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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1911)
1 i! . : i! VOL IIIRSIL PLEllH orientals MILLION NATIYES WILL DEE BE FORE SPRING IS ESTIMATES MADE TODAY. T E United States Sending Money and Inrtl vidua! States are Contributing to the .'. World, Wide Movement to Swurf Funds to Fight the Hague and Pes. tilence In China. Belief fnnd Has heady Beached $30,000. ,:' Washington, Feb. 3 With flfcOii cat kd by the state department Ux"ay to Uii Automata Jontul General ft Sin rghal, the toM contributions the Christian Herald fund for ; the t'Mrese sufferes haa reached tWrty jb ,usand dollars. The American R -d Crtf haa cabled $10,000 today. Sacramento Shows Sympathy. S cramento, Feb. 3 Five tihou3r-.fi! di llars were telegraphed to Chlrese branches of the Red Cross from V' : ? today. Sympathy was expr33fid in lesolutiona and California is pUu ulnF on sending still moreffundq Belief Badly Needed. Nanking, China, Feb. 3 Mora than a million Chinese in the provinces of Annul, Klang Su and other nearby provinces will die of famine and pes tilence before spring, according to to day's advices. Representatives of -the Red Cross societies are here and in Shanghai and Hong Kong are pne parlng a world-wide appeal for help. The famine is described as the worst in the history of Asia. While a majority have resigned themselves to die, hundreds of the bolder ones are banded together and are plundering the helpless. SERVING IMPROVEMENT NOTICES . Residents on Pennsylvania Avenue jL Get Notice of Coming Paring. Noticessto property owners of the intentions to pave Pennsylvania ave nue were served today on property cwners along that thoroughfare. The preliminaries are being carried out In due form but as speedily as possible bat the work may be taken up when weather conditions will permit Chief of Police Walden is making tlic services. . Speed Records Broken. Paris, Feb. 3 All biplane records were broken today .when M. Fay did .C miles in 32 minutes. He was fying in competition for the aerial league prize. Boot Attacks Lorlmer. Washington, Feb. 3 Senator Root of New York, came out flatly against Lorlmer In a speech In the Benate to day. Root declared for Lorimer's ex pulsion,' saying no reasonable - man could doubt that Lorlmer Is guilty. 4 it ' -i&'x' . o (X ' ' ' r i &fx , - j Only Catholic Church on AVheels is Now at, Hot Lake and Comes to La Grande Next Sunday to Make Its Call on This City. The Car B Traveled Over a Greater Portion of the United States in its Mission- , ary Calling. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. EftUY BATTLE mm flan Hnachuca, Aril Feb. t The oyer, throw of Fresident DIaa and his got ernment by the revolutionists is inert, table h the opinion of substantial business interests across the line in the war tone. According to private advices, arms and ammunition for A thousand men was slipped into Mexico in the lastthree weeks, in this vicin ity. : .: ' El Paso, Feb. 3 Steady firing south of Juarez, across the Rio Grande from here, and a steady retreat of Feder alists, make it certain almost that the expected attack upon Juarrez will comta this afternoon. Frequent clash es without heavy losses on either side is reported though confirmation is im possible' at noon and none are al wwu w pass the American picket lines along the boundary. . Practically every non-combatant has (JANUARY A PROFITABLE MONTH Receipts Larger Several Thousand Than Preceding January. January, 1911, outstripped Decem ter .1910, and January 1910 by good margins, especially the latter month, in revenues accruing! tothe city ac cording to the monthly statement of City Recorder C. M. Humphreys. Dur ing the month of January the revenues reached $7,798.72 due largely to the big volume of improvement payment") made to the city by taxpayers in dis tricts where pavement has been com pleted. During the month of Decem ber the total revenues were slightly teas, amounting to $7,742.75. Towever as a comparison with a year ago it can be cited that January In 1910 re ceived $1,023.10. The ltimized statement of revenues accruin to the city during the month just passed follows: Tc'al fines ........ ........$ 300.00 City scales .. . 1.30 Street Improvement payments 5917.22 Water receipts . . . 1580.00 Dog taxes ...... .. .. ...... 11.20 Total .$7,987.72 Deadlock Still Effective. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 3 Voting for senator -today was postponed. There was no quorum. 1 discovered through suitcase Ban Francisco, Feb. 3 Belief that suit case with explosives at the Ber the dynamiters of the Los Angeles ry building, which belonged to James Times will soon be arrested is ex pressed here today , by Chief of Po lice Seymour. A sensation is promis ed when the arrests are made affirms the officer. ' ' Seymour, continued, "Finding of the ST ANTHONY'S CHAPEL CAR EXPE left Juarez,- which the Federalists have fortified for a hard fight ' Prominent Men Imprisoned. ; Among the prisoners held by the government in Juarez is a brother of revolutionary leader, General Orozco, held on a charge of treason. As a re sult, General Arozco is fearful that the government wtli kill his brother but he has Issued 'an edict to the gov eminent that If hia brother is injur ed tbef invader , will require a bloody revenge. ' r Southern Cities' Alarmed. Calexico, Mex.. Feb. 3 Reinforced by approximately 500 recruits, Mexl can revolutionary forces which cap tured Mexicall today are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the rebel, ad- nnp In Snare TW r?!t TTlll C termlne their next move. If JuareJ falla, Insurgents at Mexlcali will move on Enaenada in Southern California. MILTON COLLEGE WINS. . . ni&TBK 9qi880I SSJtOi : oqi H sumSaiioo o) soo tnQ "Milton, Feb. 3 (Special) Columbia college last night nosed out a, "victory by the n&rrowest sort of a margin against the strong M. I. A, team of La Grande when she won the game here, score 23 to 22. Not until the whistle called the players from the floor was it decided who would win for thb two teams fought fiercely for advantages that the game was a thriller through out and the last minute of play might easily have turned the tide the other way. ' - 1 . :y The M I. A. playiers showed signs of their gruelling game of the night before and though their pace was a lively one and each of the players showed style and class, the contest went to the Milton collegians by the narrow margin darned. It! was any body's game until the last A large au dience from the fruil town witness ed the contest and the colleg sup porters are hugging themselves today at the good fortune of their quintet1 in being1 in the lead when the exciting game was ended. The M. I. A. plays Walla Walla tonight ' Bear Flag Official. Sacramento, Feb. 3 Californias Bear nepubllca flag was made the offi cial flag of California today when Governor Johnson signed the bill. Brlce, would ibe of little value If we stopped there, but we went further." It is admitted that the men wanted ana nn t.ha PnHflr want at thin tlm. I and it is but a question of time until Lthey will be arrested. Seymour admitted this afternoon that his men were unable to trace the movements of A. Brlce. "He has com P'etely covered his tracks but we are tflll working," said the chief. Maine Project Abandoned... Washington, Feto. 3 Announcement was made today that work at Havana of raising the Battleship Maine will probably be stopped owing to the ex haustion of the appropriation of $150, K.0. Three hundred thousand addition al is needed. Fire In Boston. Baltimore, Feb. 3 One of the worst waterfront fires in Baltimore in rec ent years destroyed the pier of the warehouse and offices of the Old Bay Line this morning. The damage to the pier was $300,000 and other losses will be $100,000. ' ' Lady Billposters' Brigade Po3ts Miss Pankhurst's Lecture Posters i ? t :xx --x.i ' -. ' X'X'x. -. x . ."': -- -V.. . X , m-Xf- -x--krs- I'Xvx-'xXx-v, - ' ,XXX- JX"' X; i'' XX- ' - f . 4 i i " " , ,f . f. X 1 ?fS y Xy .''Ht I Miss Sylvia Parkhnrst, Suffragette Militant Who is Completing Her Tour o fthe United States in Behalf of Totes. One of the Features In Con. nectlon with Her Tonr is That "Lady Bill Posters Almost Invariably of the United States in Behalf otles Where Miss Farkhurst Lectures. She is the Lady Who Frequently nas Been Jailed for Her Actlvltle . In England. - ' TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED ON 0. S. L ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THAT THE TRAINS HAVE BEEN STARTED String of Seven or Eight Through Trains Headed for Portland. Seventy-two hours will have elap sed tonight between 'through trains from Chicago and Portland,' but ac- cording , to advices received at .the local O-W officea, the trouble, at a point east of Pocatello, which has been blockading traffic this week, has been cleared and the first of the congest ed trains will reach her as first Five tonight It was bellDeved yesterday that the trouble would clear in time-to j get No. 17 through today, but such did not prove the case and that train was annulled early In ths day. The first section of No. 5 tonight Is ruon'ng on time and should reach hsre, at 11 o'clock tonight From that hour on until tomorrow some time, ilout seven through passenger trains will have followed each other through this city, bound for Portland. This has been the longest blockade of ths win ter. . Ryan Still Sinking. Philadelphia, Feb. 3 Archbishop Ryan Is conscious but little improved. There' Is no hope. HEW ORLEANS MAKE PANAMA FAIR SUCCESS New Orleans, Feb. 3 Presidents of the big New Orleans exchanges and commercial bodies came out today with a statement that the city should accept the will of the houaei of rep resentatives and do all they could to help San Francisco make the expo sition a success. This means probab- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1911, RECORD ST 'ST BELIvED EXPOSED POLITICIANS INSPIRED THEM. Many of the Witnesses areelng Re called to Re-give Their Evidence. Danville, Feb. 3Reports of the current records of the grand jury In vestigatln election corruption In Vermillion county, Cannon's home, have been stolen.. A number of wit nesses are being recalled but no rea son for the recall is given. It is gen erally believed some politician whose record maybe has been exposed, in spired the theft King Is , Assailed . Paris, Feb. 3. Denouncing the vin- dlcatlon of King George of England, as a whitewashing and sentencing of Edward Lyllus for slander as "dis graceful", Editor James of th Liber ator, in which Mylius first 'brought charges of morganic marriage, today discusses the situation. lie says: . "If King George had taken the stand and sworn the marriage had I never taken place,'! would be glad to apologize. Mylius refused to submit proof that the marriage took place bocau&e the marriage was Illegal.' WILL HELP TO ly, that there will be no effort made in the senate to continue the fight and that San Francisco will be the choice of that body too. Action Delayed Again. ! Washington, Feb. 3 Following an executive session of the senate com mittee action onthe Panama fair site was postponed until WJodnesdajr. DA NO. GO HOUSE STRIKES ACCUSED A BAILEY AND niS DEPUTIES MUST COME- TO SALEM TOMORROW j TO MEET HOUSE. FOREST BILL URGED 111 House Indicates Its Policy of Investi gating the Charges Preferred. Against Bailey and1 That Gentleman Will be Called Before ths House TomorrowWagon Load, ol Letters Urge Passage of ProteeUnn wni. - Salem, Feb. 3 The second move to ust State Dairy Commissioner Bailey was made today by the house commit tee when telegrams wera ordered sent to ths commissioner and his deputies who have previously resigned, claim ing misappropriation of funds, to' ap- pear a Salem tomorrow. It is believed an attempt will be made to Impeach Bailey who has been freely accused of petty grafting. - Forest Bills Urged. " Business miea of Portland are today strongly urging the passage of Buch anan's bill for the protection of Ore-' gon's forests. This morning a wagon load of letters were dumpeed on ths desks of representatlvess from mer- chants in all parts of the state asking -them to support the measure. Ths bilt carries an appropriation of $100, ooo. C ; . '. ; J. CULEBRA CUT SLIDING. Tast Quantity, of Ground Moving Down Say Reports From Panama. Washington, Feb. 3 A landslide one mile long has started In the Cuebra cut on the Panama canal according to the canal record which reached Wash"" lngton today. The slide has already covered a 35 foot bank over the tow path, . , - ; Blame Is Fixed. Jersey City, Feb. 3 Changed with manslaughter to which they pleaded. ,leaded not guilty as the result of ths dynamite explosion in Jersey City when many were killed, Arthur Ham .lton, general freight agent of the Central Railroad and Capt James Healing, owner of the lighter to which the explosive was being trans ferred were arrested hene today. Warrants are out for six others. Healing and Hamilton were arraigned and released later on bail after they had pleaded. ' BARON VON OER HAGEN. In Jail at Hobokan, N. J, Charged With Having Nin.Uen Wlvas. f v.- if - I t .ft 1: