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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1910)
a 8rattto ortttbut t ; .jL 1 1 J VOL. XI PRESIDENT OF G. 1. 41. IS BURGLAR IN HIS HOME FIRES FA TAL SHOT IN FIGHT IN EARLY M0BNIN6 BURGLAR EVIDENTLY HURT Hearing Noise, Railroader Goes to Dining Boom and Meets Burglar One Shell of His Revolver Gone and it is Believed That he Succeeded In injuring His Assailant Before In stantly Being Killed Himself. Chicago, Ju'' 20. I. R. Rawn, pres ident of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railroad, was shot and kill ed by a burglar In his home today. Rawn lived in a fashionable suburb at Wlnnetka. The killing took place in the dining room. The railroader had heard a noise and on going to in vestigate, ran foul of the burglar. A free for all fight was precipitated and he was killed instantly in the scrim make. A number of negroes have been ar rested by the police but there is scant evidence against thm. Bloodstains were found on the side walk and one cartridge was fired from Rawn's revolver indicating that the burglar is hurt and hiding near the premises and will soon be caught. Finds Valuable Tin Box. Seatte, July 20. When Conductor Gilbrtson of Alki Point, turned his car this morning he handed the dis patcher a tin box containing $2,000 worth of jewels, which he had found on the car. Meanwhile Reverend H. Poland, a German, had reported that he had been robbed on a street car while on his way to the bank to de posit the valuables in a safety deposit vault Rich Ore Found. Victoria, July 20. Rich finds of ore are reported from Bugabo district near the famed Bugaboo property. Both sematite and magnetit has been located. One vein of hematite is over 100 feet wide and it is one of the biggest finds in the district, which already outclasses anything yet on the coast. BE MADRIZ ORDERS INDISCRIMIN ATE SLAUGHTER OF PRISONERS Americans and All, Ordered Shot Without Fear of After Results. New OrleanB, July 20. President Madriz has ordered all revolutionary prisoners shot, including Americans according to telegrams purporting to have been sent by him to General Gonales. The messages were Inter cepted. Gonzales' command Is at San Ualdo and he has many prisoners. A part of the message reads: "Shoot without fear or consideration all rev olutionists whom you have or may capture by attack, and prisoners you already have." A copy of the telegram has been sent to the provisional government's headquarters, and also to the Ameri can state department. MURDERED PRISONERS WILL SLAIN LA littAJNLm IJjSUJjS WbN'i UKEUON. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAN BUSY Hm Suirint aded Loading of Nearly Four Hundred Cars Jack McLaughlin, the Ulinios Cen tral freight agent, la in La Grande to day. Mr. McLaughlin has personally superintended the loading of some 390 cars of wool from Eastern Ore gon points fo his line, and still has a good size Job In Wallowa ccunty. A shipment of wool from North Powd er has just been loaded under his supervision. GABAGE BRICKWORK FINISHED Workmen Hare About Completed Mas. onry on New lewis Building Brick work is about completed on I the Lewis building on Washington be tween Fourth and Depot streets. The building, which is to be occupied by the Dittibrant Oarage company when completed, has vet to ho tnUtx. tn charge by the carpenters but as far as the one story masonry part of the contract is concerned, ilttle remains to be done. Iowa Visitors Will Leave, Mrs. W. S. Knepper and Mrs. Carrie Swender of Carrol, Iowa, "who have been visiting Mrs. W. H. Bohnenkamp for the past week, leave for home by way of Portland in the morning. Visiting ia Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burkitt and Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer have gone to Portland where they will enjoy an outing. Home From Portland. Assistant Superintendent A. Buck ley and wife have returned from a short visit to Portland. Successfully Operated Upon. Miss Violete Chattln, a well known young lady of Summervitle, was suc cessfully operated upon at the Grande Ronde hospital this morning by Doc tor Molltor. BEFORE NIGHT SCOTLAND THEY YARD ANNOUNCES HAVE FUGITIVE" Have Known of His Whereabouts But Wanted to Make Perfectly Sure. London, July 20. Scotland Yard has announced that Doctor Crlppen, the American dentist accused of mur dering his wife In an atrocious man ner, and committing other gruesome deeds, is located in England and will be arrested before nightfall. They say that they have been watching him for some time to. assure themselves of his identity. No mention is made by the police of his so-called accomplice, a Frenchwo man who is said to be his companion. Ball Player Hurt. North Yakima, July 20. The Mc Carthur suit house is in ruins today. Late last night fire destroyed it with damage of $2,000. Ned Hopkins, a baseball player fell, through the burning roof while fire fighting, was badly burned before rescued, will recover. He He Government Appraiser Here. Gus A. Loevgren a special agent of the United States land office who 18 in the county today, is also the gov ernment appraiser and cruiser. Since the government placed its own valua tion on the timber, claims the differ ent types of appraisers Is much dis cussed by the public. The man that takes everything into consideration and is Just with the government and still retains a line of equity for the applicant, must necessarily have a long head. ARREST CRIPPEN NORTHWEST FOREST FIRES STILL TAKING HUMAN TOLL AND DOING GREAT DAMAGE Wallace. Idaho, July 20. Pino Creek's fire is still burning uncontrol led. Whole towns near here an go ing, although a great force is fight ing it. Twelve miles of trenches ha- e been dug and the fire ia practically under control on the North aide. The entire conflagatlon may be controlled soon. Deputy Warden Da, is says tht If the drought cont.nues there won't be enought timber in the eoun- i uuuu a return. Populace Flees to HilU. i Nelson, B. C, July . Imports here today say that tne to.vn of Thrc Forks is totally destroyel by forest fires and that the residents of the stricken districts have fled to the ' mountain neaks tn psphko winoro. escape inclnera-, tlon. , Unconfirmed reports say the town of Sandon is surrounded and doomed. Baynes Lake and Jaffay In the Crow district are reported burned. Fires which menaced Nelson, temporarily, were diverted by government forest ers. Edward Lucas a miner was found ST. PAUL WILL GET THE NEXT CONSERVATION Chicago, July 20. The National Conservation congress will be held in St. Poul in September. Officials an nounced today that all disagreement had been settled regarding the pro gram. President Taft and Colonel ALL-NIGHT GAFES New York, July 20. It developed today that Mayor Gaynor's restriction on all-night lunch counters, restaur ants and cafes on Broadway, resulted from a personal investigation. The experience of the Mayor satisfied him ON BROADWAY ARE GIVEN TABOO GUNPLAY AT BAKER CITY ENDS T .lose Roen and C. Martines, two Mexicans, were shot this morning while eating breakfast at the-Arcade cafe by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of B. F. Casey, who was in the Arctic saloon says the Ba ker City Herald. The men were tak en to the hospital where their wounds were dressed and no complications are expected. The accident occurred about 9 o'clock this morning. A man was standing at the east end of the bar flourishing a shot gun, and Casey told him to be careful, that it might be loaded. Casey walked upto the man and looked at the gun and saw that there was a shell in It. The gun is an automatic repeater and In attempt- j ing to throw out the shel. the gun I was discharged, the shot passing ; through the thin partiton and strlk- i ing the two men who were eating In I the cafe next door. The shot struck N WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1918 dead in a shaft In the Lucky Jim mine today. He suffocated with four others last Saturday. Kaslo reports aay a fire is spreading in the green timbers. It means the foresters can't top it. The situation ia the worst in years. ; Seattle Smothering. Seattle July 20. This city is smothering in a heavy pall of smoke from forest fires in the vicinity of , take Washington. The fires are principally on logged off lands. A special from Hoqulara aays the camp at the Mack Logging company was burned last night. Fire la burning fiercely there. uovernmens laaes Hand. Victoria, July 20.fi The govarn ment has taken a hand In preventing forest fires by ordering the railroads to) use precaution. Two hundred families are homeless and there in considerable suffering. Railroads are twisted and blackened steel. M Bions of feet of lumber have been destroyed. Roosevelt will both be speakers. At torney Brandeles who represented Glavis at the recent Investigation will not be asked to address the Congress. Senators Clapp, Nelson and others will be among the speakers. AND LUNCHES that the best interests of the city de manded such action. At one place a woman approached the mayor and spok6 endearingly to him. Another bunch of women Invit ed him to join them, not knowing who he was. TO 10 PEOPLE them n the legs below the knee, but they were not Berlously hurt. The gun was loaded with No. 6 bird shot and the men ewr pepperecTVIth the fine shot, but no serious damage was done. VALLEY GIVEN SOAKING THAT SPELLS BETTER CROPS Though Not as Sufllcient as Prayed For, Bain Did Mnch Good. Sow drizzling showerB during the entire forenon today brought many a dollar to Union county. While the 1 rain was general and covered the en- tire Grande Ronde valley, It was not sufficient as many might have wished it to be. At any event, it did much good to dying grains and hay. Harvesting started yesterday but no serious setback was given that phase of farming. The soaking was a whole lot better than not Boaking at all. TWO EBOM WALLOWA COUNTY Wallowa County Sends Out Two Men Yesterday to (Mate Assembly C. T. Hockett and G. W. Hyatt of Enterprise, passed through La Grande last evening on their way to Portland to attend the state republican assem bly. They will be joined by the rest of the Wallowa county delegation thlo evening and tomorrow morning. Traveling in a private car, the Ba ker City contingent passed through La Grande last evening. The Bakei crowd was representative, almost ev ery delegate being with tho party. BUILDING PBIVATE DITCH Will Reclaim About 100 Acres Powder Land individually of North Powder, July 20. Special L C. Keloey one of tho prominent shoep- men of North Powder is going to re claim 1200 acres of his own land by the construction of a private ditch. The work will commence shortly and he hopes to be able to have the recla mation well along next spring. ERECTING NEW RESIDENCE New Residence Taking Shape at Sot enth and O Streets This Week The residence of W. R. Jones, cor ner O and Seventh, is rapidly assum ing shape for the superstructure in practically finished today. The resi dence Is to be modern in every re spect. Horton Goes to Burns. "Doc" Horton the O. A. C. student who was employed at the A. T. Hill drug store for a while, passed through the cltv toda on his way to Burns, Oregon. Umatillan Here. Bob Livermore, a prominent and well known resident of Umatilla county Is transacting business In La Grande today. AFFIRMS WE CANT ALL THINK ALIKE HENCE PARTIES Asserts That All Insurgents Should he Despised by Everylwdy. Kansas City, July 20. Declaring his belief that his campaign in Kansas has assured tho re-election of Con gressman Miller. Campbell, Reeder C&lderhead, and Antony, all regulars Speaker J'J.eph G. Cannon arrived here today. He looked tired by en tliuslastlcally took a few shots at the insurgents. "We don't want the in surgent shot," said Cannon. "This Is a campaign not a war. In war the in surgents would be shot for they are gau til las. They aided the democrats yet the democrats hate them. They should be despised by everybody. "I believe in two parties. Hell, we can't all think alike." Try Browne In August Chicago, July 20. The trial of Lee O'Neill Browne, charged with bribery, in connection with Lorimer's election, will begin August I. Judge Hersten wll preside and the case will be taken from Judge McSurley's court where the recent grand Jury dlsagred. Aviator Dying. Rome, July 20. Harment, the avi ator is dying today as the resutl of an accident to the aeroplane this morn ing. While flying high in the air his machine was dlsapled and he dropped. Physicians say he has no chance for recovery. CANNON SWEARS SOME MORE NJJMBEH 223. COMPANY DROPS LONG STRUGGLE OPEN SBOP WILL NOT BE MAIN. TAINED IN FACTORY ANY LONGER NOW OFFICERS MY ES6HPEJUL Though Gompers Disputes Report, it Is Rumored That End of Long War Will he Cense For Dropping; Owe Nation-wide War That Has Lasted St. Louis, July 20. Officials of the Buck Stove ft Range company, whose sensational fight against Union labor five years ago culminated In jail sen tence against Samuel Gompers. pres ident of the American Federation of Labor. John Mitchell, vice president, and Frank Mitchell, secretary, admit today that they have given up tho long fight. Hereafter "open shop" will not be adhered to and union men alnna will be employed. The change of pol icy follows the death of J. W. Van Cleave, formerly president of the com pany and head of the national manu facturers' association which made the fight against unionists countrywide. Jail Sentence Still Holds. Cincinnati, July SO. The agreement settling the Buck Btov Range com pany's fight against organised labor. In nowise affects case against Gom pers, Mitchell, and Morrison, accord ing to Gomphers today. All are un der Jail sentence for violation of a fed eral Injunction which prohibited them from publishing the name of the Buck company on the unfair list. But It Is believed that the company will not push the case and there will not like ly be any jail tor the men under sen tence. Illinois People Return. MiBses Ella Collier and Sarah Col lier and Mr. Edgar Collier of Peters burg, Illinois, are homeward bound today after a year spent In this city with John Collier and his daughter "Trottle." Miss Trottle accompanied them home and will -be a guest for a time in Illinois. Assistant SupL Here W. R. Ladd, assistant superintend ent for the O. R. & N., spent last night In La Grande. Pure Teas and Coffees. We sell them at ML! Adams Ave. Grand Union Tea Co. Missionary Meeting I'lanued. The Woman's foreign missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet Friday, July 27, at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Edna Swart 1311 O avenue. "When Old New York Was Young" (Vltagraph). A lovo story of old New York, differing In no essential details from lovo stories of to-day, so far as that Is concernod, but worked out against a picturesque Dutch back ground which affords opportunity to obtain a historically correct Impres sion of modes, manners and customs. The story centers around an erudite chemist, burled In bio Interminable formulate, who has a pretty daughter, and as always, there Ueth the trouhle, because no matter what ona's own personal Ideas may be wherever there are daughters there Is love, and some times exciting Incidents accompany its manifestation and development, aa Is shown here. The discovery of a buried treasure determines the ques tion and a wedding Is the inevitable result. Some visionary effects are cleverly worked Into the picture, cleverly worked Into the picture at the I His. a