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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1911)
m feti XVOL X LA OR AXDE, 1 TNION COUNTY j OREGON, PFBCF nilFDTIIRF - KB I 1 wmm m w w a bb bt mam F. Swift k avaa mWt 2ead of One of the Biggest of tie , neat Tacking Yirmi. V V SLOWLY 0 SEWS OF PEACE PACT FROM MEXICO CITT TODAI A5D HOPE IS FADING. BANDITS MENAG E Companies of Texas Rangers Sent to Quill Disturbances Where Two Towns Are In Danger Wkto Men's Stock Stolen by Bandits Under the , Guise of Being Revolutionists on Yankee Son. ", Washington, March 22. To person ally assure the Japanese ambassador that the present relations between the United Stales and Japan are satlgfar tory rresiaeni Tart invited Baren Uchlda to call at the white house this afternoon. He wished to 'Inform the ambassador there are no grounds for the bellevel that the present military maneuvers were unfriendly to Japan, bat that the mobilization was orr ed on account of the apparent danger of a rcstls In the Mexican Internutton. al affairs. El Paso, March 22. Hope that the Mexican revolt was near an end, paled materially today through failure to receive any message promising peace from Mexico City. The Impression Is now that Diaz has refused to discuss the proposals until the rebellion is over. Army officers at Juaress. seem ingly look for hard' fight as they are arranging for 'their' families to vs main at El Paso. Outlaws Menace Whites. Austin, Texas, March 22. Two com panies of Texas rangers were ordered to Chlso today to disperse 300 Mexi can outlaws who, under guise of be ing revolutionists, are raiding Ameri can ranches and stealing live stock". The bandits have threatened to sack Chlso and Terllngua. Purpose Really Accomplished. Washington. March 22. That "the United States accomplished " several , Important objects by the mobilization Is explained here today. Uncle Sam established a preceding of what It can do to cope with a situation in the war line and It Is believed prevented de ' velopiwent of the Mexican-Japanese alliance which might ultimately end in war. The government had no ex pectation of Immediate exigency, but made maneuvers to accomplish these two Important purposes. Qne of the men chiefly , blamed for the recent - advance In the prices of meats la Louis F. Swift of' Chicago, head of one of the biggest of the pack ing companies. He Is the son of the late Gostavua H. Swift, who founded the flrtn of Swift & Co. X " TAFTS POWERS IN DISPUTE iVEDNESJDAY, MARCH 22. 1911. ..'..7 r'iv ?.S.." 'V-iV'iv'".---; BO t U I tij isitiii- - 1 v i v , i " n I candiaats in caioraao to phi ii mm wm -. mm m . COM fif'D 1, 1 1 Ifiii HitiM UU LU IIU; U LLIlULU -. COIrttT l.OTEEEULED ' DEMURBEB ;;7. .. - TO IXDICTMENTS CHARGING Ur:.I-: :i:.V.-i-iT.jrvK'-v.i v".T.'':ir-'-:-.; v ciumixal acts. a jjiyji jj B.onui IlJiii liRi Six Thousand Doliai- tiuilding to is He erected on Lot ellinj f or Six TKous- ;and7-Extreme Haste to be .- "i -w v-.V'4.i. -V J 1. .- , .!.... . .... .lift . ,. IU .UUUQing . ) .y u. ed ot the Snodgrass . cornex at 5I0BILIZATI0X OT MILITIA CERTAIXTSSUE. U'. GoTernorsiMay Hare a Tolce In the Matter, Say Skeptics. , Sale Depot and Washington involving the transfer of ' a piice of naked property 55x90 feet, announcement that a, 6, 000 one storjr brick covering the en tire frontage and length of the prop, erty will be built at once, and that a five-year lease la now being closed up between the buyer and a well 'estab lished local firm Is boosting real prop erty on Depot and Washington and spells the rapid spread of the city's business district. A local architect Is now preparing th nlans anil tho hiiv.Si.i L " - vi i onu Bini hoi exoroiiam. er U under promise to have the build- Not alone does it mark the stability of ."8 leuuy m w aays ior occupancy by city real estate but spreads the busl the lessee. Extreme haste is to be ness centerVoff from Adams avenu? icBuneu iq nave me Duiidins: mm. nnH wMon- , v..-i pieiea s near on time as It is dob-' houses maferinliv waahino.n . . - - UWMl.lU BlDle ' 'Hanhf .tuai., win v i iut uuyer is at present not an- hanced by tha deal. 4. To Honor Senator Watson. Fairmont, W. Va., March 22. Citi zens of Fairmont have completed elaborate preparations for the ban quet tomorrow night In honor of Clar ence W. Wataon of this city. w;ho was recently elected to trie United States Washington. March 21. Talk of mobilizing a part of the nationaf guard as a possible third division on ' the Mexican border has raised the extent of President Taft's authority over the state troops has developed a conflict of opinion between the war department and capitol . hill authorities A military official expressed the op inion that the president could not get the national guard out of a state with out "consulting" the governor and ob taining his consent. Congressional authority is to the ef fect that, under a Variety of conditions the president not only can order out all the guardsmen who have qualified under the Dick militia laws, but. can send them to foreign lands regardless of the feelings of governors. The first Dick bill, passed In 1903, provided, that', the organized mllltla that adopted the organization arma- Jment and discipline of the reeular army should share In a fund of $1, OlW.OOO annually and receive, free, all the equipments of regular army sol diers. ' '. Th- president was authorized,- In the case of Invasion. threaVne invasion. rebellion or to "execute the laws of can out the militia to or West Virginian will attend the bant-quet. i ! DIVORCE SOUGHTi DV HDTIPT ! Ul Hill Id I HOMER-DATES PORT OF SI LYE R. TOX ..WASTS SEPARATION. Says Wife 'u?s at Him and Insults . His Relatives Too. ' Salem, March 22 Charging hla wife with Insulting his relatives and sys tematically nagging at him, Homer Davenport, one of the foremost car toonists in the United States today, filed a divorce suit in the circuit court here. Davenport was born at Silver ton, Ore., and was married In Chicago In 1893. He has three children. i serve for not mor: than nine months In nny part of the country. He was .em'pow red to give orders direct to officers of the militia. No mention was made of governors. ; In 1908 a Dirk bill to amend the law cf 1903 was paBsed." The annual fund was Increased to $2,000,000. Additional demands were also made upon the ml- jlltia. The guardsmen were required i serve for the full term of their en- I'stment in the militia, Instead of only nine months. The president wag au thorized to order them to serve "elth-- within or without the., territory of the United States," Instead of only In this country as provided by the ori ginal law." ' . The new law stipulated that In cal ling out the militia the president should "issue orders for that purpose through the governors of the states or territories from whuch such troons should be called, to such officers of the militia as he may think proper." 'The burning question Is whethei submission of orders through the lov ernors is only a matter of routine or (Contlr-f! on pafv 'frrt.) nounclrig" his identity but Is a ' local citizen. " ' The people' to occupy the building .are, likewise - remaining In cognito for the present but full details will be ready for announcement as soon as the lease is iflnally signed and settled. . ";.. flf. ZS:- '-:.:f.- The purchase is pn that reflects the rapid Increase of city property. While the nicked site sold for $6,000 It will require an additional thousand or two to put" the place In shapn for the build ers bringing the price to a point where it if both reflective of aubstan iiilGElpilffl REFUSE TO BE-EIITER LIES ' ' " m" WmmmmWmmwmmmWMmmWB' ' Blend, 111., March 22. Fearing ven geance of armed miners, now strik ing and who ' yesterday threatened to kill any strikebreaker or union man who did not loin the strike or leave town, more than 2,000 American wor kers today, refused to resume their work In the mlnea, despite offers of troop protection. Last night the mllltla camped in the center of the town which Is under martial law. Foreign strikers threat en to dynamite the home of Superin tendent Reesj of the . Northwestern mines. Grave apprehension is felt" ow ing to the Intention of Colonel Lang Roosevelt to Lecture at Berkeley. San Francisco, Cal., March 22. Ex President Roosevelt, who Is due to ar rive In San Francisco tomorrow, will remain in this vicinity for ten days. The chief purpose of his visit la to deliver the series of Earl lectures at the university of California at Berke ley. These lectures will be four in number and will be delivered on con secutive afternoons. The first will be delivered Saturday rfhd will have "Re alized Ideals" for its subject. Leaving ban Franc sco to have his troops, raid the district J Roosevelt will talk at Reno, Nev.,he "uciuo iule.K,iers are siying. Toiiowintf dav at Sacramento TH1- SSON OF INCONSISTENCY. Bradlay In Chioago Newt, h u 7 2 7 1 '! -1 i ,Xa. If Men Are Convicted1 Xothln; Caai Save Them From Prison Immunity Baths of. IMS r ct iliZUmmle - fn This Instance Rules the Court Armour and Swifts Are Included la the List of Ten, I siiiERl RAtfES TflDflY FORMER UMOX SAWMILL MAS IX A DEPLORABLE STATE. Mania Runs Along Socialistic Lines Calls Himself a Disciple. Chicago, March 22. Ten . Chicago meat barons were brought measurea bly nearer to Jail In case they are convicted for violations of the anti trust law when U. S. Judge Carpenter today overruled the demurrer ;to In dictments against. them. The Judge de clared the "immunity bath" of 1903 doesn't apnly In this case and the men must go to trial with their defense. V The packers affected by tha ruling are Louis F. and Charles Swift. COg den Armour. Edward Tllden. Francia Fowler, Edward Morris, and Louis Heyan. v.';. , ; ' - The Indictments charge criminal conspiracy and are brought against the packers themselves. If convicted, it means Jail sentences for all of them. Violently insane much of the- time today "a raving maniac and yesterday saa and rational. Is the pitiful change sawmill man of Union and until to day living on the Spain ranch out from Union. Bryce raved and pounded at his cage in the county Jail and has been declared' to be one of the most violent of Insane men housed In tbe county Jail In years. He has a wife and four children who are residents of the county. Bryce cam? to La Grande last even ing. and was suddenly seized with the terrible affliction and his arrest fol lowed soon after, His mania is a .peculiar one. John. the Baptist, preached the doctrine of Socialism in the 1 wilderness he as serts, but the populace heeded him not and today he has been commissioned with a disclpleBhlp to not only preach the same doctrine but Insist, on Its obedience. His mind seems to rlwnit continually on socialism. Bryce will be examined and sent to Salem as soon as a guard can reach here; In the meantime he Is belnK attended by medical men.. who with the assistance of aids have succeeded in quieting the man's raving by the use of Bleeping potions.' ' Ifo Treats In Tacoma. . Tacpma, March 22. There l$ sor row in the saloons here today.-? The referendum election of the antl-treat-ln$ ordinance carried Sy. a. aafej ma' Jorlty"and practically '4 ,000 aalootttst are preparing to obey- the provisions which make It a penalty of a tieavyx fine to allow any treating. Women did it.; This la the opinion of saloon men, It la a noticeable) fact that working women ; voted ; almost two to onefor tha ordinance while the tenderloin and Society women vward voted against It, f f '.Currency. Hen r'jr Deferred. Washington. -.March 22. The hear ing of the currency committee of thd American 'Banker's" association before the National Monetary ' commission, originally scheduled to take place to day, has been postponed until next Tuesday. Other banking Interests will be heard on the Bunie day. " Pensions for School Teachers. Hartford, Conn., March. 22. -Lead-. lng educators of Connecticut spoke to day, before the committee on ; edu cation of the general assembly in sup port of the measure to grant pension) to the public school teachers of the state. If the measure Is enacted Into law all the teachers In the public schools and normal colleges of the atate will be eligible to retire on a pension after 30 years' employment. -. , . Meeting of College Deans. Ann Arbor. Mich., March 22. Many ednrntn', cf w!d rtat'on are In Arbor for the annual meeting of the Association of Deana of the State uni versities of the United States'.! Tho meeting began today and will continue over tomorrow. It Is to be devoted to papers sr.d discussions dealing wilb educatlqnal problems of general In terest., ' : ; . : . Texas Mncenbees In ' Session. Dallas, Texas; Marhc 22. Delegates representing the Texas lodges 'of the Knights of. the Maccabees of the World met In btate convention In, this city today. A gratifying growth is ret ported in the order in Texas, there being 250 local lodges with an aggre gate membership of 25,000.. Faces Trtul for Murder. ; ' Hanford. Cal., March 22. The case of James Ward, charged with the mur der of "Tommy' Clayton, a racetrack follower, was called In court today for trial.. Clayton was shot and killed in a drunken brawl last October. It is understood Ward will plead self de fense.' TAFT FfllEiif WlTH NEGRO ' i EDUCATOR RECEIVES WARM! LET TEK FROM TAFT. Booker T. Wanhlngton Has Staunch ; friend In President Taft. New York, March 22. SvmDathv for Booker T.t Washington and confidence in hla Integrity are expressed today''' by President Taft In a letter to the negro educator who was beaten by a man named Ulrlch recently. Ulrlrh accused " Washington of being Peek ing. Tom. Taft tnded the letter by saying he was proud to subserlba himself1 one of Washington's friends.