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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER'- PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS'
VOLUME XIII.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1914.
NUMBER 279.
MEXICO CITY
FEARS ZAPATA
OB VILLA REIGN
Bones Broken
In Auto Spill
MISS ELEANORS WILSON ON iMi SHOPPING T RIP i WITH UNCLE rf
JACOB'S ford Topples ovErt I
SETTLES ON ALL FOURS.
SEVERE INJURIES RESULT
REFUGEES SAT TERRIBLE TIMES
AWAIT CITY.
HUERTA IS DRINKING
HARDER THAN EVER
Villa and Gonzales to Join This After,
moon in Attack on Saitillio Federal
'Outposts Have Been attacked and
. March on Capital is Thought at
.Hand.
Car
Said to Have Been Going 18
Miles Per Hour.
Vera Cruz, May 6. Utter chaos
reigns in Mexico City, according to
refugees who continue to arrive a
lew at a time. An anti-dluerta re
volt is unquestionably imminent; tfiey
said, and declared that the dictator
is drinking Tieavily again, which he
silways does when he is worried. He
ij in an irresponsible, dangerous con
dition. ' .,
The people are beginning to realize
Union, Ore., May c (Special)
Broken bones and heavy bruises of
the four occupants of a Ford auto
mobile are the result of an accident
which happened at 11:30 o'clock tn.
day near the Kent ranch, five miles
from this city.
Miss Helena Jacobs was driving the
Jacobs car and had with, her Miss
Agnes Bedeler, Miss Rita Gale and
Mr. Merton Davis. Miss Jacobs as
serts the car was traveling only about
eighteen miles an hour but in some
manner it upset at a beveled portion
of the road and rolled completely over
arighting itself on all four wheels. !
Mr. Davis had his right leg broken '
between the hip and the knee, Miss '
Gale sustained heavy bruises and a
fracture behind the right ear, Miss .
Bedeler's face is lacerated but Miss
Jacobs, the driver, was unhurt. j
Two of the party managed to reach 1
the Kent ranch and telephoned to thi3 ,
Dr. Meyers re
that the city's capture by Villa is a
serious probability. What they fear i city for medical aid
more than anything else just now, is sponded and gave temporary relief to
2 thzt it will fall into the hands of the party, after which he brought them
into the city in his machine. ' The
Zapata. Of Villa and his men they
ore seriously afraid, but of Zapata
and his men they entertain litterally
abject terror. The latter is infinitely
more ciuel and selfish.
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I-' " . I flfr $ I
SQUARE DHLIS
J
A iweek before the datcf set for her
weddbg to William G. McAdoo,
secretary of the . treasury, Miss
Eleanor Wilson slipped over to New
York for her last shopping tour.
She was escorted about ami
througii the stores bv her uncle,
John Wilson, the brother of Presi
dent Wilson. On other trips througn
the stores she was accompanied by
Margaret Wilson, her elder pist"i.-
Jacobs car is badly damaged but it
ran into Union on its own power.
None of the injured parties are in
any danger and their friends are con-
The police are another source of gratudating them on their narrow
worry. Huerta has declared that he ; escape,
knew there were Villa agents among i
REG RATION
FIGURES GIVEN OUT
them, but he hesitated to make the
attempt to disarm them.
SAFETY MEETING HELD.
The registration books are closed
and the table below gives the numb.
The least efjrrt to do anything with q.-W. Officials From La Grande At- belonK'8: to each party in each pre-
1 precipitate a riot of ledd Meeting to Insure Safety. cinct of the cunty- As compared to
this gang would
bloodshed and murder. The rumor
goes that Villa's agents are making
ready to seize the capital.
Villa and Gonzales to Join.
El Paso, May 6. 'Federal outposts
at Saitillio were early engaged by
General Gonzales' rebels according to
Torreon dispatches. Only a prelim
inary skirmish is going on they say,
and that the main attack is expected
some time today or tomorrow. Villa
if expected to join Gonzales this af
ternoon, when the main attack is to be
planned.
PAROLED PRISONER CAUGHT.
Theft of Over Coat Lands Trusty in
Jail Second Time.
Louis Stace, charged with stealing
a.r. overcoat from Claud Mackey's
livery barn, was trailed to Imbler,
where Constable I. W. Faulk appre
hended him. He requested the of
f icer to be allowed to go to the C.
L. Squires building to change clothes.
When in a room on the second floor,
he jumped to the ground and secreted
himself in an outhouse nearby, where
he was again captured. He was then
brought to La Grande, given a pre
liminary hearing and bound over to
the grand jury on $1,000 bail which
he failed to secure. He is a paroled
prisoner having been sent to Salem on
a charge of increasing a check value
of one dollar to ten.
Superintendent Wm. Bollons and
assistant superintendent, A. Buckley,
together with Division Engineer, H.
L. Yyon, Engineer John Gardner,
fireman, H. Johansen and A. M. Os
wald, of Elgin, agent for the O. W.,
are in Portland to attend the meeting
called for the purpose of devising
such measures as will tend to lessen
the number of accidents to the travel
ing public. It is the policy of the
company to call in, all men connected
with the transportation department,
whose ideas are brought before the
meeting and tested for their practic
ability and worth. This factor in
the management of the 0. W. is di
rectly responsible for the fact that
in years no serious accident has oc
curred, on this road.
the registration last year before the
at that ratio, which would make the
total- before the coming election in
November about 5000. Of the number
so far rcgistereu about 1000 repre
sent women, with about the same pro-
GAME FILMS ATTRACT.
of
WOODMEN COMING.
Local Delegate Captures Next Con: .
vention for La Grande.
A telegram to the Observer from
the local delegate to the Woodmens
convention now in session in Eugene,
reads as follows:
La Grande gets next triennial con.
vention. Administration forces victorious.
The latter statement has . likely ,
something to do with the internal ( tfjg fmy trihe
government of the big organization j -rne lectures by Mr. Finley
and Woodmen will know is meaning. very instructive.
Fair Sized Crowd Sees Pictures
Merit.
State bacteriologist, W. L. Finley's
moving pictures of animals, birds and
fish, given in the high school audi
torium, was a rare treat for all lov
ers of bird, animal or fish life. The
pictures first showed Elk in Jackson
Hole, Wyoming, the government herd.
It then portrayed on the screen the
operation of catching, crating and
shipping them into Wallo)A-a, where
they were pastured on the Billie
Meadows, and recently removed to the
head of Wallowa Lake and where they
have already begun to propagate.
It showed scenes of hunting bob
cats, likewise pictures of the state
game propagating farm, showing
pheasants of all description. But for
most of the local sportsmen, the pic
tures of fishing salmon in the Willa
mette river, near Oregon City formed
the part that caused them to strain
their wrists, imagining, they were
wrestling with a two foot gamester of
primary, this year's registration is i portionate adherence to parties as is
1195 in excess of last year's number (shown for the total, with the excep
which hvas 3217. The total registra- jtion that more women relatively are
uuii mis year tnererore is 4412.
The registration before the general
election last year was 3550. It may
be presummed that the registration
for this year will increase about 500
June 3, having been born in 1865. He
succeeded his father May 6, 1910, and
was crowned June 22, 1911. In 1893
he married Princess Mary of Teck,
who had been engaged ,to his elder I
LABOR SECRETARY SENDS MES
SAGE TO CONGRESSMAN.
NEGROES AND JAPS
IMPORTED. UNDER ARMS
Bad Blood is Not Cured With Pre-r-ce
of Federal Troops Who Seam
t 3e There for Protection of Im
r!t.l Workers Mine Workers
F.ar Miners Will Be Protected.
Denver, May . 6. "It is impossible
j to, convince the striking miners that
they wiill get a fair deal", were the
hords telegraphed to Congressman
; Keating from the secretary of the
i state federation of labor. "The coal
companies are importing negroes, and
i Japanese under armed guards, he con
. tniiued," and we take this to mean that
i they have the protection of the Fed
; era! troops."
Officials of the miners "orgariiza-"
rimt tiid -not. conceal their anxiety to
know whether the operators would foe
atlowed to operate the mines with the
protection of the federal troops. .
Attorney General Farrar ruled that
Governor Amnions' all for a special
session of. the legislature, restricted
the lawmakers to the consideration of
an appropriation to pay the militia,
hrnthor. th- in- n..i,. , n, Ian appropriation to f
(l. , ' vv " and the constitutional questions which
yuivu iov) ana by whom he has five the call suggested.
sons and one daughter.
SINGLE TAX FOR DEBATE.
I
Y. M. C. A. Will Take up Serious I
Question for Discussion. I
1
registered as prohibitionists than are
men. Relative!;,- speaking, North
r-owcier is tne strongest anli-hquor un o me most interesting ses- i
precinct in the county. Following is ! 3'"s ever held by the Junior Board
the table: (was the one last evening in the Y. j
I M. C. A. office. After the routine '
SI i business was disposed of Mr. Chris-
PRECINCTS
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Q
O
Alicel sr
Antelope .17
Big Creek 44
Cove No. 1 270
Cove No. 2 !!!'.!!!'.! 133
Elgin No. 1 17')
Elgin No. 2 117
Elgin No. 3' 41
Elgin No. 4 ! . ! . ! 1 1 1 1 1 l(i)
Hilgard i!,
Hot Lake (;
Imbler ;- ....Ill III ICS
Inland 212
Kamela 3!)
La Grande No. 1 2!.'!)
La Grande No. 2 1 1 R'M
La Grande No. 3 1 1 MO
La Grande No. 4 132
La Grande No. 5 328
La Grande No. 6 120
La Grande No. 7 159
Perry 42
Powder No. 1 4
Powder No. 2 122
Starkey 24
Summerville " 147
Union No. 1 ?"fi
Union No. 2 2'9
Union No. 3 104
42
29
7
143
(i2
79
l4
24
97
81
20
43
9(i
13
119
291!
75
56
137
61
80
17
60
59
15
82
130
113
54
8
28
104
05
57
32
17
56
56
12
38
97
10
71
246
58
39
113
36
37
20
41
35
5
44
- 65
77
31
1
12
3
4
0
1
2
7
6
8
9
20
5
5
10
4
13
2
34
23
12
23
14
13
4
1
4
1
17
7
1
8
2
14
5
10
8
14
1
9
18
7
4
13
4
3
1
1
2
1
r
3
7
2
1
15
1
1
3
2
4
2
1
7
18
3
6
25
5
7
3
1
i,.2 '
11
4
Totals 441? ?155 1530 !43 '162 '146
1
3
5
1
7
5
8
5
3
2
4
5
15
40
8
17
25
7
13
1
6
o
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I tenson read a report on Publicity and
Membership. This Iwas followed by
a report on Religious work by Mr.
Wnttc-burg and one on Physical Ex
amination and Membership Records by
1 President Ilichurdsnn. Mr. Richard
son's report was based largely on his
findings in a study of the California
Association. All of these reports
were well prepared and presented and
brought forth a most lively discus
sion. ; Because of the small room used for
meeting purposes it was found ncces-
GET UTTLE DOPE
FEW PIPES AND SMALL QUAN
TITY OF NARCOTIC FOUND.
Younger Generation of Chinamen Not
Addicted to Drug.
The raid for Opium conducted yes
terday by United States custom of-
ficers, Harry J. Strawbridge, and
special agents, Guy M. Watkins and
E. P. Stott, in the stores of Chinamen
and laundries conducted by them, re
sulted in the gathering of a miscel
laneous quantity of the articles used
by Chinamen in smoking opium.
Accession Day Celebrated. parts of the world "dressed ship" but
London, May 6. Artillery salutes these were the only official oelebra-
were fired in St. James Park, Ixmdon, tions. The King and Queen, with oth-
at Windsor and all the big naval and er members of the royal . family
military stations today, in honor of placed wreaths on the grave of the
I the . fourth anniversary of King late King Edward at Windsor, and
j George's accession to the throne, attended a private memorial service
; Flags were flown on all government at St. George's .Chapel. King George
j buildings, and British warships in all celebrates his forty-ninth birthday on
sary to confine the attendance for lnl3 consisted ot pipes, lighters, cans
the debate on next Tuesday evening of opium mixture, and a small
to Board members alone. Each team quantity of pure opium, together with .
i.; confident of victory. Wattenburg the scales necessary to weigh the
and Wickline are pitted against requisite "dose", and several bags
Marker and Lindbeck on the question of empty cans.
No charges have1 been preferred
against any of the men because the
officers did not know on whom to
of Single Tax.
HUMANE OFFICER APPOINTED.
Slate Society Appoints Charles Mc
Crary for La Grande.
charge with violations. Opium
smoking is not very extensive among
Chinamen of La Grande, and whore-
ever found, it happens to be a case
This city is to have an officer of where an old man addicted to the
the Humune Society in the future in drug, cannot quite give it up. The
-the person of Charles McCrary who younger generation of men are not
has been duly commissioned by the users of the narcotic and this raid is
state organization. Many times of likely to inject fear into those who
late La Grande people have wished have been guilty of violations,
and asked for an officer of this j Nothing hrf.vever was found in the
character but until now that wish store of Jim Livermore and Toy
has not been gratified. It is believed Young.
with Mr. McCrary on the job that ; -
all horses unfit for service will be j Photographer Visits Here. . .
sent to the pasture and any drivers j Mr. Hewitt, of the Eastman Kodak
citught punishing a horse b a brutal company, a friend of the Rittcr fam
manner will be dealt with in the ily, left last night after transacting; .
proper manner, business with local photographers.