La Grande evening observer., July 30, 1913, Image 1

VOLUME xm.
SEVERAL REPORTED HURT AS
jfJ SHOTS ARE FIRED AT
$'' " . . MINERS. ; V"
IflVERNOR SUGGESTS PEACE
Jituation in Calumet Becomes More
Acute -When Bullets Are Fired at
Miners by the Strikers Miners Said
to Have Been Attacking Powder
Houses When Militia Opened Fire;
Calumet, Mich., July 30. The firs
open clash between the strikers and
the militiamen is reported to have
borne when the soldiers fired 50 shots
jit the miners who were attacking the
powder house. It is reported that two
miners were wounded. The soldieri
escaped injury.
p Numerous other reports ' of the
clash could not be confirmed. The
militiamen said that they saw several
prowlers about the Isle Royal powder
house and fired Into the air. -The
jleny that anyone was injured. '
r The off jeers of the Calumet am?
Jleckla Mining company are undecided
"whether or not to accept Governoj
Ferris' proposition regarding a meet
iing. with the representatives of tht
strikers at his office in Lansing.
ASHES LARGELY COOLED.
,Few Sparks Flying From Ruins' of Re-
. cent Lumber Yard Fire.
This morning saw practically com
fplete cooling of the ashes in the ru
tins of the George Palmer Lumber
j company yard destroyed by fire Sun
jMay night. Few sparks are flying and
i there is" but little need of water on the
f ruins from now on.
London Horse Comes High.
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I London, July 30. The record price
8 for horse flesh was established here
I today, when J. B. Joel, a South Af ri
f'can millionaire, paid a quarter of a
I million for Prince Palatine, the win-
ner, of the Ascot gold cup.
GATES TIPS
Minneapolis, Juiy m-A negrc
waiter in a cafe here is overjoyed at
the generosity of Charles G. Gates-
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son of the late Jonn whales, wuusei
With a large crowd of friends, neigh
bors and relatives participating, the
funeral of the late V. E. Bean, for
many years a prominent resident of
La Grande and who was killed last
Saturday when a tree fell on him while
at work at the Lambert mill, was held
this afternoon from the L. D. S. taber
nacle of which organization the de
ceased was a prominent member.
Man yout of town acquaintances were
in attendance. - .
Mr. Bean was killed while in the act
of warning some of his workmen ol
the danger they were in at the mo
ment. ,
Victor E. Bean was the son of
Judge Geo. W. and Elizabeth Baum
Bean. . . .
His life had ever been one of trust,
and activity, both in religious and cmc
affairs. -He was born February 6
-1864, at Provo, Utah, his Pnts
being early pioneers of Utah. At tne
ape of 20 years he filled a two years
mission in the central states baptizing
many people. Soon, after his return
he married Mary Hannah Baker, of
Richfield, Utah, daughter of W. u
and Hannah Baker, also early pw
neecs ctf Utah . . ... .
For a number of years his We was
spent as an educator, being p""
c-ndent of schools whete he resided and
also county superintendent of schools
)PEN CLASHES
WITH SOLDIERS
IN STRIKE ZOKE
BEAii FUNERAL DRAINS BIG THRONG
I IiA
WHITE SLAVERS
ESTER PLEAS OF
"NOT GUILTY"
DIGGS TRIAL SET FOR NEXT
TUESDAY AND PARTNER'S
WILL FOLLOW . V -
IS
Judge Van Fleet Also Refuses to' Per
mit Transfer to Sacramento, Claim
ing It Is Too Late to Make Sug
gestion Now Several Demurrers
Overruled During Court Session.
San Francisco, July 30. Pleas ol
not guilty to a charge of violating the
Mann white slave act were entered by
Diggs and Caminetti before Federa"
Judge Van Fleet today The trial of
Diggs will begin next Tuesday. Cam
tnetti's is to follow immediately aft
erwards. .' Motions to quash the indictments
and several demurrers were overruled
: Effort was made by Attorney Wood
worth for the defendants, to have the
trial transferred to Sacramento but
Van Fleet declared this was "Pretty
late in the day to make a suggestion.'
The defense attorneys, however, re
served the right to make a showing
in court as to why the cases should
be transferred. .',-' "'
CHINESE REVOLT BROKEN.
Believed That Revolution Will Be
i Short-Lived Hereafter..
Pekin, July 30. The backbone ol
the revolution in' China is believed to
have been broken by the return of
Nanking to the Pekin government. It
is believed that a permanent cabinet
can now be named.
END FUNERAL HELD.
Summerville Settler Buried This Morn
ing at Summerville.
Funeral services over the remains
of Jacop End, a settler of 40 years
residence in this valley, were held at
Summerville today. The deceased is
"bout 64 years.pfa ge, and is survived
Hv a wife and several sons.
dinner check amounted .00. He
j ,.e .goo in tne negr0's paim and said.
"Here boy, take this stuff ; you will get
.... !, . nf if if tVinn I nun "
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He also acted as councilman and othei
offices of trust in his city.
In the year 1903 he and his family
moved to La Grande, where he has
since been engaged in business anc
farming, always gaining friends in all
his dealings. His life has ever been
a staunch Latter Day Saint and has
ever been spent in fulfilling the du
ties of many both minor and high call
ings in his church wherever he hap
pened to live; also filling a numbei
of missions. His life has stood out
strongly among his associates for his
virtue, purity and unspcted honor.
His death is felt keenly by a great
number of friends throughout a num
ber of states and by many relatives
ttel0U 'survived by his wife Mary
Hannah Bean, and 10
Kthel. Anarew, ui : .
tor V -Bean, who is filing a mission
o the northern states; Ar.e , Erma
Walter, Ellis, Grant, Jesse, Lila and
M Besides his family, all but Victor V.
being present at his funeral, his broth
er Virginia Bean, his wife's mothet
P.nkpr ana aauKmo, ,
S- sister. OtfKtf
piece. Miiareu w., -- -Ctah,
are here to attend the funeral.
ITER WITH 900
GRANDE, OREGON, 1
MUl Adopts
Kiln Method
REDUCTION OF LUMBER YARD
SIZE RESULTS.
ARRESTRUMORFALSE
Insurance Adjusters Here New Track
v Mat'erail Ordered.
Construction of a drykiln to han
dle much of the future lumber out
put thereby reducing the quantity of
lumber that hereafter will be required
to be stored in open yirds, will be
commenced immediately by the George
Palmer Lumber company which Sun
day night lost 25,000,000 feet of dry
lumber in the biggst fire La Grande
has ever witnessed. Orders were
placed yesterday with the Oreeon
Deneson Block Co. for a dry kiln plant
and preliminary construction of the
plant started today. It will be a four
room equipmnt. and will prepare a car
load of lumber for shipment or retail ,
use within three or four days, and
eliminate the necessity of storing
gr.eat quantities of lumber in the open
for a course of many months.
The adpusters are here today and
will spend some time in the city ad
justing losses caused by the fire and
last night the company officials pre
pared official estimates of the loss
The fire consumed 25,000,000 feet of
lumber according to checks made by
the company and this is valued at
$375,000. The loss to the yards, tracks
and rails amounts to fully $45,000
bringing the total loss from the fire to
$420,000.: This is largely covered by
insurance.
Orders, were placed today -by wire
for a shipment of two -car. loads of
steel and supplies needed in the re
built yard service.
The sawmill was closed down for
annual repairs at the time of the fire
and on August 4th the fill will be re
started and a regular run commenced.
NO NEW CLUES DEVELOP.
Arrest at Wallowa Probably Confused
With Local Rumors.
Contrary to current rumors, there
hjve been no arrest of suspected in
cendiaries in the Palmer mill yard
fire. It is likely that the arrests in
Wallowa county enumerated in the
Obesrver yesterday started the rum
ors that a local arrest had. been made
iri connection with the fire Sunday ev
ening. WOMEN MADE SHIELDS.
Moro Fighters, Cower Behind Women
and Children During Battle.
San Francisco, July 3Q. The delib
erate sacrifice by Moro outlaws, of 19(5
of their women and 340 children, by
using them as shields to ward off the
bullets in a days fighting with the
American troops on Mount Bagsag in
the Philippines on June 10, is reported
by passengers on the liner Perse. Gen
eral fersings was loreeq to Kin louu
Moro outlaws who were entrenched
on the crater of a volcano. Twenty
six Americans were killed in the en
counter. EVELYN SHUNS NAME.
Insists She Be Billed as Nesbit or Will
Break Her Contract.
New York, July 30. Evelyn Thaw
arrived here this mo Jiing from Lon
don for a vaudeville engagement
When told that she was billed as Eve
lyn Thaw the former chorus girl, she
was very indignant. "Part of the con
tract,' she Baid, "Provided that the
name Thaw should not appear either
on the program or billing. They must
take the name off or I will not ap
pear." ,,
Exiled Mexicans In St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., July 30. St. Louis
is today being called the chief exile
city for wealthy Mexicans who have
incurred the displeasure of the present
government of that revolutionary
country. From a son of one of the
wealthy exiles it was learned today
that an "Exile association" has been
organized composed of nearly 200 for
mr xitiTons nf Mpviro. The ortraniz-
lation is soon to begin the publication
of a paper aevotea to tne interests 01
the "exile colony."
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1913.
CHICAGO CEN
TER
E THAT
AND DESTROYS
Heat Wave Extends From Atlantic To
Rock Record Humidity
- Chicago, July 30. Eighteen deaths
and more than 100 prostrations are
reported at points between the At
latic and the Rockies today The whole
region is a breezless, sizzling furnace
In the' district immediately west and
south of Chicago the suffering is the
greatest. Crops are being burned up
and hundreds of cattle and other live
stock are perishing.
New York Tenements Suffer.
New York, July 30. Scores of pros
trations, many death and terrific heat
east of the rockies is reported ' here.
There are four deaths in Philadelphia
and other deaths are hourly reported
from the smaller cities
Suffering in the congested East side
is intense and the hospitals are over
taxed. One man went insane and one
attempted suicide, while two are re
ported prostrated and in serious con
dition. , Omaha In Heat. Zone.
Omaha, July 30. Omaha suffered
the sixth hot day of the season today.
It is predicted .that the temperanc
will exceed 100 before evening.
Lytianapolis Heat a Record.
Indistnapojis, July 30. The highest
official temperature- ever recorded in
the history of.thfo city was recorded
todayLas well as' the greater humid
ity ever known.
Two Insunc at St. Paul :
St. Pftlll. Jlllv ft With tUa maftiiM,
mounting and the humidity high, this
city is sweltering under one of the
hottest days this summer. Four pros
trations and two persons driven tem
porarily insane is the record for 24
hours.
Iowa Heat Serious.
Des Moines, July 30. Iowa is swel
tering in one of the hottest days of
the summer. The loss by the withering
of crops runs into the thousands. The
pastures of southern Iowa are in e
serious condition.
Rain Falls Frtm Blue Sky.
Columbus, P., July 30. Rain fell
San Francisco, July 30. Complete
absorption of the Western Pacific by
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad is
the latest finance in the railroad plans.
It was proposed by President Bush of
the Missouri Pacific, which company
owns both roads, and while it is not
definitely set forth the probability is
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CROP IS ABOUT HARVESTED
Grande Ronde's - crop of luscious
Royal Anns is just about harvested.
During the last two weeks constant
streams of wagons have carted this
delicate table fruit to the Grand
Ronde Cash company warehouse,
where Dave Clark, purchasing for the
Oregon Packing company, issued the
little green certificates, redeemable
in good coin of the realm. It meant
work and money for the grower, for
laborers who gathered the same, the
men who hauled it to the warehouse.
It had to be handled quickly and ef
ficiently for the crop this year perish
ed quickly, on account of excessive
moisture in the spring. The yield was
greater than last year and of lest
good quality although it must be said
OF TORRID
KILLS PEQPL
GRAIN FIELDS
from a cloudless sky here today, for
15 minutes, with the humidity near a
hundred mark. 7, , - , ' , : . : '
The sudden contraction, says the
weather bureau, was all due to a slight
drop in the temperature, which liter
ally wrung water from the atmo
sphere. : "'.':;:v' ; ' u .
Philadelphia Suffragettes to March.
Philarlelnhin .Tulv 'U Uol,.
hundred suffragettes, wih banners
flying, the vanguard of the big Penn
sylvania contingent, leaves here this
afternoon for Washington where they
will participate in the monster wo
man suffrage demonstration in the
capital tomorrow. The advance dele
gation included only marchers. They
were under the leadership of "Gener
al" Miss Caroline Katzenstein, execu
tive secretary of the Pennsylvania
Equal Suffrage association. Early
trains tomorrow morning 'Will carry
the remainder of the Pennsylvania del
egation to Washington in time for the
parade. Those who go tomorrow will
take part in the uniformed pageant.
Just before leaving this' afternoon, a
telegram from the Washington head
quarters to "General," Katzenstein
read: "Police will be on the job this
time. Major Sylvester has promised
us protection from the rowdies and
hoodlums who insulted and heaped
indignaties upon us on the third of
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last niarcn. :..:-
CIRCUS DAY TOMORROW.
Rice Brothers to Be In City for Per
formances During Day.
Tomorrow is circus day again. Rice
Brothers will be the attraction coming
to give two performances. The com
pany claims for itself a fine program
of thrillinjr features. .
ABSORB THE
IIP.
great that all three lines will soon bo
unified in one system.
Finley to Head Big Road. .
Atlanta, Ga., July 30. According to
advices here W. W. Finley will retire
as president of the Southern railway
September 1st, and assume the presi
dency of either the Southern or Union
Pacific.
that some growers brought a quality
that would vie with the best any
where. The story robbed of its cherry col
or, and read in dollars and cents, as
far as La Grande and Cove and Im
bler people are concerned, must indi-j
cate that, given as good a market as
growers had this year, cherries are
money makers.
Up to tho present time the Oregon.
Packing company has barreled MOO
barrels of cherries, averaging 270 lbs. j
to the barrel. Besides this three cars
of fresh cherries averaging 22,000 lbs. I
net to the car, or RO.OOO lbs. for the
three cars. Cove shipped two cars of.
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AMERICAN GUNBOAT COMMAND!
ER THINKS REPORTS ARE V
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Rebels Loot Various Plantations But
General Conditions Call to Be Bet
ter Than Reported Few Americans
Claimed to Be in Danger Situation
at Washington Not Made Public V
Washington, July 30. The com
mander of the minboat Wheolinir'
on tho frontier of Mexico, reported
that the stories of the disturbed con
I ditions there, are greatly exaggerated;
' He says that no Americans are in any"'
danger. He wired the state depart
Iment that the rebels had looted two
plantations near .the frontier but that
tne attacks had been repulsed by the
federals ... ' .. . '
Washington, July 30. Official ad
vices regarding the progress of the'
United States peace movement in Mex- .
ico are lacking. Secretary of State ';
Bryan expressed a hope for ultimate
success of the plan which has not been
made public, but the administration
does not consider the situation as
acute. -, ' : , . .
: Diaz Is Candidate, :
San Diego, July 30. Felix Diaz,
nephew of the dictator, who arrived on ' .
a steamer last night and is scheduled
to leave for Los Angeles by train this
afternoon, is being entertainedTvhiI
here. Diaz dec!? red that he would be
a candidate for the presidency of Mex--.
ico in October, asserting that Heurta
wouldn't be by reason of a constitu
tional bar. He denied that his mission
to Japan was for any other purpose
than to think Janan for her particU;
nation in the Mexican Centennial cele
bration. . " ' :'
Three Mexicans believed to have
had designs upon the; life of Diaz
were ejected from the Santa Fe warf .'
early today by armed guards employ
ed to protect the general and party
They scurried away in the darkness.;'
The general is closely guarded : as .
threats against him were head in the
Mexican quarters from Maderists. '.
. Rebels Reported Routed.
Mexico City, July 30. A Gusvmas
wireless Tenorts a terrific battle in
which the federals routed tne rebels.
It is said that the rebels are retreat
ing toward Hermosillo. Both sides ;
suffered heavy losses.
Girl Charged With Many Murders.
Madrid, July 30. One cf the most :
sensational murder trials in ti'- his
tory of Madrid was expected when
Sunora Maria Louise Sanchez and her ;
father, a captain in the army, went 5 .
to trial here today for the murder of a
wealthy young man named Julon. -4
The young man had courted the
girl for severnl months and the date
for the wedding had been set when :;
he mysteriously disappeared. He had '
a large sum of money on his person at
the time to deposit in his fiancee's
name as his wedding gift Sanchez and
his daughter, who is in the twenties,
disappeared shortly after. A search
of their residence resulted in the dis- !
covery of human bones. The father
and daughter were arrested in a vil
lage in the north of Spain. The girl,
tho police declare has turned state's
evidence and admitted that according
to plans laid by her father, she got
her lover to bring a large sum of mon- ;
ey to the house and while he sat with
his arms about her, her father crept -up
behind him and knocked him un
conscious. She 9aid she and her fath- i
er killed him, dismembered the body -and
buried it in the garden.
The bones found by the police had
been discovered under the cellar floor.
Saying noth'ng tfey went to the spot .
in the garden where the girl Baid ;
Julon's ' body was hidden, and thero
they found it. Further investigation '
developed stories of the strange dis-
appearance of other young men of
wealth after a short courtship of the
girl. The police say she has promised I
to confess everything at the trial
which opened today. ;
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