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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1910)
4WXI-L f 'A i if n V V YQLXI LA GRANDE. UNION CO UNTY. OREGON, IIONDAY, IIAP.Cn 7. 1910 V 7 i UEL CASE CfETO A DIM m 3 'iViiL. G?iD JU2Y DRAWN AND BAEfr rrERa cf ciscurr ccuit eeoins i ' ; ? ' .: OSPIEIE SEX OF COURT ' OFFICIALS IS SELECTS!. ClrD.case Is first 01 docket Llbe. k -suit 1 dlsmiosei by domnrrex , "-' ,";. j.'.'- whlck Is snstalBed by Jadge ! ' - dlcatlons are that ae term will be ,...;.: long one-?A Jew jurors are ex. 4 cued. -' GRAXD JURY ; J. A. Woodell, foreman I. L. Haller. T. J. Snider; . M J W. Spencer. , " Q Henry Sommer. C. C. Welch. ' .-.'.v '"'. " W. f Sailing. $ Grand Jury ; bafliff Perry Clark. Trial Jury: -Bailiff Ben -i " Stearns. . J uourt oaiTn j. M, Ki?ken-; 4 ' " '. sparger. ' J '' ' O (j,CIrcuit court for, the March term nopened today with Judge Knowles on, tthe bench. . .. ' ' v 7 ' . ' Vlhe.tol??lnB Jurors responded to ":roll call: A. J. Tuckcy, Geo, Wells, J. F. Steinbeck, W, O. Sherwood, J. L Slater, Alex Shaw, P. F. Robin son, Martin L Rush, W. B. McClure, W. W. Randall, G. L. Huffman, B. E. Kuhn, E. C. Rees. Our, store is now full of mi and up tdldate wearing apparrell easier comes early this season so do not delay s making your selection ; - ; Our Millinery is now on display Come and try on your hat we feel sure we han the one you will want. ; Jhe fast Express has been busy every day bringing New Ifork's choicest garments for your selection you will , f ind here just what you want In a spring suit. ; V THE The follpwluj were excused for the first week: O. F. Hall, A. B. Hempe, G. W. South and Win. 'Wig Slesworth Thi forenoon was. occupied in go ing over the docket, shaping things up for trial The first case taken up this afternoon was Mrs. Newlla vs. W. J. Llndaey, where an accounting is the cause of action. Among the outside attorneys Lt attendance are L Denham, of Elgin; L J. DstIs, of Union, Lowell and Winters of Pendleton end C. H, Fjn-.. of Portland. . . ' . :. f . . The grand Juij 'was drawn earl; in the day f.ni appeares at the hea-" )f this coloma. It is e this will be quite a lengthy term. Xlbel Bait DismlMJd Circuit Judge Knowles today sus tained arguments for demurrer Is the Hole suit brought against Mesay Lowell ft Sheets, two young tat?1' who leased the Union Ecput (er 1 hlle last summer, The ease came to Issue when 0. P, Pratt o( UjiIqu, Instigated action following public tion of an article having tQ dg.trlUi tne actions of rnt&"?sv':'?r Four attorneys argued the case for the derendants last Saturday and these - arguments were sustained h a demurrer presented, , r FILES ONE TRUE BILL Isdlcted by grand Jiivy for stealing The grr.nd Jury, late this afternoo returned it first true bill of the term when It indicted A. W. Miller, who was accused of stealing a revolver It is understood that Miller will ;lead guilty late this afternoon. , , Miller was in Jail several daj awaiting ct!on by the grand Jury. Wheat Crop Good the East Oregonian from every part of the county, UmatUla's 1910 wheat crop Is to be a big rne. . In only i few instances have rfamers noted an discouraging signs and there are ? few that they, are really insignificant' when the county is considered as a whole. Nearly everyone reported a Bplendid satnd of fall grain and plen ty of moisture to bring it to maturl tyln good shape. Pendleton E. O. FAIR 1 TMFHC POSSIBLE 10 VALLOWA YET SISTER CCTIES AS FAS FED RAIL AS THEY EYEB WAS SAIJfLIJlE TRACfS ETJ5 05 . AKI SCQE3ULE POSSIBLE Washouts east and west delay traf fie ci overland passengers again LJWt ftope for wnlce to Wallowa lor several days agaln-Jfew slides' nndo ell repairs Hirer has reai., ed 'iorma! sjnlq : Fond honea hM enlng by Imprlsonod Wallowa county tin A n.1M.'j ' .u xuuiuaa employees on local Q ft. & iSi. officials aKIta iw u- o vi lor of passengers comd be affectet' somewhere in the canyon ' last Sat ' rday night, have proven futile an i tVa' .!.!.. i' . .... "ioicr . ccuniy iB buu effectuall '.Holated. snd traffic lust 'a. im..i Ue as jt has beenf or the past eight Until alcioct da"!ieht ing the train struggled to get throuyb Till MrflH . . b torcca to return without re sults and reaching U Grande about i o'clock' a. m. yestord-or and todav urancn ime Has been running t Rlgln and return, : New slides Tiave occurred in th .;;auyons and ther is still little cc; tainty about when traffic will be re aimed aa there ever was. It may h days yet. New slide undo all thk reinforced gangs of . men and ma chinery can repair. Main line trains are running or impromptu schedules Number 6 du this morning form Portland, was held up by a slide on the, tow a Vil u tlJIU will reach here this evening. A mail train is all that has passed through f. urauae toaay, on account of a r uum near Nampa. Freight power is turned to -. --. -tvi iioiu exclusively, . . , The Grande Ronde as a - MUQ IO ceded rapidly and la now but a tarn 7 B0ADS ARE TICTORS Washington. - - - t . a on preme Coutr todar --"- wo toi.- tention of the Oregon Short Line Union Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads thut . tha ' rn.x. . . "uioi aiiuo ViOm- merce Coidmlssion wrc mem to make a Joint through """r rate to tne West THE MS OF FIREMEN . That current, rumors of a walkout ; on the part " of all locomotive fire men West of the : Mississippi la pre mature and practically , unfounded is tne gist of a carefully prepared re port of the alleged strlkft mhinMnn today. As far ts can ba learnt tn La Grande, there is nothing nearer M aKa.fll. . nirme crisis than a mere confer ence now pending In Chicago. It has been freely rumored In railroad cir cles. but not In the Brotherhood of Locomotive . Firemen ranks that . strike 1b now lminent, In fact la was generally reported on the street tc- day that tomorrow I L TJl for the walkout A 7:i'"Vfb VW4,BUV ,wv uiiiliiL I LvLil yPEElilMS i EAST AIR tLiifrELfziAsiniJ FEILir ELFZI A 5 iTiJ ATI C M CT TC.IN EVEE-STOIE LEIIFS a!:esteo by hlice woaAsr ssoi while TRHxa ; ' TO SHIELD CABT FROM Kokj ': . . .. .. .v,.v; , - CenSlctlng reports si to the number I V.et est on strike jn pklSa&ji ' lblaTElt brtalj oil .-.:. :.L ,J- bots are exchanged-' f ad taken to hospitals ' tor prlwners already, Philadelphia, March. T.-A car car rying 20 passengers with a -heavy police guard was dynamited . today. The car was' lifted from the racks hurling occupants In every direction. Several were cut and severely bruis ed but no serious Injuries. The po lice charged a crowd of laborers to day nearby.; A batUe ensued and sev Oral allots were fired. The mob was finally dispersed. , Two ringleaders were arrested, . . 1 Director of Public Safety Clay do uied today that he would apnlr for ihe .'vejnwent trcaps. He Bays he Hi im awe 10 control me situation. He den ,68 the claim .of the strike leaders that 150,000 men are on the itrlke. Ift declares there are or.l" 0.000. It is reported the' coast ar tT.ery at Fort Dupont has been or lered to prepaie for duty at Phila delphia lo protect the government properir. , L ; :' -i-. .'-, The total number cf men under ar rest is 52. 'Many of thare are oris oners In hospitals having serious wounds. In tin past 24 hours five persons were shot and scores beaten Mrs. Bessis Welner. who was ser iously shot by a mounted police ai she was trying to protect her baby She was caught In a crowd of riot ers. ';, ' -v', It is estimated by merchants and manufacturers and shoo keepers that they have alread. lost $5,000,000 as the result of the strike. :V , Printers May Strike ClnclnatU, Ohio, March T. Reore- sentatives : of the Allied Prlntina Trades are gathering here today for a conference. Many persons inter ested are Inclined to believe It por tends a demand by printers for in creased wages. The trade agreement with the employees will soon exnire and it is believed a general walk-out in the printing shops will follow the refusal of the employers to meet the STRIKE NOT several important demands is now under way at Chicago but there is no iiKiinooa or a strike. As far' as can be learned the demands of the fire men under the subdivision known as the district West of : the Mississ ippi, are merely normal and will do doubt be granted or compromised, ' When the Chicago conference Is ended, and should , the demands be denied in 4oto, a general ballot of that section of the country West of the Mississippi would be taken anil should a strike vote result, suchac- , T DOt UnUI then' 9..th.e flr.emen not to uon win follow but not until then unmeaiate strikd report demands of the men. UcJon Not E?coya!aed Bethleham, Pa., March 7. Follov lag the refusal of President Schwa; to recognize the Union, indication are .today that a strike at the Beth leham Steel Works will continue In dafinltely. Schwab has declined tc recognize the executive committee c the Union because the demands d!; not emlnate from, the .men themselvt Chicago, March T. Resolutions up holding the striking street car tan, of , Philadelphia and endorsing thf general sympathetic strike were pas sed by tie Chicago Federation of La bor yesterday and at wbtea Samuel Gompers made an address. The ref lation was severely criticized by t tlvlc authorities of Philadelphia:. . SAYS IT MATTIES NOT WHAT RE. f.;'l:.' ;' "iiGiojriis":,.- Returning uun recounts low Colonel as entertained at mission New York. March, t Xf nthI," Tin.. I a Nun who has Just returned from hast Africa, today told nt . - ""Julius tol. Roosevolt in Uganda shortly be fore Christmas. She quoted him as "I try to be decent and I detet; religious Jntoleratlon. ' If t m&a oirujgni wnat difference does it mak' wfcat relitrt-jn he. hnr - "the Nun told how Roosevelt e i1- tJUbBu nis great delight at a dish o: American grown" tomatoeB, and de scribed hia visit to the mission school The Bishop attended by priests am' Prince Joseph with a great throng of our people turned out to greet oi. noosevelt, she said. "We had two bands and one of them walked 65 miles to b th&re. Children san? the Star Spangled Banner. Perhapr it .was tears in my own eyes that made me think there wer In his." HERY STRIKER DEAD 6n of Ue pioneers of Union ; ; county passei away. Hanry Striker , tun Vixrij pioneers of Union rn--- vvuuy, VJCU at his home In Etein BotM-- .- v i m "uo was buried there this afternoon. For ma ny years Mr. Striker has been In poor health. . About three years ago he visited Mexico but after staying aev. eral months decld ,. . ' vusrg was no place like Union county and re- I108SEK CHOOSEYOl? Wipfiomsi SSIawiiTsS When you recieve a prescription it is always your privilege to' have it compounded by any drug gist you may prefer, no . matter what physician writes it or on what form or blank it appears. Physicians,; as a rule, prefer that their patients shall exercise their own judgement in this matter. : Any physician will approve of his prescriptions being brought to us because our service is always of a scientific and wholly i eliable character. FP IT oni rrrr , THE Ilia. ' ' - IfcuATS AD JAPANESE (JAT Situailea at Welling ton but little la. tempt (0 Walk to Everett-Total la Eriilsh Colambia slide now iuow to be sixty-two Liters find corpses. Vancouver, B. C, March, 7. Ac cording to information' brought by the first train from the neighbor hood of the Bnow slide at rtogers 1'ass, both Slavs and Japanese at tempted to lynch one of tha railroad bosses at Glacier, thinking he had compelled their comrades to work at night, notwithstanding the danger. The man escaped by Jumping aboard a caboose and being hurried away by the engineer who saw the dan ger: The company says the victims volunteered for the work; . -o"f fi n,v:iu nuu A6 jay 3 were recovered from the avalnna .IS n rt A i T at Rokoi-s lass today. Eltrht him. dred men are working and a line is expected to be free tonight. Weather in Salkirks reported cold, and no more BlidiB. The total killed was 62. ( Survivors Seek Refuge Scennc, March . 7. Seven InlnrM ' survivors of the Wellington ava lanche left here today for Everett Accompanied by guides thev mailfl their way down the trail from Wel lington yesterday. They are Train master Harrington, Conductor M. O. White, Lucius Anderson, a porter; Adolph Smith, a porter: J. K. Kerlee. fireman and II. II. White of Seattle. With bandaged arms and head sther made a Queer spectacle as they wound Jown the trail ; Three mors bodies were found ear ly today In the wreckasra of thA mall train. One was John O. Pox of Sea ttle, another Charles Ladue. a mail .. clerk. A tmoker containing 80 Ital- v iana nas been located and one enrr& is found. "Rotarles' should reach th.a-.-V- tunnel from the eastern side tonight ..I 1 i I 1 1 i
