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& mum . . - VOLUME XII U GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1913. rnR is mmnu SHORT EPISTLE F HOWDY IS METHOD' OF GREET ING ASSEMBLED LAW MAKL'i TARIFF 15 ONLY THEME "i--t . -1'blng Hig I'n-.r.sr in Ai iwarlng In Person Before the Law Makers Need of Itcform In Tariff Shown and Causes Leadlug lo Call ing of Special Sesslin Are Hcrited The CapUol, Washington, April 8.- Tariff, and that briefly, was tha theine of President Woodrow Wilson's meg- sage to congress, delivered in jerspn today, upsetting the precedent of a century. The urgent need of revision was dwelt on Attended by a single secret service agent, the president proceeded to the capttol. He ft the white house af ter a cabinet meeting -"1 was re reived by Speaker Clark and Presi dent of the Senate Marshall in the speaker's room. After both houses were Jointly organized two members ' of each body was appointed to escort the president to the rostrum, "Howdy" was the greeting to the congressmen and senators "I am very glad, Indeed," said he, "to have this opportunity to address both houses direct and verify the im pression that the president of the United States is a person not a 'mere department head hailing . congress from some isolated stand on a jealous rfower, lending messages and not reading them raturally and with his own voice, furthermore, to prove that he 1s human and is trying to co-oper ate with human, beings In a common service. After this pleasant expert-; ence I shall feel quite normal in our dealings with one another.' He then proceeded to read his mes sage. He said In full: To the Semite and House of Repre sentatives: ' I have called the congress together In extraordinary session because a duty was laid upon the party now lu power at the receut elections which It ought to perform promptly (u order that the burden carried by tbe people under existing law may be lightened as soon as possible and tn order, also, that the business Interests of tbe coun try may not be kept too long In sus pense os to what tbe fiscal changes are to be to which they will be requir ed to adjust themselves. It Is clear to the whole country that tbe tariff duties oiut be altered. They must be tanged to meet the radical alteration In tbe conditions of our economic- life which tbe country has witnessed with in the last generation. While tbe whole face mid uu-tliod of our Indus trial and commercial life were being changed beyond recognition tbe tariff schedules have remained what they were before tbe change began or have moved In tbe direction they were giv en when no large circumstance of our Industrial development was what It is today Out- task is to square them with the actual fact. The sooner that Is done the sooner we shall escape from suffering from the facts and the sooner our men of business will be free to thrive by tbe law of nature (the nature of free business) Instead of by the law of legislation and arti ficial arrangement How Tariff Has Grown. We have seen tariff legislation wan der very far afield In our day very far Indeed from tbe field In which oar prosperity might have had normal growth and stimulation. No one who looks tbe facts squarely In the faoa or knows anything that lies beneath the surface of action can fall to perceive th nrim-inles unon which recent tariff f teTlnlatlou bus been based. We long I sen nni-M t-evond tbe modest notion I if rrit,Mt1iir tha IndllntlieS Of the I couutry and moved boldly forward to tbe Idea thnt they were entitled t0 tbe (Continued on Page 4) 101 I SONG BIRDS IN LA GRANDE TETiUZI.M, 3I.VUY GAUDEN AND OTHEKS PASS THltOltill Warblers Headed East Two Trains Currying Chicago Grand Cihth Puns Here at 8. As near as La Grande will get to real grand opera for a moon or two at the best, came today, when gram, op era came to La Grande out not to perform.' Chicago's grand opera company, with Mme. Lulsa Tetrazzlnl, Mary Gadren, .Carolina White, and other grand opera notables such as Andreas Dlppel, head of the com pany, Giuseppe Gauednzi, tenor, Lou ise Berat, Cleofante Campanlnl, the musieal director, Hetctor Dufr&nne, Charles Dolmores, fticolo Fosseat all these and others who hold world-wide fame as grand opera performers, were in La Grande; true, but for a few minutes. The actors, chorus and ap purtenances, occupied two trains of 12 cars each, and the two special passed through the city .after 3:00 fe'clock this afternoon. ,They are bound for Denver, the next stop, en route home after a swing around the northwes circle. Including Portland. The first section carried the male chorus, the ballot and property crews. The principals with leading music occupied the section last In, arriving at 3:45. . , While the train stopped here, the ballet girls gamboled about the de pot taking pictures of themselves and surroundings. CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST WESTERNER TODAY Woman Whose Name Is Withheld, and Her Husband Prefer ChargesT""" Washington, April 8. A sworn statement embodying charges against a certain western senator was filed with Vice President Marshall by a woman today whose name is v 1th- held. The woman's husband also has submitted what purported to be a re- question to the senate to inve3tlgae allegations that the accused senator offered indignities to the woman It Is understood that Marshall fol lowed the same course In tli.s enre as outlined Saturday, holding that such papers cannot be prettied of ficially as they are not privileged un der the rules. Peace Society Hears Lecture. New York, April 8. With Andrew Carnegie presiding, peace lovers to day heard Alfred N'oyes, the English poet, deliver his lecture "The Great iGreen Table", at the Hotel Astor, under the auspices of the New York Peace Society. This was the poet's last public appearance In the metrop olis. . ew Chinese Assembly Meets. Pekin, China, April 8. Amid Im pressive ceremonies, the new Chinese national assembly opened here today, in accordance with an order of Pres ident Yuan Shi Kal Issued March 20. Among the chief problems the new congress has to face la the question of finances the action of President Wilson, of the United States In refus ing to sanction a loan becoming one of the chief factors In the difficulty. It Is expected that the assembly will take official action on President Wll- mn'l virtual teAAmllnn e9 Vi mow. repUDnCi . . ! Flood Situation rnchanged. Cairo, 111., April 8. Flood condi tions are unchanged. Every Indica tion Is that the levees are holdlnr: SENATOR UNDER BLACK CLOUDS M nflLDn GnhTM HmiyiuiuujMLn mii; out FOR LOCAL JDB IVMIHARLE YAYANt'Y IN COUNTY SCHOOL SU'ERINTENDENCEY CAl'SES STAMPEDE, Elgin, Imbler, SunimeriHIe, Union and North Powder Contributing Seekers After Local Political Plum No Intimation as io Who . Mas ."Pole In Tussle for Job. Telegrams announcing tne nomina tion of County School Superintendent E. E. Bragg 'for the postmastership of this city, are hourly expected, but the brief session of congress today probably prevented presentation of any nominations by the president. It may come tomorrow or may not come for a week, depending upon' how ju diciously the extra session Is lend ing itself to the work on the tariff bill already Introduced in the house. That tbe Bragg nomination is forth coming is generally conceded on, all sides, and has led to strenuous tussle for Mr. Bragg office in this county. 9 half dozen known forces are at work and probably as many unknown and black horses are generally believ ed to be pulling silent wires on t'ae proposition. .. ..-' Five Colon county men' are known to be actively seeking the county su- perlntendency If the present incum bent is sent to the political job in the, new postoffice. A. G. Smith, princi pal of the Elgin schools, is one of the men in' the race. Others are W. E. Thompon, principal of the Sum mervllle schools, C. C. Maxwell, prin cipal at Imbler, A. J. Olson, principal at Union and J. J. Sturgill, principal at North Powder. The relative posi tion In the race which these men are alleged to occupy, is not known arid even those nearest to the powers that be will not. venture a guess as to which. If any, of these men will ob tain the plum. Probabilities of a black horse looming up and seizing the pedagogue's office are Imminent. Union Democrats are on the anxi ous seat today "at the eleventh hour news that W, A. iMaxweli, veteran ed itor, Is considered prominently men tioned for the receivership of the land office here, though 'Nolan Skiff of Pine Valley has been generally "doped out" to be the leader of that large bevy of politicians. Skiff's close and warm friendship with Senator Chamberlain was deemed ample to land him the job, until the sudden burst of Mr. Maxwell. SEW MEN IN St.NATE. Washington, April 8. Even though the national legislature has lost such picturesque figures as "Uncle Joe" Cannon, "Son-in-law" Nicholas Long- worth, "Boss" John Dalzell and others, the new house of representa- tves contains a score or more of recruit lawmakers whose reputations "back home" indicate they will be In teresting personalities here. In the seats left vacant by the 117 members who failed to return, and the seats provided for the additional members under the re-appointment plan, are mingled progressives and regulars of both parties. Most of the new representatives are "graduates" from state legislatures, but there are lawyers, editors, business men, mer chants and a few trade union organ izers. possibly the most picturesque fig ure will be "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, father or the Oklahoma constitution V. urn.y. lie doesn't wear a silk hat or a b'lod shirt because he prefers HVhes r.rd a Hark sombrero. (Continued on Page- Eight.) Scotch Dialect Reader Has I - v-if.V"Hk 'H"'-"i-i'''--i'Vlt.,,v: .'' -t- J h- XV"v." C f- A' X J Kathcrine Oliver McCoy. ' '-'- Katherlne Cliver McCoy recogulz- has been engaged for a return read ed as the foremost lady Interpreter of in?a -h'gh fompliment- la iuelf... J Scotch dialect and character jr. th I platform today Is in La Grande and appears this evening at 8 o'c'.ock at the L. D. S. tabernacle w!'.h 'Buntr Pulls the Strings" as the vchlcla of her art. While here she' is a guest with Mrs. Turner Oliver, and s'niniie to say, though the name Oliver ap pears In both ladles' name It U Mi-s. Oliver that is related In a ery dis tant way wlih Mrs. "YicCoy, and not LMlr. Oliver. Mrs. McCoy's uncle mar ried Mrs. Oliver's aunt, or soma sjch similarly distant relationship. That, however, is of passing mo ment, compared to the actual prej ence of the well known reader who has read "The Little Minister" to the author In "Thrums" where little J. M. Barrle wrote the masterpiece, who has read Ralph Conner's "Sky Pilot" to the author, who has spent a year In the European centers with her Scotch dialects, who has read Scotch tn Honolulu, In Canada and in all parts of the United States. Her Grey Gables at Kenton, Ohio, seldom sees Mrs. McCoy for her tours are long and frequent, and moreover, every where she has gone on this tour she Owing to failure to count the votes last week on account of Illness ' In Mr. Shaw's family making It unable for him to be here, the count was made last evening and the two high est will receive prizes. Hereafter tbe votes will be counted weekly, and the result announced In Saturday's Issue of the Observe:. No. 43 received 229,560 votes and Is awarded a handsome silver salad fork No. 15 received 222.0C0 votes and is awarded a handsome j'lver bouillon spoons. The Observer knows the contest ants by number only as the ron of 1 43ANDNQ.15INC0NTEST RECEIVE HANDSOME PRIZES Read Before Critical Ones ,-i. , ' ! .-it -J ; m . j i ... a : -i. ;kU-: ?::-, II 0 ' "I like 'Bunty," solillqulzed 'Mrs. McCoy today over her luorn mg coile.'. at Ue Tuiuir Oiiver hoaie.-' "It is to quiet. o iu'A ot sdiire and keea wit. 'os prec'sely correct In its pastoral llns anscenes and no classic that 1 1 know of oh. I love all my readings air r'ght but nothing I know of de pits the religiousness, folk lore, pas toral Incidents and scenes and true Scotch character as does Bunty. There is nothing tragic !n It, but ih, so full of the best Scotland stands for." - Mrs, McCoy uses no scenery and no programs, and her ability Is therefore put to the greater task. Her English Is as pure as the purest and her mu sical, well modulated voice carries no Scotch Scotch in off-platform conver sation, but she adopts the rolling mu- s'tal Scotch Instantly and Is Infin itely ' palns'aking in producing just the r'ght ring o her dialect. Mrs. 0. E. Sllverthorne received from a sister in Des 'Mb'nes a very high compliment of Mrs. MoCoy the writer casually mentioned La a per sonal le'ter that of Des Moines' best entertainments this year, Mrs. Mc Coy In "Bunty" ranked first. names and numbers ts retained by the Lyton-Taylor company. The contestants who have the above numbers wilt pleas 3 call a, the office and receive their premiums on tbe first count of tbe contest. The standing of all contestant is printed today In large display contest ad. Suffrage Defeated In Michigan. Detroit, Mich.. April 8". Incomplete returns Indicate the probable defeat of suffrage by a large margin and success of the tR?publ!can state ticket. There ts a notable decrease In the strength of the Progressives FffE SUFFERS UAM SISTERS , VISIT PATIENT A'D LEAVE VATICAN WEEP1XG ' BITTERLY. EXPERT PHYSIGfANS CALLED Brlghts' Disease Suddenly Grips Pon tiff and General Alarm for His Con d.lion Exists In Rome .This After, noon o Visitors Allowed In the Vatican. Rome, April 8. Declared to be suf fering with an acute attack of Blights disease, the pope was suddenly strick en utt'.h Illness today, according to reliable Information. High fever pre- vals and Vatican physicians are con stantly In attendace throughout last night and this morning. Visitors are barred and only the pope's two sis ters have been In attendance In ad dition to the physicians. The sister left, after staying two hours, weep- - Ing bitterly. . - This afternoon the pope's cqndltlou was reported as belnsr worse! At 3:50 Rome time Dr. Marchla Fav was cab led hastily to the Vatican and remain;, ed at the bedside of the pope for aa hour. DIRECT VOTING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED IX 38 STATES. Direct Election of Senators Now a Law Throughout the Nation. . Hartford, April 8. The amendment to the federal constitution providing for direct election of senators became effective today when Connecticut's legislature ratified the amendment. Connecticut made the 36th state to ratify the amendment, thus making It operative. Fighting; Near Boundary. Naco, Ariz., April 8. Fighting be tween Ojeda'g Mexican federal gar rison and Sonora state rebels began today a mile south of the Internation al boundary. Several men are report ed wounded, and two American cav alrymen wounded slightly by bullets that fell on the American side. OJeda's troops were driven behind barricade safter a sharp engagement. The morning's fighting which lasted two hours, cost the federals six killed and 18 wounded,' Including two offi cers. The rebel casualties are un known btlt are reported to be severe. The rebels, under Obregon, retired to a, position directly south of the in ternational border. Tax Issue Restrained. Tacoma April 8. By an order Is sued by Judge Cushman, of tbe fed eral court, officials of every county in Western Washington are temporarily restrained from attempting to forcibly collect delinquent taxes fcom the Ore gon-Washington Railway ft Naviga tion company. The order was Issued following the aim? of a petition by attorneys for tne rallroal. In tha complaint the company alleges that unless TestraDned by cour' order, sheriffs and treasurers in the various counties will be forced undir the statutes, to levy and foreclose upon the rallroah property for fall lie to pay taxes, and that the business cf the company as a common carrier and carrier of malls will be Interfered with. The case Is set for hear'ng April 21st. I T .8
