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(A nil ! iUMEXIL t LA GRANDE, UNIOF COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1913. NUMBER 71 DECLARES A OOXKAJfDKR OP THE CARPATHIA IS TO KECEITE WABBASTKB IX- ' POUARE RESI6I1S OE'E SIGMA OF JJOXOHtt StABfH FIRST , , 1 o OF PREMIER OF F i t - i i , m i , . ; ip ii i i f i ' mm CL PACKING AGREEMENT EXISTS f!.t!l!F rf5 WW 1 MISSOURI'S COIT; PROBE REPORT MEAT PRICES FIXEB, iwriiTi. 5TIOX DESTKOi ED, VI VS ' 1 SPECIAL PROBER. SCQPE OF DEAL IS WIDE National Packing Company Involved, Sass Opinion,. In Agreement Wlti Chicago, Omaha and Other Packing i ...... Tract Firms Ouster Suit .Prompt. ed Oplulon Filed With High lourt i. -!: . .. -. i' I . Today. . i Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 18 Agree ments tending to fix prices and les sen, J restrict and destroy free com petition, exist between the big pack ing companies of the country, accord ing to an opinion filed with .the state supreme court' by Special 'Commis sioner Daniel Dillon. The report -is made In the ourt in nroceetiincs in-; i... ,...i. ., t,.' i s , . n, i . ma uiuiuor next .luiiuttv and as attorney general of Missouri, to! . ... j D. Lito vlslt oId tllUcums. District Super and the St. Louis Beef and Provision' ... . fc- , . , ', , . , . ! cAor, thr.t his brother cannot stop. . .Dillon was appointed to investigate . - , , ' . , . , . hut must go on westward, and hence and report to the court. In his re- -,h . . - . t , , . , . x , . i will catch but a momenary cht wth port filed today, Dillon next found an' . . . , t , .(''Is kin at the station here Tuesday agreement affecting competition exist D u ... , . , , . i morning. . The Boise preacher twill Ing between Swift, Armour, and Mor- nio. .. . , . . , A u . v : . . make the best of his disappointment u8 Ku, ua iw.v. ies named in the ouster suit. ; - . The. court will act nion thla re- port. , ' ' ; ' ' : War Situation Cloudy. ., 1-ondon, Jan. 18. Diplomatic c'r-; cles are wondering what will happen next, i The Balkan allies maintain ' that if war Is resumed, Constntalno- V'e will be the first place attacked. But the allies figure It out that the Turks will, not dare reject, the,, advice or t ie powers, on account or tne Tact that Turkey Is going to call on the powers for a loan in the near future. VL this event the Turks will have to act in accordance with the advice of the nations In order to get the credit, The Turks have not answered the, note of the powers in which the lat- ter cautiously advise Turkey to '.let the allies have Adrlanople and the Islands In the Aegaen sea. The res- tgnatlcn of Halmll. Pasha looked like the last barrier to resumption of war, but the note seems to have had the , effect of causing the Young Turks to take second-thought. MURDOCK PLEDGED TO WILSON Washington. Jan. 17. House pro-l grcsslves have declared openly that! they will support the Democrats in endorsing most of President-elect vWllson's policies aligning themselves 'against the standpatters. They hope i to briag the same feeling Into the 4pate where the Democrats hare a -narrow majority. In keeping with this Gillilan's Date is Off iii.noKisr author, traveler : DEXIED.LA aV'AXDE. MANY DISAPPOINTED "rotucr lomes From Boise to Meet Rim but Meets Disappointment r "'""eu suiuo strange and unex plained whim of the Seattle manage ment for Strickland W. Oilman, that noted lecturer and writer will simply . 'F i i- n . U . pass through La Grande instead of stopping here for an entertainment neit Monday ;night. 'While he has been billed by a well known lecture oureau to deliver his famous humor In La Grande .January 20, it appears La Grande has been cut off the sched . . I .. V. . n ... . . . in ujr me oeauie urancn. The an nouncement comes as a distressing bit of news to the many readers and semi acquaintances of the noted "off Agin, On Agin, Gone Agin, Ftnntgln" author. '' Though he has never been in La Grande, the, city, as a whole has claimed hlra. probably through his" relationship with Dr. J." D. Gll lilan. Reasons for the cancellation are not given. . . - y, - y -. . Brother to Meet Him. ' - coming here for; the purpose of T ":' w town this morning. He learns, how- ! however,. and is the guest of his for- congregation In the Methwlist cnurcn nere an(J friends ,egIon , 4 j Letter Ipstrnrtlon Popular ' , . ' " V ; University of Orugoii, Eugene, Jan 18. According to 'Miss 'Mozelle Hair, secretary of the'' Correspondence Sthdjr 'department of the university. over three' hundred correspondence students, In- "widely separated parts of Oregon are now-enrolled and are do- lug work. of. unusual Earnestness. Miss Hair made an extended report before the university colloquium on Tuesday evening' on the scope and nature of the correspondence study courses. . The widest , possible range of pro- fesalonal, pursuits Is. represented by the students', enrolled. 'Ministers. teachers, lawyers, laborers, sawmill hands, loggers, clerks, section hands messenger boys' swell , the ranks ot those who are taking advantage of the unusual opportunity the under qtv nffords for -this tvne of study. I . telegram announced policy, comes a Woodrow Wilson today, it is an- nounced from Trenton,, that Murdock I of Kansas City will support Wilson and pledges his word to do so. This Point Of these, Howard Zimmerman combination will give the Democrats " ww awarded the alumni medal as full swing on all of Wilson's Import- best individual debater c" the unl ant measures and leave little room reralty. These men will later o for. opposition that would warrant against the debating teams of Utah, such a name. " . . ' Stanford and Washington. I ' ' . - V : . t - - i ' - l - ' ! ' 'I " t Si I ' ft , v V The Titanic as she looked before the disaster and the Carpathla. the cap . tain of which Arthur H. Rostron.f0rmerty commander of the ship w ,whlch did such valiant work In saving jives on the ill-fated Ttante: ' has thia week been awarded a crogg 0f honor by the American Cross . of Honor society, , The insignia wju be presented to the former cap " ' tain on March first by James Br-e, British ambassador to Washing-'.r- tori. - ' '..'".' '. - ' '-, ... ' WEEK OF FUN 10 FROLIC ' FOR BUSINESSMEN If EARS About 30 business men are packing their portmanteaux for the Jolllflca- tlon trip that the La Grande Com-j mercial club, will stage), commencing next Monday. The business men are j locking up business cares tonight and will be ready to get oqt-of town for the big excursion-Junket to Albany where the Oregon iRetall Merchants' association -meets, and which trip Is to be punctuated en route an return by, gala feasts- and high jink's a la boosters. Secretary C.'M.V V.Hum phreys of the La Grande Conynerciai club, and J. G. Snodgrass- have bad ample assurances that by the time the "bunch" reaches Portland there will be over 30 ip the crowd. Some leave tonight,- others go tomorrow, some are now In Portland and about! 20 will be on tra la la lor a weeK . of recreation on No. .17- Monday.! Those buying tickets should ask for Albany destinations and take receipts on the certificate plan. ' ' ' Among the business men who are to represent the clty,: and get togetH- DEBATERS SELECTED. Howard Zimmerman Heads Llxt at the University of Oregon. University of Oregon, Eugene, Jan. ,18. Four students won places in the final tryouts of debaters to represent the University of Oregon In the In- tercolleglate contests. These are: Howard Zimmerman, a senior from Salem; Ternon T. Moschenbacher, a Junior from Klamath Falls; David Plrkett. a senior from Prinevllle, and Dalzell King, a junior from Myrtle 3 t 1 -ft ; " imf ' ? ft er for the first time In Portland on Tuesday morning, are: Wllllam AUIngon,: -A. V. Andrews; Frank Bay : ' George Cochran .. Mr. Burkhart C. E. Cochran ' Geo. H.' Cnrrey,.' ';. Bruce Deunls . ... Fred Dutll C. K. Duffy C. R. Eberhard C. D. Bmahlser "' F. D. Haisten C. ;m. Humphreys J. H. Keeney ' "J. M. Kohl','. '' H. T, Love ' , ,C. L. Mackey, i F. L. Meyers" ' ' B B. Nutter W. it Pierce , ': " : . E. Polack - r Walter Fenter ' 3. E. Reynolds' " T. J. Scroggln " 1 ' ' ' v J. G. Snodgrass ' -Ed Wright ; y ' , . ' J. K. Wright . i I " ': " ' The main crowd leave La Grande on train No. 17, Monday. January 20th,' arriving at Portland MonuaV night They will take a special car from Portland, arriving at Salem on the morning of the 21st. where the day and night will be spent. T'j merchants' special train from P-jrt-land.wlll pick up the car on the morning of the 52nd, arriving In Al bany abont 10 o'clock a. m. T-: days will be spent In Albany am' p. the 24th, the party will be g'l.stn of the O. A. C. at Corvallls. They, will I leave there at about 1 p. m., arriving In Portland about 4 p. in. Ticket will be good, ' leaving Portland on train No S on the .evening , of the Mogul Clan ' ' ! . " '. ''... ' . Meet Near s FlTl'RE OF WESTERN TRI-STATE i , , , j IS AT STAKE. .1 i i i i OTHERS SEEK BERTHS Probabllit) f Making Slx.aub Af , , ' fair Is yp, ', '' Who's who and what's what in the j Western Tri-State league la going to be stmmered down to brass tacks in this city next Monday when moguls tmin tha fmii Mum nnnaHtilf Ina? . th V p ...v, ... a. I league last year, and possible emis- sarles from other towns seeking ad- mission to the i. fold meet here. Ba jkerjand. North Vaklma are the regu ( larl' credited fan knocking at "the portals of the Western' trl-State king- Inm - Tfie nature' scone and official- I dom of the league will be determined ' however, at the meeting which will be' represented by Boise, Pendleton, Walla Walla and La Grande. Presi dent Sweet of the league will no doubt call the meeting to order, but mention ot his successor Is going to be the high sign for a conflict. Fra xer of Pendleton' wants it. Sweet wants It back, and a la Grande man may be-advanced.scMhat It now seems Walla Walla to the, "only club net seeking the presidency. La Grande's geographical location Is such that no other town should even get a start in the race tor; the presidency. How ever, this will be but one of the im portant Issues coming before" the mo guls.'' ' ' ' The possibilities' "of" ''North 'Yakima getting a berth are more remote" than mark, for parliamentary attacks. ' : Baker's. However, without another ' it Is thought, probable that M. Brl club to make it six.1 Baker's plead1- and, minister of Justice, will be des lngs must, perforce, go unheard. " j Ignated to act as premier until Pres ' The probabilities are' that the' fol- ident Fallleres term expires and that lowing men1 will be here for'the c'onJ Poipcalre's -cabinet ' will be retained ference: Frazer and Boyd,'" Pendle- j for' month with "M. Bourgous as mlr. ton; Crawford 'and Boyd, Walla . Wal-j is'fe'r of foreign affairs. la; Sweet and Cody, Boise: Grant Lincoln and probahly some other lo al fan, of La Grande 1 " . , Jack Pot Shot SuccsfuL L. Rayburn carried awaj' the- bunt ing in the Jackpot shoot held on the J' local club grounds the other "day. Claude' Mackey came second. In, the honorp and Bert Hughes and Press 1 Lewis were on the heels' of the !topr notchers. Rayburn's average was 92 'In the long run shoot 'Bert Hughes and Rayburn tied for first placed In the rifle shoot the scores were, so close all the time that there was little or no margin between the par ticipants. Tuck Conley captured oh cf the trophies consisting of a f V. high grade knife. Owing tc the wlrd not many attended and th scores pn the whole were somewhat under the average. ' - . T ; Taeoma, Jan. 18. Brakeman Edwin are in the hospital, here aud hopes of Snyder and Fireman Studlack of Ta- their .recovery are entertained. Tbe coma were frightfully scalded this injuries were confined to the upper morning., "when the west bound Nor-j portions of thlr bodies. them- Pacific freight train No 68 went) Owing to the fart that a number ot Into the ditch two and a half miles the cars were partly on the track and went of Castlerock, a town half way partly in the ditch traffic was delay between here sjnd Portland. Both I ed fire hours. ' f ... g , - 2$i : v'i . BRIAnMS M "IX OXUUIOIS TO HOLD MV PEE , MIERSHIP," DECLARES THE ? SEW PRESIDENT i ; ' . ;....,..:.;: : FRIENDS EXPLAIN ACTION ) v Startling Outcome 0 Election. Tester. day In Noted In Paris When Ray. . ntond Poincaire Quits Present Of- Bce .Will Remain in Clotte, Touch . M'itb Affaint, JIwever, lu the In. :-4 te rim. ' i . .' V ". I " ' ' Paris, Jan; 18. Raymond Pplncalre who haa Just been elected president of the French republic and who takes oath or office on the 18th of next month hat' resigned the office of pre mier. M.! ' Brtand will act as pre mier until Fallleres retires from the' .presidency. Poincaire expects to re main in touah. with-the cfMoet.and. advjse them In the Balkan sltuatlon." ' The resignation from the1' prime' ' ministership, PoSncare's frends ex plahed, was made necessary "by the victory yesterday. ' He believed ' it incongruous," they said lor the president-elect to - remain in the cabinet He would have been a conspicuous Mail Suicides In Dppot. . Chicago, Jan. 17. A well dressed man. .believed to be Joseph Tosmey of San Francisco, shot himself In the right temple while standing In the ' Illinois Central station today. He was taken to the hospital, but , died on the way. He was 30 years of age. Injhls pockets were found letters I bearing the - name of Tosmey, and j give San : Francisco , addresses. A ticket bearing the name of Tosmey. ticket- from New York to Portland, Oregon, "was found In his pocket, and he carried transfer checks amount ing to $800. He was unaccompanied. Postmasters Jfamed. .Washington Ja.v 8. Presidential '. nominations recelvsd by the senate today-Include: Receiver of public moneys at The Dalles, Louis J. Arms sen; postmasters,- A. L. Trenem of Welser. Idaho, and George F. RusBell of Seattle. .'...'; 11CED AS NEW PREMIER. WRECK INJURES TWO '.J " f,...l . V,'-.t.' S : P ! 4
