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EXPRESSES fflSTATtSFACTIO
WITH OREGON LAWS IN t
GENERAL.
Kew Jersey Governor, Probable Candi
date for President on Democratic
Ticket Is Guest ef Portland Today,
Bain Doesnt Dampen. Interest; in
Bis Reception While In the 'ketrepa.
Man Who Tried to Rt "Old Soldier'
Is Held for the Grand Jary.
Justice A. C. Williams this afternoon
bound WUi!am -Murray thj man ac
cuaed of thaj daylight assault and at-
1 tempted robbery yes'terJay over to the
grnu jury cn Jpuo bona. Jointly uith
'Murray, a man named Charles Wade
wag accuseCof complicity m the cr.'
officially reading "assault . with, la
tent to rob" but, after hearing the evl-.
den'oe-ld' $be case the Justice discharg
ed Wade. The man''assaulted 'yester
day and told of In last night's Obser
ver,, gves Jhji Jiam as; James,iMcDon
ald. ' He was the''coinplalnlng -witness
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' Portland X?re., ,May lSL-Oovernor
"Woodrow Wilson, a democratic presi
' dentlal possibility arrived this morn
ing from San Francisco, and was met
at dpot y Harvey Beckwlth, tho
''' president .of, tieCommerclal club and
Senate. and escorted through the rain
to waiting autos hurried to the Hotel
Portland where he remains during his
- stay today and tomorrow.
i He said he was a great admirer o
-Oregon laws,! and said the progressive
legislation here points the way for the"
nations' regeneration from the hands
of selfish in terests' ' i '
He Is enthusiastic regarding the
. , referendum, and declared the prlmar
.' les should Include all elective offices.
J . Tonight he will be banqueted by tne
- w. Commercial club and given a reception
;; by the Press club. Tomorrow he will
dlne'.if the University club and ad
r, : dress a mass meet In th auditorium.
; In the evening. v He leaves at midnight
' lor Seattle." '" '.'
' ; ,; Wilson declined tof refuse the job
of being president. He said;','"! am
y i HQt.vblg enoshgto refuse the'nomlha
tion if offered, nor "small enough jo
seek it". He does not believe in the
election of Judges. 1 He favors the New
4 1 JerBeyplan of having a governo ap-
- point them, This' explains why he
does not believe in recall of the Judlci-
Will Call Up ills Eesolution to Inres.
Ugate Lorimer Case.
Washington, Way 18. Robert M. ta
Follette served notice in "thi : senate
today that on Monday he will call ttp
his resolution' providing "for the' ap
polntment of a special committee to
Investigate the Lorlmer selection again.
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Assist Yrtrsvcnte h
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- GompanioniTrips Opposite the Name
lofEvcry, Contestant:.-1 .
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LIPPING
SOUTH AND WEST SOT IX ACCORD
WITH REBEL LEADER.
Armistice Signed bat Struggle
Lad Admit Both Forces.
Not
t: I i -1 Tuberculosis Convention.!'
ionaon. unt.; way as.-i-SKdjcaa,
men., public health officials and "other
r ' delegates from .alV parts ' o the' Do-
I :v.Y. vp?,nf auenaing tne litn annual
tfoii' for the Prevention, of Tuberculos
is, which began here today." The del
egates Will" spend two days in discuss
ing the practical side of the tubercu
losis question In all Its phases and
In Inspecting th-e. Queen Alexandria
sanitarium. , ' ' "
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; 3:-:,;'":';'':-' - ' : Cxar.43 Years of Age.
; ' r . St. '. Petersburg, May 1&.--The cus
V; I '-'-t .tonmry official observances today
- . marked the 43rd birthday, anniversary
1 Vas; ', ' fr czar- During the day the for
V v "eigti diplomats presented messages ot
: j cpngratulation In behalf of their re-
v . epective rulers and governments. The
good wishes of Emperor William II,
KZ'-V .prented In person by the Ger
man crown Jprlnc who journeyed ito
' f St." Petersburg especially for that pur
. :" pose. ,. ; .' ';. ' . V'-
jlf jj? - I V Society of .Tropical edlclne.
'':v j;'; . - J;Nw brIesisiLa ay .lSj,4-Thi
American Society of , Tropical Medl
' . cine, which .dev'ofe 'ts attention to
V i k. the sjudyiof methods for the preye'n
rK..l..,m.tlon' and treatment of tropical dlaeas-
es.'begin It "eighth - annual meeting
r';r".r!'"toNew 40rleaiw .,todajr. Many noted
medical experts are In attendance.
: , - - The medical departments of both tho
,t army and navy of the United States
- are represented. '
Mexico1 City May !' 18.-Despite" the
signing of an armistice between" Ma
dera and Carbajaltha result of a bar
Jain by which President DIas shall re.
sign by June i, tbe gravest fears are
felt here that the resignations of Dlaa
and Corral may not, prevent develop
ments of conditions as they may force
an intervention. While it is believed
Madero will be able to restore peace in
northep Mexico, the rebel chiefs will
adknowledge Madejo's authority or
subscribe to his peace terms. In any
event, many .bandit bands, posing as
rebels, will have to fee wiped out. '
The rebels were notified today that
the armistice had been signed.
mmv"Tnnei h Cofisultea.
San DJgo, May 18 Whetrcr '.he reb
els 'under Pryce at Tia Juana will con
tinue fighting in Lower' California or
disband, will be decided af a confer
ence' tonight; between ; John Kenneth
Turner "the author,' representing tos
Angeles' rebel junta'and Pryce, who
will meet "either here or at Tia Juana.
The situation is the result of the Ma-dero-Mexlcan'
agreement ' Heretofore
Lower California rebels' stoutly as
serted they were not In sympathy with
Madero and they believe Madero and
Mexico combined would make resist
ance futile. They will probably fight
as long at is possible. - -
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Suffers Operation for Appndkltls at
Grande Sonde HospftaL :
C. S. Stillwell, a prominent orchard
'; 1st of Prultdale, tut,, who make his
yhoma in La Grande, was operated npon
today at tne urande Konae Hospital by
Dr. M. K. Hall. " Mr. Stillwell 1 suf
fering from an attack of appendicitis.
1 FALL ENDS IN DEATH.
Fatiier of Mrs. Rockman of Alicel Died
I Walla Walla Testerday.. , ; v
Concussion of the brain broughr
about In a collision-at Walla Waila in
Which the victim was knocked j from
his bicycle, and sustained a fracture
of the ekull, was the cause of death of
William,, Henry Murray of Walla Walla
yesterday. Mr. Murray was, the father
of Mra.iD. B. Ruckman of Alicel. About
three 'Weks ago"Mr. Murray, was rid
ing his wheel in Walla Walla and col
lided accidentally with anotherwheel.
In the fall he suaalned the fatal In
juries. He was a member of the Amer
can Nobles Order of Protection, of Ba
ker," and at the time Was his death, was
60 years, one month and 24 days old.
He it survived by the widow and the
only daughter, (Mrs. Rutkman.
Mfddle Atlantic Golf Totntey. '
Baltimore. Md . liar 18. Plar " fn
the annual championship tournament
of the (Middle Atlantic Golf association
began today on the links of the Balti
more Country club end will, continue
until the end of ''the, week. Many
prominent golfera -, are including
among the contestants and all signs
. point to a successful tournament. r '.
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Eames, Edna .,
Wilson, Eta
Tan Housen, llaici
Stephenson, SOidred
Martin, Irma , .
Robertson, ZeUa
Hansen, Agnes v...;,
Combs, Frankle
Cotner, Eva
U13 . Arnold, KaWl'i.v.3:AlCitnt
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ZifiU Lyrenmadn, Anna ..... v . 8,021
21,103 Jeffries, Nellie ..... . .-. ; X iftm
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" . ; ' : "T SPECIAL PRIZE OFFER,
iV -'-.ihchh tnutuais itu9 Mrs ibj itae turn im vffvM mj o
May 20, Including those daks, each at the expense of the Observer, may $
4take a guest to the Portland Rose Festival, provided these candidates
$ iris trips in the final distribution of prises. The candidates at the foot
of the score lists have the same chance to win these companion trips f
as the ones who on May 8 are at or near the head. New candidates en
,4 tering the contest, during this period of extra reward also may compete f
. for the companion trips here announced
' -r ,,..;;i " CLOSE OF SPECIAL PFFER. .': ; :
4 T All subscriptions mailed by contestants and patrons en May 20th, last ,"
8 day of this special offer, which reach the lObseryer by May 23, will ap-yS
& ply In the competition for the two extra trips. In such cases the euTe
$ lope must bear postmark of May 20. This is intended to gfre contestants 4
and subscribers who live at a distance from La Grande the same chance
? in the competition as those who are' near theofflee. - '.
gig4$i4)ji j$ 4 & & & J 3
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, this district comprises the city of La Grande. The two ladles residing
in La Grande who at the end of the contest have received the most votes
win be the guests of the Observer at the Portland Rose Festival.
HUFF, RUBY, Seventh, and h streets ... i ... i
STEPHENSON. MILDRED, Care Star Theatre
MARTIN, IRMA, 1201 Fourth street..,...,-.,.
COTNER. EVA, 2,008 Oak street.'.
COMUS. FRANKIE, 120J D aveniio'
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WILLIAMS. MRS. Fred W., Box 804';; f Jf J.;; .. .
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SNOW, ALICE, 1410 Z avenue ..L. U
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23,475
1 21,707
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10,178
1,174
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1,001
tONTESTDISTRICT.NO 2.. r ,
This district comprises all of Union county except L aGrande. The fotir
; ladles of this district who, at the end of the contest, haye received the
most votes will be the 'guesta of the Observer at the Portland Rose Festi
val.
"VAN HOUSEN. HAZEL, Alicel
ROBERTSON. ZELLA, R. F. D. No. 2,
HANSEN, AGNES, Perry ."
WILSON, EVA. Union
PEEBLER, FRANKIE, R. F. D. No. 2
CONRAD, NELLIE, R. F. D. No. 1 La Grande
JEFFRIES, NELLIE." Union .....
; ARNOLD. MABEL, Elgin . . : . . ... . . .
WEEKS, BIRNIE, North Powder ..I
; CHATTIN, VIOLET, Summerville .
RUSSELL, BETHEL; Elgin
KEEFER, STELLA, Imbler
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63,749
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13,301
10,909
7,035
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No. 1, Summerville ' i. ........
, CONTEST DISTRICT KO. 8. j-'; ;:.':'., C y
This district comprises all of Wallowa county and Pin anL Eagle valleys,5
The three ladies of this district who, at the end of the contest, have received
the most votes will be the guests ot the Observer at the Portland Rose Fit
tlval; ' - ; . - r" - - JJi. i 1 ';
ROUP. MARGARET, Joseph
EAMES, EDNA. Joseph
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LYRENMANN, ANNA. Enterprise
' WISDOM BESSIE.. Lostlno
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WILET. GLADYS, Wallowa ;V;;;.:.i;...t;..,.;,w;...,.;.. ......
EVANS, MINNIE L Wallowa '',W.:...:,ty.
HKWH, NETTIE, Flora ........ A
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718
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5,571
5,665
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! ' ' ' PRIZES REGARDLESS OF DISTRICTS.
The three candidate who, at the ' end of the contest havo more votes tthan
any of their rival, may, at the expense of the Observer, extend their trlpi
on to San Francisco. .. ' ,' ', I t.vr t "' KJ Ji
The four candidates who range next in standing, fegardlesa of districts,
will be entertained at the Hotel Gearhart, Ooarhart Park, By-ttSefc';.'.
All Winning candidates will be given side trips to all points of lnterejt in
and about Portland; and will be taken to the leading places of amusement
and recreation. -, . , ' -("- , v.'lfA-,,;,t" , ; r
, Instead oltaktag a' trip, any winning candidate may have music lessons
to the value of $50 or a scholarship in Whitman college; In the Baker City
business college or choice of several other colleaes. f In llan nr : fln
Francisco trips scholarships valud at $100 will be arranged for,. In case
exchange is desired. ,
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Legislator Would Cause Wisconsin U
' -vlDTestfpate Pnlcpcdtngs.
Springfield, 111., May 18. Senator
Henaen today Introduced a resolution
to" the state senate demanding that
Governor McGovern of Wisconsin In
wstlgaU the. trial cf J.,!.a Dieta, de
fender of the Cameron dans. He waa
ruied.'out on : point of ovdoV. ' !
l , uonoi Frii'clng Tourney.
Vienna, May 18. All arrangements
have been completed for the Interna
tional fencing, ournament which- i to
be hejid in this? city un&er tb? patron
age of his Imperial and royal hlgh
nes8 Archduke, Leopold Salvator. ,The
competitions will begiuT t wolro wjand
continue four or five days. The events
are 'include individual In
fenclngt rapier, saber aa'd'i , 5 Vord
and also a number of team hes.
Oily amateurs are eligible to : He.
Justice United Couple.
' A Union county couple were.
In marriage yesterday evening b
tlce A. (X. Williams. The. two
John Henry, Da yIs and Genevieve'
both of this county. - -
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Japan Is Now to Come to the Front as
a Member of the Universal Peace
Family, Though She Expressed Her
Desires Earlier Roosevelt Opposes
Signing Away of Cosiitry's Eoner
; Rights fn Treaty. . - , ;,; . -
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JOURNEY OTER VALLEY NOT COM.
- MENCED TODAY. y:
Now pbuned to Start the Trip Next
' '..'Monday Mornlng.v v fry
":UiY r.n: :,';;-; yy::,
Union, (May .18. (Special) Rain to.
day i" prevented the forced march ot
Troop d'e Union horse show boosters'.
Thirty-flvV tMHtert',:-lt:'.ttb3ecbi::. tor
ex-Presldenf Roosevelt's 90-mile ptti
cer test, wei?e ready to .embark today
by horseback for all points of the val
ley In the Interest of thecoming horse
show In union believing the horss
brigade would be a more unique ad
vertising medium than the automobile
caravan used last year.' The rain pre.
vented the trip however, and Uorta
Monday was set as a .tentative startlnj-,
time. -The weather will have to be at
least somewhat indulgent" If the trip ts
made. The- scheme is for the troop 01
horses, to leave Union Monday morn
lngi go to Covetlor lunch, meet" the '
people there, and then proceed to El
gin and spend the night. On Tuesday
the troop will work back to La Gi,an3;
snO arrJye there In time for' dinner 1
and spend the 'night; then gd (n to.Hof
Hot Lake for,lunch and then on homei
Some men, Ipj.tie ibrlgadehaye noi
been near a saddle for years but ar
taking on the task with a spirit of, r.
termlnatlon. .
Washington, May 18. As a result of
lthe publication ot the terms of the pro
posed arbitration treaties with Eng
p ana ana rrance. diplomats today stat
ed that Japan has an opportunity to
prove its sincerity in lta expreaaed de-
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Hons. When the general invitation was
sent out for the world powers to join
the peace movement, it was expected
Japan would 1e among the first na
tions to responds Its attitude, how
ever, is still doubtful. Baron Uchtda,
the Japanese ambassador, said today
that Japan Is greatly interested in the
American proposal but It Is too early
yet to know what action Japan will
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'-: Roseye?JTTO,mie8rT.reaty.'':''--'
- New -York' .'p lion' 'to
any frgaty subtitlng(iv;W.,tratlon
questions affecting', tbil l1.5' ' integ
rity or Independence of,k,
Ladies of the Maccabees. -v
Wheeling, . W. Va., Jiay IS. The an
nual convention of .the West Virginia
lodge of the Ladles of the Maccabees
began in this city , today, with ' head
quarters at the Windsor hotel. , The
annual reports and other business of
the order occupied, the day." Tomor
row, the ritual will be exemplified in
the Elks auditorium and 'In 'the,- Even
ing the convention will close with a
banquet at the Carroll club.
ountry,
was .volc, TheoofecLJCfey. t,Jt; i'i -the
Outlook today. Ha says any coun
try taking such a position would be In
the samVposltion as the man who
went to law, when his wife was assault
ed and bad her face slapped. Suph
an Individual who went to law Instead
of punishing the pffender would be re
garded with derision; similarly, the
United. States should not specifically
bind Itself to arbitrate questions af
fecting the national honor or Integrity
0 findependencev No self-respectln
nation would .consent to actual surren
der of its right in suchj matters. f -'
Referring to the proposed treaty be
tweenx the 'United, State and Great
Britain the colonel said, "The treaty
should make no explicit declaration of
any kind which would brand lis with
cowardice if we lived up to it,-' or with
hypocrisy and bad faith if we did
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i 'tee.liarrls Wedding.
Philadelphia, May 18. Many per
sons 'of iiroraraence in the social life
of.New Jork, Baltimore, Washington
and Philadelphia were present at the
wedding today: of Miss Mary , Kuhn .
Harris, a niece of (Mr. and Mrs. C.
Hartman : Kuhn of this city, and Jo
sept 'Jenkins Lee, a member of the
well known Lee family of Virginia
and Maryland. The wedding took place
at the home In Devon of the bride's
sister, Mrs. Chalres Boone. The. bride
groom' was one of Roosevelt's Rough
Riders and for a time was in the Unit-
ed States diplomatic service, " ' r
VALUE )S SUBSCRIPTIONS
Toting Power of Subscriptions for the Evening Observer. '
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, . . - TIME ByCarrlerln By Mall In . VOTES . ,
vvj-LJfrVvvv-r;v-!.:....A La Grande United SUtes ALLOWED '
Three Months ..........I...... 1.75......!.....: LOO...... ........... 900 ' '
One Week ............... ...... .15...... iq - J
One Month '....'..... ...... .65...... ...... .65...... ........... 150 - -
Six months-.!'.... ............ S.50 ....... 8.00..,,.... .,..2500 ,
, One year ....... ...1.. 7M...... ...... 4.00...... ....6000". '
" Two years .....j, 14.00,,,... ...... 8.00.; 15,000
t Three yearsi............ ......21.00...... ......12.00...... ......... 24.000 j
I Four years i....:..;! 28.00...;,. ......16.00...... 83,000 v
Flve yearp .,"..',35.00..:... ......20.00..;... ......... 42,000 ' '
Tetlag Power ef Ssbscrlptiona toy the Weekly Observer.
en Months -i . . ; i i'V.: ; . , , :
. Three years 5 .......,.. 4 .50 ........ .
.75........,.......i 400
1.50.. ...........1500
8.00..... ........ ....4.000
.....8.500
Four"yArs , . . e. . . V ".TA", -;r. .... 6.00. . , , . .... ....... .9.000
' Five years . . , . . . . .' . . , . . .... 7.60. 11,500
. , - Votes at the above proportionate Increase will be allowed on any additional
' payments made by any subscriber who has already paid one year, during the
present contest. This fact should be mentioned when extensions ot subscrlp
i tlon are sent to the Observer.' vr . ; , .:;
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