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WAITERS - WILL NOT
1 PERMIT NEQRO ;.
HELP '
BIAS OF USIOH8 WAB5S f
AIX HOTEL PROPRIETORS.
. Importing of Strike Breakers la Hew
tern, Specially XeaToes, Casset the
Unions to Grew Hostile Tke Hotel
Xa Bffase to Recede From Their
Pesltiea and Claim They Can Wis
Oat '
New Tort, June 1. Vice President
Daschner, active bead of the waiters'
union, informed all hotel proprietors
today that if they continued to import
strikebreakers, particularly negroes,
be feared a race riot might result
Daschner urged arbitration of tbe dlf
eferences but the hotel men stood pat
and declared there was nothing to
arbitral
Walters Win First Vletory.
New Yotk, June 1. In the waiters'
strike tbe strikers won the first vic
tory today when Murray's restaurant
panted demands, averting a geneal
strike of 'the restaurant help. The
cooks and waiters in the Fifth avenue
restaurants struck today, and other
restaurants are expected to-be affect
ed tonight' . :
' Workers May Settle.
London, June 1. Early settlement
"ffi the strike of the British Transport
Workers, affecting 100,000 men, seemed
. likely today. Officers of the union have
ordered men to take a referendum
vote on the suggestion, of the govern
ment for the establlshmnt of a con
ciliation board to pass cn tbe dis
puted points. It is believed tbe strik
ers will vote favorably cn tbe sugges
tion. ' -
Congress on Tariff BeTision.
Washington, June 1. The house
ways and means committee today In
structed Chairman. Oscar Underwood
to introduce the cotton tariff schedule
revision bill. -The measure will be
Identical with that submitted last year
comprising reductions' of 25 to 40 jer
cent. It is beleved that the decisiot.
Chicago, June 1. Witb 217 contesU
between Taft and Roosevelt already
filed, and a score more being planned
lfiling it appears quite probable to
day that tbe fight for recognition at
the national convention will occupy
tbe entire time of tbe republican na
tional committee from June 6 until
nearly time for the convention to be
gin June 18th.'
Providence, R. I., June l. A sweep-
ine victor for Chamn nrk- the
favorite for democratic preference as
SWIFT I HIS
j Arthur V. Swift, who was elected
delegate to the national republican
convention, was In La Grande last
bight on bis way to Seattle and from
there be will go to Chicago and be
ready for the great convention. Mr.'
Swift bad. little to say as to tbe pro
cedure at Chicago, for he explained
MORE
CDrJTFSTS
i that at this time, there was nothing"
kfin!te to talk about."
If , v. . .- ' ..!
noosereu ana 1 aiow I am going ioi
tarry out tbe Instructions of my state I
!o the letter," be said to a reporter forj
Iho Evening Observer. "As to organic
Mtkm I, nor no other man, knows
FLO WING WELL
NEAR IMBLER
W. E. 0MJCKMAH STRIKES eBTE
V S1AH ATM FEET. '
IS EIGHTH IN VALLEY
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Water Is Cola asd geft-Baekamai He.
lighted Wlta Reenlt el Efforts.
A flowing well baa Just been brought
in" on the ranch of W. E. Ruckman
net r Imbler bjr R-A. West, a well
driller, ,who has always claimed It was
possible to 'obtain artesian water , In
tbe Grande Ronde valley, '
Tbe well is 260 feet deep and water ' .TT" 7 " "T 4 -.
m ... . .lives In the Flora country, met tbe
flows over a casing that extends six' , . , , . . , ' . . ,
. ...... .1 eloping couple, and having beard of
and one-half feet above the ground.',,, ' tM ,
.uw . LVIU IUU pvi(f
Mr. West in speaking of the
well
said
There has never been any doubt
in in t mind as to artesian water
wr mind as to artesian water In'.
Mass fmtvj, A Uv nuiBUiau Cii im IAAV
fourth one I have drilled around Im-
bier and out of thirtv-siz wells drilled
in tbe valle, this is the eighth arte-
sian well brought in."
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to continue the fight for tariff revision
means the hope of adjourning congress
prior to the convening of the republi
can national convention has been aban.
doned.-
Big Battle Sear.
Vashiccton. June 1 That ft decisive
battle which will either crush General
Orozco's rebel forces or Indefinitely
prolong bis ability to defy .the Madero
governments imminent today,. is tbe
expressed, belief "of the state depart
ment officials here. ; t '
Official reports say the rebels have
concentrated at Laredo near Torreon,
me.y.while it is claimed that General
Blannuet, federal commander, has sue-!
reeded ,n cutting off Orojco's right
wlng under command of General Cam ders has wired officers in all Wash
po and, has, it surrounded in a valley. J ington counties adjoining the Oregon
The federals are preparing for a gen- border to keep an eye for the fleeing,
eral assault from the rebels. . I heavy hearted lover who Is still at
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Still After Lerlsier.
Washington, June 1. Intimating he ton it is very doubtful if the governor ,! Mrs. E. S. Reacbin shot her. hus
migbt demand immediate disposition-would issue requisition papers, accord- band, Sergeant Reachln of the Port
of the case of Senator of Illinois, who ing to tbe opinion of several who have , land polfce force, as he lay beside ber
was recently exonerated by the senate discussed tbe case today. They argue , in bed In their home at Wichita sta
investigating committee on the charge that such love affairs Interest tbe ( tloa. She then turned! the revolver on
of having bought a. seat In the senate, relatives and near friends but official-, herejf and committed suicide. The
Senator .Kern-of Indiana, announced dom. especially as high up as the gov- husband la probably fatally wounflt-d.
in .the senate today that lie will defer,!
until next Tuesday a speech
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tended to deliver Monday against '
Imet 't wswH m
TO BE FILED
bearer of the party colors Is shown
throughout Rhode Island's returns to-
day which are almost complete. Clark'
will get all ten of the delegates to the
Batimore convention. The vote as tab-
uiaiea snows ciarji o,uz, wuson i.oou.
and riarmon no. i
This came as a surprise to the Wil-
son element of the party for the close
location of Governor Wilson, to Rhode
Island made many hold to the belief
that he would without doubt line It
up for him.
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exactly where things are at. I wantemplaUng a project of thU nature for
to see Roosevelt named as presiden- BOme time but ha. been delayed for
tlai candidates, but I also want to
see the republican party preserved."
Vao 0str1fi wiDa 1isB vti1v fofTTlfif Alsrf
ed on-the delegation hence he carries
the strength of tho farmers of Oregon
with him. and be Is one of the sub-
stah rial honorable and sensible men
of Eastern Oregon. In the opinion of
every republican who knows Arthur
Bwifi there could have been no bet.
ter representative of the people se Pope fteventy.Sevea Id. r' '
lec'ted for tbe high honor and to dls-'. Rome, June 1. The pope will be 77
charge ike' duty of Importance to tbe years old' tomorrow. 'He was born at
Oregon'Wefs ' "Rlese on June 2, 1835. ;
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PI Ann FinDDiD m Pfirrriinrn
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OUT IIEB LQUER 1 ESCAPED
Plucky Girl and Her Lover Reach the
; Flora ; Country to be Arrested by a
, ; Rancher-Lover Escapes
Miss Clara Norris,vwbo fled from
Elgin with her iweeuieart because tb
parental blessing would not shower,
and stayed In tbe bills with ber Mr.
I Hobson, has finally been captured. A.
ately telephoned to Elgin to ask If
j nmrini , ' v
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er did so, but alas, be did not catalogue
that Hobson boy right, for after be-
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wits
and took
French leave of the
near him. '
man
who was
But Miss Clara could not get away.
She was detained by the newly made
officer. Thus was the nartlna- of lov-
ers one In the toils of the law and
the other depending upon the fleetness
of limb to make good his escape.
Father After the Girl.
- Mr. Norris, father of Clara, was on
his aT t0 rlora tM morning to bring
home, bis daughter. The posse which
baa not yet been disbanded is also
scouring tbe mountains toward Flora
In tbe
hope ef Intercepting-' young
HobBon.
Kay be Made Interstate.
Fearing that" the'young lover, in his
mad desire to evade the law. would ,
plunge across the state line; which isj
but ten miles from Flora, Sheriff Chil-
Should Hobson escape into Washing.
FLORAL
IS
A. B. CHERRY AXD EMIL SEIDERElt
WILL ERECT MODERN CONCERN
Take Over Adams Aveaae Greenhouse
And Will Build Another.
auv buvui ecuullrei ui&i nw
greenhouse lot La Grande has finally i
taken sTiape and the La Grande Floral (
company with a capital stock of $5,-
000, shares at $10 each, was today or-
ganixed by Einll Nelderer, president,
and A, B. Cherry, secretary and treas-
urer. j
v The new company will take over the
Adams avenue greenhouse and build
two more of equal or greater sixe. The
n,V wtll Kfipln at Anita wYitfti Inanraa 1
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a first class Institution of the kind for
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various reasons. Now be has associaU I
ed with him Emil Neiderer, a florist of
Mrii vadm' snvnsivlavntsa lr riA-rnenv
and a man who thoroughly under-
elands the growing of plants and flow,
crs. Mr. Nlederer will bavo complete
supervision of tbe growing department
and Mr. Cherry will attend to the bus-
Iness management.
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Ml
ernpr's chair, would merely bear the
Story and then with a smile urge the
young people to go and live happily
ever after.
Just bow determined the parenU of
Miss Nonis will be to have young Hob
eon punlsbed Is not known, and Just
bow much tbe young lady will repent
wben surrounded by tbe home folks at
the old fireside, is also a matter of
conjecture. ,
This much is certain, however. Miss
Norrls tbougbt a great deal of bcr
lover Hobson else why should she have
pulled off a romance that has sent the
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I S , IeP"- f the
nonnwest. ' i
Further developments in the case
will be watched with Intense Interest
for It la a case that brings back the
history of knights of old and girls with
iron will.
MURDERS TWO; KILLS H1MS1LF.
Tonng Man Thinks Wife's Family
fasted His Tronbles.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 1. Believing
that his wife's family influenced her to
leave him Ernest Staples today mur-
dered his mother-in-law and fatally
wounded his wife after which he com
mitted suicide? Staples bad quarreled
with tbe Browns a week ago, JT.oday
be went to the Brown home and after
Mrs. Brown shot his wife while
- ept. He then chased bis fatber-
In-law through tbe fields but failed
to catch blm. Wben Staples was . cer
tain he could not murder Mr. Brown
he shot himself through the head. "
: Portland Woman Shoots Hasband.
Portland, June 1. Following a quar-
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WORK IN THREE DEGREES IS TO
MORROW'S PROGRAM.
Knights of Tythlas Will Hare Big Feed
and Talk Good of tbe Order
Uef. Cross lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will have a big event tomorrow when
visiting "brothers from almost every
lodge In Eastern Oregon arrive. It Is
planned to have work In three degrees
In the afternoon and in the evening
there wil be a banquet for members
of the order. This will be held In
Castle Hal and each member of the
Red Cross lodge is "cautioned" to be
present.
Inv tations have been forwarded to
v ., , . .
every "brave man In the Eastern Ore
on fnntry an1 JMf navf ,'
,hat hey re c0.m ," P"c Pate In
the Red Cross festivities. It Is to be
one of those K. of P. events which
set as a revival and a tonic to lodge
nd wlden8 thve V cqualntance
of every member.
The work In the three degrees will
be put on by the local team unless. oth-
erwlse decided at the last moment, for
it Is possible' that some of the out-
side lodges may have members here
I M TIME DEMANDS REMOVAL ; 0F "HIFOOO
skilled In tbe different parts of Intia-
tion and if so, they wl1.! be invited to
assist in coining Knights out of the
untried neophytes..
I if trr irviaTsiT
: TO LECTURE
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ABLE ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ON
MEBITS OF SINGLE TAX.
MANY WANT TO HEAR
Siagle Tia smo Will Be BlsenscJ at
- I B. 6. Caareh TosMrrow.
Consenting to appear before the Mu
tual Improvement association at the
L. D. S. church tomorrow evening at
7:30 0'rfock Judge C. H. Finn will lec
ture on tbe merits of single tax He
has made the subject a deep study and
will no doubt offer much light to those
who have only a passing familiarity
with It
subjects to be taken op by the asao
Single tax Is but one of the many
elation and It la the intent of the
officers to have every Jnitlatve amend
ment brought before the society before
me coming election. V
CHIAESE MERCHANT MIBDEREB
Might Bare Been Mistaken for a Tong
Victim. .
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Seattle, Wn., -June 1. Charles Kea.
a prominent merchant and Chinese
passenger agent for the Northern Pa
ciflc railroad, was shot and wounded
fatally today by an unidentified China,
man. Kee died three hours later and
wucij mm ioia me nonce be was not
a member of any tong bu might have
hpdn mlatatron 4n 4tiA A . , .
,u tuc UBIK uy tuus
gunmen for a victim.
ResolntlOB. ."
Passed by the Alert Class.
Island
Olty, Ore May 81. 1912. ':'
; WHEREAS. Our Father has seen fit
to call from .our midst a friend and
brother; and, j.
t WHEREAS, the' deceased. Clinton Ir
win, was a member of our class; . . '
BE IT RESOLVED. That tbe mem-
barn nf tha Alort ri.u
deepest sympathy to tbe members 'or
the family for tbe loss which they
have sustained. ; : ..
(Slgned).
BLANCHE CLARK,
LOU PERRINE,
JOHN H. RCDD. -
Committee.
Former Carrier Boy Graduates.
- Mrs. King of South La Grande, nasi
received an Invitation to attend com-
mencement exercises of th. 'Washing-
tnn IinlvAraWif rn Tuna 1 0K a a wkuh
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Washington, June 1. Plans for a
nation wide demand tor removal from
office of United States judge Cornelius
H. Hanford of Seattle, were announced
today by Congressman Victor L. Ber
ger, socialist representative from Wis
consin. He plans to ask Attorney
General Wickersham to investigate the
career of Hanford. Berger character
ized Hanford as "unfit both Judicially
and personally to remain on the bench"
and said he would show ' affidavits
MUSICAL EVENT
Preparations are going steadily for
ward for the Open-Air Concert to be
given at tbe home of Mrs. Scroggins
fiy the Lyle Tuesday Mustrale. The La
Grande band, tbe ladles quartet and
tbe male quartet will give an attracti
ve program, the numbers of which
will bo announced later.
The ladles are planning to make '
this (be first of a series of annual
events, In which the town may show
Uo appreciation- of tbe club, at tbe
close of Its 'year's work, by Joining n
a May festival c-t flowers, music and
social pleasure. ,
This, may deveop Into one of the,
HOW Ci'iSE
DEO T
DEATH OF JUDGE Lie-:
1 ? NTJTT ADJOURNS
CASE. . '
BESIH WABBANT IS ISSUE V
' FOB nrrOBTAXT WIT5KS&
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F. F. SkClon, Friend of J. BTateKaa. ,
ara. Is Baity Wanted as a Wltaesa
Against Clarence Barrow Tkoagat
to Have Been Anprosttbrd by Taos -Wko
Are Alleged to Have Fartkerool !
Ike Censplracy.
Los Angeles, June" 1. Out of resnoct
for Judge Cyrus McNutt, assoclata
died auddenly last night, there U no
stAafifnn tf rha nsMi. nlni
v s,uv jobiiuw iAO wUUsSjr. .
ri to a few days aao when
McNutt was taken III he was actively
associated in the Darrow case. Ho
i man paanrit f.
Namaras. v
F. F. Skfllen It Wanted. -
; A bench warrant for F. F Sklllon,
Issued by Judge Hutton at the request
of Listrlct Attorney Fredericks, Is la
tha tmnil. nt tiaHr m.. ij. i.
waited b7 tbe suto as a witness la
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in-, narrow trial. It Is reported that
ekillon Is a Arm frleasT of J. B. Me
Namara and that he was la Loo An
geles at the tlm of tbe explosion of
the Times hr.llritnr rt IrvoV.rf nn.
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as- a very Important witness tor the
The prosecution frtimates that It
will endeavor to show that .'SkilIo
was approach sd by agent of the Mc-
Namara defense In furtherance of tho
alleged conspiracy,
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.time her nephew, Llewellyn Phamason,.
, graduates. . The young man wts raised'
in La Grande and formerly was a car-
rler for the Observer. Mrs. King also
ecelved an invitation to tbe wedding
of Burdette Pbamason to Miss Laura
Kalberg wblcb takes place In Seattle)
June 12th. '
Fays Respect to Wlgkt '
'bn, OJuneiAil commercial
, 9MnMl activity kalted for It
mlnul(1. y,,. tn, fu
w
emt of the Ut Wilbur Wrirht
proving Han ford's unfitness. He also
said he would complain to Taft If ho
found it necessary to continue tho
fight on the floor of the house.
freeman Aawed as Attorney, -""
Wmhington, June 1. President Tar
tcd.ty tint to the senate the nomina
tion or James W Freeman as United
States attorney for the district of Mon
tan.i.' ' .
TUESDAY EVENING
best attractions cf our rapidly growing
city, and Is deserving of a cordial and
generous patronage from the entire
community. Unless tbe weather is un
favorable tbe event will take place
during tbe ensuing week. Watch for
the date.
Consols Are 'Surprise.
Washington, June ' 1. Tbe United
States consuls In Cuba today In their
reports to tho . state department . ex
pressed complete surprise at tbe stor
ies sent from, Havana reporting alarm
ing conditions as prevailing In tbe Is
land republic from the negro rebellion.