La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 20, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrfin VOLUME XTL I,A GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1913. "NUT 72 ED. E. KIDDLE McCOLIOCII, MINORITY '.REPORT FATHER, WAXTS FULL RECOUNT. FIHL FPTji ON TODAY KI,l,llcHodirln Hearts Tome From . Committee to Senate Today Major. Ity of Committee .Mould Ghe Kiddle Permanent Sent Minority Report , .. .. , - Fathered by Democrat. Salem, Jan:" 20. Majority and mi nority reports on the right of Ed E. Kiddle of La Grande to bold b!s' seat In the senate, were submitted today. The majority "report, signed by Sena tors Bean and Thompson, , declares Kiddle Is entitled to hold his" seat. Minority Report Adverse. The minority report, signed by Claude McCulloch of Baker, a Demo crat, favors John S. Hodgln, the Democrat who caused the partial re count but recommends that a com Dlete recount be made, a fact not re: alized in accordance witU the' wishes of the petition asking the recount. The reports were made a special or der of business for this afternoon on the "floor of the senate, and ere night -ne or the other will have been per- , tnanenuy semeu. WILLIAM P.' JACKSON. ';' ; I New. United 8taUe Senator From Maryland, Filling Vacancy. I I I H'Z I ! h. a . . . niiiri r niiirii I 131 i I I 11111 UllLLI UIILII ; i ms oi n -inn WEST- J. I It PDRTEV'JILLHIG TO PARTiTlOn ADRIAHQPLE ' 'trRKET WILLING TO- CONCEDE ; ' HALF OF THE CITY TO AL. LIES, IS REPORT..- ' New Grade Building is . Assured When Bond for $30,000.00 is Voted BECOMES PRESIDENT "OF .EBN TRJ. STATE. When Porte Hits Framed Its Reply to Powers to I'rge , Peace, It J Be. lleved CoucessoiBS Wilt Be Offered (Want Pence Negotiations -t Con- . tlnne That This May Be Acted on. BULGARIA IS BELLI' GERE NT London, ' Jan. ' 20. Dispatches from the premier of Bulgaria to i" the Balkan envoy, Dr. DaneS, - empower the latter to end the 4- peace negotiations at his . own discretion. The message declares -9 that Bulgaria is preparing to re & that Bulgaria Is prepared to re- sume fighting. ". ., ' ' Actual construction of a fourth school building to relieve conges tion In grade school facilities that has been a problem for the past year or two, was made possible Saturday af ternoon when taxpayers by a hand some majority expressed their de sires for such a building. Thlrtj thousand dollar bond Issues, will be negotiated as soon as possible that the building may be ready for occu pancy next fall. To have met re verses at this time would have left the school' board utterly at sea next fall. : , j( On the rwhole, only those parents whose children are vitally Interested, gave special attention "toi the "bond election but the majority In favor ! was overwhelming." The' new ' build ing la to be erected In northwest La 1 Grande, ' It la planned, and ' will be DARRQW I s r o Z Ml S built large enough to accommodate all puplis In that rapidly growing sections. However, It Is only a mat ter of a year or two, say the school directors basing their statement on the rapid growth of the city the past two years that the extreme eastern part of the city must have a grade school buldling as well. Once such Is a fact, each corner of the city will be' supplied with a building as the old high school building la now ac commodating and could In the future, all. that section of the city lying to the Southwest. Plans and specifics- Ions for the new Northslde building will be hurried while negotiations for the sale of bonds Is going on and It Is probable that at the- first peep of spring all the necessary, details will have been gone through,, and .the Job be ready for the contractors. OH OEFEHiE 1 SECOND ME a a H 3 TRIAL COMES TO ISSI E TODAY AT LOS ANGELES, CONLEI ' SITTING. m IMIHIRII iiiu .iiiiiuauiinLi . BAIL MARCH 4 COJIMITTEE RESPECTS i OF WILS05. v WISHES Bronw of Walla Walls Is Secretary Other Teanw Welcomed. 'f GRANDE RONOE ' JAM IS HUGE WATER BACKED JN GREAT Qt'AN. ; TITIES. London, Ja. 20,-Aocordlng to uu- PuMlo Receition to Be Substituted for " . Fashion Feast ' " the bill he introduced two years ago. making saloonkeepers liable for' data' ages on complaint of the wife; child or mother of an habitual drunkard. VACCINATIO NfJlDHR ON. KfiWtlre Today Scliool Oilldren' Must . OIey Law. : 1 vertBed dispatches the Turks are Ore-1 W". N. Sweet, of Bploe, was re-elect- ,ar,nS tUe,r WP. to, the note of the tJ Washngton. Jan 20 Presdenteelct ed president of the Western Trl State ! Powers-" They are "offering to cede wiaon has agan requested that the inaugural ball be eliminated. Th's request will, be respected by the in augural committee who voted unani mously to respect the wishes of. the I president to be. The Inaugural com- nVttee voted to hold a public' recep tion on the. night of the Inauguration, league this afternoon in the annual meeting of that institution, and late this afternoon the delegates to the annual, conclave are deliberating on Senator Calkins has re-!ntroduced j the prospects of admitting North Yakl Orders of the s'tlico'l. board, to the effect that the state' law requiring all children to be vaccinated If . not al ready immune from that or other: pro-: cesses, v.;e.nt Into eltftct today. Of a total enrollment of 1652 pupils pxi'luHiye of -two rooms on the north side of the track, with which no com munication eculd be'had,'555 showed certificates of vaccination or of Jbav- Itna and Baker to the loague. To all appearances the league will expand to six clubs this summer. I. M. Brown, secretary, of .the Walla Walla Com mercial, club .was chosen secretary treasurer In the same placid manner thr.t Sweet's . nomination went in. Neither had opposition. The meeting will continue until late this evening matters - of considerable importance following the election of the chief of-. Pendleton is the only club of ..the original quartet of clubs not repre sented. J". - W, ' Cody, "Bill'', Sweet, president last year," and W. F. Boss uer, are here Representing the Boise Interests. Secretary ' Brown .ol . the Wail a .Walla Com'mrcial club and President . CrawTOrd ' of the Bears, along with Lincoln and others of La Grande ferm -the nucleus for the old teams. Secretary O Gorman of the half of Adrlanople to the allies, re taining half of 'the Moslem section. They are also asking the resumption of; the ,pace negotiations .In order that this may ' be arranged. " ' Diplomats Are Pleased. ' . Diplomats are pleased with the de- lUitH-hers In Region of Troy Are Great Danger. ' In 'v developments oi.tne uawan situation instead of the ball. . The reception and the impression is growing that wI1, n all probability, be held In the the Turks at the last moment Will' ' fflvo- -im trt th a Hamnnito mafia liv iha-. . : : schools. Or In other words ou or the total scliool enrollment there are on ly 553 ' pupils In the schools. The percentage in the. high School is bet- . aa J 1 OA Iter. There are enroliea ays ana xov of these came to school with the prop- certificate. In some of the rooms h enrollment this morning te about U third of the usual attendance. In l'au Etten's room the certificates of Balkan' allies .rather than submit t the arbitration of war. But the news dispatcltes from. Constantinople de clare that representatives of the Balk, tin allies' have 'delivered an ultl'.hartim to the Moslems, saying that the arm- ,lEtice will not be In force after the expiration of 14 days unless the Turks come to the terms of the Balkans vylth the relinquishment, of Adrlanople. The Balkans are ready to, take the '.fteld at once and their Insistence on the re. linquishment by Turkey of the an- tatlon of outsiders to tak the places dent city of Adrlanople "Is likely to of the strikers. ?Ior trdfuble Is ex wln In th.n'A ' ' ' . - nutxl - " ' . .',. ' :f ',' ..''. Strikes Become "Riots. ' New York. Jan. 20! Bloody rioting Is marking the developments of the garment. workers strike. sEIght strik ers were badly Injured, scores were bruised and, dozens have been arrest ed.' The riot started when the strike breakers clashed with the strikers on Spring street. ! .The police.. 'rushed "thousands with drawn clubs..- The strikers are Incensed over the tmporr ing had the smallpox,.'" This, is Jsut. a mall fraction over 30 per cent ot tne. n-wpr nnmmercial' club Is here "nos- KWa enrollment now admitted to the j ,ng aroun(1" ne 8ay8i t0 get In if there Is any ,get-ln coming:" The North Yakima Interests' are? In the hands of Mr. Brown who carries thsjr 'prox ies. Lateness of the trains caused a delay In the opening of the meet ing. -The session which has-been) postponed sinee last-fall, however, got under way at 1 O'clock at the Fo ley hotel when President Sweet called h upRslon to order. A big detail Vaccination are less than ten per cent of bgtnegg j8 under Way for trans Vf the enrollment. The scnoois on gactlon lhe north side show less than 50 per ' ,.. .. - ent cf the enrollment bearing the re. j Hired certificates, ine nexi ie ui;. see a relenting, on the part of , STEAMER AFIRE ON ROUGH SEA I 9 Viay " 1 Si c I Oftlcer Answers Criticism. ome parents and the showing may better. . ffiET. WINGO DEAD. Washington, Jan. 10. Acting Sec retary of the Navy Wlnthrop has Is sued a sharp reply to the assertion made by Major Samuel Simpson Known Wallows Connty Hmls-' Sha,.e. conservative member of the ter PMes Away Sunday. ' North Ontario parliament, mat " i Vnlted States navy Is composed large, ews received here this afterjiotyi ' ly of desperate men who are no good Is of the death of Reverend CfeaM, socially or morally." L..Wa. the Walowa, minister wfco coi.&. The statistics cmpletely contra- ?Jed revival meetings In thU clt3l.dIgt shape." said the acting secre- . m,.tin chorch. TUb .. "Hl kmiertlon Is aosura. it is I ftl IUC Vlill"" I , LCI J . .... kilng Joseph train from Enterprtst cure men of good reputeto become I her way to the scene of death. part 0f the establishment." ise occurred at Healdsburg.tCaO tne utterance of an uninformed man. erday noon. " A Our recruiting system Is very suc- rs. Wlngo. the widow. Is on thV-W- cessful and great care Is taken to se- Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Her 1'oid a mass of flames while great waves tos. sed her about and the wind blew e miles an hour, and two women and 24 men assisting the crew in checking the fire, the steamer Carthagentan narrowly escaped destruction off St Johns, according to passengers, to day. For nine hours the Barnes raged. Several times Captain McKlllop con templated ordering all Into life boats Spanish Veterans Widows Considered Washington, Jan. 20. Congressman Green of Massachusetts, Crago of Pennsylvania. Anderson of Minnesota, Curry of New Mexico appeared before the senate pensions committee to urge the consideration of the Crago bill providing monthly pensions for the widows of soldiers and sailors who served In the Spanish and Phil ippine wars.. The bill provides for $12.00 a month. They estimate tba3 the cost to the government will be $100,000 annually, but the pension ! bureau estimates that the cost win be higher. ...... a ' " ) ouly to be. held back by heavy seas. The Are was finally flooded' out and vessel given assistance by the steam, ers Numlillan and-. Uranium" In re spence to wireless distress calls. """The recent cold weather has caus ed the formation .of a -huge tee jam on each -bank.' of Grande 'Hondo "riv er a mile'Dr" 'two above Troy, relates an Enterprise paper. The Ice Is froz en on each side of the river bed and only a small channel is left through which:. the water .flows.". -This hag. caused- the water to become backed up to the extent' that It Is feared that, should a sudden chlnuok and. rain come the Ice would lose 'its grip' and rusn diiwri the , river in one' solid mass, thereby doing untold damage, to bridges, buildings and orchards. Old timers say 'that this ice Jain Is worse than., It has been for years.' but It is sincerely hoped that .It will gradually disappear and leave no wreckage be hind It. ' ' v. . AGAIN COUNSEL Second Case Against Darrow, Thought to Be Doomed to Die Natural Death Is Pressed When the State Brlugs Proceeding Today Precise Charge That of Brlblnf Bala. f A.ugeit;, aaii. av. rur me sec ond time since the McLVamaras were sent to the penitentiary. Attorney Clarence Darrow their ' counsel went on trial on a. charge of bribery before' Judge William Conley of Ma- , doi, who has been delegated by Gov ernor Johnson for the task. The charge Is that of bribing Robert F. Bain, a Juror in the McNamara trial, . recently acquitted of the charge of bribing Talesman George Lockwood. Earl Rogers Is defending Darrow again' and ' District Attorney 'Freder icks appeared for the state. .The present indictment against Darrow 'charges bribery of Bain, the first Juror accepted In the trial of James McNamara for dynamiting the Times building. ..McNamara with his brothers pleaded g.uiity when the state alleged' that briberies had become known. There have been many' de lays In the second trial. For a' time" It was -believed that on account of 'the acquittal of Lockwood, the ' second charge aganlst Darrow would never be pressed. Liquor Doomed If Bill I'huxch. : Edltor-OiUcer Punished. Columbia, S.- C.; -Jan. ' 20. Dislike for Wm. Gonzale editor of the Co lumbia -Statesinhn, who would. ,have Charge of the Btate national guard In cake the troops are oalled out, 'lias caused Governor Bloase. to announce that he would' hot "permit the state militia to attend the Inauguration pf President "Wilson on March 4th. "Gonzales would take delight In putting the governor of South .Caro lina In an embarrassing position," said the governor. "He Is a boor and this might lead td 'discourteous treat ment of the South Carolina troops on account of their commander-in-chief. They bad better stay at. home." ' . COM.MHIit E .COURT OVERRULED Jiitli :e, A rclihald's- Famous Decision Is ... - Hold to Be Unjust. 'Olympia, Jan. 20. Senator Davis Introduced a bill providing for an - T ... .... t in th. ynnatttlltlnn urn- hibltlng the sale, manufacture nH V-sn'rhJssment of. British women wM use of Intoxicating liquor. Repres-'n Suffrage Decslon Near. London, Jan.. 20.-Thlrteen million woWen .wlil learn on next Friday whe. ther the 'clause carrying the en- Washington, Jan. 20; The supreme ... i...ni,. . .) i t . .i holding unjustifiable the revocation of an .Important order'' of the interstate ; commerce commission by the com merce court, which annulled and nul lified the reduction of rates ordered on the Louisville & Nashville railroad between New Orleans and -, Mobile.' Judge-. Arhbald; recently Impeached, wrote the '"decision for the commerce court that the supreme court held In Its order to be wrong. The court ad journed after handing down 'this de cision. tatlve Pierce also Introduced a. mea sure taking from the supreme' court the right to declare any law uncon stitutional unless by the unanimous vote of the entire court... Japanese Diet Near End. Tokio. Jan. 20. Dissolution of the Japanese diet Is Imminent because ol the renewal of the war between par tisans of Prlnre Katsura and the Sel yukel factions. Prince Katsurs has announced that he will form s new party with the avowed purpose of fighting the Selyuke! party to a fin- uh. . -312.1 5IORE BONDS IGNORED. JikIl'p Miller Declares Ryan Bonds Filed Today Are Insufficient Chicago, Jan. 20. Additional bonds offered for President RJyan of the Ironworkers, E. H. Houlihan, and Wm. Stioupe. serving terms at Fort Leav en worth have been turned down to day as unsatisfactory. This Is the second time" Federal Judge Miller has refused the bonds and the circuit court of appeals will tomorrow decide carry. Tne governmeni im-aauii.- un tlmt dny will come before the house of commons for division. Members of the cabinet are equally divided on the question. It Is reported that 29,f the Miller ruling shaft stand members of the house are In favor of the measure and 220 against, w'th 150 In doubt. Two days' debate will precede the vole. "EAT JAM NOT BUTTER!" New York. Jan. 20. "Don't eat " Taft Resigns Yale Post. . butter, eat Jam Instead." This Is New York, Jan. 20. President Taftj,the plea tent lnto 30,ooo New started today for New Haven at :r,0 to attend a meeting of the Yale cor poration. He will resign his mem bership but may accept a professor ship of law. He returns to Wash ington tonight. York homes by Mrs. Julia Health N president of the Housewives P league, who hopes to force down the price of butter that way. 9 J!