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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XIII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, . THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914. NUMBER 280. in REBEL LEADERS CO-OPERATING TO RUIN HUERTA VILLA, GONZALES, AND BEN A VIDES WILL MAKE MOVE. 10,000 FEDERALS TO BE ENTRAPPED Escape to (he North Would Take Them Into Rebel Territory, Escape to the South Is Blocked by Herrera and Benavides, and Villa Is Moving in front West. Los Angeles, May 7. Mazatlan, on the west coast of Mexico, surrendered to the constitutionalists, according to a dispatch received by Adolfo Carillo, .constitutionalist consul at Los Ange les from minister of foreign affairs Fabela. El Paso, May 7. Villa is known to be planning a master stroke against Huerta. This has been suspected for a week, but up to today no real evi dence of his intention has come to light His plan is to capture ten thousand federal soldiers stationed at Saltillio in the state of Coahuila, about 500 miles north of Mexico City. He is approaching the city from the west. General Gonzales is closing in from the east. To the north, the federal garrison has no escape, except into rebel territory, and this avenue they would not likely take. To the .south the line of retreat is cut off by the forces under general Benavides and Herrera, who are holding the roads in San Louis Potosi. The rebel strength is overwhelming and stu dents of war declare it means the capture of the entire federal army, barring the unforseen. Aviators Drop Bombs. Washington, May 7. It is reported by Admiral Howard that a rebel avia tor dropped two bombs in Mazatlan Wednesday, killing three persons and wounding eight others. He reported that this method of fighting in Mex ico involved much danger to Ameri can's and foreigner's lives and prop erty. Admiral Howard and the Ger man commander of warships at Ma zatlan wrote a note to the rebel loader protesting against this method of fighting, and asked for the re-establishment of a neutral zone for the benefit of foreigners. An answer is expected today. Howard likewise informed officials that fighting between rebels and fed erals around Mazatlan was still in progress. Children Drug Fiends. St. Petersburg, May ".That whole districts in the Amur territory are morphiamad, and that even children are dope fiends, was the statement made by Dr. Starokotlitzky, lecturing before the medical society of Blago vostcWonck. Children .acquired the dope habit, he said, before reaching their' teens, and the villages were populated by morphia-maniacs. In one jail out of every 1000 prisoners. 300 were dope fiends, and the same proportion applied to the hospital patients.- ' A large number of morphia clubs existed in Blagovestchcnek, and it was & common sight to see morphia maniacs making injections in the open streets. The use of cocaine also was declared to be general. Fruit Prospect Still Promising EXPERT MAKES INVESTIGATION AND SETTLES FEARS. 75 PER CENT CROP SURE Rumors About State Put at Rest by Deputy Fruit Inspector. There will be a good fruit crop in the Grande Ronde this season. This was settled yesterday in the affirmative when Deputy Fruit In spector Charles Cleaver finished hi tour of inspection of the county fol lowing the cold nights which caused wide spread rumor to the effect that fruit had frozen out and there be less than ten per cent of the regular crop. When seen by an Observer reporter yesterday afternoon Mr. Oleaver said: "I am more than pleased with the manner in which fruits of this val ley have stood the cold spell. It is but another strong bit of evidence in favor of the Grande Ronde val ley for fruit culture. A section of country that can stand real cold weather after much of the fruit is in blossom, is reasonably certain of a crop each and every year." Mr. Cleaver started in the Imbler country . and inspected ; the fjjuit to the south end of the valley. "I find," be continued, "that there will be at least seventy-five per cent of a crop. Beginning two miles north of Alicel and from there to the center of the valley the freeze was pretty solid, but it happens there is very little fruit raised in that particular section. The cherries on the Sand Ridge are hurt, but as a whole the damage to the valley is not heavy. All through Fruitdale there will be a good yield and in some localities peaches do not seem to be harmed. I am very much pleased with condition after so many nights of cold weather." This puts an end of the surmises which have been going over the state regarding Grande Ronde fruit. From Cove comes the cheerful news that "there will be cherries for all, as usual." O'SHOUGHNESSY IN CAPITAL. Believed He Is At Odds With Admin istration Feeling High. Washington, May 7. O'Shoughncs sy arrived but flatly refused' to q;s cuss the Mexican situation. It is be lieved he Intended seeing Secretary Bryan this afternoon. The adminis tration is thought to be secretly an tagonistic to O'Shoughnessy and it is rumored the meeting with Bryan is likely to be stormy affair. He will see the President tomorrow. Aerial Machine Gun Invented. Berlin, May 7. An invention which h declared will give Germany the lend in aerial warfare is being thoroughly tested by military experts at Doabor itz Camp. The npparatus, which is the invention of an army officer, en- ables a machine gun to' be mounted j on an aeroplane in front of the pilot, who will thus be able to control both gun and machine. The gun can be turned in any direction and can be used against an enemy beneath. So far, it is stated, the experiments have been m6st successful. Joe Cannon 78 Today. V Shelbyvllle, Ind., May 7. Uncle Joe Cannon, ex-czar of the United States House of Representatives is 78 years old today. The formr speaker received hundreds of letterf and telegrams of congratulation from his friends. DICTATOR CANT' iCOLLEGE HEAD -HOLD OUT LONG IS STRUCK BY SAY REFUGEES DISINTEGRATION OF HLERTA'S REGIME IS PREDICTED. CRIMINALS UNRESTRAINED, TROOPS LOYALTY DOUBTED Men from Scene of Action Declare Day After Day That City of Mex ico Faces Utter Ruin Villa Has Spies Among Police, and Troops May Not Stand Gaff. Vera Cruz, May 7. Disintigration of the Huerta regime within forty eight hours is predicted by foreigners who have arrived here from Mexico City. "I believe the United States won't get knee deep in arbitration be fore they learn that Huerta has lost his power," said one of these, because he continued, "the government is get ting hopelessly lax, the police force is honey combed with Villa spies, criminals are unrestrained, and the loyalty of the troops is doubtful. Every indication points to a crumbling of the dictator's authority, whether he wants it or not." Washington, May 7. Rebel suc cesses in Northern Mexico this week nre beginning to clear the Mexican atmosphere. Washington administra tion is confident that Huerta would eliminate himself or would be elimin ated by his own followers, just as soon as the rebel conquests in North; em Mexico are completed. From Ra fael Zubaran, Carranza's secretary of the interior, came a repetition of the statement that Saltilio, San Louis Potosi, and Tampico would be in the hands of the rebels at the close of the week. He reiterated his denial fCont'nnod on Pace 5 AMERICAN TROOPS ON The American troops on the Mexican border are enjoying themselves in i anticipation of an order to march into Mexico. All along the Texas border companies and regiments of I them are encamped under condi- I fill - v : ' F fcS&i m j&iTtife m life FLFHTRIR CAR! naawiinw Willi DR. WHITING, WHILE RIDING with u- . x.-.,, WAS NOTED OSTEOPATH AND PRESIDENT OF SCHOOL Wjfe and Son Are Seriously Hurt in the Crash With the Swiftly Mov ing Electric Train, but May Re cover Wii'e Enjoys Good Name for Healing Science Practice. Pasadena, Cal., May 7. Dr. C. A. Whiting, president of Pacific College of Osteopathy, was instantly killed, and his wife, Dr. Lillian Whitir.g, a noted Osteopath, aged seventy years, and their son Lawrence, were pain fully injured when the auto in which they were ridings was struck by. a swiftly moving electric train south of Pasadena. Dr. Whiting was well advanced in J'&ts and enjoyed an (enviable dis- itinction as an Osteopath among fol j lowers of the new science of treating j disease. His wife, who devoted all I oi her energy to diseases of women, . H declared to be the superior of her ijiusband. I The injuries of Mrs. Whiting and those of the son, while serious are not thought to be dangerous unless complications set in. GOVERNOR GENERAL NAMED. Canada's New Head Chosen to Suc ceed Duke of Cannought. London, May 7. Prince Alexander of Tcck was appointed to succeed the Duke of Cor.naught, as governor Gen eral of Canada. The appointment be comes effective October first. THE MEXICAN BORDER INT MEXICO. tions sunilnr to war. Their outdoor lifo has hardened them in a climate like they would find in Mexico, and they are ready for long marches. Those troops General Funston took to Vera Cruz had been inured to the McAdoo-Wilsoii Wedding Staged SIMPLICITY MARKS CEREMONY OF WHITE HOUSE WEDDING. '.ONLY FEW GUESTS PRESENT ' n , .Busmess May Postpone - Wedding Washington, May 7. The simplest of ceremonies today marked the fourteenth White House wedding and the second of the Wilson administra tion. Miss Eleanor Randolph Wil son, youngest daughter of the Presi- . dent, was married to William Gibbs . McAdoo, secretary of the treasury. ! Only members of the immediate r.... ' ily of the bride and the gvo ..; :vj , MeAdoo's colleagues in li.j cabinet with the Vice-President e d I Marshall were present. I The ceremony took place today in the Blue Room, where Miss Francis Folsom was wedded to President Cleveland. The nuptials were almost identical with those of the Cleveland iwedding. It, too, was a private af fair, with only a dozen or so invited guests. Secretary McAdoo, the groom, is jl years of age. He has six children living and one grandchild. Miss Wil son is 24 years old. She is the most vivacious of the President's three daughters. She first met Secretary McAdoo while he was acting chair man of the Democratic National Com mittee and came to the "summer White House" at Sea Girt to confer with the then Democratic presidential candidate. Both Miss Wilson and McAdoo had much in common. Both were fond of tenuis. They enjoyed dancing the new style dances. Their acquaint anceship at Sea Girt ripened here in Washington when MciAdoo becamie one af the President's advisers. The two were constantly together. Miss Noma McAdoo, one of the Secretary's daughters who is a year or so young er than Miss Wilson, was her con stant companion. They took long (Continued on Page 8.) AWAITING SERVICE life by hard marches. The sickness and soreness which usually is found in the army in the early stages of a war will not be theirs, because they have gone through a prelim inary training. DENVER WOMEN STATE GUILTY LUDLOW HORRORS PLACED AT DOOR OF STATE MILITIA.. WOMEN DO NOT WANT STATE CONSTABULARY Recommend to Governor That State Take Over Mines and Operate Them 13 State Property Legislature is t'vsefat This Turn and Governor Takes Time to Decide. . . Denver, May 7. Declaring that not half of the atrocities committed by "hired Hessians" in the Colorado strike district had been told, Mrs. Alma Lafferty, ex-state representa tive, Mrs. Evangeline Hertz, and committees appointed fcy the Denver woman's peace organization to in vestigate the Ludlow horror, have filed a sensational report with Gov ernor Amnions. In connection with the- report, a full investigation is demanded- of the militia's and the mine guard's doings in the strike zone. Constabulary Opposed. The executive has been called on to withdraw his request that the legis lature create a state constabulary. They have also requested that the state take over the mines for state operation. "Whatever feelings we may have had that the accounts at the mine must have been exagerated, said the report, were soon dispelled, and there is no question in our minds that the militia's attack on the Lud low tent colony was deliberately planned, and executed in cold blood. . The strikers were totally unprepared. Many women and children were still In bed. We found that Major Ham rock tested the range of the machine guns by firing into the first line of tents. Later the soldiers soaked paper in oil and used these swabs as torches to spread the fire." Legislature in Quandry. It is reported the legislature is considerably upset concerning this revelation and the request to with draw the bill creating the state con labulury. The governor has taken time to answer the request of the women and the peace committee, and will not make kndivn his plans until he has gone over the report in all of its details. FORFEITS BAIL. Two Women Requested to Shake the Dust from Feet and Leave. J. Johnson got into a row with par ties at the Blue Mountain House yes terday and was promptly put in Jail. His bail was placed at $5 which the city put into the pencil and mop fund this morning, because Johnson took to the woods. Two women of easy going ways were given the wink by the police to vacate the city and have "hit the pike." ELKS MINSTREL TONIGHT. Local Talent Will Perform on Boards at Arcade With Good Program. All is in readiness for the perform ance tonight by the Elk's minstrels at the Arcade theater, and a largo house is assured. For weeks the par ticipants have made all the regulars look like novices, and with all the stage fright left in Union and Elgin this performance tonight promises to reveal all the finish of trained histrionic stars. DECLARE TROOPS
