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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1910)
: i;" . . .. J S f (v v. . ? ( 7. i i t 1 1 1 LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE COX, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1310 Nnir.Lr. i: yol. xi ; 10,000 -TURKS : SENT TO AID ALBANIANS WILL SUFFER FIERCE - ONSLAUGHT SOON , SREAT CROWD HERDED 1X10 f it A FEN AND SHOT DOWN f .j - ;;., - v-1 . Sarrassed forces of revolting? Alban. fans will be stringently dealt vtjth . Trhen the reinforcements reach the 'scene of struggle Turks lose about f ! $00 tilled and the Albanians lose !U0O Allied . v, ..: Bulgaria) , April ' 9. Ten thousand Turkish troops are being mobollzed oq, the Albanian border to go to the aid of the harrassed forces already 'fighting the Albanian revolutionaries. ; Warships were today ordered' to pro ceed to the 'Albanian coasts and to Lombard the towns which have re belied. . The' weeks' casualties In the fight ing are estimated as GOO dead on the Turkish side and ' 600" rebels. The number of wounded exceeds the dead. .Fifty Insurrectionists, It la reported were driven into a pen near Ipec and were shot down by the Royalist troop ers. , ' Neck Broken,jTet Allv,e-. ; . Seattle, Tpril 9. .With - his o neck broken from a plunge down ft. chute at Luna Park last; night, George H. Swanson ,a marine engineer alive at v the hospital today, though physt- !anes declare he cannot i!f..'1h lost his balance and 8lld down the chute alighting on-; hb 'ead.;;Be ) aides the dislocated neck he abo'euf- Lfered a concussion of the brain. I Shrmerr:HeideVSah ff .Pittsburgv r April .Th Pittsburg jShrlners'bf. the Syria T'emple'' jiave !Mrter!cl a- Special train to; take then tothe' tinpertal "Conclave at-'New Or leans -andllt Jeae 'j today 'JtojK :thQ i qutnern metropolia. , . 1 . . ... . . . 1 - Urn .N i 1 II V ... M"" V mm, - " Seattle Street Cor Keld Up. Seattle, April 9.Four men, sus pected of. holding up an.Alkl Point car at midnight are under arrest to day. The trolley car was filled with a homeward bound theatre party and was stopped on lower First Ave. by an obstruction on the tract. . Three masked men entered the car and. re lieved the passengenrs of their money and valuables. . The loot is estimated to be worth $300. A pistol duel be tween a crossing watchman and the bandits fillowed the desperados es caping in the darkness, '? . ";. "; GRIND JURY FINDS TRUE BILL 1 ''J- AGAINST ''THEE New Juror drafted Into service to 11 ; : tacaney on Jury. ; After waiting until' yesterday af ternoon for grand Juror . Haller of Telocaset to put in an appearance, the grand Jury met at 3 o'clock having Haller's place filled by J. L. Slater, who ' was chosen by the court from the . petit Jury.,., V J-;,r, . - One true v bill was found, an - In dictment for. burglary, jxotjla,; r?sj dence was. returned against the five men who are accused of robbing the store of Tred HaUten earlyln JIarch. Their names are given as David Cdnley," John WUllama,; James" Wil son, George Lang and, John W. Wright and- they were arraigned this morn- ,ing before Judge" knowles at 11 o'clock . and heard the charge read to them by District - Attorney Ivan hoe. ' ''.V:,r : ' ' - Wben (juestond 'by-the' cOAiii they declared that they had given ; their names correctly to the authorities, and that , they had no means with wjllch to employ counsel for their defense. They were instructed tq be present a( 16 a. m. next' Monday to plead to V the; charge,: and thecour -announced ttiat ''counsel1' to defend' them Vofild t be appointed' In ine' mean tune, iifter which the men were remanded back Jntj) j th& cpBtody fv? ' sheriff to await trial. Unheard of S U S PECTS Spring fiats. We are overstocked,- Jhese are the prices on oitr fiats for one dot only. , $6.00 hats on sale $3.45 $6.50 hats on sale $3.95 $7.50 hats on sale $4.95 . $8.00 hats on sale $5.55 $9.00 hats on sale, $6.45 $9.50 hats on sale $7.25 , first Come first Choice ' 'A ' TT VTK' Alt liiiiQNir mm the ; Mi ll POLITICIANS; CONFIDENT T. R, r FLANS ACTIVITY - r, COFEREXCE WITH ROOT AXD ' 1'INCIIOT TO START THINGS Eastern papers devote mnch space to the probable attitude of Roose. Telt I toward Che Taft admlnltra : tlon Roosevelt has at bis elbow the men who wIU figure most con splcnonsly in politics. doubt In the 'minds of politicians a to the.proballty, of .Theodorej Roose1 velt plunging Into political battle roy al has disappeared following rthe statement that Roosevelt will discuss political!. matters, at home after, he has conferred with Pinchot and Sena tor Root ' 'tj; :"i"r ""'v?- ; - Morning papers- thVougoiit 'the East give much space to Roosevelt's prob able attitude toward Taft's adminla itra,tion. - After ' meeting Root and Pinchot, Roosevelt will have'"at his fingers end the details 'of ipJltlcal moves during "his absence and he la etpe'eted to "have "something of in terest to say 1 on his arrival In " New York. .. . . - v " -UV. t In .Root and Plnph RooseYelt will have the moving' centers of the two biggest squabbles In ,' Amercal In Pinchot he has a mouth piece for the Baillnger controversy 'and In -'ftobt, the central figure of the New York KtaWSeptblican embrogllo)1 an affair that is attracting a great aeai or in tention, and threatens to disrupt the Republican party. . " Rain Mars Trips. Genoa, April .--A.heavjr rain mar red the pleasure of a sight seeing 'trip planned far. th.e. Roosevelta to day by American Counsel Smith. Af ter 'visiting the' places lof historic In terest, the party departed this nftir- noon tot T'ofi Maifrlzlb W tlslf -Mrs Rbsevelt'B slster-:,j J f v prices oh early Read Our ' fids inn r Tn ii m j liAVi LfAMlLLlM niLL ILbOt nllillsed rejecting tho Item, but the para- SUNDAY NIGHT BOOZE TOTIC TO BE DISCUSS s ED DURING THE AFTERNOON 1 i Closing day of present revivals comes ; tomorrow when regular revival Sun I v' ,;-v. ' V ',1,1. .' f day programs will be carried out, ; Over two hundred conversions Lave ' been reported 'florin the progress of the revivals.; 4 - TAkusMt Inca vriW chm trt a HoBe. The flve f T I T XT ' T t f -WITT ' weeks campaign has resulted In more than S00 conversions and greatly strengthened participating churches individually and collectively. :; I The Sunday schools will gather in their home1 churches 'at 9:30 and at 10:S(j;Wlll march' to the tabernacle where Evangelist Johnson will preach This being' the last day, special mu sic will be ; given by the greatest choir that has ever been assembled for similar occasion. In the afternoon at 2:45 Mr. John son will preach on "booze." This IS a general meeting to which both la dies 'and gentlemen are Invited , and the attendanee promises to be large. ; The . closing servlcft will be held at 7:30 'at 'whlch- time it "is expected the tabernacle ".Will be crowded to hear the farewell address. - All tbe cdllectloris" taken tomor fow'wlll-fce free will offerings and ihesei ar - the only offerings tit! have been or will he for Johnson" This evening there. will be , sei vices held In the tabernacle. ' Notwlth standing the heavy rains yesterday the building was'com'fortable and the Stoves have been 'running all day to ibsorb the dampness. - : l- t 4 Chief of Police Deduced. I ; St.- Louis, April 9. Chief of Police Creasy was found guilty of Insubor dination by the police commissioners today and was dismissed from the force. 'V::;-"'-;'v ' MORNING SESSION CANCELLED Afternoon devoted to closed and open 1 . ', v . meeting by farmers, j An all day session of the la Grande local of the Farmers' Union failed to materialize today, due berhans to the bad condition of the roada following yesterday's severe irain "storm and the closed meeting planned for this morning -was cancelled. Instead, the local held Its closed meeting early In the afternoon and at about 2:30 op ened the meeting to all. New mem bers weer Voted., npon. considera ble buslnes ; stransacted but there was no election of officers. ' ; ; ORGANIZATION POSTPONED Bad' weather, prevents good attend , ance ftt "Ford Organization" ? Bad weather this afternoon prevent ed 'permanent jorganzation of the Ford Club' as outlined by. Dealer, L. C. Smith,-and the meeting was post poned until the roads are better," It is the purpose of the club to take Interesting automobile trips. ' .IV. Cj Smith was host at a dinner at the Model to those who did at tend the meeting. V: ' May BuIJd Warehouse. 'Members of the Farmers Union at Union are holding a meeting In their Union re holding a meeting in their on the biuldlng of a warehouse there. No Hain at Lndd Canroa . L. Couch, who lives on Lftdd Creek reports today that the rain did not visit that section of the valley yester Govrruiurnt liuys . Antu for (uunon Washington, April 9. It was learn ed today that Speker Cannon is to have an automobile after nil. Aa ex amination of the logiblative appro priation' bill reveals the fact that the machine which Is to bear the Speaker to and from the Capital will be eared for at the bovernmpnt ox- graph was deftly transferred to an other paragraph and Cannon gelsj his car. MEETING IN LA GRANDE SOON TO FEEFECT 8IIEDULE ; Promoter! . meet .ln.rendleton to . or " panics ' temporarily yesterday."". : Class ,D. basobell Is 7et to be ft reality In La ; Grande . according to a decision .reached at. Tendleton; yes terday when Grant Lincoln of this city, ft Baker City representative and Walla Walla and, Pendleton promo ters met at Pendleton. . The meeting was purely an informal one but it demonstrated that .Pendleton is go ing to drop in on; the proposition. A nw man la Pendleton, himself an old leauger,, has guaranteed to ; fi nance the proposition there, Insur lng that ; Pendleton will be with the club. This has been the missing link all along, for La Grande In the lead Baker City and Walla Walla follow ing have been crying for a fourth city' with which to perfect 'the league Many plans have fallen through, but Pendleton has supplied this want and It looks like professional ball now, without further, disputes, r V.' - - t'f Perfect Organization' Soon ' The organization will he perfected at a meeting in this city next week, probably - on t. Tuesday. A schedule will be drawn up. and officers for the association elected. The club 'Is "to be given protection from national as soclatlon sources .and jWlll be con, ducted along business methods. ' ; , Lincoln -After. Players, ' Grant Lincoln baa already, connect ed,up with severaj goodfBlayert., and league, naq .ft cnance ;ovoe perrecpeq. he clinched several players and now has a strong aggregation under his hooks. u Jack , O'Brien t wp. managed La Grande's team two years ago un der,., , similar organization,, will ,be at tb.e helm of. the Garden Cltyf,squad ftgaln No,nef disputes, the, statement that 0;Brien Is a clever, manager and he will no doubt make, the .league more evenly balanced than It was the last time, when La Grande was so strong few of the other teams had 'any'Vehance 'asalnst' ,fA:'.-- La Grande has outgrown amateur ball, and as long ; as (he proposed club representing this city . is pro ducing good ball, it will be given the liberal support of the fans. miMi m "GLASS-LINE r-Why Our Business Grows- ' That oar , business Is constantly growing Is obvious to air our customers. However the fact that It grows Is of less importance than the caose of this growth. ? Stores don't grow by chance;, growth is, always the operation, vof some vital principle, and in this case the vltel principle la qualityquality of goods, quality of. service. ' . ' . - V -;i.:'Vi t-l' & rrr;V:;,'t : For 25 years this store has been doing business on the basis of quality each. year showing an, Increase . over the previous one;' each year adding new customers and continuing to' hold the old ones. All of them have stayed because they found it paid to trade here. They find , here & larger stock, , bette' rassortment, better goods than are to be obtained elsewhere for, the money ; and ' better esrvlce throughout.' ' ' ,. : 1" "JLr LA GRAKDL OR, TIM mm BUSIES KiGU COST OF LIYiTu SUCH CC'IBINLS AS SOON AS HIGH COURT DE. "CIDES, ACTION WILL C023 AttorPf . General ITJckcrshatn out lines "what, course the government c wjUK pursue should the supreme :: conrt decide In favor of the govern ri'i , '.f''-r. ( 1 C- ! ment la the tobacco and Standard OU dissolution suits. , HI tae high' cost of living Is to check -the growth of illegal monopolies aiil " combinations and prevent practices tending to Increase the cost of food was declared by Attorney General WlckerBham of Taft's administration .... here today. ' ' . ' .. Tq do t'thls, " pei soris responsible " must be Indicted and combinations , dissolved. He said the government ' Is proceeding along the lines indl- ' cated already. v ; ' WlckerBham said the powers of the ' department of Justice could not be clearly denned until : the supreme ' . court decides the tobacco and Stand- -i ard Oil cases. " ' ' ' Should the government win these suits, the department of Justice will '.y Immediately ; exort .all "Its . energies to attack the many alleged monopc-; lies controling the "food market - v - - V : : ; ' : i '-.;,.v... k '. i , r. Ccal Land Discussed ; WasbJngtoBr AlfB fl-rurthr tea-. J ,1.,.. tlmony , regarding .the. Alaskan coal fields occupied; the tlnie of the BaI- linger Investigation .today. - Alfred . Brooks ft. TOlneraloglcal expert tea tilled that the coal mines of that coun . try were sufficient: to." supply. consu- . mers for nearly; 6000 . years - at present! rate of vconsumptlon. ' This ; V Is excluslyerof Alaska. ,'. fifnnfnril fVow TVIna . nnr(iA(i -flPfl frn. the University, pf California today, by; f two; boat lengths. v r v -' United States Senator .Pjlng ' ' ' Oxnard, Callf April 9.--Former TT.V S. Senator Thomas Jt Bard Is report?" ed to be dying at his home today. Members of his family have been Sum- . moned to his bedside. . Police Stop i Pendleton Boxing . ' : Pendleton, . April 9. The-v police stopped a scheduled 15 round fight here last night between Benrey Mul lin and Bob Brechlin of Spokane la the fifth round. when Mullln had his. opponent all but outT' Brechlin' was. . clever and game. . ' . I4 tug Co. day. .i 1 . V