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See The Hangings
Washington, Dec. 13. In full view
of the American fleet and other ves
sels lying in the harbor of Tampico,
and of thousands of ' residents of
Tsmpico, the federals and rebels alike,
-hanged all of their prisoners of war
. today. ' Admiral Fletcher sent an
officer ashore with a vain protest in
the name of humanity, and then noti
fied Washington by wireless of what
had happened. .
Admiral Fletcher's protest against
hanging prisoners of war at Tam
rico and the threatening attitude of
Rebel General Villa which he assumed
towards wealthy Spaniards ' of Chi
huahua City, has made the Mexican
situation critical. The Spanish am
bassador filed a formal demand for
the protection of Spanish subjects.
. Secretary Bran communicated with
. Carranza and Villa and made it clear
to the men the most emphatic terms
that the (Jnited Staes would hold
them responsible for the safety of all
foreigners temporarily held by them.
The army transport Sumner left
here today for Tampico. .with. rations
for refugees. She is scheduled to
arrive at the latter place Monday:
Fletcher Reports Denied. ' '
Mexico City, Dec. . 13. Sir Lionel
Carden, British ambassador to Mexico
City, gave the following exclusive in
terview to the United Press, today:
) "The story received from Admiral
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TO MEET HERE
IMPORTANT SESSION CALLED
FOR JANUARY SECOND.
Plans and Purposes for Next Year to
Be Outlined Here Shortly.
A meeting of the stockholders and
. other persons interested in the county
fair is to be called on; January 2.
The purpose of the meeting is to de
termine what course of action to pur
sue with regard to the indebtedness
of the' association, and what plans
are to be made for the coming fair in
1914. ,
In speaking of this matter, J. A.
Russell, president of the fair associa
tion, said this morning that he thought
it proper to determine long before
hand just what plans ought to be
made regarding the fair and its man
ageemnt Owing to the good spirit
which pervailed this year in spite
of the dismally cold, wet weather
which put a crimp into the financial
box of the affair, he felt there would
be plenty of co-operation this year and
that farmers and fruit-growers would
start long before the time for exhibi
tion, to groom whatever livestock
they would exnimt or wnaiever iruu
or grain they intended putting on dis
irplay. The running indebtedness is
'something like $2,100 and the interest
will be in the neighborhood of $800.
Had the weather not interfered there
would have been some money in the
treasury to pay off a part of the prin
cipal debt. The meeting will come cn
Saturday ?.nd will be called in the
Commercial club rooms at 2 P. M.
"To be a great, success," says the
president of the association, "details
will have to be settled on long before
the real show comes off. We will
have an opportunity to do that at
this meeting."
Pleads In Vain For
commander in Mexican waters, to the
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Btopped the fighting about Tampico
last night, is absolutely false. - No
such message was received. It is
untrue in every particular." .
From semi-official sources it was
learned that, the story was dissemi
nated for the purpose of discrediting
Wilson. The story is supposed to
have come from interests inmical to
the chief eexcutive.
Tampico Situation Bad. "
Vera Cruz, Dec. 03; The situation
about Tampico is worse today. Fight
ing continued in the harbor and
around the city and the federal gun
boat is still shelling the lines of the
rebels. The rebels are trying to
repair the railroad to bring more ar
tillery , from Victoria to offset the
funs on the federal gunboat Bravo.
On the other side strenuous efforts
have been made to reinforce the fed
erals. x Admiral Fletcher commond
Ing the English fleet in Mexican
waters, ordered all Americans from
the city.-' Foreigners are safe. ac
cording to a wireless message re
ceived from rim by the state depart
ment.. i 'iMm
Assessors Will Meet.
A meeting of all assessors in the
state has been called for next Thurs-
day and Friday at Salem for the pur-
INCREASED NUMBER OF HOBOES
, AT ORO DELL.
Officials Will Put Skids Under Com
fortable Hobo Camp.
So rapidly has the "jungle camp"
of hoboes, existing near Oro Dell for
some time, become , of late that offi
cials have thought it best to "put the
skids" under the rapidly increasing
camp. There will be no fuss about it,
but the men will be asked to move on.
Characters that have anything but
pleasing apeparance have been congre
gating at the outskirts of the city
and Manager Lafky, Chief of Police
Avant and Sheriff Hug have taken
steps to ask the people to move on4
Really comfortable quarters have
been erected in an improvised style,
and it is really no wonder that Wan
dering Willies congregate there. '
FAMILY GREETS RELATIVE.
Walter Richardson Home After
Years Spent in South.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. A. Richardson
of Lower Cove, Mrs. L. D. Noah and
Mrs. U. G. Kennon of this city, are
enjoying a visit from the son and
brother, Walter Richardson, who for
11 years has been located in Fern,
Shasta county, California Mr. Rich
ardson walked in on his relatives
without warning and the greetings
were doubly warm. It was 11 years
to a day from the time the family was
last assembled, until the . son and
brother suddenly opened his parental
doors again for a surprise.' . r.
Mr. Richardson will - spend . some
little time visiting his relations and
many friends in this city and valley.
"WILUE" GAMP
. MUST MOVE OH
LAND SWINDLERS WHO OPE
RATED IN UNION COUNTY
CONVICTED TODAY. ' 1
Tom Conway and Frank Riche Found
Guilty in Portland Today of Swind
ling in Land by Fraudulent Use of
the Mails Union County Witnesses
Largely Helped to Convict.
Portland,Dec. 13. J. T. Conway,
Frank Riche, general manager and
president respectively of the Oregon
Inland Development company, ' - who
were charged with misuse of 'the
mails in exploiting . Union . County
and Central Oregon lands, were found
guilty by a jury in the federal court;
on all five counts of the indictment.
The trial lasted three weeks and
took in the testimony of over ona
hundred witnesses. ' The accused
have been given 30 days in which to
file an application for a new trial.
, Conway and Riche dealt in lands
that lay in Union county near Sum
merville and Elgin. A big majority
of the witnesses called in the case
were from Union county where the
"men had dealings in one way or an
other with the Union county people.
The Eastern Oregon lands: involved
m the troubles were almost entirely in
Union county and the men are found
guilty of exploiting land that ,was
either worthless or didn't exist at all,
although some of it was said to be
fairly good land. '
pose. of outlining the business for
the coming year. ' Assessor Couch
of Union county, will attend the
meeting.
MATERIAL TURNED OVER.
Street Superintendent Relinquishes
Alll Material to New Man.
After having been employed as
street superintendent for several
months, Charles McCrary today re
linquished a! material and equipment
of the street department to the city
engineer, who henceforth will be the
street superintendent. Mr. McCrary
spent the last few days of his ad
ministration in putting the city 'engi-
neer in touch with the location of
Voi u. a' ii. ..
Neal now has the
hand.
RUFUS W. GAYN0R.
Son of Lata Mayor Gaynor, Who
. Brought Father's Body Baok.
Pneto 9 by AjaerioM Frew Aasaata-loa
Two Addresses And Much
Music Program Feature
Commencing promptly ' tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, and again at
7 in the evening, the Methodist church
dedicatory services will be carried
out ; La Grande is fortunate in hav
ing been favored with the presence
of Dr. T. C. Iliff to deliver the dedi
cation ' speeches, for he is ' a steam
engine of energy and though close to
70 years, and has a characteristic
style of speaking that knits him to
his audience instantly. , He has sev
eral friends in La Grande whom he
knew in Colorado points, and each of
these friends are much elated at the
opportunity to hear the reverend gen
tleman again.
The church stands ready today and
the citizens of La Grande are to
gather at the big institution tomor
MORNING
' r Beginning promptly at 10:00 A. M. '.
Prelude The Evening Star, ... Wagner
, (From Taniihauser)
' G. H. Armstrong....
Coronation By Congregation. '
Prayer Rev. A. G. Lane, Pastor Presbyterian
. ';-, . Church. - ', .
Solo Recessional ' 'De Koven
Prof. E. E. Arant. V
Scripture Lesson (Rev. R. E. Close, Pastor Baptist
. Church.
Solo To Him that Overcometh. Brackett
Miss Olive Massee. i .
Responsive Lesson Led by Rev. Beaty, Island City.
The Gloria Patri By Congregation.
Offertory Prayer , Gullmant
G. H. Armstrong.
The Heavens are Telling (From the Creation)
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The Choir. "
Sermon Dr. T. C. Iliff.
Doxology By Congregation.
Benediction Rev. C. E. Quinn; -Postlude
Marche Pontificate,. i
G. H. Armstrong.
7:80 P. M.
Prelude At Evening,
G. H. Armstrong.
-"Hark, Hark, My Soul" Harry Rowe Shelley
By Choir.
Solo O, Dry Those Tears Del Riego
:: - W. Homer Maris, a-
Duet One Sweetly Solemn. Thought, -
' . ' Ambrose-Schnecker
. -. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Williams. '
Hymn Onward Christian Soldiers . -
By Congregation. .
Prayer Rev. J. W. Miller
Solo "Fear Not. Ye O Isreai."
Mr. L. D. Howland.
Scripture Lesson. "
"The Day is Ended"
By Choir.
Offertory "Adagio,"
U.H.Armstrong.
Sermon Rev. C. A. Edwards.
Formal Dedication of Church Dr. T. C. Iliff.
Doxology By Congregation.
Benediction By Pastor. .
Postlude "Grand Chorus,"
.. . . G. H. Armstrong.
TEAL COMING TO LI
TO I LOCAL
J. N. Teal, one of the leading traf- j
fie attorneys of the northwest is to
be in La Grande next Mdnday when !
.he wW address and advise the East-
ern uregon -.umDermens associa-
tion which meets here on that date in
regard to the Plummer . gateway
MRS. COE DIVORCED 10 THE
JUDGE LECTURES HER STERNLY
Portland, Dec. 13. Dr. Henry
Waldo Coe, a prominent Progressive,
was today granted a decree of divorce
from his wife, Viola M. Coe, by Circuit
Judge McGinn. Mrs. Coe is an in-
BANDIT STILL AT LARGE.
No
Trace Found of Express
Car
Robber and Murderec
New Orleans, Dec. -13. No trace
is found today of the lone bandit
who fatally shot a Wells-Fargo ex
press messenger, James Arnold, and
robbed the express car of a Southern
Pacific Sunset Limited near Mara
han, escaping with $4,000.
BAY BRIDGE PLANNED.
Washington, Dec. 13.. A bill grant
ing Allen C. Rush the right to con-
row. Most of the churches have
set the hour of their Sunday schools
ahead 15 minutes and cancelled the
morning services so that at least four
of the big, churches of the city will
send their congregations to the new
church where the beautiful Sunday
school rooms will be thrown open,
permitting the seating of 1,000 people.
' The quality of the music tomorrow
is to be superior. Several prominent
musicians of the other churches of
the city have augmented the Methodist
choir in number and quality, and the
big pipe organ with Professor Arm
strong as the player, will also be in
troduced tomorrow along with the
music proper.
.The program for the morning and
evening services are:
WORSHIP.
Lemmens
Dudley Buck .
Dudley Buck
Bartlett
Rheinberger
Dubois
question. The meeting was set for
today bt because Mr. Teal could
not be here on this day- the m6in&
Lt,. ,., JLm
wm form an association as a branch
of the Northwest Association of
White Pine Manufacturers.
fluential society woman and a prom-
inent suffragette. Judge McGinn
severely censured the wife, asserting
she had cunningly devised a scheme
to strip her husband of his' property.
strict a suspension bridge acros.1
San Francisco Bay to Oakland or
Berkley, was today introduced in the
senate by Senator Works of Cali
fornia, .
SAM ANDREWS ILL.
Takea to Hospital Where He
. Suffering With Appendicitis.
Sam Andrews of the Golden Rule
company, was taken to the Grande
Rondo hospital last evening for an
operation for apepndicitis. He is in
a rerloo condition.
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HOTEL PUNS
IRE COMPLETE
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FOLEYS TO START BUILDING
EARLY NEXT SPRING IS
THE PLAN. '
Cupalo of Three Stories ' to Give a
Promenade and Excellent 1 Room
Facilities Second Floor Provided
With Three Banquet Rooms and
Suite With Sample I
Plans and specifications.' for thei
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ruicy eiynt-aiory BOMi 0
nved. Likewise skeWl of the tat.
posed building' is 'on. display! J When
completed this new addition to La
Grende's' huildtegs.VwiU rmake : the
Foley corner look like a metropolis
transplanted to a city of 7,000. The
new. building will face the five-story
Foley office building on Chestnut
street '-' v-v ' . i; : ':-J t ' '.: .,.-
Work is to begin on the new hiiild.
inff in the spring and rushed to com
pletion. Bids are to be advertised
January 1 and the building will repre-
t . an outlay of , approximately
$160,000. K'';:v.':;v::',;.
From the vestibule on Chestnut
street, entrance to the lobby'.; proper
will be reached and the dining room,
omce room!; jewelry room and other
necessities of the first floor, will be
m close 'touch with the corridor. The
mezzanine floor 'over ' the rotunda.
will afford facilities for the ladies'
waiting room, writing room, prome
nade,' etc. ' On the second floor will
also be provided three banquet rooms,
with fitting names, one being outlined
for a Dutch room and the others to be
indicated by appropriate cognomens.
The second, third and fourth floors are
to have corner suites provided with
parlors, and the second floor is to
have suites with sample rooms at
tached. Twenty-two rooms are pro
vided for the rest of the floors up
10 tne eigntn which is to have 42,
being the ; cheaper class of : rooms.
High grade showers and baths of all
sorts will be located on each floor.
Promenade on Cupalo,
A three-story cupola is to rise above
the eight-story building and on each
of the floors of it will be provided
elegant rooms and around the 12th
story is to be constructed a commo
dious promenade.
In the basement, in addition to the
heating plant, are to be' barber shops, -tailoring'
shops and affiliated busi
nesses, while on the Adams avenue
front will be provided three store
rooms, one of which is to be occupied
by the bar. The new portion is to
extend along Adams to the present
location of the La Grande .Electric
works and up to that point the pres
ent structure wil be torn down.
Til n ..Hnl.nl i
a ii" igmuoai ui biio maul viibrauuv .
to Chestnut street requires patrons
of the grill to pass through the cor
ridor to gain admission to the edibles
department.' ; ,
P. A. Foley and J. E. Foley, the
jbuilders, have returned from Portland
:wnere architects have just completed
tne P'ans and specifications and ad
vertisements for bids for construction
are to be issued soon and erection
started with the. break of spring. '
GIFT IS PRESENTED.
Y. M. C A. Haa Royal Scroll as
Feature for Reading Room.
When the Y. M. C. A. is complete,
the reading room will be equipped with
a royal scroll, of which' several have
been purchased by individuals in the
past few days. ' A representative, of .
the company handling the instrument
presented the Y. M. C. A. with ona
last evening. It pictures in highly
colored plates the story of the, Bible
and some.of the.iWtftwjtfitfUtfaW
ENTRANCE FROM EHESNUT