La Grande evening observer., March 01, 1912, Image 1

KINGDOM III
STRIKES CHIP
RAILROADS WILL SOON
CEASE TO OPERATE
IN ENGLAND
LACK OF COAl SUPPLY
WILL SOON STALL TRAFFIC
Considerably Orer One Million Cool
Strikers Are Out In England Al
ready and Oilier Industries Involv
intr a Million or More Men Will Soon
Be at a Complete Standstill. ,
London, Mar, 1. Employes of large
Industrial firms and railroads were to
!ay notified thaT the companies may
be forced to suspend operations be
cause of fuel shortage. This would
jay off 4,000,000 unless, the ?.oal strike
Is speedily .adjusted. It Is o'Tjclally
estimated that 1,049,407 mine are
out. The situation here Is already
acute. The present Bupply ."of coal
will be exhausted In two weeks. -.The
government again conferred with the
strikers, operators and representatives
today. Both, sl'des are standing pat.
All hope for Immediate settlement has
been abandoned.
Pcrnilor Is Pessimistic.
Premier Aequlth is pessimistic over
the outlook. ' He Is using every effort
to induce the operators to yield. The
government today ordered that troops
be In readiness for strike service, but
no disorders are reported thus far.
AIRMEN SET
' Bit CORDS
ONE FLIES 12 .MILKS .IN AN HOUR
at pap.
(Record. Set Early in the Day s Brok.
cu Shortly Afterwards.;. -'
Pau, France, Mar. 1. Covering 153
miles In two hours and seven minutes
and seven minutes and 54 seconds In
a monoplane, Aviator Tabutteau es
tablished a world's record for speed
today but Tabutteau's record was
beaten soon after by Aviator Veudrlne
who flew' 102 miles in one hour. ,
HOME STRIKE DWINDLES.
Believed Possible That Amicable Set
y Moment M ill Be Readied Here.
Indianapolis, Mar. 1. Amicable ad
justment of the wage difficulties be
tween the operators and the bitumi
nous coal miners Is expected to follow
a second joint conference, which was
arranged In Chicago today. .; The ex
act date is not set but. the meeting
will be held before the present work
ing agreement expires April 1st. ,
AFTERNOON PAPERS LEAD.
Taft Pays Pretty Compliment to the
Afternoon Dallies.
Washington, Mar. 1. A remarkable
boost for afternoon papers was given
by President Taft last night before the
National Press association: He said:
" "I am glad to be here at a time
when those who published the day's
solid facts 'have laid down their pens
and when ttfose who are about to re
publish the same facts tomorrow
morning, are just starting their tasks."
Spnknno Has Women Assessors.
Spokane, Wash., Mar. 1. Seven wo
men deputy assessors, believed to be
the first of their sex to be employed
In any part of Ihe country, started
UOOn thnfp nffinfnl .tftna In QnnlrnnA
today. Chief Assessor Glenn R. Crelgh-
ton engaged the women.
LAWRENCE STRIKERS WIN
PRINCIPAL CONTENTIONS
Lawrence, War. 1. Politeness and
consideration on the part of the police
to the little children, sons and daugh
ters of the strikers, marked the de
parture today for Washington of 3,5
children who are to plead with con
gress for an Investigation into the
causes which led up to the strike.
Headed by . Police Sergeant .Mono
han who last week led the clubbers
J. H. Watson has been promoted and
transferred to Seattle" from bis office
as O.-W. division foreman' at La
Grande, This change has been.pend-.
lng for some time and has finally been
definitely announced. The city Is to
lose Jack Watson and his family about
the 10th of this month when he leaves
La Grande for his new "position in.
the Sound metropolis. He is still with
the O.-W. which Is the usual title ap-
plied to the O.-W. R. and N., which
connects Portland and Seattle. His
WATSON W LL LEAVE SHOPS SOON
Summerville Transition Scene Pictured I by Cartoonist
H KNOCK OUT.
. In life s Priz e Kin g
.(VrKhocJcer gare ffioood fellow a&lacfr eye-But
NEVER
HGHINM
' ONE WEEK LATER
Z,e Ar smile, 'so-operate, cKdAnocJc fe face fa but
Summerville, Mar. 1. Following a
little local discord and an effort
promote better harmony a dummy la-
beled "The Big Knocker- was hung by.
the neck on the town flag pole in Sum-
four patrolmen personally attended to
the seating of the children In the train
and no action was taken when the
crowd sang the Marseillaise, v Previ
ously they were clubbed. .. . . . 'i
The end of he strike may come to
day on a basis of five per cent ln
crease for those whose wages are un
der $8.00 a week and the old scale for
the others. - v
promotion creates a sbakeup here in
which Ed Thomas becomes division
foreman after a long and faithful ser
vice as round house and shop fore
man respectively of the La Grande
shops. Frank Leavltt, erstwhile round
house foreman, becomes shop foreman
in the place of Thomas and the round
house foremanshlp has yet to be plac
ed. Jt is not known who will draw
the plum
Watson In Service Long;
. It was back In April,-1881, that Mr.
Cartoon
mervllle several days ago.
A resolution signed by about 40 lo
cat men, with a cartoon similar to the
one shown in today's paper had been
drawn up anu was posted In several of
Watson made his first run as fireman.
This was at The Dalles and a yenr
later he took out ftn. engine for tho
first time. He was promoted to -dlvl
ston foreman in '1898, being sent to
Walla Walla, and for' the next few
years was shifted jo Shanlkb, Port
land, Umatilla and then In 1906 came
to La Grande. Since that : time ; he
has held the responsible position of
division foreman, having In bis lm
inedate charge the shops here, and all
the firemen and engineers between
huntlngton and Umatilla, The office
carle's with it the biggest force of
clerks and volume of detail of any
office in the service probably and
through the strenuous work attached
to it1 Mr; Watson has always, worn his
genial smile and no man has as many
warm friends in railroad service and
out of service as Mr. Watson.."! -
i J. Returned from Wedding.
'. Miss aiarjorle Silverthorn, daughter
of O, B. Silverthorn, returned Wednes
day 'night from ',' '; a Walla whero
she attended the-- ' 'lng of her friend
Miss '; Elizabeth Copland. After the
wedding Miss Silverthorn spent a few
days 'visiting in the Copeland home.
Manager Crossnmu and Show Here.
Manager Crossman and his troupe
containing "The Girl From Reotor's"
are'.ln the city this afternoon. The-
maiger claims to have a show that
1b a true out and out comedy and will
give La Grande something, to laugh at
this tvening. '
YoukllOHHOrtlHOHGWS
tlseih Mm To noeii mro
ERCHtOTHER ? fllBYfllte.
the 8sr fmttios in fKsiVtxftl)
WOW I'
1
not tie frncoker.
suggested by L. Klees, Summerville,
the stores and It created the excite
ment which was followed by hanging
"The Big Knocker" in effigy. '
"The Big Knocker" was only Imagi
nary of course, and the application
was intended to be general.
NEYERHGflMffj:
PEKING SErHS
NT
UPRISING
UNPAID SOLDIERS IN
PEKING BUTCHER
AND BURN
RUNNING RAMPANT, THREAT
EN DANGER TO FOREIGNERS
American aud German Soldiers Ready
to mcuulse Any Assault Uvea the
Legations Other Towns Report Up
rising Following Carulvuf of Butch-
. cry uudiBurnliig at Peking,.
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8 TROOPS EIRE INTO MOB. ;".
P Peking, Mar. 1. Acting on d'l'
rect orders fro mPresldent Yuan 3
4 a force of loyal troops today flr- S
S ed into u mob moving toward the
j barrlcadod legation buildings. $
3 The mob' dispersed then reassem
$ bled, ,'. Further clushes are cer $
'tain. . V'V-"A:
S Three regiments of troops pa-
S trol all roads leading to the for-
$ elgn legations tonight, following
$ orders to shoot any looter. The S
troops today killed 11 who were
3 trying to steal a quantity of gold.' 3
3 Fires "which were started last 3
night were subdued today at,a 8
J loss of twelve millions.
Pelting, Mar. a. Killing, lotting and
burning; several thousand discontent
ed soldiers, who say thay are unpaid,
are terrorizing Peking.' The author!
ties are practically helpless and
scores of Incendiary fires, are burning.
Scores have, been killed apd; wounded,
and hundreds of ihomes looted. '. Up to
a late hour today no foreigners have
been killed. '
The legations are crowded with re
fugees, but American and Gorman
troops guard the legations, ready to
fight. ".' :;---;vi- -V'.'-V-
Yf he trouble started last night when
2,000 members of President " ; Vuan's
body guard mutinied, Tihoy started
the massacre, and It didn't end until
scores were dead. - Then they looted
hundreds of native buildings and left
the city. ' They returnod early again
today and renewed their work. In
vestigation of the reports that Presi
dent Yuan was wounded show they aro
untrue, as he is safe. .
It is reported that thesoldIers aro
pledged 'to continue the disorders
three days as a protest against the
failure of their leaders to secure bet
ter conditions. .
. ' Other Troops Revolt.
Tien Tsin. Mar. 1. A portion of the
troops revolted here when they heard
of the Pekin disturbances. Loyal
troops soon subdued themf
Four Feet of Snow at Intjike.
Ed. Propeck, caretakor of the Beav
er creek pipeline lntako, reports that
thero are four feet of solid snow up
on Beaver creek. He says that rain
fell on the first two feet of snow which
froze making two feet of solid lee
over the whole Beaver creek country.
Two more feet of snow fell during the
last storm.
El Paso, Mar. 1. Confirmation of
the reports that General Orozco had
severed relations with President Ma
derp were received today In a message
to Luis' Fernandez, chief of staff, and
General Salazars of the rebel army.
He asserts that Orozco will assume
charge of the rebel army when . it
reaches Chihuahua. .',
Salazar Is hoping to start with his
force of Chihuahtians tonight. The
DESERTS
TEN THOUSAND
BRYAN BELITTLES POL
ICIES FATHERED BY
, TEDDY
SAT SLA FOLLETTE K)IUGINATED
PROGRESSIVE PLATFORMS
Roosevelt Is Word Lashed In Syceefc
at Portland Last Evening by Cole
nel W. J. Bryan At Chicago Today
Plnchot Takes Opposite View aai
Flays Johnson,
Portland, Ore., Mar. 1. Declaring
that Theodore Ropsevlt had never
been Identified with the progressive
Ideas until La Follette came out and ;
fought for them, ,'W. J. Bryan here,
before 10,000, last night scored the
colonel, . Among' other things he de
clared himself for . direct election of
senators, the Income tax, the recall of
the judiciary,' the direct primary and
tariff revIsIpn.He was ovationed con
tinuously, during the speech.
Bryan left for Tacoma early Hodoy.
; : :' La Follette Not 111.
Madison,1 Wis., Mar. 1. Branding as ;
false the reports of 111 health having
impaired his availability as a can
didate and. flatly announcing that he
Is still In the race, La Follette spoke
put in his weekly today.
; Plnchot Attacks Johnson. ,
. n.tbvl r i ,hui . a. iiti.it uru , Ol UUI
Hiram Johnson of California and Gif
ford Pinchot as guests of honor, the
members of the Progressive League in
Illinois met; at . lunchean today and
heard Plnchot flay the private Inter;
eats and Johnson.' He clared the elec
tion of Theodore Roosevelt, meant a
victory for progresalyepollciea Pin--chot
said he was doing what fie could
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BERT FRANKLIN FINED $1,000 BY
JUDGE.
Fine Immediately Paid Through the
Funds Taken From Briber.
. Los Angeles, Mar. 1. Bert Frank
lin who pleaded guilty to influencing
Robert Bain, a McNamara Juror, was
fined $4,000 today, by Jude Cahannls,
sitting for Judge Willis. . The amount
pf the fine was the exact sum taken
from him at the time of his arrest
while talking in the street with a
prospective juror named Lockwood.
Assistant District Attorney Ford, who
had charge , of this money, turned It -over
to Franklin who paid the fine;:
Franklin was a detective employed by '
the McNamara defense fund.
Wallowa Sheriff Hero.
J. M. Blakely, ex-sheriff of Wallowa
county, was here last evening on bus- '
lness and was a guest of the Foley ho-"
tel.
move has been postponed twice.
The rebel's departure has been de-':
layed because it lacked railroad cars.
Equipment from the south Is expected
today. ',.' '. " , .; 'v
The International bridge hove is
heavily guarded. ; Traffic over the
structure Is imposlble as the track (
are plied high with building stone.
Salazar plans to move on Mexico .-.
City if he successfully captures Chi
huahua. .
BRIBERY FINE
EQUALS BRIBE
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