La Grande evening observer., March 13, 1912, Image 1

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VOLUME NO. 16
GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON,, . " WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1912.
NUMBER 117
TEXTILE STRIK
4
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FINALLY ENDLi
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SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY
FOR STRIKERS IS
ADMITTED
MATERIAL 1XCREASES IX WAGES
GIYEXTO THE STRIKERS
Mill Ownors Home to Terms and Sur
render In Favor of Strikers Who
Will Get Substantial Increases In
Wages rer Former Wages
Has Cost Millions."
Strike
Lawrence,' Mass., March 13.
The end of the great Lawrence
strike came at 11:30 today when tne
strikers' sub-committee announced
they had accepted the wage increase
offered by President Wood of the Am
erican Woolen company. It Is an
nounced that the striaers have gained
practically every point for which tbey.
contended.
- All Job workers will get a flat In
crease of five per cent, and over time
at the rate of time and a quarter. :
These are the same torms, It was
learued this afternoon, that will prob -
ably be applied to the entire , textile
industry in New England, and New
York affecting 400,000 workers. Stir-
ring scenes marked the close of the
strike. Two thousaud strikers wore
overcome with Joy. -
The notices read as follows: , Km-
joyers formerly receiving c9.sts an
hour will be given an Increase of two
cents hourly. . Those received from
to ten cents per hour, are given an
increase of 1 3-4.cen?i employes for--
morly receiving 10 and U cents, will
receive an increase oi lyi ceuia, biu
ployes receiving from 12 to 20 cents
hourly will receive au increase of ono
crnt 'hourly.'.-, The same increase will
be given those formerly -'receiving 20
ce.us an hour." ' ; , :
.The strike lasted CI days and;dur
ing that time 20,000 workers were out
at a cost of $1,400,000 in was 3, the
mills $1,000,000, special, police $76,000,
cost to the state, for militia, about
$200,000. During the struggle relief
funds amounting to $05,000 were rais
ed. Five hundred n;en, women and
- children were arrested for rioting- and
half of these paid their fines. One
woman and one boy striker were kil
led. WILL WITNESS DEMONSTRATION.
Counciimcii and City Recorder Will
Take Part in Big Deiuoiistratiuii.
To see the various kinds of auto fire Woman's Suffrage association 400 wo
trucks in action, a committee of of- ,men lnvafle dthe capital and ad
flcials headed by Chairman R. L Lin-' dressed the house Judiciary committee
coin of the Are and police committee, wlth Chairman ., Clayton presiding.
F. L.. Lllley of the same committee Among the'suffragettes who spoke
and City. Recorder C. M. Humphreys, ere Rev. Anna Shaw, and Mrs. Kent,
acting for the chief of police, left this " wife of Congressman Kent. They told
afternoon for Portland. - They will
witness tho demonstrations of the se;i- j
arate companies who have bids in the
city council here for their respective
trucks.' ' . -. " :.. "j- , : .
TURKS AND ARABS FALL IX GREAT
NUMBERS.
Italians Take Strategic Places After
. Hard Fighting Is Reported.
Rome, March 13. More' than 1,000
Turks and Arabs were killed by the
Italian troops yesterday in a hecvy
-battle at Benghazi, Tripoli, according
to official announcement at the war
office today. The Italian loss is placed
at 29 killed and 62 wounded. The Ital
ian commander reported that his
troops captured two Turkish poslt'ons
after hard fighting. The Turks charg
ed a number of times.
1000 SLAIN BY
ITALIAN ARMY
. ,5 A3 !S $$
$ EYERY MAX HAS PAKT TO S
" PLAY.
; . S When the mass meeting Is. hold
tonight at the hlsh school audi
j torlum every man, young or, old s
i. Si hna a nflit tn nlqv nnmalv 11 liA.
s present aud have u voice In the
S proceedings for a Y. M. C. A cum- S
-nalen 18 t0 be maDpet' out u""
s uur law uiioftiuu yi owiwifti; a v
?.B. Rhodes, the state organizer.
"Make It a point to be there," is
3Hho word seht out by those who
have taken the (Initiative In the 4
S movement. It should be undre-.
S stood from the first that no effort f
Q to raise money will be ressurect
4 ed tonight, but If the city wants a
Y. 'M. C. A., It will be determined -t
this evening.
T
THE-; HUDSON
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TWENTIETH CEJiTUBY LIMITED IN
WHELK.
Lnrgc Number Injured Steel Cars
Aert Fatalities. '
Poiitrbkeopsie, X. Y., March 13.
Xwontjoiie passengers wore injured, 11
seriously so, when five cars of the 20th
ico Into the Hudson river, where It
Century limited crashed through the
ns three-quarters submerged.. The
.occupants, ninny. In their slight clothes
-ncre Imprisoned until they broke the
windows and crawled o'nt The fact
(hat the cars were steel Is the only
thing that prevented fatalities, ft ,
. Poughkeepsle, March 13. When (he
.J.it., v-ivifitfr ..the.- river;- women
lM.e clolnlng Ulto Btr)8 to make
bandages for the wounded. '. Dr. Warn
huls, himself baddly injured, rendered
first aid. ;''.'i.';j:-''::'-:'.'-.: 'v';':;:-'y
Victims Get to New York.
New York, March . 13. With many
without personal effects the victim
of the Twentieth Century limited
wreck arrived here this afternoon.
MAY SALYE ROSECBAWS.
Two Perished Yesterday When Stcam
. er Struck Rocks in Storm. ,
Gavlota, Cal.March 13. Cridei Cap
tain Johnson's' plans effort is ' being
formed to save a part of the wreck of
the steamer Rosecrans, ; which ! wna
wrecked yesterday. Two of tlio cnw
parislied as reported yesterday. S V1;
Vote Seekers Invade House.
Washington, March 13. Headed by
officials of the board of the National
wny tney waiuea hj voie.
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Photo br American Praia Aaioolatlo
CRACK
I "PRINCE CUPID." I
Hawaiian Dolagat Who Makes
Charges Against Governor Frear.
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NO TICKET FOR
TAX LEAGUERS
MEN WITH ONE EXCEP
TION WILL RUN .
WITH PARTIES .
FBANK THY MAY OT HE
CANDIDATE FOU OFFICE
liodtriu Still Uncertain as - to Condi.
ducy Committee anted to Urade
and Plot lunds as to True Yahmtlou
--'IVio Muny Commissions Is Opinion
of the League Session. :
There will be no Tax league ticket
In the political field. ' As far. as can here tomorrow and get things In mo
be learned each oj the candidates rec- t'lon for beginning work Immediately
ominended by the league at the meet-! in the big ten-mile ditch of the Grande
lug yesterday afternoon, with qne ex
ception will run on ono of the other
tf the old parties at the primary elec
tion April 19th.
John Wells, recommended, by the
league for .county commissioner, It -was the lowest bidder among the five
is said, will run independent; which who offered bids on the work, . v ..
means ho will carry no part -in ""the Mr. Howett has contracted to corn
primary but go on the November bal-i;lete the big ditch by. May -IB. Work
lot. .-''.''"v:'-'-" v j will be pushed with all expediency.
- No a , recommendation for Bherlff Fifty tonms and about 100 men will
btands on the record of the league. - be embioyed on.theriroject.
Frank Phy, it was understood by the j The project which hns been closed
senate, would not run for; the office with Mr. Howett Is for the building of
and no other name was agreed upon ! the- main ditch only, It will be ton
as a candidate to receive the nscom-' mlk's long and six feet wide at the
mendation of the league. ! John Hod-1 bottom and 21 feet wide at the topvof
gins whose name was recommended as : the-banks. No laterals are to be
joint senator said this morning that;millt Just yet.' It Is said they will bo
be has not yet decided to enter the race,
for the senatorshlp but will Interview
his friends'an learn what their will
Ip the matter, is before announcing
riiuseii as a cauauiaie. , no earn .um
should he make the run it will be on
the democratic ticket.
; Mr. Hodgln, is a strong Tax league
nan and it was in bis law office that
the league was first formed about twojOMtlet' wm , r Jnto Catherine -creek
jears ago.
After the business of adopting ' dr.!.noWtb property of the Eastern ;(rQ.M
rejecting the recommendation of the
senate the league adopted a resolution
to be submitted to the proper authori
ties requesting that a committee be
appointed to plot the land of the coun
ty and grade it according to. Its use
fulness with the object in view of get
ting a fairer estimate of the true val
uation of the land for assessment. -;
A communication on. legislation for
better Judicial laws was received from
judge Knowles and read before the to ship .arms Into friendy countries
meeting. The communication was en-'j through a port of entry when that
dorsed and upon motion it was decid-, couritry Is facing rebeMlon is expected
ed to send a copy of the communlca-, to be rushed through congress as a
tlon to the chairman of the state com-res uU of a lconference .held here to
mlssion which has in charge maklntr -V betvveen ,Tat, tha Benate-foreIirn
tf recommendations for a "change In:reatlons committee, the secretary" of
the Judicial laws of .Oregon. 1 ' j waB and WIckershara and- a delegation !
The consensus of opinion of the tax-1 fpnm TpvBB Tf a.rA ihtt ,,, I
.payers on the commission question
vas inac uie siaie nas loo many com- j
UIIT"" " u 10 - ,ut Beu,"s Jual ,c
turns for the money spent on them.
It was suggested that each
sion now standing be referred to the
people at tne coming election lor tneir
approval or rejection, An effort will
te made to get such a bill on the bal-
lot this fall.
; Strcet Sprinkler Out .
It looked like spring sure enough to
day to see the street sprinkler-fit worjt
laying' the 'dust on Adams tvouie. To-
day is the first time the spKr.kler has
Doen out this spring.
To Make Mt. Vernon Trip Cheaper.
, Washington, D. C, Marh 13. A larye
delegation of the Mount Vernon Auii-
Foe association, organized to fight tlio
practice ot charging admission to the
home and tomb of George Washington
was present today before the inter
state commerce commission, when the
appeal of the assocla'.on for a reduc
tion In the electric railway fare be
tween Washington and Mount Vernon
came up for a hearing and argument. :
J ne rare is now 75 cents for the round ; i seems practically a foregone ronclu
trlp, 16 miles, and 40 cents of the to- Bion that the .men ht their meeting
tal Is charged for the Journey back
and forth over thre-quarten of n
mile of road between Millers' Sietlon.
ya., and Mount Vernon. The associa
tion demands that the charge of 40
cents for that short trip be abolished
entirely. . . . '- -
PORTLAND FIRM
TO DIR DITCR
THE BIO IRRIGATION
SCHEME TAKES .ON
TANGIBLE FORM
COST OF DIGGING DITCHES
.','- ALONE WILL BE $10,000
Flood Water Irrigation Company lets
; Contract for Blgi Ditch That Will
'. Water Ton Thousaud Acres When
Completed Present Contract Deals
With Main Canal Only.
- G. K. Howett of Portland will be
Ilonde Valley. , Trrleatlon company,
which will stret.li, a;.ross the valley
and Irrigate I0.r-A..r?. res of land.
The cost of thn excavation will be
approximately -, $10,000. Mr. Howett
put on the land as they may be nced-
ed.
j ; The flood waters ; of the Grande
Ronde rlver w'm b0 conducted through
the ditch and carried onto 10,000 acres
of land : in--: the valley between La
Grande anil Union. :- The head of tho
,lltch be , f bo the Proebstel
brdge will cross- the valley The
n what is known a the Barnett place
gon Light and Power company, seven
miles north of Union. ' ':
EMERGENCY BILL READY, v
Measure Ren1ntliir Shipment of Arms
, ' Info Friendly County Is up, . . ;
WashlnKton. March 13. A bl 1 em.
powering . President Taft' to" declare
it a . violation of the neutrality Maws
wi b made necesgftry by conditions I
a(. Juarez where- a number of ship- I
jments of arms, have been made from
the TIn,ted statea . . M . f, ...
commls-:rebe,B.,11Mi n Is reported thkt the
nvmprtt haa hfipn Av,RpA
I outlon is a plot backed by, some of
Mexico's richest men to restore a Diaz
regime and possibly Diaz himself. ';
Southwest Kansas Methodists. ;
Hutchinson, Kas., March lS'.-s-Naar-ly
300 Methodist ministers: from the
southwestern part of Kansas and the
northern portion o? Oklahoma are in
attendance at the 30tn annual session
t'1" Southwest Kansas. Methodist
confe:snce, whichxOioned hero today
at. the First Methodist t'.-.'rrh. Bl.jhop
Robert' Mclntyre -'of Rt. -Paul, is pre-
siding at the confe-.-ncn whk-H -vlll
remain In session uiuil next Momlay.-
Iowa Miners Want Increase In Pay.
" Des Moines, la.,, March 13. Union
miners from all the mining sections of
the state are gathering here tu targe
numbers to attend the state meeting
called to meet In this city tomorrow.
will make a deman dfor a raise. In
wages of 10 cents a ton and of 20 per
cent for day work. Should tho opera
tors refuse to grant the Increiso de
manded, It Is said, fill work In the
mines of the state will stop on April 1,
until a new wage sca'e Is agreed uoon.
ELK ON XO. 55. ,
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Huntington, Ore., March 13. A 3
3 carload of wild o'k tho finest
herd over shipped from . Wyoming
J. IS on No. 55. Kindly extend an $
Invitation to all to see them, es- s
i- peclally the school children and,
i- members of the JSlks lodge, which ,S
& contributed to the expense fund.
(Signed) W. L. Flnley State Game 3
i Warden. . "
" '
No. 63 Is now Slated to arrive at5
5 10 o'clock tonight, and it IS prob-
$ able that all the "seelug" that Is S
will . be tomorrow until 10 o'clock S
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TRAIN KILLS I
TWO TRY TO ROB TRAIN BUT THEY
MEET DEATIi)'
Nervy Messenger Kills One With Mai
let, Theu Shoots the Otli'ir.
i San Antonio, .March' 3, Two -bua-dlts
. whi attempted to rob a - west
bound : Souiheru.. Paclilo n passenger
train near Sundersou this morning,
wore . killed by Samuel TrousJoll, an
express moHsengei'. They boarded the
train at Dryden and covered the en
gineer to stop the train. They detach
ed .the mail, express and baggage cars
and then rail them down the track two
miles. ' One covered the engineer and
the other Trousdell who sensed a
wooden mallet and struck the bandit
on the head,, killing him. Then - he
took the bandit's guns and killed the
other. ' The tralu- was then coupled
and proreeded to Sanderson with the
dead, Much valuable .register j;l uiiill
and $10,000 were In the express caK
; Vorth Carolina Elks 'Meet. .
New Bern, N. C, March 13, The city
aiiyaecoTatea, in . nonor Of ; tnei.uomlnatloa and prote3ted strtuuoduly
Elks who are here from all parte of
the state to attend the annual conven
tion of the North Carolina association
of the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks which opened here .today
for a three days' session. As this is
also the tenth anniversary of the New
Bern lodge of the order, a particularly
..eiaDoraie program o: enienainmenis
I nas been prepared bv the local inem'
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J.A FOLLETTE TAKES ST I'M iC :
Against Physicians' Wishes. Le.ives for
Field of AcOon. ' - - ,.''
. Washington, March 13-rDetermlner
t:ike the stump in North Dakota,
enl'i('t R- M. La Follette, accompan .ed
by bis wife. Is speeding westward to
Bt iuto the presidential primary fight
thero. He left here last nigh, against
his physicians' advice. H-i Is almost
cniirely recovered. He flatlf charges
that Roosevelt broke faith with him.
HOWARD S. GANS.
Attorney For Sohiff When
Brandt Received Sentence.
Photo by American Press Aaeoolatloa.
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VOLCANO UHDEn
PANAMA CANAL
SUCH IS FEAR OF ENGI
NEERS AND OFFI
CIALS. STEAM AND SMOKE ARISE
FROM DEEP DRILLHOLES
Culebra Cv.i Directly Over Suppose
Dornwr.t Yoino Tliat Threatets te
Destroy the Entire Canal Geologists
Say It Is Oxidation Blue Smoke aaj
Much Warmth ol Late. .
Now York. March 13. A statement
that a sleeping volcano dormant for
many, centuries, Is, threatening the
safety of the, Panama canal, is made in -special
reports from Colon published
here today.-''. v .
The volcano Is said t.o underlie the
Culebra cut, the largest cut of all. ,
Fear of volcanic trouble fn-1 its origin
In the fact that 'clouds of staim hnvs'
been ; rising from the newly turned
unrth, Every drill hole In too affoitad
region Is-tested with thorinometen :
before dynamite Is put In to prevent
premature explosion.- '
Division engineers' reports say that
In iccent days the temperature of the
rocks has -increased and thn'. blue
smoke Is seen.- ; Canal geo.oglsts de
i'.ne the steam and smoke Is due only
to oxidization, - . . -: 1 .
PITNEY IS CONFIRMED. j.
Senate Acts Ravorubly on Recommen
dation From President.
Washington,- March' 13. Despite a
flood of protests Maplon Pitney o( New
Jei'Bey was confirmed by the sera to to
day as associate Justice of the United
States supremo court, Pitney wag al
leged to have a "capitalistic mind." La
bor bodies throughout the . United
Statea were bitterly opposed to his
when Taft announced his appolaiment.
Florida Pytklaus at Tampa. v
Tampa, Fla., March . 13. All . the "
principal business streets and build
ings of the city are handsomely decor
ated with American flags and the em- .'
blems of the Knights of Pythias, In .
!hono of the visiting Knights pythlaur
Sisters, and members of the Jnlform
rank of the order, who have gathered
here from all partB of the state to at
tend the annual meet.ng of tho grand
lodge of the Florida K. of P. and of
the affiliated organizations. - The op
ening session of the three dar's' con
clave wag held this morning at tho
Greeson theatre. After the exchange
of formal addresses of welcome and re
sponses the grand lodge went In ses
sion. An elaborate program for the
entertainment of the visiting knights .
and ladles has been arranged, by the
three local lodges.
::m wants ax earlier. '
1i! '.L THAX OCTOBER 1.
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jlrfcmlunts May lie Cora'' .
hlnod Under One Trial.
Indianapolis, March 13. Arguments
were begun today in the United States
district court before Judge Audersou
on the government's motion to consol
idate the cases of 4G defendants who
pleaded not guilty to the dynamite
charges. The defense Is satisfied with
settin gthe trial for Oct. 1, but the gov
ernment wanted an earlier date.:
Judge Anderson today overruled tho
defendants' objection and decided to
consolidate all the indictments and
hold one trial of the iS defendants on ,
October 1. Ortie McManlgal and the
McNamara brothers will not be tried, v
This will be the largest single criminal
trial In the history of the United .;
Stati's: ,
COMBINE LABOR
GASES, ORDER