La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 18, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texty j;'?i VOLUME xin. LA GBANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1913. NUMBER-36. Sulzor Fiaht rtrnwn tntn Thaw's Sensational Escabe . 1 . ' - 1 - . . . .."..( !..(. .,,.' ,M-MllC.r:i.,:fT... .,'VV.'.i'.'ll( v.(i.Hr Mrf .1 '.ye - . TTlLVill . ii imi iur raw s ARREST AS DANGEROUS MAN POSSIBLE ESCAPE FROM ASYLUM LEADS TO RUMORS OF A CON SPIRACY. .' POLICE CAMP ON TRAIL Daring Escape From Mattewan Ef '. fected Yesterday and Fugitive Is Now Nearing Boston-e-Is Not Fugi - tive From Justice, Therefore, Can't Be Extradited Is Belief. New York, Aug. 18. Search for Harry Kendall Thaw, slaye of Stan ford " White, and husband of Evelyn Nesbet Thaw, and who escaped from Mattewan asylum yesterday,'' contin ues through the whole of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut today, while chaiges of conspiracy are filed against the prison officials for per mitting his escape. Thaw sprang into a waiting automobile and,escaped in a "whirl of dust through an open gato and headed toward the Connecticut . line. Escapes Reach . Albany. State Superintendent of Prisons Eiley, Sulzer's friend and his appoint- ee, recognized Glynn as governor to day when he reported to him the de tails of the Thaw escape: Riley was furious when he heard reports of bribery on his part and that he helped 'Thaw to flee. He has ordered a sweep ing investigation 'of the matter. . Hundreds of reports are current to day but those best founded say Thaw stopped at the Hotel Lenox, Lenox, : Mass., last night with' those who aided him in his escape and is now supposed to be speeding toward the Berkshire hills around Boston. It is generally admitted that he cannot be extradited but effort will doubtless be made to cause his' arrest as iv dangerous per son. Extradition impossible. Washington, Aug. 18. Government officials agree it is impossible to ex tradite Thaw from any state or from abroad. He is not a fugitive from jus tice out IB saia w w iuiiciwk-. . . . . . 11 n 121.1 " Away ai imugin. Pittsf ield, Aug 18-Harry K. Thaw, of the nrincibals in the Thaw tri al, which a few years ago filled the international papers and who escaped Sunday night from Mattewan, has eluded the police this morning and after staying all night at the Hotel Lenox he escaped in an automobile at daylight, the police say, after he had been positively identified. The police are in pursuit. Deputy Clerk Retufns. .. -.. C. K. McCormick, deputy county lerk, has returned from a vacation 'trip to Catherine creek. $ ' READ THE CHARTER. In this issue of the Observer is a section of the proposed city government by commission' char ter. Sections or it will De run from time to time to fully con verse each reader with the salient 4 facts of the new government 5 scheme. A section is printed to-day on another p&ge. Moffatt Jumps Comes Down Picks Holes In Dollarway Idaho Falls . Ouch! V. -: ' Moffat's in town. Ouch! again.' Moffatt is the Spartacus that chants the virtues of bitulithic paving and bobbed up today like a jack-in-the-box and came down all straddled out with many shoe calks filed to bears'-tooth edge and came down on Dollarway, bitucrete, straight . concrete more especially the first and last named with a thud that scattered hot bitu men, as it were, all over the other types of paving and the men who rep resent them. If there had been any more varieties of concrete and Dollar way in town the changes are great gobs of said hot stuff would have splashed on them too. ' First and fore most, A. C. says bitulithic orders were not recinded in Idaho Falls as has been asserted. A. C. elaborated on this assertion in an interview today but A. C. was angry and well didn't talk Sunday vocabulary all the time. "Say to your reader this: let them write to Vancouver, Ellensburg, The Dalles, Monroe, . Wash., Governor Haines of Boise, etc., and find out how Dollarway. is rated there. Con- Seattle, Aug.' 18. It is reported eight drowned. . Seattle, Aug. 18. Beyond admit ting receipt of a message, notifying them of the loss of the steamer State of California, in waters of southeast ern Alaska, the Pacific CoasC Steam ship company says it has no informa STEAMSHIP IN TROUBLE IN ALASKAN WATERS: NB DETAILS DEATH CALLS TWO AGED LADIES Two aged women of La Grande' have died in the past 36 hours, when Mrs. Hayes, mother of Mrs. J. D. Slat-' er of this city, and Margaret Heiden rich passed away. Yesterday morn ing at 8 o'clock, Mrs. Hayes passed away at the home '. of her daughter, Mrs. J. D, Slater on Washington ave nue, after a long and lingering illness in which she was helpless for weeks She would have been 80 years old had she lived until September, and has lived in La Grande since the fall . of 1885. The funeral will be-held to Catholic Priests Go '- . ' ...... . i In Retreat At Mission Catholic priests of Eastern Oregon went into retreat. today &t the Indian mission near Pendleton. There will be some 20 priests who will listen to the preaching of the Jesuit priest un der the leadership of Rt Rev. Bishop O'Reilly. The purpose of the treat is manifold. Above all the object is for the priests to strive for a renewal first grace' and fresh piety. But the spiritual uplift is not all that is pur posed for the retreat.! The events of tho past year are discussed and re mote from populated districts the re treat is conducted from the 18 to the 22. The parishes are deserted as a result. The entire diocese sends its Up and With Thuds And Denies Reported Cancellation crete paving ravels and peels. They have to leave expansion cracks and they conceived the idea that they could stop to wear and tear and ground on these craks from horses and wagons and automobile by brooming over a little bitumen. Nay, 'can't be done. Ask, I say, men in these towns I have named and see what you 'get. If La Grande does not want lany more bit ulithic, well that goes. But nix on the jarbling of facte)". , v : , I he date or the crucial test on Spring street that will temporarily halt the paving war, is 'drawing near and two paving men due in, today have been missing connections. A man whose name is Flannagan, and rep re sents a St. Louis firm, and another representative of Dollarway, Morri son by name, were due this morning but die not arrive,. . They will cer tainly come tonight or tomorrow morning. ,-. .: ':, However the latest bit of gossip gp-inp- the rounds of paving circles and that extends all over the city, is the fact that A. C. . Moffatt is in town. (See above.) tion as to where or how the accident occurred and whether there has been any loss of life. The State of Cali fornia sailed from Seattle August 13, for Skagaway and Sitka, and besides the crew, , carried 54 passengers on tourist trips, making the journey round trip. . ' ' ' morrow from the home, . Dr. A. G. Lane officiating. During her long res idence in La .Grande she formed in numerable friends with love and ex emplary, righteous and loving life. Be sides the many friends who will mourn Mrs; Hayes' death are Mrs. Slater, a daughter in California and a daugh ter in New York. , Margaret Heidenrich, aged 86, a well known and respected resident of this city,, died on August 17, in this city. Mrs. Heidenrich was born in Bavaria in 1826 and came to this coun- priests and the religious observance is akin to the retreat conducted at stated intervals. , Among the Eastern Oregon priests who will attend the Indian mission re treat this year are: Father Driscoll, La 'Grande; Father Murphy, Wallowa; Father Marshall Baker; Father Murphy, Baker; Fath er Nooy,, Milton j Father Cantrell, Duf- fur; Father Hewel, Joseph; Father Quinn, Hermiston; Father Brad Vale; Father O'Rouke, n.jnsiv u: u Father James of Huntington. Many of the Eastern Oregon priests went west on No. 17 today. DICES WILL GO OIISIHU CASE RESUMES HOPES TO SHIFT BLAME ONTO WEALTHY SACRAMENTO CITIZENS. MAY ESCAPE QUESTIONS Some Doubt Prevails as to What Pre siding Judge Will Do In the Matter When Diggs Goes on Stand to Tell All About HU Escapade In Reno . Mrs. Diggs Will Also .Testify. ' San Francisco, Aug. 18. Diggs is to be the first witness in the resump tion of the trial tomorrow. He is prepared to tell everything and if pressed too hard, may attempt to shift, some of the responsibility for ; the downfall of Marsha Warrington to prominent Sacramentoans. A report is in circulation as to whether Judge l Van Fleet will allow Turn to' be ques: J fiAnal Ttiiviva' fifniv it ia titilal. ! mill tonA tn shnur flint, tho young men did not take the girls to Reno for. immoral purposes but that they "were driven to leave through the threats of exposure., ' Diggs will be followed by his wife and Mrs. Cami- netti and possibly, by Caminetti. Tillman Discusses Case. Washington, Aug. 18. The Dlggs- Caminetti case was discussed on the floor of the senate today.. Senator Tillman of South Carolina,, said that the easy divorce would enable Diggs and Caminetti to secure their victims. He mentioned this -while speaking against woman's suffrage under the present law. "If Diggs. and Caminetti affair had occurred in my state," de clared Tillman, "the fathers of the girls would have killed the two wife deserters like dogs and they would have been acquitted. It appears to me," he continued, "that the relation between divorce and suffrage is one mutual acceleration.'' , i ' try in 1886.'" She .was beloved by All who knew her and her many friends in this city knew her as GrandmAJthe opinion" of the band members, he Heidenricn. Besides a large nuraoer of relatives she leaves a host of friends ' to mourn her. death. ' Mrs. Heidenrich is survived y three sons, J. D. Heidenrich of this city, Nick Heidenrich and John Mars, the "con tractor also of this city, and three daughters, who still live itf Bavaria. The funeral was held from the Ger man Lutheran church this afternoon at 2 o'clock. High School Golfer Arrives. Boston, Aug. 18 A large delegation of Worcesterites was on had today to welcome Heinrich Schmidt, Worcester high school boy whose golf ,play has been a sensation in Europe," when he returned from Glasgow. Schmidt is scheduled to defend his title as ama teur champion of New Hampshire in the White Mountain tournament being played today. Hfi also will participate in the national golf tournament at Garden City, New York. Typhoon Visits China. rXor,ir Konr A"i?- 18. Hundreds are it, -fled ki'.Vi .a a typhoon that is sweeping the island of Macao. A great number of vessels were swamp ed. . The Western Baby Is Best EASTERN "SPECIFICATIONS" ARE .".-.' OUTDONE IN WEST, IDEAL IS TOO SMALL Spokane Physician Will Show World Perfect Babiea. . Spokane, Wash., Aug.. 18. So far do western babies surpass the specifications for the standard east ern infant that the standard heretofore used may have to be changed, accord ing to Dr. William L. Hall,' who has the scores of 227 youngsters already entered in a "better babies" contest to be 'held in Spokane the week com mencing September 15. . , ., "I have the measurements of the ideal babies, as adopted by the recent New 'York , competition," stated Dr. Hall, "and I find that our western babies are taller, heavier, have great er chest measurements and in other re spects outdo the records set in the east. ,"When we have completed our ex amination or the thousand or mora I husky infants that will be sent in from the surrounding farming districts, I. believe we will show the wurld that the west is the home of the perfect ' DaDy- LEADER'S SUIT SALARY CONTRACT IS- INVOLV-, ED IN SUIT. Justice Court to Hear Case Over De' .- rv:- . l: . t uuspube uver quuiuicttiiuns ui l Bennedetti as a band leader on one hand and the powers to collect salary on a contract entered into between Benedetti and the band on another will be aired in justice court the next few days. Beneditti, who' three months ago was employed on a year's contract to lead the band at $G0 per month, was. released after two months, because, to was not giving value received for the' wages paid. The band offered a com promise when they released their lead er by offering him $100. This was re fused and the case taken to court but the action brought deals only with one month and can therefore come up in justice court. The band must file an swer to the suit tomorrow. Can the- deposed leader claim his salary for the year? That is the much mooted question and the band will attempt to escape the contract on the ground that the leader did not fill the bill. The band has now employed another leader. . Jap Coal Causes Indignation. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 18. Public Indignation over the forced importa tion of Japanese coal as a result of re fusal of the operators to arbitrate the strikes in mines east of here, is liable to affect, it was. declared today, the opening of government mines in Alas ka. Mine operators declare they will import Japanese coal until the strike ers return to work and the owners to day are being bitterly denounced as responsible for this situation when there is unlimited supply 45 miles from Vancouver. mil TEMPERATURE AT CHICAGO IS HOURLY WORSE THREE STATES REPORT FATAL ITIES DUE TO EXCES- SIVE HEAT. jjj IS HOTTEST OF THE HOT Lake Region Sweltering In Terrific Heat Wave Today Grand Rapid, Detroit and Cleveland Report Fa-' : talities With no Relief in Sight To dayMercury Rises Hourly Two : Degrees. , v - .; Chicago,' Aug. 18. With the .tem perature riaing at the rate of two degrees in an hour, the entire lake region continues to swelter in one of the hottest spells of the season. Many prostrations have, occurred and re ports from Cleveland say that three are dead. Five are dead at Grand Rapids and six at Detroit. There is no hope of immediate relief. , t BUSINESSMEN TAKE HAND Rivalry Between Sulzer and Glynn to Be Hurried to Courts.. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 18. The dual governorship tangle will be clarified if possible by the business men who are financially interested and who will want to know who is the bonafide" head of the state, Sulxer or Glynn. It is expected that an' organization of taxpayers will act within 48 hours to secure a court ruling in the matter. ' Danger of physicial clashes between the two rivals is hourly disappearing. SPIKER HOME AFIRE. Hoodoo Box Finally Turns in True Enough Fire Saturday Night. Fire Saturday cvenir.g about 4:00 o'clock did considerable damage to the Joseph : Spiker . residence, 2203 North Fir. The alarm came in over the hoodoo box No. 33. The fire was started by an oil stove during an ex plosion and was confined principally to the upper story and the roof, con siderable damage being done to the roof. Furniture was removed without damage but there is no insurance to cover the damage to the roof and oth er portions of the building. LAKE INSPECTS CHIEF PROJECTS SECRETAY OF INTERIOR SPENDS DAY IN STATE. Is On the - Deschutes Project Today With Special Train. Portland, Aug. 18. Franklin K, Lane, secretary of the interior, ia spending today in Oregon by inspect ing the proposed reclamation enter prises in the Deschutes valley. He is ians on a special train and will visit the Hermiston project whllo in the state. .