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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1913)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1913. 'EaaEasaasnusexEZE ARCADE TODAY AND TOMORROW Three Startling and Sensational Reels Arcade Today and Tomorrow ARCADE TODAY FI OWNERS MEET TUESDAY ABiM'AL ELECTION OF OFFICERS OJf THE riMHiKAJI. - important Matters Pertaining to the County Fair to Be Transacted. Important bnnjness matters will come up before the stockholders of the Grande Ronde Valley Fair asso ciation when Ui holds lu annual atock holders' meeting in thU city tomor row. Election of officers from presi dent down to succeed the present board Is one of the Important propo sitions to come up and It la believeJ that a large representation will be out President Richardson and the directors are extremely anxious .. to have a large attendance present as the work out out for this meeting is important The welfare of the county far depends largely on the proper se lection of officials to carry out the arduous tasks which someone of ne cessity, must carry. President Rich ardson's regime, with the assistance of his lieutenants, was exceptionally successful restoring the racing attrac tions last summer to. a splendid level, building of permanent bhlldlngs and In a score of other ways making tutt fair a live proposition. Extra Session Measures Are of Importance (Continued from Page 1) "PeAlcoat King on Trial. New York, April 7. Stories of l swindles aggregating more than a , million dollars were ready for the j hearing of Judge Seabury here today I when Sal R. Jackson, known as the "petticoat king" was put on trial. Ar rested last December in from of the I AmTi'ai consulate at Frcntera. Mex ico Jackson is alleged to have by op ! eratlons In silk, made vctlms of many merchants. 1 Coagb Medicine for Children. Too much care cannot be used iti selecting a cough medicine for eta II ' dren. It should be pleasant to take, contain no harmful substance and be most effectual. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets these requirements and Is a favorite with the mothers of young children everywhere. For sale by all dealers. Inow SIR? I If you've gotten into a Clothes 'Rut' we'll get you out of it in short order if you will just step in here for a look at our handsome Spring garments. We can easily get you out of the "old style made to order notion! The change will be all to your advantage. The Man who has, been paving a low price for a made-to-order Suit, will get a bettor lit and better materials; the Man who has been paying a high price, will get as perfect a fit and, in most instances, save money. This Spring Season is a good time for you to get started on the modern, progressive wnv of clothing yourself. Step in for a See! Spring Suits, $12.50 up to $27.50 SH BROTHERS CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS ly interested I" know the results. Ways and Means Committee Busy. fit, " m .1 n .1 w.i. .... ....... r.t t , mill probably buve the Job of appointing other committee during the extra ses sion. It has been made known that the powers In this appointing body do nut want to make the appointments at the coming session. They realize, rea Honably enough, that when they name the committees they will only be stor ing up a ijrist of new work In the form of Immediate bills to be prepsred by their appointees The Democrats probably will demand the appoint ments. With reference to the Income tax, which Is one measure tbat s assured, much has been wild about the proba bility of an Inheritance tax also. There is a strong sentiment In "favor of the passage of a levy on Inheritances, due to the fact that the Income tax Is not adequate to produce sufficient revenue. About twenty years ago the Demo crats passed an income tax law. but it was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. The constitution baa been amended, and now the tax Is con stitutional. XI plan Is to have all In comes of over Wi.UlH) levied upon. In the minds of those who. on behalf of the government, are turning covetous eyes toward Inheritances the tax upon wnly $.1,000 incomes and over will strike only a comparatively small proportion of the public. The revenue will not be nearly enough, they argue. The Inheritance Tax. It Is assorted that to take a tltbe from Inheritance would work no one uuy lujary and would bring the reve nue up to the desired volume. Tbls Is the way these theorists argue: The In heritance really belongs to no one. since the person who left It Is dead and the person to whom It Is left bas not yet received It nor ever previously pos sessed It Thus to take a portion of It sway for Uncle Sam's, use would be robbing no one. say the inheritance tax era. There bus been s report from a pret ty substantial source that powerful In terests are preps ring tu fight the In come tax. According to this report, a number of men who possess wealth well bp Into the millions and who would be separated from big sums of money by the prnpiwed law have com bined to launc h a lobby ngnlnst the measure. If such opposition does arise the country will Is- treated to an Inter esting controversy If a few such obstacles to piir;isol legislation arise the extra session In all probability will Inst untjl fall. New Men Control House. With tKe exception of Champ Clark there are nw men In charge of things 1 In the h(iue Speaker Clark. Jones of Virginia and Tallsitt of Maryland are the only ineinliers who were In con gress when the IVniocrnts were In power previously. Sharing swer with Speaker Clark Is Oscar W. Underwood, who once was a formidable jssllilllry for nomination as presidential candidate and who Is now Hie leader of the Democracy In the house. Mr Underwood heads the nuiuiitttee on ways and meaus and has an effective set of men as his follow ers In that group. Inciudlnc Krnncls Iturton Unrrlsotiof New Vorfc. Stinckle foiil of Missouri. Kltcliln of North Car Mlna. nsmmona of MiunesotH. refers jf Massachusetts; rainier of Pennayl I ratlin. An1erry of Ohio, (tarner of Texas, Stanley of Kentucky. Kalney of Illinois and Dixon of Indiana. Representative John J. Fitzgerald. ' chairman of the bouse committee on appropriations, is another one of the leudlng fjutors lu congress. Bis com mittee handles the sinews of war for many other committee and for the rarious deiwrtinents. The Appropriation Bills. There are in particular two big ap propriation til Us which may come up. It Is proUilile. however. Unit the bills j will not formally come before the com . inlttee. either In the house or seuate. as the plan to have Chairman l-'ltz-geruld take one and Chairman Ste phens the other a hi pass It bas been strongly stipiMirtcd. I Other Democrat besides Uuderwood j who amount (o "some shocks" In the bouse and who gained their promi nence In recent years are: Uoldfogle and George of New York. Klnkeud. Hamlll and McCoy of New Jersey: Cluytou and llobson of Ala bama. Oldtield and r'loyd of Arkansas. Kaker of Cullforula. Taylor of Colo rado. Sparkmun stuT Clark of Florida. Adamson. Uardwlck and Crisp of Georgia; Biicbnuau. Saliath and Gra ham of Illinois: Cullop. Moss. Adair and Itamlian of Indiana,: Sberley of Reutiicky. Hrussurd and Kstnplnal of l.ui:!s:aiiii. McGilllcnddy of Maine. Lew's of Maryland. Slxsoo and Humphreys of Mississippi. Itucker. Lloyd. Uensley and norland of Mis souri; Small. I'ou. Cage and Webb of North Carolina: Shnrpe and Asbbrooke of Ohio. Kerris and Carter of Oklaho ma. Johnson and Lever of South Caro tin!!. Moon. Padgett. Slits and Garrett of Tennessee: Iteull. Henry. Slayden and Smith of Texas, snd Jones. Saun ders, (ilass. Hay and Klood of Vir ginia. During the readjustments tbat have naturally occurred with the establish nient of new members In the senate much bus tieeii said recently about the old seniority rule. Those compara tively young, untried, but presumptuous new senators have absolutely disre garded tbe old conventionality by pushing new men Into tbe Important positions and sidetracking .certain old warborses who In former times wo? 14 have been utreu uveveoence. This overturning of convention as particularly well Illustrated la tbe case of Jobs W. Kern of ludiana. Senator Kern, whose name was vir tually unknown twenty years ago, when Democrats bad their say. Is now leader of the senate and chairman of the caucus. Others wbo are ripping up old senate Institutions by holding leadership are O'Gorman of New York, Gore and Owen of Oklaboma. Stone of Missouri. Smith of Georgia. Lea of Tennessee. Suiitb of South Carolina. Chamberlain of Oregon. Shlvely of In diana and I'omerene of Ohio. .Much speculation has been Indulged In as to whether President Wilson will visit tbe capltol and give personal ad vice on legislative mutters. President Wilson some time ago expressed bis disposition toward adopting tbat prac tice, but since then he has got Into cloe touch ttlui uiuuitiers of congress and has learned be can bare access to tbe members before the sessions eacb day without going to the capltol. Wilion Favors Currency Laws. One measure that President Wilson Is known to favor particularly tor early passage Is a new law, or possibly several laws, on the currency. I-eaders of congress, bowewer. have expressed the belief that there will be no time to take up the money laws question on account of tbe tariff. It Is feared tbat If tbe currency question comes up all the different theorists on tbe remodel Kig of money affairs will cut loose and exploit tbelr various beliefs to tbe dis advantage of tbe tariff law. The questlou of granting or not granting lndeendence to the Philip pine Islands Is looked upon as a per emptory subject. The last four Demo cratic platforms have contained planks j favor I ui; the liberation of the Islam; On the other hand. President Wilson has signified his Intention of sending several representatives to the Philip pines to iersonally Investigate tbe con ditlons there and re.oit to hi in. BAKER SHOTS Ft TO ACT LOCALS (REGISTER 113 OUT OK A POSSIBLE Hi BIRDS Two New Men Jamp to the Fronl j With Excellent Scores Yesterday. Two black horses jumped to the front In the La Grande Gun club yes terday and holped roll up a score of , 115 birds out of 125 in the shoot In the State Blue Hock league. Veter ans of the iM&ckey, Jolly and Crowe type were crowded out when Jake Biever and Roy Forrester killed 23 birds apiece and with Bert Hughes, made three who shot at that splcndu pace. Raybnrn ted the bunch again j yesterday with 24, the second succes sive niatc'u to do that trick in at:d Press Lewis, high man two we'iks ago , went dowr tc 22 and low man The ;s'.nrt ' twr points higher thin a week ago j-na one point higit-..- than Us' SniKt.y Eugene and Tolland have each made 118, the highest scores so far. , ItaVer Not In Shoot ' La Grande yesterday shot without a competitor in the Blue Rock league Baker had only four men out and the artists there are now talking of withdrawing as they are so far be hind in their schedule that they deem it hard fo catch up. A message from Baker to that ef fect today brings discouraging news here, as the high mark set was deem ed amply sufficient to have won from Baker. The Score. i The high five men yesterday, with their scores, were: Lewis 22 Biever 23 Hughes - 23 Forrester , 23 Rayburn 24 Total ....115 The shoot yesterday was held un ler excellent conditions and the interest is rapidly growing and new shooters developing all of which forestalls the likelihood of any material fall down hereafter. OVERWHELMING CAMPAGIX OX Over Fire Hundred March to White House This Morning. Washington, April 7. Concurrently with the opening of congress a great war began here today. It was the war of womanhood for the right to vote, and suffragists by the hundred were on hand to launch the cam paign. The first guns fired were at the mail of President Wilson, which was so heavy that the letter carriers complained of overwork, and tele grams fairly flooded the executive offices. Each of these communica tions asked, demanded suggested or pleaded that the question of suffrage be taken up by congress. Before noon, nearly 1000 women were assembled In a down town theatre where a "rally" preceded the first personal work. After this an informal parade to the Capitol was planned, with Boy Scouts in line to help keep order. Then the real cam paign began. Senators and congress men found themselves buttonholed at I every turn, and no member escaped. Each was besought to advocate suff rage by voice and vote. This plan, the leaders declared would be kept up regardless of rebuffs. Miss Alice Paul is in charge of the campaign, but national leaders such as Dr. Anna Shaw, Charlotte Perkins Gtlman and others will be here at Intervals to as sist her. The parade of 531 suffragettes who I were accompanied by two bands ' marched to the capltol from the downtown headquarters and had plenty of police protection Each wore a sash and carried a flag show- tng the congressional district she represented. 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