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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1911)
V0 rTV) rrt. mi li a fttV '!,!! I li ! I ll- I r VOL X LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1911. NUMBEH 183 steel mm I1LVES li. Tin, ei i COMMERICIAL LABOR . , BUREAU HAD "INSIDE", LIGHT ON STEEL TRUST BOOKS. TftFT INDIRECTLY BLAMEO Gary, Had of Board of Directors of Steel Trust, Surprises Senate In vestlgafJng Committee lVIth Intlma,. . ten That Taft op Commerce and La. v bor' Department Had Suppressed Trust Report vr:-- The president Is Indirect! j accused by , a prominent stetl trust mag nate with having allowed an exhaag the report on the trust to be. sup. .-' pressed. The accuser would not make specific charges to this effect Washington, June 1 The President Taft or the department of commerce - tUAU iauvi uu. .yfvMkH tlve report on the United States eteel corporation, of Its methods and opk e rations was Intimated by E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the steel corporation at 'today's ses sion of the house committee investi gating the trust ' '-.Gary said, " The bureau of corpor ations for six yean have been ex. aminlng our books, and records," . ' ' "What," shouted Chairman Stanley, "You mean to say the bureau has ...been looking Into your business from the inside for the last five years?" "Certainty," replied Gary, "it cost us several hundrde thousnd to aid . the government," ' . ' Gary was the first witness and ad mitted the subsldory-companies were controlled independently, Thpn he said it they acted contrary he usually changed the management. As to directly , whether President ; '.Taft has a copy' of the report Gary i ' said: ' :: ,. . . j "I have no knowledge wnetner me matter were furnished to the presi dent. or not. I have information to , lshed to. the president within the next) few months. I don't know whether ' any partial reports have been 'made , to him. ' ' ' '.V ; U " M ne commiuee, m response 10 u . $ , rtflUest, . permitted R. V. . Lmdaberry $ AnA .tnr tn attend ahnw.. to appear' as counsel for the United a. La Grande band to accompany 3 LOODY BATTLE FOUGHT 111 DIAZ GOVERNOR REFUSES TO AB :"v DICATE TO MADERO GOV. ,' ERXOR FIGHT. r BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY Madero Sends Orders to Maintain the Pface ; in SJnaloa Capital Rebels Are Victorious In Fight lVhto Last . Train Left-Many Armed Men Sur round. Chihuahua and Order Must Be Preserved There. Nogales, June 1. Two thousand ln- surre ctoi and a'large force HAREM GOWN IS SEEN HERE CLETEtt RIDER WITH CIRCUS DISPLAYS GOWN. ujj CORYRI6HT. taoaBY -PACK BROS.. N.Y. maim h. taft, twenty-seventh president. BUSK M 11 TO IliBSEFRIOIl! f IHEl 111 kiS OUAaftVU 4M St. VUUVUUi the capital of Sinaloa, according - to advices received ' here today, . ' Many are reported killed on both sides. When the last train left the rebels virtually .had captured the city and the federals were making a last stand at a church. '"; The trouble started when the Diaz governor, Redo, refused to surren der his office to the provisional gov. ernor Bonllla, who Is backed by Ma dero.'. Bonllla was leading the rebels. Trouble Near Chihuahua. ; ', El Paso, June I. There are about 5,000 federals and 3,000 rebels outside of Chihuahua city, Madero immedi ately telegraphed ' General - Villa ' to preserve' order. ' The Chlhua 'hua legislature, Madero said, ' understood the situation land tomorrow .wlllde, pose the governor and e:vate Gon sales, Madero'4 candidate. . Jf -i MISS ttOBEETS, T SELL.ELOTO t ( HORSE SHOW DATA. year and on the whole of a grade. ; better ' j La Grande will close up s'.iop States steel hearings. corporation during the BRYAN'S EIGHT '? the visitors. , -Train leaves at 8 o'clock, re- 3 turning at convenient hour. & Horse show opened today with 3 every exhibit stall taken. . t Q 'i AH business men. practically, will close, making almost com- 2 ? plete tie-up of business tomor. 3 ? row. V;; ' - i ' - '. ? S. $-'5ia-i$5)$3$JiJ UNDERWOOD CONFIDENT OF1 PAS. ' ", SING WOOL TARIFF, ' Fifty Per Cent Reduction Made Pov ... , , slble by Opiiosltlon From Bryan. ' - . .... . . :' ' " i----.--i r-t : Washington, June rl. The -demo, crats went into caucus at noon today to struggle with the problem of r.er vising the wool hedule. Chairman Underwood predicted that the bifl to be prepared by his committee reduc ing the .tariff 50. per cent would be adopted by a two thirds Jrote. , He de clared Bryan's , opposition ' to the measure helped It. Bryans' follow ers want free wool.' PRICE STILL ABSENT. Juntas In Southern California Dis asrree Over Ftfture Plans. San Diego, June 1. General Pryce, the rebel commander, had not return, td to Tia Juana today. It Is gener ally believed , he has determined not to return.- The local Junta and the Lbs Angeles Junta are disagreed over the campaign plans. Los Angeles wants the rebels to inarch oa to n senada. For the present, the forces are idle,'' '"''' Everything is in readiness for the departure from this city tomorrow of the special train which will carry La Grande visitor to Union. s Practically every store will close j all day so that clerks and proprl; fors alike can attend the event.' UNION MEN FILE SUITS. Union, June ' 1. (Special) With every stall filled ' with the cream, of Grande Ronde valley's livestock, the annual Union Stock shpw opened in Union today with a program of horses and feature races at the fair grounds. The opening play, was marked . by a large attendance, vfrom the surround ing territory. '. The parade-this afternoon at 12:30 was better than last year and tomor row's parade, it is said, will complete ly outsrip today's efforts. The en. tries are more extensive than last JvTernl Millions In Damage Money WW Be Asked For at Once. "Loa Angeles, June 1. Suits aggre gating $7,000,000 in damages are be. lng' prepared by union labor attorn eys against Mayor Alexander, Chief of Police Sebastlne and Captain of Police '.Haupt. Police Judge Cham bers, the city prosecutor and tbo dl rectors of the Llewellyn iron works the Baker iron works, the Lacy Man. ufacturlngi company and others haz ing to do with the arrest of 35 union men -charged., with ...conspiracy of picketing. . . ' ' The suit will ask $25,000 damages for each man" arrested. T SeSIS 1ICTE t Tacoma. June lPour men, Chas. . returns. Investigation of the alleged Jaeger, Alphone Carbone, C. J. Foley, I padding at Seattle, Everett and Bel and Fred Allen were arrested todav j,nghaB1( wllI be made ,ater- on indictments by the grand jury charging them with padding the cen. sus returns. They were released on $1,500 bonds. Several others will be ments, 26 are la connection with tha public celebrations tomorrow of the alleged Irregularities In the census 76th birthday of his holiness. Celebration to Be Private. Rome, June 1 Owing to the state of the pope's health there will be no Chlius It Will Be Generally Adopted ' as a Woman's AppareL Harem skirts have hit La Grande. The' garment, an : extreme type of It, bver which much ado has been made, was worn today by Miss Roberts, a clever rider with the Sells-Floto cir. cus and attracted a great d:al of at tention with it. ;' -Miss Roberta happens to be one of the principal riders of theiSells-Floto circus and , her esoort. Jerry Clay ton, holds a position as one of tha clowns of the same aggregation. The gown worn by Miss Roberts was made by Madame Curtis of Losngeles and represents ah expenditure, of $200.00. : it - give me great at rrMinm . or t movement, is more comfortable than the old stye, and, besides, I like It better," she said (today. , "Do you think It will ever become the reeular thlnar?" wm askd. ;e of fed- ..0h ye8; lt wui be adopted. Not p i! nnnnTnnnr in y n it I wi ii iiiuii i uiiu FOR 6 101. HEIiUliEU HILL DENIES RUMORED MERGES OF GREAT NORTHERN WITH BURLINGTON SYSTEM. l HUGE MORTGAGE EXPUiriED great while., You .didn't think the hob. ble skirt, would. , go when It came out, but look at jt now." "It certainly .shows up the bow-leg-leg , .girls,'! mused the pencil Bhover, "Yes,, that's, jtrue. :, But I think the harem skirt la heter; It certainly isn't Immodest, Ministers after commenting on the gown are verj much in favor, of Hi adoption as they say that lt would, en able the female members of congre gatlons to get to church quicker after the last bell' bad run than they can In the present hobbled skirt. Miss Roberts will wear the skirt to. night. , ' Hill Affirms H Is Going to Quit the Game Soon and Wants to Leave Ills t Road tn Good Financial Condition to Curry Out Policies of Extension and Repairs "No Mystery About Deal" -HUL EQUESTRIAN. rjthe coast cities are- ahendiug '' Trado-j and It was planned to spend $270,000, -t--Tr- I MitJ,.? it.-'' ?;v i. I .WW . i-. .I-'. '. - ' ' Development Leagues Meets. Chehalis, Wash.i June ' 1,' -1- The Southwestern Development league met here today tots the fifth quarterly session. ; It ; asts three day's. ; Many delegate and representatives from St. Paul, June 1. A blanket mort gage for $600,000,000 has been placed by James J. Hill and his associates of the Great Northern." This is regarded by many as the first step in the gi nantlc railway merger by which Hill will control the Northern Pacific an3 the Burlington systems. Hill, when Interviewed today, denied that he was planning such a Merger which he twice attempted unsuccessfully to carry out - "I'm getting old and will quit the. game soon," said he. "I want to leave the road in good shape flnatu. clally, so that necessary Improve-x ments and extensions can be made.. There's no mystery about it." - ; Hill ridiculed the story that the Great Northern was to absorb the Burlington and would soon cut loose from Joint control of the Burlington with the Northern Pacific. He also1 denied he was planntng to extend the Great Northern Into California." '. Explaining the reasons for the mortgage Hill said $400,000,000 had been used '. from the road's earnings and commerce are subjecs for oday's discussions. 000 for Improvements in the' next 50 years. 'Vv ' '$ MEEK D1C JASPER STETENS FASSES' AWAT AT HIS PORTLAND HOME. Wealthy Pioneer of Cove, Lat? ' ol Portland Dies This Morning, ST DEPOT IP ED OPENS TOTAL COST OF $25,000 000 FOB CHICAGO DEPOT. ; Building and Grounds Make It the Costliest Depot Ever Built. Jasper G. Stevens,, formerly post master and capitalist at Cove where' hn anpnf mnnv vpnra nf titn Hffl hut recently, living at Portland, and who ; ern railway, one of the largest; most Chicago, June 1. The hew Chicago station of the Chicago and Northwest- was a cousin of Jap H. Stevens of this city, died this morning at Portland This Information was received here this morning by Mr. Stevens. " The funeral will be held at Cove J the old home of the deoeased. , ' Mr. Stevens receved his . early education at Eugene when the state university was founded. After recelv- ing nis aegree mere ne spent six years , at the druggists' husinees at Eugene and then came to, Cove and settled there, opening a drug store tor himself. He was soon made postmas ter and execept for one year when J. Russell held the. office, occupied that post year after year, at the same time building up his fortune at his drug store and genera! merchandise lines. It was only recently that he moved to costly and most magnificent railroad passenger terminals In the world, was opened to traffic today. Costing near ly $25,000,000 and with a right of way area of 37 acres, It is regarded as a marvel in. the way of modern railway station construction. The new station is located on west Madison street, convenient to the business and hotel sections, and af ords facilities' far superior In ' every way . to the old station north of the river.. ''. The. main building is a four-story structure of the early Italian renais sance style of architecture,': with a lofty Doric portico at the entrance, supported by a colonnade of six gran ite columns. Immediately back of this colonnade Is the great vaulted vestibule, 132 feet wide, 23 feet deep Portland Mr. Stevens was married to Misa., and 40 feet high, Minnie O. Shaw at Sedalia, Mo., in The main waiting room, which Is 1889 and two children were born to the principal architectural feature of them. Willie and Jean. . the station, is treated as a great Ro- Yamhlll man. atrium, with a barrel vault roof. v The total area of the building is 69 The Harem garment Is shown here to good advantage, Just as Miss Rob. erts wore ft today. The wearer Is ef the opinion that that particular itaj j9 not publicly announced but is shed is of sufficient length to accom- style of garment has come to stay, conceded to be substantial. ' modate the longest train. .Mr. Stevens was born in miintv. Jnlr 1 mI . . 1 RTi7. Among the. several banks in East-j 700 square feet, sufficient to handle ern Oregon in which Mr. Stevens was more than 250,000 passengerg dally, interested is the Union bank of which The entire station throughout has ha was vice nresident. His total-can-: marble doors and walls. The train V 1 i 'it t .. ?