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IS 1 Mitt H VOLUME XIII. FUSE REPORT MEXICO CITY DANGER OF IMMEDIATE WAR IS ,. ; NOT REAL ONE INDICATE LAST REPORTS. . t . m i O'SKOUGHNESSY IS SAFE ..', .. Reported Demand by Huerta That the f. American Representative There Leave Mexico City or Recognize Huerta Is Found to Bt False O'- Shaughnessy Himself Confirms the Contrary. ' Washington, Aug. 19. The report that Charge d' Affairs O'Shoughnessy at Mexico City has received pass ports and has been ordered to leave Mexico, is officially denied at the White House. In a dispatch to Secretary of State' Bryan, it is stated that O'Shaughn'es- sy received the medicos ' of foreign ministers and gave a repudiation of the entire story. Washington officials are, greatly relieved a,t Q'Shaughnes Sy's denial, :f- ..',;.. . . ' If he is forced to relinquish his post it is admitted that the safety of tha Americans there will be jeopardized. The .story was accepted implicitly at; the time the first reports came. The .first intimation that it was untrue came from an unofficial dispatch from , Mexico. City, via Galveston, and which quoted John Lind as saying that Mex ico's note had not contained aemand or recognition. -A subsequent unof- Iicial message, statea tne iina report had been confirmed. Then O'Shaugh nessy's denial followed. " ine president eany today received , , cablegram from O'Shaughnessy stati ing that he himself had authorized the denial of the' report. - With the re ports of. war .'discredited matters in . .Mexico are again normal today. The origin of the scare is puzzling the ad ministration. ". "'' . Replacing Ralls On Walla Walla Line. I iPendlton, Aug. 19. Work which is riiW being done on the O.-W. R. & N. tracks beiween Pendleton and Wallal .Walla, ii takeif by many people in I loth these cities aild. throughout the valley to mean that the O.-W. R & N. expects to send its heavy train from Portland to Spokane over this line in stead of up the river route as at pres et .. "HJ. The improvement in the track on I this line includes replacing the old 66- poand rails by those;, weighing 80 pounds to the yard. Several crews are now working near this city, putting in the rails and in timation has come from reliable sourc es Uiat when this work is completed, which win be some time during the lntp fall, manv of the eastbound trains which now go up the Columbia and Riparia line, will pass this way. ..- ' r ' Plies at 5 Cents a Pint. Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 18. Four .million dead house flies were bought -at the rate of 5 cents a pint today by 1 . . ... -1..L 4.1.1- Katniv the Harrisburg wvic ciuu, . the close of the swatting prize contest -for this season. The number is only a fraction of those killed as a result , of a civic club's campaign. Efla Marie Kriedler won first prize . of $2 for the largest score, turning in 14U tints, for which she got $3.75 be ''her "tse. Second prize of $1 . was won . by David Peter's with 21 MoVe than 213 .pints of flies were FROM QUEEN OF BULGARIA. 'Pleada With Roumanla Quean to Cheek Invaeion of Bulgaria. Fish Will Be Delayed. Word received from Game Warden Finley is to the effect that the. fish car must make three1 trips into South ern Oregon before oming here and that it will be fully; two weeks before the car can reach .La Grande with Un ion county fish. V""',:,?-'V' :V' 'V- , .'.' .. .'',,'.;,,"" . . . LAKE DUE IT PENDLETON TO GIVE ELABOR ATE ENTERTAINMENT. Train to Beach Pendleton at Four T'huJ Afternoon Is Plan. Portland, Aug 19. Secretary of the Interior Franklin1' K. Lane, and party departed early today for Eastern Ore gon, where they will pass the -day viewing the west Umatilla irrigation extension. . He arrives at Pendleton this' evening. Pendleton,. Aug. 19. (Special) Following an all day inspection, of the Umatilla project and . the proposed west extension, Secretary of the In terior Franklin K. Lane and party will arrive in Pendleton this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Thia was the .word defi nitely received over the wire yesterday morning, from Portland and upon its recepit, plans" for the entertainment of the distinguished official were im mediately, made by the special com mittee of which Col. J. H. Raley Is chairman. ' , The plans of the committee are as follows: The secretary and his party will be met at the depot by a com mittee and they will at once be taken in autos for a tour of the Umatilla reservation and the big wheat lands. At .7 o'clock a banquet will be ten tered him In' the grill of the Hotel St. George and after the banquet an informal reception for the public will be held at the rooms of the Pendleton Commercial association. Synopsis' of Plans for Receiving Lane. Arrive in Pendleton at 4 p. m. today. Will be received by committee in autos. " , . Party to be taken on trip to reser vation and wheat lands. v. Banquet in Hotel St. George at 7 p. m. . ' Reception for public at Commercial club after banquet. Secretary leaves Pendleton at 1:50 a. m. WW TIM LA GRANDE, OREGON, "SLffn mm MEETING OH , p 1 1 mm to close bid ..-.' WIIIIIIWIIIII , U I I :) -;-,. CHIEF OF POLICE CLAIMS TO HAVE ARRESTED FLEE- : v . . . ING MANIAC. H PASSENGER. TIN HALTED Letters Addressed to Harry Thaw Are Found on Person Suspected to Be Man Who Escaped From Mattewan . Prisoner Steadfastly Denies He is -Thaw, Until Finally He Admits His Identity. , - Coaticooke, Quebec, Aug. 19. Har ry K. Thaw has been taken at Coati cooke, Quebec, if the advices given out by Chief of' Police Bordeau are cor rect. Thaw escaped' from Mattewan yesterday. Because the prisoner, 'taken from a train which was stopped this morn ing, and searched by officials for a man answering the description of Har ry Thaw, had in his possession letters addressed to. Tha w, Chief of . Police (Continued orx , Page 4) FiGHT ENDING SULZER GRADUALLY LOOSENING - HIS FOOTHOLD. Pay to Sulzer Supporters Will Be Dis-. continued at Once. Albany, AugV iai-The termination of the Gubernatorfit confusion u ex pected vsoon. The legislature is ex pected to recognize Glynn aa governor and the canal board is expected to do likewise.. Payment will then be dis continued to the state officials remain ing loyal to Sulzer. The postoffice will also be induced to deliver the official mail to Glynn. . ' t Sulzer insists that he will not for feit shis powers but that he will not act on any important matters. : Ke re fused to indicate whether he would no tice the action of attorney general in recognizing Glynn.- Railroad Strike Settled. San Francisco, Aug. 19. Peaceful relations between the Southern Pacific and its conductors, trainmen, engin eers and firemen have been establish ed.. Commissioner Hanger, of the fed eral board of mediation and coucilli ation has arranged a settlement. By the terms of the agreement the con ductors, trainmen, engineers and fire men, who are by seniority entitled to fill the vacancies on the steam roads will receive the same consideration on the electric lines and the same rate of pay will extend to both roads. Overlandcrs Going South. A party of four people and one girl leaving Birmingham, Wn, for South ern Utah points, passed through La Grande today traveling by horse tear. A prairie schoonef and a lipht rig Cur ried the travelers and except for the dry area between The Dalles end Pen dleton the company had but little trou ble. ' L7 - M TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, TAXPAYERS TO MAKE DECISION DURING THURSDAY $.4.$ ANOTHER BIG CEMENT CUT. Growing directly out of the paving competition thVt afew days ago reduced the price of ce- ment 40 cents to the barrel where applied to tne paving of Spring street, came another slasl, ld I in cement prices when Sam p u,,n..n . Z A S fered Portland and irt.h ,Bf at $2.85 a barrel, instead" of for- 9 mer prices standing:, at ?.85. : - w--. Furthermore the cnt nli not A company agent, and Joseph only to Spring street .but U'ap-. plicable tp the .huge reservoir .the city is about tq build and will S save hundreds of dollars. Still further,, it is presumed that oth- $ er cement companies will have to i come to the Mangun quotations. f 1 The tremendous slashing In ce- $ ment prices' is a direct conse- $ quence of the paving war. .' (P.r .V V . . t If, the present unofficial plans are carried out,, the final selection of a paving for Spring street will come on Thursday night Instead of Wednes day evening JEMs plan has been pro posed by : several of the ' councilmen and generally endorsed by the people uf footed, It is nt so mueh that the Ssiing street job is large but that there is keen competition for different pavings. One of the eleven specifica tions must be selected and there is no question but what the people will make the selection. Here isthe pres ent schedule of events:' siJ'.!i'S!e". , Open the bids Wednesday evening? have property owners qn hand to get this nature of the bids; let the council adjourn until Thursday evening when the property owiierg will have had time to study the bids. The contracts can then appear at the council cham ber before the property holders not the council arid explain, the merits of their.' paving and retire. In this wi the property owners can not only have bids before, theni but have the vcral explanation of the different types of paving. ...The property owners can men hold a caucus in the -council room Thursday, evening, cast a vote and make recommendations to the coun cil. The council can then close the deaf. This plan will facilitate and ex pedite matters it is generally argued. "The adjourned meeting should be held Thursday evening as the con tractors are under a heavy expense and all cannot win." today remarked Coun cilman F. P. Haisten, who through personal letters was largely respons ible for the mobilization of the dif ferent paving concerns here. ' "The DIGGSBLAMES MS "Couldn't Shake Her" Is Plea Made By Defendant Diggs Pleading His Own Preservation ,. San Francisco, Aug. 19. "I was unable to shake the woman off." That in his own words, summed up the de fense of Maury Diggs as to why Miss Warrington was discovered living villi Km in K q. bungalow at Reno, aftur . V v of Caminetti and Di(?s with Miss Warrington and Miss Norris. . In two hours of uninterrupt ed testimony. Diggs tried to impress the juary that the assertions and in 1913. BIG BEVY OF PAVING MEN ASSEMBLE FOR ARGUMENTS Sam Mangun, a Boise contractor. who bids on any grade of paving; ' Harry Morn". Boise representa- , H h 'n V 1 Ft' ' 1 T7L r "T J ,1 ' ? on8uction .and EngK; ZZVTZ flV' f "5 enK ne ' he Thief Valley .Irr.gatwrf Prjet, and who. is a concrete pave- menJ mani E- W' Greiet th? SaleWJ y . J! 'n Hunter, 1 a Dollarway agent make up the squad of runners in the little sprint that will be gotten aWay f rom the stretch tomorrow evening and re maining in. running until the night following. A batch of others are com ing : tomorrow 'morning if telegrams and letters have it straight. Of these men, several are new faces, but Gei ger was here a few days ago and deemed it advisable to return' again today from his Salem headquarters; Hunter has been here several days All aim to remain until the smoke hap cleared away. V " ::' 1 "V "H,t?'., The Eloso representative didn't ar rive this morning and it is now. doubt ful that he will come at alj it is said. -None of the men have anything par ticular to say today. The latest ar rivals, are absorbing brain matter on the specifications this applies prin cipally to the contractors who do not confine themselves to any one brand of paving. ,; ' , All are - rehearsing ' the dialogues that wiir come up Thursday evening 58 tJlS word has gone put that there will be no argument before the coun cil meeting Wednesday evening. Even on that auspicloui occasion it is prob able that the representatives will have to curb their utterances ' to mere ter of Edward C. Ward, assistant man praise of their own system and not ager of the Pacific Coast Steamship' malign or impugne the merits of any company. , . .;; other system. - 1 . Mrs. Nellie B. Ward, mother of Miss ,ww...'- - - - i Ward. . ' ,. sooner the bids are let the less the expense of these peole will be; it is only fair to them, and the property owners can agree as well on Thursday as Friday night." READ THE CHARTER. ' '"', -'. ': In this Issue of. the Observer is a section of the proposed :ity government by commission char- ter. Sections of it will be run from time to time to fully con- verse each reader with the sailent 4 facts of the " new government scheme. A section is printed to- day on another f&ge. ' . S sinuations of Miss Warrington had practically dominated him and ' that having cast her fortunes with him she refused to be shunted aside, he testifi eiT, even though he pleaded business ruin and family ties and an impend ing prosecution by w." "id father through the juvenile court. He sought to place upon Miss Warrington the re sponsibility of inducing Miss Norris to accompany the three. MnTnsI nb u NUMBER 37 lite; figures OF DEAD AT SB FORTY OUT OF ENTIRE HUMAN ,', FREIGHT LOAD ON BOARD V ; ' REACH SAFETY. DEATH LIST 15 WO .Wreak' t Ship Sunday Detail of Which' Were Hard to Get Indicate - Death List b Sixty-eight at Least Another Steamer Nearby Saved ...Si-. : tj ', ' . ; ,....y-:: v.-ii v Many Accident ; Occurred Off June Juneau. Seattle, Aug. 19. Sixty-eight now .appear to have been lost on the Call- fornia. Of the 76 passengers only 43 were saved. The .crew numbered. 73. Advices aay but 40 were rescued.' f - SeatHe, ! Aug l.J-The latest inpr matibn .of ,the Wi-eck'of the steamship California in Gambier bay, 17 miles frop Juneau,' has made no reduction in -the list V the dead and. missing. It in believed that 76 , passengers were on board when the ship stnwk the' rock", and slipped into the ..water. Forty three of tha passengers were rescued by the Jefferson, which was near by and caught the, S. O. S. signals, Sev en members of the crew are unac counted for and thi8 hrinp he ottH low' up to 40; - .i ' Among the dead whose bodies have been recovered are: f : . j Mrs. A. Birnbaum. Mrs'Stella Reardan.' " - . Mrs; Clara Van De Lass. V, "" q, - John Van De Lass. ' Miss Lillian-Ward, Seattle, daugh' I Four unidentified women. Following Is a partial list of the missing, who are believed to be dead; Miss Anna L. Cassidy. - Miss May Dixon. ,v W. A. Dwyer. v Blanche Fridd, Monmouth, O.V.. y Minette E. Harlan, 'Monmouth,- Ore. Leslie Hpbro, manager of the Pa-. cific 'Coast Steamship company's of fice in San Francisco. " J. Holman. ' ' . . - ' : j Miss Alice Johnson. ' . x Lillian Norman. "' , Nick. Pittulas. , ' , Miss Reardan. ' " ' - - . Mrs. C. E. Spithill and child. , ' Ben A. Wade. ' Miss Wilson. ,. Members of the crew dead: '. Fo th Officer I. Anderson. Wireless Operator D. C. PerkinB. , Deck Officer N. Lawson. Deck Officer L. Mezzene. : Waiter P. Smith. Waiter J. Clark. V Waiter B. Madiger. A Explosion In Mexico City. Mexico City, Aug. 19. More than 100 persons were killed at Tacubaya, a suburb of Mexico City today, when an explosion occurred which was caus ed by the collision of a car of iron with a car of dynamite on the street. The explosion occurred in a thickly populated ' district and the vistoms) were mostly women and girls. The adobe houses within a radius of -500 feet were leveled to the ground. Thir ty bodies have been rocovere " PtAuE NUMBER it. 'V . it. ( turned tn. -mi
