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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. . .
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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
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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
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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