La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 21, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textvolume xni. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1913. . NUMBER 76. HUM III MIDDLE STATE ZONES SEVERE MANY STATES GRIPPED IN SUD DEN COLD SPELL AND SNOWSTORM. W. DEATHS REPORTED ' i j i'i .in Wire Service Is Crippled and Subse quent Reports May Add to Death - lut Snow falls in Chicago Lake Traffic Abandoned, Trains Tied Up Is Earliest Stom In Years. Chicago, Oct 21. A blizzard raged at daybreak over most of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minne sota and Iowa. . The cold wave cov ered the entire territory from the great lakes to the gulf, though through the southwest it is less severe. The storm has compelled the abandon ment of Lake Superior traffic. Lake Michigan was stirred to a fury and there are two inches of snow at Chicago. Trains are tied up. It is known that six lives were lost in the blizzard and full reports may increase this total. The storm is the earliest in years 'and everyone was taken by .surprise. Atlantic Coast Suffers. Nev York, Oct. 23. A 60-mile gale raged along the Atlantic coast last taight and the greater part cf today. As a result several ships are reported ill distress, and it is feared the havoc among the smaller craft will be great. The crew of the schooner Mar jorie was picked up by the liner as the vessel -was sinking 200" miles from shore. It is estimated the loss along the coast -will be the heaviest for this time of the season in years. j E T HUSBAND KILLS WIFE THEN SU ICIDES. Quarrl After ' Six Months' Married M-iif Ltfe Ends Fatally. Boise, Oct. 21. Glenn Wardell shot and fatally wounded his wife and then turned the weapon upon himself and sent a bullet through his own heart to day. Mrs. .Wardell died on the way to the hospital. The Wardails were married but six months. A trivial' quarrel is said to have caused Wardell to rose his temper. He was the son of a prominent real estate broker. Musicale Dates Set. At last night's meeting of the Lyle Tuesday Musical club, it was decided to hold the first concert of the sea son Ik November 4th. Programs Will be reiiidered in the Commercial club roomias usual'untfl some other room has bJpn found which has better acous tics. U is thought tbe club rooms of the new library building might be uti lized for this purpose, providing the sound qualities are better than those of the present rooms. A banner pro gram will be arranged for the open ing night. It will be published at a luter date. T Wood, Russell and Gardner Elected To Office Under New Form Of City Charter Second Choice Necessary to Name Winner In Quadrangular Contest For Second Year-Qualification Date Is Muddled WHAT THE NEW COMMIS-, SION MUST DO AT ONCE. S ' . ; Select a city manager. Name a chairman who shall be S president of the', city of La $ Grande. Select a municipal judge. 8 Control the city government until a complete organization is perfected. The Com mission en. Mac Wood, for one year. 3 J. A. Russell, for two years. John aGrdner, fo three years. S Mac wood, merchant; J. A. Russell, meat dealer-and John Gardner,' loco motive engineer, all heavy taxpayers and long-time residents of La Grande, were elected yesterday at La Grande's first municipal election. They were picked from eight candidates, all or whom were considered., well fitted for the position, and the consequence of it was that the election was quiet and the campaign Was quiet, anA the se lection tf any thre of the men would have been generally satisfactory. John .Gardner's majority Was the V largest of any in the group, through he did not. compete where there were three choices to be obtained. Second Choice' EUts. J. A. Russell was named from a group of four candidates or the sec ond year term by resorting to the sec ond choice. His first choice was not a majority of all votes cast, hence, the addition of the second or the third if necessary. He is under the majority with his first choice, and far in ad vanc of it with his second added to the first". In other words he lacked comparatively few votes of being elec ted on first choice votes. The third choice will not be officially counted as the second choice completes the majority. Majority Is Uncertain. Until the city recorder calls in two electors to act as canvassers of the election it will be impossible to ascer tain the precise majority of all votes cast. Figures given herwith are ap proximate and are sufficient at least. It is hardly possible that there would be a variation in the majority large enough to necessitate the addition of third choice votes to elect Mr, Russell. The exact majority by which he is elected, however, is not known and wont be until the official canvass is made. It is impossible to ascertain the exact amount of votes cast from the tables appended, but as noted, they will scarcely vary enough to call in the third choice and they can scarcely be sufficiently off to give him a first chice majority. ' In any event he is elected. There is some uncertainty about the time the men take office. Under the charter both at present and Jan uary first, seem right, yet the charter has also taken. away. all rights, it is agreed, for the old council to act now that the new men are elected, and a majority of the committee which fram ed the charter is of the opinion that there is great neecTfor immediate oc cupancy of the now commission. Some hold they should wait until the regu lar January date, but the present council is inclined to believe that it can do nothing regularly hereafter, and therefore, in all probabiliiios the new commission will take hold of the reins of government within a few days. The first big proposition that faces the commission if it is formed now is the fixing of the tax levy, and though the commissioners individu ally must qualify by fking thir oath of office at once, it is 'thought that the new commission will shape up a few minor matters before actually taking the government in hand. This may require a week or 10 days, but the tax levy does not deed to be arranged foV a considerable length of time, and the council will have ample time to hold another meeting and clean up matters which were commenced prior to the time the new charter was pass ed. The committee which drafted the charter had in mind that, the new com mission take hold of things as soon as possible. Mr. Gardner is ill and this may delay organization. Manager Not Considered, ;;..;''" Immediately the commission must commence to cast about for a manager to run the city and in the Interim, the city will of course, be slightly handl caped but the charter provides that appointive offices shall -hold until their successors are appointed and it follows that heads of departments can proceed as before until a regular man ager Is named. " "' ' ' When seen this afternoon by a rep resentative of the Observer Mac Wood the newly elected commisisoner of the city, prefaced all remarks by . the statement: "I am sorry that I was elected. It will mean a great deal of work in addition to the work that I am now performing, and I feel that it will be burdensome. There seemed to -ryy' sw"V iA ' THE UNOFFICIAL VOTE SUMMARY. CANDIDATES 31 33 3? 5.1 5. For One Year. 5? Collier, John Wood, Mac ...... Wood majority For Two Year McMillan, W. D. ' First choice .... 4lTB7113i63l 274 49125169451 . 8 68 5618 1388 114 . 6 9 2811 54 ! Second choice . I Third choice .,. . 1 McMillan, total . 7 12 29 4 52 . 6 16 44 6 72 .19 8710121178 .43 8711181431291 Russell, J. A. . First choice . ; , . Second choice . Third choice . . . Russell total Dunn, C. S. .17 80) 6920136 . 3 15 16 2 36 .631322035463 I First choice . .. ' Second choke . ,' , , Third choice . . . i . Dunn total ..... Sargent, W. B. .16 371 7118142 .13 34 64113)124 .10 15 3116 72 . (391 8616647338 .1181 47j 6227154 .j 7) 241 2511 67 ..1226 45112) 94 .37. 9613250315 .69il41906S441 .23 67) 86a215 .46 471104)29)226 93190230108621 A HO,! UJUWS . . Second choice ;. Third choice ... Sargent, total . For Three Years Gardner, John Fitzgerald, D. . . . . Gardner majority , Total vote cast , Majority of 621. is 311 and Russell's ' first choice is 291, ; hence need of adding .second choice a total of 291 : giving him total vote of 427 or 116 majority without counting his third choice. (Based on approximate ma jority.) ' ' be no one on the ticket who was quite anxious for the job." When told that it was rumored that the recent council might resign, Mr. Wood hardly thought there could be much foundation to the rumor inas much as the present incumbents of the various offices had been elected by the same electorate and would ir all probability look upon the matter as a duty to Btand by the guns until the very last. HIS CANDIDATE. T INVITE CHIEF OF MRS. PANKHURST WONT CALL ON PRESIDENT WILSON WITHOUT REQUEST. OFFICIAL QQBRS OPENED Information Given Oat at White House That If She Calls She WUI Be Re ceived Bat President Will Not In rite Her No Stamp of Approval on Militancy to Be Given by Wilson. Washington, Oct 21'. If Mrs. Em etine Pankhurst, the British chief mili tant now in America, sticks to her ex pressed determination, made at New York today, not . to visit the White House except by invitation, she and the president will not meet, ft is in timated at the White house today. If she calls she will be received, but Im migration Officer Caminetti said to day that If. an audience was granted, Vie president could not be construed s having set his seal of official ap proval on militancy. Mrs. Pankhurst Explicit. ' New York, Oct. 21. The Belmont house was filled to overflowing today , at the reception in honor of Mrs. Pankhurst. ' ' ' ' ' ' "When I reach Washington," said Mrs. Pankhurst, "I shall call on the president only if invited. I shall es teem it an honor to see President Wil son but will not visit the White House unless asked to do," LOWER COURT UPHELD. Supreme Coiirt Orders That Compens ation Act Shall Go oif Ballot. Salem, Oct. 21. The supreme court found no evidence of w-aud In the workmen's compensation petition. The supreme court thereby sustains the Marion county circuit court in dismiss ing the suit. The measure will, there fore, be on the official ballot this fall to be voted upon. -Reynolds in Portland Oregonian. WILSON IN MLT'OTS i SUllEfl QUIET PREVAILS OVER BiAZ'S REM ' MEXICO CITY IS QUIET BUT A STORM IS PREDICTED WHEN DIAZ ARRIVES. DIAZ HURRIES A CLIMAX Alarm Felt In Sullen Quietness That Prevails Throughout Mexico Today Government at Washington Meets In Cabinet to Discuss Situation Bryan to Stay at His Office. Mexico City, Oct. 21. Quiet reigned in the city today but it is the quiet which goes with fear. Trouble is ex pected soon after Felix Diax sets foot on Mexican soil. Diaz didn't arrive at Vera Crus yesterday as was ex pected but is due this afternoon. His friends said that he would come di rectly to the capitol. Such a move is interpreted as indicating a determin ation to take the offensive" against Huerta immediately. Huerta is in seclusion. The nation- bi hiiim;is ib nenvuy guarueu. 1 ; Cabinet Considers Matters. . Washington, Oct. 21. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan confer red for an hour today concerning the Mexican situation, A cabinet meet ing followed. The concensus of opin ion, is that .- imporant developments wui come in we-near imure, it oemg admitted that Diaz is bringing mat tort to a needy-crfajs,i'it?;i'r,:,' ', The president, if lie carries out his present plans, will be aWay from Washington to attend the Southern Commercial congress at Mobile, Oc tober 26. On that day is the Mexican election. Bryan has cancelled his en gagements to accompany the presi dent, because of the possibility of a sudden happening in the southern re public. ! I Quake at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Oct. 21. A slight earthquake shock was felt today. There was no damage done. The sur rounding towns also felt the shock. FDNG TRiHL IS it iwnr m iuuul CHINESE IS CHARGED WITH VIO LATING LICENSE LAW. Bank Case Returned In Favor of the ' Defendant Yesterday. In the case of the American Nation al bank of Pendleton vs. A. Huitt and brother, the jury brought in a verdict for the defendant. It was incorrectly reported that the bank involved was that of North Powder. This morning the court was busy impanoling a jury in tha case of the state vs l). K. l' ong, charged with practicing medicine without a license. Testimony was taken this afternoon but up to the time of going to press; the case lind not been given to the jury for deliberation. . - 4 Attorneys for the defonso in the: ense of State vs Nowlio endeavored : to have the caso postponed owing to the absence' of important witnesses, but the court refused to allow the postponement. 'This caso will follow" tho D. E. Fong case, and will prob- ubly be tried tomorrow. ' The Newlin case opens at 8 a. m.