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iH,iii:.!ji . ' VOL 2 LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. r WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1911. NUMBER H5 II 4 mum UNCLE SAM ORDERS IMMEDIATE ., INVESTIGATION FOR RELIEF OF SUFFERERS. WE CHILlEfl StlG - ! s-.-r-ar---' 1 ? t Siege on Alamo Carried Along; Starva. Hon Ltota and American Women and Children Have Been in the Town for Weeks Dissatisfaction Shown by lack of Urgent Steps by Officials. BENEFIT GAME DEFI ACCEPTED. . William Miller, George Cleaver, " F. R. Bridges, Jay Van Buren and ! a half dozen other WAS baseball players have accepted the deft of the younger set. to cross willows & at thj ball park tor a benefit game, proceeds to go to the build- ing of bathing houses at River- Bide park. These men are to be S & styled business men's contingent and. William Miller has been ae- lected captain. ' "We are going to $ 3 ahow this bunch of IS players $ we have not forgotten tho game. and as soon as weather will per- mit said effort will be made," $ commented Mr. Miller today. S About, May 1st la the day, and to' 3 close all the business houses for few hours some Friday is the Dlan. ; : - ' $ .Inn a inn i pnniirnl S llfltl III 1 1 I I il I" III I I :llUUn LtllbUtO nil Ri 1 1 n 11111 nuirur ran PtllTS Opportunity for Teachers Is Gree t, Says Prof. E. D. Ressler of Corvallis CUBS DEFEAT BY GIANTS AND CONNIE MACK AS REPEATER IS BRIEF RESUME. , 'v 'i ATHLETICS GHAriEE LITTLE Washington, April 12. Secretary of State P.C. Knox today directed Amer ican Consul Schmucker at Ensenada to personally Investigate the condition of the American women and children imprisoned at Alamo by Mexican reb els and report immediately by tele graph. The Americans have been pris oners for weeks. Letters and Not Force Used. San Diego, April 12. Much indigna tion was caused here today by the fact that nothing but much correspondence had been done toward the release of the American women and ' children who are held by lnsurrectos at Alamo since the capture of the town a few weeks ago. " The Mexican authorities wont at tack the town but instead are using a starvation system to compel the lnsur rectos to leave. This Is also Btarvlng tha Americans. A . ' . : " - ' " Juarez expects attack. Changes In Second Division of Both .' the Big Leagues Not Anticipated by Sporting Writers Cubs Seem Rope, lessly Out of the Running High. -. lander nr In TWvnht Mln nit. ttmistlc Professor E. D. Ressler of the State agricultural college, who Is Oregon di rector of the National Educational as sociation, in commenting on the an nouncement in the La Grande Otserv- er, says:'",. .' "I am pleased to , note that the La Grande Observer is promoting the N. E. A convention in the counties of Union and Wallowa. Your scheme- of enlisting the teachers in the counties with a trip to California as the prize U a good one and should prove a winner. I am certain that there is no trip which i a teacher could tak: that will be so profitable, not only la a professional way but In the way of general infor mation and delightful recreation among congenial people. . It la alwayj the tnam of the profession that is U attendance t these national conven tions and there are always a great many people quite worth while to know." , nBnTiirn nnnffrn niiiitii mm l riRiiniiTrn Tn tiHUbll I mi l u : - CEAZED BY SEPARATION FR03 HUSBAND ROCHESTER MOTH- ER KILLS DAUGHTER. 1 DEADLOCK 1ST REGlPnOG FIFTY IN PLACE OF 2,000 ARE IS LABOR TROUBLES. Coast-Wide Labor War Really Confin ed to a Few Men, It Is said. , Indications Are lnsurrectos Will Open . Fire There at Sundown. El Paso, April 12. Expecting , an ' attack of 2,000 rebels under Madero, women and children are fleeing from Juarez to American soli. Last night the banks at the custom house trans ferred all coin to EI Paso, while Na-varros-force,' 750 strong, was busily engaged In entrenchtng. Madero- Is at Casas GrandeB, and controls the rail roads an can ' take his time to pre pare for the attack. . ' It is expected the attack will begin at sundown. ' 1 1 ' -Portland, Aril 12. Union leaders today deoounced as false the publish ed report that 2,000 carpenters went on a strike in Portland and that it marked the first step in a coast labor war. ' In fact 60 men only went out after a private difficulty with the em ploying htm and no mora will go out. C. N. Rynerpon, editor of the Labor Press says stories being sent out by the press bureau, recently started by employers' associations, are all a lot of lies, with the view of causing dis sension so they can make a better fight for the open shops against teh unions. E INSPECTION IS ON. General Manairer and His Assistant Commence Inspection Today. . Inspection of the O.-W. and its lines In Eastern Oregon has commenced and General : Manager J. P. O'Brien and Assistant General Manager jf. D. Stack hav Kone to Huntington and will work back In 01, Mn O'Brien's prlvat car. The officials w' go to Joseph to morrow and then work westward. HOME RULE LAW ON TRIAL CASE COMES UP AT ENTERPRISE TO TEST JOSEPH'S ACTS. E. T. Schleur Made Defendant in Case . to Settle Question. J Validity of the Home Rule law as applied to the city of Joseph will be established at the : conclusion of case which goes on trial at Enterprise tomorrow when Circuit Judge Knowles will hear, the evidence against E. T. ipchleur, accused by the state of Ore "Igon with being a violator of tha local nnflon law In that county. The trial Is a teBt case and tha validity of th Home Rule law In Its relations to Jo seph a. town in a county which went dry, but waB made wet ty tne cuy . council. District Attorney Ivanhoe, and At torney T. H. Crawford are in Enter prise today and will attend the case which Is of much Importance to the town of Joseph. nil is DISPOSED OF TAFT THROWS FIRST BALL. Washington, April 12 Desert- lng the tanglea of affairs of state, to formally inaugurate the 1911 baseball season of the national game, President Taft to-' day. tossed the first ball here in the opening contest between the Senators and the Boston Red Sox. A lone- line of senators', congress- 4 men and cabinet members were with the president on the ground. All cheered when Taft put the first ball over the plate. ; m ( Big crowds were out despite the cold and cloudy weather. . ' -$! nnnirai DniMi'i nun rmrn bun rintu JOHN L. MARS PAYS $74 FOR THE STRUCTURE. Banding With Long and Varied Ca- . reer to Be Used by Contractor. Having long slnced outlived Its use fulness the Commercial club exhibit hall Is to be moved away and occupy a site conveniently near the headquar ters of John L. Mars, the contractor. The building brought the Commercial club $74 and Is to be moved away In five days time. 7 - ', ' Originally the building belonged to the Eastern Oregon Development com pany and when that company disposed of the place to the Commercial club, It was converted Into an exnibit nan where resources of the city and coun ty could be displayed to advantage at the depot and always close to the trains where tourists and homeseek ers could learn at a glance some of the products of the valley. Then the im provements at the depot forced the building back nearer the street and it immediately reached a stage of use le8sness for tourists seldoni If ever left the trains sufficiently far to study the products. After standing. Idle for a year or more and being the subject of. lr arable letters between the club officials and the O.-W. officials, It was finally disposed of as noted. , ' The deal was closed np this morning by Commercial Club Manager 8.' M Slough? ' ' " New York, April 12. Six months of undiluted joy for the baseball fan, In other words the 1911. baseball sewn opened today in both of the raajir leagues. , . Today begins what bids fair ta be the most propitious year the national ame has ever known. Baseball has grown so tremendously big and is now conducted on such a comprehensive and businesslike basis that It is safe to predict that every season will be a little better on the whole than tho preceding year. Knowledge of this fact has prompted President Lynch ct the National, and President Johnson of the American, to predict that 1911 will set a new record for attendance. A remarkable feature of the season now opening Is that the Chicago Cubs who won the National . League pen nant .with ease last year, are not the favorites for the honor this year. The short end of the betting 1b the New York Giants, who finished second in 1910. . Giants Are Favorites. A symposium of views of thirty well known sporting editors in big league towns found 24 pinning their faith to New York and only three to Chicago. Of the three who picked Chicago, two were Chicago scribes. Three also touted Pittsburg for the flag. In the American League, 29 of these writers selected Philadelphia to repeat, while one lone dopester looked for Detroit to be the winner. 1 It Is easy to see why the Athletics Bhould be such a unanimous choice for the team showed last season that it Is still coming, but It Is difficult to see why the Cubs should run such a bad second to New York. It is prob ably because the Giants made such a strong finish and the Cubs went down to such Inglorious defeat before the NOTED TRUST BUSTER SUCCEEDS LATE SEN. D0LLIVER. Deadlock Lasting Since January, Is Broken by Progressives. .' DeB Moines, April 12. William S. Kenyon, assistant United States attor ney general and a trust buster, was today elected United States senator from Iowa to fill -the vacancy of the late Senator Dolllver. . V He will succeed Lafayette Young, who was appointed by Governor Car roll to serve until the legislature se lected a senator. Today's deadlock has lasted since January, when leg Islature was convened. : . Kenyon is va republican and was supported by the progressive element. This was the outcome of his work a a trust buster. He was" elected on the third ballot today. UNDERWOOD STARTS PROCEED. INGS ON TARIFF MEASURES J GIRL BEES FOR i! LIFE Cotton and Wool to Follow Life Neces- slty Schedules. . 1 10 21 ORIGINAL LIST OF Vt UNDERESTI- MATED.. :X;-T- Strict Investigation of Marine Law En. forcement Demanded. ; Washington, April 12. Representa tive Underwood of Alabama, chairman of the ways and means committee to day, Introduced bills embodyjna the Canadian reciprocity arraugements and the free listing of necessities of life. The bills were referred to the ways and means commlttse and will probably be reported for conalderatlun Monday. , V.' '. The decision by the house democrats to rush consideration of the Canadian reclrocity treaty, was announced to day following a caucus which voted 129 in , favor of Taffa plan and 29 against.' Following' the reciprocity comes the preparation of blanket free list which will - generally em brace the necessaries of life. . Another caucus will soon be held to determine the attitude of a majoilt; on the revlBlon of the wool and cotton schedules, direct election of senators and the admission to statehood of If ew Mexico and Arizona. V ;,'' '-;','- L The Underwood bill ' may possibly come up Friday. It is almost Identi cal with the McCall bill which passed the last hoys. The Underwood bill place 100 articles under the heading of agricultural Implements.- Leather, wire, meats, flour and lumber are on the free list. . '...' :,'-,'. The New Mexico and Arizona state hood bills will bs acted on at once. . With Towel Wrapped Around Her Body Youngr Girl Awakes and Com . mences Fatal Struggle Amid Plead, lngs for Mercy Mother Sits Calmly in Death. , ' v BoBton, .April 12. Crazed with grief on account of the separation of her and htir husband, Mrs. para Russell confeiised today to strangling her lit tle daughter Marjorie, aged 12, at their home In Dorchester. She wrap ped a towel around the sleeping child. The confession goes on to say that she awakened the child In the act of tying the towel ,nd the little girl begged for her life. "I decided best not to let her grow up to meet the troubles I had, or simi lar ones, so I let her struggle," said the woman. "It was soon over. La ter the policemen arrested me, "Marjorie awoke and called me mother and begged tne not to choke her. She said Bha loved me dearly, . but I was the stronger and she died soon. Marjorie. always ' prayed for me and her father and I hated to part with her. 1 have never been happy since he left so I decided to kill the girl an dthat would end all." Vancouver, B. C. April 12. Twenty one Instead of 17, are said to be dead in the Iroquois wreck.' Three more bodies were recovered last night. Word from Ottawa today says a strict In vestigation , will be held by the gov eminent. ', The Vancouver board of trade today forwarded a telegraphic demand tJ the minister of Marine at Ottawa de mandlng Investigation of the marine laws and their enforcement on ..the Pacific coast, as a result of the Iro quois wreck. ON. TO VICTORY I EfERS fContiu-'G'' on Page Three. KETTENBACII JURY PICKED. First Gun Fired Fifty Years Ago. Washington, D. C, April 12. Prac tlcally all of the patriotic and veter ans' organizations of the District of Columbia held special exercises today In observance of the 50th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, which vent marked the commencement of the civil war.; , Alleged Bank Wreckers Did Not Tlead Guilty as First Reported. Boise, Ida.,. AprlJ 12. The opening statement for the government In the case of Frank Kettenbach and William Kettenbaeh. charged with the ab straction of $137,000 from the Lewis town National bank, was made today by Fletcher Dobyns. The Jury was completed this morning. Both defend' ants entered leas of not guilty. Owing to a mistake in the transmis sion of telegraphic reports late ye- terady an erroneous report was made that they had pleaded guilty they had not. BIG GATHERING OF DEM0CR4TIC CLANS AT INDIANAPOLIS. Effort to Follow Up Success by Presl . dentlal Trlnmph Ma dr. Indianapolis. April 12, To discuss means of following up the recent con gresslonal victories by presidential triumph, democrats from all parts 0; the country are today flocking here for a conference called by the nat'ou al league of democratic clubs. The meeting winds up tomorrp-. when night with a banquet celebrating Jef - 1 ferson's birthaay, . - J. W. Earls IlL J. W. Eans, ailing for some time, Is still unable to leave his home In South La ' Grande. ; Oregon Country CentennlaL Astoria, Ore., April 12. One hun dred years ago today the expedition sent out by John. Jacob Astor, - the great New York merchant and fur trader, arrived a the site of Astoria and founded the first American settle ment in, the Oregon country. .No spe cial observance of the anniversary was held today, but later In the Bum-... mer Astoria' will celebrate the centen- nlalyvlth a week of festivities. . Oregon Sunday School Workers. Eugene, Ore., April 12' Nearly 200 delegates, representing the evangelical Sunday schools of the state, are In Eugene for the 24th annual conven- tlon of the Oregon Sunday school as sociation, which met today for a three days' session. Sixty of the most orom lnent Sunday school workers on the Pacific coast ase on the program for addresses." v '- LaGrande Observer P'J.. Wiih iff u Hp J3ILL ' v. 'v:.';'--: : : '"'' 7 vote coupon. ; , The Great Circulation Contest. , , " LA GRANDE OBSERVER-DAILY AND WEEKLY For (Name) Address Not Good After April 15. Cut Out Around Border. ! CT .JS 1 ' t i,s ilJ 'la i cf pa -a '-rn ? 'lag; opg of I!o err ler lo ao teel test tir. the at lla. ja old rell L 1 1. if