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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1914)
j n- , -V-' ; AM IKSEPEKOENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE KEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS - - - - - ) VOLUME XUX iOVITU HUD ill SEEKS 'PRIMERS BID UFEOFGERMAN COURT ENJOINS CROWN PRINCE STATE SECRETARY AND TREAS URER WILL NOT PAY PRIN ' TERS UNTIL SETTLED. EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION , TAKES MATTER UP Claim Contract With Tradesmen of Silem Is Violation of the Consti- ' (ution, Allowing Unlawful Discrim ination Between Citizens' of State Lively Fight Anticipated. , Salem, Jan .23. Suit has been filed to have the agreement entered into between State Printer Harris and the allied trades . concerns of Salem, de clared void. A temporary restraining order was issued by Jude Galloway, prohibiting the secretary of state itnd the state treasurer 'from issuing war rants or paying wages to printers em ployed m the state printing plant pending ths outcome of the suit. , ;The plaintiffs are W. C. Francis, jnanager of the Oregon Employers' association, and James Archer and F. R. Bussard, printers. The complaint alleges that the agreement is uncon stitutional, as is allows unjawf owl discrimination between citizens 'of trie state. . Godwin Answers Governor. . j Salem, Jan. 23. -district Attorney Godwin is calling upon this office for evidence' as to law violations in Ba ker county," said Governor . West. "The evidence is to be had in Baker county by any official who had desire enough to enforce the laws. In a de cision recently by the supreme court it held it the duty of the attorney general and district attorneys to goth er the evidence in state cases." ' Baker,. Jan. 22. -(Special.) Just what Governor : West meant by his. reference to District Attorney God win's election being an act of charity WS demanded bv Mr. fiodwin in a letter last night which he sent to Governor West. Mr. Oodwin asked iy person with any degree of man hood twitting a fellow being for the' of a bodily member, so I cannot understand you and therefore must Call UDon vnn toll mo what you mean." governor's idea in making the re ro&rk. Tt nunfAc fV trfwarnnr as follows: "News reports intimate that m my I 'ter to District Attorney Godwin of ( alfer hi misfortune in losing an : Was indiraoH,, tA ' Wn ! sh reference was made. I said his election was an act. of charitv and meant just what I said. , "Tli . - ..:. people lound him a hair starv ed lawyer without a client and placed ln in the district attorney's office 88 n act of charit-v. TnofAad of re- Pnng them with gratitude "and ser-. ACTUAL DETAILS OF THE TENDED ASSAULT NOT MADE PUBLIC. IN- SOLDIERS PREVENT ANY BODILY HARM TO PRINCE Military and Royalty Circles Refrain From Discussing the Incident at Length, But Some of the Details Have' Come to tacked In Auto. Light Prince At- CROWN PRINCE FREDERICK. Oldest Son of Kaiser Wilhelm and Futiips Ruler of Germany. Man Upon Which Assault Was Made. 1 N' an exnlanation. and said in his.' Berlin, Jan. 23. Reports are cur- letter; "I priiilrl navBT onncnivA oi ronf: that an attempt UDon the life of Prince Ferderick, the crown prince of .Germany, was made by a suppos edly bad man. The insane subject sought to see the Drince. As the prince approach- A press dispatch f room Salem, how- e(j the town house an unidentified ! evefi indicates that this was not the man came Up in an automobile and j demanded , to .see and speak to the prince. Sentries stationed about 1 EOETHALS MftY ftCCEPT POLICE COMMiSSIONEFI JIIB IfJ GOTHAM -Mayor John New York, Jan. 23.- Mihpil of New York City, e, he. liko ,- fM. t , ,j ttmt h Intended to. n'en, after being warmed upon the. appoint Colonel Goethals, now chief Tinstone, turned and bit its ben eneineer of the canal zone, police v - commissioner of New York, to suc- when shown the foregoing dispatch i ceed Rhinelander Waldo, who was re . Godwin said: (1 . lmoved from his office by the acting I wiU let the people of Baker coun- mayor on the last day of his term, in, 'jMReastothat They know why office. - 2j1!cted n. It would be folly Jn view 0f the fact that Colonel tjgd Vn Pa- Fo'uTTl " la gbande, Oregon; fbiday, January 23, lero Sees- Son In Fight FILMS TAKEN AT OJINAGA RE v , VEAL SECRETS. Revelation , Is Startling . . V k " U. . ; I-'. New York Picture House Divulges ' Location of Young Madera.' , . ..li New York, Jan. 23. Through, the medium of a moving picture, Fran cisco Madero, father of the late pres ident' of Mexico, learned that his son Raoul, is fighting with Villas, rebel army.. Members of the family kept this secret from the father. He was invited to witness a private exhibition of the battle of Ojinaga, portrayed by a motion picture. . Viila stood out priminently in the picture. Sudden ly the picture showed an aid gollop ing up to his side, none other ..than Raoul Madero. "Raoul, Raoul," the aged man whispered, "I never knew what you were fighting." the house, arrested and held the man until the police arrived. To just what length or by what means, the assault was to be made is not made clear - in the 'subdued rumors afloat. From the amount of interest exhibited in military and royal circles the , truth will proba'ol-' .v- - TWO MEN ASSASSINATED Bold Shooting Occurs On Streets of ; Chicago This Morning, '' Chicago, Jan. 23. Two rich' Sicil ians were assassinated early this morning supposedly for "squealing" on members of the Mafia. Rosana Deshensa, one of the victims, was a private banker and was well known. The other, Antonio-Puccio, was the owner of several saloons and a for mer partner of ' Deshensa's in the banking business. Puccio was stand ing on a street corner chatting with an Italian whose name the police did not learn, i Three shots rang out and Puccio fell dead and his campanion was hit in the arm. The latter fled as two policemen rushed to the scene. Before he reached the spot, Deshensa stepped from a doorway and two more shots rang out, Deshensa falling life less. - The assassins fled. State Shooters Wanted. : Pendleton, Jan. -22. The annual meeting of the- Round-Up Gun club was held in the Eagle-Woodmen hall last evening about 30 members being present. ' . The report of the secretary-treasurer showed a cash balance or hand of $95, while 1500. clay blue rocks were in the store room all paid for, which is 'considered a very satis- factory condition financially. G; L. LaDow was elected 'president, J. J. Hamley, vice president and J. A. Gib- son, secieuny-ircnau'ci. the governorship of the canal zone witn pracucaiiy uiiuhiilcu pww w ta ofBca and create DO- sitions at will, it is not iikely that he will accept the proffered position which would not be along the line of , . , t i r ..,,-,.--y.'l'Wi , Miss Hobbs oh Silent Trip. ' Baker, Jan. 23. :dis3 Fern Hobbs, special representative of Governor i West, arrived in Baker on the O.-W. CHflflTER DE REVISED AT .AN EARLY DATE V '- . - ! :- ,V, (; CITIZEN COMMITTEE NAMED BY COMMISSION TO SUGGEST CORRECTIONS. FOURTEEN CHANGES FOUND THAT NEED CORRECTION Committee of Three Citizens to Act With' Commission Representatives to Go Over Charter and Codify the Changes Necessary New Sewer - Assessments Smaller. . Remedial means were commenced last night by the city commission in regard to correcting various minor errors and discrepencies existing in' the new commission charter." . At : presait there are 14 various correc tions to be made and more .may de velppe. Some of these are brought about by recent court decisions, some iy clerical errors, and some by orig- ,nal oversight. A committee con sisting of John Collier, C. S. Dunn and F. J. Holmes was named to act as a citizen representation with City Manager F. J. Laf ky and City At torney John S. Hodgin. These men will organize at once and proceed with. a codification of the necesiry'amen j? ments to the charter. Of the 14. all but a few are very minor, yet needed, and all can be made by the commis sion, along lines' laid down by the charter itself. " The 14 now discov ered, include: V ' - ... Providing for. temporary municipal judges "when the regular . incumbent i3 out of town or incapacitated, i, ..' ' Providing for the appointment of a temporary manager when .the regu lar manager is absent.' ; t Providing the consolidation of. bud ge and tax levy .ordinances, making budget apply from December 1st to December 1st, and calendar year from January 1st to January 1st. - ' , Dealing with ; registration laws, which recent court decisions nullify and which which rrilist be changed to conform with new ruling. - Matter of election qualifications are also to be changed. v .' ':':' Consolidation of several offices, al ready practiced, as in street and en gineer's office.1 ( : Making it a charter duty for treas urer to collect water rents under di rection of water superintendent.- Changing, in one or two instances, the clerical errors existing. Making correct the description of municipal boundaries. Changing bonding provisions of the charter. , The commission last evening de cided to refund four percent1 on as sessments for the construction of the sewer in West La Grande. Of the 11 blocks built, one is of trunk line which the city must pay for and a reduction of four percent on all as sessments will cover the increased cost to the city. '-': " Various matters were gone over informally during the evening. R. & N. eastbound train yesterday and went straight to the Sumpter Valley depot, going but on the Sump ter Valley train. It was said that hep destination was rnnter or Whit ney, but reports rrom. ftotn places were that the fair-leader of the mili tia who swooped down on Copperfield went straight on through and out of Baker county Films Recite Best Methods ADVANCED METHOD OF EFFI ; CIENCY SCHOOL HERE. , Motion Pictures Shown 'V.Iv;i'.I:r' Employes and La Grande Citizens to Be Instructed by Pictures. : Instruction car No. 237 of the 6.- W. R. & N.-, is in the city under the) direction, of A. W. Perley, special representative of the mechanical de partment of the company, and K. M. Houchins, representing D. C. Buell, superintendent of instruction ' with headquarters at Omaha. The object of this car, which is specially equip ped with painted -windows, a screen and a motion picture apparatus, is to furnish Mr! Perley with a movable abode in which to spread information regarding the operation of mechani cal -devices ofower and to furnish men in the employ of the company a source of information heretofore not supplied. -r ' " . During an interview today Mr. Porlov Hianiovai co Aima fn, ha information of a reporter, . showing the right ; id the wrong methods of firjng an engine, the loss to the com pany every time an engine popped oft steam through the safety-valve, the 'manner of coaling a. tender, the consequent, annoyance to - .the', public, through the ignorance of a,' fireman who thought it his duty to shovel all the coal he could into ; the ; firebox, within a given time, without allowing the volatile gases developed from thecial tp-jlgnfte' and cause the' poi", sible heat units; these and other, films portraying to the eye the right and the wrong methods, will be subjects for local trainmen, . and which will make them more efficie'nV and less expensive to the company, j ; Mr. Perley and his assistant will I begin a course of lectures and motion picture exhibitions in a' day or two and. the commercial men of the city , are invited to hear the Inside of the motive power problem with all of its financial ramifications from- a former member of -the Washington Railroad, Commission. , It is an education itself and men who are constantly on bus iness terms with the railroad will thus (Continued on Pane Eight.) LINER AFIRE WIRELESS CALLS FOR HELP ' REACH SANDY HOOK. Cargo of Sulphur Creates Conflagra tion On Board Ship at Sea. The liner Bulgarian Prince has sig nalled for help. Report say she is on fire off Sandy Hook. . Maritime signals were exchanged saying that she carried a cargo of sulphur which smoked when '' it ; be came wet. . . - ROBBERS HOED Jackson, Mich., Jan. 23. Four ban-, dits went through the Michigan Cen tral's Detroit-Chicago flyer' witu drawn' revolvers and relieved tb sengers of $200 in cash an. . thousand dollar's worth . They forced the er REPORT NUMBER 193 DVPIICH OF TELEPHONES TO BE AVOIDED i SYSTEMS , SOON TO CONNECT AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS 5 IN THIS COUNTY. RAILROAD COMMISSION ASKED TO FIX POINTS Telephone Users la La Grande aai N Elsewhere WU1 Be Able to Reaek All Points Over Service of Oa ; System Double Expense Avoided, Some kind of an arrangement whereby the two telephone companiea ; operating I'over Union county, the Home Independent of this city, and Eastern Oregon Co-operative, of El gin, wiir exchange messages is soon to be made.; " 1 The Home company recently' filed a petition with the railroad commis sion of Oregon asking that the con-. necting points be at Cove, Summer- ville and Elgin. The Coopeartive ; company has replied end says that ' the place to connect is at La Grande, : It is thus to be seen ,that both com- . panies desire to connect but do not as yet agree where the connecting r point shall be. ,; : Failure to agree on these points is said..to be the prin- ; cl pal - reason no agreement has been entered into by the two companiea themselves without appealing to the . railroad commission. .;!.. When this connection is made, Te- ;' gardless of the point of connection, ', it is plain to be seen that . telephone ) . subscribers in La Grande and else? ,! where ! in Union county: will not be . required to subscribe to the service .' of both companies. 'Respecting this matter, a Salem dUpatch says: , ,', Replying to a complaint filed against it with' the state railroad, commission by the Home Independ ent Telephone w"-"" of t Wallowa end Union " ''' Eastern Oregon-Co-operative Company declares that it has offered to exchange ser- . vice with the Home Independent com- pany at La Grande, but thac the Home i company has refused; further, it al leges that it will soon ask the com-' mission to- give it physical connee-- . tions with the Pacific Telephone &r Telegraph company. ' The Home In- ? dependent Telephone company. alleg ed that it desired to make physical connections with the Eastern Oregon . Co-operative Telephone company at -.-Cove, Summerville and Elgin, but-, that permission had been refused. ' Indians Hear Noted Historian. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 23. Reuben j Golde Thwaite, the noted historian, ';. a"d other, prominent : educators ) and ,' , chroniclers, today spoke at the second ? day's se'sslltms'of the annual meeting j of the' Territorial Pioneer's Associ- V ation. UP PASSENGERS the train and, they jumped and fled. ' When. the ewTKtp tailed for their i -y , v-.A.-p.' Ordinary;; pas:' a M
