La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 07, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmmtt iA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, 'MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1913. VOLUME XII mvmmt 1,1 SHI FOR SUPERINTENDENCY OH PROPOSED EMU DM DHI1I1 RADICAL TARIFF BILL PRESENTED RAW WOOL WT FREE LIST WHICH MEETS SATISFACTION OF " . PRESIDENT. Manufacturers "Will Hare Hottest Competition on Their Hands and Mist Build up Business According ly" Say Kramers Free Sugar WhiAt Three Tears Is Plan Xeees. Muies Are Low. Washington 'apHII ".Marked by the most radical and sweeping re ductions, but with the full approval of President Wilson, the Democratic administration tariff bill was Intro duced in the house today. The house met In special session at the call of the new president at 12:01 and the -senate at 12:02. Good weather pre vailed. In introducing the measure the framera said the time has arrived when the American manufacturer must meet the hottest competition and Ajnust develop their business along the best and most reaonable line. Haw Wool Free. Tue bill places raw woo! on the free list, cuts sugar and provides for free sugar three years hence. cui9 cotton prices, puts steel rails on the free list, slashes all Iron and steel duties and either places on the free list or reduces to the minimum all duties on necessaries of life. Schedule K Butchered. Schedule K Is riddled. The duty on iron In reduced to 20 per cent and blankets to 25 per cent. Flannels are cut from 25 to 35 and dress goods nearly 100 per cent. . ( Lomber Schedules Riddled. Lumber schedules show sawed boards on the free list except cabi net woods which are hard cut Bar rels are cut from 30 to 14 per cent. Duties on tobacco and spirits are still unknown. Other free list articles lle knives; razors; scissor; sine wheat brand bread; eggs many meats; saddlery; lead. FLUSHER TRIED OUT. New . Equipment for Street Cleaning ; Arrives and Is Being Tried Out The new street flusher which is In tended to settle dust and otherwise keep the street clean, arrived today and Is being given its tryout. The N LQWER HOUSE most striking phase of It is that It don tne attack upon Scutari. Atnbas cleans a large area quickly and its 'gadors are in almost constant infor- effectivenees in all respects is being thoroughly tested this afternoon. MRS. A. M. PAUL DEAD. Funeral Services of Late Pioneer fitiien to Be Held Tomorrow. , Mrs. A. M. Paul, wife of Captain Paul, and for many years a respected citizen of this city died yesterday. Three sons are in the city to attend the funeral services which will be tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the L. D. S. tabernacle. J. C. Paul, assistant fire chief at Salt Lake City. Jesse B. Paul, now of Pendleton and Logan Paul of this city, are the three sons who with the bereaved husband, survive. A daughter also survives. MEN IN FOBEFBWNT OF LEG1SLAT 1 " MUNI MEASURES ARE &f$ A- "MTOT OFIMPORTIIHCE ff 'Cl 0k' - M jfl!J j P"" . jr SNN1 WALSH'S t,01nj,'G ASSED -CT, TARIFF, APPROPRIATIONS AND Ij.N'' " C v' .7 Pff I S f BUT OFFICIAL WORD ON . THE ISLANDS ON THE LEG- VK i ' igljlHtfl ' ' 1 ... V PLANS WITHHELD, ISLATITE SLATE. .-j CiJif tlpi h V- J IL Tfl GROW NEW MEN HOLD CONTROL V , J I , J C ' ' Veteran Railroader Once Chief Dis. -k ' I IsL- --"m patchcr Here, to Become Supcrin. " tfu - J TT 1 oscab obkbwood, ! ' tec dent of Rumored New Division s&&2Kl3Si 5-. felJSS'? I Senior Asslsiant nnd Toriong Other 1 by American Press Association. SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK. Speaker Champ Clark, Oscar Underwood, majority leader and John Fitz gerald, chairman of the appropriations committee are a' trio of men who will get the credit and also the blame, If any Is forthcoming, for ' what the coming extra session will do and how much it does. The capl tol building is wehre President Wilson's first congress convenes.' Preacher Shovels Dirt to Help Hurry New Methodist Church Basement on Fourth From the pulpit to the mucky dirt of the church-to-be basement is the transition that came over Dr. K. B. Fyke this morning this morning bright and early when he and other friends of the Methodist church of this city seized strong-heartedly at spades and picks and joined tho con trating force in breaking dirt ror tne new $25,000 aFethodlst church at Spring and Fourth. The first shovel ful of dirt was turned this morning with Old Sol lending joyful approval, and if the winds of the Northland keep themselves In other quarter?, the work will be rushed now to tbu very completion. A layman's cam- ' EMBROGLIO SEEN London, April 7. The concert In ' Europe is In danger of discord as the result of open defiance of its wishes by Montenegro in refusing to aban- formal conference and action of the great powers is problematical. The battle of Scutari is still under way. Dispatches! from Kjlel, Germany, say two German warships left that port to join the blockade at Antlvarl. This In London, is regarded as a Christian Church Work Start. Work was. started this afternoon by Ladd ft Underwood, excavating con tractors, on ground breaking for the Central Christian church the new lo cation of which will be on Pennsyl vania avenue and Seventh treet The work will be rushed forwaid ni rapidly as possible to make ready f-ir the church to be moved from Its pru ent location on the corner of Dop-' and Washington. Excavating will SER10US0UTGDMEINM0NTENEGRD IVE INTEREST IN EXTRA SESSION WASHNGTON. 3 by American Press Association. ' I " vrV THK CAPITOL HCII.DINO. paign for funds to raise the subscrip tion In hand to $17,000 from IU I res ent helgth of $14,000 approximately during this week was started last night So anxious were the leaders and laymen to get the ground actual- ly broken, that several office men and professional men, emulated the lusty pace of heaving dirt set by Rev. Fyke and at the expense of aching backs, hurriedly made deeper and wider the hole which eventually will be the basement of the costliest and most up to date Methodist church in ' Eastern Oregon. Several women took turns at the shoveling out, too. THRDU5K EUROPE move which may Drove Inimical to iha "plan to force Montenegro's hand. Al- ways distrustful of German, tactics, the British public, through newspa pers are beginning to openly express admiration of the daring of the Mon tenegrins and it Is feared that once the idea that Germany Is planning to "grab" becomes general It will force British public opinion and may com pel the government at least to be lukewarm In its demands on Monte negro. probaUy be uiUshed in about ten day. The new church will have a full basement, flnishe! cp Trtth concrete floors and walls, containing a large a;is"n,-!r room under the au-litorlnm nml annex, a women's m'rln r-fbm. full a.id healing rooms etc. l'.'loy ft VTitelrisht are the concrete tnntrao tcrs. The entire work is under the dirc-!tio-.i of Chauncey E. Bunting, architect ABOUT TO GIT UNDER WAT IN by Amrrtmn Prc3 Aoeltlon. JOHN J mZ41KHALI. BRIGHTON DAY ULnnriu iu iiilii SETEIBAL PORTLAND MEN DROWN AS BARE CAPSIZES. German Bark Sflml, Tips Over and Drowns Eighteen. Brighton, Ore., April 7. Eighteen men were drowned here when the German bark IMIimi which has been ashore for six weeks in the bay over turned Sunday morning after she was being pulled Into deep water with the aid of a donkey engine. Two were the aid of a donkey engine. Twenty two were aboard when she capsized, and four were taken off alive today. They are Captain Fisher of the Fish er Engineering company of Portland, the master of the MIml and two sail ors. Two dead bodies were lashed to the vessel when found, and the other 16 were washed ofT when the boat 1 1 went over. None of the bodies had come ashore at noon. Among the drowned are: Captain Crowe of Portland, Russell Blackman of Portland, O. S. Bates of Brighton. Jack Fitzpatrlck of Nehelam and Charles Stlpp of North Plains. Ore gon. The rest are German members of the crew and laborers. Ail at tempts to reach the sinking vessel yesterday and last night were frus trated by heavy seas until today. iCFinVEO iFXTBI SESSIOII Thomas Walsh, veteran railroader in - Eastern Oregon and for many years chief dispatcher In mis city, will become superintendent of the Huntington to Umatilla divisions of the O.-W. wlthj headquarters here. This has been authentically admitted aa a fact In the oft-rumored consoli dation of forces and centralization of department heads in La Grande mak ing this city the greatest railroad center operatlvely and managrtally, in the Northwest outside of Port land. Spokane and Seattle.' While the actual official word ordering ihe change lias not been said or at lnast not announced the established fact that Tom Walsh !s comlne here.!"' L . 1 ...... ,w makes no longer doubtful the pro' posed changes often recited In the Evening Observer on excellent Sources, that the entire management, lees the general managership, general superintendent and presidency, .. for the O.-W. and branch lines between Huntington and Umatilla, are coming here. The offices that thw c.mngs will bring to La Grande probably will be as follows: The superintendent. senior assistant superintendent, a- alstant superintendents In charge of 'transportation maintenance, mechanl (cal force, road foreman of engineers ana 01 dispatching, some of thees offices are of course here now, and in addition to these assistant super intendences are of course the regu . . . ... . . . lar heads of other department? at.- ready located here. No Information as to what the new slate ol assistant superintendents may be has beea an nounced. It is roughly estimated that the clerical forces coming here with the change will number nbout 2". Too precise date of the change la not an nounced either bur those familiar with the routine of railroad affair' predict It will come Immediately after the end of the fiscal vear. June 35. During the same month between 2$ and 30 extra brakemen will bo added to the payroll, swelling, all togetv er the present payorll materially. Tom Walsh is one of the best known railroad med in the North Vest Before leaving' for Spokane he was chief dispatcher hera ou icm,, ed to accept the offers of Harrlumn offices in Spokane and while there has been superintendent of a large divi sion in Washington. No contradictory reports have been Issued to the long-standing rumor that a portion of the new Foley build ing will probably be used to house some of the heads of departments to come here. The winner of the first ball game In Junior circles were defeated last Saturday by the Daisy Cadets with a score of 10 to 4. The Cadets owe their victory to the superiority of their pitcher, Rosenbaum, over the North alda twlrlers. I WHson Said to Favor Currency Laws New Men Control Hoase and Men Sow Leaders In Tribe 0"ly Recent ly Far In Background of Legislates Prvatioence -Ways and Means Com mJtte Busy. -1 Washington, April 7. All indica tions point to the consideration of . several extremely Important legislat ive matters in the forthcoming extra seaMluu tit iti,itvw. I'M&i uuu luitr uiuhU of oni;. tlien- will In the revi sion of the turllf; llifii Uierw ylli be two appropriation bills, the dUw'Uiuilon of an income tax. with probable pro vialon alao for an Inheritance tax; thel Panama cuiial tolla. dlm-usalon of Phil Ipplne Independent and cutialderatlon of currency bill and of anti-trust meaaiirea. To perform all these hihora la a set ' of alaiul entirely new xtnleMmen. TV' ! HtviK buil.v f men In the umixe, have "l" thp"1"Bl' tl,B K,""klnI toH i predecesxfir. Km II niftnrs that ttu representatives, by reaaou of the stroni; Pemocrutlc majority, will be in bar tuonioug VTorklug order. The !einorrata have heeii In the ml norlty for sixteen long year and will, of course, be a trlrte unskilled In the active control of nstlonal affairs. It baa become quite clear from the expressed unauluilty of the Democratic majority on nioxt In HIT details that the tariff will be revised downward In a substantial fashion. To the mind of Republicans who have fought for pro j taction the reductions will probabl) seem rnJliMl. tint to the extreme free i traders of the iHsinocrtitic camp they , will seem slight ' , - ' Methods of Handling Tariff. Two modtn of procedure In the ban idling of till hid queslluu liave been onnHlrirui T ,,rluir t- .-iff 1,111 as one general nieiixiire would have been the ordinary plan, hut to take np the quextlou whpriule by schedule boa been advanced 11 k the more desirable way. The revision Ixta feel pretty well assured that If they launch Into reduc tion of Import levies with a dnuntleftx band and present their proposition to the senate In Ihe form of a general blU their purpose will be defeated The Democratic majority In the senate is perilously allm. It would take but a few Democrats In that body to find fault with a measure, atep over to the Bepubllcaon and thus destroy tbe bill. By taking up the tariff schedule bj schedule mot of tbe Items of reduction can be put through. For instance. Democrats who find fault with reduc tion in a particular measure affectlnc tbelr district would be offset by Re publicans from other sections. O' course. In rase the piecemeal aysten Is resorted to. there probably will b some of the schedules defeated, anc the net result will be an uneven revl sion of tbe whole tariff list Tbe chances are that scant attention will be Riven by tbe public to the dailj battles, baraniruefl. debates and prob lems carried out In tbe house over the tariff. Whereas this subject ta one in which the whole country Is vitally Interested, ft has been worn so thor oughly tbmidbHre that the public has little time to waste on further argu ment upon It .lust now all Mr. Com mon People wants Is to have his serv ants at Washington get the matter dis posed of and then tell him what tbs results are The country will be deep- (Contlnued oa Page Bight)