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facttlte volume xn. I-A uitANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, MONDA Y, JANUARY 6- 1913. NUMBER CO REritW WAR IN PATTEN HELD BALKANS SAYS TO TRIAL FOR ENVOY CHIEF COTTON DHLS NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED AT CON. ' FERENCES IN LONDON PEACE FIASCO. POWERS' NOTES HINTED i locked Over Adrianople, Envoys Can. not Agree Powers Said to Have Wanted Turkey to Concede all Balk an Demands Save That of Cash In. demnlty Envoys Spar for Time. LOCAL GREEKS FALL IN BAT . TLE. t Two of the Greek boys who left 8 La Grande at the beginning of . refuses to sanction the proposed 3 , the Balkan-Turkish war are re- ' Dlan t0 distribute Espee stock ported to have fallen in battle. $ to Union Pacific stockholders. A cumber of the men In the city Harrlman lines proposed the of that nationality are thinking PIan following the merger decl- of iolning their brethren in the ! sIon a Iew day aS- struggle to throw off the Otto- t man yoke. All of them are well S . S informed as to the progress of 8' Washington, Jan. 6. Declaring the war. I "corners" ,n commodities are viola- One of their papers reports tlons ot tne Sherman anti-trust law, the sailing of 2,000 men from all,jtne supreme court today in a deci- parts of the United States. The Si8lon' neld James Patten, the Chicago voyage Is about 14 days from 8 1 New York. . . v London, Jan. 6. Dr. Daneff, head , ot the Balkan envoys to the peace conference, will recommend the re newal of the war before the' session on Saturday afternoon. It is believ ed Turkey will not cede Adrlanople. The porte yesterday instructed the Turkish envoys to cede a large por tion of Thrace, including Kirk Kllea 8eh. It is announced that the Turks have been advised by the powers to yield all of the Balkan demands except the cash indemnity bonds. It is evi dent that the Balkans have been vis iting the powers in an effort to pre sent their side of the story, and that Gcrmanys Insistence upon taking the matter Into its hands has melted away. I' Envoys Sparring for Time The Turkish envoys remarked that the meeting scheduled to be held In 'the course of a day may not be held. It la not thought this will mean the resumption of hostilities, much as the allies have threatened. Beschld 1 Paoha otatatl fhaf iha nnrfa Tiq1 sanf t no further instructions to make con- cession to the Balkan allies, and Dan eff declared the terms of the Turks at the present time are not acceptable to tne ames.. Alter tne last meeting it was officially announced no date had been set for the resumption of; been advlsed by Judge Anderson not negotiations. Diplomats who think. t0 accept coln on the bondg becauae they know say the Balkans will g!vethe bonds must b(J gecured by realtv the Turks a few days more in which to make up their minds. The outlook Is conceded to be very gloomy both for the Balkan allies and the Otto mans, King George Threatened by Lnnatlc London. Jan. 6. Charged with sending a letter to Buckingham pal ace, threatening to shoot the king If he did not pay him $4,000, Percy Col ling was today arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Collins was recently re leased from the Insane asylum. He Is held for trial. Tariff Bevislon Begins. Washington, Jan. 6. Tariff revision has begun. The ways and means committee has begun hearings on tar iff schedues preparatory to revising the tariff downward. The achedule will start with wool and steel and chemicals and go step by itep until the entire catalogue of articles has ' been treated. Birth rfieeori. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mart Clark, this city, Jan. i, u IK pound son. "CORNERS DECLARED TO BE VIO. LATIONS OF ANTI-TRTST MEASURE. REVERSES LOWER COURT Patten and Ills Associates Must Stand Trial for Violating Trust Laws When They Corner Cotton In 1910 Espee Proposition of Stock Distri bution Is Not Sanctioned. STOCK PEDDLING TABOOED. Washington, Jan. 6. Iia a do- 8 cion today the supreme court Pec"lat-or and his associates for trial in the federal district court of New York. It is charged Patten "corner ed" the cotton market In 1910. The New York court quashed the indictment against Patten declaring private ownership of large quantities of cotton did not create a monopoly. The government appealed from this decision and today's edict is the re sult Justices White, Lurton, and Holmes dissented from the opinion. . TITHE AND CLANCY FREE SAN FRANCISCO TO SUPPLY GOLD NEEDED. Technicality Only Obstacle Way. lu the ' San Francisco, Jan. 6. Tvietmoe and Clancy will once more enjoy lib erty. One hundred and twenty thou sand dollars in gold coin have, been raised for their release. But as good as the information may sound to, the two laborttes, It may not mean Im mediate freedom, for it is stated that E(jward NockIeSf secretary of rhl(,nB.n Tjv,winn t t.w the has An eastern bonding company is nego tiating the bail. Mayor McCarthy, of San Francis co, at one time actively identified with labor unions, has denounced Judge Anderson for this stand. Enterprise Wins Out E. Cavlnes passed through La Grande this morning on his return from the Wool Growers' convention at Vale. He states the principal rea son why the convention will not come to La Grande next year Is the ab sence of sheep owners In this part o! the valley. Pendleton men afe said to have worked for Enterprise, while the president and secretary of the Wool Growers' union pulled strong for La Grande. Enterprise won out He was accompanied by his father, J. L. Cavlness. Johnson Charges Rest. Chicago, Jan. 6. Pending the de cision of the supreme court on the constitutionality of the Mann act Fed. eral Judge Carpenter Indefinitely postponed action In the case of Jack Johnson, Indicted on a charge ot white slavery. SEVERE COLO SNAP SWEEPSJVER COUHTRY parcels post llinr nri nui li rminii inn nniiinr nnnnn STAMP SUPPLY mint utiuw Ltwun anu wsm mn MM IN LA GRANDE Biting cold weather and boreal blasts en route from their icy ori gin, for another day's period, sum marizes the climatic conditions lu La Grande today. From near-zero weather Saturday night and snappy cold yesterday, mercury has sudden ly dropped during the past night to a point lower than any reached last year. Nine below was -the lowest mark of the official Instrument this ) morning. Yesterday the mercury var ied fro iri maximum of 16 to a mini mum of seven, .dropping from seven last evening to nine below this morn Zero After Sunup. That the snap was not a momen tary bluster from Boreas' chilled lungs, but a lasting cold, Is shown by the fact that at 9 o'clock this morn ing It was still one below zero. By 1 o'clock however, It had gone up slightly past the zero mark. Weather Man Swamped. During the present week at least, curious citizens should avoid calling the weather observer, W. A. Worstell Sickness In the Worstell family makes It difficult to answer the tele phone and scores ot rings were sent into that home this morning by In quirers after weather statistics. The same official figures can be obtained from The Evening Observer, In this way relieving the Worstells of an In convenient task. , PLUMBERS SWAMPED. Suffering Is Intensified by Inability to Get Bursts Repaired. Plumbers haye been unable . to reach anything' like all their calls since yesterday morning. Before noon Sunday over 50 calls were pounding away for help, and many a Sunday dinner went uncooked. The coming of night simply added to the Without formalities, smoothing and grief. With the break of day plum- lacking in ado, Union county today bers were at It and calls kept piling slipped Into the hands of a new ad up without any possibility of assist- ( ministration in a majority of the ance coming today. S branches of government. Sheriff, Roughly estimated there have been clerk, assessor, recorder, school su 200 more or less serious troubles with j perinteudent and treasurer were water pipes. So deep did the frost ' among the more important offices go that many of those who took every , that either continued under the re posslble precaution were foiled and glme of former officers re-elected or water pines frozen. However, it is new men entirely. The filing of bonds generally admitted that the greatest ' and oath of office with County Clerk trouble will come. If anything like , Ed. Wright constitute the last, for the present cold snap continues, when ' mality to be gone through with. By cellars, and basements and kitchens, j noon the county was under the new Immune for a day or two, succumb ' regime. to the trenching of Boreas and add themselves to the list of frost vic tims. I CZ.VlliEVITCH REPORTED DEPOSED Contradictory Report Picked up Paris This Morning:. In Berlin, Jan. 6. A statement of an of It to Deputy Williamson, imperial ukase declaring Grand Duke I In the clerk's office, County Clerk Dmitri Pavlovitch, son of Grand Duke Ed Wright announces there will be Paul, Is the accepted heir apparent jo changes and C. Kenneth -McCorm-to the throne, on account of the In-, iok and Miss Anna Alexander will curable illness of the Czarevitch, is. reiterated In a St. Petersburg news agency dispatch here today. Paris, Jan. 6. Declaring that the Russian Czarevitch, traveling Incog nito, has arrived at Mentone, en route to Cape Martin and was recov ering rapidly, a news dispatch con tradicts the Berlin report from St Petersburg. Dare U IIL Newcastle, Ind.. Jan. 6. His health broken at the result of worry over the receipt of threatening letters, Frank Dare, foreman of the Jury con victing the laborltes, Is en route to Florida to recuperate. Saturday, he received another postal card reading "Don't figure ao prominently In the newspapers," The postcard was marked State St, Chicago. HARD HIT BY EXTENDING Bediands, Cal., Jan. 6. On account of the cold weather a 50 per cent crop loss la reported from several sec tions of t;he state. . The orange dis tricts in the neighborhood of Santa Barbara report heavy losses on ac count of frost. The lemon crop will likewise be short on account of the cold snap. - ( Tacoma Is Moderate. Taoma, Jan. 6. The government readings in the city were 20 above zero. A heavy snow is falling and.' the lakes In the vicinity ot the city are frozen over. Denver Has CliIIL , Denver, Jan 6. At three o'clock this morning the thermometers on the streets registered 31 below zero. At seven o'clock the mercury had risen to 26 above zero. The city of GlllettSjfic with California ports teat a stand- recorded 29 below. All cities and towns of Colorado and Wyoming av eraged 10 below this morning. Yescls Are Missing. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 6. Searchers are endeavoring to locate persons missing from, the Ashing launch "Old Nick" and the power boat "Eliza- beth." An unknown .schooner was wrecked off the coast of Mexico near E DEPUTYSH1PS FOE ALL CEBS ANNOUNCED. 0FFI. Other Iletirlug Officials Step Into Lines of Endeavor. New Deputies Seen. On the whole, there are but few new deputies in the courthouse. Sher. Iff Hug introduces two new ones, in H. C. Rees, the office accountant, and Tom Williamson, outside deputy. Sheriff Hug will attend to most of the outside work himself leaving' some continue In their deputy roles deputies with the recorder's tefflce and Miss Blanche Snook goes to the assessor's office and Miss Irma Alklne leave the assessor's office under D. M. Clark and goes to the recorder's office for D. H. Proctor. County School Superintendent E. E. Bragg and Treasurer John Frawley have no regular deputies. The other offi cials to become effective today are constables and Justices of the peace, coroners, county surveyors and coun ty commissioners. D. M. Clark and F. P. Chllders are the only men to really leave their offices at the court house. m HEW ASSUM W Mr. Clark will continue to make his jtej but a new one may take Jtt residence In La Grande, giving hlspjace after the visit to Welser. attention, among other tblnga, to the agency for the California Fruit com- Mrs. Bnca&naa Buried la Itland City pany. Mr. Chllders will go Into the Mrs. Buchanan who died some day real estate business. ; ago was burled In the cemetery at Cheater P. Newlln, his deputy, goes Island City thta aftranoon. COLD WAVES OVER BIG AREA the International boundary. , Tiuso, Hill of San Francisco and a number of others known to have been on the boat Elizabeth, are missing. The f.rulser Denver Bent a wlrelejs to the immigration office stating that they had picked : up Immigration Officer Joues,(KuykendalI and Eugnajv Goro laml, supposed to have been drowned. The men were marooned on Con oat :o Is'.and. ... 10 Above In Portland. , ' Portland, Jan. 6. Mercury ijiis in' i ring was 10 above zero. Ma-iy ct the water pipes are frozen. Packing iioufes are being heatel to prevent fruit from freezing. , Shipping along the coast has been demoralized on ac-! count of the storms. Grays Harbor is sheltering 20 vessels and the trit- still. Citrus Not Injured. Los Angeles, Jan. j6. RiversidePo mona and Monravta reported this morning that the cold snap had not Injured the citrus fruits. The orange . section la believed to be safe. Smudge j fires were built under the trees and kept burning all night In an effort to ' save the crons. to the La Grande National bank and Lee Warnlck has already stepped into the city recorder's office. I Every officer and deputy thus step ped into other positions without the loss of an hour's time. IRUbbit Slaughter Big. 1 With all their speed, 255 of the rab bit kingdom fell victim to the un erring marksmanship . of. La Grande huntsmen yesterday. As a result tnere wl" be 80 many 'e8S to eat bark off the Spitzenburgs, The day was an ideal one for the sport and the men who participated blew Into their mands many a time before the bunt came to a close. Babbits had to run to keep warm and the nlmrods could not yawn in zero weather. As a mat ter of fact, it was quick work all around, for said the men, the rabbits never ran faster in their lives. Zwetfel ot the gun club has the record for the largest number killed. Some 23 turned summersaults on the arrival of his speedy shot. He will also collect bounty on a coyote, which had the misfortune to cross his path. Of the total number the gun club bagged 123. The non-professionals are said to have gotten 132. Accord ing to the agreement the losers are to stand the expense of the next Hasenpfeffer and the amateurs will be the guests. What a jollification there will be over the stewing kettle of rabbit loins and the broad fat noodles that will come from the kitchen of Herman, the noodle ma ker. INSPECT WEISER CHURCH. Last Parcl of Land to Complete En tire Block Is Now Purchased. 1 Next Sunday Father Driscoll oi the Catholic rectory, Fred L. Meyers, James T. Corbett and Jack Pi will go to Welsor to Inspect the Catholic church at that place with the view of modeling the La Grande church after the same plans. The parish has Just purchased the remaining lot In block 50 on Fourth street, and now owns the entire block. The need of a niw church . Is a pressing one, and 11 Is likely that the new church will be In the course of construction early in the spring. The first Intentions were to eroet a rock church for $30,000, not Inc'udlng 'jthe furnishings, which would oet $10,. j ooo more This plan has not bee i re- BOTHERS EAST LOCALLY, SUPPLY IS HOLDING OCT TO MEET ALL PRES ENT DI 8 )S. T TEN Li ION DAILY 5 " New York Supply . mated and the Ski Smaller Towns! i Upon Post, office Departa Admits That Shortage Is a Hamper Twice Num ber Originally Printed 'Needed Now Washington, Jan. 6. It la reported that a lack of adequate stamp sup. plies Is seriously hampering parcel! post Joseph W. Ralph, of the bur eau ot engraving declared today: "We started off with 5,000,000 stamps daily and have Increased the number to 7,000,000 and will soon have to print 10,000,000. ., The postof fice department - has , increased the number ot parcels post stamps every day since the law went into effect and we don't know whore we are go ing to end up at New York has al ready had to call on outside town and cities for supplies to meet hur ried demands for stamps and It oth er large cities run behind, the de partment Is going to be seriously hampered. The results are proving; much more stupendous- than we an ticipated." Any shortage in stamps that may be felt In the east, has not been spread tp the coast and La Grande will not feel any hampers from this source for a while at any rate., "Our supply or stamps is adequate to do us for some time to come, even thopgh . the rusk keeps Aip and grows more extensive than it has the first week," declared Assistant Postmaster Landrum today. Saturday was a big day In the La (Grande postofflce. Ac yet there have been no unusual shipments, local stores sending and receiving parcels. There has been no demand to han dle live stock through the malls. , New Terra Coined. Washington, Jan. 6. Everything southern, particularly -Georgians, Carollnans and Floridans. know the meaning of the word "blind tiger," but a young womap clerk at the census office has gone so far as to change It to something else. Recently the census bureau was compiling soma figures on violations of different law and came upon a case'?-ronv-VSouth Carolina where a, woman had been convicted for selling liquor, She waa called a "blind tiger," or "blind tig cress." but the youn'g clerk took the case complptely out of the files ot Violations and carefully placed it la the "cruelty to animals" section. , Texas Claims Honors. Washington, Jan. 6. Representa tive A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic national committeeman of Pennsyl vania and Representative Jack Dealt, of Texas, met In the house elevator going to lunch. "There's no use talking." said BeaU, "If It hadn't been for the Texas dele gation, Governor Wilson . wouldn't have been nominated at Baltimore." No, It was the Pennsylvania dele gation which stuck by Wilson and ended In securing his nomination." Palmer retorted. "Well, I'll let Pennsylvania Into tka honor a little bit, but ours were tha 'big' states In president making, Be all admitted. ' Tape Is Net lRd. Washington, Jan. Red tape, around rtich tradition ha. woven so In the senate. Blue Is the color scheme of wrapping twine, or tape, being adopted. Secretary, of the Sea ate Bennett made no orders for red tape this year, specifying that tha color should ha blue In the futura. t
