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volume xrn. , ,.; 'FOUNDBOTTOM UP; mi DEAD FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT ELEVEN IN CRAFT AT THE TIME DROWNED. CAUSE NOT DETERMINED BUT WILL BE SHORTLY . . The Ill-fated Submarine Which Went iuni. un "-""""J " 1 This Afternoon Thirty-three Falh- j oms Under Water Investigation .to Determine Cause of the Wreck. Plymouth, England, Jan. 21. Sub marine A-7 which suddenly dove to the bottom of Whitesand bay last Saturday with eleven officers and men and refused to come up, and for which numerous cn;-"?"ien searching since then, 'jS,, "rom .up in the bay today in 33 fathoms of water. It is impossible at this time to de termine what caused the accident and was responsible for the failure to rise to the surface, but preparations to find out will begin immediately. It is a foregone, 'conclusion, that all in side the cjf' h,v? been dead, for days. The hooks UBed to loeate thfctstbu.ha future' will eventually 'be the marine had not been fastsned and ithe Iboat. lifted late-thls' evening. v Winter -Fair Crowds Killed. 'Ottowa, Canada, Jan. 21. Four persons were instantly killed through f-hf tsblosfon of a boiler in the Ho wick Kali in which the winter fair was in progress, Scores escaped with severe cuts and bruises. Part of the boiler . waa blown through the roof. ' The bodies of the victims were badly mangled. . llSOIf TRUST nnnnnin niiT mmm uui BILLS TO GO TO LEGISLATURE AT ONCE. Washington Terms Anti-trust Laws, . the "Five Brothers." "Washington, Jan. 21. "The Five brothers" as Washington has char acterized President Wilson's quintet of anti-trust bills are ready for in troduction to congress. They will le laid before the lawmakers either late this afternoon or tomorrow. The Tiouse conference approved them last night. The bill provides for the creation 1 of a commerce commission, the mem bers of which shall concern them selves with probing into interlocking directorates in interstate corpora- tions, railroads" and national banks. It contains an explicit definition of what constitutes criminal conspiracy In restraint or -trade. It also con tains a definition of general trade relations in interstate business, and is inttended to prevent discrimination. The interstate commerce commis sion is empowered to direct the finan-. ces of the railroads. The bills will be expedited through both houses, and it is likely that all of them will pass, i 1 .....v-1 sSk I , ram he en BE saws I U F. 8peer cf Bangor, Me., hu been PP"'""' P"ty eommlmlon.r of In- uon or tut income tax. DRAFT LIS TWELVE IS ULTIMATE AIM AS TO NUMBERS. Foreman Displaced by Captain and v Two Lieutenants Hereafter. j ,..... ; Rescue Hose Company No. 1. met last night and adopted new laws to conform to the provisions of the new charter. Amolig oth9j,'things of importance was a lawadopted that no new, members will be taken into ihg volunteer company until the reg ular, membership falls .-halow 12, which permanent number of the organiza tion, ," Heretofore 6fflceri hi th3 conipftny have been called foreman i.nd MSist ant ' foreman. By resolution WSt evenfhg these titles were changed to captain, first and second lieutenants. In the election of officers Pat Foley was chosen captain; Lot Snodgrass, first lieutenant; Charles Murchison, second lieutenant. Frank Suydam is the president of the organization; Nate Zweifel, vice president; Cam Caylor, secretary; and V. Melville, treasurer, , The present officers hold over for the new election date. One of the things that brought forth considerable discussion was 'whether or not the fire bell should ring at each alarm that is turned in. The volunteers insist that the bell should ring, and point to the neces sity of having all firemen on the ground who can get there, for, the volunteers contend, no one knows the size of a fire until they reach it and if the blaze proves large and a call for volunteers is turned in from the nearest alarm box considerable time is consumed that would other wise be used" in Vigorously fighting the fire. They also point out that the city is getting the" services of the entire volunteer- fire department for less money than one regular paid fireman would cost, hence they deem it economy to call volunteers when ever the alarm box shows a call. 1 Mrs. Bramwell Improving. Mrs. F. S. Bramwell is improving. Her condition yesterday 'and this morning has been such that hopes for her recovery are held out. Her tem perature is gradually falling, and with this energy is returning. Prospects are bright and members of the fam ily are greatly encouraged. Suspected Thief Held. At Huntington today officers ap prehended the freedom of one John Doe, charged with stealing some mer chandise from the Golden Rule store here a few days ago. I. W. Faulk, constable, left today for Huntington to fetch John Doe to La Grande. VOLUNTEERS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, UNION TEAM COMPANY HAS IN STITUTED SUIT IN THE ' FEDERAL COURT. CLAIM FOUR POINTS OF i CONSTITUTION VIOLATED i Tm-ee Countie In Oregon Are Ren strained From' Enforcing Oregon Peddlers' Law When Case Is Heard : In Federal Court Temporary In junction Argued On January 20. Portland, Jan. 21. Declaring the so-called peddlers' law in the state of Oregon is discriminatory and that its enforcement means violation of at least four points in the federal con stitution, the executive officers of Multnomah, Clatsop and Hood River counties are enjoined from enforce ment in a suit filed in the federal court by attorneys for the Grand Union Tea company, which operates branches in every city and town of importance in the state. The ped liars' law wa3 passed by the legislature of, 1909 and prohibits persons - going through, the country taking -up, orders for future delivery t o. ... ,!,. ... teg through the wholesalers or retail stores. It does not affect incorpor- ri-j'i.;.;' w w.itvfl.i' Knnntrv sec- .Tii ri ota Wnlvfirtn 1 jShted a temporary injunction and' has s5? hearing far January 30, ' John P. McMnnu lodicied. Pendletolt. Jan. 21. (s"0lal.lfej. P. McManus, ' veteran editor 6i the Pilot Rock Record and one of the ist known citizins of the south end d the county, watf this morning indicted by the grand jury 6n a charge of lar ceny. It is alleged that he stole a quantity of wheat belonging to a rancher of Coombs canyon. The other side of the story, accord ing to reports, is that the rancher owed McManus a debt and upon his refusal to pay the latter appropriated sufficient grain to cover the debt It is said that McManus acted upon legal advice. He has empowered R. R. Johnson, his attorney, to represent him in court. ! We Will Give Amy a $15.00 Lamp It is beautiful with its hand painted shade. It will be given in the Observer Pennant Table Cover Contest. Whether you win any of the $21 worth of prizes or n ot you will possess the beautiful table cover you can make out of Observer Pennants, but you can win a prize if you try hard enough. Read about it and see the picture of the lamp in this paper. You must hurry if you want the beauti ful State of Oregon pennant. They are going fast. OBSERVER PENNANT COUPON. This Coupon, with two others of different dates and IB cents, (to cover incidental coat) entitles the bearer to one . Observer Pennant when presented at the Observer office. By mail, five cents extra to cover postage and packing. - ' Name Address , Pennant desired : , , , , . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914. Do not order Pennants in advaace. the stipulated week. PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT ..." . WEDNESDAY i JANJARY 21, 1914 Washington, Man. 21. President J. M. Flannery of the Standard Chem ical company, told the house committee- on mines and mining today that an "aged millionaire" was planning to build 20 hospitals to cost ?15,000 000 for free treatment by radium for cancer. Each institution, he said, would be provided with five grams of radium. Flannery refused to disclose the iden tity of the millionaire referred to Woman Who Crossed Plains In 1852 Files On Homestead , At The Age Of Almost Seventy RemarVable courage of a woman who came to Oregon in 1852 was this morning revealed when she registered at the local land office for a home stead near North Powder. This woman, Mrs. Belle Chase, almost 70 years of age, bids fair to realize the hope of her father and grandfather of owning a tract of land upon which she and'her grandson will make their home for the required period to gain posE233ion. ' ! : " ' Some time ago. the Observer pub lished the history of the Iowa train which came here and settled in 1862, but it will be seen that this Missouri train had blazed the trail, so to speak, just ten years, 'before. In view of this fact it is . Interesting to hear the story of this remarkable woman con- eerning this trip. Between acts in the land "t she ave out the fn' some or the early settlers are wont to style themselves pioneers, said " Mrs. Chase today, - "but ttjy ?ai hardly do this in the fac? of the fact that some people came to this country when there was noth ing here but mountains and valley. I came in a train composed of 100 wacronsi drawn by oxen, in 1852. As far as I can find out this was one of the earliest trains. V.W came through ihiS valley Over the Oregon trail and cro'-'Jed to the Willamette and" sefr V ..... 1 '. .. J -i I- . A AM tied irfne neighbornood or saiem. We lived vJhr untif the '70s, when we moved to'.&antountry.' There we lived for a ifikaift ot yeaifs, and later went to Umatfil& n. : "Our train was captained by an able captain and the doctor- who -.Accompanied us was one of tnoW Md commanders whom everybody ha fb obey. Owing to this discipline, we' came across the plains and valleys' without any mishap. We were very They will not be issued before HAPPENS but intimated that it was neither An drew Carnegie nor John D. Rockefel ler." . The reason the announcement came in the legislature was that the com mittee on mines and mining is con sidering the withdrawal of radium lends. If these are withdrawn, Com missioner Hehan told the committee, the price of radium would increase a half million dollars per gram. - friendly to the Indians and owing to this attitude, we were not molested. But in the following year trains were massacred by the red men and never saw their intended destination. I was but a child at that time, but remember many of the incidents of the trip." "The pilot of the trairf had been over the route and knew all of the stopping places. On this account we were not troubled on account of lack of water. Then, too, the doctjr had forbidden everybody to eat any of the green that former trains had gathered on the route and "wjilch caused many deaths. We ate almost nothing but bacon and bread and meat from deer, antelope and birds.- Buf falo were very numerous and some times came -rushing' down from the hills, driven by, Irtdians. On one oc casion a young hoifer jumped over the ox-team which , my father was driving, but this animal fell before the sure aim of my father and we were allowed to eat ono meal of it. The doctor, was .very strict mi U was owing to h!5 tliat we had' very little sickness in our train and no deaths. Captain Smith waa an able captain and managed well. "But this exodus from the . little Missouri town must have taken many people from it," was suggested. fTe;" sai4 tne a?d woman, "there ncie iiuv . many people wit in u small place. We left there 011 the 16th Of April, 1852, and reached Ml destination on the 12th of Septem ber, of th same year. We followed the trail! along the North Platte, and came by" way of Salt Lake where there was a garrhon of soldiers. It was also a trading- post and. we laid in provisions. There must have been 500 jn the train, all told. Each wagon contained at least one family. My grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos, Mos ier, were living in Missouri at the time and reauested us to come over into the- State from Illinois and join them on the trip. This we did. My father, Daniel Bolden, wintered in Missouri and joined the train in the month just mentioned. I had three brothers and four sisters. There was a family by the name of Lowden and several families by the name of Smith in the train, one bearing the name Christopher Smith and one by the name of John Smith. Things were nice and green when we landed in a spot some 12 miles from Salem and we were mighty glad to get there, settled. ' Mrs. Chase made her filing this morning and will be a resident ofj North Powder in the future. ' Another Ship In Trouble. Chatam, Mass., Jan. 21. A crew of seven men was rescued from the two-masted schooner General Adal bert Ames, which 'was1 wrecked off Monomoy Point. The vessel threat ens to break up. NUMBER 191 JURORS GIVEN POLICE PROTEC r TION AFTER RETURNING ' VERDICT OF GUILTY. TUB OF BLOOD SALOON . . SCENE OF. COLD MURDER V Just Aa "Dopey Benny" Fein la Con victed of AtUfking Policemen, Fivo Men Enter Brewery Saloon and Kill Proprietor Suspected of Squeal ing On Defendant la Court. New York, Jan. 21. "Dopey Ben by" Fien, a notorious gunman, waa convicted . today of attacking Police Sargeant Patrick Sheridan, and waa i given the maximum sentence of five yeara in the penitentiary. Terror ized by threats of other gunmen, the jurors asked for ar.d were given po lice escorts to their homes? Simultaneously with the conviction of Fien, five gunmen entered a brew- : ery saloon known as the "Tub of Blood," and murdered the proprietor, . Thomas Murphy, -whom thuy accused of ''.squealing." , The police say that a man known as "Gyp the Blood,!' since the original ! gunman of that name , was sent , to -'..prison, shot; Murphy,- but four other. suspects are held.- FRIENDSHIP LESSON ASSURED ' Enterprise Lodge to Exemplify Fa.av ous "Pythian. Lesson, ffre. j r mieiimi eii'voi nevr uetore ai- ; tempted in La Grande is assured as . a part of the program for the district I convention of Knights of Pythias to . be held in La Grande February .20. ' Wm, Miller p local Pythian, has just' 1 returned from Enterprise wherd he closed negotiations for presentation of I the "Lesson of Friendship," by an Enterprise team. .Tne .ljison has I MVet been put ;" L?. Grande or in IW ih Eastern U.eUii. " it i really an alleviated forni of tb play, pa-' mon and Pythias, but carries with it much .elegant re'liaV four, principal speaking- parts, citizenry' he miitia and officers' of the guards that gS with" the lesson. ' Last year the gritid lodge at Portland saw that splendid lesson put on, The fact that Enter prise has agreed to put the work on here has made of the coming conven tion program one of the most unique and interesting yet held in this sec tion of the state. Two Case of Chicken Pox. Pendleton, Jan. 21. Chicken pox is the latest disease to get a hold in -Pendleton. , In a mild form the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stroble and also the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Edmund, have the dis ease and the houses have been pla carded hy the police. , . McCollough Still Jailed. No formal action has been taken yet against Frank McCollough who was placed in thel city Jail two days ago on an alleged bad check deal. Accounting Still Under Way. . s The special auditing of the city , treasurer's books is stili under way. -v It is believed the work will be finished . late the present week. : " -.-J. ,.,r ;:jiy,,' . .';-.v .
