La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 21, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME xn. IA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913. NUMBER 100 111 DEATH ROUTE PROBABLEWAY OUTRIGHT EXECUTION 13 PROB ABIT FEARED BY PRES. ' ' ' ' ENT CABINET. WIFE ILL JITH FEARS la Sjmpaihy, Hnerta Advises Senora Madero That Her Husband Is In No Immediate Banger of Execution . Vice President and Garcia, Too, WH Meet Fate of Gustavo Madero, Deposed President's Brother. Mexico City, Feb. 21. Made ro sits cowering In a guardroom of the na tional palace, awaiting the worst. He is a nervous wreck. It is . learned from his guards ihat if ihls fate is left to a decision of the new cabinet, the outcome probably, will be that Madera and his vice- president, Suar ez, wdll die by the "fugitive law" manner In which Gustavo Madero, a brother, met death a few days ago. ' V "Wife Is Heartbroken. ; Geenral Huarta, In command of Mexico City, has assured Senora Mai dero that her husband is in no im mediate danger of execution. Ma dero's wife la prostrated under the care of physicians. Huerta'a assur ance 1b given out In-sympathy for her condition but congress will to night consider IMadero's fate. ' "Fatal AccJdem' May Be Route. It la generally believed here that he will not be executed but that he Is to be slain while en route to Vera Cruz the troops having him In charge then reporting back that he died from a "fatal accident" or was shot while trying to escape. - - . End Is If ear. ' ' . El Paso, Feb. 21. Madero and Frederleo Don Gonzales Garcia, the deposed governor general of Mexico, Olty, will be slain within. 48 hours according to private advices received here. ' Garcia Is accused of grafting ' from the army and is responsible. It Is said, for. most Of the six million peso shortage in the treasurer de partment Dispatche sasy the execu tion order Is not Issued but that both must die by the fugitive law route. Bias Will Return. Paris, Feb.-21.' You may rest as sured we all will have the pleasure of seeing Porfirio Diaz return trium phantly to Mexico." This Is the de claration made by Colonel Fellps Onesco, a lifelong friend of the for mer dictator. He said Diaz would delay bis return until he was assur ed hi presence would not embarrass his nephew Felix. WOIMEN AFTEB POLICE. Recall of Pol'ce Jodge Is Sought hi Biuds rl Women Voter-. San Francisco, rb. 21. A pot'ii men for the recall ol Police Judge circulated by San Francisco club wo Wheeler Is signed, it Is claimed, by more than 13.000 registered voters and Is on file with the officials. The police Judge reduced the ball of a man held on a statutory charge who then furnished the ball and fled and this angered the women. i Mail Distributed From New Federal Building A Her Tomorrow Morning SCHEDULE FOB PATRONS OF POSTOFFICE SATURDAY. Assignment of lock boxes wlU be made between and 5 tomor- row. Patrons are required to deposit 20 cents for each, three of which may be procured If de- sired. If boxes are given up Me deposit will be returned and , on the contrary withheld If the key Is lost ' The pener.l delivery window will be orn from 3 to 6 p. m. o tomorrow afternoon, this being 8 regular lu-lldny brir It is be- lleved 'ho rtrnartufnt I5. be righted sufficiently to distribute Ismail of tiiat hour. Iuobs win . I S have lock boxes aiid kj- can S , obtain ''.r mall, such as Is dlatrlb'v i 1, anytime af;er nine o'clock. After ii ytnr. tlir La Grande post off lbe is "on the move" and tomorrow i though n-.-ovlmt crudely ai first It Is true. La Grande patrons oi I'ncle t Sam's letter delivery service will I be served f-n:u the new federal building. cV.rl rndi h1. changes, .some tem H'ary" n:l. for strict ob servance, and a fe.v n-'nor fexplana- I tlons. go hand In hind w lb the change. T- i postofflce hat ven so long established In the I. O. O. F. building ; that it has . long' since1 be come a land mark. ' "' ' '', No Inspection Now.. Due to the unavoidable -condition prevailing through the non-arrival of furniture, the;- building cannot be thrown open to inspection now. Post master Richer said today that he re- MILLIONS IRE ffiESSLNOST EXTRAVAGANCE AND CRUDE BUS. INESS METHODS FOUND. Treasury Department of GoTernment Pot in SpoUIgbt. Washington, Feb. 21. Denunciation of the manner In which the treasury department conducts business .'and the declaration that the government has lost millions by "crude methods" Is voiced here by the house commit tee on expenditures la the treasury department which has completed its investigation of fiscal operations and has filed its reports. "Interest amounting to $36,600,000" the report says, "has been lost to the treasury the last 26 years. Treasur ers handling the general surplus f'inds have been crude, unbusiness like unprofitable anu discriminatory. Te working balance of $25,000,000 In tte treasury is sufficient. The eov ernment can Increase Us revenue $2, 0 ir COO a year 0" charging Interest on funds In government depositor-, les." Inferring to the working bnlnnce tac eport says lae sums have ben very unnecessary retained In the tr-aMrry sometimes aggregating $10il,- 000,000.00. It adds that In addition to 36,000.000 lost by not collecting In terest, the government lost on "ex cess balance" retained ln the treas ury for the last 26 years. Marri?e License Issued. County Clerk Ed Wright today Is sued a marriage license' to George Hlllyard and Lena Tonng. gretted this much, but under the con- ditlong It was out of the question for the present. When the staircase to the upper floor are ready and the l ' land onice, and . full inspector or flce furniture arrives Postmaster Rlchey contemplates a , sort in house warming when ,the public will be Invited to Inspect all that part of the bunding which is not withheld from , public scrutiny. These things will come In due time, however. Office Has Moved bat Little, .Workmen . are straining every nerve to get the floor cleaned and oiled that the postofflce may more Its temporary furniture' there tomor row, The lights, heating and other appurtenances will be tested out to night under government Inspection. Tests Being Made Today, Prior to 1891 the postofflce was lo- 1 - 1 1 Al ItJI . . I A by Mox Bloch on Adams avenue. In 1891 It was moved to its nresent site but shortly afterward during the R. L. Lincoln postmastershlp was mov - ed to the Sommer bHdlng for a few, snow storms are raging In Wlscon months only to go back to its pres- ' In Southern Wisconsin and In ent location and there remain until j Norther Illinois the most severe bliz tonlght when the big move eommenc-: sard of the winter t being encoun- tered. . Wires are demoralized and (Contlpued on Page 4) WILSON WITH DENTIST. Will Off-Set the Effect by Going to 'theatre In New York Tonight ' - . Philadelphia, Feb. . . 21.-Governoi Wilson is Jiere today for the fin! session with his dentist. Tonight h will take In some sights of New York nile! go to a theatre wth personal friends. BATTLEGRWNDS IN MEXTCO CITY THEIB FIELD. PARTS ' . -of violation of the herman law today. Women Behave With (Flare Bravery j Fines totaling $85,000 were assesed. Dnrlng Fighting; Period. ' jw. D. Clafke, president of the asso ' , elation, was fined $1250. They were Mexico City, Feb. 21. By Staff Indicted three weeks ago. Correspondent) The part played byj Those receiving fines of from $1,000 Americans In general and , American women in partcular durpg the ten day, battle recently ended. Is heroic Most prominent of the workers were Mrs;. Henry (Lane Wilson, wife of the ambassador who tirelessly attended to the needs of women whry sought Hudson, of Kansas, and wife of ths refuge In the embassy. Mrs.. Paul editor of the Mexican Herald, who remained with her hubsand in his of fice throughout the fighting, and Mrs. Surge McCall, wife of a newspaper, man, who with children lived for a wpek In the basement of their home with machine guns planted on the front porch, and sharpshooters sta tioned on the roof, are others who have gained recognition. Other hero ines include the Mexican telephone girls, who remained at their posts until shells cut the wires particular ly demolishing the telephone' bulld- Ing.s General Huerta In charge of Mexl co, plans to send couriers to Gener- als Orozco and Zapata and other rebel leaders with notification, that they most co-operate In restoring order, In case they refuse o obey this order," said Huerta. "tv- win be de- clared outlaws and erterminated. SNOWSTORMS SPREAD HAVOC IIIMWWEST KILW AjUKE EPOOB IX DANGER OF ,. WHOLESALE DEATH ' WATE ; E STATE Poor In Mllnaakce PartiaUy Cared for bnt Snow Is Waist Deep and Besene Work Is, Difficult Northern niliMls Feels Storm, Too, bat Sou thern "Wisconsin Is Hardest Hit of AIL Milwaukee, Feb. 21. Threatening .tO' paralyse traHyc over the state, much suffering Is feared. Street car, I traffic has been suspended,' a prima ! facie evidence that the storm Is se vere. '; . , .j..,-; jf. Snow Is Waist Deep. "-, Snow Is pillnig waist-deep against i structures In the business districts, whlle ,n poorer sections (heroic rta are fflade t0 stave ofr the ymm effwt8 from free'Ktag ;weather. Charitable organizations haT. res(,llfid manv 011(,aBtJl fr,,m death and poor are lined up ab.-.ut stations where frenzied mobs are be ing served hot coffee and other ra tions. PORTLAND MERCHANTS FINED Dozen Plead Guilty to Violating the Sherman Law and Draw Fines. Portland, Feb. 21, Fifteen mem bers of the Portland Produce Mer chants association pleaded guilty in, jthe federal district court to charges ro i-uvu Bro: ., JUUU A. Bell, W. A, Dryer, Mark Levy, F. H. Page, C. H. Dllley, Herbert Mc-'a revolver. Mrs. Goldberg fell to the EJwen, Charles K Levy, Ed B. Levy, floor mortally wonnded. Ben Levy, John J. Cole G. H. Card- Charles Goldberg, his son, awak well W. A. Mansfield "and Edward A. ened by the shots, Jumped from his Bamford. All were released on their bed. and found his father standing ov- own recognizance and given Monday to pay their fines.. SEDATE SOLONS WORRIED. Agree to March ' With Suffragettes but Now Seek Loopholes. Washington, Feb. 21. Acceptance of an Invitation to march In the suff rage parade March third has bees made by all California congressmen. It Is stated some of the more digni fied congressmen, who greatly object to the ordeal, will spring some 11th hour strategy to avoid parading. Aviator Carries Fruit. Pomona, Cal., Feb. 21. Carrying a gass box containing 35 Pomona grown products. Aviator Glenn Mar- .tin left here this morning In a hlplane for San Diego via Venice, Long Beach and Santa Anna with short stop.? p 'each city. The distance Is 180 miles, ELIOT DOESVT WANT TO BE AN IKSOBTAL. yf -r I (Copyright by Chlokering.) President Emeritus Eliot of Har vard says tbat ha does not want to be an "Immortal." When asked why his name did not appear In the list of, fifty Immortals approved by the sen ate as the original members of the American Academy of Arts and Let ters, the venerable savant said that already he belonged to too many so- c,etlee and associations, and; that hs-; did not mtena to amuate nimsen wiun any others. ' : ; ! '"" , , . . 1 .' " SRODTS WIFE IS HIMSELF KILLED BY SON OF . MAN AND WOMAN. " Traveling Salesman Goldbenr, Well . Known Drummer, Is Victim. Oakland, Feb. 21. Hyman Goldberg a traveling salesman of Portland, shot and killed his wife today and a few minutes later w himself killed by his son Chares, aged 21. . Goldberg arrived on an early train from Portland In search of his wife with whom he was separated more than, a year. He finally located the woman' and son In a flat on Twelfth ' street "Hello, Rose dear," Goldberg greet- ed his wife. Then he opened fire with PORTLAND MAN until er the mother with the smoking re 'vover In his hand. He grappled with the father and after the latter had fired two shots at him, he, wresting the revolver away, fired two 'shots In to his father's body. ',' , OREGON FUNDS PROVIDED. . Million for Portland Postofflce Re ported to Senate. Washington, Feb. 21. With an dttlonal appropriation of $20,000,000 added the house public buildings bill was reported to the senate today. The most Important senate Increases In cluded the following: for buildings at Portland, a million; The Dallas, 3l low); at Albany, $10,000; Miles City $75,000; For postofflce and customs -t. Wash., $75,000; We- r "SOOO; Missoula, $125,000; "d land office at vancouv- er, $145,000. .. ; j j J3. BIltM'ILE UP (ISftSSIOII IS HEARING EIIO PRESENT TEEM . ENDS AT MJD NIGHT, BUT MOTOR IS COMING. HOUSE W THE IIP GeneraUy BeUeved House Will Ad Josm to Meet Again In Five Days . Clock Will Likely Be topped To night to Get Through Bills Now on . Desks-Schools of State Given Lib era! Attention. , Salem, A.. Feb. 21. (Special to -With the legislature The Observer) - on Ohio last day of Ms regular session a large number of billir are being rushed through and It Is probable the ' meeting will continue until the early hours of Saturday morning. - Only ,h iiaf imnnrtant lAn-uintw i . j coaMeTei ww and a ai-i num- ber of blll8 wln dle n comn)!itoe or oa third reading. , , : ; House Holds "Whip. ' ' " ' This Is tflna first time ,that the house has held the whip hand .over the sen- fate and the representatives are now in a position to dictate t'u course cf the solons. It Is pro Jieniatlcal as to Just what action w'll he taken but it appears most likely that the legislature will adjourn F-l'lu? r.lght to meet again in five days to consid er the vetoei of the governor. Wlien the matter of e holdover sCjSirm wns first considered it was on the ground ct completing unfinished bu3i.ierf but West has Incurred the enmity of so many of the legislators that they do """ -m bJ" vetoing their bills, The governor's efforts to defeat the swamp land bill which was passed oveI h, veto early 10 tho session was not uccessful, and he has also loll down 00 Bome of hla otner not schemes. More., than two-thirds of tn representatives and senators have sreea io meet agam m hvb onys. Schools Provided for. The usual log rolling Incident to the appropriations for the state uni versity and agricultural college were lacking this year and the two gi eat Institutions have received all they asked for. The total appropriations for the schools are $718,333, the uni versity receiving $362,833 and the ag ricultural college $355,500. This mon ey will be used for mew buildings, bettermenta, extensions and general expenses for the next two years. It will not be necessary hereafter to make appropriations for these ' two schools as they will receive their funds through the mlllage bills which were passed at the last election. The university will receive about $300,000 annually and the agricultural college approximately $400,000. These sums will Increase with the development ad-'and Increased valuation of property la the state. Senate bill No. 72 will undoubted ly pass and will mean more to the peoplo of the state than almost any other bill. It provides funds for ex tension work of the agricultural col- Vge, which means that the school will be taken to the farmer Instead of the farmer going to the school. The workmen's compensatlo.1 act (Continued on Page Eight.)