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VOLUME XIII.
LA "GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913.
NUMBER 14
YANKEE AND BRITISH
; FLRGS DRAGGED III OUST
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iWlfin WM N GREAT CROWDS AT FAIR,
MEXICO CITY
DEBTS SPLEEN
' MEXICAN TROUBLES ARE GROW
ING WORSE L 4.ILY IS T0- ,
DAY'S REPORTS.
JAP FLAB IS HNEO
GREAT CROWDS AT FAIR.
La Grande poured hundreds of
people into Cove today where the 3
Annual Cherry fair and Union
County Pioneers' meeting has
been in progress during the day.
Barring public offices, barber-
shops and a few miscellaneous S
businesses, the city has been all
closed up tight for the occasion
and auto loads of neoole betran to
drive Coveward with the early
hours of the day. La Grande has
probably never turned out so S
large a delegation to a Cove at-
trnf'fcinn as this vear. Q
Telephone Rate Issue
Settled By the State
Railroad Commissioners
Local Co operative Company Ordered
To Increase Its Rates To Patrons
Americans In Mexico Flood State Pe-
partment at Washington With Com
si1! plintB of Treatment Accorded to
1 Them Torreon Falls Into Hands of
"A-
i Rebels After Bloody Fight, Is Report
$:l Mexico City. July 23. Ripping the
I'it American and British flags to ribbons
vj and trampling them in the dust, a mob
INTERVENTION
SEEMS CERTAIN
Salem. Julv 23. The railroad com--
mission of Oregon has issued an order
directing the Eastern Orecon Co-oner-
ative Telephone association in Union
county to increase its rates more than
double as a matter of self preserva
tion for itself and lair dealing for its
competition which the . commission
says, cannot exist under competition
of the former's rates where the stock-
holders in the co-operative company
were allowed a less rate 'than non
stockholders. The ruling is the result
of a hearinz uoon a complaint brought
by the Home Independent Telephone
company of La Grande, at La Grande t
on April 3, when a complete hearing
MANY MINES IDLE.
in the matter was aad. The Home
company was the complainant and al
leged that the rates charred bv the co-
ODerative' concern were not sufficient
to; justify the expense of operating be
tween its1 headquarters at Elgin, and
Summerville, Cove and Union. '
Various phases of telephone prac
tices were brought up. It was a very
unusual case from the start in -that
like grounds had not been advanced in
this state before bv a corporation. The
hearing developed hat the company
was in debt to a considerable extent
and that the stockholders were main
taining the up-keep as the revenues
were then insufficient.
Marquette, Mich., . July
Mnrn than Ifvnflft mina"'
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Michigan copper idle
cause the Western Federal Union $
of miners is about to order . a
strike for recognition of the un
ion and the eight hour day as S
well as improved working condl-
5" tions. The demands made were
denied. The mines were closed
against all workers in the district $
although only about 20 per cent
9 are affiliated with the federal un- $f
ion. (
m CAUGHT
ON ESCAPES AS
FLAMESSP8EAD
SUDDENNESS OF BLAZE RESPON-
SIBLE FOR GREAT LOSSES
OF HUMAN LIFE.
TURKISH ADVANCES WORRYING
EUROPEAN POWERS.
ti irM,.'Annc TnoViliinrr nnHr the 3'dXi
flaer yesterday gave an indica-
X lie
v..!.- 4-V. f.Mha. ftf 'that p.itv
L1UIL Ul WIG wwi.
-?? mob was composed of several thousand
'K; discharged worKmen, cier.s auu u
s I ents who were en route to the palace
f I to protest to Heurta. The flag was
t aocnred at a Japanese shop.
It required the aid of cavalry to
One Power May Be Delegated to Pre
vent Further Inroads.
' disperse the mob
MvWn newspapers print sensation-
B al stories of events which may be ex-
i nertM to follow the
London, July 23. With the officials
of the government' it is frankly admit
ted that the intervention of the powers
in nlmnst certain as a result of the
Turkish advance. Sir Edward Grey
ambassador of the powers in London
.aid he held -a conference in tne for
eign office over the situation which
it is admitted is erave.
The onlv Question to be settled ap-
ich may be ex-tparentiy, ia whether powers act unit
advent of thai jpWftta one power to. act for
ANGRY DOG BITES YODMGSTER MULEM)PNULITV
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no-nr .TaTianese minister, playing up in . . .-(.
large type the details of a great dera-; Russia ia believed to be the most
available for the task but if it acts
alone it is feared Germany and Aus
onstration which greeted him.
? r.,Kio f-intiirp Torreon.
A ivcwt.o " t' ' '
I After a desperate struggle of three', tria will be jealous and a general con.
I days the rebels have captured Torreon .flagration ensue.
,1 according to a wireless irov
Ronald (Brownie) Brichfield, the 11-
year-old son of John Birchfield, living
at Deoot and Jackson, is suffering to
day serious pain resultant from several
bites of a vicious dog last night. The
animal was shot today by Poundmas-i
ter Tom DeBorde after an exciting
chase and the firing of two shots.
The lad was bitten, without provoca
tion, it seems, in the muscles of the
arm, the wrist and through the hand.
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The bites were deep wounas ana tne
arm swelled rapidly. He is reported
today to be in an unsatisfactory con
dition but it is not believed the dog
was suffering with rabies but bit the
youngster in a fit of vicious dispo
sition. Today when taken in cnarge,
by the poundmaster, he made vicious
attempts to bite Mr. DeBrode, and
though the officer had him tied witn
a rone he was reauired, for his own
safety to 'release him. When the dog I
lad reacnea a aesirauio uiomin-e
ed but the bullet went low and a long
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Belgrade, July 23. It is announced
that the Servian troops captured JJei-
odgradchik in Bulgaria after a tierce
nrK ToUps Flairs From Curio Shop
.v The mob took the British and Amer-
" . v. r !i'.iifin flhnn! tore
. ican emoiema num -" -- . -
4 ! them to shreds, after which tliey struggle, ine iign:.g
' f stamped them in the dirt of the street, panied by heavy losses. The main bat
whUe achorus of execrations went up. tie was fought at St. Nicholas.
wh,le. ... . .i Th- Rprvians and Greeks are contm
" When th" Inglo Saxon standards, uing operations against the Bulgarians
yJIZn destroyed the leaders of the 'despite the peace negotiations at Nish.
. had been destroyed ,.,:, pr,ests Acainst Allegations
f marthed away with it- , Bulgaria formally protested today
,,i and maraeaw D..Jur I ,;of th noWers for the alleged
s Fodera s unven i ount. .... , .
I ThTfedeml guns posted on the hills Turkish atrocities at Adnanopole and
4 ! Lkirte of Torreon mowed Kirk Killish. - It is alleged diat the
v on the outskirts oi x inn women
down rebels last night until tne ammu- Moslem .roup- .
nitinn was exhausted. The federals ' and children.
driven into lorreoii o..
chase was necessary before he again
got within shooting range. At the
second bullet the dog fell, dead. A
plan is afoot to forward the brains of
the dead animal to the state health
department to learn if any symptoms
of rabies exists. 1
The condition of the Birchfield boy
is not very alarming unless the canine
was infected with rabies, but there was
no visible symptoms of that disease
md no serious complications are ex
nected. .
The brute had every indication of
ve:n? an exceptionally vicious fellow,
however. He was unmuzzled at the
time, and yesterday afternoon while
hanging around the O.-W. machine
shops and store house made jabs at
several people it is said. No owner
is found. Urcrent need of wholesale
slaughter of unmuzzled dogs is seen
in this incident as other children have
been bitten of late in the city.
FILIBUSTER SPEECHES NOT TO
BE TOLERATED.
FIRE DRILLS FORGOTTEII ;
In. Excitement Girls Are Pinned In and ;
Friends and Loved Ones Watch
Them Burn at Head of Fire Escapes -i
Cigarette Said to Be Cause of the -Fire
Investigation Is Carried On. ;
COMMITTEE THAT HEADS THE S OF THE WOLF Or wall
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Bryan In Iowa.
Adel, Ia., July 23. Accompanied by
a large party of Iowa democrats, Sec-
r.atrv nf State Bryan is nere urn.
were then
forced to surrender.
No Details Known.
, : ..n. fho tokinc of Torreo.i
ine aei-au. -
by the rebels, are not ye, -; f " by att omobile to lecture
but it is known that 6000 troops w 6,. ,, wSH refurn via
. , . ronpi-al Contreas, i-.ar- tonigm at - ,
commanded by Gem a I Lo . , i . Washingtonf reachlng the
I fought until the surrender. Two thou- ra-ize Heurta pres-
rfsand federals Mended the city. " "V- oM vim throueh
- are reported as heavy. ldent it --- lif
--- - h operations ot me
May Annul Taft 1 act. i tne vV President Taft, which
Washington. Ml 23.-The repeal of , pact "d b " adm nistra-
the Mexican neutrality laws it was au-, ,3 a "e.
tentatively learned, is being
Cta conferee this afternoon OjJ ed with complaint, from Americans in
man Bacon of the senate, and Flood Mexico. . d the exami.
of the house committees on foreign af- The J"dnrs in Mexico today
fairs, will possibly decide the matter , nat,o of state an
It is admitted that the effect would, -evotmg most of h
be to give unlimited and ammu 1 m ft, Keld a e
nition to the rebels opposing neu -- awr - fc wa9 given
Advice to the president is urging such but no .nkl ing o pomerin
tion on the grounds of fair play. .out hi3 conversation
Advisers Express Themselves. retuseu
ivtrs sS that if the Unitedwith the pres.dent.
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Reading of Tariff Bill Will' Curtail
Lengthy Anti-Speeches.
Washington, July 23. Unless repub
lican senators voting in opposition to
the senate tariff bill expedite their
speeches, Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, chairman of the senate fin
ance committe announced he intended
to block further "slow talk" by de
manding a reading of the tariff bill.
Borah today concluded the speech he
began yesterday against the bill. .
Strong indication that progressive
republicans intend supporting the dem
ocrats in many reductions under the
tariff bill came in the house when the
majority members won in the first
test vote. The vote came when Smoot
moved to retain a rate of two cents
a pound on oxalic acid instead of a
cent and a half, as provided in the ad
ministration bill. On Smoot's motion,
Love. LaFollette. Works, Cummins
Jones, Borah, Crawford, Bristow and
Norris, all progressives, were support
ing the democrats.
Sun Power Plant a Success.
London. July 12. The sun power
plant designed by Frank Shuman, the
American engineer, to carry on the
work of irrigation in the Nile valley,
is an unqualified success, according
to the official report received here to
day from Cairo. The device has proved
to be more efficient and more econom
ical even with the riv?r at Hs hvrwt
level, than pumps run by coal fuel en
gines, or the old hand method of lift
ing the water into the ditches. Lord
Kitchner, the British agent in Egypt,
who recently inspected the plant be
lieves it will be of enormous help in
the agricultural development ot the
Soudan and upper Egypt.
Copyright by International News Service.
n.j Uf W hoard the testimony of the self-confessed
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former chief lobbyist for the National Association of manufacturers.
United States senate lobby investigating cummine --
charge, by President Wilson that there is a "powerful lobby maintained
at Washington for the purpose of . influencing tariff legislation. From
left to right the members of the comittee shown in the accompanying
photograph are Senators Reed, Overman, who is chairman; Nelson and Cum
mins . -
Rose Causes Death.
Madrid. July 23. A rose thrown into
the bullring at Toulouse was responsi
ble for the death of Antonio ternan-
dez, a noted matador, who was fright
fully gored and trampled by an mfuri
ated bull just as he was about to g
it the final swordstroke. The fight
was witnessed by a large number of
women, some of whom to express their
admiration for the matador's skill and
grace, threw rosor Into the arena. For-
nandoz slipped f the flowers
at the critical i d before he
could recover hit . the bull was
upon him.
Binghampton, N. V., July 23. Char- A
red bodies removed from the ruins of .
the Overall factory fire today, added
to the 19 that died in hospitals from i
injuries received in the fire, and with
the addition of two missing, the total ',
death list from - yesterday evenings '
terrible holocausts here has reached ;
44. Ten are fatally injured and will
die it is believed, during the next few
hours. ' t
Victims Mostly Women.
i A great portion of the victims were
women and girls. Many of thosrf re
covered were burned beyond recogni
tion and some of those rescued are ter
ribly maimed. .?r
Amone those vlio escaped, suffering
is intense. Many are praying for death
to relieve them from the agony ot tne
burns and pain of broken limbs. The .
town is horrified at the holocaust Put
a general feeling prevuils that" it was
no fault particularly of the overall
company. The state factory com
mission however, will examine, condi
tions this afternoon when the ruins
have cooled sufficiently.
Around the scene of the fire, the
greatest the city has ever known
thousands watched the workers in
the glare of three big seirchlights
last night, many in the large throng
being restrained only by closely drawn
police to keep the crowds from rush-
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ing into the ruins to seen ine ouuiw.
of relatives or friends. Water in many
streams was poured into ,the fiery pit
that was the cellar of the burned es
tablishmentduring early morning
hours. As the ruins cooled slightly
from time to time in a spot on which
the Btreams were centered men went
forward to dig. Occasionally a body
wu.q found and taken quickly away.
This work went on all night and per
haps all of today before the glowing
mass gives up its last dead. It will
take at least two days, the authorities
believe, before the cellar can be cleared
out and the whole truthknown.
The big outstanding fact of the ca
tastrophe was ita suddenness. A kill-,
ing blast of flames followed quickly
on the heels of the alarm. There was
small opportunity for any one to use
the ordinary or emergency means of
exit.
The fire escapes were not large
irh to hold all and the trapped
.,u:ivi niahoil to the windows, scream-
ing with pain as the flames swept on
thm from behind. From windows and
fire escapes bodies dropped! thick and
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