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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1914)
& tot mttmt AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THF NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XIIL LA GRANDE. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1914. NUMBER 250. , REBELS WBH&rr- I Siegel Given Time To Plead Young mother MINIS RATON MINERS T WILL F USE COW ' WALK T: 1 1 1 BRINGING AID RELIEF FOB TORREON IS HALT ED BY DETACHMENT OF VILLA'S SOLDIERS. CLEVER WAR STRATEGY . WINS FOR REBEL LEADER Federals Expecting Aid from the raiJ Will Wait in Vain, and! ,i Rt'bt'l Success Have' - ' -?'r rhrouSn Capture of j I ' .' Vrain. i 'El P-) Apt 11 1. Strenuous efforts ere being made to bring relief to the 5 Federals fighting in Torreon. The capture of V :ity yesterday as given out by ' Corr; , was erroneous and .7V . '' seems to know how the mes ;?. . '"SI!? to be sent to Carranza who . - m.,;,it public immediately. It was "": 'ptate' that Villa had despatched a " " coi, .Srency of men to the south to cut . ; off Me relief train and depatches from iiere lmucttu? umt wie enure train . T "5 'fajleaj into' hfs hands. V"' iiii"1u, "Villa accomplished this . feat is notcertain but it is said that the train had been wrecked. No do tails have come with the information. So much is- certain that the train will not arrive in Torreon aV expected by the Federal commander in that city. The consequence is that the Rebels have prolonged their hope of taking the city and if Villa can pro vent the strengthening of the Federal garrison he will have accomplished the feat, on account of the heavy Federal losses. E a fe $( s $ BODY TO ft 0, 3 ' S 9i (?v fc S LIE IN STATE. 8 Friday afternoon and evening 3 5 the body of the late Dr. A. G. S y Lane, Presbyterian minister, S S who died Sunday morning very S S suddenly, will lie in state at the S manse. The funeral will be held $ Saturday noon at 2 o'clock from $ $ the Presbyterian church. 3 IB 1 mIITV UriTUuUult0 E,K'n lastfal1 where Mr- Heuston 1 1 1 I I I II III ll I II n wals e,ecte(J superintendent of schools. U U I I U U I 1 1 LL 1 1 U I A f ew weeks ago Mrs. Heuston came CHERRY GROWERS CONCERNED OVER TARIFF. Congressman Sinnott Asked to Look . days her life was dispaired of. Her Out for Union Cherry. j mother and sister were called from Denver to which place the family In view of the fact that cherriesmnved from Orbondnle, 111., shortly have become an important proauct.ft. rrs. Heuston's marriasre in this valley, the question has arisen whether the product of other coun tries comes into this country free of duty or whether there is sufficient f duty on the imported article to make ' its manufacture in this country worth while. Heretofore most all Mara schino cherries had to bo shipped in from France where they were form erly made by a famous monastic in stitution, the secret of which was rnrffullv miarded. But the product ?n mndo in this country and so sioseiy . . i. rhombic the imported product thnt Us mnnnfo-bire hns become n im-r-Urv ( Union ontv f"Vfi ... . . r - r: 1 Anno f'OTVl n-Mon T 'IP . MRS. H. H. HEUSTON PASSES . AWAY LAST NIGHT. DAUGHTER EIGHT DAYS OLD Funeral Services This Evening and Burial in Denver Later. H. H. Heu'ston, former high school faculty member whose wife died last evening leaving a week 61d daughter. Mr. Hous ton is now superintendent of El gin schools. Leaving an eight-day-oW daughter, a young husband and parents and a sister, Mrs. H. Heuston, wife- of Prof. Heuston, superintendent of schools at Elgin, passed away in this city la'st evening. Death followed Wood pois oning subsequent to giving birth to a child a few days ago. The babe, Helen Anthea, is mothered' at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Under wood where it will be kept until school closes when it will be taken to the grandparents in Denver by the father. Ending as it did the life of a bright, educated, exemplary, young wife and mother, the death has been deeply regreted by friends, acquaint ances and even those who knew the family not. Edith Anthea Heuston was born, January 4, 1880. She was educated in the state normal school at Carbon dale; 111., and became proficient as a teacher of languages in high schools, teaching in La Grande for a while last year. In December 1913 she brought to a happy close a courtship with Prof. H. H. Heuston by coming to Caldwell, Idaho from her Eastern home and there met and married Mr. Heuston who had been employed in the La Grande schools. At the close of the 1913 school year, Mr. and Mrs. Heuston had won innumerable warm friends in La Grande, and then moved ago to La Grande and was with friends upon the arrival of their first-born, a week ago Monday. Mrs. Heu'ston was in critical condition from the time I of her child's birth and for several when it became annarent that life was near its end. These relatives came yesterday mornine. Sh is survived by her husband, dnin-htpr. fnthe- and mother. Mr. and M. .T-xnoq C. Roe of Denver, and a sisW NpIUp Roe. also of Pnver. Brief fnnernj service will be hold t the Methodist chnrch this evonin,? f 5 o'clock and the bodv will he shin" to Denver for burial this TP ""H lie in V ..ervinM until 7 p. m. in the : Unhnenknmn Chanel " T.nnsine Sworn In. Wnchin-on. Am-11 1.-K-rl Tnn,in" of Vow York in., todnv .worn in as international law expert ; and coun sellor of the department III REPORTINGCAHAL TOLLS BILL Senate Committee Will Be Given One Week To Consider Sims Resolution Washington, April i. An ultima tum was received from the White House by the members of the senate committee to the 'effect that unless the canal tolls repeal measure be re ported promptly, the administration supporters would summarily force the hand of the committee. In the meantime the decks of the senate are being cleared for a fight that is ex pected to outclipse that of the house of representatives. It is admitted at the White House that the entire Foreign policy of the ' government is in the balance. The delivery of the ultimatum was pre-, ceded by a conference between Sen ator Owen, spokesman for the presi dent and the president himself. It j was through Owen that the adminis tration message was delivered to Chairman O'Gorman of the canal . committee. Owen said the committee would be given a week to consider the 1 Sims resolution then, if there was '" 1 i - GRAFT GETS HARD RAP TWENTY CENTS PER MILE TOO MUCH, SAYS COMMITTEE. Actual Fare for Lawmakers and Fam ilies' is New Recommendation. Washington, April 1. In reporting to the house the legislative, Judicial and executive appropriation bill, ag gregating about $6,000,000, the ap propriations committee advocated the abolition of congressional "mileage graft." As a substitute for the present system, they have proposed a sys tem of allowing actual traveling ex penses to senators, representatives j and their families to the capitol at the beginning of each session of Con giess and back home at the end of the session. Lawmakers are no wallowed twen ty cents per mile. The bill also pro-1 vides for the" abolition of the assay offices at Boise, Helena, Carson City and Salt Lake. COUNTY CAMP HELD. Officers to State Camp at Eugene in May Elected Here Today. The county camp of Modern Wood men of America was held in this city this afternoon. The delegationls rep resented the various camps of the county and the election of a delegate to the Eugene state camp was taken up. H. C. Vinacke was elected chair man of the county camp, and A. W. Nelson was elected state camp dele gate to Eugene in May. S. R. Haworth was chosen alternate. Horse Must Be Relieved. Stens were taken this morning to compel the American Express com pany to relieve the delivery horse used for city delivery purposes. The animal has been very lame but the red tape connected with the purchase of a new animal has forced the local agoncy to use the halting brute. Dr. P. A. Charlton started the movement today to get speedy re lief for the animal. I nothing forthcoming in the nature of a report, the senator would move that the committee be instructed to prj seni the measure to the senate. The Ultimatum has caused some comment among anti-repeal senators and they are beginning to wonder what weighty matter might be pend ing bX'tween this country and other foreign countries besides Mexico that should make the repeal of the tolls section so imperative. It is predicted that this expression ori the part of the White House will have the effect to hurry the matter along, while feel ing on the matter is high. If it is allowed to cool off, some think it will ii crease the possibility of defeat in ihe senate.' , . "A poll of the senate, said Secre tary Tumulty, shows a sure majority of sixteen for the repeal. We believe it will be larger but we are figuring very carefully." WELL ATTENDED LIST OF SPEAKERS UPSET IN GREENWOOD SCHOOL. Parents Informally Discuss Sex Hy giene Both Crowds Big. In spite of unforseen reversals in the program in one instance, the sec ond series of meetings of the social hygiene societies of the city was held last evening. The Central school district program was carried out in toto, but in the Greenwood district, the meeting developed into an impromptu program that, in spite of the reverses, was of great good George Stoddard, slated chairman of the meeting, and Dr. A. L. Richard son the physician to speak at the Greenwood school meeting, were both called out of the city unexpectedly. Every doctor in the city was taken up with professional duties except Dr. ! Underwood who spoke at the high j school. In the Greenwood school H. C. Vinacke was substituted as chair-r.-ian and addressed the 75 parents present in an .informal but instructive way. The audience was entertained with music while waiting for the ar rival of a substitute physician. E. E. Bragg delivered a very interesting talk, and questions were asked and answered informally. Those present rsgret the inability of a physician to be present but made the best of it and the meeting was by no means without its merits. Geo. T. Cochran presided at the high school where a fine crowd was in attendance and Dr. H. L. Underwood went over much the 'same field that has been gone over in the previous meetings. Both were instrumental in much instruction and merited the big attendances. The hygiene education I campaign is progressing with splendid I success. Americana Reported Safe. Washington, April 1. All Ameri cans and foreigners are safe in Tor reon, according to George Ca-rroth-, crs, a representative of the state de I partmcnt. DEFUNCT BANKER MUST AN ' SWER APRIL 8. VOGEL ALSO INDICTED Return of Grand Jury Indictments Lead to More Delay. HENRY SIEGEL New York, Boston and Chi cago ' Merchant Who Failed. Photo by American Press Association. New York, April 1. Henry Siegel and Frank Vogel, two of the principal stockholders in the defunct Siegel corporation, were today granted un til April 8 to plead to a grand jury indictment returned in connection with the failure of Siegel's private bank. Aviators Meet Death. Rheims, France, April 1. Emile Vedrines, brother of the famous avia tor, was killed trying to loop the loop in a monoplane. Later Aviator Pierre Testuelet and a passenger named Clement Avigny fell three 'hundred feet and struck a low tower, whereupon the tank of the Petrel ex ploded. Both were killed instantly. D D. Ward King, famed the world over as the inventor of the King split log drag, will be brought to Union county April 30, May 1st and 2nd, by the La Grande Commercial club, the Union County Automobile associa tion and the county court. The de cision to bring the illustrious build er of roads without expense here, was reached this morning at a direc tors' meeting of the Commercial club following the meeting last evening between the auto and Commercial clubs in the city hall with Walter H. T?ed, representing Mr. King. The ex pense of bringing Mr. King here for three days is nearly $400 but while in the county he will make demon strations in three different localities, bmm mWtm W FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND QUIT WORK WHEN WAGE AGREE MENT EXPIRES. ; : SUFFERING WILL BECOME INTENSE IT IS CERTAIN Few Families Have Saved Anything and Prospects for Long Hard Strug gle Is Seen Pennsylvania Mineri Also Threatenen to Walk Out if New Agreement Is Not Agreed to. Cleveland, April lFofty-five thousand Ohio coal miners quit work today. The wage agreement with the owners expired at midnight. Repre sentatives of employers and employes could not come to terms on the new wage scale. Union leaders said that few of the strikers have saved anything and hundreds of families are on the verge of actual want. It is predicted that there will be much suffering. Sus pension of work may last for months before a settlement is effected. Pennsylvania Miners May Quit. Philadelphia, April 1. Representa tives of owners of the Central Penn sylvania bituminous mines,' and em ployes, are trying to agree on a wage scale to superceedde the one which ex pires tomorrow. Should they fail, 75,000 miners will walk out. , CHAUTAUQUA BOARD ACTIVE. Actual Preparation for Coming Sum mer Session Under Way. This evening directors of the Grande Ronde Chautauqua associa tion meet in the office of William Miller the president. It is important that as many be present as possible. Active preparation for the Summer sessions will be taken up tonight,' FIFE ELECTIONS APRIL 15. Asquilh Seeks to Return as Head of Cabinet and War Minister. London, April 1. The east. . Fife election by which Asquith seeks to return to Parliament as cabinet head and minister of war has been set for April 15. Militants have organized to defeat him. Asquith's previous 'ejec tion was so overwhelming that there is no likelihood the militants , will make much headway. ' TTD two out side of La Grande and one in. The third meeting falls on Saturday and will be held here. County Judge Henry was at the meeting this morn ing and assured the club that in ad dition to the drags already in use, others will be provided so that the demonstrations can proceed. More details as to place and hours will be worked out in a few days. D. Ward King needs no eulogy. Every farmer and farmer boy the country over has heard of him, first because he invented the drag and sec ondly because he has built and main tained mile after mile of roads in a score or more of states at practic ally no expense. ROADS t Continued on Ptie" Six. state.
