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( LA GRANDE, OREGON, ? ' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1914 -
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BUREAU
CHIEfDEJD
INVENTOR OF WORLD'S BEST
IDENTIFICATION MARK.
PASSES AWAY. ;
THUMB PRINT METHODS
WERE PERFECTED BY HIM
Noted Anthropologist of Paris Passes
. Away This Morning Was Still At
the Head of Paris Bureau of Iden
! tification. Best of Its Kind In the
World, Say Experts.
Paris, Feb. 13. Alfonso Bertillion,
the noted anthropologist, died here
today.
Ha was at the head of the Paris
bureau of identification, and invented
and perfected the system of thumb
prints whereby criminals are "brand
ed" and whereby crime is frequently
detected. .. iHis invention has been
adopted in nearly all the civilized na
tions of the world as unfailing iden
tification. . 'American' cities have also
adopted it on; a- very large scale.
It is generalljadmitted that the
system of identification, perfected to
its highest degree in Paris, was the
most efficient ever invented. " "
His funeral will be marked with
military and civil honors. . .
WOMAN HATES TO LEAVE
Transient Woman Arrested Yesterday
Stays When Ordered Out.
Stacy Hayden if she gives her
name correctly got wobbly through
overindulgence in liquor, the. police
say, and was jailed and fined yester
day, but paroled if she would get out
of town She promised but didn't
do it, and last night she was back in
jail again. A second fine was at
tached and she was once more re
quested to leave for her permanent
address, which is Nowhere. She
promised to. Five men were arrest
ed last night charged with drunken
Y ness and all paid their fines this
morning.
IRVINE FRENCH NOMINATED
Enterprise Boy Has Alternate Job for
West Point Post.
Washington, Feb. 13. Congress
Sinnott of Oregon,' today nominated
Irvine French of Enterprise, fo be
alternate to take the West Point ex
amination. '
HINDU INFLUX
IE
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER
CAMINETTI ACTS.
Immigration of Hindus Has Already
Hurt the Coast ,He Says.
Washington, Feb. 13. Commission
er Caminetti and A. W. Parker of the
department of labor told the house
immigration committee that immi
gration of Hindus into the United
States should be prohibited. He de
clared that the situation on the Pa
cific coast is quite alarming already.
GALLED M
LORD HE AD LEY
Lord Headley, member of the Brit
Ith house of lords, made public profes
sion the other day of the fact that he
had seceded from Christianity and be
come a Mohammedan. He Is well
known in the western part of the Unit
ed State and Canada and fought
through the Franco-German war, In
several 'Carllst Insurrection In Spain
and In the Turko-Rusalan war.
POLITICAL FOE ADMITS HAVING
THREATENED HIM.
Prosecution Rests Case Early This
Forenoon. ,. ,
Oklahoma City, Feb. 13. The pros
ecution rested at 9:35 this morning
in the Senator Gore case.
J. H. Ballinger and wife, parents
of Mrs. Bond, who is suing the blind
senator for damages for defamation
of-character, swore that their daugh
ter had been subjected to nervous
prostrations since last March the
time of the alleged assault by Che
senator upon Mrs. Bond.
J. Harp, president of the Jackson
club, who testified yesterday after-,
noon as to the efforts of Mr. Gore
to hush up the affair, and was oalled
by the defense today. After consid
erable questioning, he admitted tell
ing D. M. Beatty, that "We get to
ride on Gore."
The defense contends that the story
told by Mrs. Bond was patched up
to hurt the senator politically.
The admission was a decided blow
to the prosecution.
WOODMEN WILL INITIATE
Six Weeks' Campaign Comes to Close
With Increased Membership.
Woodmen of, the World will hold
another initiatory ceremony in I. O..
O. F. hall tonight, at which ceremony
some 15 or 20 men will be taken into
the order. All of the officers will
appear in their full regalia and 100
members will attend in a body. Mr.
Jeffries, district manager, will wind
up a six weeks' campaign for new
timber at this meeting. So far the
membership has increased about 50
percent making the enrollment about
150".
The initiation is to be followed by.
a big banquet at which speeches will
to made.
President's Cold Better. ,. ,
Washington, Feb. 13. Although the
president's cold is better he has re
mained in his room. . It is hoped he
will be able to attend the special New
Jersey reception tonight.
POINT
GOTHAM POWERLESS IfJ GRIP
Mbrg
ues, Police Stations Filled With
Sufferers-Eight
New York, Feb. 13. Eleven have
succumbed to the cold up to noon to-
t
day. The temperature at noon is one
above and constantly rising., A -northeasterly
wind is reaching the propor
tions of a blizzard, and it is predicted
for this afternoon that the railroads
will be tied up in Ohio and Pennsyl
vania.4" ""
New York, Feb. 13. Nine deaths
resulted from the cold last 'night and
scores were overcome and would have
succumbed but for timely relief. The
lodging houses could accommodate
only a portion of those applying for
rooms and places to sleep within
doors. ' Charitable organizations
HydrophobiaScqre Claims
' Citizens Of
Baker,' Feb. 13! (Special.) Great
placards, 'three by four feet in size
with the word "HYDROPHOBIA" in
the; largest black type obtainable
have beeii printed by the city with a
wart. ip.g to" all that unmuzzled dogs
will be shot. , These placards, 24 ir,
number, were posteed in conspicuous
places on the highways on the out-
skirts of the city today that farmers
coming to town migm see ana not
suffer the loss of their dogs.
Mayor Palmer arranged today to
make a swift cleanup after February
1 16 of all unmuzzled dogs. Every
I member of the police force was ap-
pointed to act as an assistant pound
I ter and four or five others will be
appointed to act in the same capacity
for severaj days until every stray dog
or every jjnmuzzled dog found on the
streets has been gathered in, taken
to the pound and held there for a
day after which, if the owners have
not called for and muzzled their dogs,
they will be shot.
A hydrophobia scare wa3 occas-
Orin Schaefer of Island City, but
with relatives in Texas was probably
fatally injured yesterday evening,
when he was crushed under a heavy
slide of frozen sawdust at the Lam
bert mill. He was digging under
the crust for some dry sawdust whon
the covering caved in, 'pushing him
MINE OWNERS NOT CONSULTED
Federal Investigators Accused of Hob
nobbing With Laborites.
Denver, Feb. 13. Before the con
gressional investigating committee J.
C. Osgood, chief spokesman for the
j mine owners, continued his testimony
and said among other things: When
Ethelbert Stewart, representing the
federal labor department, was here In
connection with the strike, he visited
none of the owners until the day be
fore he left. He had no arbitration
proposal and said he wanted no in
formation from us. Secretary of
Labor Wilson, when he was here was
Die During Night
were-swamped and many were allow
ed to go to the police stations;;
1 Morgue Gives Succor. " . '
About 25 stranded people bunked
in the morgue .during the night, rub
bing shoulders with . the. dead ' men
who were brought- in from time to
time." Many were so hungry they
could not stand in the bread line and
sank down numbed with cold and suf
fering. , ;. .-; .
v.- Water Freezes In Nozzles. . , ',
Twenty fires broke" but in Wne
hours, but fighting was hard. . Water
froze in the nozzles and 'the firemen
were encased in ice.1' - ' f
A terrific gale, swept down from
the North Atlantic and . ice crusted
the liners arriving, all reporting that
mountainous seas are running.
Baker County
ioned at the Central school during
recess this morning. A boy of the
fifth grade brought a stray dog to
school with him and at recess the
children began chasing it around. One
of the teachers 'came out and noticed
that the dog was acting suspiciously
and told the children to keep away
from it. Officer Hanna then came
and found that the dog was acting
queerly and without taking any more
chances, he shot the animal. '
Dr. Notz reports that 30 dog3 have
been infected with hydrophobia in,
the Baker valley : and near ' North
Powder The farmers, he says, have
been vigilant in reporting these cases
and he believes that with due caution
the malady can be wiped out there.
Reports from the Burnt river country
are that not only have a number of
hogs and cattle died there but that
four dogs which were bitten by coy
otes have died, and also that a num
ber of house cats have recently died
in convulsions, indicating that rabies
is widespread in that section.
back in a sitting posture, and then
crushing him over until the back was
broken.
He was rushed to the Grande Ronde
hospital, but unless he proves a rare
exception, the injury will beextreme
ly precarious. ' Physicians are hope
ful for his recovery, but his condition
is admitted to be extremely critical.
with the unionists most of the time,
and only talked to us briefly. In his
report, which was later made public,
he stated that if the mine owners
would consent to arbitration that the
strike could be ended.
What They Die of In Ohio,
Columbus, O., Feb. 13. You can
die in Ohio without having any doc
tor attach a fancy medical name to
your death certificate. Dr., A. C
Holland, of the state bureau of vital
statistics, is authority for this state
ment; "He lived several years beyond his
natural life and then just petered,
out" read a death certificate from
- CORDELL HULL
1 Congressman Cordell Hull of Tei
nessse, author of the Income tax law,
when askd about the laborious tak
of drawing It up, said he would rthr
mike out three tariff bills than on
income tax bill.
CASE LASTS 3
IS
ZIMMERLE CASE TO REACH THE
JURY TONIGHT.
Two Arraignments On Statutory
'Charges Made This Morning.
On the evening of the third day
the case known as Zimmerle vs.
Childers, reached the jury. , The fin
ishing -uches will be put on and the
jury retired some time this evening..1
Toy L. Young, a local Chinese, is
plaintiff against Ed Wulf of Telocaset,
in the next case to be called. '
Two Arraignments Made..
Two arraignments, results of grand
jury indictments returned a few days
ago, came this morning. Tom Jones
and Alvin Orton were each arraigned
on rape charges, and will plead Man
day. .
''As a tragic finale to manipulations
intended to net him cash, Frank Mc
Colloch today received a penitentiary
sentence from Judge Knowles, of from
one to five years, for handiwork with
a pen and a blank check. He not
only admitted that he forged checks
here but on his person was found a
check forging the name of Frank
Baker, of this city, but the check had
not been presented for payment. ;
Washington county. Another said:
"He just faded away." v,
fDeath came by the visitation of
God, in a natural way," was a Jeffer
son county contribution. .. A" Pike
county man died from "A post-mortem
hemorrhage." Cleveland sent in
a certificate which read, "Stabbed on
Sunday." Another one went on to
say, "Died suddenly In the basement.
History and appearance, ' heart dis
ease. Contributory case, probably
sewer gas."
As the state spends thousands of
dollars a year classifying causes of
deaths, Dr. Holland today was busy
.-eturning the certificates for more
specific explanation.
Justice Candidates File.
Salem, Feb. 13. Justices of the
supreme court McBride, Bean and
McNary filed declarations of their
candidacy for re-election to the su
preme court of Oregon.
OVER
E
RIOTERS WITH
ANTI GRAFT IN TOKIO HAS BE
COME A BLOODY. AFFAIR
GREAT EXCITEMENT. i .
SHOP FRONTS RUINED
IN CLASH WITH POLICE
Third Day of Tokio Riots Is Worse
Than Any of the Preceding Five
. Hundred Police and Several Thous
and Rioters Clash, Blood Flowing
Freely As the Result.
Tokio, Feb. 13. Bloody fighting
occurred between the police and the
throngs of anti-tax rioters early this
morning. , Thjis is the third day of,
riots and the police have been in
creased. Five hundred attempted to
dispose of the crowd this morning, .
many thousand having gathered to
hear speakers denounce the squand
ering of money wrung from people
bjf heavy taxation. , ' ' .
..The throng showed fight and the
police charged the crowd frequently
wielding sabres remorsely. The riot
ers resisted with 'clubs and paving
stone. Finally they were scattered
but the number injured reached a big
figure. Two hundred were arrest
ed. '. .- ." : '' ;'
Scores of shop front were de
molished by the riots. ,
BRANCH STORE PLANNED
The Hub to " Establish : Enterprise
" Branch Soon.
To establish a branch store, in
Enterprise is the purpose of the com
pany which owns the Hub here. Man-
'ager Gossrud expects to have the
store in Enterprise in operation by
the first of March. The company
owns a string of stores through this
territory. '
FREIGHT STEAMERS SINK
Crew of Eight Thought to Have Been
Drowned With Craft.
London, Feb. - 13 The ' I freight
steamer "My Own" sank in the Eng
lish channel off Shoreham today. It
is believed the crew "of eight were
drowned. The captain was found
by Ufe3avers, clinging to the rigging:-
U.S.
QUEEN BEES ARE ONLY LIVING
THING ELIGIBLE.
Post Office Department Clarifies Mud
dle Rules Now Existing.
Washington, Feb. 13. Babies can
not be sent by parcel post. This rul
ing has been handed down by assist
ant Postmaster General Stewart
"The parcels post cannot," he added,
"accept any living thing human or
otherwise, with the exception of queen
bees."
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