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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1913)
E tttttfttg VOL.SXIL LA GBANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913. EXPLOSION UNDER STUMP KILL5W0DDELL GUY WOODELL SUMMERVILLE, . MEETS DEATH BLASTING OUT STUMPS. X HEAD BADLY MUTILATED Well Known Sumraerville Man Re turns to Investigate Delayed Blast Only to Receive Weight of then Concussion on His Head Dies Be fore Medical Attention Can Get to Him."' . . . , " . , Summerville, May - 29. (Special) Guyv Woodell, , aged 27 years, and son of Joe- Woodell, of the intrepid Pioneer Woodell clan, was almost in . stantly' killed yesterday evening ' about 6 o'clock while blasting stumps with dynamite. In company with with Jim Combs the young man had been at work ridding a field of stumps by the dynamite method, and after waiting some time for one par ticular blast to explode, Mr. Woodell started toward the stump to investi gate. At the instant of his close ap "'J proach the , delayeaexjUosuai... oc-4- C curred, and so frightfully were his head and shoulders mutilated, that he died '. long before Dr. Whiting of Elgin could reach the scene. His head ajid shoulders caught the full weight of the blast. The entire community is deeply grieved at the distaster and the fam ily has the sympathies of their large host of friends. Many near relatives survive .the young man. Injured Man Heroic. Mr. Combs displayed great heroism and endurance in bringing the news of the disaster to the family. He was hlnwn hie-h in the air and 45 feet away by the concussion which killed Woodell, the latter . being nearer to the stump, and was himself badly injured. . Falling often 'of exhaustion, bleeding freely and badly bruised, he crawled, "walked and rolled himself to the Woodell ranch house where he in- A formed the victim's sister or tne ais- n aster, aius ws v from the explosion. Dr. Whiting dressed -the injured man and this morning he is somewhat improved. Mr. Woodell's father lives at Aso tin, Wash'; but "several brothers and sisters and other relatives live in the Grande Ronde valley. The deceased was a member of the r Methodist church,, was president of the Ep worth league and a teacher in the Sunday school here. In every way he was well thought of. The funeral ar rangements are incomplete. Austrian, Ban on Hat Pins. Vienna, May 29. The women of Anotria bavins- Daid no attention to she various and polite requests of the ifuperial and local authorities to pro tect their hat-pins, more vigorous measures have been decided upon. Under an order issued today by the ministry of railways no woman wear ing an unprotected hat-pin shall, be permitted to ride on the Austrian ct.fo i-Diiwnva. The management of the Vienna municipal tramways has- gone even further, issuing instruc tions to conductors to order such of fenders from the cars immediately and in case of refusal to eject them by force. Lewis Funeral Tomorrow. The funeral of Mrs. W. E. Las, who died yesterday morning while giving birth to a child, will be held tomorrow from -the residence, 50" Fourth street, a 2 o'clock. "OhrVJExclaims Mrs. Marshall. "Beauty!", ays Miss Harriman .97 fillll 5i ; : OJStt. ' Photos copyright, 19X3, by American M1 RS. THOMAS r! MARHALLT'wlfe of the vice president of the United States, wns an interested spectator at tbe recent animal horse show In Washington. ;This snapshot proves it Mrs. Marshall was caught' Just as she started to exclaim at some particularly Interesting bit of horsemanship. She is an ardent horsewoman herself when she finds time to ride. She's up on many of the fine points of horseflesh and can tell at a quick glance whether the Judges are going to have a hard time rendering a decision or not Mrs. Marshall was sitting In the box with a' friend when this was taken. Another interested spectator was Miss Harriman. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3. Borden Harriman of New York. This young society bud is shown here petting one of the horses In the stalls. " VALLEY POURS THOUSANDS INTO Lfl GRANDE FDR CIRCUS THOUSANDS INVADE CITY La Grande's first 1913 cir cus crowd , was exceptionally large and long before the pa rade hour the streets were crowded with people. The at tendance at the ' circus this afternoon was Irager than us ually attend circuses in this city. Merchants and business men in general report good,' business during the morning1 hours., - $$$$$3$$$J' At last the day of, all days has ar rived and the heart of the small boy as well as many of the older ones is glad the big Sells-Floto shows came in from Baker in two sections this morning at an early hour and the savory smell of the cook tent soon pervaded the atmosphere. The Sells-Floto shows have been visiting La Grande too many years to need an introduction and each suc cessive year seems to grow larger and better. This season over 40 people and 300 horses are 'carried with the show and for general brightness and cleanliness no other circus is the equal of Sells-Floto. The parade was fully one mile -in length and was probably as pretty as was ever seen in La Grande the feature' being a troupe of real Scotch "Kilties and a company of gaily dressed Zuarve$ on foot, while many open dens, cages' tableaux wa gons, mounted men and women and Press Association. ' five bands of music- including the mounted Boy, Scout's band of Den ver, followed. ',' One particular fea ture was a mammoth Berni organ on wheels. Such horses have never been seen here before. As ito the performance, it has al ways been good, but this season eclipses anything yet seen under the Sells-Floto banner. Marvelously trained lions and tigers performed by a frail little woman,1" as well as a large herd of ponderous elephants handled entirely by another woman constitute the wild animal acts, how ever, the trained horses are trained to a degree of perfection that stamps them unequaled in the circus world. Clowns there were forty of them, and their burlesque fire department and suffragette parade as well as the Parcel Post clown, who carried every thing from a package of pins to a real live baby, created roars of laughter. The latter clown seached the seats throughout for Mrs. Newly wed. One bright particlar feature of the Sells-Floto circus is the clean man ner in which it is conducted and they will always be welcome in La Grande Gen. W. F. Cody severs his connec tion with the Buffalo Bill-Pawness Bill shows, at the close of the pres ent season and next season will find him an important feature wtih Sells- Floto. ; ACTORS DECORATE GRAVES Fellow Actor Long Dead at Baker, Receives Attention. Circus people are not an inhuman EVIDENCE IN ROOSEVELT'S BEHALF ENDS SCORES OFFER TO TESTIFY IN i BEHAILF OR TEDDY'S SOBRIETY. Shot i Once, Daughter Married and ' Now in a Lawsuit all in One Year Drains on the Colonel's Purse,' He Says Newspaper Men Testify Again Today "Roosevelt Never Curses" Thompson. Marquette, May 29. J. W. Thomp son, a reporter on the New York Times, was the first witness in the Roosevelt case today. He swore Roosevelt was sober, that he drank only a single glass of champaigne at the banquet and was very positive the colonel was never drunk, that he "never heard any suggestion that he was." Thompson concluded by say ing Roosevelt never uses profanity and that on one dare use obscene words n his presence. Evidence for Roosevelt as plaintiff is expected to be completed today; . "By George, it's tough when a man gets shot, has a wedding in his fami ly and starts a libel suit, all in a sin gle year," said Col. Roosevelt today. "That Milwaukee bullet cost me $3,000. The wedding cost about the same, and there no telling how much this suit will cost before I'm through. But that paper said all my intimates kenw about my habits. Well, I've got 'em all here, by George." - Offers of evidence that he ' is no drunkard are pouring in on Roose velt by the score. - Philip Roosevelt, aged 21, and six feet seven tall, the colonel's cousin, took the stand. He said: "I 'know the colonet so well that I have been swimming with him when he had on no clothes." ' J He said he had been a newspaper man since March, and said he accom panied the colonel on the trip through the northern Peninsula of Michigan. He said: "The colonel hardly ever drinks anything except at night a teaspoonf ul of brandy in milk." ' When asked if ne ever saw the slightest indication that Roosevelt was ever intoxicated, he shouted: "Course not!" . Inquest Under Way. Long Beach, May 29. The coro ner's jury began an official investi gation today of Saturday's catastro phe. Fifty witnesses are subpoenaed to testify. Nearly fifty of the in jured remain in hospitals, but all are expected to recover. lot. Yesterday while showing at Baker.m keeping with their custom for the past eight years, the em ployes of the Sells-Floto circus de corated the grave ,of their former fellow' performer, Alexis, who died in Baker in 1905. Alexis formerly did the "Leap the Gap," with the show. A beautiful wreath of white roses and sweet peas nearly three feet in diameter, was purchased with a col lection taken among the employes yesterday morning, and after the afternoon's performance, Mrs. Zora Alspsw, Misses lay Curtis and Helen Brown, and Jack Harris com prised a party going to Mt. Hope cemetery and placed the flowers on the last resting place of their brother showman. . 1 . . VMHMHM TROUBLES COME BUNCHED New License Law Drastic NO MARRIAGE WHERE CER TAIN DISEASES EXIST. Effective on Tuesday New State Law Provides for Physi cian's Certificate to All. In order to save expenses, love lorn swains contemplating marriage in the near future better hurry the deal and have it over with before next Tuesday. On that date, a law which has met with splendid success everywhere, tried and held .up as one of the greatest boons to purer social fundations of the state, becomes ef fective. It will be necessary for every! applicant for a marriage li cense iri this county or any county in the state, to produce, a .physician's certificate, regarding , his'' health. County Clerk Ed Wright will put the law " into practice next . Tuday on? wmcn uate me newiy-enacw-u mean- located the American liner Haven ure becomes operative. Clauses fromJford iate today in response to calls the law read: I for help from that ship, have wire- "Before any county clerk in this iessed the -local officials that the state shall issue a marriage license, vessel is aground on Cork Head, the applicant therefore shall file with j Earjier reports stated the vessel the clerk from whom such license is had grounded after striking Daunt's sought, a certificate from a physi cian duly authorized to practice med icine within the state, made under oath,' within ten days from the date of filing the same, showing that the male person thus seeking to enter the marriage relation .isree from con tagious or infectious venereal dis ease. ;;.': ' "Any physician who shall, know ingly and wilfully make a false state ment in any certificate issued, ; as herein provided, shall be punished by the revocation of his license to prac tice his profession within the state. "All fees and charges of any phy sician' asking the necessary exami nation of and issuing the necessary ficate, to any one party, as herein provided, shall not exceed the sum of $2.50. . " - , ' ; ,f "The county physicians of the sev eral counties shall, upon request, make the necessary examination and issue certificate, if the same '. can properly be issued, without charge to the applicant, if indigent." ON SATURDAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUSINESS MEN LISTED. Band of Boosters to Invade This Cily in a Body Saturday. One hundred fifty Union boosters their par excellency is generally known will swoop down , on La Grande in an advertising venture for the big Union stock show. The Un ion band is to head the delegation. The show is set for the 5th, 6th and 7th of June and because Union ex pects to give the greates production of its history, is laying great stress on advertising. W '. The boosters are coming on a spec ial train at 10:30, and will remain her until 2:30 when they take their leave. La Grande knows what an in vasion of Union people means and uiey expect to give up business for the hours the visitors are here to give the Unionites a warm welcome. Will Vogel, one of the leaders, ad vises the Observer this afternoon that all bridges damaged by the flood are repaired today and ready UN ON C0IW L'SfS IS TOTAL LOSS NINE HUNDRED PASSENGERS , TRANSFERRED TO OTHER BOATS SAFELY. HAVERNFQRD MEETS GRIEF Tugs That Have Gone to the Rescue From Queenstown Send Back Word That the Ship Will be a Com. plete Loss But That Passengers are Safe None Know How Boat . Happened to Leave Course. ; Queenstown May 29. Tugs which rock near the entrance to this harbor. , Several tugs and Britislj warships , are standing by while the Haven- . ford's passengers, 900 of them, are being transferred to other -vessels, which will lje done without loss of The ship itself seems hopelessly damaged and there is little chance to save her. There are no details ex plaining the cause of the accident, other than the pilots must have wan dered from the course. At 7 o'clock tonight between 900 and 1000 passengers were removed from the Heverford and are en route to Liverpool, where another Ameri can liner is' to start for Philadelphia. WEDDING DAY ROBBED Lover : Shoots Sweetheart and : Sui cides Day Before. Wedding Day. ; Chicago, May 29. Peter Becker shot and fatally wounded Genevieve Thomas whom he intended to marry today, and then ' committed suicide. He left a note to the girl's father'1 reading: "This is the kind of a wed ding you will see a funeral instead." Becker was despondent over his in ability to get work. ? Oleo Margarine Manufacturer. , Berlin, .May 29. According to a Dusseldorf newspaper Kaiser Wil helm is about to go into business as an oleo margarine manufacturer, and proposes opening a factory at ' Cadinen. His brother-in-law,' Prince Ernst of Schleswig-Holstein is al- , ready in the trade, having a factory at prattenan, but the Kaiser's ad visers have pointed out to their ruler that despite the increasing de mand for oleo there is not a single factory in Prussia. This new enter prise is not received favorably ' by" the Agrarian members of the Reich stag, who have been crusading against the sale of oleo margarine, and have even suggested that the oncoction be dyed blue in order to disgust would be purchasers. Army Horses Wanted. Berlin, May 29. Figuring upon the certainty of the army increase bill passing in the reichstag, the military authorities are beginning to contract for 27,000 more horses cal'od for in. the measure. This will bring the ' number of horses in Germany's peace army up to 184,788. . for traffic and that all approaches to the city of Union are in first class order.
