VOLUME vm.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.,i FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1909.
NUMBER 152.
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M ARTHUR IS
TO LECTURE HERE
1UNN1WAY IS ANOTHER
BIG MAX ON PROGRAM
Oregon-Idaho Development Congreits
Send Names of Several Important
Speakers For La Grande Congrc.is
Dunulway, Speaker McArthur And
Xaxton of Raker City on Tlie List
Locally, Much Preparation Under
way. "Hlnton N. McArthur, speaker of the
Oregon house in the 1909 session, will
be one of the speakers on the program
to be carried out by the Oregon
Idaho development' congress when it
meets in La Grande this month. A
letter was received this morning by
Publicity Manager Fred B. Currey
- from E. Hofer the chairman of the
executive committee of the congress,
that McArthur will be here and wiH
lecture on "A Greater Oregon." This
"fcit of news will be welcomed.
In addition to the speaker, other
lecturers were secured yesterday ac
cording to the letter. Some of these
are: Hon. Willis S. Dunnlway, of
Portland, on the subject "A Business
, man on Irrigation and P. M. Saxton
of Baker City on the subject "The
new Oregon Water code."
Arthur P." Stover the government
irrigation expert at Portland has all
but decided to come and it will, not
be surprising if his presence can be
-announced In a few days.
Locally every day sees some new
phase in the matter of entertainment
for the guests. The city is already
known as the convention city of East
ern Oregon and the commercial club
must ever be up on its toes to main
tain the high stand set by other or
ganizations in the past.
WHY
for your spring or summer suit, when you
can buy the newest garments from us for
less money. Elegant Patterns, Faultless
Tailoring Unequaled Values. A large
array of patterns and styles to choose
from.
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LADIES HONORED.
Several From La Grande Draw Places
' on Orticlnl Slate. .
Several I .a Grande ladies were re
elected to offices In the missionary
meeting of theEasteru Oregon pres
bytery of tho Presbyterian church at
Baker City which closed last evening.
A Baker City lady was elected to
succeed Mrs. J. K. Wright Those to
be given offices from La Grande are:
Mrs. II. R. Manna, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Kirk, box secretary and
Mrs. W, S. Seeraan treasurer.
CHANGE AT SCENIC.
There will be a complete change in
the program at the Scenic tonight.
This means In vaudeville And moving
pictures as well; The pictures are up
to snuff and will please any audience.
The vaudeville peopbs have something
better than they have ever put ou be
fore. Better see it, if you don't went
to miss something!
SEATTLE MAN ALLEGES SERIOUS
CHARGES ARE FALSE
SEATTLE, April 16. Frederick M.
Newberry, a real estate dealer, and
claiming to be a cousin of Truman H.
Newberry, former secretary of the
navy, ts in Jail here in default of 2,
000 bail, accused of detaining 3everal
girls under 12 years in his office.
They have made charges against him.
Newberry says he has a wife and
family at Dayton, Ohio. The maximum
penalty for this crime Is life impris
onment, but Newberry says It is a
case of blackmail.
CIS
How Does $15 Look to You
for a suit that you must pay $25 for in
many stores. '
Why not Save That Extra $10.00?
. We have spring suits from $10 to $25
but we are especially proud of that $15
suit.
Come in and See Them
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THE
L4 GRANDE,
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TO BUTTE BIT.
ENGINEERS ALREADY IN
FIELD GETTING SURVEYS
Central Oregon And Idaho to be Tap
ld by Electric Line of Euonuou
Length WM Build Thirty .Miles
Out of Portland at Once Two linn
dred Thousand Available Now For
' Construction Coining ' Through
John Day.
PORTLAND,'' Oregon. April 16.
Portland will be linked with Butte,
Mont., by an electric line 300 miles
long acrosB the Interior of Oregon
and Idalio Into Central - Montana, It
la to be promoted by Portland, Butte
and Baker City Electric Railroad,
which has Just been Incorporated with
H. C. McAllister, the nuiBter fish war
den of Oregon, as president.
The' first 30 miles will be built at
Portland, and be extended through
the John Day valley. Men are already
surveying over the Cascade-mountains.
Two hundred thousand dollars are
available for the contsructlon pur
poses, and the promoters will send en
gineers out immediately.
NEW MAIL SUPERINTENDENT.
WASHINGTON. April 16. Frank W.
Vaille. of Oregon, was today selected
as-superintendent of th nw 13th divis
ion railway mail srvice with headquar
ters at Seattle. Salary three thou
sand. Ualsc Treasurer' Bond. -
WALLOWA, April 10. The treas
urer of the city does not give bonds
enough. Such Is the opinion of the
Pitv rnuncil and at their meeting
Friday night they Instructed the ordi
nance committee to frame an ordi
nance fixing the treasurer's bond at
not lss than $2,000.
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PETIT1I FOR '
ELECTION HEAR
WATER-PROOF PETITION, TO
" It EACH CITY TOMORROW
A Prlltlou Said by American Light
Power Company Attorneys to le
Flan less Will Arrive Immediately
And Must be Signed by Taxpayers
at Once Perniuiient Survey to go
on )Thlle Special Election Is" Being
Held. V ''
Word has been received by the city
officials from the American Light and
Water company that the petition for
the water bond election, in the form
approved by their attorneys, and a
method (if procedure to be followed
after the petition has been signed, was
mailed from Chicago on the 14th.' The
petition should reach La Grande to
morrow. The next work to be done,
in order that there may beno fur
ther delay in the matter of obtaining
pure water, is for the progressive
citizens - of La Grande to sign the
petition.! After the requisite number
of voters have done tills, it will be
ified with Recorder Cox, who will then
pos uotices, culling an election. The
election, however, cannot take place
Tor sixty days after the notices are
posted. ' . .
In the meantime the permanent sur
vey will have been completed by En
gineer .tickler, who started for the
had of the proposed pipe Hi.e 'lie i!ny
befo're yesterday, but had to turn
back on account of Enow. About Mon
day, with a force of several men, he
will begin the work from this end,
and think hat the, snow will melt
fast enough so that he may push the
work to completion.
The contracting company will have
all preparations for actual construc
tion of the system completed by the
time the election Is held, and next
fall La Grande children will be drink
ing pure mountain water, and La
Grande parents need not be in fear
of typhoid all the time.
The Observer has many times re
Iterated the fact that the city is at
absolutely no expense in holding this
election, made necessary by a slight
irregularity in the proceedings con
nected with the former bond election.
n.uh tn reupflt that every cent
of the expense vlll be born by the
American Light and Water company,
the people who have contracted to
Install the system,
HANGING SCENE
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PHILLiPiKG MUBOERE'l DROPS TO
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WALLA WALLA. April 16. Juan
Nicolus. a Filipino, was hanged here
ut 4:li0 this morning for' killing James
Brown, mistaking him for a deputy
sheriff againwt whom he had a grudge.
j He then filled a Filipino boy because
j he couldn't find the boy'B father whose
death he sought. The shooting was
the result of jealous rage.
The piiaoner walked calmly up the.
1 T Rtena to the scaffold. To his breast
I he pressed a cross. He dropped r.iter
i standling ou the trap' two minutes.
! still holding the cross U, his breast.
i He confessed to Chr.uu'iu" Joyce, of
'..the .1.4th. Cavalry : .-! xluninf the alioot-
ing was an accident.
FULTON DECLINES JOB.
WASHINGTON. April 16. A tele
gram from C. W. Fulton of Oregon,
declining the ministership to China
was received today by President Taft.
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ASYLIM INMATES ESCAPE.
Two Get Away, But Third Is Injured
Ju Full From Window,
SALEM, April 16.T-Attempting to
escape from ' the . insane asylum at
midnight Wilson O. Hall, from Klam
ath county, fell 40 feet from a third
window and fractured an ankle. Two
others escaped. They made rope of
bedclothes, but the rope parted with
Hall, who weighs 200 'pounds.
WALLACE POKEK ENDED.
WALLACE, Idaho, April 16. For
the first time since the "Last Chance"
saloon in Wallace In 1886, poker was
stopped here by Sheriff John Mofflt,
of Shoshone county. This Is the last
form of gambling.
TAFT HOME AGAIN,
WASHINGTON, Ap. il 16. President
Taft returned to the capitol today,
Mrs Taft remaining la New York.
EDITOR SCOTT
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OREGONIAN EDITOR WILL BE AM
' BASSADOR 10 MEXICO
WASHING &N, April 16. Harvey
Scott, editor of the Portland Oregontan
will be the next American Ambas
sador to Mexico, succeeding David B.
Thompson, acordlng to reports. This
will probably not be announced offi
cially for several days. He will go on
the slate of diploinutlc appointments,
hanging scene
THE STARTING GUN.
SEATTLE. April 16. Mayor ' Mc
Clellan of New York, was presented
with a gold mounted revolver, with
which he fired the shot starting the
great o ean-to-ocean auto endurance
race on June 1.
Dick Hennescy, who two years ago j
lived here but is now located at "
Starbuck, is in th city today from I
Hot Lake visiting friends. Mr. Hen-.!
nesey is taking treatments at the san- j
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TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST RESULTS
FROM FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. Six
men dead, and eight seriously In
jured, and it is feared at least 15 more
bodies are in the ruins of the St.
George, a tenement destroyed by fire
this morning. Four bodies has been
recovered. A victim giving his name
ns Charles C. Cartwrlght. who says
his brother lives near Salem Oregon,
Is believed to be dying.
The building Is a fire trap. A pro
test was made when it was built after
the fire, as it was filled with tiny
rooms, when t lie lire siarieu some
had no chance to escape they were
burned up like rats.
The narrow halls are quickly filled
with struggling bodies. Several drop
ped from effects of smoke, unable to
(li d their way Out. The building was
k frame structure and burned like
tinder. Three firemen are crushed
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SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. April 16. said "Big Jim" Gallagher, chalrma
Fred nlchols, one of the boodling and 0f the old board, gave him $4,000.
former supervisors to whom Immunity when he rom.jU(je)i his story he was
wa. granted, today took the stand In ; oTer wfco h,nd.
the Calhoun trial, recited how his ,
vota was purchased for the overhead j him without gloves. He w.a sub
trolley franchise by Calhoun, he jected to a severe cross examination
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AMERICANS AMONG THE
CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED
Racial And Religious Mars Raging In
Minor Occasioned by Cprlln(r In
Turkey Germany, England An
America . Mill Intercede Meagre
Dispatches Say Americans Were KIL
led OAicm Resign to AtoM The
Axe.
WASHINGTON, April 16. Twf
Americans were killed In rioting
Adana, acording to a cablegram from
Ambassador Lelshman, at Constantly
ople. Many homes at Adana wera
pillaged and burned. A racial war
Is slowly spreading throughout Asia
Minor. .
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 16. Six
ty Armenians and a German Inter
preter of the British consulate were
killed today at Adana, Asia Minor, by
fanatical Mohammediaua who have de
clared war against Christians.
The uprising is believed to be a re
sult of the revolt at Constantinople.
Germany and England will udoubtedly ,
Interfere. t'.
OFFICIALS RESIGN.
ATHENS, April 16. Tewflk rasp
resigned as Grand Vizier of Turkey to
day when he heard troops advancing
toward Constantinople from Salonlca, ;
Member a," tr '.'henew cabinet ex
pected to resign. .
YOCNG TURKS ARE INSTIGATORS.
8ALONICA, April 16. Two' battal
ion of soldiers are marchlilg against--Constantinople
today determined to
over throw the new regime and place
Vounk TurkeB in power. The' move
ment was inspired by Young Turka
who were driven from here by the ne
regime. ;
Abmed-Riza, the deposel president
of the parliament has arrived hare
and has begun organization of a pro
visional government, which will so.)
be proclaimed.
PORTLAND'S VOTING STRENGTH.
PORTLAND Ore. April 16. Port
land has 34, 472 reglstred voters, a
shown by registration books, which
closed last night. ,
There are 1134 Republicans. 21'
Democrats and 107 miscellaneous.
IN SAN FRAN
by the walls.
Eight small buildings adjoining were
destroyed. Total property loss two
hundred thousand. Olllcer , W. F.
Kruger, by his bravery, saved several
by rushing Into the burning build
ing and dragged them out
At noon 40, lodgers were reported
missing, with a bare possibility that
some of them are living, though it
is doubtful. ' '."
Wreckage df nine buildings Is still
fottf. ulihiuli fli-umnn hnva ltfell IilaV-
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j lug streams all day. Rescue parties
j have been retarded, flames cutting
' them off from where the bodies ara
burled. It Is unlikely that more bodies
; will be recovered for hours. I'ntil
then accurate figures an dead, are un
known. Bodies recovered so far ara
charred beyond recognition.
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