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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1914)
.'lpBWE,f!.:Ji;.,.! la . AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PAINTS THF NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XTTT. iu mm FOR BEST SPOT SKIRMISHES ARE CONTINUALLY CROPPING OUT IN MANEUV ERINGS OF ARMIES. TAMPICO ALSO SCENE OF APPROACHING FIGHT A.3hrapnel Order Expected From El Paso In a Few Days and Actual Bombardment of Torreon Will Com mence at Once Four American Warships at Tampico. Chihuahua City, Feb. 6. The rebels are maneuvering for positions around the vicinity of the city are taking place. General Villa is in charge of the operation, personally. He has ordered five thousand rounds of shrap nel from El Paso, and it is not known whether the attack on Torreon will begin until the .arrival. of these pro jectiles. 1- i r ' Rebels Approach Tampico. Mexico City, Feb. 6. The rebels are steadily ; fighting their way to X Tampico. They sought to control the causeway which is the only means of entering the city. The , fiderals are stoutly defending this. Thus far the engagement consisted of three hot skirmishes, and it is thought the main battle will be on tonight. Four Amer ican warships are off the shore ready to take foreigners aboard. : j Other Battles Near. Washington, Feb. 6. The Mexican embassy and the rebel Junta announc ed simultaneously that a decisive struggle between the Kuertaists and the Constitutionalists was at hand. Huerta will probably take to the field within the next ten days, it is stated at the embassy, and will become vig orously aggressive. Persistent and uncomfirmed rumors are current that "Huerta will hand" passports to O'Shaughnessy, and that Lind would be expelled from Vera Cruz "for per nicious activities against the govern- , ment." OXYGEN SUSf AINS LIFE Mrs. William Stine Treated With Oxygen Generator Method. To carry her over, if possible, the crisis of a very severe attack of pneu monia, Mrs. William Stine, living near La Grande, is being treated by oxygen generator process. The generators were sent out from the Grande Ronde hospital today to assist in the pa tient's struggle with the lung mal ady. Mrs. Stine has been very ill for, several days. CHINESE GOODS ARRIVE Belated Christmas Presents Come From Oriental Shores. Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe today received a belated Christmas present from her son Forrest, who is in oriental waters with an American squadron. The present consists of various articles of pure Chinese silks and laces, all hand made by the natives and ex tremely pretty and rich. The ship ment was delayed in transit but nev ertheless deeply appreciated. Wallowa Here Tonight. , The Wallowa basketball team will play the high school team here this evening, arriving on the evening train. The game is to take place at the TOHITTOHREON GRAND DUKE MICHAEL The Grand Duke Michael Alexan drovltch, like several 'other member of the Imperial family of Russia, haa established a residence In England and will make hit home there for a considerable part of each year. He la the only surviving brother of the czar. STORM MEETS. NEW CHANGES IN TIME TABLE BLOW TO BIG SECTION. ... " - Baker and Haines Alone Benefit Oth- .4 , er Town Will Suffer. ''fr.- .. - ,- '"'' Storms of protest went up in com mercial circles here today when it was found that the La Grande-Baker local is to adopt a new running schedule, commencing next Sunday. As soon as the news reached all points along the Joseph branch, Union, Cove and . North Powder, the storm will grow1 in volume, for by the change La Grande the center of two counties in a commercial way, and a dozen other towns, will be the direct suf ferer, with Baker and Haines the benefactors, Commercial cluba at Baker and Haines raised a protest to the railroad company at the present schedule and kept doggedly at it until, hearing nothing from other cities in counter protest, the company ordered the change. Except probably to one or two individuals, the proposed changes in time were not known. The official announcement reached the city today in the form of new time tables. The company asserts it is perfectly willing to arrange the train to suit the majority, with the proviso that it be back before No. 9 arrives. The new schedule sends the train out at 2:30 instead of 4:45 and makes prac tically useless the schedule out of here. Connections between all points between La Grande and Joseph where travel is enormous daily, and points east of here are destroyed by the new arrangement, while Union, Cove and North Powder and Telocaset people are denied a major portion of the day in La Grande as No. 17 is very often late and with the local leaving at 2:30 the time allotted for transac tion of business in the county seat becomes very small. It is believed, however, that the train can be brought back by united and persistent requests for such train service. Baker and Haines are bene fited by the new change, while North Powder, Telocaset, Union, Hot Lake, La Grande, Island City, Imbler, Sum merville, Elgin, Palmer Junction, Wal lowa, Lostine, Evans, Enterprise and Joseph are decidedly hurt by It gym and will be the second inter county game of the season. Wallowa has won handily over all comers up to the present s LA GRANDE, OREGON, EASTERN OREGON Chilly Wave Centers In Mountains With Val ley Towns Touched . , $ MERCURY REGISTRATIONS S LAST NIGHT. S S ,.- 3" La Grande One degree above. & Meacham Twenty-six below, S midnight, 22 at 5, a. m. today S and two below at 7 a. m. S 3 Kamela Twenty-two below. 1 North Powder Twelve below. Mt. Glen Four below. ' $ Ladd Canyon Betweea five S and eight below. ' Cove Ten below. ' 3 Denver Sixteen below. Omaha Six below at noon. ' -. v Brushing against zero weather, mercury in the government instru ment sank to one degree above early this morning, commencing to rise about 6:30 and standing at 3 above at 7 A. M. During the day the rise was somewhat noticeable but appar ently today will set a mark almost equal to yesterday's. Yesterday the variation in degrees was ten. Be tween 7 A. M. and 7 P. M. yesterday the maximum was 17 and the mini mum seven. This small variation iakes of yesterday the coldest day of the winter and last night was the coldest night by eight degrees. Weather Observer Benham predicts today will show even a less variation until the evening proves warmer than the balance of the day. - Ed Bussey says the weather will moderate today, that this will be the coldest weather of the present cold snap. "Ed" has predicted most of the snows of the season and has hit the mark with so much accuracy that there is likely to be something in his prediction. He is one of the men who have been watching the weather in this valley for many years and seems to know. Minor Fires Come. Two minor fires, direct result of overheated stoves, occurred the past 24 hours. Last evening about 8 o'clock, a chimney fire in the W. H. Casey home on Oak and Adams, call ed out ' the fire department but no damage was done. This morning the old standby box No. 33, brought in an alarm of a chimney and roof fire in a building between W and X on North Fir. C. R. Hibberd is re ported to be the owner of the place. Little damage was done. FIRST GUN FIRED III 1915 COAST TRAFFIC CAMPAIGNS First guns were fired last night by members of the La Grande Commer cial club to reap some benefit of the tourist traffic to the coast in 1915. The figurative explosions of powder came at the first of a two-series lunch eon given by two different commit tees of the club thia month. The repast was served shortly after six o'clock at the Methodist church base ment and an even 100 partook. It was not generally undertsood that ladies were welcome, but in spite of that fact, some 20 or 25 ladies were seated at the table. Four snappy, brief speeches were FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1914 SIRS Middlewestern States In Grip Of Worst. Wave Of Cold This Winter Omaha,' Feb. 6. Nebraska is shiv ering in the coldest weather this winr ter. The temperature here is six below today at noon .with a drop of ten below expected tonight.'; Suffer ing among the poor is intense. At Chadron it is 29 below, and Valentine 18 below. . . i; Traffic Hurt In Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 6. Railroad traffic is hampered by one of the worst, bliz zards of the winter which is sweep ing over the entire middle west Zero weather is predicted for this city and heavy snowfall has delayed street car traffic. A gale is blowing from the northwest and threatens to make the city dark by noon. Colorado Suffers Severely. Denver,' Feb. 6. The mercury regr istered ' 16 below this morning and makes this the coldest weather of the present winter. The predictions are that some of the wfnter last year will be duplicated. 3 ' St. Paul Is Hit Hard. St. Paul, Feb. 6. aA terriffic bliz zard swept the city this morning and the mercury is falling rapidly. Zero weather is predicted for tonight. PALMER BUTTONS HERE. Efficiency and Thrift With Writing I System Rewarded by Founder. 1 City Superintendent of Schools Jno. Girdle is in receipt of award buttons given by the Palmer school of writ ing f or 'efficiency in writing the Pal mer method. He has 16 for the cen tral school, 19 for the Rivera school and 14 for the North side school. This is taken as evidence that the system recently introduced and so success fully taught by Miss Bonner, , who ' superintends the writing in the La Grande scnoois, is proving suuueaa ful. ' , Upon starting in with the system the pupil Is required to submit five drills. If these show progress the writer is awarded a button. Upon completing 170 drills the writer is awarded a diploma by the Palmer system. The teachers have taken to the work with a great deal of earnest ness and are striving for diplomas. Much interest is shown in the work and with a few years of this work the school will boast some expert pen- heard by the diners. Toastmaster John Collier, vice president of the club, had four new faces to intro-. duce. A. W. Perley, safety first and efficiency man of the O.-W., was the first speaker, succinctly telling how commercial clubs In Southwestern Washington have federated and meet at stated intervals as a federation to continually boost for Southwestern Washington. He quoted statistics to prove that the O.-W. in both the Lewis & Clark and Seattle exposi tiona carried thousands upon thous- (Continued oa Page Eight.) CAPTAIN M. M. NEELEY Captain Neeley la the new congress man from the First Wsst Virginia dis trict, succeeding John W. Davis, who was appointed solloltor general of the United States. T PERFECTS JOB PRIVATE ACCOUNTING OF THE BOOKS IS CLOSED. Adjustraent of Differences, If Any ' Exist, to Come Shortly. Public Accountant Goudy, who was brought here by Ray W. Logan, ex city treasurer, for the purpose of auditing Mr. Logan's books during his administration of that office, has fin ished his work, according to announce ment made today. The auditor's re port has not been made public but it is understood that it does not agree entirely with the city's audit of the Logan administration. ' The present city administration, it is believed stand by its audit of the treasurer's accounts, and adjustment of the discrepencies of the two exam inations .of the books, whether they be great or little, will' occur at once,' Mr. Logan was city treasurer fo, about four years during a greater part of which time Howard Davis was his deputy. The books have been audit ed by Mr. Goudy from the time the Logan administration began. ; During the dispute over the records the city has rested in its desire to be fair. However, the bonding company has been ready at any time to settle the whole matter on the city's figures, but the desire to see fair play given to everyone concerned and not make a settlement until every figure in the books has been examined into, has prompted the city to wait until the work of Mr. Goudy had been com pleted. It is firmly expected that full and complete adjustment of this matter will be made public within the next day or two. The city is now sending its own accountant over the entire book list, the work having been halted at the conclusion of the audit of the cash books. No Baker Chautauqua. Baker. Feb. 5. (Special). There will be no Chautauqua in Baker the cominir summer, that is, the Baker Commercial club will not promote the DroDOsed meeting. Ihe Chautauqua idea wan held to be a good one, but the nroDOsition submitted was not thought to be suitable or likely to prove as high class an attraction as the club desires to stage. II NUMBER 205 GOLD BULLiOn CACHE SHCS NEW SWEDE KANSAS TOWN EXCITED OVER DISCOVERY OF GOLD BUL LION BY DIGGERS. WEALTH IS REMNANT OF 1865 INDIAN MASSACRES One Batch Found Yesterday ami Ts dsiy Another Comes to Light Many Thousands of Dollars Found ia Hogeman County Other Deposits Sought By Excited Kar.sans. Lamed, Kan., Feb. 6. Gold bullion to the amount of 30,000 was uncov ered 'in' Hodgeman county today, ac- ; cording to reports received here. Yes terday bullion to the value of $6800 was found. It ia believed Colorado miners buried the gold during the Indian massacre in 1865. More than $900,000 is said to have been buried at that time. Much excitement pre vails in the neighborhood of this city. and many persons have begun to dig for other deposits of gold nuggets. It is rumored that some persons whose relatives were known to have lost their-Uves in this massacre will make a claim for a part of the gold. " TRUE BILLS RETURNED. " Three additional ' Indicted and Ar raigned for Early Pleadings. Three additional true bills have been returned by the grand iurv. Fred McColloch, an alleged horse buyer. was indicted in connection with tha check deal recently, Reuben Cisco was indicted for obtaining monev under false pretenses in the sale of some wood cutter's tools, and Harry Mow bray for larceny in a cjwelling. They were arraigned today and will plead tomorrow. Tom Merlin has been giv en additional time to plead. I The circuit court house was the scene of much activity this morning. The Powder valley bank vs. Huddle son & Son was still under consider ation and a verdict was expected this afternoon. The case of Becker vs. McKenzie is scheduled to follow the conclusion of the case just mentioned. This case comes from Summervillo and grows out of the foreclosure of a chattle mortgage. The complaint states that the property had been sold illegally. The jury will be im paneled thiB afternoon and evidence concluded tomorrow. "Movies" Car Moves. The instruction car which has been here under the direction of Mr. Per ley and Mr. Houchins left this noon for Hot Lake where an exhibition will be given tonight. B'rom there the car will go . to Baker tomorrow and to Haines and other places along the line. The Cove people have made an offer to Mr. Perley if he would come to their town and make the lec ture, but so far no definite arrange ments have been made. West Supports Republican. Salem, Feb. 6. Governor West an-' nounced today that he would wipe out party lines and support District Attorney George V. Brown, republi can, of Reseburg, for attorney general of the state. This decision comes as the result of the Iatter's aid in the prosecution of violators of the liquor law in Douglas county. f
