La Grande evening observer., August 28, 1913, Image 1

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VOLUME xin.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1913.
NUMBER
STRUCTURE
COLLAPSES .0(1
70 EMPLOYK
PETERBORO tRY GOOD INSTITU-
TION IS WRECKED WHEN
, WALL CRUMBLES.
DEATH LIST URGE ONE
Fire Known to Be Dead and Many In
jure Believed Debris Hide StUl
Other Dead and Wounded Adjoin-
DISABLEO MEN
OF METHODISM
HAVE 1KB
SECRETARY OF CLAIMANTS
BOARDS BRINGS MESSAGE
, TO CONFERENCE.
EX-GOVERNOR HAS ARRIVED
F. R. Goodinf , of Gooding, Idaho Pre
sented to Conference Today Lec
tore Tonight to Bo of Keen Inter-
ing Excavation Responsible for the- est Ride Tomorrow Horning Is the
Collapse Loss to Building Heavy. I Popular More Session la Busy.
. Peterboro, Ontario, Aug. 28. Five
known dead and eight others serious
ly injured have been taken from the
ruins '.caused by the collapse of the
Turnbull dry goods store today. It is
feared more dead orMnjured are buri
ed in the debris. About 70 clerks and
customers were in the store at the
.time of the collapse.' ' ".-
Thw-e were not many customers In
the store when the structure collapsed,
but there were some 70 employes in
side and it is believed that many are
more or less injured. The walls of the
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REVISED CONFERENCE PRO-
GRAM TODAY AND FOR '
" . THIS EVENING, V"
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9:00 a. m., Devotions, .. G. jW.'
1 Br rnes. ; '.";"' '.
S 9;30 ......... .Business Session'
11:45 ... ... . . j.i ; .Adjournment $
2:30. p. m., Conference Mission-
fc ary Sermon, R. L. L. Barnsta-
ble.' ' ' ..';: ''' '
7:30 p. m., Address, Dr. E. R.A
Fulkersen, theme, "The N.ew
Orient" i'C'j
often penniless after devoting their
entire lives to the service.-. What the
problem is and how to solve it, were
some' of the points touched upon by
Mr- Clemans before the conference this
morning In what was the chief address
of the morning session. Matters 6f
importance came up for consideration
during the forenoon, and among other
things reaching a decision to go into
executive session at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon. Matters of importance will
come up at that time.
, "Gooding Introduced.'
Ex-Governor F, R. Gooding of Good
ing, Idaho, was introduced today and
will participate in the program later.
Other men and women introduced to
the conference during the forenoon
session were: f
C H. Hadshire, district superintend
ent o f the Columbia-conference; Ezra
C. Clemans, of Chicago; R. D. Ouster-
hout," Sunday school missions, who
read his report for the year; Miss
Kenworthy,. representing the woman's
mission and Mrs. Urah, state W. C.
T. U. worker. . , ' .-." '..': ; j
District Superintendents J. D. Gilli
lan, Boise district; H. W. Parker, Po
catello district, and W. A. Winters, La
Grande' district, read their reports for
the past year.' The pastors followed
with annual reports, all encouraging
and optimistic. . '
Ride Tomorrow; Awaited.
This afternoon there has been a big
rush for reservations in the auto car
avan that leaves the Commercial club
tomorrow morning at 7:00 o'clock and
up to 7:30, Many women , are join
ing- the delegation and Bishop Luccock ,
relieved .any temerity about going on i ing to admit
Huerta Modifies "Reply !; -and
a Far More Hopeful
i Tone Cheers Wmhin&ion.
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building were weakened by the erec- S Following that address, is an
tion of a building Adjoining. The fire S address by Ezra C. Clemans, field
department and scores of citizens are representative for the board of
searchiher the ruins. Trie - property; conference claimants. - '
loss alone is $150,000.
Many of the clerks have not been ac
counted for. '
FOUR HORSES KILLED.
. Ezra C. Clemans came out from Chi
cago as secretary of the board of con
ference claimants to plead with the
Idaho conference of the Methodist
Guy Glenn's Engine Water Tank Team
Hilled xesieraay Auerawm. I . - . . , ... , -
. j church, in session here this week, for
: Four extra choice horses belonging ' the aged men who have given their
to Guy Glenn of Imbler, were killed lives to the field of preaching and now,
fciiA 0ir driver was back- on the brink of the grave are unable
ing a threshing machine "engine water, to fill charges and through lack ofj
tank to the river's edge to nil up lunos in many insmiiceo o
-in. , Th rtr. heaw and cum- less and helpless. Usually such a man
,m. .trtl hack with a rush and is called a superanuated minister and
in the wild scramble that followed, some provision has always been made
four horses were killed.' The driver for him by the conference but Ezra C.
escaped without serious danger or any , Clemans put before the conference to-
accident The loss is
Mr. Glenn.
the trip in fear of not returning in
time, by admitting that if the roads
were good he would like to remain out
until 9 although the worship services
start at 8:30. On their return the
men and women will go to the Com
mercial club; where" libations will be
served to wash down any Grande
Ronde soil that might have a tena
ency to parch throats.. -"New
Orient" Topic Tonight.
Dr. E. R. Fulkerson of New York,
wffi lecture on the "New Orient" this
evening at the high school auditorium
at 8 o'clock. Dr. Fulkerson spent about
20 years in the far east and was at
one time vice consul of the United
States to' Japan. His lecture this ev
ening will be highly educational and
very interesting. The public is cordi
ally invited to attend this lecture at
the high school. Admission is free.
Washington, Aug. 28,
Cable ail vices to the state
department from Emissary
Lind, declared that Huerta
bad; many concessions in his
nev? note to Uncle Sam vir
tually accepting Lind's pro
posal, but that the United
States let matters stand as
they are until after the pres-
ldentiol election in Oceober.
Commenting on a dispatch in
the latest editions of the New
York Herald,which ay that
Huerta is prepared to accept
the.. American mediation,
Secretary Bryan said- "The
best we can say is that the
prospect is encouraging." It
is stated unofficially in quar
ters, that Huerta's latest
message now in progress of
translation is perhaps more
favorable than the v are wil-
Officers said
that one . soldier ' to every
three miles of Mexican bor
der would be sent to Texas to
maintaiu neutrality; ; :
notified the purser that he
might cancel his reservation.
He walked the streets today
unprotected and unmolest
ed. Washington, Aag. 28. Emissary
Llnd telegraphed from Vera Crui and
advised the administration that ho
would reach Mexico City tomorrow. It
is believed that he is returning in re
sponse to Huerta's request for a re
newal of negotiations.
Washington, , Aug. 28. Cable ad
vices . from Emissary Lind indicate
there is still strong probability that
Huerta is accepting Wilson's peace
suggestions. Lind's latest mote, how
ever, didn't confirm the report that
Huerta had accepted the peace 'plan
in full, but thr fact that Lind has
announced that he will stay in Mexico
indefinitely is considered encouraging
by the Washington officials.
date for re-election In October.- Thiev
it is believed paves the way to futnra
negotiations. The note does not say
that the American mediation plan wiB
be entirely accepted. ' : . ..-.v..
- Recruits Sent South.
St. Louis, An;. 28. A special train
carrying 173 recruits from the Co
lumbus barracks, left here to3ay for
Texas city.
Thaw Under Guard.,' ;
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Sherbrooke, Aug 28. Harry Thaw
lawyers are guarding the fugitive In
Canada as it is feared he will be kid
napped - and returned to New York.
Former District Attorney Jerome, Km
gone to Quebec to tell the Provincial
Premier Gouin, that Tuaad-y'a pro
ceeding are farcical.
Caminetti Case Progresses.
'San Francisco, Aug. 28. With 'tit
exception of Peter J. Tehaney, secre-
Tae , tary of the state board of control, un-
state department has made public the der whom Caminetti, for a time, wa
gist of the latest cable from Lind. , It employed, the Sacramento witnesses
said: "The request for an exchange of today were the same as Jhose who
ambassadors is withdrawn, 'but. Hu-;iaid the foundation for the prosecution
erta hopes the present ambassadorial in the Diggs case. All efforts of the
personnel in Mexico City will continue government to reveal Caminetti's do-
a heavy one to aay an eioqueufc iico vm
'preachers who are now helpless and
Efficiency Is the Keynote.
Because the Observer is in
its most earnest manner call-.
; ing upon the taxpayers of
i La Grande to go deep into
ii' the city's business before it
is everlastingly too late, iH
no reason why anyone should
$ think or assume that an at-
tadk is being made upon the
i: honesty of any individual or
A any officer.
f Where La Grande is lack-
ing and has been lacking for
many years is in einciency.
We could name a number of
big jrmdertakings that have
cost too much money some
of them have been done in
t such a planner that re-construction
has become neces
' sary, entailing large cost. On
every hand there has been
that unfortunate giant In
efficiency staring e at th
treasury with mischief in his
eves. .
And. too. it is not necessary
to build this city into a young
Chicago, municipally speak
in&r. in one. two or three-
vears. Propert v will not
stand this enormous strain
Take the hill gently it will
require a little more time,
but there will be no sudden
iars and possible breaks.
Find a stopping place at
once for the expenditure Of
money, then levy sufficient
tax to beein -paying off the
city's indebtedness instead
of adding more.
Tt. is the old common sense
way of doing business to ex
pect a dav of settlement a
day when obligations must
be" . met. And while JLa
Grande is a splendid city, we
cannot get away from the
old common sense plan.
FAMILY LIFE
STRENUOUS ONE
ELGIN FAMILY AIRS TROUBLES
, IN COURT.
Vera Cruz, Aug. 28. Em
issary Lind reserved passage
on the liner Morrq Castle,
which sails tonight, buthas
related, but the scenes shifted a few
years ago to Elgin and there he 'was
arrested and pleaded guilty to the
same charge and was fined heavily.
For the fourth time, in their lives, he
was arrested the story goes, at Elgin
last spring but fought the case and
was later indicted by the grand jury
for alleged brutality to his family. In
the" meantime divorce proceedings
were brought, and yesterday and to
day the case came to trial. Mr. Cook
contends in his answer that he was
mistreated by his wife and knocked
over the head with a stove poker
dragged from a sofa and from his
room by the hair of his head, was hit
by stove wood and an ax in her hand,
and he denies having mistreated her,
Mrs. Cook" had the stand in rebuttal
this morning and said her husband had
frequently denied parenthood of one
of their children.
until after the October election
More Negotiations Possible.
Mexico City, Aug. 28-Foreign Miri
Man Says Wife Abused Him; Wife
- . Says He Abused Her.
Family troubles that amounted to
real bodily injury to both partici
pants, if both parties are to be believ
ed, were told m circuit court yesterday
and today when Ava Cook of Elgin,
brought proceedings to have a divorce
granted her from her husband, George
H. Cook. The case was heard before
Judge Knowles and many Elgin peo
pie testified in the case.
The last piece of cross examination
was heard today when Anna Cook,
pretty little 8-year-old daughter of
the man and wife, denied that her
mother had struck her father with
stove wood, or pulled him from a sofa
by his hair, or done other equally
"cruel" things as alleged by the father."-
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The wife says that she was brutal
ly mistreated over a course of year
extending back almost to the time they
were' married in .England. - She sets
out, and Mr. Cooks admits some of it,
that in England he was arrested for
persistent cruelty to her. - He pleaded
guilty before the magistrate, and was
later arrested and convicted - for a
similar offense. Other incidents are
HORSTMAN INJURED.
Local Contractor Caught by Falling
. Safe Left Arm Broken.
tnestic afafirs through Tehaney, war
frustrated. ' F. A. Llnder, a clerk at
. the "Riverside hotel, testified to the
ister Gamboa's latest note to Lind was j adventures of the elovlns? auartet. :
published here. Its most important taking up the testimony where Is was
point is that Huerta is still constitu-. dropped y the railroad men who tea- '
tionally excluded from being a candi- tlfied yesterday. :. .
TOR CAUSES
FUNIC T0 1
Hoboken, Aug. 28. Starting at four
this morning and raging five hours,
fire damaged the provision room of
the liner Imperator, the largest ship
afloat, the launching of which recent
ly attracted crowds of international
people. The extent of the damage is
$16,000. One officer was suffocated.
The fire caused a panic among the'
1100 people in the steerage but they
were landed without injury. '
LIVELY VERBAL COMBAT AT
COUNCIL MEETING ADOS THRILL
Retrenchment Policy Practiced Bond Question
Start the Squabble
Joe Horstman, a local contractor,
who has just completed the main por
tion of installation of a new glass
front in the Hill drug store, was seri
ously hurt late this afternoon, when a
big safe under process of moving in
me West store, slid on him( . .
He accepted, this morning, a con
tract to move the safe, and was jack
ing it up by raising one side at a
time a trifle with jack screws. During
the process it seems one side was rais
ed a trifle too high and the heavy load
slipped off the blocking, catching Mr.
Horstman. i
. One arm was broken above the el
bow and it is feared he is hurt internally-
.
Colorado Golf Championship On. :
Denver. Aug. 28. With a record list
of contesetants the Colorado state golf
championship tournament began today
on the links of the Lakewood Country
club here. Nearly 100 players repre
senting all the clubs in the state par
ticipated ?n today's qualifying round.
Retrenchment to expenditures of
public 1 moneys, interspersed with one
of the most thrilling; verbal combats
that has yet marked the progress ot
the scarpping council of 1913, were the
chief characteristics of the special
council meeting held last evening. A
scene that was about to end in per
sonal combat with possible infliction
of bodily injury to members ' of the
council. Dossibly necessitating a riot
call, was finally quieted, but in the
meantime the council had demonstrat
ed the utter absurdity of attempting
to transact the big volume of business
before it under the present municipal
government arrangement. No better
argument for a centralized form of
government could be advanced than
that scene enacted last night when
men called each other names and were
heated to fighting temperature," re
marked a citizen this morning. A
.clash of fists between several council
men was averted by the narrowest
margin. The "rough house" was pre
cipitated when the question of requir
ing a maintenance paving bond cam
up. Councilman Haisten renewed his.
attack on the so-called lack of validity
of the' maintenance bond originally re
quired of the Warren Construction
company and filed by that company on
each piece of work done, and argued
that no bond be required on Spring. In
his caustic attack the councilman waa
called to order by President Campbell,
attention being called to the fact that
the matter under discussion was, not if
the Warren people's bond was valid,
but if a bond should be required on
Spring avenue. " In his remarks the
councilman intimated that some of the .
council ' members were in conspiracy
with the Warren people and said Lin
coln had a motive in wanting a, bond
on Spring. That started the trou
ble..' ."" ';.""'
Councilmen Lincoln and Haisten
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