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fit i.T. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THF NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS volume xm LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1914. NUMBER 254. S1G TAKEN r TRUST BILLS REVISED DRAFT WILL BE PRE SENTED TO CONGRESS DURING WEEK. ADJOURNMENT BEE LANDS INJCONGRESS WITH VIM Necessity of Many Congressmen Re turning to Their "Pastures" Pointed Out and It Is Likely That Several BjUs Will Be ShelvedWilson Ord ' era Trust Bills Hurried. - Washington, April 6. (A drastically tcned-down and revised draft of the administration's trust bills will be submitted to Congress this week, it is announced. Lawmakers are handling them with instructions to speed mat ters as much as possible but the opin ion iigaining ground that several bills may be shelved for the session and the program curtailed. . ' This action comes from the fact that it is necessary for many congressmen to adjourn that they can return to .their. corvstiiufencies to look after po litical welfare and fences. Some pro fess that no final action will be taken on the trust measures now. LAST SERIES OPENS. Holy Week Services at Noon Day Close Next Friday. ' Today the noon-day meetings for men at Honan hall opened the closing week of the series, and Rev. W. C. Drahn spoke on the enormity of sin as revealed on the cross. "The de tails of the crucifixion and those leading thereto, emphasized the en . ormity of the sin of the world" he ' said: "The purity of Christ was striking against the depths of shame, suffering and pain into which Christ ' . willingly stepped to save the world." The balance of the week will hear the following themes: Monday, April 6. The Cross, the revelation of man's sin. Tuesday, April 7. The Cross the revelation of God's love. Wednesday, April 8. The Cross our assurance of pardon. Thursday, April 9. The Cross our assurance of peace. Good Friday, 12:05-1 P. M. I. "Behold the Lamb of God." - II. "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." W. C. T. U. HEAD DEAD. National President Passes Away at Portland After Illness. Portland. Me.. April 6. Mrs. Lil lian M. Stevens national president of the Women's tihristian Temperance Union and vice-president of the worlJ organization, died last night after several weeks' illness. BOY BREAKS BONES. Pupil Comes to Grief on Chute the Chutes on Playgrounds. V While playing on the chute the chutes at tho Central school this morn ing, Wayman-Scott son of Mrs. Cora Harding Scott fell and broke both bones of the right arm several inches above the wrist. Mr. Bridges happened to be passing in his car when Profes sor Prince hailed him and bade him take the boy to the home of his moth er. The bones have been set, but he will not be able to be out at play for some weeks. Wilson Defends the By Committee Washington, April 6. President Wilson today refused to take serious ly the 'criticism voiced by the public concerning, the cities named by tho reserve bank organization committee for regional banks, e said he, be lieved the banks had been selecte:! horestly and that the cities "were de cided upon after complete investiga tion regarding act'ial trade, capital HON WILL INSPECT DAM FINAL ACTION TAKEN ON THE 11 OF APRIL. Local Sportsmen Urged to Accompany Fish Chief to Dam. R. E. Clanton, state , superintendent of fish hatcheries has . written Art Wenzel a letter in which he states that he will be in La Grande on the 11th of this month and that he will go to Minam on that morning to in spect the fish hatchery and the dam and make a final decision as to whether the dam is to be removed, or whether the object can be obtained by building a better f ishway. Whether the hatchery will be converted into a trout station is another of the prob lems that will be solved once and-fop all oh this trip. He has requested that local sports men meet him here and go with him to the hatchery and the dam and as sist in the determination of this vex ing problem. Men from Enterprise will likewise be in attendance as many of them have been notified and have signified a willingness1 to come. Grhame-White and Soldier ; Testing Gun For Aeroplanes. 1 Vholo by AflMrican Press Association. Selections Made : For Regional Bank isation, exchange -methods and finan cts of the. districts and the president, further indicated that he believed the selections would stand and wouldn't be upset by the federal reserve board when that body was named. Just when the board will be designated the presi dent would not say.-, He intimated he l ad not had a hand in the selection but believed the choice was sound DEAF TO STRIKE THOUGH HOLDING 40 PERCENT OF STOCK AVOIDS MEETINGS. Goes Through Grilling Examination on Stand Betraying Heartlessnesi Washington, April 6. Asked if te ever wrote " Manager Bower of the Colorado' Fuel & Iron Co., that he would stand by him in whatever he did, J. D. Rockefeller Jr., admitted to the congressional committee probing the Colorado coal miners strike. He told the committee that his fother owned forty percent of the. stock of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company but that he himself held only enough to qualify as director. He added that he knew little about the company's operations and policies, despite the grilling cross-examination to which the committee subjected him. He denied however that he was a dummy director, although he admitted that he attended but 1 one directors meeting. When he was asked whether he did not consider the strike of 10, 000 men serious enough to attend a directors meeting last' October, he answered "no." IK III III CAISSON IN GAS FLAME DISASTER ATTENDS WORK ON HARAHAN BRIDGE NEAR MEMPHIS, TENN. ' BYSTANDERS FAINT WHEN BODIES COME TO LIGHT Gas Pocket Under Caisson in Missis sippi River Ignited, Nine "Sand hods" Are Instantliy Smothered and Their Bodies Burned Distressing 'Scene Witnessed. Memphis, Tenn., April 6. Trapped in a caisson in which they were help- j French and Italian lent humor to the years has Alabama been so wrought ingfto lay the foundation for the J. i spectacle. . up over politics as in the state wife T. Harahan bridge across the Mis- j The ballet contingent spent a merry Democrats nrfmm, .. ... sissippi River, nine "sand hods" were 10 minutes m La Grande, airing them- ' 7 P171" ecms held to smothered to. death today. j selves, but the stars failed to show ' lnterest centered in the contest The scene was so shocking that themselves and several who had hoped f Representative .Oscar W. ; Under when the caisson in depths of the riv- f to get glimpses of the song birds and wood, of Birmingham, Democratic er was broken open and the first musicians, were denied the privelege. floor leader of the national house of corpse brought to the surface, sev- j The opera company Is said to have representatives, and Representative eral bystanders fainted. Ambulances lost $70,000 In Los Angeles and San Richmond Pearson Hobson of Greens were called to carry the bodies away, j Francisco, largely through the fact boro, "hero of Santiago Bay" for tho but-the second body was not brought that California's favorite.,; song bird,- nomination.for United States' Senator to the surface until noon. j Tetrazini, was not in the company. In to succeed the late Senator Johnston, The accident was due to striking Seattle and Portland the company is The nomination is equivalent W elec natural gas in a pocket under the said to have retreived its losses in tion. A full -state ticket fronvgov caisson. The gas was ignited by -J the south. , . . euior down, ar.d Representatives in lights which the men carried. They! ' Jno. McCormick son-in-law of John nil districts, were to be chosen by the were burned after being smothered. The gas is still burning this afternoon. BURN IS SERIOUS. Jerome Foley Suffers Much Follow--' ing Kitchen Accident. Jerome Foley is in bed suffering from severe burns the result of an accident Which happened to him last Saturday night in the kitchen of the Foley Hotel. He was making the coffee for a banquet and was passing hot water from the hot water urn to the coffee urn when the handle of the vessel slipped and caused the wa ter to spill down both legs from the hips to the knees. He is suffering a great deal of pain but from present indications he will pull through with out any very serious trouble. If the skin does hot heal over properly, skin grafting may havejto be resorted to. MANY MOTIONS HEARD. Absolute Divorce Granted in Brooks : Case Two Motions Denied. Judge Knowles has been busy hear ing motions for new trials in the case of Bertram vs. Kelsey, and Nelson vs. the Central Railway of Oregon. In the former the motion was detiied and I it is likely that the parties will appeal . The motion in the latter casa was , likewise denied and tho attorneys are debatintr with themselves whether they hould appeal the case or not. In the case of Brooks vs. Brooks, IMS GAK'T K SPIUS Ml ma RAPIDLY ENOUGH i - . Jaurez, April 6. General Villa was lelayed today in enforcing the order'issued yesterday expelling all Spaniirds six hundred of them from Torreon. The crowded condi Opera Company ;t Journeys East BALLET, BUT NOT STARS, SHOW THEMSELVES. : ROUND-UP MUCH ENJOYED Losses Occasioned in the South Said to Have Been Recouped. ' James Miller traveling passenger flPAnt for t.hft O.-W. nrriwrl in tha rit.v ' ths morning from , Huntington, . whither he had conducted the special trains carrying the Chicago Grand Opera company, on their way to the East. Mary Garden and Titta Ruffo, two of the big stars of the company the latter, a one time blacksmith to- I gether with Mrs. Salzman-Stevens and ! Campanini the musical director were on this train. At Pendleton they were ' given an exhibition of rough . riding ' and broncho busting and made things ' merry for an hour. Cameras carried by the opera company were very much in evidence and the excited talking In D. Rockefeller is president of the company which is composed of the Chicago, Philadelphia and Metropoli tan opera companies, each with its own director. The company passed through La Grande yesterday after- r.oon in two special trains, one carry- ing ballet girls and the other the prin- cipals. suit for divorce, in which Harry Brooks brought suit against his wife and to which she likewise filed a counter suit the judge granted tho wife an absolute divorce, owing to the non appearance of the husband. : - Becomes Idaho's U. President. ..... Moscow, Idahoo April 6. Dr. Mel - vin A. Brannon formerly of the Uni - versity of North Dakota has become president of Idaho University. He. succeeds Dr. W. L. Carlyle, who has "us "sea population par been acting for the year. , ticularly.. Underwood is expected to ' draw his greatest strength from tho Mrs. Wilson Has Recovered. Washington, April 6. For the first time in six weeks Mrs. Wilson left the White House for a drive. It is stated she has practically recovered from a fall on one of the polished floors of the executive mansion. . Eighth Grade Examinations Coming. Eighth grade examinations for the spring have been set for May 7th and 8th. The examinations will be held In all of the schools and questions will be sent out by the state superinten dent's office. tions of the railroad between Torreon and Chihuahua City prevented prompt flight fro:n the city, for no rolling stock was available. It is said the entire Spanish population will be ship ped North'vard. UK CAREER HAII6S BT J THREAD DROPS CHANCES TO RETURN TO HOUSE BY SEEKING SEN- , ATE OFFICE. -1 PEARSON H0BS0N HIS v BITTFR Pfll ITIPai pap rULIIItAL FOE . - :Avj". Local Option Negro Question Suf frara Question rvu . , " . . .7 uu rointa P- resented in the Fight for Senatorial Nomination . Republican Put up but a Straggling Fight. ' v. , : -. ; ' ' ' Birmingham,. Ala., April in Democratic voters today. As a. rulo the Republicans did not figure'.- In some districts they "went i through the motions." All Democratic' nacions ai stake today however, are equivalent to election at the general election next fall. V Injection of national political Issue irto the Hobson-Underwood contest was added to the fireworks. Hobson has accused Underwood of opposing woman suffrage, national prohibition and legislation to abolish cotton ex change gambling. Underwood has stood for local option on the liquor question, contended that womaii suf frage is a state and not a national I issue, and stood champion for a sub ! silute plan to regulate cotton gambl- ! whkh he contended, was- approv- ;" "-"' I waders, lhe wet" and "dry",' fight ana lnat relating to woman su;trago cities on his local option stand. His service for eighteen years in tho house, his work in drawing tfle Wilson-Underwood tariff bills, and as tho "favorite son" of Alabama in $he lato contest for the Presidential nomina tion at Baltimore are drawiAg.' cards for Underwood. That Hobeon haa been absent from Congress, ' on thej Chau tauqua circuit for weeks and even months at a time, is the principal ab senteeism criticism made by the Un derwood campaigners. They hare also charged Hobson with advocating en franchisement of negroes by espous ing the direct election of the Presi dent, and twit Hohson for voting to reinstate the negro regiment which shot up Brownsville, Tex. Regardless of results at the polls today both Hobson and Unifcrwood retire from the house on March 4 next. They cannot run for the house and Senate at the same time and then successors will be named today. Can didates to eucced Underwood in the house are Nathan. K. Miller, C. King and George Huddleston, of Birming ham and George Darden of Oneonta. Miller is the "favorite." He Is a closa (Continued on Page Eight)
