La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 01, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text:--UvWA --Uv f. w! f- fn-- '" ".'r-.rv --''' i ..v,i,i!i.r-.(-:( AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - MINTS THE NEK3 THE DAY IT HAPPEKS voiajme xm.' LA GRANDE, OREGON, - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1913 & NUMBER 111. , , ! . , i - - v v " " f lERUOIIK I- -HOB 111; FROM CAPITOL ATH REPORTEL BUT IS NOT GENERALLY BELIEVED v TO BE TRUE. , j CRISIS DRAWING NEARER Some Believe That , Absence b Ac - counted for By Prolonged Drinking Carousal, While Others Think He Has Left the Capital for Vers Crui Recently Reports Are Conflicting. Mexico City, Dec. 1. It Is persist ently reported this- afternoon that that Huerta Is dead.' No evidence could be discovered to support the story that he had taken a train for Vera Cruz. Those familiar with the dictator's habits' say they ' feel sure he is merely drunk. They discredited the reports of Us death and. of his departure. Reliable private infor mation was to the effect that ho is drinking heavier than usual and hii been drunk for two days and business is suspended. : World Prints Alarm. ' New York, Dec. 1. The Evening World today published a dispatch from Mexico declaring that Huerta had secretly left the capitbl Sunday morning. ':. No confirmation could be obtained at 1:15 this afternoon. Crista Is Near. - " ' Washington, .Dec. 1. That Huerta's government faces its crisis this week is predicted by menxclose to the sit uation. The rebels are making ter rible efforts .to upset the govern ment, and it seems they will succeed within a few days.. Door Shunned By Sick Greek . ' FIRE-ESCAPE ENTRANCE TO HOSPITAL STRANGE. - ' GUN PL AY THRILLING Sick Man Tries to Break Into Hospital a la Burglar. , t "TT " j With a-fierce looking pistol the janitor at Grande Ronde hospital yes terday captured a Greek who had climbed the fire escape and was en deavoring to enter the. builidng by way of a second story window. A little nervous but proud of his feat the janitor marched the foreign born brother into the presence of Miss Wal ker, the manager of the hospital, and demanded an explanation of such con duct. Not a word of English could the Greek apeak ho could not even smile in English, and after' Miss Wal ker had heard the janitor's story she was in the act of reaching for a tele phone to notify the police when the Greek pulled a hospital permit from one of his pockets. '. He was working in ' the Palmer Lumber1' company's camp and requested hospital service. The permit was given him, but when he 'reached the building he preferred climbing the Are escape rether than entering' through the front door. ' Suffragettes Meet Today. Washington, Nov. 29. Leaders in PROLOGUE TO BIG STATE Officers Of State Farmers' Union Form Vanguard For The Main Army Officials, captains of the forces and some of the 500 delegates, have gath ered in La Grande today for the an nual state convention of tho National Educational and Co-operative associa tion, which comes to order tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. .As a prologue to . the convention, the executive board, comprised of men from vari ous sections of the state, held a meet ing today in preparation for the main event tomorrow morning. The main bulk of delegates comes tonight. .. Arthur V. Swift, president of the Oregon locals and vice-president of the national organization, . arrived this morning and State Secretary F. A. Sykes is here from Milton today. These two men, with the executive committee, spent many hours at hard work today outlining the plans for the convention. No particularly set pro gram will be followed out. Tomor row morning the program will be op ened with a speech of welcome and a ions during the convention. He is in North Powder today. . -V T;. Barrett Not Coming. . , r The-convention membership is re gretting - an eleventh-hour message from - National President C. A." Bar rett to the effect that he cannot be here but the national association is sending a man :most equally as well known,' in the form of L. M. Rhodes, 'president of the Tennessee unions and a member of the National executive committee. : As a writer of farm topics he is known' from ' coast L to 'coast. i ' 'I'S'r . The detailed program is: Tuesday,, Open session until noon, s Address of welcome Ex-Mayor M. K. Hall. Short Talk L. M. Rhodes. ; ' Appointment of Committees. ". Song, "America." . Noon. Closed sessions from 1:30 to 5:30. Reception by the La Grande Com- milmcnTalk Plummer Gate CAMPAIGN OF DEFENSE TO BE STARTED' HERE. COMPARISONS MADE Material Losses in Freight Rates Are i - . Fought Against. Tomorrow timbermen of Eastern Oregon meet in this city to further take up a discussion of the Plummer gateway controversy with the Inter state Commerce,, commission. ,' While it has not been so announced, the supposition is that when the meeting i called to order tomorrow the men will take , up some ' consideration . of ways and -means to combat the clos ing of the Plummer gateway ' and to frame a campaign - of. argument against such closing, to be presented to the interstate, commission early next year.-' ' Practically all the big mills of Eastern Oregon will be rep resented in this meeting, a call for which has been sent to every member of the Eastern Oregon division of the Western White Pine Manufacturers' association, no other, section , of . the territory than this being affected by the proposed action, of the commis sion. .';; .'';;'-.";-'"' ;;''" '7 ; , By a supplement to the transcon tinental lumber tariff, effective Octo ber 81, 1913, an effort was made; to close the Plummer, Idaho, gateway to PERMITS on TEE HUMID TiUWIDflK TOTAL INCLUSIVE OF NOVEM- BER REACHES TO 1293, 081 - - FOR THE YEAR. ; ... ... , ....... : 'i.--;-., iHS.tS;..-. LAST YEARUARK PASSED Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Has Already Passed . Last Year's Re- -markable Record and Last Month Will Likely Bring Total Up to f AMV 000 Say Local Contractors. - , Cannery Man Here. Cj. E. Logsdon, of "Portland, ' one time resident of this valley, came down to visit his father and mother. This noon he went to Union where he expects to meet many of his old time friends and acquaintences. Mr. Logs don is in the cannery business and is looking over the situation with a view of putting in a plant in this section, i i ; '' - k Pendleton Poet Here. ! Neill Johnston, or rendleton, ? a jrominent and wealthy sheep owner of the Pendleton country, arrived in La Grande this morning and will inspect his ranch west of town. Mr. John- ston also has the distinction of being a noet of note. : He. brought witn mm his fine Australian shepherd dogs, National American 'Woman Suffrage Association. Fully 600 delegates are expected in Washington by late th afternoon. , ' I The opening session today was de voted to inspection of credentials and to an all day board meeting. Tonight the executive committee will hold an imnortant session at the Bellevue Hotel, and tomorrow the delegates will attend a suffrage mass meeting at which Dr. ' Anna Howard Shaw, president of the organization, Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago, and State Senator Helen Ring Robin son "of Colorado will speak. Sunday night there will be a reunion. Delightful Visit Concluded. Mrs. . J. M. Quest and daughters, Monta and Fern, left this morning after a delightful visit at the home of their son and brother, C. E. Rog ers, and their daughter and sister, Mrs. Layton, of this city. ' resnonse. but during? the day time, mercial club at 8 p. m. at Rex haU executive sessions will be the order, This will be followed by an address bj with nnen meetings at nieht. and at Prof. J. P, McPherson, of Oregon Ag- these executive sessions the speakers rlcultwral Coltogt, . on, Rural vradit lumber traffic from Eastern Oregon mills when destined to points on or east of the line of the C. M. & St P. railway from Duluth, Minn., to pes Moines, Iowa, via ! Minneapolis and Austin, Minn., as shown on the accom- will tiA lAfowlv imnroniDta. ' - ' Syitm practically every state in the Union The executive committee which is WednesdayClosed session all day. gathered here today to attend the holding its meeting, today is com-1 Open session injventag at o clock Ji..:iu i.-!t,i0 nf President Swift. Secretary at which time L. M. Rhodes, president ' . . 3 n U..Uh T n tho 'Gannekaee Stats Union and oyKco, ana vuuiuivvw i Brown of Arlington, Clyde Williams chairman of the National Executive of Buhl, Idaho, W. O. Parks of Elgin, Board, will deliver an address. J. T. Atkisson of The Dalles, ana w. W. Harra of Pendleton. With the exception of Mr. Harra, all the mem- Thursday. Closed session all day. All through the closed sessions, be sides the regular order, of business bers were on hand this morning and j there will be lectures by prominent the Pendletonian came in on the noon . Farmers'' Union members from Ore- train.7; i ;.: i . ' ': Delegates Come Early. Some of the delegates - are already here. E. R. Booe, of Soldier, Idaho, is here, representing Lake County, and Delegate Haistings is here from The Dalles.. , Vice President A. R. Shumway, of Milton,' arrives tonight, gon, Washington and Idaho. ' : Off On Long Trip. Ed. Bean, who has been the super intendent for the Grande Ronde lum ber company for the - past twelve years, left today for Watertown, Florida, where Jie will pay a visit, to .nmnletA the set of officials who his father and mother. From there will participate in the engineering of he will go to the Canal , and Inspect details of the convention, Popular Woman Coming. the big ditch. This is the first va cation of. any length that he has tak- Kansas City Lady Arrives. Mrs. A. Warmholtz arrived on 17 this morning from Kansas City where Tonight will bring Myra Ballaun in all the time of his connection frm Milton, as a delesrate from that, wjth the company. On Ms return local. "The smartest woman in the , in two months he will again take up state union," is what she is termed his wirk with the same company. by her friends and she will be heard during the convention. Anotner speaker of much prominence is Dr. McPherson, of O. A. C, who has been SPECIAL SESSION ENDS. Washington, , Dec. 1. Congress to day went into regular session. There to Europe to study co-operation, and was no ceremony when the special she had gone to see her father who I with lantern slides, he will demon- session was merged with the regu- "was ill. I strate nis tneme at various occas- tar new gegaimi tn. uwu Every indication points to $300,000 worth of building activity , in ;,Ls Grande during 1913. The.e is one month left in which to bring an added $7000 needed to round out the $300 . 000 in building permits November, 1913 ran far ahead of November, 1MB, and already the total permits for 1919 are far in excess of the record year -of 1912. Last year the hnildlng per mits for the year fell short of $290- ' 000 by a few hundred. Contractors, promise enough building permits to establish a record of $300,000. Th remarkable records of last year , were deemed pace makers for years, bat y the middle of this season it be- AAmL l.a 1014 . panying map. The matter was taken. ,Mt yMr( ,nd lnclusiv, of November up wn ... .... there have been put into new homes ,' commission, through the Oregon Rail- buslnegB tnl p, t0 dweU. road commission and the Eastern Or-L mi roong a rf 2Mr egon lumbermen, with the result that i November are: an order was issued suspending the . il . . 1. . r,ni1 canceuauon DI k W. A. Daniels, dwell. Maple. .$ 250.00 routing, to the affected S. M. Slbugh, res. North Fir..l200.00 the Plummer gateway, until Febnuy. g M rM Qak 2mM 28, 1914, pending a. hearing and in- First.-' 100.00 vestigation by the commission. , I John Bennett dwelL Y ave. . , 200.00 Slijce tne opemng ux v. L cufford dwaU lmM ,00 00 nne w - """'Julius Roeschbrick shop, i; 1600 of the period from August 1 to Do- cember 31, 1912, Eastern Oregon lum- ' V W i ber mills on me y-r. .. Birch ,; ,26.00 been permitUd to route BhiPmentejia ! penn 1750d m m atatlnna Ml the MllWV.U- r . ' . . riuimum w ov-..-..- - w h Tinlinanlrnmn. iindertAk- ing' parlors, Fifth St.. 480.00 50.00 kee line and eastern connections. The mills locaiea in w ,. B st. gon have bunt up, a large uu w( room - points on the Milwaukee line 'Sion f0Tof P. H.T. 6000.00 opening of the Plummer gateway. Ninth St. .'. i; 400.00 and it is mamfstly unfair, to attempt N Second.. 400.00 to bottle up any lumber secuon oy, - ; closing a gateway, which permits an outlet urgently required in order to (Continued an Paae Klrht.) Total for November.;... $16560.00 Total for November, 1912 11200.00 Total, 1913, to date. . 293081.00 1" MAP SHOWING TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE CLOSED TO EASTERN OREGON MILLS LOCATED EAST OF PENDLETON ON THE , 0-W.R.&N., NOW ROUTING VIA PLUMMER, IDAHO, AND, C. , M. & ST. P. RY. IV ' ' ... 4. ... . CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY (Compiled by Edward Ostrander, Examiner Railroad Commission of Oregon Courtesy the Timberman). U ; - Not Territory East of Heavy Black Line Sought to be Closed. V hi g ' '1 s j "i , T " .