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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XIII.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1914.
NUMBER 299.
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iOtlTllU KILLED
BY FALL FROM MOTORCYCLE
Well Known Builder Thrown From
Machine and Neck Broken arid
Skull Fractured
J. M. Kohl, prominent builder and
! njjontractor of 1508 First street, and
president of the Wing, Fin & Fleet-
foot club, was killed just before the
noon hour today when his motorcycle
.,. upon which he was making a country
.'i trip, hit a soft piece of road on the
ttf. Island City highway near the old
fair grounds. He was traveling over
the smooth roads of that vicinity, and
i vhen the front wheel struck a gravel
A ed section, he evidently lost control
f and was catapulted headforemost to
' the road. He struck in such a way
I that his neck was broken and his skull
i fractured.
Dr. G. L, Biggers of La Grande was
' hurriedly called to the scene by by
standers. He drove his machine at
break-neck speed both going - and
coming, but the injuries were so
. 6evere that five minutes after he had
reached the hospital, death claimed
the victim. ,
Mr. Kohl was on the regular jur
I panel for the June term which con
"OAwied today, and less than an hour
before his death, he had been ex
i cused for the day by Circuit Court
Judge J. W. Knowles. Mr. Horn naa
important business in the country and
it was on that mission that he met
his death. He was always an ardent
motorcycle fan, and rode with care
and precaution, but the loose spot in
the roadway is no doubt responsible,
City Honors Memory of Lawrence.
New York, June 1. Floral wreaths
today were placed on the grave of
Captain James Lawrence, who carved
into American history the motto of
the United States navy, "Don't Give
Up The Ship!" Simple ceremonies
which began with the ringing of the
chimes in famous old Trinity church
were held in the old burial ground
about the church at the head of Wall
Street. It was 101 years ago that
Captain Lawrence died. . .
Four Labor Conventions On.
New York, June 1. Four labor
unions affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor are holding their
annual conventions today. The Inter
national Union of Cutting Die and
Cutter Makers of America convened
at Boston. The International Asso
ciation of Marble Workers met here.
The International Ladies' Garment
Workers are in session at Newark,
and the International Seamen's Union
of America is meeting at Boston.
Loose Wheel Causes Delay.
No. 6, east bound passenger, was
lute this morning owing to the dis
covery of a loose wheel on the diner at
Huron, which necessitated going back
to tha't station with part of the train
4 and setting out the car. When this
J-Sad been done, the train proceeded as
Usual. TniS IS me Iirsi, lime m buuui.
two months that this train or' any
other train on the O.-W. has been late,
a remarkable record for a mountain
road.
The car did not leave the track .nd
no fatalities occurred.
Miss Buchnanan Going East.
Miss Lenore Buchanan teacher of
music in the public schools of this
city, the past year, leaves tonight tor
Chicago, Illinois, where she will spewl
the summer before going to Boise to
teach music the coming year at a very
handsome advance in salary.
largely, for his death. A load of
gravel had been dumped .into a de
pression and it was this that his ma
chine struck. '
' Mrs. Kohl was hurried to the hos
j pital in the Frank Bay car and was
there at the time of her husband's
death, bu'.7 of course, the victim was
unconscious from the time he fell and
spoke no words after the fall. ' . , '
Navy Will Be Dry . in Thirty Days.
Washington, June 1. Navy offi
cers today entered upon their last
"wet" month. Just thirty days more
and the "wine mess" on battleships
and at navy yards will be a thing of
the past, unless President Wilson an
nuls an order of Secretary of the
Navy, Daniels, abolishing use of
liquor in the navy July 1. It is not
believed the President will hold up
. "dry" order
For Davis Cup Matches Today.
New York, June l.i-The committee
in charge of arrangements for the
international ; tennis tournament f oa
the Davis cup was expected today or
some time later this week anyway, to
announce their selection of the courts
on which this classic of the courts
'will be played. Clubs in New York,
j Boston, Philadelphia, Newport, Balti
more and other cities have made
strong bids for the matches.
CITY OFFICIALS
DOGS TO BE
Precautionary methods ' have been
adopted to offset any effects that an
alleged hydrophobic dog may have left
on his trail last week. The dog was
shot and the carcass burled at once
but City Manager Lafky and Chief of
Police Orai have offered to disinter it
if it is deemed advisable to send the
brains to Portland for analysis. The
brute was shot through the head, a
fact that will handicap : chemical
analysis somewhat. ;
However, City Physician A. L.
Richardson has recommended that all
dogs known to have been bitten be
muzzled at once, and kept so for sev
eral weeks. After June 15 all dogs
.. r- ' Tit
Aristido Briand, ex-prime minister,
whose party in France has been dis
placed from power by combination
of socialists.
Cummins Fighting
For Re-nomination
IOWA HAS WARM FIGHT AT PRI
. MARY. .
CLARK BEST PROSPECT
Democrats Especially Seem to Have
Close Fight on Hands.
Des Moines, June 1. Voters of all
parties in Iowa are at the polls today
casting their ballots at the primaries
for candidate for the nomination of
every office from United States Sen
ator to township trustee. Altogether
there are 5,000 men' running for of
fice and it is estimated that their
combined ; campaign expenses will
amount to $250,000. The big fight is
over United States Senator. Senator
A. B. Cummins, up for -renomination,
apparently hag the edge on State Sen
ator - Savage,, but in the Democratic
race for Senator a count of the ballot
tonight will be necessary to decide
whether E. T. Meredith, publisher, or
Congressman Murice Connolly of
Dubuque has won. S. H. Basher and
Casper Schenck, of Des Moines are
the Progressive candidates for sen
ator. ''' " ; ' '
For Governor Geo. W. Clarke will
apparently be nominated over Dis
trict Judge Lee of Nevada and J. W.
Rawley of Keosauqua, both of whom 'cused, including J. M Kohl who met
are running on a platform opposing with an untimely accident this morn
the capitol extension measure which ing resulting in his death. The re-
Clarke defends. Candidates for
juiges of the supreme and district
courts on non-partisan tickets are be
ing nominated, all parties are putting
candidates for congress in the field
and there will be state, county and
township offices nominated by the
time the polls close at 7 o'clock to
night. All the nominees will go on
the ballot for the November election.
ORDER ALL
MUZZLED
AT ONCE
must, by requirements of a city or
dinance, be muzzled anyway.
Because the animal was shot
through the head, it is not believed it
will be analysed, though such a move !
may yet be decided upon. .
The dog is said to have bitten a
large number of canines of South La
Grande. Some of the owners, who
know their pets were bitten have al
ready muzzled them, and are urging
the others to do likewise. It is of ; . Just as soon as the case of State
course almost impossible to learn the ; vs. Bernhard Is tried, court will ad
identity of the bitten dogs, and if journ till a later day. All jur
rabbies should be possitively proven, ers living out of twon will be ex
wholesale slaughter of dogs would be cused for the present after the above
the only ' means of stamping out mentioned case is tried, and only
hydrophobia. - - members of the present list, living in
The animal was reported to .the au- town, will be held ' in readiness for
thorities two , days before he was service.
killed. The poundmaster tracked him
Friday . and part of Saturday, and
policeman Brady found him Saturday
afternoonT Chief Orai and Mr. Brady
followed the dog as he went along
nipping at other dogs and on North
Fir got to a point where it was safe
to shoot. He was fighting with a dog
when shot. At the time he exhibited
the common symptoms of hydropho
bia. The bullets penetrated the brain
and analysis , is made harder there
by. ..;
Mrs. York Passes Away.
Mrs. Dora York aged fifty-eight,
'tied this morning at the home of J.
E. Hulse in Mt. Glenn, of cancer of
the stomach. She Li survived by a
husband and other near relatives. W.
H. Bohnenkamp will have charge of
the funeral arrangements.
FEW CASES III
H ESS FOR
1HI AT ONCE
GRAND JURY PICKED AND
v NOW DELIBERATING IN
? SECRECY.
IS
STATE VS. BERNHARD IS
ONLY ONE SET TODAY
June Term Takes up With Consider
able, Uncertainty as to Cases That
'. Are to Come to Trial at Once John
Speckhart is Foreman of the Grand
Jury Several Jurors Excused.
The June term of circuit court open
ed' this morning with a great deal of
uncertainty concerning cases filed
that have not come to issue. So far
the only case that is set is that of
State vs. Bernhard, which came up
this afternoon at 1:30.
A number of, jurymen were ex-
number of
mainder of the jurymen who were ex
cused re J. W. Conklin, Jno. F. Dob
bin, Jos. Quinland, ' J. D. Reynolds,
Lloyd Carter, J. M. Choate, and Wal
ter McGrath. " i ,
From the list of jurymen the grand
jurymen were chosen by lot and these
are: L. E. Titus, Jno Speckhart, L. E.
Stanley, J. A. McNeill, S. T. Godsey,
Lott Elmer and Jacob Hug. Jno
Speckhart is foreman.
After reading the instructions to
the grand jurors required by law,
Judge Knowles then read several stat
utes to the grand jurors on his own
accord, chief among w!iich was Sec
tion 2094 relating- to .the ' making,
circulating, sale, having in possession
of indecent literature, pictures, cards
with immoral reading etc.
A demurrer to a complaint filed by
the Home' Construction company
against the city for improvement
work, was overruled, as was also a
demurrer in the case of Dahlstrom vs.
Huddleson. ' Other than this no busi
ness, outside of the grand juhy, was
transacted. The findings of this
body of men are necessarily secret and
j will not be known for several days'',
State vs. Bernhard Postponed.
The case of State vs. Bernhard was
postponed this afternoon owing the
inability of some of the witnesses to
at rive in time for the set hour. The
case will come up tomorrow, or'-.
v!ding witnesses can be brought to
the city. .
Autos for Club Members.
The hour for the Neighborhood
clubs breakfast tomorrow is 11 a. m
and the place is Riverside Park. Those
who contemplate going will confer a
favor upon the club officers by noti
fying Mrs. M. M. Donahuo, general
chairman. Those who have no means
of getting to the park can meet at
the club rooms at the library build
ing at 10:30 where they will be sup
plied with outomobile transportation.
Gambling Lid Is
On at Vera Cruz
FUNSTON SETS ASIDE ORDERS
OF HIS OWN MEN.
SCRIBES BRING REFORM
American General Gives, Permission
io Open Gambling Holes.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 15. (By
Mail to New York.) It was a husky
little tussel that Gen. Furiston had
with the gamblers of Vera Cruz. ' In
the first place, the. gamblers are
crafty Spaniards, who found it an
easy matter to mislead the minor
military authorities. - Before Funston
was aware of it, two of his subor
dinates, Colonel Plumer, the provost
general, and Captain Bamford, the
chief of police.. had given permission
to the gamblers to resume their busi
ness. '' ... . , '
It was the newspaper correspond
ents from Mexico City, who were
familiar with Mexican customs that
first made General Funston aware of
the mistake which Plummer and Bam
ford had made. '
Plummer and Bamford had been in
structed not to 'interfere more than
necessary with the mixed customs of
Mexico, in their government of Vera
Cruz and so, when they, we're assured
by the Spanish gamblers' that open
gambling was a fixed custom in
Mexico they immediately gave the
holders of . the gambling concession
permission to open their places. ,
The correspondents from the Mex
ican capital, however, know otherwise.
They were aware that 1 Huerta, even
in his desperate need for money, had
held off until last January before he
would agree to sell gambling conces-
( Continued on Page 4.)
TO 89 SUNDAY
WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS, IT IS
RECORD HERE.
Weather Today in Close relation to
Former June Firsts.
With two exceptions yesterday set
a mark for maximum temperature
upon May day since the time clima
tic records have been maintained by
government representatives in this
city. Mercury rose to 89 yesterday.
Data supplied by Observer Benhnm,
shows the following maximum rec
ords of the month of May since 1901:
1901, 84; 1902, 86; 1903, 92; 1904,
83; 1905, 80; 1906, 87; 1907, 87; 1908,
84; 1909, 83; 1910, 96; 1911, 83; 1912,
80; 1913, 84; 1914, 89."
Records show it to be a fact that
of the records for May, nearly all
were on the last or near the last of
the month, and that June opened with
clouds and a sudden drop in tempera
ture, just as was the case today.
Navy Plucking '. Board Meets.
Washington, June 1. Many navy
officers "shivering in their boots" .to
day when the "plucking board" of the
navy met to arbitrarily retire fifteen
officers. Five captains, four .com
manders, four lieutenant commanders
and two lieutenants of the present list
will be retired to make way for pro
motions in the servicft. Admirals,
Southland Knight, Reynolds, Capor
down and Capt. McLean comprised
the "plucking board" which met to
day. ;., ', , .
MERCURY
60ES
DOOMERGUEAIID
FREIICHCHIET
RESIGN OFFICES
SOCIALISTS PUT OPPOSITION
"IN THE HOLE," CAUSING
RESIGNATIONS.
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
FIVE MILLION DEFICIT
Army and Navy Expenses, and Short
. age in the Treasury Gives Control
ling Party, the Socialists, Oppor
tunity to Demand Their Pet Legis
lation Ministry Quits.
Paris, June 1. Premier Doumer .
gue, and, the other members of the
French cabinet, resigned today. The
ministry faced a deficit of $175,000,
000. The annual budget to be draft
ed now must raise $100,000,000 to
meet this deficit in the government's
empty treasury, as well as borrowing
$260,000,000 fop: military and naval
expenses. ' The Socialists who hold
the whip hand, demand that if they
vote for these budgets and loans, the
opposition ' must grant legislation -which
Deputy Jurres, the Socialist
leader, demands. .The minister and
his cabinet preferred to resign rather -than
grant the Socialists what they
wanted. Just what will be done now
i.i uncertain, but it appears that the
Socialists will get anything they want
if they will only heal the public
treasury. '.. .""
Paris, June 1. The new Chamber
of Deputies, elected for the next four
years, met today for the first time,
the mandates of the bid Deputies ex
piring last night at midnight. The
Socialists, with their 102 seats, a
gain of 27 over the expiring period, .
held the whip hand which fact, to
gether with the presence of nearly
200. or 30 per cent new menVbers, "
caused Senator Georges ("Tiger")
Clemenceau to remark that today
"France" stands fact to face with the
Sphinx". No one, even the profes
sional political forecasters, can tell
what will happen.
The new French - governing body
has, as a whole, been picked up and
shoved over to the left. The . react
ionaries, conservatives and national
ists of the right have lost : ground
whereas the "revolutionary socialists"
as Joan Jaures' party is called in
France, has made 30 per cent gain.
With them all the candidates with
leanings towards the left were swept
on to a victory so startling that the
Socialists themselves admit surprise.'
The Radicals and Radical Socialists,
the governing block, number 245 in .
the new Chamber. But they are badly
torn by factions and internal dis- '
sentions. . The Socialists and their
friends with socialistic learnings,
muster 140, the' next strongest party
in France by long odds. And by
reasons of bargains struck at the May
elections, these two parties are ex
pected to vote together on most is
sues. The party of Aristido Briand
ex-prime minister, President Poincare
and ex-Premier Louis Barthou, num
bers some 95 in the Chamber, the Pro
gressives 62 and the entire Right
Conservatives, Liberals, Nationalists,
Bonapartists, Royalists and Clericals,
73 all told. The Socialists, as a vot
ing body is as compact as the pro
verbial Solid South, the other parties
splitting on almost every question.