La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 23, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text7 Y-Hf. -'i't it ' r - ' f i 4vs. - i s rt ...... rv voL.n. 1A GRANDE, OREGON, ) MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1913. NUMBER 302. ' r hi t TV, T-Pk TTTA II I Is WUsqmAsks ; Congress "-: V7 FSf'New. Cmirencv hum. HOUSE FORUM "WOULD MAKE BANKS , SERVE -.1 PEOPLE NOT PEOPLE . r i-l .-'.:.V.'Vr-:'''.'l.?-;i -("v!" ?"'" :v:'v' SERVElBANKS,-, ; -f;5,'..':n-v''.'! PUN IS BRIEFLY -TOLD ' ":'.' r. ;..- '" '-jl' t-?..t, Issuance of an. Emergency Mint to Be . ' ent Need of Money Is Briefly His PlanSmall-. f Banks Would ? Have Backing ; Without s ODtiining Big Banks' Permission. ,,'; Washington, June 23 Declaring the ocacsion vital to. the country Presi dent Wilson," for the second time in his administration, came to the .capitol personally to, deliver his message to congress. Immediate action on cur rencv '.''was'" the keynote of the speech iand that currency, was a twin tariff bill, it 'watices'.uslnMSl'iiiteK:, ests adjust themselves to new condi tions arising by revision' of the tariff schedules. He pleaded particularly for government control of banks that they be "servants not masters of .the peo ple." ' -'" .' Washington, June 23. Declaring no president would "be audacious enough to play politics with the credits of the nation" President Wilson announced to correspondents today the whole weight of the 'administration will be put to the support of the currency re form bill, to be introduced this after noon or tomorrow in the senate by Owens and ih the house by Glass.. He said only two alternatives were pos sible in ; re-organizing the . currency . system whether people themselves or the bankers snouia comroi. :v. . The currency bill as much an ad ministrative measure as is the tariff he said.- ; .'...' The proposal for a central board of control to be appointed of the presi dent with consent of the senate. is not to be changed, he said, if he can help it, however much bankers object - Wilson said he considered the cur rency plan in line with the present system of control of railroads by the interstate commerce commission. The bill provides an issue of a half billion emergency currency, ; available only when needed to be retired when the stringency is ended. It will not con flict with money already in circula tion. He admits the amount to be is sued is debatable and might be chang ed. . , "The only weapon which it takes from the banks is the despotic power now enjoyed in granting of refusing credit at will." President Wilson said he thought Stotta Has Berries. - J. W. Stotts, Owns ; a lit- tie plot of strawberries at his home, and this morning between 5 showers he picked a crate or fr 'wo of berries that average four .nches in circumference. One in ? pti ticular measured prersely S ? four and a half inches around and v was I'.trrr and a perfect beiry. There were no "Twins" around it, but was a solid, juicy berry. IBi! EXPLANATION, OF DELAY IS OF- FpED BY CABDf ET MEM- . ; BER AT WASHINGTON ' v ; MIB STILL "THREATENS Will Deliver Another Broadside at De partment of Justice' Unless Resigns -Hon is Accepted at Once Excuse for the Delay 1 Is Given "Out From Cabinet; Official at. Washington Executive Upholds McNah."'-;"' Washington, June 23. President Wilson has announced he would per- sonally investigate the circumstances correspondence seized when Wong Do regarding resignation of McNab, the King suppoged head of a Tong, was, district attorney at 'Frisco who ac-' arreated leada to the belief he is im cused McReynolds with bemg influen- lipflt.H . to BmllIi. ced to delay trial( of two prominent gle opium and protect white 8laver3 - 'Frisco men charged with white slav- and gambiers and pay gunmen for, ery. He Mid 'he had calledJfcr lLa88asinaWnS . . . , - . . -U, papers m the case. The fact that . naniAin A;nRWOrth. head of the im-. Secretary of Labor Wilson had taken migration service, says it looks as if . " I ') ', the responsibility of postponement, of Chinese' are operftting independent of the trials of Caminetti and Diggs.be- societ but had lieutenants whom LIBRARY CAN NOW BE COM cause he wanted Caminetti's father to the authorities attempt to' run MENCED IN TWO WEEKS. . come and familiarize himself with; down aU over the coast. ;; I duties as commissioner of immigra- It .g said Chinese wars can be stop- Carnegie's Gift Will Be Available tion caused the president to take an ped and p088ibiy it will be found the Within a Few Days It Seems, interest in the case. . The elder Cami- .Tn woro fnrPPH. M nn inner cliaue I . netti refuses to discuss it. i Another Jolt Due. . I Saji Francisco, June 23,-That un-' the victims. encouraging woras .po. , Western Tri-Stote jeague ana sne less the president accepts the resig-' The methods are said to have in- the Andrew mbS forthwith W ,The thd s.t nation forthwith he will ".fire another vblved collection of tribute from mer- mission in a letter to Dr., J. W. Lough- uatl0n inithe Baker club is said to be jolt at Attorney General McReynolds chants are stid to be relieved by the hn, president of the La Grande Library, sufficient to pay aU bills against it LhiM. i... k. LovnH i f,rant. corresDondence. commission m response to plans and The 8Udden fall from the league came of McNab. He reached his office early evidently disappointed as the resigna-. tion was not acted on. He said he ap preciated the explanation ' regarding postponement of the Caminetti case because the" senator was unable to at tend the trial. ' He said this morning this had nothing to do with Diggs, ac cused with Caminetti in violation of the white slave act. " . . Clayton Herrington a federal invest igator of the department of justice who helped work Up evidencj against Diggs and Caminetti, is on record a strongly supporting the action of Mc- the bill will enable the small bankers to apply directly to the government wJign they needed cash and if security was sufficient, get it regardless of the attitude of powerfuly banks.. The in evitable result of the passage oi the proposed curency bill the president thinks, would be for people to rule the banks instead of the banks rule the people. When he arrived at the capitol, Sec retary Tumulty was his only compan ion and Wilson went directly to the speaker's room, whence the commit tee escorted him to the speakers desk. Despite a heavy rain, numerous lead ers of fashion were present to listen to the plea. A hundred and twenty-six seats were vacant on the floor of the house during the reading of the message Administration members declared the reason was to many congressmen had been excused to enable them to visit their .homes. The president's arrival was applauded. He began reading without preliminary. The house ad- journed immediately after the reading f si jt f) l TOiiGS TOOLS GIGANTIC. PLOT UNCOVERED BY" IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR AT SAN FRANCISCO. ," ISIlllillfLEIlDES 'if .1 u: Gunmen Paid io r. Do Assassinations,' $ White Slavers u Protected , ' .Opium Smuggled In Under Direction of the . Chinese Gang of Which Tong Lead' er Is the Head Tongs Forced to . ; . .T V. if . .. War as Dupes. San Francisco June 23-Investiga- tinn Kv faHprnl immiorjit.inri offir.rs ftf ""b" - . Sntn o-oins- to war on motives which tbpv knew nothing of and were-really , , . , v u: . iV""6"""" "...pretty compliment to the local archi- put forth a proposition that fairly cause he was ordered from Washing- and library commissoin, it means knocked the directors off their chairs ton to postpone action. He has sent a almost immediate commencement of NeWs is hard gathering in Baker to telegram to Wilson asking to remove work on La Grande's new library build-1 day. The Miner fans don't know for McReynolds. SUSPECTS INDICTED. Woman Claims Murder Act to Shield Paramour Is Believed, , Chicago, June 23. Mrs. Louis Van Keuren and George Penrose were in dicted for murder of the woman's hus band, who was shot and killed in the woman's apartments, when it was said he followed Penrose. The woman de clared she shot husband thinking him a burglar. A brother of the dead man says Penrose fired, the woman avow ing the deed to shied her paramour Both will probably be released on fifty thousand bail. JOHNSON WANTS CHANGE Joliet Too Close to Chicago and Pre fers.Leavenworth Prison. Chicago, June 23. Jack Johnson's lawyers have asked Federal Judge Car - penter to change his sentence oi one year at Joliet and a thousand dollars fine on the black pugilist, to allow him to do time at Leavenworth. Johnson thinks Joliet is too close to Chicago to escape "unpleasant notoriety." Simultaneously the attorneys filed their appeal. Carpenter granted me request for reduction of bail from $30, - j 000 to $15,000 pending a decision. TELEGRAPH OPERATOR EMERGING FROM '' " , - , SUBMARINE AFTER A LONG VIGIL' 3C -I","-:''' IlAnirwSnlirl- tt TnfaKnof lAnol MfiUTO (rZk "" " "" "-py "r - "SsJ ':."; ;;! v v-f -:.' ' vVw. " .- f - . .," Av? .1 . a ., JrM i ' 7 ' ft ;K ..Mi)-' V .This photograph shows Guy Boopenganr . ' f . h operator and i member of the Cage Submarine Company, leav... , ubmarineJICage' ifter it had been under' water for thirty-six hours. 'Soi test was made In t L n i. T..H. anil mrai4 a aiifWAaa VkAatfiTa natjliu liehing a new record for submergence. During, the thirty-six hours under ater Hoopengarner,' from the tiny cbin of the submarine, sent out 1000 messages and bulletins , On jconditionsj eic, attending the record breaking submergence. He did not sleep, all during the teBt. SUIT ! .i.w. ' . '. J 1 - J 1 ."lour piuns are yeiy Ku ouu approved,"; ; Such is the kind words ' specifications sent to the Carnegie vuiiiiiiiooiuii. rtoiuo iwm "6 i ing. The plans were sent east some little time ago for final inspection by the Carnegie people and now that the plans stand approved, there remains but one more, fetter to be written be fore a check is forwarded for $12,500. The balance of the red tape is a mere, detail which one letter will convey and then the work commences. It is esti mated two weeks is all that will be necessary and the. architects, Bloch & Bunting, are in readiness to rush the construction of . the building the mo ment the check from Carnegie arrives The structure will be built at .Fourth and Pennsylvania. EXEMPTION CLAUSE OPPOSED Wilson Will Sign Sundry Bill Under Protest Against Farm Unions. Washington, June 23. President Wilson is expected to sign the sundry civil apropriation bill this afternoon He probably will issue a statement of his views on the provision exempt- jng iaDOr and farm organizations from j progecution under the anti trust laws and it is expected he will criticise the provision that it doesn't prevent prose cution. Jury Excused. With the possibility that the jury- j men' will. De recalled in, a week or . ten days, the circuit court jury panel I has been excused by Judge Knowles PLANS COMM SSI fiotvtA J I. I HER FULLS FROM LEAGUE CALDWELL'S 'OFFER PROVES - FARCE AND IS DENIED. La Grande ' and Baker ' Players Are Now Free Agents, and Jobless. Baker, June 23. (Special) Baker has been asked to "beat it" from the iast night when Caldwell Came before a meeuriK oi xno- league uirwwia ou aure if a lemon was handed out to them or it was really the best in- terest of the league that prompted the request for them to withdraw. . In any, event they have withdrawn. So far as , ... .. t can be found out today, Caldwell told can db iounu u wujr . the directors she was willing, to Joini " , j u a ...J 7 r km the league and had the sum of ?500 subscribed and might, under careful 9Kn m TTnnino.. DUi awning, ftv v vu - " rt such an amount would pay expenses 1 1 A. -'- 1 InnMi.A i.nntAKI refused to let Caldwell join. Then came the request for Baker to quit and she quit. . ;. . ' The burden has been hard here, but by marvelous loyalty the fans turned out in large numbers when the diggers were home. On the road the tetlm went behind unmercifully and the splendid gate receipts at home were insufficient to meet the demands, hence a drain on the businessmen. That Baker would have eventually dropped out Is not a certainty . even though the financial burden was big she might have fin ished anyway. Albeit, Baker is not shedding any tears at the drop order for she got out of the mess with more grace than La Grande did, for thr, Miners didn't quit until told to. The following dispatch was sent to tne Boise Statesman last night with some of the real reasons for the change omitted: ' La Grande's franchise in the West ern Tri-State leogue was declared for- (Cpntinued on Page Eight.) CIMTEOS" oniiiii: Flllliie SKIIJ. BREAK IN RANKS OF - CHICAGO : CONTRACTORS CAUSING ; j BEJQICING. WITHDMWLICE WB Suburban Contractor' Are Allowliif Men to Return to Work After Stride Started a Few Days Ago Was Pr- cipltated Rejoicing Prevails in the . " Ranks of Mechanic Class Out of Work. i . Chicago,: June 23,' Twenty-fiva thousand building trades workmen re- joiced today when the police reported a break in the ranks of contractors and, declare suburban contractors are . allowing men to return. Patrolmen . guarding plants have been withdrawn and union leaders are trying to force contractors to arbitrate the dispute . The strike situation was complicated when it was learned a canvass of all ballots by 25,000 garment workers re sulted in an overwhelming: vote in fav or of a strike unless- demands were v met. .: The executive 'committee will de termine tonight whether to quit im- v mediately or open negotiations with ' employers. J( t - The trouble came when t marbel workers a few. days ago struck because non-union: men ;, were used Ih othi" parts of the contract. The contractors . . declared a war to the finish immedi ately to make an open shop of Chicago carpenter work. r , President Simon O'Connell of the building trades council, said only a few contractors in the loop district were observing the lockout orders. LeSs than three thousand are idle. Presi dent Ryan, of the Chicago local archi tectural iron workers said sympathet ic strikes bad been declared at Mlnne apolis, Milwaukee and Pittsburg. WOMEN TRAMPLED ON End of Garment Workers' Strike Re sults In Many Injuries. .,. , Cincinnati, June 23. In their eager ness to get back to work, a score of the reading by the a 8 . . rv ih Vr k era f a teleam .""f J1 ers to resume work.-As soon as the . . . , ; . meaning of the message was grasped j j i ,, men and women joined In a wild rush iT ' . to " meeting was held. to exits of the hall where the mass Many of the weak er were thrown to the floor.. ,, Union leaders declared agitation of . a5lta.to" Bnd industrial workers m; duced the garment workers to quit Saturday night. Misses Wilson Cancil Trip. ' Pasadena, June 23. President Wil son's daughters will not visit the coast this summer according to information received by a hotel manager from Isa bella Hanger, social secretary at the White House in response to an invi tation extended to use the bungalow. $ ' Diamonds Change Weight. J 3 Local jewelryman in La Grande has received notice that the sys- $ tern of weighing diamonds in this $ country has been changed to the ! metric system which prevails all $ through Europe.' This makes the $ karat of a diamond weigh less by $ quite a fraction, and the owners $ of diamonds at the present time profit by the change.