La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 21, 1914, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt 'i ::;-v..d'::;'wi,--..1-;a.ii.. '. ' . " ' . 'X .':."-'-v :--iti;:t"': AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XIII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1914. " NUMBER 2'1. fit E TO GRAB LIE E ROOSEVELT'S CONNECTIONS IN PLAN OF TRUST SHOWN BY WITNESS TODAY. I GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF ALL LINES PREDICTED Interstate Commerce Commissioner Hears Story of Morse's Attempt to Gain Control of all Atlantic Coast wise Traffic Roosevelt Blocked the Game Aiding Mellen. Washington, May 21. Why Chas. W. Morse failed to obtain complete control of the Atlantic coastwise shipping, was made public when Mel len resumed his testimony this morn ing before the interstate commerce commission. Only the personal in tervention of Roosevelt, then presi dent, blocked such conditions. Morse offered Mellen $20,000,000 for the New Haven steamship lines. Mellen said he wanted to sell, but he consulted Roosevelt, fearing the gov ernment was about to prohibit rail roads from owning competing water lines. Mellen asserted he told Mr. Roosevelt that, if the Morse offer ,3was kot-'tfeeepted; the"New Haven might later be forced to sell for less money. Roosevelt promised, accord ing to Mellen, if the New Haven re jected the offer, the corporation's steamship holdings would not be in terfered with as long as he was presi dent. Mellen then testified that he, bank ing on the statement of the president rejected the offer made by Morse. Another feature of Mellen's testi mony was his declaration that gov ernment ownership of railroads was sure to come. He defended the late J. P. Morgan, asserting that his death came largely as the result of the New Haven trouble. MEDIATORS MEET AGAIN. Will Pnnfnr With Hnlh Factions at Niagara Falls Peace Temple. Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21. After preliminary formalities had been disposed of, the mediators were ready to settle down to actual busi ness. The mediators had the first talk with the Mexican envoys this noon, which lasted an hour. They expected to have another interview with the American envoys tonight and a second one with the Mexicans tomorrow. By these alternate inter changes of views, they hope ulti mately to reach an agreement, sat isfactory to both sides. Lindsey Pleads With Wilson. Washington, May 21. Being re ceived by the President, Judge Ben Lindsey begged the chief of the na tion to use the regular troops to force the Colorado mine owners to arbitrate their differences with the miners. ' Lindsey was accompanied to the White House by Mrs. Pearl Jolly, Mrs. Mary Petrucci, Mrs. M. Thomas, survivors of the Ludlow horror. Conditions in' the strike zone were painted to the President in gastly colors. . Becker Trial Near End. New York, May 21. Both sides rested in the Becker trial this morn ing at eleven o'clock- Adjournment Has taken until two this afternoon. MORSE sen EXPOS Motor Club Is Shaping Races FAST AND FUNNY EVENTS AT THE GROUNDS JUNE 21. FORDS . TO TEST SPEED Handsome Prizes Hung Up for Win. ' ners in Each Race Event. I Final draft of the racing pro gram for the second annual' Eastern Oregon motorcycle race meeting, was made last night at an enthusi astic meeting of the La Grande Motorcycle club. Officers were also elected and committees ap pointed to handle the big meet which centers about the annual road event to Baker and Return, but while the riders are out on their 130 mile juunt, motors and autos are to en tertain the public at the grand gtand. The matter of financing this event, much greater in its scope and size than last year, has been outlined as follows: Young men, who are mem bers of, or, are supporting the club, are being asked to contribute $10, or even $5.00 to a guarantee fund which is to put the credit of the association on a, sound footing. If the gate re ceipts pay all expenses and prizes, the guarantee fund will be reimbur sed to the givers pro rata. The solicitation for funds is done that the association may not have to guess at any item of expense, and contri butions are given with the under standing that reimbursements will be made if, the gate money is suffi cient. Following is the arrangment of ,ie racesw entrance. fees ; and prizes: , First race Five miles, free for all, 7 h. p., machines, on track. To be run by heats with four machine en tered in each. Two to qualify in each heat. Entrance fee $3.00 Prizes, $50, $25 and $10. Event called at 1 p. m. Second race Two miles, on track for local riders. Seven h. p. machines run in two heats with four machines in each heat. Two to qualify in each. Entrance fee $2.00. Prizes, $25, $15 and $10. Third race Free for all exhibi tion on track for trackA records, one machine running at a time. Prize.. $25. Flying start. I Fourth race Road event from La ! Grande to Baker and return. Called 'at 2:30. Free for all 7 h. p. ma chines. Entrance fee $5. Prizes, ; $150.00, $75.00, $50.00 and $25.00. I Fifth race Ten miles on track for Fords. Two machines entered. Prizes, $25 for first, donated by Auto club. ' Sixth race Five miles on track for local 4 h. p. motorcycles. Called at 4 p. m. Race to be run in heats with four entered in each. Two to quali fy in each. Entrance fee $1.00. j Prizes, $10 and $5.00. Seventh race-r-Five mile novelty relay race on track. Free for all I machines. No entrance fee. Six ma chines entered in each heat, two qualifying. Prize, merchandise do ' nated by local merchants. Young People Organize. Young people of the churches of the city recently met in the Christian church to complete an organization for the purpose of taking an active part in the temperance campaign for the November election. The next meeting Is set for June Officers elected were: President, O. H. Purcell; vice-president, Alfred N. Christonson; secretary. Anna Mor gan; treasurer, U. W. tsrecKenrmne. Woodmen to Meet Tonight. Modern Woodmen of America meet this evening. The report of the re cont state camp will be given to thi lecal camp. MRS. FRANCESCO VILLA, WHO FRIENDS O Left to Right Miss Conce Fricori Sanchez, Mrs. Villa, Miss Teresa Sanchez, Dr. H. E. Stevenson, Head of the Red Cross Corps at El Paso; Mi ss Maria Sanchez, and Mrs. Y. del C ampo, Head of the Red Cross Corps for Villa's Army. . BENSON LEADS BY 118 VOIES FINAL UNOFFICIAL TABLE IS DETERMINED. Sensational Race Now Awaits Final Official Counting. Portland, May 21. With all coun ties complete, but not officially com piled, Judge Benson of Southern Ore gon leads over Justice Mc Nary of Salem in the sensational race for fourth place on the supreme bench. After being in the lead and in the rear alternately for nearly a week. Benson now has 118 votes to the good and all counties unofficially account ed for. The vote stands at noon to day with Benson 34,531 and Mc Nary 118 less. . REMAINS DUE TONIGHT. Body of Late C. E. Golden Will Ar rive in La Grande at 8:30 P. M. the remains of C. E. Golden, who died at McMinnviIle yesterday morn- Word has been received here that ing while in attendance at the I. O. O. F. grand lodge, will arrive in La Grande tonight. Local fraternity brothers will meet the escort with the body. The remains will be taken to the Golden ranch near Island City and the funeral will be held Saturday or Sunday. I I C. A. CORNER STONE TO BE PLACED SUNDAY AFTERNOON The Y. M. C. A. corner-stone lay ing ceremony will be held at the building site, corner of Elm and Washington, next Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The many subscribers to the building fund in Union and Wal lowa counties will rejoice together at c progress of their building. The La Grande hand will start off the program with some of its splen did music. A late announcement is that it will not be possible for Su preme Judgo Eakin of Salem to be here. It is not yet known who will fill his n'ai'O on the program. Hon. W, W. Cotton is to deliver tho prin cipal address of the afternoon. Dr. J. D. Gilliliin, for many years a resi dent of this city and now of Boise, Idaho will bo here to assist in the MAY BECOME "FIRST LADY" OF MEXICO AND SOME OF HER N A VISIT TO EL PASO, TEXAS, HOSPITAL. jSummer Holiday . Starts Friday TEACHERS TO SCATTER IN ALL DIRECTIONS. HYMEN CLAIMS TOLL Canada- and Oklahoma . Bound .Sum ; ' mor Playgrounds for Teachers. , From far Northern . Canada to Oklahoma on the South, from the Pacific to the Atlantic lies the terri tory luring La Grande school teach ers for their summer vacations. To- morrow night the last class for thisilrom -Brazil. year will have recited and the ex-1 Nearly everyone he saw had que.i amination papers graded. Every j tions to ask concerning the new river tram from then ion for a day or two, I which Roosevelt says he discovered will carry teachers every which way I , , . , ,. , ' ... , bound for summer amusement, forjaml whlch English critics say ha homes iri numerous states, and a few J long been on the map. It is clear the to married life. . Several of the Colonel is piqued by the doubts cast teachers are not coming back for the on the genuincnc39 f the discovery, very good reason that during the ; ., ... ,, , . , . month of June, or thereabouts, thev 1 11 s there saui ho- At lcast 0 will take the little journey down the third of it is navigatablc. If any aisle to the chancel and declare "I one wants to see it for himself, I'll will." Just who these may be, the him hm n t tn it" & ."'KSdU pl.obablv no, c'ount them . City Superintendent, John Girdlcr, will attend the N. E. A. at St. Paul in July and later on may accept a position ,on the faculty of the Albion, Idaho, summer normal. If he does accept this profer he will teach (Continued on Page fi.) . - ceremony. The L. D. S. Quartet which did such splendid service dur- ing the campaign will appear on the program. "We are glad to say to you folks," said Mr. Grady, chairman of the committee in charge, "that this corner-stone, made of local rock by a local stone cutter and laid in a struc ture being erected by a local contrac tor and superintended by a local architect, marks an important step in the progress of our building. The U Grande Y. M. C. A. will be the greatest building ever opened in this j city I The Observer of Saturday night will contain a complete program for j the day. 'I 2 f TEDDY PIQUED IT "RIVER'S THERE" HE TARTLY ANSWERS QUERIES. Spends Brief Period at His Office in Outlook Office Today. New York, May 21. Colonel Roose velt was at his desk in the Outlook office today for a while. 'After dic tating several letters to his stenog rapher, he visited the American mu seum of natural history and unpack !u " "au orougn ' His heaIth "0eS"'t Seem t0 troublc im. He still declines to discuss poll tics. Erring Girl Is Returned. Bnkor, May 21. Gossip has run r'0' 10 past few days concerning the i so-called white slave case in which two Baker girls are said to have been the victims. The effort on the part of the authorities and other interested parties seems to have borne fruit, for one of the girls was returned to Baker yesterday by an officer from a neighboring city. Tho man in the affair is not yet in custody. Great credit is given the officers by the family of the girl returned, and nothing has been left undono to l.t-inrv ta miSlflT AHAB fft tllRtlPn. Whflll - - hWreIl are the victims of Buch af fajrs, no measures are too severe. It seems likely that the affair may ba settled with little publicity, and t) make use of the names of the prin cipals would servo no good purpose. Show Boosters Visit Baker. Baker, May 21. Declaring the 1914 1 . 1 1 :n 1 U.... UH svock snow wu. ue and that bigger crowds are expected, three automobile loads of. Union boosters arrived in Bilker yestcrduy morning and spent the day in shaking hands and tolling Bakerites about the show June 4, 5 and 6. On the way here they stopped in North Powder and Haines. CRITICISM FRIAR'S CLUB LOCKED UP BY STATE TROOPS THREE PORTLAND MEN TO BE ARRESTED CHARGED WITH BUYING DRINKS. FOUR MINOR GIRLS IN HANDS OF DEPARTMENT Y est's Threat to Close Friar's Club , at Milwaukie is Made Good and , Orders Are Issued to Finzer to Proceed Will Keep Place Closed During the Present Administration, Salem, May 21. The alleged find ing of two girls under age drinking intoxicants in the Friar's club in Mil waukie, Oregon, has caused the gov ernor to order Adjutant General Fin zer, to close the club and keep it un der the surveillance of the militia. The governor stated that he would keep it closed until the end of his administration. Portland Men Arrested. Portland, May 211. Warrants for the arrest of Dr. J. O. Nibley, Dr. Kenneth Long and for a third man charging them with delinquency of minors in connection with the Friar's clubcrusade, were issued for ser vice today. Four girls in the custody of the department of safety are alleged to have stated that they visited the Friar's club and were served liquor there. Mining Men Honest. ' Baker, May 21. To the honesty of N. J. Allen and C. H. Ames, well known in this city and district, Miss May Saunders may attribute the fact that she recovered valuables worth over $500. Night before last she lost a hand bag containing a diamond ring valued at about $500, a watch and sum of money. Tho bag was picked up in front of the Lyn dalee, where Miss Saunders rooms, and when the finders found out to whom the bag belonged, it was re turned. Miss Saunders suspected a traveling man pf taking the bag and sought to have him arrested, but friends came to his rescue and when the bag was returned his innocence was proven. ' Miss Saunders, who is employed as a waitress at the Geiser Grand, to gether with some of the other young women employed in the hotel, had j been in the salesman's room looking at some samples early in the evening and she was very postive that she ' had left it there. When search wa3 made it was not found, suspicion. hence her Separate Jail Is Wanted. Pendleton, May 21. Rev. Olbert F. Weaver of the Christian church and Rev. C. A. Hodshire of the Method ist church, representing the local ministerial association, will this even- -ing present to the city council a re quest for the construction of a sepa rate jail for women, following a per sonal investigation of the one city jail yesterday afternoon. They declare they found conditions worse than they imagined. Not that tho jail is unsanitary or uncomfort able, but the lack of any provision for keeping women prrsoners separate from men they declare is an outrage against decency. "