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FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT
ELEVEN IN CRAFT AT THE
TIME DROWNED.
CAUSE NOT DETERMINED
BUT WILL BE SHORTLY
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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