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LA. CUANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1914
NUMBER 187
cabinet stamps approval 0(1
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ON TUT LEGISLATION PROCiltJ
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Clear, Unmistakable Language Must
1 Be Salient Feature Of The Bill
No Hubbub Necessary 1
"Washington, Jan. 16 The cabinet
today approved the address which the
president 'will soon deliver to both
sections of the legislature, on the
trust question. It will be read next
week. It developed that the so-called
industrial commission, the' appoint
ment of which is recommended by the
president, will not have any powers
In court It is intended that it give
full publicity to all matters pertain
ing to trust questions and assist the
government in pointing out violators
of the act .: " :t:': :-'. :.'
It will also assist in pointing out
what various phases of the act mean,
and, will assist the' corporations to
understand the law and thus prevent
violations. i
' The : president's address will not
SECOND HALF
NEW PUPILS SHOULD ENTER $N
MONDAY. a
Mid-year Examinations Over and New
Classes Start Next Monday.
First graders, that is, children hov
ering hear the six-year, age, whose
parents contemplate for them mid
winter entrance to school, should be
rpariv tn enroll next Mondav. Suner-
intendent Girdler today announced to
parents that the second half of. the
school I year begins next Monday.
"Pupils who are to enter for the sec-
J ' L.1 . 1. in 'fl.. m.Ba
uiiu llttu. jreai 9 iuir m mow gtw
work, .will be handicapped if not in
school by next Monday. ; They will
be in the rear of the procession and
will not be able to obtain the atten
tion that is given the class started
out next Monday morning," points
out the superintendent'
-. Mid-year Exams Over.
Today concludes the mid-year ex
aminations. By Tuesday probably,
a major portion of the promotions
will be known. The examiners who
are to grade papers are County Su
perintendent Ivanhoe, Mrs. Bullard,
Mrs. Jackson and Miss Bork.
MILL REPORT IN ERROR
.Perry Mill Not to Operate Uflil
5 March, Say Officials.
Yesterday's report to the effect
that the Perry mill was to. start soon
was in error and the company offi
cials today affirm they had not con
templated any such action until some
time in March.
Bank Robbera Escape.
Everett Wash.. Jan. 16. Posses
organized by Sheriff McRae are to-j
day scouring the country in search,
of five men who held up and robbed ;
'the' Granite Falls State bank late
yesterday, and escaped with $2000.
Little hope is entertained of cap
turing them for they havo fled into
a portion of the country that is ex
ceedingly rough.
(EAR OPENS
recommend specific bills but will pre
sent the exact trust situation and
urge whatever legislation is enacted,
be as clear and unmistakable as pos
sible. It will outline the president's
view on personal' guilt . and recom
mend specific measures. :. .,;r,
It is understood that it will urge
automatically fixing the punishment
for various offenses against .the trust
act. The Sherman anti-trust law
is not to be materially amended or
altered, but only supplementary leg
islation will be attempted. -
The president , has recommended
business .peace, and many of the sen
ators have taken up the slogan and
Will use their endeavors to have the
needed legislation enacted with as
little hubbub as possible. -
SMOOTH SCHEME WORKS
Ten Dollars In Change Picked Up By
;p- Clver GanVe Man Missing.
Berry Bros.V grocers, are loser the
sum of $10.40 through smooth finan
ciering .of a certain Japanese, the
whereabouts of whoni is. 'not ..certain
but; is a desired bit of information-.
Saturday evening a well dressed Jap
anese went to. Berry Brothers', store
and informed the proprietors that he
had bought out the White House res
taurant and wanted bids on a big
order for butter and sugar. He
was doing, a strictly cast business,
he said, and would pay for it on the
spot. ' ;. After some negotiations, the
order was cut down, to $9.60 and a
$20.00 check was offered in payment.
The Japanese got the change, $10.40,
and was gone. Monday the check
was refused as worthless at the local
banks. .. : ; .
The grocery company, of course,
didn't lose company with the goods
sold to the buyer. -
ENGINEERING FIRM FORMS
La Grande, Freewater and Pendleton
Men Form Corporation.
L. D. Howland, Willard Bradley
of Freewater, and L. D. Reineman of
Pendleton, have incorporated the In
terior Engineering company, to have
headquarters in this city. The firm
will do a general engineering busi
ness, meeting demands for such work
that is now going to outside men, fof
lack of a firm of this sort in the ter
ritory embraced. v Mr. Bradley will
do much of the field work devoting
his entire time to it, while Mr. How
land will have active executive con
nections. He retains his position as
assistant water superintendent for
this district' ' .
PAYMASTER IN TOWN
Paychecks Brought to City By "Mas
ter of Ceremonies."
Paymaster C. G. Caywood, of the
O.-W., is in the city personally super
intending the monthly paying of em
ployees of the company. ; The November-payroll
amounted to 925 pay
checks, but th number has been
reduced during the winter months.
Many of the extra gangs that have
been working between here and Ka
mela and on other sections of the
line have been laid off temporarily,
awaiting better weather.
TKmv Denied Bail AtTtiis
Time In Federal Decision
CHIEF FIGURES IN THAWS BAIL CONTROVERSY. .
, d I'll by Amarleaa Prtw AuoclaMoa. ,j,
Above Harry K. Thaw, whose im
mediate hopes are blasted by Judge
Heu Aldrich, on the right. Aid
rich originally ruled in Thaw'a fa-
. Concord, Jan. . 16. Federal Judge
Aldrich has ordered consideration of
Harry Thaw's admission to bail post
poned until the conclusion of the
pending habeas corpus proceedings.
The order is a distinct defeat for the
fhawites, who expected Harry would
Carlyle Nibley Rogers, aged three
years and eight months, will be the
legally adopted child of his grand
parents, Mr. and - Mrs. H.' Nibley.
County Judge Henry yesterday,
evening issued an order to that effect
after hearing the evidence presented
by the father and bjs the grand-parents.
The fight has been particular
ly bitter. The boy's mother died at
the -: hospital recently during child
birth. ' The father was, about that
time, in jaii on a bad check deal but
was able to mafie good the amounts
and was freed. ' He was however
out on bonds for wife desertion and
failure to support his family. He
came into probate court with evi
dence to prove his fitness to bring
up his Bon the youngest child died
shortly after the mother did but
DEAD LITTER
INVESTIGATION OF STRICKEN
ISLAND MADE.
President Wilson Offers Aid From
Americans to Japan 'Sufferers.
Tokio, Japan, Jan. 16. Marines
from the naval squadron in Kago
shima Bay have partly explored Sa
kura Island, and the commander has
reported to the government that of
the estimated population of the island
j which is between ten and eleven
thousand, two thirds have perished.
The shores of the island are thickly
strewn with bodies of men women
and children, who were either burned
or died in the attempt to swim across
the three-mile channel betweon Sa-
kura and Kiushiu islands.
President Wilson has expressed the
AN
BANKS
lie J
be out on bail within a week. The
judge also overruled Thaw's request
for 30 days' extension of time for the
defense to file habeas corpus briefs,
In view of these orders it is believed
tne cases will be disposed ofTearly
in February, either freeing Thaw or
sending him- back to Matteawan.
the grandparents of the boy present
ed such conclusive evidence, against
the character of the father that the
court gave complete charge of Car
lyle to them. '
Many phases of the evidence was
particularly pathetic. Mr. and Mrs.
Nibley contended that their daughter
and grand-children had been desert
ed by Rogers and that letters from
his brother to the -late Mrs. Rogers
accused the father ' of misbehavior
in Idaho, and reckless living. No
case in recent years has attracted
the widespread sympathy and Atten
tion this case has from the very first
time it appeared in court, through.
the time of the death of the mother
and the hearing to determine - the
right of the grand-parents to adopt
the much-disputed child.
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APPOINTMENT BY PRESIDENT
PRACTICALLY CERTAIN. ,
No Restrictions In Appointment of
Men By Civil Service Laws.
Washington, Jan. 16. Following a
conference between President Wilson
and Secretary of War Garrison,' the
intimation is given out that the pres
ident would appoint Colonel Goethals
governor of the Panama Canal zone
in the very near future. ' . In is ua
derstood that he will be given the
widest power to create and fill offices
unhampered by civil service regula
tions.';'-' .. '.;..;;!, ,'..,: ;,;'.:'.,.:. 1
sympathy if this nation and . hap
asked the Mikado if this : country
could in any way be of assistance.
IT
WILL
GOVERN
ABOARD PLUNGES
AND ISIIELO PRISONER FOBIIOUBS
Air Tubes Keep Crew, Supplied With
Ample Au-Other Craft Rush To
Rescue With Hooks
Plymouth, England, Jan. U.With
thirteen living men aboard, the .sub
marine, A-7, was on the bottom of
Whitesand Bay, six mile front here!
this evening. The submarine' wjw
maneuvering with the' rest of ; the
flotilla, and dived several hours earj
ier. When she failed to reappear
upon' the surface within a reasonable
time other commanders' . became
RURAL REVIVAL SUCCESSFUL
Elgin Haa Protracted Meetg Re-
suiting In Convertlona. :
John E. Crymes, representative of
the American Sunday School Union,
in the La Grande district, returned
yesterday from Elgin neat where he
and Rev. H. L. Willis of Elgin, held
a ten days' protracted meeting. The
services were conducted at Thorny
Grove, at which .place a union Sun
day school has been running for more
than a year, although this was .the
first revival in the history of the
district
ijPractically, the whole; community
'attended each' service and thirteen
conversions Tesulfed. .. These new
christians will unite with the various
Elgin churches. Later the erection
of a church in the district may be
considered. - . -'- .
i By the establishment of Sunday
schools in rural districts, the Ameri
can Sunday School Union makes It
possible for great good to follow.
The .way is opened for revival ser
vices, establishment of churches and
general religious and . social better
ment, ".r" .'': : ;.v',-::';-E.'
R. Martin, of Portland, super
intendent of this society for Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho, will spend
next Sunday in La Grande, speaking
at the Baptist church in the morning
and the Christian church at night.
Mr. Martin is a strong and forceful
speaker, and many people in La
Grande will no doubt be pleased to
hear him discuss the issues of rural
life from a religious standpoint.,.
BLOOMQUIST CONVICTED
Go-between In Getting Liquor to a
Prisoner, Fined In City Court.
With two bottles of whiskey on
the table and Manager Lafky acting
in the capacity of city attorney, in
the absence of City -Attorney John
Hodgin, Fred - Blomquist was this
morning arraigned in municipal court
on a vaerancy charge. The testi-J
money showed that he had once been
ordered out of the city but had come
hack about the 28th of November,
Hinoa which time he had been doing!
odd jobs about the city and receiving!
... ... . . . i
next to nothing. His whole salary
would hardly keep a man a week.
Part of the testimony showed that
ho had acted as a go-between in get
ting liquor to a prisoner.
He was fined $20.00, or ten days
in the city jail.
Plate Glass Restored. '
i A plate glass accidently broken
by a heavy sign, has been restored
in the Steve Gardlnier building occu
pied by the George A. Anderson
clothing company. v.: " ;v
10 SEA BOTTOM
alarmed and tried to learn what had
happened. At seven, p. m., signals '
to the surface were sent up by Lieut
.Wellman of the submerged craft, in
which he indicated the ; following:,
"All ' safe; mechanical ' trouble 'pre,
vents craft from rising; -oxygen':
tubes are working." - "
Salvage tugs rushed to the scene -and
. began grappling for the sub-
merged boat
FREIGHT SEED
WALLOWA SHIPMENT TO SET A
NEW 'RECORD.
Two Carloada to Be Sent Oat From
Interior Community.
Wallowa county promises to afford
the first expensive "tesr of the new,
pareelpsrratea-ae applied- to largo '
shipAientsS on long star routes.( Two':
carloads of timothy seed now are
ready for shipment from Paradise and
Flora. The seed will be sent out by
parcel post if prices can be adjusted
to warrant.
W. II. Baker, of Flora, who has
been buying the seed extensively this
winter, is anxious to give the parcel
post a trial.- '
Paradise Is 43 miles ""from Enter
prise and approximately the same dis
tance from Lewiston. The expense
of delivering the seed at Lewiston
is 58 "cants greater than for its de-.
livery at Enterprise, there , is only
eight cents a hurulreii weight in favor
of the' Ta'-Swi'-JS-iaty station. In
case shipment is made by . mail to
Lewiston, ordinary flour sacks will
be used. .. These cost 21 cents each.
Seamless sacks must be used if the :
shipment is continued to Enterprise,
and these cost 25 cents each. So .
the net advantage in favor of Enter
prise is only four cents a hundred.
': "We are trying to get the Lewis
ton buyers to give 25 cents more a
hundred for the seed," Mr. Baker '
said, explaining the situation. . "It
they do this, and I believe they will,
we will be able to deliver the seed M
Lewiston a little cheaper that at
Enterprise, and the local post office
at Paradise will get the benefit of the
stamp cancellations. We would try
shipping one car load out that way
and if it is a success we could send
out the second car by the same way."
The postage on the first car would
be $380. The mail is now Carried
m r i ; i ,. a i. : 1 t.
from Paradise to Anatone in a hack.
If the seed is entrusted to the mail, .
the contractor will be obliged to put
on four or six-horse freight wagons.
. Vessel Burns at Sea. "
New York, Jan. 16. Captain Dow,
of the Liner Lucinda, reported by
wireless that he had just rescued the
Captain of a Canadian schooner, the
Mayflower, and his crew of eight men,
a hundred miles off Nova Scotia.
The party was obliged to abnndon
the vessel when she took . fire.