Saturday, at which time the increase Is scheduled to become effective. t ESMIS out or lie nlng In a futile effort to save the life of the sinking Institution, has not been contradicted, I say that for eny one to take advantage of, the affairs for per sonal benefit Is a contemptible act" ' WOX HIS WAGER. But It Nearly Cost Him Ilia Life In Currying Out Agreement. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 31. John Rob bins, of Frultvale, proved to the world he was such a "game" spprt that he could put a billiard ball In his mouth, but he Is minus several teeth and is half dead from the nervous shock. He has a doctor's bill to pay as a New Year's greeting, but he won $2.50. - While playing billiards yesterday a friend said: ."I'll bet you $2.50 you can't put that ball in your mouth." "You'll lose," said Robblns, and wlt'.t great difficulty he forced the ball into his mouth. Then trouble came. The docior said it was Impossible to re move the ball before several teeth were removed. While this was v'" done Robblns nearly choked to U?.i:'-.. WITHDRAWS FROM OHIO SEX- ATORIAL CONTEST FOR PEACE. Dick Faction Will Hold Full rower In Ohio Charles Tart to Succeed Dlek Two Years Heliee, Is the Belief Representative Burton Thought to Bo the Successor of Foraker Chas, Taft Values Fence More Than the Honor of Solon's Tor. - - Columbus. O.. Dec. 81. Charles Taft, brother of the president-elect, to day announced officially his with drawal from the Ohio senatorial con test. Politicians say this means he will succeed Senator Dick two years hence. Representative Theodore Bur ton Is now almost certain to succeed J. B. Foraker, Taft withdrew In the cause of harmony. y 1 Burton Is a republican of Cleveland born at Jefferson, Ashtabula county Ohio, In 1851. He first went to the legislature In the 51st session, meeting defeat for re-election the next time Then he was elected to the 53d, 55th 56th, 67th and 58th, and re-elected to the 59th. , Charles Dick, until this year the junior senator, now heads the Ohio delegation. His office expires March 4, 1911. Foraker Withdraws. An hour after Charles Taft an nounced his withdrawal from the sen atorial contest, Foraker made a similar announcement, leaving a clear field to Theodore Burton. s ' Miss Emma Gocck is suffering with a slier'' Attack of appendicitis. : ELEVENTH AMUAL . pOficiT 1H HEW YORK cm ATTENDED MEEfING .NORTHWEST SUPERINTENDENTS HOLD INTERESTING SESSION'S. NATION'S METROPOLIS TO ' t - f BE "SOUSED" RIGHT. NW Year W1U Bo Ushered In In Hilar Ions Munner Thousands Wanted on Expensive Wines In Which De bauotiers Become Liberal Speudv' One Quiet Moment During Cole bratlon, Juxt Prior to Midnight Trinity Chimes Will Ring Tonight. It is unnecessary for us to go into detail as t ' . -J. I. x I. XX FT to our auiiny ai January price uuung. every; thing in our store has to go under our magic prices. Nothing Reserved! . Everything in the house reduced. We are the people who keep the prices down. FAIR SI La Grande, Oregon New York, Dec. SI. New York be gan Its annual New Year debauch this afternoon, and It Is conservatively es tlmated that by 1 o'clock tomorrow morning a third of the city's adult pop ulation will be "soused." To thus welcome the New Year In any of the popular resorts Is an ex pensive pleasure. For a fee of from $5 to $50, according to the would-be guest's means, a table is reserved for him and his party. Often this reser vation Is made la July or August, be cause every year the rush for table on the night of December 31 grows greater. And, as if hiring a place to sit were not enough, most , of the big placet have a rule that nothing In the way of drinks Shall be sold except "wine" which In the patois of 42d street and Its vicinity means always champagne Indeed, some proprietors go even fur ther and stipulate that nothing less than a quart may be bought. To the person who has not had the forethought or desire to hire a tabic and add to the profit of viniculture Broadway Is on New Years eve a moving picture, The sidewalks arc Jammed with a iri'try mob, ' moving aimlessly north and south, blowing horns, . shaking "burzers," throwing confetti, and . using those "ticklers' against which one police commissioner railed In vain, although certain wag gish spirits had Instituted the custom of concealing a sharp tack or nail at the head of the stick among the feath- ors. It is early in the evening that this out-of-doors 'celebration begins, Patrolmen are detailed at the ratio of two to a block, and although the crowd Is In the main good natured, there are always fights to be settled by the arm of the law plus the nightstick. This year matters will be facilitated by the night court, and it will be Interesting to know what luckless weight will be gin 1909 by being fined or committed at 12 m. There in one ffntiir of Kiw York' New Year's eve that many a visitor from out of town has anticipated. It Gil 111 ii Return From Merlins Where . ;uh swoJi. rrou:e: in- livers an Addrcw. IIE17 HORROR li E UAK ET Presided over by Bishop C. W. Smith, In Centenury church, Portland, and Inspired by his quiet and business like dignity, a convention of the dis trict superintendents and other of the northwest met for a two-days session fui'm'ny sr.d Wednesday of this week. .'..uf were present ' Superintendents Sulliger of the Pugct Sound country, Holllngshead. Rowland, and Dunlap, of the Willamette and the Klamath regions, and J. D. Olllllan of our city, representing this portion ot the Idaho conference. Mr. GUlllun returned this morning. Questions and themes ever every where valuable, but now particularly pertinent to the needs of this western rapidly growing semi-commonwealth, were prominent In evidence. The proper name for the meeting was "An Institute on Home Missions and Church Extension." Mrs. C. L. Weaver of Chicago, gave an address on the work- of, the Wo-, man's Home Missionary society; Its place In the church. ' Mrs. C. W. Jones explained the work of tho Woman's Missionary league In Oregon conference, a sort of susten tatlon fund-maker to assist needy charges In supplying the needs of their ministers. T. S. McDanlels gave a history of the Oregon Laymen's league, and President Homan of Willamette uni-, verstty showed the relations between our denominational schools and church benevolences. Reports of the work - of foreign speaking peoples were mado by. thf following missionary pastors now at work In the c(lty of Portland:. E. E. Hertzler for the Germans,' John Ovall for tho Swedes, H. P, Nelson for the Norwegian-Danish constituency; Chan 'Continued on naire S SMELL OF BUnXIXG FLESH SICKENS THE SURVIVORS. Government Give Out Estimate of Pood at 118,000 Separate Widow From Remains of Dead Hun band, But She Follows Body to Flames Aid Being RuHhed to the Districts King and Queen aro Working Un . flluchlngly in Suvot. . Official Death LUC Rome, Dec. SI. The govern- 4 ment today Issued the follow- ing official estimate of dead: At Messina, 60,000, . v At Regglo, 40.000. ' At Monteleone, 1800. At Bagnara, 1000. At Oazzlri. 1000. . At Falml, 600. , v At Semlnara, 400. In country districts, 24.000. Total, 118.806. The press estimates the nam- ber of dead at 200.000. " Rome, Dec. 81. Dispatches . from naval officers at Messina say the num ber of dead there Is 185,000. The whole southern part of Italy and Slti- ly is one vast hospital and morgue. The suffering at Messina and Reg glo Is appalling. Tha streets are tem porary hospitals, with no means of moving the injured.' , V Soldiers raised the roof from a wrecked railway station at , Messina aad found scores of corpses packed solid. No effort was made to count me ueau. . - , y $ " The burnlngof boe,4',"contlnue (Continued on page I. ) llERAISilllH OF RIPC II THE HEW YEAR This has been one of the finest more are to follow, building winters . for many years. Zacharlah Lilly has purchased four While these words are being set in lots on North Fourth street and Ur The is the church bell chimes, especially those of Trinity, ringing out over the graveyard and along the "silent" reaches of Wall street and lower Broadway. ' And while the street crowds hall the midnight bells with clamor, the pa trons of some of the restaurants have a pretty custom that has grown up through the years. Just as the hands of the clock are within a moment of overlapping all the lights In the res taurant are turned out. The orchestras stop playing. Everybody keeps si lence. Then with the flashing forth of the lights once more , everybody knows that the new year Is a fact, and a tonst Is drunk standing. But this Isn't the only toast, for New York, and more especially the "white light" dis trict, sees to it that the sun has al most risen before the festivity closes. FEUD ERICH IIJH1T; CALL FOR TROOPS TQ UACKSON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. i . Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 31. Governor type, the hammer and the saw are to be heard in all portions of the city. Two large stone piers for the $60,000 M. & M. company's building . were raised today and new houses are in evidence In all sections of the city, and now gathering material for a neat ' cottage. , ' ' ' Mrs. Sullivan's new house on Adams avenue Is nearlng completion.' , . n.v.u ,. . .-'. . W '' ' (Continued on page 4.) sage from the county judge, other of ficials of Jackson county Joining with him, asking troops proceed there Im mediately. The message failed to say why the. soldiers are wanted. It Is supposed a bloody mountain feud, in which the Hargls family has played such a prominent part, has broken out again. The disagreement of the Jury that tried Beach Hargls for murder of his father recently, may be at the bottom of the trouble. SALOOX ROBBED. Barkeeper Bound and Gaftgd Safe Robbed of $3000. San Francisco, Dec. 31. Bound and gagged, James C. . Mllholland, a bar tender In the Golden Gate Avenue sa loon, was found yesterduy by the pro prietor, bleeding from a gaping wound.' The place had been ransacked by rob-; bers who secured $3000 from the safe. Mllholland was alone when the thugs entered. A GIFT THAT PLEASES is not always the expensive one. Something beau tiful and useful and in good tatte suits best. One thing that is always acceptable, and which will re main a plhasant reminder of the giver, is good per fume. We have a nice line of CHRISTMAS PERFUMES put up in fancy gift packages or we can sell you -the same odors in bulk. When you are at a loss what to buy thin of these. Just what yon want for iust what you can pay. The quality is the very best Newlin Drug La Grande, Ore. Co.
