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LA GRANDE, OREGON,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1914
NUMBER 192
CHICAGO GIRL
OF WEALTH HS
DISIPPM
JIISSING A' WEEK BEFORE HER
WHEREABOUTS ARE SER
IOUSLY SOUGHT.
FATHER OF GIRL IS
CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE
Long Lapse of Time Not Explained
By Relatives Who Today Appealed
For Police Assistance Left House
a Week Ago On Shopping Tour and
Has Not Been Heard of Since.
Chicago) Jan. 22. Henry Ritter, the
manufacturer, . has appealed to the
police to aid him in finding Judith
K. Laussner his 17-year-old niece.
She is the daughter of A. Mussel
dorf the millionaire. .
Miss Laussner left the house to go.
down town on a shopping expedition
' a week ago and failed to return, and
nothing was said about the matter
t at the time, "tiw&,4le family kept
up a search. t ghought she
had gone to th9 nfe-M relatives
hut this theroy" has been exploded.
White slavers or ransom seekers are
. suspected and feared.
?' The long lapse between her' dis-
y appearance and report to the police
not explained, indicating there has
been family ' troubles though this
was not admitted. '.
Two Face Municipal Court. '
The wheels of municipal judge were
in action a few minutes this morn
ing. Lincoln, a railroader employed
out of Pocatello, was fined $5.00 for
being intoxicated. He -, convinced
Judge Eakin that it was his first of
fense and got off light. H. Clark
was fined 20 for having been boist
erous and obnoxious in South La
Grande last night. He admitted it
was not the first ;time he had been
in the toils of the law on disorderly
charges. " ' .
Tax Problems Discussed.
Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 22. Gover
nor Martin H. Glynn, Mayor Will,
Coylon H. Lewis, . Ashley T. Cole,
Judge Irving C. Vann, and other not
ables were among the speakers who
were scheduled for the fourth annual
New York State Tax conference at
the opening of a three-days' session'
here today. ' - '
WllL BE ABLE TO HOLD OFF
REBELS LONG. f
C-iczco Hurrying to Besieged City
With Reinforcements.
Mexico City, Jan. 22 A battle js
hourly expected at i'oiwti which is
now being besieged by rebels. . Gen
eral Orozco is reported to be ap
proaching with 1000 men to assist
the federal defense.
The latest reports from Tonflnn
say the federals re holding c
well and that they are abk to defenl
their position against prolonged at
tack. . -....''..
FORT TORREDN
SHOWS POWERS
PRINCESS TRATDOS PRABANDH
Princess Traldos . Prabandn, wife
of the new .minister from Slam, re
cently arrived in ' Washington. . She
speaks English perfectly.
A-7 Mystery
Bared Soon
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SUBMARINE WILL NOT BE OPEN-
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ED TODAY.
ttolttltioe At Pessimistic
Not Until Ill-fated Craft Is In Dry
. dock Will It Be Opened. ?
riymuuui, Cjnitiliu, irau.,4t nmw I
not even the most saniruine relatives
.. . ii r- i i t m Ttrt. ;1 n
have the slightest hope that any of ,
the 11 ofticers and men buried at
sea in the submarine Saturday are
alive, the actual fate of the men will
not be kown officially until the A-7
has been placed in drydock. ... ...
The admiralty gave orders, when
the work of raising was begun at
dawn by an especially equipped sal-.
! vage lighter, that no attempt to open
'the boat will be made until she Is
. jM.Jn.Ir ' Tf fa ostimated it
saie in aryaoc.. y.
will taKe an aay anu i..- .v..B..
to raise the submarine.
Old Soldier Rewarded.
!?t. Marv's Pa.. Jan. 22. For his
part in one of the bravest acts of the
Franco-Prussian war, Charles Chag-
not of St. Mary's, has just received
recognition from the French govern
ment. And today he was proudly
exhibiting a handsome bronze medal.
It was 42 years ago and one of the
hottest battles of the long conflict
.that Chagnot and 16 comrades dis
tinguished themselves.: The Prus
sians had captured their banner, and
they made a successful sally and re
trieved it, Chagnot and 16. oi tnem
' returning to the ranks alive Th-j
j record of this deed was entr": -: '
it was only V iiarch tbt! gov
ernment rr : fried the old soldiers.
!.. ,.( Son Passe.
JEIugh .Cfc-f:t Lyons, son of Mr.
j euC- Mrs. Gut Lyons of this city,
died -ast ftvenii: t the family home.
I The de'eas'.d wrs eight days of age-.
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10 FEAR'S GRIP
"TUB OF BLOOD" SALOON SCENE
OF SECOND PISTOL DUEL .
POLICE BAFFLED.
FATHER UNCONSCIOUS
BEFORE CHILD'S EYES
"Gyp the Blood's". Successor la As
Notorious As First, Nov In Sins
: Sing Prison Tenement Gang Holds
Up Police At Point of Revolvers-
Men Brutally Mistreated.
New York. Jan. 22; While the do-!
lice and detectives scoured the east '
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side for "Gyp the Blood" who killed, real work on the .-dminist ration anti
Thomas Murphy and who is the no-. trust program today Three tenta
torious successor to the vicious pro- tive bills drawn by Chairman Clayton
totype who is serving in Sin . Sing ' and Representatives Floyd and Car
prison an alleged squealer in the "Tub lin were laid before the full commit
of Blood" saloon and six man fought ' tee. Formal introduction ef the bills
another skirmish, in which "Dopey J is planned for late this afternoontor
Benny' Fein is said to have been the tomorrow.
leader.' ."; '..'.'': y ' " : :: Hearing- will begin next week.be-
Shifting their operation's; from , the ( fore the judiciary arid the interstate
eas side, the gunmen attacked, a commerce committees. : . ' :
Brooklyn saloon, owned and operated jr Quelling jealous rivalry, between
by Felix Scaroff, beat him into on-"- senate and house leaders over invas-
, consciousness before the eyes of., his '.
little daughter; looted the cash reg-;
' ister ..and -fled. , They then ran, a tween Chairman. Adamson of the in
block east '..to the saloon of Edward iterstate commerce committee and Mr,
McDali .knocked him down and
beat Wm whf" he refu8e1d e,m "T1 '
mittance. They were breaking in
the door when the sound of running
'feet warned tnem of the approach
of policemen. . . I
In Tallman street a tenement gang
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I cornerea a coraon oi punue uuunu
I around the building and at the point
of revolvers ordered them to , with
draw,. The police opened fire and
aflPected the capture of four. , Twq
others escaped over the roof tops.
Childers Back In Restaurant.. '
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Childers of
this city have purchased the Home.
Restaurant in the Oregon Hotel
building, formerly conducted by Mrs..
McVey, 'and will endeavor to give
La .Grande patrons one of the best
eating establkhments in the fcity.
The business is , not new to them,
'since both were in this business when
Mr. Childers was city marshal.. For
the presents Mrs. Childers will have
charge of the kitchen'; assisted by her
daughter and son, and Frank will
rto nd mmI
j will be served for 25 cents as hereto
I fore in this restaurant, and every
endeavor will be made to make things
J homelike". Every Sunday there will
be a chicken dinner. ;Many have
alread made arrangemcnts for meals
and special efforts will be made to
cater to regular boarders'. s. Satur
day is opening day. . . '
COMMITTEE CLEARS DECKS FOR
EARLY BUILDING OF T. M. G.I.
The LuHdin committee "f the Y.
M. C. A. met last night r.nd approved
tse cui:Jlng plans.;' "fly ?pecifica
tisc S approvsij i .'ew days
and as 3'.:tn as tl.i 'vr;.iU er opens
work on the new stv.::re i? to' com
mence. There U .: . 'ng to delay
work at the present t as Architect
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JEALOUSIES BETWEEN LEAD-
ERS BURIED AT BEHEST
. ',s OF PRESIDENT.
COMMITTEE WORKING ON .
THE FIVE MEASURES
Formal Introduction to Come at Once
and Public Hearings Before Joint
Committees Will Follow That The
.President Advises Quarrelsome Sol'
- om to Bury Differences Quickly.
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Washington. Jan. 22. The house
judiclfiry committee buckled down to1
ion of the institution program, Presi-
dent Wilsoh has brbught peace be-
Clayon of the judiciary committee,
when a temporary truce , was declared
after the president had appealed tq
both to bury their differences in the
measures. Clayton said he protested
against having Adamson on the com-
mittee to taKe part. in me wom.
Johns Is Candidate.
Portland, Jan. 21. C. A. Johns,
, . fop many years a prominent Eastern
, 0rftgon iawyer anj ow a practicing
!.. .. , this cit , . prob8bl
candidate for the republican nomi
nation for governor. When seen,
today Mr. Johns declined to commit
himself as to his' candidacy, admit
ting however, that he had been urged
from many quarters to announce his
candidacy. .
Germany Had Dull Xmas.;'
Berlin, Jan. 21. The German peo
ple had to hold out $83,000,000 from
their Christmas stockings to put into
the government's special ; "military
sock" today when one third of the
extraordinary military tax of $250,
000,000 voted, fell due. To this fact
h attributed the business reports
showing that Germany had the dullest
Christmas in many years.
Revival Meetings On.
Revival meetings are on at the Is
land City church this week and will
continue into the next. . Rev. W. "P,
;Beatty is assisted by Rev. Archer.
Milton S. Block has . all the plans
ready for Inspection. . So far- no
contractor has been signed up.
The following compose the build
ing committee: W. H. Bohnenkamp,
H. C. Grady, Geo. W. Gilbert, Geo.
Stoddard and Geo. Cochrcn.
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THOMAS H. BIRCH.
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Thomas H. Blreh of Burlington, N.
, ha been appointed United State
minister to Portugal by President
Wllaon. . , ,
Pool Tables
Assist Boys
"BOY-TAMER", ..PLEADS
FOR RECREATION. :, "
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Pool Tables, Under Propr Condltiotis, .
Save Many Boys, He Says.. . '
Denver, Jan. 22. "Don't sr.y don't
to the boy. Give him something to
do.". This was the keynote of an in
terview given the United Press to
day by Professor John R. Bell, resi-1
dent manager of the West Side
Neighborhood House and principal of
the Edison schoolhere. Professor
Bell, because of his success in hand
ling lads of all manner of disposit
ions has earned the soubrlquot of
"boy-tamer." ' ; , -. '', '
"I pity the boy who has no chores
to do around his home, I do not see
how he can'develop and I fear, for his
future.' For the chores are what
occupy the boy's mind and give him,
an opportunity to show his real
worth," said Prof. Bell.
: "A few years ago the boy could
easily walk into the country, pick
up a friend and go fishing. ' Now his
pleasures must . be found in less
wholesome surroundings. I. believe
the country is good for thtf boy and
the movement to the city must be
studied and watcher set that it will
not work harm in -that way. One
of the big secrets of handling boys
lies in furnishing them with whole
some work or recreation. It is a
mistake to restrain any lad too much;
Instead his energies should be direct
ed into proper channel. ' '
"Every church should be equipped
with a gymnasium in its basement
so that children of the neighborhood
can congregate there for their recre
otion. I believe in pool halls and
billiard tobies. One of the greatest
things accomplished In our neighbor
hood house has been installing pool
room. . I discovered most wf the boys
we were trying to help knew how' to
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DELEFT
UDDEN ANIMOSITY IN JAPAN
SAID TO HAVE PROMPTED
' , MOVE MADE. T .
BRYAN REQUESTS HOUSE
COMMITTEE TO KEEP OFF
Raker AaintUi Bill WiU No Be Vp
For CowUeration Now lYaobla' -Started
In Japan Yesterday Make ; ;
Present TImo Inopportune to D
Anything About Measure.
Washington, Jan. 22. Fear of la
volvinj the United Stten furtherwth '
Japan baa caused thi- immigration '
commits to call off indefinitely a ' "
hertatT:''tavAtfb'-' MIL
Secretary of Siate Bryan is aald
to have requested this action In view
of the sudden rumpus stirred up la v
Japan over failure of the government
to answer protests filed by Japan. "
The alien land bill in California,
over which there was such a tremend
ous stir last year, is at the bottom of
it all. The Raker bill,' it iselt,
would stir up Japanese animosity and
a the Japs ae right incensed over
the alien bill,. It was deemed to bo
a poor time to do anything further
with the matter. ' . .
, To Ctge Rut! Credits, rj .
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, Albany, ' N. Y., Jart. 22. Rural,
credits, co-operative movements, the
development of agricultuval resources
and thV extension of agricultural ed-
ucation, will be urged pon the New
York staU Ugislatuw t tt next g-
.,f) , york iUt.
agricultural society which .today, con-
eluded its two-day convenuui.. ,
play pool and played in the back of
a saloon or in some place where they
had no business to go. So I gave
them a chanca to' play pool In th
Neighborhood hou-3.
And to a boy,
they reeo;rr''l ' frt" advantage fit
this and not one of them used inde
cent or vulgar language during the
hours they have played there.
' "We have given over to the force
of evil : everything except what wo
should, it ems tome. Only a few
years ago there was a terrIbl;howl
when it was suggested to put? pool
tables in the Y. M. C. A. buildings
of the country. But that very thing
has been the" means of saving hund
reds of young men."
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NOTED AIRMAN
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CHARLES HAMILTON DEAD AF
TER LONG ILLNESS. ; i
Sensational Flight In 1910 Addod
Much to HI Career. ' .
New York, Jan. 22 Chsilo , K.
Hamilton, one of the leadlne aviat
ors of the country, died suddenly;
today of hemorrhage. Ha has bten
In ill health for a couple ?f "ears.
He attracted wide attention in 1910
by flying, ftfiin Gorcrnor' Island to
Philadelphia "and return n less. tha
a day. - y"' , ,
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AWAY