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LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JtJNE 19, 1913.
KILLS SECOUD
SOFFRltTTE
MALE, THIS TIME, ATTEMPTS TO
, STOP WINNING HORSE ON
' "ASCOTT COURSE. .
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KlilG WITNESSES KILLING
SkuJl Fractured When H Attempt to
Grap Belmont's Horse Just Before
Crossing the Tape Bystanders At-
tempted to Grab Hib But With Re
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i volrer He Holds Crowd at Bay.'
London, . June 19. Emulating the
feat which cost the life of Emily Dav
idson at the King's derby, an nnidenti-
fied male 'suffragette attempted to
day to stop August Belmont's Tracery
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SIR EDWARD GREY, NOTED ENGLISH STATESMAN.
AT ODDS WITH ENGLISH CABINET AND HIS PARTY
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Sir Edward Grey, minister of Foreitm Affairs. Great Rritatn'n mu
which was heading the field at the ' ter diplomat, threatens to resiirn because of dismiat with bin fallow fh-
Ascot derby. He was knocked down inet and Liberal Party members over the American Marconi Scandal. The
ana uiiea m iront -oi tne king and . statement that Sir EdwarjJ Grey would resign follows the development of
queen's stand. . , . ' j the fact befor AJ)ite'jimam;tZptd 'Uomy.of EUbank,
1 Despite efforts of spectators to stop while chief whip of the Liberal Party a year ago, invested in three thou-
mm, tne man ran m front of Xracery sand American Rarconis Out of the party funds for the benefit of the liib.
waving- a revolver in one hand and a eral party. . ky'-Ju:''j'- t 'K,
suffragette flag in the other, as the r In additioa to. Lord Murray
.horse struck he cried something about anoT sir'Bufus Isaacs, member of the 'cabinet,' were involved in the Ma
Miss Davison. He -went down in coni scandal It is not asserted that any of them committed any
heap under the hoofs of the horse. The j that might "be termed dishonest, but they practically admit themselves that
ovvcinpi, urnre ouuui, ola imiunga irom : meir aeaungs in Marconi were at lea st indiscreet.' '
, the finish line.
Witnesses said four men ran in front
of the horse. One shouted, , "stop or
Til fire." He knocked down his asso
ciate and held the Crowd at bay while
the other fled. The injured man was
taken to the hospital his skull was
fractured and he died soon after. The
jockey was uninjured.
CLUB ORDERED
INTO CALDWELL
N
HALTS WORK
SWEET ASSUMES LIABILITY FOR
vfW" SALARIES. '
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Just Before Men Become Free, They
' Are Transferred to Idaho. :
La Grande's franchise has been
transferred to Caldwell and Manager
King has been ordered by President
Sweet to move his forces t there at
once, Late this afternoon the Pendle
ton team has not been inf ormed as to
what is to be done with the Bucks but
it is presumed they will go to Cald-j
well tonight and return to Pendleton
next week. ' Assuming this. President
Roy W. Ritner, and league director of
hp. indleton, has ordered the Bucks to
jha, e their suitcases packed and ready
ko wt tonight. Sweet informed Carl
fKing on the telephone that Walla Wal
Ha, BoWt ' Bn( Yakima had consented
'i ha trai ",sf er ana tnal eonciuaea is
T?n who is here today, has
fcoarfl WrffMn.'nB' Sweet either way
It the Caiawdi a. ral woujd.be sat'8-
CITY CAN'T HEAR REMON
; gTRANCES PN NORTH 2ND.
Third Assessment on North Second
. :.. Comes to Summary Half v '
MILL
Cit izem Submit New
Charter Providing for
Improved Government
Ai proposed charter providing for
the commission form of government,j
in its latest and most' perfected shape,
was submitted to the city ' council
last eveniu by a committee of citu-
ens apopiirted gome time ago for that
purpose. y. virtue ot tiling of
this dicument properly and sufficient
ly signed by freeholders and voters to
insure submission to a .vote- by int. son.
tiation, three courses lie before the
council and one of them will be tak
en, all of , which lead to a new charter
if the citiaena want it The cour.
may refuse to act at" all in which
event the recorder must call an elec
tion for 90 days, the. council may or-
dain the ordinance and make it a taw,
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the ordinance, may be submitted
a vote of the people at the order
or
to
of the counciL , '
. The commitee which did the great
detail work was, .0. H. Finn; chairman;
T. H. Crawford, John C HodgitC J. F.
Corbett, E. Polack, C. S. Dunn, W, .N.
Monroe, V. Palmer and A. L. Richard-,
1'iiST FIELD
, EiionicED n--!
era ciiiTEii
ALL ; LEGISLTIYE, EXECUItVe
i ! AND AfllAL BRANCHES ,
,. VARLY OUTLINED. .
vt.k; .i.jvy ?: xnwzs is.
The charter,-the report oftW
cial' 'committee and tiie 'list of peti
tioners were referred to the judiciary
commitee of the council. A vote of
thanks was given these citizens for
their efforts for , through - four months
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0H1TI1IAL
'E.'Wi Oliver lost in his efforts to
collect certain sums of money from
the Grande Ronde Grain ' company
when a Jury brought in a verdict in
favor of the defdant last evening.
The plaintiff must pay the costs of the
trial. . This i afternoon testimony was
introduced in the City vs. J, H. Peare
condemnation proceedings wherein the
city seeks condemnation of the road
way in front of the Peare tract of five
acres near the disposal tank for a per
manent right of way for the sewer
line. 1 ' "
ESCAPED AMERIGAFJS TELL OP
MURDERS THROUGH MEXICO
Q3BS .RIB CI ,
Fixing Method of Electing Exeeutiv
and;, Legislative Body,1 FixU Du-'
Miei and Tenure of Of flee of AU -:
Supernnmerarieev Creating - .Musd- ''
cipal Judg, Amony Itraar "
FIRE VICTIM
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IS
Caldwvll Oa
actory. Hitner an.
swered by saying
lhat the matter liacf
pntil La Grande liad
Inn miH.. TV I
S filial in . ,
been set at rest
ime to act in
'jils came to
)ie Spuds to their contraev
)s. The
d
North Second street has. no sooner
gotten- out of court than it has got
ten back in again. Only a few weeks
ago a decision nullifying the assess
ments on North Second for macadam
paving litigation and delay on which
has caused a huge sum of interest
money - to trinkle out or the general
fund was handed down by Judge
Knowles. During the past , week or
two, notices of a re-assessment that
aimed to correct legal errors in the
last assessment, which in itself was
the second effort, have been "re-re-assessed"
and last night - was re
monstrance night with the council. But
an injunction was obtained last even
ing by a showing of cause by Attor
neys Crawford & Eakm and F. S. Iv
anhoe for the property owners. Mo
tions will be heard shortly: likely and
remonstrance night was postponed.
without regret, for in the team are
clever players, salable pitchers and
likable fellows who got away with a
bad start but fought well and strong to
the finish always. .They will make
Caldwell a good team from Manager
Kin down to the newest recruit' As
PROBABLE CAUSE.
Thirty Thousand Dollar Loss Sus
: , tained by Morning Fire.
Cove, June 19.--Either spontaneous
combustion or lightning caused almost
complete deatructtrin' of the Cove
Flouring mill and . warehouse here at
six o'clock this morning. A bucket
brigade helped conquer the flames but
damage to an extent of about $30,000
partially covered with insurance, had
been done. - The exact amount of flour
Stored in the warehouse cannot be
announced Until accounts are checked
over,; but Local Manager Jonn Ap-
pleton admits considerable flour was in
the place. ' The mill itself is an old
landmark ..having, been built 60 years
aeo but extensively repaired when
Press . Lewis and J. E. Reynolds of
La Grande "commenced the manufac
ture of White Quartz flour here about
two years ago. :They were the own
ers of the place. Mr. Reynolds was
in town this morning : to investigate
the loss. . ,v';- ;V': 'f '-'.:'.
San Fr&Ac!se6,; June Id.--Bringirtg
graphic stones of chaos in. Mexico
murder and pillage and bandits guised
as rebels, 44 refugees are here on a
British steamer. Most are Americans
rajlroad and mining mert taken
aboard at Guaymas, Mazatlan, where
they, say many more are waiting - to
f ee. . Conditions are going from bad
to worse, say the refugees with no.
prospect of resuming normal business.
Rebels who support policies of ' the
slain Madero, are gaining the upper
hand in many . states. . The federals
still hold Guaymas. . For days while in
danger of being taken, the Americans
held a train, steam up, ready to fle.'
the rebels sent a wild train loaded
With dynamite but it derailed and ex
ploded before damage was done. -
Cabinet In Danger Again.
London, June 19.--With fate cabinet
in contfoy, government is hanging in
the balance Asquitb spoke in the com
mons in defense of Lloyd George and
Rufus Isaacs. It is charged by opposi
tion he used official position for traf
fic in shares of Marconi wireless. A
vote as to whether the cabinet officers
will be retired is expected tonight.
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FROZEN MEAT
TRAFFIC RUINED
San Francisco, June 19. Declaring expected to materially reduce the cost
they are being hampered by the order ' of living. . Butchers and ' merchants
. ,,34. M. . .. ,, ; nave joined m an appeal to the Cali
ammal industry, officers of the Union i ... ' . .
and Occidental Steamship companies; ,ia-. bkbuisi
threaten to abandon shipments of;the bureaus orders and want it re
Australian frozen meats which were'voked. ' i
WILSON'S PROGRAM READY.
Will Personally Read Special Message
: In Congress Next Monday.
Washington, June 19. President
iar u,u """r f Wilson has. completed the final ar
field had no superior in the league but , ... v
something was lacking in the resulta.""1"1 for Puttin through h,s
shown collectively.
Foy's Trip a Failure.
U.V .-i-t. aweet
A relieves ex-President Foler m.
JB00 account President Foley belT!.
lie forfeit money would pay salarfe
pt it develops he was wron and the"
Jcal club would have been held -.
on8ib!e had not the transfer, or some aBn.
Mier solution, been made today. thse . bookings were canceled.
iihe departure of the Spuds is not! AU.t,
i , is )
reform. . He
hopes to personally' read the mesage
the house Monday. Leaders say it
:. 4t. t,:n
. ' at the special sesgsion. tl is learned
Calgary, June 19. Edde Foy's tour, the message will declare tariff and
' . the Canadian Northwest had an currency are twin necessities in finan-
ypt end. His manager announced cial reform to insure safety of drastic
' he was unable to pay salaries, cuts in tariff duties and forestall a
RUSSIANS
BURN EIGHTY GIRLS
St Petersburg, June 19. Eighty
girls were burned to death at Pieria-
tin, a sugar beet district according to
a telegram to the Kief f. After, bar
ricading the doors of the building
where the girls were asleep,, the yil
lagers set it on fire. J All perished. It
is supposed the incendiaries were en
raged because of cheap labor recent
ly imported.? , '
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL HIT IMBLER
storm swept bver Imblcr and a' por-
Hay Is Down In Quantities.
-The heavy rain falling over
La Grande and immediate vicin-
ity today has hit many hayf ields,
$ Alfalfa especially is cut in large
quantities. A slight hail stdrm
fell at noon, but did no damage
so far as reported. : - v
manufacturers' panic.
Imbler, June 19. . (Special) X
-cloudburst followed by a heavy hai.-
tion of the apple belt last evening at
6 o'clock. The rain, the heaviest in
years, did little damage, but the hail
Injured apple orchards. Fortunately
the scope Of the hail storm was nar
row and only a few orchards felt the
sting of the ice pillets. The dam
age, wherein any was done at all, was
Creation of a i one-man manager
ship under the supervision and direc
tion of a commission of three chosen
at large by the people, is, in (epi
tome, the governmental scheme of the
new charter : under which - the city
may have a chance, to be governed
shortly. The document filed with
the city council last hight is massive
in size' and enormous in its scope, In
due time it is probable that it will
be placed in as many voters' hands as "
possible but to those who by virtue
of the , importance of the question
are in immediate anxiety to learn the r
essentials and principal features, the
Observer presents a comprehensive
and unbiased-resume herewith:
Creation, pf a Corporation. pnQ
fining the boundaries of the city arf
necessarily the prelude to the docu
ment. Powers toVjchange ounaarles,
and the methods, follow.' Four pre
cincts for general purposes are ere- ,
ated, but not for legislative purposes.'
Vestment of Power.
Power and authority is vested in!
a commission composed of three :
members and their successors - who :'
shall be elected at large by the vot- '
org of the city. This commission shall :
appoint at its first vearlv -meeting
and keep in Off ice a general manager
at a salary , not to exceed $3,600 an- -nually
and a municipal judge whose
tenure of off ice shall each be subject "
to the discretion of the commission u
and each of them may be removed by
the commission with or without cause, a
The following : appointive officers
shall be provided for; city recorder,
treasurer, city attorney, chief of po
lice, chief of fire department, city en
gineer, superintendent of water sys- -
tern, city health officer and street sup
erintendent i Except the h general
manager and municipal judge the ten- .
ure of office is at the discretion of '
the general manager. '
General elections are fixed for the f
first Monday in December with pro-
visions for special elections. Definite
provision is "made for the selection of
three judges and two clerks of elec
tion and for the notice of general and '
special elections. ' ' ,
Qualifications to vote is based up- :
on the qualifications to vote at state
elections but the elector must have
reside within the city for three months
and within his voting precinct 10
days. "i Provision is made for the reg- v
Istration of voters by adoption of
Jhe act of February 17, 1899, so far
as applicable with certain modifica
tions governing the action of the city ;
recorder. (It is understood the last
legislature made provisions for city
and state electors, thereby superseed-
ing former acts and local regula
tions.) . X-C:,r;:'- ''--: :
.v ' Three Choices Provided For.
Provision for expression of first
second and third choice is made when
the number of candidates is more .
than three times the number of offi
ces to be filled.
A form for use in preferential vot-
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r.cavj- uui pecuuany enougn wucneu inft j8 provided and the forms of- all
only a few of the orchards and then w-w.
seldom more than strips in each. (Continued on Page Six.)