La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 30, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text? m II -AiS VOLUME XI. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912. NUMBE225i TO Gotham Agape EXCISE BILLS LI A INOOLSUGI OEM T At BHlTlSIIEnS MUUb conn HOUSE MAY NOT ACT FAVORABLY ON THE MEASURES "SEND THEM BACK TO THE . SENATE" IS PLAJS SOW Free Tolls Favored by House Com. mlttee Interstate Commerce Free Toll Adherents Hail from the West-Will Stick to Their Point to the Finish, Say Fighters Today. . iWaahlng ton, July 80. When the house today resumed lis consideration of the wool, sugar -and excise bills, already passed by the senate, It seem ed likely they will sot meet with fa vorable action. Majority Leader Underwood urged that all three measures be returned to the senate without concurrnce, ob jecting to amendments to the excise bill, ' repealing the reciprocity with Canada and establishing a tariff board, - . - . . , Fre 101,11 Im"' Five members of the house commit tee on interstate commerce who led the fight for free passage through the Panama canal for American vessels, announced today they would stick out for free tolls even if it takes all sum met. Representative Humphrey of Washington and Knowland of Califor nia a ra, two or the- free toll cham pions. . : ' . : , , T..i OA nn. Ton's Washington, July 3-Pre. Jaft . refusal to accept fe re.latlon o' Judge Hanford until he has coMer- red with the sub-committee of the reo wun iub uu iniin indiciarv committee, which in- nouBe juoiciary iuuiu..i vestigated th V h In Seattle that he Plans nn example, illust ating the theory that impeachment I. as expeditious as the recall of judges The sub-committee is expected to .rSe this afternoon or Wednesday, sTverll day. ago President Taft an- j nounced he wouldn't accept Hanford's j resignation If the sub-committee re ported that the evidence was suffi cient to result in Impeachment tn the latter event the Hanford investi gation will proceed as originally plan ned. Havng flatly denied they agreed to igned, ena me proue u Coneressmen Graham .MOOT, members of the suh-commitvee of the "house judiciary committee which in vestigated the impeachment charges again Haniora. 'ton today. McCoy and Graham aanm thev are in favor of dismissing the charges but say there Is no agreement 'by wmcn xne cnarg. " ned if the jurist ' resigned. M.:oy me iiiu.n v-... . - pea it me jun (- ,.'.,,, . xinn Ed R None, State Commission- ZX:Zlo: "of suture; Hon. P. V. Defray Sc ary ZmlUe. tomorrow w, Fourth Assistant ""J oeclde whether to dismiss the charge, j Washington, D C. Hon. F MM Bral e or to continue the impeachment pro-, State Superintendent of Public V, , '-- structlon and manv others. ceedlngB. -.....MPjjM-'M,1!g?gg? OCEANS OF COIN BUT CAN'T USE IT United 1 Washington, July 30. The States treasury is in the ou.i precm- ment today of bavins lots of money whcplfl of the government In mo but heirg unable to pay for its tram- ,lpn it f.nacted resolutions amount portation to the sub-treasuries where ng to an amount of 1-12 the old ap the monev 'ls needed. As a cons- 1 propriatlon bills. It happens that t.i-qnenc- there is a sliortane nuiong the demand for the movement of money . jl. t ,., tan , i niwavs nmsiially 1arK"r diirlriK th irvnsurv " five dollar, bills. Moreover there will : be no relief mitll congress RtrsUMers; out the taiifile In Its b'.-j a:.pr :.)ii..'.iuii ( CHOICE OF CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED BY DIXON JOHN FABKEB OF EW OB. LEANS CHOSEN CHAIRMA Beveridge Leaves for Oyster Bay to Confer BeUtlve to Ticket I His Home State-rWeald aet Dlseaei the Political Sitaatloa Ceaference Wth Colonel Held by Dlxea. Oster Bay, July 30. Alter a con ference today with Colonel Roosevelt Senator Dixon announced that '. John Parker, a New Orleans democrat, had been selected tor permanent chairman , of the Bull Moose convention. - Indianapolis, Juiy 80. Former Sen ator BeverWge left or Oyster Bar to il:.) to submit, to Roosevelt the speech Le is to make as temporary, cj Air can of the progressive convenMon "le refused to say wh(".hr b-.-ould swept a nrogreei . las fccvcrnor of India, lieved he will 01k , K j ) Texas Farmers' Cegms - w . AA i cones. Station, in, vuiy ; w..w .- s. , T i a. Farmer.' congress was caojeo o order today at the Texss Agricultural kuu .ncvuouji-oi - Congress. L. W. Kirkpat- ,n Begslon three atlendance ,8 unU8uaily ., . are one an,i the gathering promises "" to be highly successful. At the open- "g 8eJon member, were welcomed by8Hon. R. T. M11ner. president of the and' Hon. J. S .Kerr, of Sber- , a.,le ponse. After J Secretary Measurer T. W. Larkin of Beau- lrca8ur" " , ' mount, had read their annual report,. and " 7"""7t, of Mexico gave an interesting compare ison of agricultural conditions and ad vancement In Mexico with that of the United States. The program for the thre- av? r" the Congress Is unusually in -res-ln? anA nitinrlse 'addresses by r?-n" :iot- i ed authorities on agricultural suhje ts aPP Prof. o. F. A"'"S Warren, professor of farm manage ment in Cornell University; Hon. D. H. Bodie of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture; Hon. Ed. C. !! ..,.m.. nf the Texas Cat .... " . c-un(,Pr ' tlemen s Association. D. Saunrter. o, xne u. -'n nresldent of rrM. nallas. Tex. urc; nun. n""j bills. Congress failed to pass the sun- ' drv evil bill bpfore me nu '"i" ' war hecinniiiB July 1 Kinn1E. jlv 1. and to keep I i... first part of th- fiscal year - July approprintlnn d-esn't meet 1- mand. WOMEN FIGHT, III COURT MBS. B. JOHNSON ACCUSED OF AS. s sa'cit." ' Tina Floberg of North La Grande Said to Have Beei Troanced. Thrilling and almost bloody scenes said to have been enacted when two women, living near the Palmer mill, came to blows over a personal matter, were related In city police court this afternoon before Judge Humphreys. Albert Floberg is the complainant, accusing Mrs.' R. Johnson, a well known North side resident, with as saulting Floberg' wife, Tina, ' with her hands and fists. The trial is In progress this afternoon and the pre- else facts In the. case have yet to be adduced, but rumors have it that tb two came to a fisticuff, proposition1 wnen tney quarreled. Mrs. jonnson baa recenUy returned from Norway and tbe story goes that from harsh words the trouble grew to violence and before it was all over Mrs. John- son, similar in name but different in race to the famous pugilist, naa giv- en Mrs. Floberg a severe drubbing with her fists. Who struck nrst is Us,j,em,np tor eeven years," if they re mattr for th rnnrtl to dnelde. but . . . i . women wpo Vv9 ta th.t vicinity say -boi ine ngai was a rmi nouvji muwh nd dra ut aff8r J0HNSON IS TBBOCGH. . Sajs $100,000 Woold Not Be An Ob ject to Him. Chicago, July 30. Jack Johnson to day declared he is through with the fight came. He Is said to be worth $200,000, the greater part of which Is well Invested. He said tbe promoters would pay his price now. Johnson declared that not even a $100,000 purse would induce him to don the gloves again. He said: "They won't let me fight a white man in New York. There's too much red tape con nected with shorter bouts. I've got all I can out of the game. Now let the others fight it out among them- stives." Mountain Climbers In Camp Banff, Alta., July 30. Mountain climbers from all parts of the Domin ion, from Great Brltlan, continental Eurone and the United States have been gathering for several days at the seventh annual camn of the Alpine club of Canada, which has been pitch ed this year In the forest on the South side of Palliser's Vermillion Pass, main range of the Rocky tnts.. about eight miles from Castle and 2." miles southwest from the town of Banff.The camp site is at an altitude of 5.300 feet above sea level and amid highly picturesque surrounding. By its side is a rushing glacial torrent.' the initial source of Vermillion riv er. The Pass is hemmed in by .mow clad peaks. To' tbe East rise Storm j Mountain and Mount Ball: to the wet ; Boom I.ake mountain and Mt. Nhym- 1 ner. Prospectors' valley, in which i flows Tokumm Creek, gives ncccpg by . a traverse of a wide s Mo .nno- fioM in t If ni,th-m fee of ix of the ten tm'as fnpmlnir that nart of the r.ince. tt Is expected that a number nf th al pinists will avail themselves of the op portunity to graduate fuTl-flei!pe,l members of the clith by aven.lins: the reiiiired lieicht .of at leist 1 r "01 feet above sei level. Storm Moun tain, the lowe:-t and most accessible ... -r. or.n ...... ,l n i- ' , , "rV .r.t i- c f,est will 1- R-epted as fM ,,wt.1(r r"r- i GAYMIll SATS GO DEEPER ' w New . York, July 30. Forced to action by the arrest of Beck- er. Mayor Gaynor reversed him- e self, today and signed a resolu- tlon that aldermen probe -the alleged grafting conditions said to eat like a cancer in tbe civic He of the city. Qaynor's an- nouncement followed a long con- ference today wth Commission- er Waldo, who it is asserted, urged the probe. - KvfTTf vttlvtvvM --'New Tork, July SO. With Lieute nant Becker, charged with murder, in he XoBbs d flve aeged tool, , 'the murder of Rosenthal, the gam bier, under arrest. New Tork is agape for arrests of "higher ups" hi the most sensational police and gambling murder scandal In the history of the city. Any hour may bring the Indict- nent of , ,cor, of poc, offlclaii an(1 proB,nent dtiiens are alleged t0 involved with them In the grafting whichied to the murder. 1 , Tte rrand Jury reatgemoied today, Becker w indicted last night, and Be,,,.., arTegt followed upon the confeMonB 0f Jack Rose who with ..$ridgje.. Webber and Harry Vallon the grand jury the atory of how .ney trame(j Rosenthal murder ,er tnreaU maae by Becker to "send Titsea. The barged that Becker said ft do the Job. myself if I have to. But first I'll put you fellows away ir I have to plant guns on you. You're all samblers' ' and confidence men. What chance will you have?" ' Urged by the fear of being railroad ed to Sing Sing Rose alleged he told the grand Jury that he, Webber and Vallon saw "Big Jack" Zeellg and through him secured the services of the four actual murderers Harry Hoorowltz, Frank Muller, Louis Ro senzewelg, "Dago Frank" Clroflci, the gangsters who rode to the Metropple and shot down Rosenthal. Dougherty Claims Innocence. Intimations that Deputy Police rnmmliisloner Dougherty might be concerned in some way with Becker's alleged boasts of influence In the po lice department, which the three In formers claim he declared would pro. tect them for the Rosenthal murder, were disclaimed today by Dougherty He Issued a statement declaring he never had anything to do with Beck er, who always reported direct to Po lice Commissioner Waldo, refused to comment on the alleged police graft- ing, the Rosenthal murder, his con nectlon with Becker, or possible ar rests which the persistent unravel ling of the murder plot by District! Attorney Whitman seem to make more probable with every passing hour. Woniun Forces Issne. It is reported today that Webber's wife, learning that the police planned to "railroad" Rose, Webber and Val id! to the electric chair to save them selves and the "system," persuaded the three men to confess. It is believ ed they did o under promise of at least partial immunity. ( oiiiiiiuirlit to Visit 'ova Scotia. FiCtOU. X. S.. JUI" JU. I lie. UU I Connaught and r l party are due to arrive here tomorrow to begin two weeks' tour of Nova Scotia. will be the firt vlBit of l.ls ro'i- M.hn!,,. tn the nrovince since 1 ' appointment ns governor genera: everywhere the most elaborate pre.i araJort are bting made for the in ception and entertainment of the roy al parlv. New Glnsicow. Sydney. Tru ro. T.ouisl.'iirs nnd Halifax are R'non? the lines that will be Visited. MODERN H IS JAP 1 PARLIAMENT TO BE CALLED BY .NEW EMPEROR. President Taft Expresses Sympathy at Embassy Headqaartera. Yokio, July 30. Emperor Yosndi'te todi.y plans to sail an extra seiilon f parliament to outline the poilclet for continuing the modernization of Japsn, Inauguratet! by his father wbc ditd Tuesday. . . Taft Offers Condolence. f Washington, July 80. Praey. Taft tattered to the Japanese embus' to day and 'personally offered hls onndo lent s at the death of the mikado. In illy to Taft's cablegram, YosmaUo CfcKed: "Am deeply touched by your rir pathetic message and offer the s'iic rest thanks.' ' ' VTIIsoa Returns to Trenton. , Sea Girt, N. J., July 30. Wilson to day suspended work on practically a completed speech of acceptance nd went to Trenton to attend to state business. ' ' . Colquitt Is Renominate. Austin, Tex., July 80 Returns from tbe state primary Indicate that Gover nor "Colquitt le -renominated, by plkiJlty ' JMeMOf totea. . : ; Heart Trial From Ktrewber. . Atlanta, Ga., july 30. Opening of court today In tbe trial of Mrs. Daisy Grace was delayed owing to the dif ficulty of getting Grace's stretcher Into the courtroom. Mrs. L. Hill, Grace's mother, testified that her son's wife went to Newman after the shoot ing, arriving there Mkrch 6th. She said: "The first thing Mrs, Grace said when I saw her was, 'What's this I hear about 'Gene being shott' I told here what had been telephoned to me from Atlanta. Mrs. Grac Insisted he couldn't have shot himself and Indi cated that If anyone else did tbe shoot- Ins:, it was a negro butler, or a ruf fian." The state alleges that defendant ar ranged with Grace to go to Phlladel phla on March 5 and return to Atlan ta from Newman with Mrs. Hill on March 8. It also alleged the defend ant planned to murder prace on the morning of March 5, lock the house, go to Newman, and then returning on March 8, find Grace's corpse. TWO If I ni!KI AD FIFTY FINAL LY REMOVED SAFELT. ; 1 PASSENGERS ONHPiC l o Ships t ome Together In i Dense1 I'rolmhly a Week Mill Be ( oiisnmrtm For Off Thatchers' Light. I'ortsuiouth, N. 11., July 30. Two hundred ar fifty passengers aboard It j the. steamer City' of. Rockland, were thrown Into a puulc today when the - . j vessel collided with the collier Chis- anl' holm in a dense iob, iv nines eai ui Thatcher's light. , The steamer's bow was badly crushed, and passengers were tians 'fetrrd to the steamer Belfast and 'the Kocklund was towed to port. Nj : casualties were recorded. TITANJ MASTER POF ILED WITH . FICIALS ISMA7 MORALLY OBLXBBst TO BIB irm3i BY rdon Episode Is BrsafstiW False aid CamssaaeVr at tkeN fornla Is Chastise for Hfc - geaee la Net Aasweriaf Calls Cautela Sssltk It . London, July 30. Directly ing the Titanic disaster we by excessive speed asd hJUitbaa rangemsats for launckisg Blag of the . lifeboats were , an Inadequate, the . ecfr "eon appointed by the British oseJ8 . trade today aude public bis . Th eeavsi'ttee teuad that Isaarajans orally eallged te perish wttk vessel ltaeugh they extsnuatal Hflsr escape hy sayiag that "had "h : so It would have resulted- only ha i needless lees of aaeUer life." PeV-Gereea Charge BesdeV The report hold that the that Lord Cosmos Duff-Gordon" mem ten of the cress to row ' from the Titanic was trnfonutteO though It criticises the practices kblp steaming at fall speed the Ice district at night, they dU vdr.s'.der Captain Smttb guilty OT !oi U They .. commended 'Koatsm4aV ,. the Carpathla for his quick crJeMpa respohdlns M TfUnlc's .uaTklsM ." help,- and condemns tbe t i iCjisasrn uf the liner California -'for - not mi'' spondlng to the Titanic' distress sk- nals. ....;,.."... ; . Vsrioss Remedies Asked: fox. . The report concludes by , retrrns- mendlng fire and ice drills, reduces of speed wbea in ice districts, 'janaw national conference on lifeeavlnc e paratus, and wireless equipment uaU more -reliefs for wifeless openean and eight tests for lookouts. Sntctde Story Lasts. 1 Catsklll, N. Y., July 30. That Same Dorcas Snodgrass, the Mt. , Senear nurse, whose body was found Smkaejrr among the reeds of CatskJlleeV was a suicide is" the pinion .ddl- trict A'tomey 'Wilbur 4 9" pott Although the- analysis otifcat. contents of the woman's BtomactSan been ordered, Wilbur Tidicules -to-re-port that Miss Snodgrass wsatawe dered aboard a yacht and thrown ae erboard. . " OARHOW ON M WITNESS STI DESIES RAIX n(1DENT IN Hlflr , TESTIMONY. Direct mid ( ros Examinations. Los Angeles, July 30. CluiemV V narrow was on the stand in hi h(1..a,f ,0(,ay an(1 ,u.ort ,.vry , of the prosecution, explainWK points brought by j-tate witnesses Darrow denied that Det:im Franklin ever told Mm lie had Juror Bain, or h!s wife, money , His testimony, direct and cross w amtnatiou, will probably last out-r." wee.k.