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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1913)
J f f ' vol. xtjv EXTENSIVE. CHANGES IN EFFECTIVE Oil MM Twenty-five Officials and Employes Coming-Men - With Families Lb cate New Offices Created . . urv. . . m .kwinr rr ii' v'i intricate and X complicate) details pertaining to the bringing of a com plete group of division headquarters tdLa Grande to govern the O.-W. between- Huntington and Umatilla, that make of this city the biggest railroad center for its size" in v the Northwest and second to P;rtland ., only in the IStatc, ore wciiig oijjt h a--- out and put into tangiDie snape toauy by Assistant General Manager M. J. Buckley and the new superintendent of this division, William Bollons, of the JO..W. The matter of office rooms has fnot been decided today but Mr. Buck ley and Mr. Bollons have been in con sultation with J. E. Foley during the ?day and it is possible thaj the new .Foley building will house the new of ficials. . ' , : ' - - - rt ' i Brings 25 All Told. I The actual number of new men, of ficials and subordinates will number !25, estimate the two officials;' and Jhiany of these, especially the officials :&nd chief clerks are men with families. Some local stenographed and account ants may be used to fill out the ranks fter it has been determined how many Regular employes who were left jobless in Seattle by the elimination of the 'superintendent's office there, fail to Come here. Many of the Seattle em ployes thus effected were married men and with property in Seattle and will likely join other companies in Seattle jjrather than. move. For the present it Will hot be known just how many new faces will be need-,1 in these minor po sitions but 15 of the chief clerks and Subordinates will be here within- 15 days. It may not be possible to muster 1 . i . o . r i.: 1 ii. ;H .u ) '"$he entire crew of 15 until later in the ; tnonth. While Mr. Bollons takes of- , .ffa!r nr still nnsoh- fice tomorrow, affairs are still unset iped and undetermined but the men Svill tackle the re-organization immed iately and get into smooth, runnn irder at the earliest date. , New Offices Created. The rhanfre brines' Several new of- jces into beingl and supplies these of- ices with experienced men. n. ju yon, a man with a family, cQjnes nei'e i fill a new office, that of division vitfiHftor. .T. TT. Best, also a married ijhan becomes division storekeeper with Headquarters here. I S. C. Smith comes with a family and will make La Grande his home and will ie supervisor of bridges and build foprs, this division. T. M. Stott becomes chief clerk to Superintendent Bollons and is already here. W. H. Loucks becomes chief time keeper, and brines a family here, HCTPIFUL foUNG ISLAND CITY MAS HURT BY TRAIN. j .- Attempts to Crawl Through Freight ' Train and Meets Injuries. 1 By the narrowest margin, i u. DANGEROUS Crouter, aged 20, who is a DOOKKeeper , stanoara, more ngm Vlvo.. t Island City, escaped probable death white gave aw violators, and suppres or loss of one limb yesterday morn" ' ion 0f the social evil in .every city wnen ne anempieu w i.uihu -- i; f 4V;,rVif train. He tried to hurry his arrival in La Grande from " Island Citv bv climbing between the -.' ears of a freight train at the Fir street ears of a fieVht train at the Fir street !n? f!I?.,eAP aCedTSlnok The slack as-suddenly Uken in and the knee ana leg irignuuuy ui u. reported immediately after the acci-1 nrf oor friffntTUHV nruiseu. it trsufgical KenxeaminnaaQ-! greatest detail and in plain language ftion proved otherwise and while Mr. (plans for stamping out the social evil, ' Srouter may be detained at the Gran1 1 an(j for bringing the church into closer Sonde hospital some M"1?. "j relationship with the citizen. At the ' t ipvd the knee and other bruises.' r . ... ii i Mil heal hastilv. His escape was of section meet.ngs, wh.ch will continue ihe narrowest margin and the young until July 6, the delegates will discuss man's" friends and relations will be de- he relationship of low wages to the .. .. . 1 . 1 I n111 nnt npnten to near me u.u.nc! ..... iitoiw iiavo nv serious conseauence. "iA' . ; V.'.., ;. i .. -, while 0. B. Wood is the new account1 ant and H. J. Menig will be his assistant.- : ? ' '. - ; With., changes madat Seattle, comes no change for Assistant" Super- intendent Coykendajl, reported, last week.; He remains in his office at Portland affirms Mr. Bollons today,' and does not go back to the passen ger run as reported. 5 . . I These are but a portion of the chief ;; subordinates whom Mr. Bollons .will,, have under him, and as stated previ ously, the rank and file of office force will be supplied from time to time dur-. ing the month as their individual cases; are reached. ... ? "We had in mind i from the first,'! said M. J. Buckley today, "the bringing of the force in the Seattle office abol ished by this series of changes, but we find some ' would rather stay there , than come here and., they are locating with other railroads. As soon as pos sible we will try .to recruit these minor offices from the ranks of La Grande's commercial and high school circles." " MrT Buckley will . remain ', in Lai Grande for a day or so assisting in the'; re-organization. .: That in the neighborhood .of 12 fami lies will be brought' here by the en largement of the ,Q.-W. official slate is indicated by the number of families already headed for La Grande by this change. " -. - Big Battle Fought. !- Sofia,' June 80. A terrible battle be tween the Bulgarians and Greeks is in PJ" , ali: tPlr Jr, , S the aggcessors. It is stated the Lefteria, according to were Bul garians advanced, routing the Greeks at the point of bayonets and a hand to hand encounter. . It is also reported that a battle is in progress between the Bulgarians and Servians. McLoughlin Defeats Irishman. ' London, June 30. Maurice l. 3tc l oufthlin, the San Francicc Amnii cm tennis champion qj:b""U in .'be finals for competition in the Davis Trojihy, cifiting J. C. "ark11, the Ir isr. Sc.'lch ciSIVipion, in three straight sclr '. ' Historic Castle Burned. - . Glasgow, June 30. The Ballinkin rr Castle, valued at half a million, Wfa6 i'flay almost completely destroyed by fire. Militant suffragettes are sus pected of the depridatjon. IS SREAT STADIUM FILLS Willi VISITORS. ,Jingram During the Week 1'rvscnis Many Great Personam a. Portland, Ore., June 30. The single ""IU V; " " " ,,t;n , aA fcamlpt in the world are the ob ject of the second World's Christian Citizenship Conference which today ,formally convened in the great stadium ! of the Multnomah Athletic club. Dele- gates from a score of nations and com- . . f 1 1 1 ......... r at. nmnicants oi an rengiuna wen, m . . todav and win discuss in the . j . Fo ow greaf meetings """H 6 I coi 1 11 LA GRANDE, OREGON MONDIAL JUNE 30, 1913. held yesterday in all the churches of Portland, the real organization of the conference came today when Rev. Hen? ry Collin Minton. of Trenton, N. J., called the immense gathering to order and. the speeches of" welcome were made. ; ',;,.. , . -.'A feature of the meeting will be a Fourth of July parade In which 75, 000 will march. . Following the parade, repfesentatives'of all' the foreign na tions sending delegates to,, the confer ence will deliver patrioticforations. - Among the foreign speakers are: Robert Jv Patterson, of Belfast Ire-; land;; Johh' Lamond "at ;? Edmburg, Scotland; Dr. Charles Marie d'Aubigne of Paris; Monsieur de Rougemont )t Neufchatel, Switzerland j'Signor Da yide Besio, Royal. Army , .of 'j Italy; Rome; Professor ...Theophill v Mann, Frankfortdn-Main, Germany; Pr. Ed ward Cverdrup, Christiana, Norway; President Armenag, Haigazion, Konia, Turkey; Ng Poon Chew, Canton, -(Ciina; v- Dr:-V J.-tSagUiioshinIrfotoaa: Tokio, Japan; Dr. J. A. McDonald, To ronto, Canada; Kwang Yuon Lee, Ko rea; William Hay, r New ; eZaland. These'men expect to tour the United States on lecture trips following the close of the "eight day : gathering, v , Wednesday -s sectional--conferences and the chairman will be public edu cation, Dr. Willia mFoster, of Port- land; prson reform, Governor Oswald West, of Oregon, . Bishop Charles Scadding,' head 6f the Oregon diocese of the Episcopal church; social pur ity, Dr. S. A. Stewart, of Seattle." President Wilson was given a place on" the program for Saturday night, his' topic " being "Thfr Moral ' Implica tions of the Right of Suffrageut he cannotTattendi ! .v Aside - from the' topics mentioned, other speakers ffrom . the , whole .cou ntry' 'will' discuss minor problems af fecting the individual, the community and the nation. Dr. Samuel X. Zane Batten, . of Philadelphia, will report on a plan,of action. Wednesday after noon which is expected to embody the conference's recommendation on the solution of many; present day social evils. '. ; . Practically all of the speakers ar rived today. Some of the foreigners who will not appear on the program until later in the week are expected Japs In Mass Meeting at Tokyo Against California Land Law. TUIS shows thnt the Japs re In earnest In their protest against the anO alien land Inw tn California. It Is the picture of an Indoor mass meet lng held at Tokyo to record the Indignation of the people against the dlscrluilnntlon shown In the Pnolflc const state. Such meetings were hold tn most of the big cities or Japan and proved a fertile field for the Jingoes to sow seeds of discontent among the populace. Following the reply of Jitpan to the note of the United States reKimlius the California inntter. In which J a ;uu rolicruted her stiiud. further public protest meetings were planned. MERCURY AT 100; CHICAGO SUFFERS MUCH LITTLE CHANCE FOR RELIEF IS IN SIGHT AS THE MERCURY " RISES. ' HHTf VIGtffSs IlNCBEASE Between Thirty-five - and "Fortyiflve s Dead From Heat and Drowning the :'''-l'T "' '"':'' ;" ' ;'y Past- Few Days Around Chicago : Ceach Resorts Claiming Many Froni , -.. - ,. - ,.. r-.'i. -'' '''" Drowning Mercury Passed 100. l Chicago, June 30. The thermometer is rising this afternoon and is expected to pass the hundred mark before night. It is the hottest day recorded this sea Son." Thirty-five dead besides a store of drownings is the record for 24 hours near here. , Any relief from the heat is not predicted before Tuesday night. S ; Chicago, June 30. The' heat which enveloped the middle - west,' '- dealing death and prostration to scores, con tinues unabated. - Little hope of relief is held out by the local government forecasts. - " ; :-- ' . ,-. -'" .. The dealth list of the middle myth west is now forty-five. Twenty-two are dead in the congested district, twenty three from drowning at the beach re sorts. Three are reported dead in Mil waukee and eight at Pittsburg. , v Showers broke .the .heat wave in Minnesota and the Dakotas. tomorrow and Wednesday. " Tiie first world's . conference - was held three years ago in Philadelphia, where the real work of the recent movement was outlined and commis sions named to investigate and carry on the work thus mapped ' out. "District" Evacuated DENIZENS OF UNDER WORLD TO 1 ' LEAVE TODAY. ORDERSCARRIED OUT After a Score of Years La Grande U Without Restricted District. 1 ! The lights are out " r r The piano is stilled, and a calm rests over th,e red bY-nt district of , - La Grande such as Las never before been known for twenty years. - ' ; This moraine on No! 17 a. ddlemtinn Of the painted ladies bid farewell to La Grande quit the town and jour-' neyed to the Willamette valley. ; Where once the din -nt Bona) "uiuiS w insaua rent u m. , ,njght air, henceforth can be heard nothing But the belching of a; switch engine in the nearby roundhouse -or the ravings' of some disappointed lover who came to town not knowing of the exodus. ,:,V-y l l -This mornlnc's excursion tn ihn lour. lands was due to a proclamation issued! h 1Uairi. M V T.I 1 1 i J ' -j .. uuu noveiai uujb ago oi ,uie uigneat merir. in every ueutii, fuJAvK' ? the cAlosinP day for'weather excellent, part conditions very V mulgated through the public press the Grande giving hearty support; thus in landladies began preparations for a epitome can be truthfully worded the final farewell and ' this morning all opening of the fourth-annual chau stakes were pulled. . ! f tauqua at Riverside park yesterday. 5 r'Non-resident property owners , will The gates were thrown open on a curi- i probably hold some regret at the ac- Pua crowd for hundreds have not seen tion of Mayor Hall for the old frame the splendid improvements that have . shucks were commanding enormous been made since the gates were closed " rents. According to best information 011 the last chautauqua. " r these houses rented from in the neigh- During the night a heavy: rain fell ,1 borhood of $100 per month down to but has not dampened inteerst in the. 4 ?ou.uu. - . j . i End of An Eooch. In.: discussing the situation today many citizens were positive' in their statements that this is the' end of the "district.". .. While it-is admitted the social problem still remains unsolved, and a number continue in the belief that public houses are necessary evils, yet all agree that they are gone for ever.':"1,. -' 'J"''... "I have seen the frontier '"days pass; I have seen the bad man,- the knife man and the gun man go; wide open gambling stayed for years and years but it also finally went. And now the painted ladies have gone. It is a ! matter of giving way before the steady onward push of civilization.'' These were the remarks of one man who has lived in La Grande for many, many years. . . ... GONLEY TURNS WILL GO TO PORTLAND WITH A - FIGHT. Goes to Portland Determined to Fight His Case. In an interview with the governor of Idaho, A. B .Conley of La Grande, stated a few days ago that he was tired of this continued turmoil which had been going on for some time re garding himself and that he would go to Portland at once and fight the mat ter out. " Eversince Mr. Conley was first pur sued with the charges he has remained silent until now. He could have fought the case in Idaho had he chosen and his advisors urged upon him the certainty of winning it there, but he is determined now to bring the whole matter to a final close once and for all. This decision of Mr. Conley is well received in La Grande and Union coun ty for Mr. Conley's children and other relatives comprise some of the best citizens in this valley all of whom stand high in the business world here. For many months this case, only one side of it having ever been put before the public, has been food for the news papers of the northwest to feed upon, snd it is now believed that Mr. Con ley will bring it to a final test. Dissolution Is Endoiscd. St. Paul June SO.-rrBearing the en dorsement of the President and altjr nev general the Southern-Union Pa cific merger dissolution nlan wsr. t3- sented to the United States district court today. It provides for the! sale i ACCUSERS of thirty-eight million of the Soj'h-' meets In. the ftmoon and oromtees to cm Pacific stock to the Pennsylvania be one of the big attractions of the railroad and the acceptance Vy the' side attractions. Union Pacific of forty-two million of. Despite the showers the campers are Hie Baltimore & Ohio railroad stock in fine spirits and are expressing re in return. ' 1 grets for the towns people. NUMBER 308 HI FAVOR BESTOWEDUPQU aPENine hours FIRST-DAY SESSION IS FAVORED ' " WITH HIGH GRADE NUMBERS, 'ORESHBHEB f V" x 5 u G Dajr Stands Out as Exception- Good From AU Viewpoints The 5r-.jn e.i!.i:i"iir..L..ii .;.).-'(,"' j.-i -i.- i, . able and Natural Conditions at Their -Today's - Remaining Progra m i Good. Auspicious In every' way program . ' ai. 1 .- .1 . . ... ji.;t ' P's w'l'te tentea city or tne program Lai rieu uul uiere. i . - ." ' - (Tonight Sierras render the .i final program and tomorrow is W. C. T. U.' day, followed by a very entertaining lecture tomorrow evening. '. Dr. Nathan Evans of Pendleton will deliver a lec ture tomorrow afternoon on, "What Next?" Mrs. Schrader, Dr. Fyke, and a quartet will, furnish, the music for W. C. T. U. day. .. . DrTETB.- FykeV'the Sierra quartet, Ng Poon Chew of Canton, China, and again the Sierra quartet, in the order enumerated, were the attractions for : : i . . i the opening day and so perfect was ev- ery number and every word spoken that there has been nothing but the highest praise from a every mouth. Art Class f orms. The domestic science, and art de partment under the direction of Mrs. Ellen B. Brooks, held their first class this morning. Mrs.: Brooks is at the head of this department at O. A. C, and those wishing to join the class are assured of the best. As yet the exact line of work to be' followed can not be outlined here, for Mrs. Brooks wishes to consult those in attendance as to what the most popular line of work will be. It is certain that the work will follow along: the lines of practical household problems such as shopping,- in all its various depart ments. Mrs. Brooks has brought from the college some very . interesting chemical experiments upon fabrics, which she will use in these lessons. At all times and in all parts of the lessons practical illustrations will be given. Persons wishing to join this Class are urged to send hi their names to and bring active work as socn as pos sible in order to get tha best out of the short period. , - - . - Latest reports from the class held this morning are very encouraging to the chautauqua officials and also to the members of the class. Mrs. Brooks gave a talk "Why it costs so much to . live", a subject of interest to every hsopper, dealing with the correct selec tion of fabrics. She showed, by illus tration and by actual chemical tests, how to tell just how much "pure lin en" is the real linen just how much "all wool" is real wool and so on down the line she dealt with the vari ous dress .uffs. in a practical way which was of money-value to all pres ent. Tomorrow morning Mrs. Brooks will give a lecture and by a practical illustration show how to cut and fit a dress correctly from a pattern. It has been announced late this morning that the Domestic Art corner will be given free of charge. The chau tauqua board thinks this is such a great opportunity that it should be placed within the reach of all and have therefore decided to give it free of any charges. Politics Interest Women. Interesting work lies before the po litical economy class in which the new ly-made suffragettes will he told all the simple ins and outs of voting, and the simpler laws as well. This class
