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I r- M M M VOLUME -X.' LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1911. i M I .1. JOSEPH AND WALLOWA 1 ORDER TELEPHONES ! ( REINSTALLED ESlER tiaiSl NEGOTIATIONS , f STILL UNDER WAY TODAY Meeting at Joseph Last Sight Results . in Busluess Men of Two Towns Ac jL: ceptlng Concessions of Moiue pendent Telephone Company Some ... ' Talk SHU of a New Company at En- terprlse. . , V'; y ..-y.. , ... i,Aa far as tun be learned today, lo cally, all the towns 'in Wallowa county have agreed to return to the fold, of the Home indepeheht Telephone company. Snder the rearranged program as an nounced in the Observer yesterday, save phe..; Enterprise is the only town which to date' has hot decided to re sume the telephone service and that own will probably be reported in line soon! Joseph and Wallowa have ac cepted, the proposition advanced by the telephone company. Last evening at a lengthy meeting in Joseph the business mn decided to . have tele phones reinstalled and Wallqwa was put. in Hne with the same movement . today. Discussions are still under way at Enterprise. A counter move is said to be on foot A'in the Wallowa county seat, in that promote of a n'ewcompany at Enter prise are still trying to" formulate a new and competing concern, ibut re ports from Enterprise today say the movement,; is principally;. Confined to ISnterprtse and. is not taking "root in Joseph or Wallowa, either. , . t General Manager Crowe has not re turned from Wallowa county yet and has not authorized any statement to day and the Qbseryer has not been ap; prised 6f what the outcome at Enter prise today was. :v ' : , Boe Tells of the Trouble, Carl Roe, publicity manager for the prospective company in : Enterprise, writes the collowlng communication to the Observer relative to the trouble in Enterprise: ' Definite steps were taken Satur day evening by the people of Wal lowa county to Join with the people of Union county in the organization of a co-operative telephone company. A 0 meeting of committees from Enter prise, Joseph, .Wallowa, Lostlne. Im bler, Imnaha and the Farmers lines was held in the county court house In , this city and was attended by officials of the Home Independent Telephone CLERGY Mi ASTOR CLAIM COMING MAKRIAGE IS CBLME AGAINST NATURE. 'A jgendiag Wedding; Is Called Criminal . in Efery Phase. New York, Aug. 8. New York cler gymen today are stirred to the depths over the' announcement of Madeline Force to John Jacob Astor. .."Speaking as a man and a priest I brand this proposed marriage to Miss Force as a crime against nature as well as society1 said Reverend Father Evans of St. Andrews church.' "Such a marriage Is only legalized by tree love." Other spoke In a like strain. Miss Force is 18 and Astor Is 47. Astor announced October 15th baa been selected as the date for the mar : riage with Miss Force. ! He said Miss Force Is 111 from the A'ewspaper criticism of the proposed, r marriage wlhch he characterized as cruel and unjust. , ,l " .' AN company and a large gathering of In terested spectators. , ; An effort was made to compromise the existing ' differences on a basis which would at least partially restore the privileges which were heretofore granted and which were formally promised by. the telephone company. The company offered to reduce phone rentals on an average of 25 cents per month and made some other conces sions, which' were at first rather well j thought of, but tby retuaed to throw off the charge of 10 cents lor every two switch calls within the county of 3Vallowa. Not being able to agree on the- demands made by tits people the meeting was adjourned and later on was reconvened as a mass meeting tor the purpose of taking the neces sary steps toward tne orgauiattuou m a co-operative telephone company. The" delegations from the various locali ties appointed committees to solicit memberships In such an organization. A representative ' from Elgin was present and represented that the peo ple from that city and. surrounding country were In hearty accord with the movement, and that most of them had already removed ttieir phones. In fact some of the people had already ordered wire for the construction of temporary lines jtor use until harvest is over. After harvest he stated that the movement ( Would be practically unanimous. " ' . , r ' . (Signed) , . " CARL ROE". , DHL HAZZARD NOT ALONE IN THE y " PKESiNT TROCBLE. f Big Damage Suit to BV Instituted' Against Undertaking Firm. $$$3 $$ 4. 4 Q 3 DOCTOR OUT OF JAlli, - :' - ! $ Seatys, Aug. 8. Dr. Hazzsfrd was released from jail this after1- noon on $10,000 ball and Immed-$ lately left for Tacoma. , . i. ,.' f 4 -i Tacoma, Aug. 8.- British Vice Con sul Agassiz went to Seattle today to confer with Attorney Kelley and. Pros ecutor Stevenson relative to the pros ecution of Mrs. Hazzard, under arrest charged with, murder in connection with the death of Miss Williamson at the "starvation" Institute. Agassiz says he will file a $25,000 suit for dam ages against Mrs. Hazzard and the Se attle firm of undertakers for alleged deseratlon of Miss Ayimamson'a body by an unauthorized autopsy.- The wo man will probably be released from Jail this afternoon on bonds.1, . ... . Before leaving the city Agassiz said he had received proffers o assistance in the investigations of the case from several persons in Tacoma who as serted that they were victims of Dr. Hazzard's alleged "starvation" meth ods. ;. ' : ; ., ' ." .v' MINNESOTAN BUYS HOME. L. J. Jordan Disposes of House and " Lot to Former Easterner. ' benjamin Raftor, now a foreman at the Palmer mill, but formerly living In Minneapolis, has purchased the L. J.' Jordan home and lot on Second and Washington. Mr, Rafter paid $2,000 for the property. The former owner now resides at Enterprise, though he at one time occupied the property hlm- ' self.- The deal was made hy Black Pratt, realty dealers., ; ... . , ,. Will Plumb Wallowa Building Bradley ft Co., will send a crew ot steam fitters out tomorrow to Wallowi to Install a new, hot water heating plant In the Couch ft McDonald build ing. ' ' ' Ships nog West. I. S. Hotchklss has shipped a carload of hogs to Pendleton and the Rrande Ronde Cash company has sent a car J load to Seattle. . miisiniiEO.. TO HIGHTAniFF LEAGUE FORMER STEEL MAGNATE SQUIRMS AND WRIG GLES AS QUESTIONS REGARDING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE PUT TO HIM SOCIOLO- : GICAL FUND PAID THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WITNESS REFUSES TO ANSWER AN AVA LANCHE OF QUESTIONS. Washington, Aug. 8. -In an effort to show that the United States Steel cor-, eration has a monopoly of the street H. proved that it supported the . - . republican tariff doctrines, and paid and iron business now, George Per-good money for publication ot 8torle8 kins, a former partner ot J. P-,.Mor- upholding provective tariff, v! 1 gan appeared before the, Stanley com- j Stanley showed that the corpbra mittee today. Perkins, after reviewing 1 tion contributed $2,00 yearly to the the history and his connection with the j Protective Tariff league," since it was matter, admitted he. had talked , to organized. Perkins also admitted that Schley, of Moore & Schley,' regarding the ."welfare fund" of the steel trust the purchase of the Tennesse Coal and I which the steel magnates had testified Iron company, by the trust '. Stanley brought out the fact that the steel trust usually had from 40 to 60 mil lions on deposit with Morgan's banks at 2.6 per cent. Interest. He also showed that the trust was very active politically, especially for a protective tariff. . V,'-s Witness Sqnlrms In Chair. 1 . When Stanley began to probe merci lessly Into the political activity ot the trust, Perkins wiggled and sijulrmea when confronted with' evidence' from New ' York Aug." 8. Judge LovettV head of the Harrlmari "system, intimat ed strongly 'today1 that the ' railroads will not, for W present at least! ac cede' to 'the demands of the shop em ployes for increased wages, Industrial War Predicted. ' , San Francisco, ' Aug.. 8. Industrial war will result ebtweeh the western railroads' and employes In the mechan . Washington, Aug. 8. Naval "regula - tlons of the strictest character were puv aside today when Admiral Togo . v. as the nation's guest,, was, taken through the Washington navy yard, and allowed to make a complete in- . New York, Aug. 8. Penniless and alone' William Laidlaw whom Russel Sage used as a shield to save hi. own life when a bomb was thrown by Hen ry Norcross, I. dead here today. Sage was uninjured by the bomb, but Laidlaw was made an invalid for life. PEACHES NEARLY RIPE. Upton Orchard Groans With Lead Peaches Nearly Ripe. JUDGE LOVETT 0EBIES41E DEMANDS I'FUSCO: SIP H SAVIOR OF RUSSELL SAGE IS or'.,. Peach tree, in the Dr. C. H. Upton orchard Juet north of La Grande are j fairly breaking with ripened fruit, and! and could only remember "generally" tne records or tne axeei corporation it were' for "sociological work and for furthering the health and comfort of employes" was a fund to which such contributions were charged. Perkins was threatened with a cita tion beforo the bar of toe house of rep resentatives by Stanley because he re fused to answer specific questions con cerning tne : political contribution? made In the national campaigns by himself or by corporations which he was connected With. Ferkiur refused to answer brt hit attorui novice ical 1 departments' noV mands for the wage increases amount ing to $50,000,000 annually have been refused. . ?i..;-- ;''; Railroad officials wJiild not 'talk to day. It is admitted the situation is tense. The Harriman lines officially announced they c6uld not tell what the union would do but predicted' the trou ble wouldn't co'me for some time,' If at all.' .;:'. .'..'. j spectiori. There '1; a .rule forfclddlhg any official of a foreign nation to even fnter United State, navy yard,' bu- it was fractured as a personal com- plJnint to ; japaneBe flghter. More dinnerB and receptions are planned 1 for. Jonlght."' ' v i - 1 i ' . U;-.. He never received a dollar for his blighted career from ' the NcwlWuBe million, which are today being given broadcast, to charity. Laidlaw fought for damage. In the court,., until his funds were one and then bis sister, kept him. ' ' I a sample taken at random and broughi to the Observer office today denies the assertion that peaches are not prolific here this year. The fruit is all bur. rln hud n rienlrnliln nlrr anil Tina nf. ta(ned gof)d glM. Another product of nr. Upton's fruit ranch is a plant of beans which carries 91 pod. and all of that the de- good size. It is a remarkable iype of locally grown baans. . ' Des Moines War In Ctfiirt. Des Moines, Aug. 8. Officials of the street car company today served no tice they will continue the fight over the present difficulty with the carmen in the courts. Ij va expected that a motion would be made for a reveratlon of the Injunction granted by Judge Degraff which prohibited carrying on of the strike either by the man or by the company. It is believed the com pany will not put up much of a fight. London Strike Serious. London, Aug. 8. With" the dock piled high w ith freight In London and Liverpool, today is virtuolly tied up by the strike of the dockmen and teamsters. The docKers reruse to r.o' thallds are Met, Prov'V rare. get ting scarce. Aivie.ag trpuble the police, reserves are held Irt readiness, while a conference is on between the employers and employes. .' '.; -' ' ; Mrs. Deck May Lire. San Francisco, Aug. 8. Mrs. Deck, who was shot by George Forsythe, the latter committing suicide, has a good chance for recovery.-' ; ; . , Senator Frye Dead. Lewlstown, Maine, Aug. 8. Senator William Pierce Frye died at his home here this afternoon. ADJ0UR1E1I next .week to see end of the , puesent session.1. President Taft Today Signed Bappor. tlonment Measure. ? Washington, Aug. 8. President Taft today signed the congressional reap portionment bill providing; for the re disricting of the various states. It provides for a house membership ot 433.: . '. So. 1 Quick Adjonrnntent Predicted. Washington, Aug. 8. Both demo cratic and republican leader, in con gress today predicted the present ex tra session of congress would end next week. ' They do not agree on the date but coincide in the opinion that adjourn ment will come soon after the wool and free list bills have been finally dis posed of. ' . 1 ; . TELLS WEIRD TALE. Hen' Comes Home to Boost on Outlit Car Beams, She Says.' ; So prevalent have hoboes become In Eastern Oregon that even the hens are becoming afflicted with the wan derlust. 'It Is either that or an ex emplification of the old adage about hens coming home to roost, ;.,',. . A,vlady who ha. charge of the cook outfit for the construction camp on the O.-W. JR. ft N. line at North Powder has several hen. which are the pride of ' her heart'. "A few day. ago" the crew at that point wa. moved Ho Baker.,, When the lady went to gather her hen. for change la location she found that one of her pet. was missing.. Thinking that It had fallen a 'victim to some of the aunierous hoboes that are passing throught the country ; at this time she gave It up tor Irretrievably lost, ; However, when the , construction camp Lares and Penate. were Install ed In-the new camp at this place the missing bddly wa. found ; safely en sconced on her perch and the only way the hen', mistress can explain this J. that the hen must have emu lated the hoboes and have ridden' the rod. Into Baker. ; Two Stock Car. Shipped. McKennon ft Chandler today .ent two carloads of cattle to the Portland market. UNITED STATES EIII5 S1IIFTE SWEEPING CHANGES III DIPLOMATIC SERV ICES ORDERED mill EXCEPTION OF ENGLAND, NEARLY EVERT ENVOY CHANGED Recommendation Sent ' to Congrse Today Which Aflirni the Rlidlcal Wing and Clmnsres In Dlplomatl venice Many Snmllcr and Leaser . ..-p.-' . .. . ,.i.fc.r.,. ..... Ambassadors. Washington, Aug. 8. Sweeplns Changes In the ; diplomatic servlca which had been rumored, was affirmed today when'nomlnations affecting prac tically evei-y Important station, save England, were sent to the senate. The shakeup Is the result of the resigna tion of Ambassador Jayne Hill to the Berlin post. ; ' ' Lelshman, present ambassador to Italy, succeeds Hill; O'Brien succeed. Lelshman from Japan; Charles Bryan succeeds O'Brien from Belgium; C. P. Anderson, attached to the London em bassy, becomes minister to Belgium; John .Carter, minister to Roumania, Servla and Bulgaria, becomes the Ar gentine minister, and is succeeded by John Jackson, the Cuban minister who Is succeeded by Arthur Beaupre, min ister to the Netherlands. Lloyd Brlce, of New York, succeeds Beaupre. SHOOTING RUMOlt A JOSE. "' ' '..'''. i '''' ' -.,-'''-" .Such at Least Is Belief of Those Who r Started Gossip. ' Stories circulated about the city re cently pertaining to the alleged shoot ing of a La Grande woman', alleged paramour by an alleged Irate husband attaining that state of ire because of alleged relations between hi. wife and said paramour, have been run to earth and are now generally branded a. a lemon. Gossip has recounted in more or less colored details of how a local man was .hot and severely wounded by another La Grande man, because of a woman in the case, and gossip ha. searched the secret recesses of hospi tal, and resting places for the Identity of the wounded man, or the identity of the Irate husband, but It ha. all been in vain and the circulator, of the yarn are now admitting that It wa. a huge lemon "slipped" over on the wise one.. That no such incident occurred and that a whole lot of busybodle. about town have been made the victim of a Jokesmlth, Js generally conceded. TOWN DEPOPULATED WHILE CIT . v: IZENS HUNT GOLD. Ten Dollars a Ton Said to Be Assay Value of Discoveries. Bend, Ore.; Aug. 8. Announcement that gold quartz discoveries on Tum alo creek," 12 miles west, assaying $10 per ton has started a gold rush and the town I. almost depopulated. About 50 claims are already staked and the hill 1. .warming with gold seekers. TRENCH DIGGER HITS PIPE. Greenwood Street Has Mlnintur Cloudburst When Pipe Breaks Beaver-creek water went beyond 1; piped confine, yesterday afternoon when the trench digger now on Penn sylvania avenue, severed a small main. The stream irrigated nearby lawn, and for some time resembled a fair- ; sized cloudburst. BEIgOIT 1 it