VOLUME xn.
IA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913.
NUMBER 100
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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.
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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
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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
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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. ' :
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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
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